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This is a well-written and heartfelt review! You clearly put a lot of thought into it, you’ve made a great case for why The First Frost is more than just a romance, it’s a layered exploration of love, trauma, and healing. I agree with you a lot about the HK arc 🌼💛

I replied by mistake ✌🏻

I wish there was a way to go back in time and experience everything all over again

TFF doesn't share the same plot/story as HL they are completely different from each other. Like what the user had mentioned above shared universe and sang siblings are their only relation. TFF tells more about SY love story but it focuses on WYF pov hence we are taken to grasp more about the female leads life and her traumas. To put it simply, HL has a fluffier story while TFF is the opposite, it balances melo and fluff well with slow burn romance where the leads love for each other is more mature and they thrive in growing and overcoming obstacles together. I still would recommend you to watch TFF after completing HL because this is the story of the real SY. The SY in both novels of Zhu Yi.

It surely is! I haven't been able to move on after I completed it.

'poor adaptation'? hmm if anything this is the best adaptation and they did justice to the novel I love the change they made here and they handled her trauma very well. My comment above still stands but you do you, many of us are loving this change 💛

i think about this 24/7

SY only wanted to rent a place at WYF apartment complex but it wasn't in his intention to live in the same exact unit as her. He is simply trying to annoy XL.

you are so right

she does!

Wen Yifan best girl 🌼💛✨

I don't know why WYF love for SY needs to be written down in text format when the drama had already shown and highlighted her love for him many times. Well I thought it was easy to comprehend and notice, it feels quite unfair. Anyway, thank you for jotting this down. WYF you are so loved 💛

same thoughts and i find myself constantly looking for the feeling this drama has given me in other dramas but i can't

i'm glad this arc came around for you at the end of the day, the "yearning" is what made this drama even more special and the director's insights about this certain arc was really well-thought of

yes

why is this glitch not fixed though?

glad to know 💛

TFF is my most favorite novel among all the countless of others I had read before, I love Sangyan and Wen Yifan's story so much. I know there were some changes that were made in the drama but honestly I really love how the scriptwriter and director changed this part of the novel (HK arc). Instead of just telling Yifan's past while reminiscing in the airplane on her way to Yihe they made Sangyan visit her past while finding her which made the hotel scene more dramatic and you could feel their yearning from not seeing each other in 6 months instead of just being seperated for few days away from Nantwu to Yihe. So this is why I love the changes more but ofc we all have our own preferences either way it doesn't change fact that TFF no matter what form be it novel, manhua or drama is a masterpiece.

Part of her reasons wasn't only for herself but actually Sangyan as well. She was never selfish to begin with. Some people will never understand flawed and complex characters when they lack empathy and compassion.

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