Hime

I also wanted to see it that way at first but the writers really tried to deny me that right. Lol

But it probably was the case since he was so immature that I doubt even knew how to differentiate between love and admiration. Honestly, Kan Di was more like a mother or an older sister taking care of him. Since it was the only kind of attention he got, he probably thought of it as love. But the thing is I got under the impression that the writers were trying to make us believe he actually loved her, but did it in such an unbelievable way that I was never convinced.

Since you also felt the same way as I did about his feelings towards her, then I am going back to believing that he was just confused. We can’t both be wrong, right? XD

Haha, thank you. I am only able to write these kinds of comments when the drama has an obvious fault but I was never involved enough to be frustrated by it. If I really liked the drama and then had to watch that ending, I would be mad and my comment would probably be more of a ranting rather than what I did here. XD

Good news!
https://www.iqiyi.com/intl

Finally. I was so done with having to use the app to cast the episodes to my laptop.

No, I didnt. I was wondering when they would make a web version. Thank you so much for telling me. Now I can finish watching The Sweet Girl. I was having trouble casting my phone’s screen to my laptop. You saved me a lot of trouble. :)

That is true. But when you like someone for 10 years you dont get over them that easily. Even if he started having feelings for the FL, he would not completely let go of his feelings for Kandi right away. That was not very realistic. In the same episode you had him pretending to be someone he wasnt to try and win over Kandi and then realize he liked the FL and completely forget about Kandi. It did not feel natural or genuine. They should have made him give up on her in the first few episodes so there was some space for him to fall in love with someone else. Doing both things in the same episode felt rushed.

I used to write reviews when I first joined MDL. But I found that writing comments is a lot more practical. And people tend to scroll through the comment section before watching a drama so they will still come across my painfully honest comments. XD

It was interesting cause it seemed like the roles were reversed. Usually the male lead is the one who is colder, good at fighting and smart and the female lead is super nice to everyone but is at the same time kind of weak and easy to fool. In your typical chinese drama, the female lead would be the one to teach the male lead how to be a better person. But here the female lead has all the traits of the typical male lead and the male lead has the traits of the typical female lead. So I found their interactions interesting to watch.

Thank you for explaining.

Ok, thank you for answering. I am ok with that. I love romance in my dramas but in this kind of drama too much romance can lower the value of the plot. I have seen that happen in other criminal/thriller dramas.

No worries. I was not offended. Just as I feel I have the right to share my opinion, so do you. And thank you for clarifying. I knew there were several versions of this story but had no idea it was so old and considered a reference for wuxia stories. I do not particularly like or dislike wuxia, it really depends on how much enjoyment I take from the drama as a whole. So I am no expert in this genre.

I think your comparison with Shakespeare was actually pretty smart. When I think about it, there is no doubt that the Romeo and Juliet love story is known by "all" and is seen as a masterpiece, but if I did not know the origin and importance of the story, I would see the characters as dumb. I mean, one fakes his death but fails to communicate that to his lover causing her to kill herself and then when he wakes up and realizes she is dead, he kills himself too. Pretty dumb.

I guess that would be the reason I felt angry at the characters. I saw this as a regular chinese drama and so I thought of their actions as dumb or annoying. But let me just say that the female lead was really cool. (I know I already said this several times in my original comment but I needed to say it again. lol) Wish more female leads were like her.

Wouldnt be the first time. Lol

I think the romance genre was not there before. Did someone add it randomly or is there actually romance? I have not started watching and I do not care much if there is romance or not as long as the plot is interesting. I am just curious. :P

Before you start watching, remember to check the airing dates. This is a Taiwanese drama, not a Chinese one that will air several episodes a week. This will air only 1 ep a week for 6 months. The last ep will only air in July. So start at your own risk. XD

The first 4 eps are on youtube but the rest can only be found on the app. Recently I am having trouble using the cast option on my phone and watching it on a small screen is not an option. So I have it on hold indefinitely. T T

LOL

I liked it, but I cannot pretend there were no flaws. There were several things that bothered me.

Starting with how they made the male lead like Kan Di for so many years and show him still in love with her for several episodes, even having the female lead help him out and then from one episode to another he suddenly likes the female lead? That was too fast. It would be one thing if he still liked his manager in the beginning of the drama but had kind of already given up, which was not the case. But him changing from desperately trying to get the attention of his manager to suddenly being in love with the female lead made his feelings less genuine. The whole change of heart felt forced.

The male lead’s personality itself bothered me. He was immature and arrogant and saw his pride and need for total control more important than everything else, including the female lead’s feelings. Sure, there was some character growth, but it came too late in the plot and was kind of a forced one since he had hit the lowest point of his life.

The attitude of several supporting characters also bothered me. They were so one-dimensional at times.

And finally, the whole plot around the guy that wanted revenge on the ML was a joke. His hate was completely baseless and that is all I can say. See it for yourself.

There were some more things I wanted to say but to keep this shorter and avoid spoiling stuff, I will stop here.

Overall I liked it, but it was far from perfect. If I ever re-watch it, it will be only for the romantic scenes and with a lot of skipping.

Thank you for letting me know about the anime. But while the drama is too long, the anime is too short. The pacing of the romance was off. He fell for her too fast, then they spent several episodes apart and then it ended. At the end of the last episode I was like: wait, that’s it? Where is the rest? I could not tell that was the ending cause it did not feel like one. Was it supposed to have a second season?

I am not surprised at all. I remember watching bts (behind the scenes, not BTS as in the kpop group lol) and they were too into the kisses while filming. Like the director said cut and they kept kissing for a few more seconds before they stopped. And there were several times you could see they were blushing and acting shy around each other. They had one of the best on screen chemistry I have seen, and that is only possible when in real life the actors do feel something for each other, even if its only attraction.

The synopsis is not accurate. The "real" heir never tries to kill Prot. They are twins and work together to catch the villain - Pramok.

LOL