Well every other man is after her so i think she will be just fine.
LOL .. true.
The beauty of the DRAMA is that we deeply felt her loss and heartbreak .. yearned on her behalf .. we even understood her POV of why she ran off ..
She for me was the Female equivalent of Kim Woo Bin character in HEIRS. We wept his loss and yearning for the FL too .. It stayed loooong after the drama's HE.
I have the same thought when I watched this….i want to go Macau. lol! I love the slice of life until ep 14,…
Finished.. Can read my final impression on the drama 😊
I began with a 9.5 but ended with an 8..
Never got around to warming up to Mai.. Probably the first time I wanted a lead pair to break up and not work out - that would have worked for the way the Mai character was being built and portrayed in the drama.
Same for Meng and the Proff.. She should have packed up and left.
It's the ideal HALLMARK drama... Idyllic.. Nostalgic.. Life love passion goals self actualization.
The only thing that it lacked is "FAILURE" and the acceptance of it and moving on inspite of it. IMO that would have lifted this drama to >9
It didn't have the courage to go there OR it just wanted to keep all and any "blues" out of it - and therefore it stayed "picture postcard perfect".
Somehow I had hoped that the way the Mai -Le arc was being treated they would be the breakup couple and move on with their lives. That Meng would leave the selfish Proff.
Mai and Le were totally incompatible!!! That should have been the example of when "like at first glance" might just not be suitable for long term relationship. That Le wise mom would see through her selfish, self absorbed persona as absolutely unsuitable for her son and not show any encouragement there.
Also their daughter could have been developed as bright spot of fun support character who also realizes that Mai isn't the one for her bro. Hyping up the sibling bonding index.
Mr Frank's mother?? She needed to show up and a more realistic arc developed for Casey Frank and mom with an added scene; would have enriched the drama.
Did his mom come for the final recital?
Mr Frank's original robot smile that didn't reach his eyes worked in the beginning - later one wondered if he was being depicted as mildly challenged in some way that he couldn't "true" smile (Smile Code reverb?)
Anyway it was a fun relaxing and enjoyable watch because of so many wonderful things as listed in a comment below by @riya...
It could have been more...much much more poignant and meaningful if all the endings were NOT squished into a HE
Am watching and loving the slice of life feel.. Lazy relaxing watch... Like a holiday beach novel...breezy beautiful happy tinge of blues to balance the flavour...
But I can't shake off the ANNOYANCE and irritation the Mai character is bringing in She is acting her role well for sure... If this is how she is written - anal and stuck up.. Confused and frigid.. But isn't the character also supposed to evoke empathy.. That is not happening for me personally.. I can't get on her side yet.. She just seems like someone who is all "me me me me and my feelings" she has till now shown ZERO interest in him...and looks like she is using him... I have NO IDEA why is he even attracted to her??
That is annoying the heck out of me too.
Am WAY MORE invested in the sweetest heartbreaking story of Mr Frank and Ms Casey. That has given us a view into their inner life and am filled with empathy.. It is ADORABLE.. This part of the drama - UNIQUE portraits here.
As for Elvis and ZXC...YUMMY... They are making it rock so well.
And the decisions they make are understandable and reasonable, you know where they come from. Some dramas have…
Oh you must must must. I will do a rewatch soon too. Walk through fire all over again - but the burn releases a flood of dopamine and I cant wait to soak in it.
We have all wanted to do that, but there are excellent reasons for why she does what she does. Also, if looked…
@Platinum Fox
CLAP CLAP CLAP .. The Mother's Role as written in this Drama (AND SUPERLATIVELY enacted by the actress ) is UNIQUE in C-Drama land .. It's COMPLEX and TOTALLY unpredictable with so many facets to her personality ..
Shao Shang could only sprout from her womb .. the tragedy and comedy of their relationship is almost Shakespearean ..
I am in the same boat.
I watched this when it was released
Which region VIKI has this drama?
Please help?
Or where else may I watch this?
I LOVED her personality .. THIS is ONE heck of a Drama
The beauty of the DRAMA is that we deeply felt her loss and heartbreak .. yearned on her behalf .. we even understood her POV of why she ran off ..
