gingerkiss

Watched up to ep 21. This show is very good and of good quality. Even LTG does not make me feel annoyed even though he's quite obsessed with the FL. You know how some shows take a downward spiral once a character like that appears and make the story toxic to watch. I hope they keep the direction such. But I fear it may turn tragic looking at the opening trailer.

Not to me. I enjoy both of them. But Hidden Love had more heart fluttering moments for me while this one is interesting because of the play of culture, food, and friendship. The romance of the main leads is quite reserved at the moment.

Same genre and some people may feel they're the same but to me, they're not quite. While both have love story but Hidden Love has more witty dialogues and one-liners while this one focuses on Chinese culture and the songs are beautiful. Not forgetting food is also a main topic in this drama.

They have chemistry of the awkward sort. Haha.

I like her in Back from the Brink and the Scent of Time. Perhaps she's more suited to play stronger / bubbly characters. She just can't play an introvert as well. It's obviously lacking and unnatural no matter how others are justifying her. As for singing, she's also dubbed but I feel she should emote better when pretending to sing but she isn't. I had problems watching the 1st 4 episodes because of her acting but after I identified it, I just ignored and moved on. The show is still enjoyable.

It seems eating is her coping mechanism when she feels frustrated or stressed.

I watch this show for her mainly but she's not as convincing as her other characters in other shows. Perhaps she's not suited to play an introvert. She ain't too bad but there's definitely room for improvement.

I thought I was the only one who felt their conversations were too awkward. I think Mo Qing Cheng is still okay but whenever Gu Sheng lowers her voice to speak to him, I feel she's acting too unnaturally. But other than that, I love the show.

Yeah, I'm beginning to like her now. No more cry baby but also no sudden burst of strength or courage. Very realistic.

LTG is weird but he looks good with his curly hair. Heh.

I understand your POV. But like I said, it's not a given. Even in the corporate world, not every company feels they need a PR team. Building a social media account does not require a PR team...we have influencers with many followers without PR teams. So what is depicted in the drama is quite realistic. Not wise maybe...but definitely quite realistic.

Having a PR team is not always a given. Since her reputation was always good and she relied on word-of-mouth, all her publicity would have been good so no surprise if she handled it all on her own. She's probably too shock and inexperienced to realize the professional help she needs for such a crisis.

I feel bad for Yong Pil. Why did Sam Dal leave him and choose such a lousy boyfriend in Seoul? Yikes.

Have a read on this article IRL: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3131034/8-korean-stars-cancelled-after-scandals-seo-ye-ji-was

Cancel culture is more real than we think whether the scandal was proven or not.

Yeah, I understand that. Just that the way she acts shy does not come across as natural to me. I guess mine is an unpopular opinion.

I'm the opposite of you w.r.t. ZY's acting in this drama. I watched her in Back to the Brink and The Scent of Time and she was great in both. But I found her acting awkward too awkward for me here. The way she softens her voice / acts demure feels unnatural to me. But TJC is a gem!

I can only find them on YouTube.

The songs they sang in ep 5 are so lovely. Are they available on Spotify?

I watched for both leads but at certain moments, I really wanted to press fast forward. They seem to be focusing on the minute details but they're not hitting me.

I hope the Princess gets stronger and doesn't act like a cry baby throughout. She's so annoying in the inital episodes.