Loved it. My first 10/10 award. Heavy doses of food for thought.
Finished Taiwanese drama 'DNA Says Love You' & I'm in tears. Unexpected, only watched it to practice my mandarin. But...never seen a romance drama touch so powerfully on themes of facing reality growing up intersex, realising you're gay & identity insecurities. Wow. Must watch.
On a personal note, it reminded me of when I was teaching in China, at the university in Shandong. I recall a student coming to me in tears after a module and asking me if she should tell her parents she was a lesbian. I'll never forget that conversation. I can't forget my advice
Was my advice correct? I stand by it, but I always think each day how she is doing. Educators have a powerful role. mmm..
This...this is excellent. I've never felt such adoration for a series before. Quite stunned. Wished it was longer, genuinely. Fantastic acting, script, plot. Just beautiful. I ignored this for ages due to the high school setting, more fool me. This, this is stunningly good.
New favourite. Only my second 9.5/10 ever. I think I'm in love, if only it were either longer terms of more episodes or had longer episodes overall. Needs a second season for sure. Christ, I've fallen in love with this.
as a bl fan since I don't remember when , the golden rule I always apply is to not watch ep 11 till ep 12 is out…
coffee melody avoids the ep11 curse, but some say it's too slow paced. Personally, I loved it, as it focused on believable issues and kept itself grounded.
Genuinely baffled by the comments saying 'nothing happens' or 'its boring'. Plenty of drama in this, it's just not melodramatic or over the top. Charming series, with lots of real life challenges and heartbreak and hope. Absolutely loving this series. Everyone should ignore the negative ninnies and give this a watch.
I think this is the first time in bl history where I saw both male leads straight up admit they liked each other…
I recommend lovely writer, it also avoids much of the silliness of the BL genre, focuses on hypocrisies of the BL entertainment industry but retains the comedic element. Had me crying three times as that series developed.
I've struggled with this. I love the ML actors, they do wonders with an incredibly poor script. So 8/10 for the actors but a woeful 2/10 for plot, character development. I wanted to like this, but I just can't. Toxic relationships whose problems could all be solved with a 20 minute private conversation. The ending was...dragged out (Kuea and Lian's issue at the end - their entire 'problem' - was just a result of a script writing team with a dearth of ideas. Seriously, Kuea & Lian could've wrapped up their issues by episode 7). Furthermore, the ending does nothing to resolve the fundamental issue that Lian's character a worrying control freak and Kuea's character is reduced to having the emotional capacities of a child. I'm still left scratching my head at how a good music score, good budget, solid pro-gay rights message and excellent cast was so let down by shoddy and unimaginative script writing. Frustrating in the extreme, big let down for me.
Okay. I wasn't going to watch this due to negative comments about too many flashbacks or 'its too slow' etc, but pleased I ignored them. First two episodes hooked me, and I even enjoyed the flashbacks (and I say that as someone usually averse to dramas using them too much). Looking forward to episode 3!
I'm thinking about watching this, am seeing lots of criticisms citing a lack of "melodrama", which actually makes me want to watch this 100% more. There's too much over the top plots, ludicrous plot devices in Kdrama these days (amnesias or sudden uncharacteristic break-up-come-back-together etc). 'Less is more' appeals to me.
after reading the comment below subs are available on the international app. it's under CC
Yeah I checked it out, auto subs don't make sense. I know ... like 200 mandarin words (I used to live and work in China) so spotted the problems right away. This is the second Cdrama I'm desperate to watch but lacks English subs...suppose I should double-down on my Mandarin learning! (I look back and get irritated at being so damn lazy when I lived there)
Well...I'm surprisingly hooked on this. Strong FML, a ML who respects her as a serious intellectual force (a step away from the all too common damsel nonsense in C-drama). Some of it may be a bit slow burning, good focus on character development, political court issues and a nice slow burn on the romance (a romance seriously, believably) based. On ep 16, good so far...*don't let me down* !
'I'm going to wait until all the episodes are out' I said...'I can't take the frustration of waiting week to week' I said...here I am watching week to week. Hooked. It's going to be a long 4 days... Fantastic show! Another Song Joong Ki smash hit :D
"I'm waiting until all episodes are released" I said..."refuse to watch week to week" I said..."I like to binge watch" I said... here I am watching all three episodes. Fantastic so far. Song Joong Ki working wonders. Addicted, and frustrated I broke my rule watching it live. Now I just have to have patience and wait... :P
On episode 10, liking it so far...except I'm beginning to find the FL too irritating. May have to drop it because of her character. Thoughtless, whimsical and selfish and constantly behaves like a child throwing tantrums. No idea how anyone would find this character attractive and loveable. Probably dropping this due to FL. Pity, I was enjoying it apart from this.
Finished Taiwanese drama 'DNA Says Love You' & I'm in tears. Unexpected, only watched it to practice my mandarin. But...never seen a romance drama touch so powerfully on themes of facing reality growing up intersex, realising you're gay & identity insecurities. Wow. Must watch.
On a personal note, it reminded me of when I was teaching in China, at the university in Shandong. I recall a student coming to me in tears after a module and asking me if she should tell her parents she was a lesbian. I'll never forget that conversation. I can't forget my advice
Was my advice correct? I stand by it, but I always think each day how she is doing. Educators have a powerful role. mmm..
New favourite. Only my second 9.5/10 ever. I think I'm in love, if only it were either longer terms of more episodes or had longer episodes overall. Needs a second season for sure. Christ, I've fallen in love with this.