Reviews

Nice to watch if you LOVED Me and Thee

I might go against everyone's opinion on this one, but I don't think this "second season" was that good. We do find back our beautiful couple, Peach and Thee, with an evolved status, but except for that, I don't really see the point of these 4 added episodes. If you really liked Me and Thee and you miss the couple, you will be happy to see them again. Even if I personally think that Thee is not as extravagant as the first season.

The other couple portrayed by Est and William is cute, but from the trailer I really thought we would see them more or at least as much as Peach and Thee, but no. They are still background characters, and their relationship feels like it was very rushed.

Overall, it wasn't bad, and a good addition if you liked the original series, but I wouldn't call it season 2 considering that it quite has no plot and doesn't add anything to the original couple.

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I Didn't Expect to Love This One So Much

The Road to Splendor was such a pleasant surprise. The story gave its side characters enough depth to make me care about their individual journeys, while Fu Tingyuan and Zhao Ling had a romance that felt genuinely earned. I especially loved that they loved each other when they had nothing, built their own lives, and still chose each other when everything changed.

Ding Yuxi and Deng Enxi were both fantastic, and the ending actually managed to wrap up the story properly — something you don't always find in a C-drama. My only complaint is that I wanted a little more romance in the final episodes.

Overall, definitely one I'd recommend if you enjoy historical dramas with strong characters, politics, and a devoted main couple.

I wrote a longer, more detailed review covering the characters, villains, romance and ending on my Substack if you wanna check it out! https://mshridyanshi.substack.com/p/the-road-to-splendor-is-so-much-better?r=45x978&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

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salt, imperial treasury, wicked officials, girlfailures, and a ride or die OTP

The best drama watching experience I've had this year so far. Good consistent writing (except for that one tiny thing), beautiful cinematography, plot that flowed so well that even a time jump didn't feel jarring at all, layered multifaceted characters, complex female characters who were allowed to be deeply messy, #girlfailures, allowed to learn from their mistakes and do better, a drama where the ML started out a poor orphan and by the end did not turn out to be some young master of a noble family *gasp*, a drama that said "power corrupts so if you have it you have to be careful with it" and meant it, a drama that did not sell the message that working for the emperor and getting his favour is the best career choice, a drama that said love prevails and being in cahoots and communicating with your loved ones will save you.

It also nailed the ending by wrapping up every character's part and plot line beautifully. The last cdrama that stuck the landing this year was How Dare You which was months ago. Clearly, well written endings are not usual in cdramaland, so this drama gets extra extra points for being able to do that. It is so praiseworthy that it didn't descend in quality at all in the last arc. So rare.

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Different take on "S" (エス)

I was so excited after recently finishing "S", the fifth novel of the Ringu series, that there is a film adaptation of the story, and while it was an entertaining watch, I definitely prefer the novel plot over this film. The effects were good, music was absolutely beautiful, and I liked the cast for especially Akane. So for anyone casually watching this for Sadako, I'd say it's a good film. My mid rating is mostly because I prefer the novel storyline.

Spoilers from here on out:
It was a little weird to see which plotpoints they focused on changing (e.g. Takanori's character and job, Akane's trauma, Kashiwada as a whole), but it was an okay alternative plotline. Sadako turning into a cursed spider squad was not something I expected, but I guess they love turning her into a more cursed-looking being over everything else. It was sad to see that they didn't include the connection to the overall ringu series (i.e. why Sadako is supposedly dead and what Kashiwada's got to do with it etc.) so the ending was a little meh. Overall I give it a pass but I recommend anyone interested to read the novel "S", it was a fun read and I loved the storyline.

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Omg I'm in love with older woman-younger man trope!

