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1. Great acting! Everybody did an amazing job. tbh only Wang Zhuo Cheng - compared to the rest of the cast - was really subpar (although he did not have much scenes).

2. The story disappointed me at times. The storytelling was very good, everything came together at the end. But the overall story - to me - felt very unrealistic and disappointing.

3. The ending (last 2 episodes) was a disappointing to me as well.

Overall the drama is a nice watch. The acting, storytelling and the portrayed friendship (past and present) makes up for the mediocre (in my opinion) overall story

It really depends on which kind of drama you like to watch (this is romance / sports):
Forever Love
Meet Yourself
Lighter & Princess (more on the heavy side)
You Are My Hero
My Fated Boy
When I Fly Towards You
Legally Romance

Nothing But You - also with Leo.

Tbh there simply are not many drama like AASOL because these kinds of dramas (intelligent FL, non-over-the-top ML, no ridiculous melodrama, great story, no unnecessary break-ups) have not been produced much in asia and most of them have been produced in the last 3 years.


Binary Love (there is a third party, that is really annoying)
Perfect Marriage Revenge
To Fly With You
Touch Your Heart

Each misunderstanding is resolved quickly - none last more than 1 episode
there are probably 3 notable "misunderstandings" or lack of communication

She does try and uses her son (from her other ex-husband) to recreate aher bond with ML.
It does not work but she does create misunderstandings.
To be fair most of them happen because ML hides everything about his ex-wife and FL finds out everything from a third party.


But what really does not work is the "will you leave me too part"
Because this adaption has the ex-wife come back and have her spend time with the FL.

However: FL getting angry about this question while it does not even come from his breakup with his ex-wife but from his mother leaving changes every dynamic.

With OSN this question related to "hey, my girlfriend left me, will you leave me too" while the FL was leaving her boyfriend of 10 years.
So it was realistic for her to come to the conclusion that this question was directed at her because she is leaving someone and not because of his insecurities.

However the context in this drama is completely different and comes from "everybody who I love, leaves me at some point".
Together with the decease of his sister which has him thinking "tomorrow could be the last day" this question creates a completely different dynamic.

But the FL comes to the same conclusion as written in the original drama - because of the writing. Not because it makes sense

Unfortunately yes. It's not a complete mess however how each ML, FL and Ex act to her appearance .... not very convincing

The writer and director tried to stand out and not to completely copy OSN, however because of that all the little things they kept from the original do not make sense

This remake fell short
Not because of the acting, but because of the writing.

Sorry, but this Zhao Jin is nothing compared to the original character and the arc with his ex-wife was just bad writing
They changed a lot to stand out against the original but changed too much so the story cannot be portrayed as the original. If they intented that, well, the new story is not really that great

The family dynamic and pressure for Xu Nuo never reached a level where one could think this was believable. Probably because of the missing connection between the families, especially after Yuan's mother did not appear again after her initial debut and being friendly with Xu Nuo's mother

yes it is a remake

you can find some locations in this article:

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202303/03/WS64016811a31057c47ebb1fa7.html

I very much disagree on your last point. It does not matter wether cdrama or kdrama.
It really depends on the genre of the drama.

melodrama is also part of TONS of cdramas.

however "Slice of Life" drama typically don't have that much melodrama (if at all) and portrait a realistic story.
There a lot of examples even from south korea.

However Meet Yourself did set itself apart.
To me: Best Slice of Life I have ever seen.

True. Nothing is really wrong with her and her portrayal is too harsh.
However she is very unreasonable.
Then again - there a lot of people like that in the real world (from both sexes)

there is a nice, very rare for a historical drama, twist at the end
what I really liked was the actual wedding ceremony and everything surrounding it :-D

I felt that after episode ~8/9 the drama got more enjoyable

Love O2O mixed with I May Love You :-D
Can't wait

The answer is: 16 without counting pecks on the lips.
[2 pecks throughout episode 19 to 30) (cannot remember actual episodes)]
2 episode 19
2 episode 20
2 episode 24
4 episode 28
1 episode 30
2 episode 31 (+ 1 peck with dialouge inbetween)
[2 pecks episode 31]
1 episode 31
1 episode 32
1 episode 33 (+ 1 kiss of second leads)

yup

Chen Mo Bai & Shen Xi. Get together at episode 21 (next-to-last episode)
Zhao Ying Ning & Hao Yang - Get together at episode 22 (last episode)
Chen Mo Fei & Jiang Wei - open ending. are not together officially at any point

There are three couples:
Chen Mo Bai & Shen Xi
Zhao Ying Ning & Hao Yang
Chen Mo Fei & Jiang Wei

Next spoiler explains the episode they get together, if you want to know

They really promote german 5.0 beer in episode 5 ? :-D
and also as the german flag stile can ? :-D

I had to rewatch that multiple times :-D

That is your oppinion and you are entitled to that.

I don't get why you put so much effort on bad mouthing a drama you don't like and I will never understand that.


My view on those characters and how they are written and explained differ a lot compared to yours.


But to say HJP is "honest to a fault" since he is the biggest liar between him and Do San and even starts to manipulate Dal Mi and Do San is very funny indeed.

Sorry but no. The most things HJP does "for Dal Mi" are not for Dal Mi but her grandmother and his debt to her.
HJP does not start having feelings for Dal Mi AFTER she gets into Sandbox and at that point HJP does not help Dal Mi / Do San very much. (He does one thing: he picks her up in his car when she was "stranded")
All the other help he provides is manditory as a mentor which is his JOB.


Do San falls in love for her at the networking party at a point in time where she had nothing. HJP starts to fall for her only after she proved herself by getting into Sandbox and being a good CEO.


To be honest, I don't believe there is even ONE scene in the entire show where HJP is selfless. He always has a agenda.
Either clearing his debt to Dal Mi's grandmother, having to do his Job as their Mentor or liking Dal Mi and trying to impress her.

If you want to count his action to tell Do San that Dal Mi likes him as "selfless" - ok fine. That would be the one and only scene you could call selfless.
However that I would not even describe as selfless but that is probably personal preference.


And on little thing:
I always believed HJP loved Dal Mi's grandmother as a mother/grandma figure MUCH more than he ever loved Dal Mi.

What kind of similarity are you looking for?
Healthy relationship ? Ex-Lovers getting back together? Cute kid ? Leads work together and fall in love ? bossy FL ? FL fighting discrimination as single mom / at the workplace ?

I cannot think of any drama that is overall very similar to this one (and I watched quite a few^^).
However depending on which parts you like, there are some similar ones.

Unforgettable Love (Cute Kid - but typical ML CEO and somewhat passive FL)
Once We Get Married (the other drama of ML and FL - but no kid, with Love Triangle to a certain degree)
...