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The accident of Wang Meng Meng.

I mean what kind of driver in his right mind, stops the bus in the middle of a bridge? There was such a wide shoulder and a footpath to boot on the side, why couldn't he just stop there?

Stopping in the middle lane of a three lane highway speaks of a lot more going wrong than irresponsible behaviour! It wasn't like the girl had a gun to his head.

There was only one impossible situation in the whole series that flopped the plot and I don't understand why couldn't they spin it better. There could be many ways in which it could be made more believable.

After so long a time, I have found another true gem and it is Chinese to boot. Alas, at the end, I was kept wanting happier scenes from the leads after such a long ride...
9/10

I have it on my drive in super quality, 23gb / 1080p. I can share, if you want.

Yea, the villain story was surprisingly weak...

Sorry am replying again as I think I misconstrued.

The focus of the drama may seem to be everything else but IMO it is romance. As it is the romantic subplot of the leads that carries and makes possible everything that happens in favour of them. Both would not have survived to see their goals met, had they not loved each other, especially the FL.

Also the notion of expecting direct expression is absurd. I consider even adding a kiss scene as a blunder in historical dramas.

But I also despise it, when it is added and is handled so poorly like a fish kiss or in this case, no faces! There was that blurred, parrot scene as well... I for one know the parrots were eating their stuff so it was doubly disgusting.

What I characterise as the break up was the plot device after which the parrot scene happens as at that point both leads in their minds have reached the acceptance stage. Again it is the direct expression of break up that influences our minds but at the emotional level the expression of the ML vehemently making the FL leave is the same.

Previously whenever both met there was a feeling of elation, relief, excitement and expectation for viewers which gets increasingly lessened towards the end. And the quick ending completely crushes that feeling.

That's exactly how I felt, empty. Usually I have conflicting thoughts of archiving a series in my library or not but this was such a disappointment that I haven't experienced in a long while.

IMO it was great from start to middle, and then it started to bog down. Considering its namesake, it certainly did not live up to it by ending it in the same episode where the villain dies. The brilliant schemes, witty scenarios become patchy and things just simply slow down to a crawl.

I was addicted and then I was bored. As usual in Chinese dramas, plot takes a huge hit once the leads get to express their feelings for each other openly, usually that long kiss after a long breakup. The leading scenes are passionate without direct expression and then all of a sudden they get reduced to an awkward best friend relationship with loving eyes. The ML should have consulted Yang Yang, when courting Dilraba :P

Even with decades of experience, only rare Chinese writers can cope with censorship limitations while depicting post acceptance passion.

Also IDK why they excluded action scenes involving the ML in the later parts, he looks so good fighting.

7.5/10 - When it ended, it was like; oh it ended, well ok.

This is a roller coaster. Starts and ends awesome but the middle is boring, I dozed off many times... Unfortunately Shen Yue, the actual lead among the leads' story is most uninteresting and skip worthy.

all episodes

there are subs available though.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Anl4OeskiIpBsyAiU-Kr1SqgK8Yt?e=sfOxaA

By E6 its a good drama, not as good as the rating, perhaps it will improve later. Though I hated the first episode for some reason, perhaps it was the flu.

There is also this unrealistic portrayal of the importance of galleries and its directors among normal people and students on buses. I haven't laughed as much otherwise than I have on the utter stupidity of these scenes. The drama could have done without easily.

Its a good drama. The only downside is the downright draggy nature of the story. I found the last half particularly uninteresting. The romance is great though.

I gathered it as an inferior version of Reply 1988. The way that drama held all its characters together is worlds apart than this one which feels like it was axed and then the story was adapted to the reduced number of episodes towards the end.

Regardless, it is a diamond in the rough, only if it would have been longer...

What a journey this is. Have watched first 3 yet and all are so good. Short but complete even going till the last second.

I have watched both of those series.

And that criteria is only for Chinese because I drop them the most even after carefully scanning first 100 or so comments.

Because I am also going to watch Taiwanese, Korean, Thai, Filipino etc dramas, my criteria has to be strict.

No, I don't watch on streaming services. I use a private torrent tracker. No stream can match the experience delivered by a downloaded series. And the variety is not limited by the source as is with streamers.

I get new dramas almost every other day from multiple Asian countries. Check their rating, if it is above 8 with 1k+ users on MDL and good subs, I take it. Short series are not my cup of tea, I want longer experiences.

Next I will be watching Sweet Teeth.

Yes, you are correct. IMO the personalities of both leads had their quirks and ample amount of patience, more in the male lead, caused some out of the ordinary calm.
That's why its not worth rewatching on its own. But one must consider that we are outliers, the series is a package deal with the prequel. And was essentially made to cash in on the fanbase's desires, fan servicing series so to speak.

This is a great one time ride. An extreme tear jerker for me. It served to be a drastic change of pace. Most dramas would be considered fast paced in comparison. I am sure I won't be watching it again because that's just how the plot is.

I for one did not bother watching the tragic prequel series. Thankfully, I did not find anything that would compel me to watch it, only the knowledge of its existence was enough. So, I can confidently say that all commenters recommending otherwise have an innocent ulterior motive of trying to make you love the whole series as they do.

This is a romance, through and through. Coupled with generally silent leads, which exacerbate the situation even further. Expect episodes upon episodes of intense romance and tension. It was frankly my first Chinese drama which had so much romance. It does actually have its draggy moments but they don't last long so I cannot label it so.

Rating: 8.5

She was not miss casted. Just the writer didn't make her shine as she was supposed to. Her so called high skills were completely useless and even her subordinates were better than her on many occasions. She severely lacked situational awareness expected from a high calibre expert.