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No, I am not new to cdramas by any means. There are plenty of full-length cdramas that have good kisses (I list examples in response to other commenters above in this thread). Actually, the trend of fish-kisses is fairly new. Old-timers know they did real kisses back in the day—“Loving Never Forgetting”, for example. Or, Wallace Chung’s dramas in his younger days. While “Love Between Lines” doesn’t have the fish kisses, there was still something missing in the execution at times preventing the swoonworthiness I look for, although the romance was very sweet and heartwarming.

Some examples—My Little Happiness, Oath of Love, The Best Thing, Hidden Love, Forever Love (with Wang An Yu), First Frost, Falling Into You, You Are My Hero, You Are My Lover Friend, Sniper Butterfly, I May Love You, Prisoner of Beauty, Love Unexpected, Love Me Love My Voice, Meet Yourself, Will Love in the Spring.

ML’s mother was so pathetic and useless. 😐

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It’s a directing issue. This Director is known for his conservative style.

The kisses were sweet—I can agree with that. But I never got any butterflies 🦋🦋🦋. I don’t need “sucking face.” There’s was just something in the execution that just didn’t make me swoon.

Nahh, the percentage of good kisses in cdramas is way higher than that—I’ve seen plenty. I don’t need Yoona/Junho kisses—they were so gross. I just need a bit more than what we got here.

They weren’t that good either. But, the sweetness was definitely there.

I’ve seen better in cdrama—The Best Thing, First Frost, Falling Into You, You Are My Hero, You Are My Lover Friend, Sniper Butterfly, I May Love You, Prisoner of Beauty, the list goes on—all passed review. This wasn’t a censorship issue. It was a directing choice.

Not necessarily

I watch for both.

It would have been better to have zero kisses instead of a dozen bad kisses. The chemistry was strong enough to stand on its own. These bad kisses bring down the momentum and I have adjusted my rating accordingly. Overall, very good drama though.

All of the above 😆🤣

Agree, this FL is one of my least favorite. Her overly innocent, skittish vibe is off-putting. So, I liked seeing her more assertive here. I was very surprised to see her do such a hot kiss scene. I enjoyed “CEO’s Arrange Marriage” which she was in, but mainly because of the charismatic ML (Liu Xiao Xu, I believe).

CXX’s smile at 10:52 ep 20–There are moments like this when he himself, the real person, seems so into LYX. He smiles so much in response to her throughout this drama. Makes me wonder—Are these spontaneous smiles wherein he’s truly feeling the moment or are these deliberately executed nuances for the character, ie, just acting? Because if they are deliberately executed nuances, then he is one hell of an actor. He’s good. Or, is he really feeling her?

“Were” there, I meant to say

“Were” I meant to say

We’re there any good kisses in Rattan?

Which production company is this—Youku, Mango, iQIYI, or Tencent?

Which is your favorite from 2019?