As a fan of older-woman-younger-man dramas, this one is truly excellent and well-crafted. The storyline is truly focused on their work, then we as the audience can also witness how SRX and QX fall in love slowly, how they spend their days together, I really like it! I really regret that I only discovered this drama in 2026, I should have watched it earlier! Even though their age difference is quite big, their chemistry is really good.. very compatible! FYI, I can't stop watching this drama, because it really makes me curious... every episode never makes me bored at all, it's really that good huhu

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There are series you watch, and then there are series you inhabit.

A Winter Sun Wakes the Wind in Spring Hills' Dream belongs firmly in the second category.

Maybe that's also why I watched it in portions, waiting until new episodes were out, and taking several days at the end to finally finish it.
Not because it hadn't completely pulled me in. Quite the opposite.
I think I was simply trying to postpone the moment when I would have to admit that it was really over. Because that would mean accepting that there may never be another series like A Winter Sun.

I can say with certainty that the story itself isn't even the main reason this series moved me so deeply. It's the way it's told.

The story begins with Feng Qinglang, a celebrated actor at the height of his career who wants to escape the pressure of the entertainment industry. He retreats to the mountains of Yunnan and ends up with Xu Changyang, a young tea farmer living a life that couldn't be further from Qinglang's world.

And the mountains of Yunnan aren't a backdrop here. They're almost a character in their own right. They create a world where two people can briefly exist outside of everything that otherwise defines them. Qinglang isn't a star there. Changyang isn't living in anyone's shadow. They're simply two people getting to know each other and the series is patient enough to let that feel real.

The tea plantations, the dense forests, the search for termite mushrooms together, roasting tea over an open fire, sharing food, sitting in a silence that nobody needs to fill — A Winter Sun understands that intimacy doesn't always need words. Sometimes it's simply the way someone notices what you need before you ask.

And that is exactly the kind of love language I find most beautiful.

Qinglang and Changyang speak to each other in a language that nobody else seems to understand. There is something almost dance-like about the way they move around one another.

The series constantly works with hidden layers of meaning, lines that carry meaning beyond their words, numbers that carry significance, colours, light, camera positioning. Everything plays a role. Everything means something.

There are so many moments. Too many to list. And I don't think a list would explain why they work anyway.

There are very few series that make me feel something without telling me what I'm supposed to feel. A Winter Sun does this constantly. It does this by focusing on images, gestures, silence, landscapes and the smallest changes in facial expression. Sometimes a line of dialogue lands — but just as often it's something nobody says at all.

For me, this series feels like a painting that draws you in before you understand why. Or like a song in a language you don't fully speak and yet you feel that ache in your chest, that rising of tears, without being able to name exactly what those tears are for.

I think the loudest reason for my tears came from Feng Qing Tian — Qinglang's younger brother.

His story unfolds in fragments, quietly devastating from the beginning. The weight of the guilt he carries. The smile he keeps putting back on his face. The series shows us a person who has become so good at surviving that he has almost forgotten he's allowed to want more than that. It shows us a person living with depression, without reducing him to it.

And then comes episode thirteen. That episode shook me in a way I still don't have the right words for.

Qing Tian's story makes the central love story even more painful in a strange way. Qinglang and Changyang find a place where they can be honest with each other. Qing Tian keeps searching for that same freedom, while carrying the expectations, the guilt and the consequences of everyone around him.
Their stories are different, but they're asking the same question: how much of yourself are you allowed to keep when the world keeps telling you who you're supposed to be?

But A Winter Sun is telling more than a love story in the mountains.

It's also a surprisingly sharp portrait of the Chinese entertainment industry — CPs manufactured for profit, fanservice sold as authenticity, relationships used as tools and discarded the moment they become inconvenient. Qinglang's history with another actor shows what happens when an industry turns intimacy into a product and what it costs to finally step outside of that. His decision to leave the industry and publicly stand by the person he loves isn't simply romantic.
It's a rejection of a system that spent years deciding which version of him was acceptable.

I know this series isn't for everyone. I understand if the dialogue is sometimes difficult to follow, if the time jumps are confusing, if you find plot holes or struggle to keep up with everything happening around the film industry. Some transitions are too abrupt, some storylines ask for more patience than they give back and toward the end I occasionally wished the series trusted itself enough to simply stop and breathe in certain moments.

