MLJH

Not sure how I’m feeling. The pace is horrendously slow the more this developed. Started out slow then quickly gained some fun momentum with a lot of looks and feelings that grew the chemistry quick. Then like some cdramas are prone to slow the heck down like a sloth. This should have been 16-20 ep tops. We could have held onto some realistic scenes of new couples, and ones that behave like 30 somethings not middle school. FL I am such a big fan of but directing and writing was so disappointing. They made her into a frustrating character. Interruptions are funny for about 5 minutes, and the repetitive nature of that was infuriating. Please portray these relationships better China. Both Hidden Love, First Frost and eventually Amidst a snow storm all had very typical loving relationships. Not FL acting like shes 15.

And honestly my fave couple completely dropped off the charts. Dumb. What a waste of time even bothering with it.

Lacking. In reality. Decent writers and plot. Romance. Middle school hugging is not romance Director. Clearly ML knows how to freaking kiss (First Frost) so I am assuming this was an issue with FL or some kind of censorship. Either way this show had way too many fillers and distractions from what could have been a great story. At best 8.

where to watch?

Started this show due to the name and the premise, and I think it started out strong. This show was about right in length but far too much drag in the middle. We didn’t need so many flashbacks and quite honestly ML could have wrapped his research up faster. I didn’t mind the length of time for them to connect, it weirdly worked out fine for this story. But this drama ended far too quickly with too many unanswered questions at the end.

This isn’t the romance drama you might be looking for. It’s extremely EXTREMELY light sadly, because they could have ended much more satisfyingly. Hence I have given this 7 stars. Interesting concept but a little lacking. Incredible acting by leads.

One big frustration was the netflix subber not giving us those episode titles… I loved them in HL, they fit the episodes perfectly, and I feel like there was something to them here too, however they didn’t get translated and that was ODD.

Well, that wrapped up nicely, and panned out to be a better drama than I was expecting. Mostly because for the first time in a ZRN drama, she actually kissed her co-star properly-SHOCKER. I was surprised by the qty of kisses and intimacy we got here, all of which felt extremely natural and organic. Theres nothing worse in a romance drama when once the couple agree to date the romance drops out the picture. This one gives very realistic vibes as is the angst they both go thru all those years of longing. They dealt with the difficult abuse scenes sensitively too, and they could be some challenging viewing so be warned if things like that are a trigger to you. It took me a while to not be frustrated Victor Ma was not leading this role, and, I’m not sure BJT ever pulled off the brute behavior that was so adorable as Sang Yan in Hidden Love. But he won me over, already a big fan of him which is honestly why I even gave this a try as the FL drives me nuts in other shows. Both of them pulled off a stellar show. I think the one thing that felt off to me was the side characters Zhi & Jia Xu - while smartly they kept them out of the main core of the drama- didn’t really cast them very well. Jia Xu didn’t look like any kind of college heart throb, cute yes, but not exactly a head turner, that would have been Sang Yan in my opinion, and Sang Zhi was not old enough to fit the timeline of Hidden Love. I understand not casting the same people (though that would have been amazing), but they aged her character weirdly. Especially in the College graduation scenes Zhi still looks like a middle schooler, yet we know she was in High School when her brother graduated. Also wished in the family scene near the end Jia Xu could have been present, because they probably were. For sure this is a heavier themed, slow burn than Hidden Love which felt lighter and fluffier, but it was still a great production. I’m not sure I could “enjoy” a rewatch, for the dark stuff, whereas I’ve seen HL like 4 times already 😆but we’ll see. Nice job.

I’m not quite sure why I’m struggling with this drama. I’ve watched it thru ep 14 and just feeling bored and started skipping. It dropped off fast after the first couple getting together, perhaps because of the Netflix cover you have the impression its just about them. It’s certainly not. Well I think I might have to drop this sadly.

hes pretty flat with emotions in his ML roles

What a waste of time I’ll never get back. Terrible writing, extremely draggy, a FL with no emotional range who was a horrible character, so full of herself expert at everything- on a bender to get what she wanted. Lie just falling on his knees for her left right and center. Stuck record of her telling him to go away, never communicating and only realizing she needs him when she thinks hes dead.

Absolutely pathetic.

Are you kidding me? What on earth is wrong with everyone in the comments and reviews??? Yes the first couple of episodes are wack as all get out, but this show turned a massive corner (as did most kdramas of the past) and turned into quite a show. Yes there are some crazy goings on, like they be zipping back and forth from space like it costs a couple bucks, how rockets can somehow be just ready to go at a drop of a hat, and the subtitles don’t get me started. But come on, this was a great show as it progressed more. I’d sure love to know how many of the reviews are trashing on this ACTUALLY saw this through to the end. Given that it just wrapped this weekend and the reviews were written 2 months ago I’d not trust them as far as I could throw them. I took off a couple stars for the wacky unnecessary start and the ending that while great for fans of drama, I didn’t particularly enjoy. Overall though the actors pulled this off and the MLs relationship was sweet.

Do yourselves a favor before you bad mouth a drama you did not finish before 2-3 episodes and then continue to trash the folks who actually watched it - get a life.

I’m a fan of these leads as much as the next person and in the beginning I honestly thought oh heck no this is a disaster. I waited for it to finish dropping before I decided to give it a go to finish and I’m glad I did. They did good. The entire cast.

Badly edited show, with lots of circles and no actual romance left this romance show in the tank. I didn’t mind the silence or the signing or the theme but this had very little plot or character arc.

production quality? production includes editing and that was awful!

nahhhh thats ok. I’ll watch it anyway because I’ve been waiting forever but at least I can go in with realistic expectations lol. Like I don’t get it, they shoupd cast her in a thriller or something but for FL romance roles she ruins them.

noooooooo

Someone please tell me Ruo Nan isn’t going to frozen fish kiss in this show. Its her trademark and the biggest reason why I despise her getting FL roles. Ugh please don’t ruin this show.

Much better than Melo Movie, without a doubt. Typical role for Se Young, for In Woo this showcases his range as an actor. Very different from his role in Marry My Husband. They both did a stellar job. Would love to see Se Young play a role where she’s doesn’t dominate the relationship, has no trauma or is maddeningly angry and aggressive to other mains. It’s getting a little old. The its my way or the highway isn’t that great.

lol ok

First episode started out strong and catchy, but I felt like it gradually dropped off. waited for a final episode that was just meh. These Jdramas are quirky, and I love that about them usually.

Interesting how you think you know why people didn’t like the drama.

The chinese know how to make slice of life dramas. The koreans however, this was not it.