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True. I don't find the ML very attractive but he can act and the story is very intriguing. What really happened 5 years ago, and was it really the Dowager Empress the guilty one? or is she protecting the traitor? Who is he, or she?

Oh, thank you. I'll have a look. In fact, I think as cute as the main couple was, I prefered the second couple.

As I said, I don't watch many youth dramas. Hmm, I remember one, "Meeting you", where the ML had some kind of psychological issue. Or a rare illness that made him sensible to crowds, or noises. Or maybe he had a form of Asperger? And raised by a single mother, I believe. I don't remember well but it was a good drama.

Yeah, I rarely watch youth dramas and when I do, I prefer more serious ones, with more trauma like "Flourish in time" or "Forever love". But this drama is cute and fun to watch. To think it wasn't even on my list to watch !

Oh, I hope someone will post somewhere, it would be nice to watch this drama without the chinsese subs.

To each its own. I don't think it's better than WIFTY. I had been waiting for that drama and it's the 4th one this year to disappoint me. Where I'm bored. On paper, it has everything I love. On screen, it just doesn't click with me. I feel like an heretic for posting this here.

Damn, I don't have Netflix! is this version good? I mean, I watched it with english subs but there were chinese (I think?) subs, too, which couldn't be removed.

Really? That's great! I remember the trailer, it was so funny.

Yeah, I'm going to rewatch PYHOMS soon. I rewatched MLH just two weeks ago. I love those feel good dramas.

If there is an airing date, please post it here. I'm sure the drama will appear somewhere.

For real? Such a good news! I love romantic time travel stories. On top of that, Xing Fei is my favorite actress (maybe because I started Cdramas with "Put your head on my shoulder" and "My little happiness") and I fear that it might be one of her last rom-com since she appears to be branching out to other genres, now. Which is normal since she is close to 30 years old.

For real? Such a good news! I love romantic time travel stories. On top of that, Xing Fei is my favorite actress (maybe because I started Cdramas with "Put your head on my shoulder" and "My little happiness") and I fear that it might be one of her last rom-com since she appears to be branching out to other genres, now. Which is normal since she is close to 30 years old.

For the courageous ones who have watched the first 6 episodes, is it worth watching it? I love youth dramas, not so much Healing dramas, unless it's mixed well (I loved Flourish in time, which had a physically handicapped ML), is the FL better than in the first episode?

Edited to say: at first, I thought the mother might be sick and was going away to try a new medical treatment. But when she was at the airport, talking to her daughter on the phone, she was under that huge banner which said "LIBRE". Which means "Free", in french. Hmmmm....

So let's say goodbye to traditions like Mardi Gras or costume parties.

I'm french, for those of you who would want to wear a beret and a baguette at a costume party, just know that even though it's cliché, I would find it funny (because I hope I still have a sense of humor) and wouldn't attack people on the net for doing so.

Same if you want to participate in a Napoleon recreation camp. I wouldn't attack you for appropriating my country's history. Just have fun recreating this past. Life is too short to not have fun, especially if we are lucky enough to live in countries which aren't at war.

The character is SUPPOSED to have that bad hair style. He isn't a wealthy boy, he works in a shop as a teen, and doesn't speak like someone from a nice part of town.

He probably loves afro-american culture and tries to copy it as an hommage but he isn't a hair dresser and doesn't have the money to go to one. Hence the bad result, which in the end, he cut because, yeah, it was bad. He was ridiculous. And it was time to go back to school anyway so he had to cut it.

Please, stop this cultural appropration insanity. Soon it will be impossible to dress how we want, or style our hair how we want (even when it's badly done), or it will be the end of Mardi Gras, or costume parties. Are we slowly turning into North Korea?

Where will it end??? Don't wear a french beret, that's cultural appropriation? Don't wear a kimono if you're not japanese, that's cultural appropriation? It's become impossible to show our love of a culture without being called all kind of names under the sun.

I'm not offended if some people try to speak french, even badly, because they want to show their love for my language and my country.

Or if french are depicted as villains in movies or tv shows.

People in the western world are way too sensitive for trivial things. I personally reserve my anger and emotivity for the poor women in Ukraine who are being raped by russian soldiers. Or for the armenians who are being genocided again via starvation and their enemy blocking not only food but also fuel and medication to reach them.

There are worse things in this world to be angry about and to fight than this cultural appropriation non sense.

PS: it's funny how people on this topic or others on MDL critics netizens for how they behave with actors or dramas, aka superficial stuff, when they aren't that great themselves on other unimportant subjects. The irony!

Which country or ethnicity did the character steal from? Dreadlocks were worn by ancient greeks and also by my ancestors, the Gauls (aka France in the past) so I'm wondering if, as a french, I need to yell "cultural appropriation" or not?

But yeah, it didn't look good on the actor.

Apart from that, I just saw the first episode. Bad subtitles, but that was to be expected. But the story is understandable. I found the main actor to be good (I just saw him in WIFTW where he was rather passive and almost dead in the eyes but the character was kind of like that) but here, he shows that he can act.

The main actress... sigh, I'm not feeling her so far. Maybe it will get better but she doesn't seem to be charismatic. It makes me wonder what other "cute but not beautiful actress" (like Weng Peng) would have done with the role.

I'll give her a chance, though, maybe she will get better in the next episodes.

God I hope so, this is my most anticipated drama lately. I'm getting easily bored of Cdramas but this one seems captivating. And the latest one I loved was "when I fly towards you", with the same actor so I have hope it's going to be good.

So yeah, I hope this is the right date.

Fireworks of my heart

Oh, no, three more weeks??? I hate how Cdramas can drop out of the blue or be canceled because of actors or airing dates be changed at the last minute!

Oh, no, I was waiting for that one to watch during my holidays! I hope this date is the definitive one. No bad surprise on the 8th of august.

I posted a few weeks ago that everytime I come on this topic to have news, there's a change in cast and bingo, now it's Wang Chu Ran in the league for the FL? Isn't she the one in that drama with Yang Yang? Not too sure about her in that case.

Oh well, see you in 15 days, there will probably be new casting rumors posted here.