And yet — I recommend this series. Especially in a time when we increasingly encounter AI-generated imagery and CGI in films and series, A Winter Sun reminded me of the beauty of simply capturing something real. Almost every frame could be printed and hung on a wall — that's how cinematic this series is.

And perhaps that's exactly why, despite being far from perfect, it feels so unmistakably alive. It is painful and beautiful and messy. People make wrong decisions, get lost and find their way back. Love sometimes isn't enough to stop something devastating from happening — and yet the series keeps returning to the same quiet insistence:

Life continues.

The mountains remain.

The tea grows.

Someone waits.

Someone comes home.

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An enjoyable watch for the male lead: Lei Xiuyuan/Ye Cha

Over the years of watching Chinese Xianxia(Fantasy) Drama's, I have come to the point, where, I prefer the male lead to be from the Demon Realm (like a Demon God, or Demon Lord) rather than them being an Immortal Lord/or from the Immortal Realm in general.

It is much more interesting to have a Male Lead, who is a grey character (or morally gray character), since these type of characters is rare to have in a story for the Main Leads, and if done right, their romance is very appealing to me.

So, this leads me to why I want to write this review (haven't done one in ages), to show my appreciation to this drama "The Eternal Fragrance". Thank you, for coming into my life when I was in that phase of couldn't get into any new drama, no matter how hard I tried, oh trust me, I've tried, there are many drama's like "Whispers of Fate", "Love beyond the Grave", and "Zhan Zhao Adventures", where I started watching it, but then I suddenly just placed it on hold, despite I love the male actor in those respective dramas. But none of them hooked me into them the way "The Eternal Fragrance" did.

I guess, I have my parents to thank for introducing me to this Drama because they were watching The Eternal Fragrance, and when I saw some clips of it, this looks appealing, so I decided to check the drama out and then before I knew it, I just became absorbed into the story. Mainly because I enjoy the male lead acted by Song Wei Long.

New to this male actor, haven't seen him in any drama's before, but just like my mum found him handsome, I too, found him handsome, in a charismatic way.

I've read that this was his first Xianxia drama, so no pressure to him, because he played a very convincing role (for me at least) as Ye Cha(Demon Lord) and Lei Xiu Yuan.

Thank you, Song Wei Long, for bringing out the character to life, and made me come to appreciate your character in this drama (The Eternal Fragrance). You look cool/handsome as the Demon Lord, and I love your golden eyes, and I also found you cool/mysterious with that half-mask on as well!

I love Xiuyuan love/devotion towards Jiang Li Fei, although sometimes I felt that he have every right to be upset with her. The ironic thing that many people didn't like what Xiuyuan did back then when he did it to save his brother, because this was a betrayal of her trust for him (which I do agree), however, what Jiang Li Fei did to Lei Xiuyuan later was much, much worst than what he did at that time. She can easily kill the man she claims she loves and what's worst is when she went to see him again, I was expecting some heart-felt touching reunion between the two when Xiuyuan was lying unconscious on the stone bed. But I didn't expect Li Fei to did what she did. Instead of a heartfelt touching reunion, all I got was a cold-hearted bitch who will try to kill him again (when she was siding with Tong Zhou)... That whole scene didn't made sense to me, because I didn't understand what lead her to feel that way towards Xiuyuan (when she sees him again), she said she trusts Xiuyuan, but her actions contradicts it... How can you expect me to believe that it makes sense, when Xiuyuan "died" in front of her, she was grieving but when she finally saw him again, she treated him like her enemy, and she have no reason to feel that way! Can she not be happy that he is actually alive?! I mean the man she "loves" is still alive, but unconscious, but she still did that to him, what she did to Xiuyuan there and then and sided with Tongzhou IS a betrayal of Xiuyuan trust for her!

