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Reborn- a drame that lives up to its name
From when I first saw the trailer, I thought it was more about mystery but I was wrong. From the poster it looked like a fluffy high school drama. Both of my thoughts were wrong but I wasn’t left disappointed. I instead saw something I don’t see often in dramas. These things are bad choices, family arguments, parent’s wrong teachings and restrictions in teenage times. The dark themes are often ignored in many dramas and fluffy romance is more preferred. This drama takes up this job and executes it perfectly. It is these things that make the drama close to reality but I would say the female led, Qiao Qingyu had it difficult.
This youth drama excels at showing how you change from a teenager to an adult. It also emphasizes how young people have miscommunication with their parents and how it occurs frequently. The characters like Qiao Qingyu, Ming Sheng and Mumu were suffering exactly with this problem and they had to go against their parents. However, as they grew up, they started to understand them and relate to them. Going from hating them for their poor parenting to taking caring of them. I wouldn’t blame them for hating their parents as teenagers because they are not the only ones who made the mistake. Parents also can be seen trying to protect their child but in the process end up hurting them more. The drama beautifully captures this stage of life.
Qiao Qingyu is one of the bravest characters in the drama. I love the way she seeks justice for her sister and clears the honor of her family. She succeeds and achieves her goal despite being unsure whether her choices and consequences were worth it. She was silenced by her family and her actions were seen as immature. Gradually she realized all that and thought that some truths need to be hidden but, I don’t think she ever regretted revealing the truth of her sister’s death.
Qiao Qingyu’s parents are not necessarily a bad or a good character. They deeply care about their children but fail to express it. The care takes forms in shouting or restricting from everything. At the same time, I don’t think they are bad parents because how they are right now is a result of the bitter past.
Ming Sheng is a typical high school green flag who is always around the female lead whenever she needs him. That doesn’t make him a poorly written character though. I would say that he is kind and silently helps people. He overall has quite a lot of good characteristics. He didn’t have much of a problem with his parents but it was just a momentarily misunderstanding. He gradually learned the truth and his bond with his parents was repaired. Character arc, same as the female lead but it is set in a different background.
One problem I had is that; the drama was constantly changing its mind about tropes. It wanted to be a mystery drama once and fluffy high school romance in another or lean more into realistic side of growing up. The side romance and a little mystery trope was developed but not well enough to convince me that it is at least a side trope. However, I enjoyed the drama as it is.
I love the main couple’s chemistry together. They didn’t have many moments together and it felt like as if male lead was receiving less screen time yet we still ended up with an adorable love story.
Ending was just amazing. In my opinion, the ending was cherry on top. Misunderstandings were resolved and we were left with a happy family and a loving couple. I would say 23 episodes were just enough to avoid dragging but, at the same time it wasn’t enough! Reborn drama truly lived up to its name, the ending was just the beginning for them, like a fresh start...
Overall, I would give this drama a 10/10. Sure it had flaws but I think the well written characters and an interesting story covered for them
This youth drama excels at showing how you change from a teenager to an adult. It also emphasizes how young people have miscommunication with their parents and how it occurs frequently. The characters like Qiao Qingyu, Ming Sheng and Mumu were suffering exactly with this problem and they had to go against their parents. However, as they grew up, they started to understand them and relate to them. Going from hating them for their poor parenting to taking caring of them. I wouldn’t blame them for hating their parents as teenagers because they are not the only ones who made the mistake. Parents also can be seen trying to protect their child but in the process end up hurting them more. The drama beautifully captures this stage of life.
Qiao Qingyu is one of the bravest characters in the drama. I love the way she seeks justice for her sister and clears the honor of her family. She succeeds and achieves her goal despite being unsure whether her choices and consequences were worth it. She was silenced by her family and her actions were seen as immature. Gradually she realized all that and thought that some truths need to be hidden but, I don’t think she ever regretted revealing the truth of her sister’s death.
Qiao Qingyu’s parents are not necessarily a bad or a good character. They deeply care about their children but fail to express it. The care takes forms in shouting or restricting from everything. At the same time, I don’t think they are bad parents because how they are right now is a result of the bitter past.
Ming Sheng is a typical high school green flag who is always around the female lead whenever she needs him. That doesn’t make him a poorly written character though. I would say that he is kind and silently helps people. He overall has quite a lot of good characteristics. He didn’t have much of a problem with his parents but it was just a momentarily misunderstanding. He gradually learned the truth and his bond with his parents was repaired. Character arc, same as the female lead but it is set in a different background.
One problem I had is that; the drama was constantly changing its mind about tropes. It wanted to be a mystery drama once and fluffy high school romance in another or lean more into realistic side of growing up. The side romance and a little mystery trope was developed but not well enough to convince me that it is at least a side trope. However, I enjoyed the drama as it is.
I love the main couple’s chemistry together. They didn’t have many moments together and it felt like as if male lead was receiving less screen time yet we still ended up with an adorable love story.
Ending was just amazing. In my opinion, the ending was cherry on top. Misunderstandings were resolved and we were left with a happy family and a loving couple. I would say 23 episodes were just enough to avoid dragging but, at the same time it wasn’t enough! Reborn drama truly lived up to its name, the ending was just the beginning for them, like a fresh start...
Overall, I would give this drama a 10/10. Sure it had flaws but I think the well written characters and an interesting story covered for them
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