damsel in a dress

This is the 3rd version of the story I've seen and it has too much to live up to for me. It is good that they have tried to make subtle changes and not make an exact copy of the Chinese version, but I really think the comedic relief is making it too trope-ish. :/ Okay I give you the hair factor. That took some getting used to.
It is only very short (by comparison) and I wonder which aspects they are going to toss in favour of brevity: character developement, political intrigue...?
If we are lucky they skip the ridiculous doppelgaenger episode... :P

I can just about guess why this has received low ratings. It is a poor retelling of the Chinese original. It falls short on just about every level. But mainly it fails to deliver the same level of dignity. This is just a generic love triangle story and the plot basis has as much realism as a wet towel. Sorry, nice male torsos to hook you but thereafter unfortunately nothing special

So, all good dramas start out with plenty of well-shaped naked male torsos....: check!
In order to avoid confusion if the male charakter headcount exceeds two: all men must be colour-coded: check!

Muhaha! So right! What happened there? Can't continue.

Do I love that the story spans so many years? I am really enjoying the first episodes. They don't drag at all so far. And I enjoy all the characters and that even the most annoying ones have a counterparts that make them more likeable. But hell how will they keep this up? I am so afraid the downward developement will start soon... :(

.... ... ... srsly?
Aaron Yan's romcoms roles are always's the exact same with interchangeable actresses.

arg...!!!"§$%&!!! 1 more year???

Just got the worst case of 2nd lead syndrome...

and now it goes the way of all tdramas... it get's dragged out. Not badly. But noticeably.

Don't know about the cousin, but more references in ep 7 that Zihan knows... wtf did we miss??

so the writers went with the angry/shouted confession, classic.

No wait... just rewatched that scene on viki. Clearly (acc to the subs) she says at about 0:40:06 "You are almost 26 now. Your rule of being a guy is almost over" and Yanou says: "But right now he thinks I am guy."
This is very obvious... if the subs are correct she Zi Han def know Yanou is a girl!

Thanks must have gotten a bit confused by what look very much like 'girl-talk' mid ep 6...

oO when did Zihan find out that Yanou is a girl? What did I miss?

Ohh the FEELZ *swoon* love this. Haven't had a case of serious drama binge fever in ages and now the anticipation is killing me waiting for ep11!
And could somebody pls give more screentime to Andy?

only three episodes is still 3 h 30 min. That's a lot of time for a drama to convince me- unfortunately this one hasn't. The characters fail to make for a good story (no matter which genre). But I appreciate you think otherwise.

only three episodes is still 3 h 30 min. That's a lot of time for a drama to convince me- unfortunately this one hasn't. The characters fail to make for a good story (no matter which genre). But I appreciate you think otherwise.

I realise the romance is not the main subject ;) What I was referring to was rather the prospect that the investigators actually have potential for a happy ending beyond solving the case. And I am not saying the mystery is not good. I am saying that the characters do not shine favourably on the story. It seems that the only one with common sense is our little genius and everybody else keeps busy gawking at him. What's the point of calling this an investigation drama? Sorry, really not for me.

Good leads but what's with the story writing? So boring!
The investigation team are all straw figures, why do they even exist? They do not contribute to the story, they don't have personalities and their general impression is one of absolute uselessness.
I was actually looking forward to an investigator team genius/police with some nice romance, but if the result is all mystery and detective aspects are being sacrificed on the altar of romance I'd rather not have any romance thank you very much.
So disappointing.

I was really looking forward to this :)
Finally watched it - and I really liked that it wasn't a one-to-one copy of the Manga. However I was a little disappointed with Yuni's characters. She's not portrayed as smart or intelligent for that matter. She is childish and has completely failed to grasp the concept of independence...
(Whoever says: I don't need friends, I have a boyfriend) def needs get their priorities sorted...
Anyway same goes for mister Smexy teacher - however things that proving love is to marry someone is def on the wrong track (and whoever things love needs to be proven to be real doesn't deserve it)
So apart from these little childish hickups I really enjoyed the movie. I thought it would be a little more an the forbidden side topic wise, but still...
def a sweet watch!