For me, I didn't like that scene from Li Fei on my side. Honestly, a part of me still haven't forgiven her for what she did in that scene, and I honestly wish Lei Xiuyuan will stay upset with her for her to work for it and earn back his forgiveness. It's only fair right? Afterall, it took her a very long time to forgive Xiuyuan for what he did when he chose to save his brother.

Another scene I didn't like coming from Li Fei is that she can agree to get marry to Tong Zhou on her side, and she was the one to suggested that despite she "loves" Xiuyuan, that honestly is another negative plot-point from her side for me on this pairing, because her reasons was because she wants to fulfill Tong Zhou wish to make him happy -_- but when she agreed to marry Tong Zhou, this is her choosing Tong Zhou over Xiuyuan and this is in betrayal of Xiuyuan trust/love for her, because Xiuyuan would never did what she will do by agreeing to marry someone he doesn't love/hurting Li Fei in the process. When Li Fei agree to get marry with Tong Zhou, did she not ever consider about how Xiuyuan would feel when he found out about this news?! Yet she wants to fulfill and make Tongzhou happy yet she can hurt Xiuyuan like this by denying his feelings?! That is some twisted nonsensical logic there!

But too bad, Lei Xiuyuan is too forgiving when it comes to her, really at times I felt like I am trying to convince myself to like the pairing (for Lei Xiuyuan) but deep down, I don't like it because Li Fei really failed to show me she deserves Xiuyuan love/devotion, and Xiuyuan really deserves someone better imo, but at the same time, I ship them because I know that Xiuyuan loves her so much. I am just massively disappointed with those scenes that happened near the end coming from Li Fei, and because of that I still haven't forgiven her on my side, and also because of what she showed me, I failed to see the equal input from Jiang Li Fei side. I felt like in the end, I am just happy they end up together, because this will make Xiuyuan happy, and since he is my favourite character in this drama, I want to see him happy, and I was looking at this from his point of view and was glad he got his wish in the end, because his wish has always been just her, where he can live happily with her together.

In terms of story telling though, I didn't like how their past was completely glossed over, as all I saw in Ye Cha and Divine Tree past was only very little and only a glimpse of their past, and from what I understood was, they both loved each other, and yes, Ye Cha unintentionally killed Divine Tree (Li Fei past life) because of his curse, and he did tried to fight against his curse, that's why she told him "it's useless to fight against it", and yes, I gathered she is willing to sacrifice herself for Ye Cha in her past life, but if Ye Cha did not lose control of his curse, then their past will not end tragically, so is this hinting to some sort of 'karmic relationship', where in the past, Divine Tree (Li Fei past) sacrificed so much for Ye Cha, and in this present life time, it is Lei Xiuyuan's turn to do the same? But come on Youku, you cannot expect us to piece the puzzle together by your bad editing because when you delete important scenes, it cancels out the flow of the story for any 'effective story telling' for any viewers to understand (from both characters point of view etc) or grasp the flow of the story, and 'why' it lead to these scenes. Because of this bad editing, all I saw was Xiuyuan in the present life sacrificed more/gives more into this relationship than Li Fei and this is why it's bad because it cancel out this whole equal love/input between them.

I really want to say that Youku should NOT have deleted so many scenes, because anyone with eyes can see the second half of the story towards the end, is heavily edited, and I just wish that there were more scenes that was explained and doesn't felt like it was removed/deleted as I felt some scenes wasn't connected smoothly towards the end, e.g. I never get to see how Hu Jia Ping revealed himself to Lei Xiuyuan as his "Guardian" of Ye Cha (that confrontation), since he is among the guardian, but that scene seem to be deleted so I didn't get that which is a shame. And honestly, Hu Jia Ping never really acts like his guardian despite he knew all along that Xiuyuan is Ye Cha, but I felt like he treated Xiuyuan as someone he doesn't like/like an enemy more than his lord/master that he respects. So I was waiting for that confrontation between Hu Jia Ping and Lei Xiuyuan, but the post-editing was done so poorly that it felt like slap of scenes just deleted and Youku just shove it in your face like hey they reunited and there, that's all you ever get and I am like: "???"

