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Pulled my heart out and put it back in
I'll indicate where the spoiler is if you still decide to read after seeing the warning (not major if you've been watching cdrama's for years. You know how these dramas end)
This drama is on the shorter side, but my God was it everything and more. Zhou Yiran really picks heart wrenching scripts... and delivers. Wang Ying Lu is also a phenomenal actress with range because she delivered on those tears, anger and screams and more. The pair did a great job. I refuse to believe anyone who says this drama was less than a 10.
First of this drama had three timelines but focused on mostly two, 1981, 1991 and 2026 (the latter two are the main years) I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into that first episode after all we find out that life in 1991 is vastly different to 2026. The tone of the drama was set from the first 10 minutes but managed to have moments of "thank God they are safe".
This story is one of young people who were both dealt a bad hand in life, both traumatic childhoods that could have demolished their futures. They both started off on the wrong foot but quickly the relationship changed in a very realistic way. 12 episodes of a cdrama just makes you think that it's rushed but oh boi, you are wrong. I don't want to compare reborn but they both had the same vibes, and I feel like this was a stronger drama, but they were both 10's for me.
The weak part of the entirety of Twelve letters is the 2026 timeline, but it wasn't even that weak, it's just that 1991 was the juice of this story and 2026 is the rind. The switch between scenes were clipped perfectly where you weren't left questioning "where are we?" and "what's going on?" and "who's that?". This won't take much time out of your life, and you will appreciate the time you spent watching this. Nothing short of perfection.
SPOILER ALERT
Ye haitang and Tang Yixun became each other's family and though we couldn't see how they spent the rest of their life we can imagine that it can't possibly be as bad as the original timeline. The end was bittersweet, but sacrifices had to be made and were expected.
This drama is on the shorter side, but my God was it everything and more. Zhou Yiran really picks heart wrenching scripts... and delivers. Wang Ying Lu is also a phenomenal actress with range because she delivered on those tears, anger and screams and more. The pair did a great job. I refuse to believe anyone who says this drama was less than a 10.
First of this drama had three timelines but focused on mostly two, 1981, 1991 and 2026 (the latter two are the main years) I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into that first episode after all we find out that life in 1991 is vastly different to 2026. The tone of the drama was set from the first 10 minutes but managed to have moments of "thank God they are safe".
This story is one of young people who were both dealt a bad hand in life, both traumatic childhoods that could have demolished their futures. They both started off on the wrong foot but quickly the relationship changed in a very realistic way. 12 episodes of a cdrama just makes you think that it's rushed but oh boi, you are wrong. I don't want to compare reborn but they both had the same vibes, and I feel like this was a stronger drama, but they were both 10's for me.
The weak part of the entirety of Twelve letters is the 2026 timeline, but it wasn't even that weak, it's just that 1991 was the juice of this story and 2026 is the rind. The switch between scenes were clipped perfectly where you weren't left questioning "where are we?" and "what's going on?" and "who's that?". This won't take much time out of your life, and you will appreciate the time you spent watching this. Nothing short of perfection.
SPOILER ALERT
Ye haitang and Tang Yixun became each other's family and though we couldn't see how they spent the rest of their life we can imagine that it can't possibly be as bad as the original timeline. The end was bittersweet, but sacrifices had to be made and were expected.
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