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Good actors, weak plot
This review is for seasons 1 & 2. I didn't (and won't) watch season 3. I will tell you why later. Don't worry, I will not go into too much (or deep) spoilers. First, I want to start with the positives and mention that the actors were good. While FL was a bit much in the beginning, she did grow into her character and matured. I appreciated that. Similar story with ML. I liked watching them together and it was very cute seeing him miss her and actually wanting to be with her.
Now to the negative part and why I won't watch season 3. What hooked and interested me in the beginning was the premise of her needing to find true love and choosing between 4 guys. However, the plot got really weak and relied heavily on misunderstandings and miscommunication. It also frustrated me a lot that ML could get away with bad/questionable actions, while FL gets blamed much more for making less severe decisions. The whole plot of the show is basically happy -> miscommunication -> one pushing the other away -> heartbreak for both -> resolving misunderstanding -> getting back together -> repeat. That is a typical storyline in dramas (if not THE storyline) but it happened so many times in this show, it was tiring to watch (like man - just talk to each other)
Another point is that I feel that the whole character and storyline of Hua was completely superfluous. Everything he did, there could've been a different character easily doing the job (or just FL herself). The fantasy element of his character also felt very misplaced for the whole show. Maybe this will get explored more in season 3. But I'm honestly not close to being interested enough. I don't know why the writers expect us to be interested in the least present support male with out of place storyline while everyone is already rooting for ML or the other support guys who are much more present.
One last thing that bothered me a bit were the costumes. Very obviously on the cheap side. But even cheap outfits don't need to look like that. I've watched quite a bit low-budget dramas but rarely one with these outfits.
All in all, it was entertaining. But especially towards the end, it only frustrated me and the romance could not save it anymore. It's definitely a good watch if you don't want to get invested too much.
Now to the negative part and why I won't watch season 3. What hooked and interested me in the beginning was the premise of her needing to find true love and choosing between 4 guys. However, the plot got really weak and relied heavily on misunderstandings and miscommunication. It also frustrated me a lot that ML could get away with bad/questionable actions, while FL gets blamed much more for making less severe decisions. The whole plot of the show is basically happy -> miscommunication -> one pushing the other away -> heartbreak for both -> resolving misunderstanding -> getting back together -> repeat. That is a typical storyline in dramas (if not THE storyline) but it happened so many times in this show, it was tiring to watch (like man - just talk to each other)
Another point is that I feel that the whole character and storyline of Hua was completely superfluous. Everything he did, there could've been a different character easily doing the job (or just FL herself). The fantasy element of his character also felt very misplaced for the whole show. Maybe this will get explored more in season 3. But I'm honestly not close to being interested enough. I don't know why the writers expect us to be interested in the least present support male with out of place storyline while everyone is already rooting for ML or the other support guys who are much more present.
One last thing that bothered me a bit were the costumes. Very obviously on the cheap side. But even cheap outfits don't need to look like that. I've watched quite a bit low-budget dramas but rarely one with these outfits.
All in all, it was entertaining. But especially towards the end, it only frustrated me and the romance could not save it anymore. It's definitely a good watch if you don't want to get invested too much.
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