In terms of acting, I didn't mind the acting, I felt that each actor did a great job playing out their roles, but the biggest flaw was the post-editing of this drama, which is a shame seeing how this drama could have been so much better if the scenes/story would flow more smoothly in the later half...

Anyways... With all that being said, despite how I feel about the post-editing on those scenes, I won't lie that this drama got me hooked, and I will TRY to love it for the positive. As for The Eternal Fragrance, some may not like it, different tastes/preferences, but for me, I only like this drama for the male lead, and I will give Lei Xiuyuan a 9/10 in his character. He lost 1 point because he is way toooo forgiving when it comes to the female lead, and I wish he wasn't because I felt he have every right to be upset/mad at what she did at those times that betrayed/hurted him... And I wanted to see him ignore/avoid her because I want to see Li Fei work for it to earn back his forgiveness, but too bad we got none of that...

I always feel conflicted about the ending to be honest, I felt the only reason I liked the ending is because Xiuyuan got his wish and happiness in the end, and since he became a character I came to love and care for, I am glad he got his happiness in the end. That's what I looked at from his point of view, not because I don't think he deserves someone better than Lifei. I also did like the ending for the fact that his demon clan can also now be accepted in the central plains so it is still a good ending for them since that is what he(as Ye Cha) always wanted back then to bring his demon clan to a place where they can be accepted and live happily/peacefully (before he met Jiamu/Divine Tree). I am also happy for Riyan as well since he is among my fav character in this drama too. But as for Jiang Li Fei character in the drama goes, I don't like her, her decisions and actions in this drama had disappointed me which I wish was done differently than what we got in the drama. She really don't deserve Xiuyuan at all... And imo, Xiuyuan deserves someone better than her.

Will I watch this drama again? I am not sure if I will. Maybe on some of the scenes I love, but honestly, I felt like the more I watch the more I end up disliking/hating the Female Lead (Jiang Li Fei) for what she did in those scenes, that I still couldn't forgive her, not even today.

After watching The Eternal Fragrance, I have checked out his other dramas: Shine on Me, and Love for you, both are very great as well. Although if I have to choose between the two, I prefer Shine on Me > Love for you (due to my preference in terms of the setting etc), but both stories are still great as well. Just the latter, I keep fearing anything happening to his character, so that kinda ruined the enjoyment for me a little. So for this drama, I love it for Song Wei Long, and his character, and I've come to appreciate through the Drama "The Eternal Fragrance", thank you for coming into my life, and playing a wonderful character that appeals to me!

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Learning to Love Again

There are spoilers in this review. Read at your own risk.

So close! I really really really love this drama and I really wish it had been more. It was a bit messy and chaotic, especially towards the end. And I don't mean just the storyline. There were a lot of random cuts towards the end that were kind of weird. As if they didn't know how to smoothly transition from scene to scene, even though some scenes were literally 2 seconds apart from each other. Not like the next day or week.

The premise of this show is great. 2 different people from 2 different backgrounds who deeply struggle through life, in their own ways.

The thing each of them have in common is not wanting to fall in love.

She is 35 atm and a new teacher at an all girls school. A couple years prior, she was working with books; that was her dream job. She had already thought she fell in love with someone and was set to marry them, but she got obsessed about him and stalked him. He ends up breaking up with her, understandably, and she wanted to die.

She tries to kill herself. She is scared of falling in love again because of how it made her feel. Her controlling and overbearing dad sets her up on a blind date with someone in his company. She tells him on their blind date about her obsession past, hoping it turns him off of wanting to date her, but he becomes weirdly fixated on her for being so upfront. He is not a good guy at first. He already has a sex buddy, who is married, but he eventually starts to really like the main girl and ends that sex relationship to be serious about the main girl. He becomes a bit obsessed, manipulative, and starts stalking the main girl. Not in a super creepy way of wanting to kill her, which is good. It's still messed up because he often tries to manipulate the situation with him and her and the main girls best friend, who is a reporter. They all try to look after her, but they end up babying her for the most part.

