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A Familiar Stranger chinese drama review
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A Familiar Stranger
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by bottled bluebells
Apr 2, 2025
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
This review may contain spoilers

A generally fluffy watch, with a pair of surprisingly tragic villains

I really liked this take on the switched identities trope. It was overall sweet and fun.

The main couple is refreshingly sweet and earnest with each other, without the painful misunderstandings that these kind of plots usually come with. I liked them a lo.

But shockingly the emotional impact actually comes from the villain couple. The both of them were deeply morally grey. Often cruel to each other and to others, but at the same time seemed to sincerely care about each other in the end. They even had one or two moments where they used their villainy to protect people they viewed as helpless. Combine that with their incredibly tragic ending and they ended up delivering a surprising gut punch.
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