It is ok if you watch dramas to escape reality, but demand that cdramas must have happy endings is just childish and kind of xenophobic. Low ratings because of the death of a character you fancy or a couple that you ship is an expression of the colonizer mentality. If that is your case, all you want is to westernize the cultural production of a country where, in some aspects, death is just a fact of life and not the end of everything. Grow up or go watch Cinderella as someone already said it here. This drama is so historically rich and well produced, directed and written that how it ends is just a minor detail. I feel like LuSi , YuNing and their crew took me to an unapologetic journey with Dawu and Zijing showing the life of low/working class in Tang Dynasty. It was beautiful!!
Huo Zhan Bai what a green flag you are. Instead of kissing and romance (and I believe there is a lot of romance in this drama), we should talk more about Xue Zi Ye, the kind of woman she is, and how both changed and developed feelings for each other during the drama.
Amazing drama!! One of the best of this year, a 10/10 for me!! Dialogues and cinematography are beautiful. I have no words , thank you writers from China for giving us such a great story full of philosophical lessons. If you are not watching cdramas just for the romance, cute faces, cliches and happy endings, this is for you.
I liked this drama. It has a good character development. But I need to point out that Ning Meng should have a stronger reaction after what Su Wei Ran did to her. She was too lenient saying he had a good and a bad side. Physical abuse should not be tolerated by anyone in any case. ML was excesively toxic at the beggining, but at least we can understand that they were trying to portray the patriarcal environment of finance.
Don't take ratings seriously. I'm on episode 5 and it is a good drama. First I fell in love with the aesthetics and direction, it is a great production! Second, acting is on point, not overly cute, neither artificially dramatic. Shen Yue and Lin Yi are doing an excellent job, and second leads made me curious about their characters. The story may look cliche but the way it is being told is very creative. I have high hopes for Smile Code :) I am impressed on how Chinese dramas are getting better this year.
This drama is amazing. Every story or case is related to caracter development, not for the purpose to keep viewers engaged. All actors/actresses are pretty good too. It deserves better rating.
I loved it. It was exactly what I was expecting. Great acting Liu Xue Yi!! But also other actors did a decent job, there was no boring character in this cdrama. And thank you writer for giving us General of Yan/Luo Mei.
we don't want perfect characters, we want better writing.
I think it was coherent with everything the writer showed us since the beginning: everyone, except by Moon Ji On, in that company always saw her as crazy, or flawed, or old, or dependent of her ex. She was constantly humiliated by her colleagues. The writer also showed how toxic is the media environment, with sexual harassment and all, so why would be the company understanding and try to accommodate according to her needs and well being?
we don't want perfect characters, we want better writing.
Love does not conquers all, they broke up after eight years...If the point of the drama was that, she would be with the cute SML, who is also broken by the way. Love is imperfect and I don't think the drama is an incitement of toxic relationships. I did not watch 12th episode, so I can't tell if they are going to be happy forever, or recognize each other flaws, or heal together...etc...
we don't want perfect characters, we want better writing.
Thank you for this comment, it is a good example of what I said. For you good writing = perfect tv station, where a woman is respected for her job (in South Korea!!) and everyone cares for mental illness, + perfect ML. I would never expect a k-drama to be very deep about mental illness anyway. But I do think actors in this drama are doing a great job portraying mentally ill and broken people colliding with each other in the need for love, or while still believing in love. The script is ok. I didn't see the last episode, but for me the question posed in this drama is if or in which ways love is possible when people are sick. Should we take people that are sick as they are? Expect them to be completely healed? How could we help them when we may be also suffering from mental illness? It is not the best drama in this topic, like Lost is for me, but people are unreasonable with all this hate comments.
First time reading the comments here...why there are so many haters?? I liked because its a drama on three broken characters. Why do people watching drama expect perfection? I wonder what kind of life in what kind of world all those haters live...
Long hair Liu Xue Yi is my favorite obsession since In Blossom ;) And I really like when c-dramas have such a dark atmosphere. After 5 episodes I am having high expectations for this one.
This drama is so historically rich and well produced, directed and written that how it ends is just a minor detail. I feel like LuSi , YuNing and their crew took me to an unapologetic journey with Dawu and Zijing showing the life of low/working class in Tang Dynasty. It was beautiful!!
Instead of kissing and romance (and I believe there is a lot of romance in this drama), we should talk more about Xue Zi Ye, the kind of woman she is, and how both changed and developed feelings for each other during the drama.
And I really like when c-dramas have such a dark atmosphere. After 5 episodes I am having high expectations for this one.