The main guy is 23 and works as a host. A job looked down on in society. His job is to convince women he's their's if the price is right. He wants to be the number 1 host of the club he works for. He seems to want to do whatever it takes, no matter how shameful or degrading.
One of the main storylines is another number 1 host got killed and they didn't catch the murderer yet.
The main guy has a mother who leeches off of him financially and neglects him emotionally. She jumps from man to man. She had another son, who is a lot younger than the main guy. The younger brother gets sick a lot and the mom always asks for money for him, which the main guy gives it to her. She then starts asking for money for her boyfriends failing business, which he gives, but its never enough. They always want more.
So, with how his mother is and how his job is, he sees relationships with women as transactional and never genuine.

The main girl and guy meet at the host club because 1 of her students ended up liking the main guy and she thought he really liked her back but it's his job to make women hooked on him to spend as much money as possible, so that he can become number 1.

The main leads have a 13 year age gap, which is one reason, but not the main reason they are told they shouldn't be together. The main reason is he is a "lowly host" and she is an "upstanding teacher" who needs to be a good role model for her students. Teachers aren't allowed personal lives Japan I guess. I can understand how the main guy falls for the main girl, but I struggled to see how the main girl falls for him. They make it seems more like pity, but keep telling us its not pity through the main girl. That didn't convey very well.

The main guy falls for the teacher because she doesn't try and use him for money or anything. She wants to help him when she finds out he can't read or write well. She takes a lot from others who can dupe her easily. His character is frustrating at a lot of parts. I get that he tries not to let anything get to serious. He struggled a lot to fit in and has a learning disability that made school impossible without proper help.

He does know that he can affect her standing in society, and tries to distance himself from her because he doesn't want her to be "dragged down" by him because others think he is lowly and deemed no good.

It kind of gives off Yakuza vibes a bit. As if he is in a gang or something. I like those parts. I enjoy most of the forbidden love tropes, especially if they can say "screw everyone and everything else" to be together.

The main guy really tries to turn himself around and with the first person who actually believes in him, he tries to become something more to be able to stand by her properly, in society. However, she is prepared to lose everything to be with him. Again, they didn't make it clear as to why she falls for him. There are moments where he shows he's caring, but slips easily and often into his other mask of being a clown for everyone else.

Idk. I have mixed feelings about it, but there were a lot of heart fluttering moments that I enjoyed enough to give it a decently high score.

As with most dramas, I wish they would have had a proper ending in the happier times together, as a couple. I don't understand why they make romance series without proper skinship and intimacy (physical intimacy and non physical). It drives me crazy and is why I rarely watch heterosexual couples anymore. It's fine if a drama doesn't want to add those things, but I cannot really consider it a "romance", especially a drama where they would give up everything to be eith each other and they barely hold hands? That's odd to me. They do kiss in the drama, but its rare. They do have some intimate feelings of longing for each other, those are nice.

In the end, in a rare twist, everyone around them, coworkers, friends, both sets of parents, the main girls ex want them to be together. The only thing standing in their way is the main guy feeling like he isn't good enough to be with her.

Anyway, it was good enough and one of the few Japanese dramas I like.

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Was Mr. Queen as Good as Everyone Says?

It’s the best historical comedy drama I’ve ever watched. I honestly can’t think of a single thing I disliked about it—it felt almost perfect. The pacing was excellent; nothing felt rushed or unnecessarily dragged out. And the comedy was consistently on point.

Here are some of the things that made the drama work so well for me:

1. The way they blended palace politics with comedy
This was probably one of the drama’s biggest strengths. Palace politics can easily become heavy, complicated, or exhausting, but they managed to mix serious political conflicts with comedy without making either side feel out of place. The transitions between serious and funny moments were surprisingly smooth, and the comedic timing and delivery were excellent.

