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Zhao Lusi is the Queen of Comedy. Highly recommend First Half (Eps 1-13).
The first 13 eps are entirely preciously hilarious and had me wheezing constantly on the floor - PEAK COMEDY. Zhao Lusi's acting and perfect comedic timing and expressions + her character's fine cooking (the FOOD ahh!!) are the centre focus and that's what I was sold on and am here for. 10+ for the first half as I will certainly rewatch for a pick-me-up! Solid pacing and solid acting from her as well as the supporting cast (mostly her group/fam) here.
When it comes to the second half, however, we get to see less ZLS and her shenanigans, and more of the ML and his family's corporate/office drama, all of who I found entirely too annoying. It reached a point at which nothing about this drama interested me, as it did such a turn so fully we get to see neither ZLS' FL cooking much, nor the fun that was constantly served in the first half. This bait and switch was not a good choice.
ZLS for her part did all the chemistry and acting for the main otp throughout~ the ML left me completely cold and stiff - which is essentially doom as this second half of the plot focuses on him and the FL being subjected to ridicule and problems because of his family and their relationship. Also throw in a couple love triangles. Look, you CAN have a reserved/cold ML character to STILL be interesting (**looks at Leo Wu's performance as the ML in LOVE LIKE THE GALAXY**)!
Even if the plot is bland, the chemistry would have been able to redeem this drama for me if that was better (**looks at LEGEND OF THE FEMALE GENERAL**). Age gap is not an issue for me, but the ML's lack of acting is.
Overall, fully recommend watching the first half (eps 1-13) are entirely worth it, and skip the second half altogether (probably just watch or skim the final ep/scene). After averaging, this one gets a 7.5/10 (Zhao Lusi really IS the Queen).
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Just found out that this drama's director - Cheng Chang - have also done LIE TO LOVE (Luo Yunxi, Cheng Xiao), NOTHING BUT YOU (Leo Wu, Zhou Yutong), AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU (Xu Kai, Seven Tan/Tan Songyun), and the recently premiered LOVE'S AMBITION (Zhao Lusi, William Chan). Already have all of these on my tbw except NOTHING BUT YOU which I've already watched and enjoyed~ Also it would be interesting to see if William Chan will be able to hold his part up in as the main otp with a large age gap.
When it comes to the second half, however, we get to see less ZLS and her shenanigans, and more of the ML and his family's corporate/office drama, all of who I found entirely too annoying. It reached a point at which nothing about this drama interested me, as it did such a turn so fully we get to see neither ZLS' FL cooking much, nor the fun that was constantly served in the first half. This bait and switch was not a good choice.
ZLS for her part did all the chemistry and acting for the main otp throughout~ the ML left me completely cold and stiff - which is essentially doom as this second half of the plot focuses on him and the FL being subjected to ridicule and problems because of his family and their relationship. Also throw in a couple love triangles. Look, you CAN have a reserved/cold ML character to STILL be interesting (**looks at Leo Wu's performance as the ML in LOVE LIKE THE GALAXY**)!
Even if the plot is bland, the chemistry would have been able to redeem this drama for me if that was better (**looks at LEGEND OF THE FEMALE GENERAL**). Age gap is not an issue for me, but the ML's lack of acting is.
Overall, fully recommend watching the first half (eps 1-13) are entirely worth it, and skip the second half altogether (probably just watch or skim the final ep/scene). After averaging, this one gets a 7.5/10 (Zhao Lusi really IS the Queen).
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Just found out that this drama's director - Cheng Chang - have also done LIE TO LOVE (Luo Yunxi, Cheng Xiao), NOTHING BUT YOU (Leo Wu, Zhou Yutong), AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU (Xu Kai, Seven Tan/Tan Songyun), and the recently premiered LOVE'S AMBITION (Zhao Lusi, William Chan). Already have all of these on my tbw except NOTHING BUT YOU which I've already watched and enjoyed~ Also it would be interesting to see if William Chan will be able to hold his part up in as the main otp with a large age gap.
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