Ups, yes I meant 17, I watched both eps back to back and got it confused. Anyway: THE RAIN SCENE!? Not sure if I've ever seen something of this calibre in a historical Chinese drama.
I finally opened my eyes to his charm in Frankly Speaking. In EAW I was too distracted by his role's semi-shitty personality that I had no time to just look at him. But FS focused more on his attractiveness, and I am onboard now.
When you really think about, this had little to no plot. this had an amazing premise, but they sadly struggled with the execution. I wish we had more of his frankly speaking, I wish there hadn't been a way to turn it off but rather that he had to learn to speak his thoughts out honestly without him just blurting it all out. I also would've thought that him speaking frankly would cause more damage, but besides loosing his chance as a news anchor, there were no consequences other than some blunders. I did like the whole family dynamics toward the end, I think you can feel that the writer put a lot of thoughts towards the different kind of relationships and how lies and honesty are both weapons to uphold peace. Therefore, I just wished they'd showed us more of it at the beginning and not save it for the end. I can barely remember what happened in the middle of this drama because there was no linear plot, only random daily life happenings. While the romance was kinda cute, I felt nothing for both leads. There was more chemistry between SKB and KJH. Despite the obvious romance I saw happening, this really did not feel like a romance drama. However, contrary to some other commenters, I did see the comedy and while not all of it was funny, I did laugh at least once an episode.
I'm not ready. I wish they'd give us a 3-hour-long finale at least, or like 5 special episodes, or like a second season with Sunjae's POV .... just something .... this drama has been my life essence for the last couple of weeks. The only motivation to start a new week.
I like the FL because I like seeing morally grey characters. It's so obvious that she doesn't do it because she wants to, and it's even more obvious that she'll have character development and will try her best to save the family. That's why I'm not concerned and annoyed at all. I've seen male leads that are much loved by the majority do much worse.
If Jailin has no haters, I'm dead. She is so incredibly spoiled and rude. And I seriously wonder !!!!when!!! XuYan fell in love with her, because I've been watching 22 eps and there was not even a hint. So far, Xiaoxiao is the only female lead, that I kinda like, even if she's weird at times. Tong Yiwen is also just so wilful, doesn't know what she wants and just jumps to conclusions left and right.
Once I came to term with this being a family drama and not a romance, it was fine. I've seen worst mother characters and I understand the message of it, even if I do not agree with a lot of it. I did find it quite enjoyable until the mother got sick. Until the end they had to let her act up, that was really unnecessary. I do like the reminder that parents are their individual selves and that older generation often shifted their meaning of life unto the life and success of their children. This is fairly common I think, not only in China or East-Asia, however it's only a reason and not an excuse for the manipulation and control, the apology was long overdue, and this drama could've centred more on everybody navigating their own boundaries and finding their own passion and fulfilment that are separated from but supported by their family.
Surprised how all eps so far has been so good. Normally I feel a bit of boredom around ep 9-12, but I'm still so intrigued and judging from thee preview it won't change.
I just love smart leads sm
this had an amazing premise, but they sadly struggled with the execution. I wish we had more of his frankly speaking, I wish there hadn't been a way to turn it off but rather that he had to learn to speak his thoughts out honestly without him just blurting it all out. I also would've thought that him speaking frankly would cause more damage, but besides loosing his chance as a news anchor, there were no consequences other than some blunders.
I did like the whole family dynamics toward the end, I think you can feel that the writer put a lot of thoughts towards the different kind of relationships and how lies and honesty are both weapons to uphold peace. Therefore, I just wished they'd showed us more of it at the beginning and not save it for the end. I can barely remember what happened in the middle of this drama because there was no linear plot, only random daily life happenings.
While the romance was kinda cute, I felt nothing for both leads. There was more chemistry between SKB and KJH. Despite the obvious romance I saw happening, this really did not feel like a romance drama. However, contrary to some other commenters, I did see the comedy and while not all of it was funny, I did laugh at least once an episode.
I wish they'd give us a 3-hour-long finale at least, or like 5 special episodes, or like a second season with Sunjae's POV .... just something ....
this drama has been my life essence for the last couple of weeks. The only motivation to start a new week.
So far, Xiaoxiao is the only female lead, that I kinda like, even if she's weird at times.
Tong Yiwen is also just so wilful, doesn't know what she wants and just jumps to conclusions left and right.