2. The second female lead was written as a grey character rather than a typical villain
I really appreciated that they didn’t make her completely evil or unbearably annoying just for the sake of creating conflict. We actually got to understand why she became the way she was, which made her much more interesting and human.

Even better, she eventually realized her mistakes and chose to change. She became one of the coolest characters in the entire drama when she decided to divorce the king. Considering the historical setting, that decision carried so much more weight. She wasn’t just some random woman getting a divorce in modern times—she was walking away from the king and from a position many people would have desperately tried to keep. I really loved that part of her character arc.

3. They knew when not to explain everything
I liked that some things were intentionally left unexplained. When a story explains every single detail about every character, sometimes it takes away part of the intrigue. Leaving a few things open to interpretation made the world feel more interesting.

4. The lead actress absolutely nailed the role
I have to mention the lead actress because her performance was incredible. She genuinely managed to make the queen feel like a man trapped inside a woman’s body rather than simply a woman acting masculine.

What impressed me even more was how clearly she differentiated between the original queen and the chef. Their mannerisms, expressions, body language, and overall presence felt completely different. You could immediately tell which personality was coming through. She played that contrast flawlessly.

5. The bond between the queen and her subordinates
I also really loved the queen’s bond with the people around her, especially her maids and palace staff. Their interactions weren’t there just for comedy. Over time, you could actually see trust, loyalty, and affection developing between them. The way they slowly became her little team made some of the funniest and most wholesome moments in the drama.

What I loved most was how naturally everything came together. The humor never took away from the serious palace politics, and the romance and emotional scenes still had enough weight to matter. Even the character development felt satisfying without making the story feel heavy. It is rare for a historical comedy to handle so many different elements this smoothly, and that is probably why I enjoyed it so much. For me, it was very close to perfect.

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Sweet, fluffy & pure romance

This is a well done slice of life drama that focuses on family, friends and romance. It’s not a romcom or action flick, it’s mostly pure romance. Not everyone will be into this type of drama since it doesn’t have a lot of angst or a deep plot. It basically follows the lives of a group of friends as they grow and mature and find their way in life. I really liked it though, it was a refreshing change from your typical Asian drama.

The storyline
It centers around the dubbing and voice acting industry and includes a lot of music and singing. The singers and voice actors are exceptionally talented and a joy to listen to. They take a lot of trips to different areas in China that are very scenic and exceptionally beautiful. There’s not really any major plot or storyline to follow. It’s a slice of life drama that takes you along on their journey in life. It’s a very sweet fluffy drama filled with happiness. Oh and the male lead is a great cook and loves to feed his friends so be prepared for lots of cooking scenes. I was so hungry watching this drama, the food looked delicious.

The acting
I have no complaints about the acting, everyone did a fantastic job. There were no actors that annoyed me which was a pleasant surprise as there’s usually at least one person that I dislike because I can’t stand their voice or style of acting. But this entire cast had beautiful voices and amazing acting skills, I was very impressed.

The romance
Most reviews don’t address the romance which I think is crazy when reviewing a romantic drama. The romance in this drama was done perfectly. The main leads met casually and gradually fell in love over time. The romance grew organically and felt very real, they had phenomenal chemistry. There is a lot of skinship so if you’re into that you’re in for a treat. There is lots of hand holding, back hugs, cuddles, and tons of long romantic kissing scenes.

Overall thoughts
If you like to watch something wholesome, sweet and fluffy after suffering through a really gut wrenching drama full of angst, then this drama is perfect for you. While I love emotional dramas full of angst, I also like sweet romantic dramas like this because they balance things out and give me a much needed mental break. This isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but if you like sweet slice of life dramas then you’ll love this one. The acting, scenery, singing, dubbing, food and romance in this drama is top notch. I highly recommend it.

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