She for me was the Female equivalent of Kim Woo Bin character in HEIRS.
We wept his loss and yearning for the FL too .. It stayed loooong after the drama's HE.
I could easily do a 5th watch .. It's addictive!
Although 5th watch I might just DO the OTP thread and FFD a lot of the other non-OTP scenes .. although it will be tough to not .. LOL
I LOVE LOVE the MOTHER!! ( AND the father too ).
She is one of the UNIQUE mother roles (of course LLTG mother is a fascinating character too) .. I LOVE these break the mold roles ..
I began with a 9.5 but ended with an 8..
Never got around to warming up to Mai..
Probably the first time I wanted a lead pair to break up and not work out - that would have worked for the way the Mai character was being built and portrayed in the drama.
Same for Meng and the Proff.. She should have packed up and left.
READ ONLY IF YOU looking for SPOILERS.
It's the ideal HALLMARK drama...
Idyllic.. Nostalgic.. Life love passion goals self actualization.
The only thing that it lacked is "FAILURE" and the acceptance of it and moving on inspite of it.
IMO that would have lifted this drama to >9
It didn't have the courage to go there OR it just wanted to keep all and any "blues" out of it - and therefore it stayed "picture postcard perfect".
Somehow I had hoped that the way the Mai -Le arc was being treated they would be the breakup couple and move on with their lives.
That Meng would leave the selfish Proff.
Mai and Le were totally incompatible!!! That should have been the example of when "like at first glance" might just not be suitable for long term relationship.
That Le wise mom would see through her selfish, self absorbed persona as absolutely unsuitable for her son and not show any encouragement there.
Also their daughter could have been developed as bright spot of fun support character who also realizes that Mai isn't the one for her bro.
Hyping up the sibling bonding index.
Mr Frank's mother?? She needed to show up and a more realistic arc developed for Casey Frank and mom with an added scene; would have enriched the drama.
Did his mom come for the final recital?
Mr Frank's original robot smile that didn't reach his eyes worked in the beginning - later one wondered if he was being depicted as mildly challenged in some way that he couldn't "true" smile (Smile Code
reverb?)
Anyway it was a fun relaxing and enjoyable watch because of so many wonderful things as listed in a comment below by @riya...
It could have been more...much much more poignant and meaningful if all the endings were NOT squished into a HE
Beautifully expressed.
Hey @Megumi
Thanks.
Nice to see you here.
Even nicer that you also watched this.
😉 Frankly am due to visit HK in March..
So this drama is almost a taster for me 🫠🫠
But I can't shake off the ANNOYANCE and irritation the Mai character is bringing in
She is acting her role well for sure... If this is how she is written - anal and stuck up.. Confused and frigid..
But isn't the character also supposed to evoke empathy.. That is not happening for me personally..
I can't get on her side yet.. She just seems like someone who is all "me me me me and my feelings" she has till now shown ZERO interest in him...and looks like she is using him...
I have NO IDEA why is he even attracted to her??
That is annoying the heck out of me too.
Am WAY MORE invested in the sweetest heartbreaking story of Mr Frank and Ms Casey.
That has given us a view into their inner life and am filled with empathy.. It is ADORABLE.. This part of the drama - UNIQUE portraits here.
As for Elvis and ZXC...YUMMY...
They are making it rock so well.
The FOOD. I wanna visit Macau
I will do a rewatch soon too.
Walk through fire all over again - but the burn releases a flood of dopamine and I cant wait to soak in it.
LMAO - you are killing me .. thanks for bringing some levity into this bizarre thread ..
CLAP CLAP CLAP ..
The Mother's Role as written in this Drama (AND SUPERLATIVELY enacted by the actress ) is UNIQUE in C-Drama land ..
It's COMPLEX and TOTALLY unpredictable with so many facets to her personality ..
Shao Shang could only sprout from her womb .. the tragedy and comedy of their relationship is almost Shakespearean ..
LLTG will yield more and more at each watch ;-p