My Roommate Is a Detective (2020)

This one is a tough one. Right from the first episode, the atmosphere was just ever so slightly overly dramatic which set the tone on what to expect from this series: a lighthearted drama with comedic tones. This would be great if done well.

So if you're expecting to see any serious crime solving, this isn't it. It is almost like an attempt to do a live-action version of the anime Detective Conan by solving each case fairly quickly. However, unlike the anime, the cases here don't stimulate much emotions or empathy toward any of the players.

The two male leads do have a pretty fun dynamic (particularly Leon Zhang). Unfortunately, the female lead is just the standard irritating type and instead of adding any value, she pulls it down. The series had the potential to really be pretty good if they managed to do a better job at switching up that underlying comedic tone during what should have been more somber moments. The three leads are pretty monotone no matter what situation they are in and because of this, it ends up emphasizing the fact that they are just a bunch of wealthy kids with zero empathy who are playing detective. The attempted hint at a sob story for the lead female to explain her bratty personality really does nothing for me either. But if you're one who likes these type of characters, you'll find her adorable.

I do appreciate the respect of the multiple languages, where it isn't spoken in one of those nonsensical ways. It's also always nice to hear the Shanghainese language in more mainstream media. The heavy incorporation of foreigners in the plots, however, just doesn't work well here.

This is a series where you don't really need to pay much attention to and the cliffhangers are easy to walk away from. Since I don't hate it, I've been going back and forth on whether to drop it. There is the curiosity on seeing more of the background of the male leads but not much else.

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I Just Want to Watch this Because of Luyao And Qiao Chu Sheng, they have that Great Chemistry...I Love Both of Them....
But after watching the ending that Lu Yao and Youning will be together...I stop Watching...
I find Youning very Irritating and They don't match with Lu Yao....I Just don't understand why they end up together....they Are unbearable to watch specially when they kiss...I feel like throwing my phone...I feel so sorry for Qiao Chu Sheng... That's Why I couldn't anymore bear to watch all the episode...
I will just watch the MV of Lu Yao and Qiao Chu Sheng to make me feel better...
I'm dropping this because of Youning...I really don't want her to end up with Lu Yao...
I know all of the people who watch this feel the same as me...

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Pure content warnings: Torture. That's the big one. Not on-screen (so far), but casually implied, mentionned and never addressed as a bad thing, because, y'know. CHINA. Bullying, boundaries violation, blood and murders obviously, manipulations. A few examples: threatening to accuse a man of rape if he doesn't obey her, making people do all the work while they sleeps, stealing shit from the house of a witness, insulting and belittling of basically everyone, etc. This show is so wholesome! =_=
I'm going to be honest: I dropped that show and intend to never finish it, if only because the casual use and mentions of torture upset me. Who would've known?
Now, the summary is actually very misleading. What truly happens is that one of the male main leads is arrested by the second male lead for murder and the female lead bullies her way in because of "plot reasons". That's not a task force, and it wasn't planned.
The main characters are all dicks in their own ways, so together they fill up a full Asshole Bingo card. Lu Yao is especially infuriating, what with how entitled, sniveling and manipulating he is. The guy who tortures people is somehow more honorable and respectable than the man who doesn't.
The opening is dope, tho!
Now that you've been appropriately warned, enjoy ! (I guess)

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After watching just the first episode, the first thing I do was to come here and read reviews about the love-line. Lots of people dropped the drama cause of the love-line. I seriously prefer no love line than having Lu Yao and Bai Youning together, cutting out the BL scenes doesn't mean you must still have a love-line to attract viewers. I actually was looking forward to the drama entirely just for my interest in watching detective/solving genre shows. Luckily I came here first to get my heart prepared.

Btw, I really like the opening song. That rapper is good.

Okay I'm on the second episode, soon, I won't be able to take this woman anymore... Any kindhearted person who can edit out all the scenes with that woman and let me watch peacefully.

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Enquêtes du style Sherlock Holmes ou Murdoch

J'ai regardé car au départ je cherchais un drama qui se passe à Shanghaï dans les années 20, 30; j'ai été agréablement surprise ! Des enquêtes pour meurtre ou disparition se succèdent, avec à chaque fois tout un raisonnement scientifique présenté par le consultant et qui tient souvent la route (parfois c'est tiré par les cheveux). Cela m'a fait penser aux enquêtes de Sherlock Holmes ou à Murdoch, sauf que tout a un lien.
J'ai préféré le chef de police au consultant, quant au personnage féminin principal : irritante... Les personnages et leurs relations évoluent tout au long du drama, sans surprise. Des moments drôles.
Les lieux sont intéressants et varient : la salle de spectacle, le bordel, le théâtre des ombres, le restau occidental, etc...
Pour ceux qui aiment cette période, j'ai vu et conseille : "Cruel Romance", "The Lady and the Liar", "My legal husband"...
Je le reverrai certainement.

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Un bon drama/dectective

Un drama agréable à suivre. Les enquêtes font penser au manga Conan, on prend beaucoup de plaisir à trouver et à comprendre comment le meurtrier (ière) a fait . Les personnages sont attachants et on apprécie vraiment la relation très forte qui les unit. Surtout la relation entre Lu Yao et Chu Sheng, une bromance drôle et attachante. La relation entre Lu Yao et You Ning est sympathique mais la romance n'est pas assez forte et on a un peu de mal à comprendre l'évaluation de leur amour. Je recommande ce drama si on souhaite passer un bon moment à sourire et parfois à rire.

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Top

Au départ j'ai entamé le visionnage sans conviction, l'environnement Shangaï pendant les années 1924, la pègre, les concessions, ça ne m'attirait pas du tout.
En fait la série est top : les histoires sont remarquables, les décors superbes et ça donne même envie de se renseigner davantage sur cette période et cette ville.
Les acteurs sont excellents : bonne alchimie du trio. Je ne trouve pas la FL enquiquinante, c'est son rôle qui veut ça.
Moi qui n'était pas très bromance j'ai adoré la relation entre les deux ML avec une mention spéciale pour Leon Zhang qui est charmant +++. L'OST est agréable, j'ai eu un peu de mal avec le rap d'ouverture de "after journey" mais à force de l'écouter en fait j'aime beaucoup ! Les voix sont plaisantes.
J'ai beaucoup aimé retrouver le trio au fil des jours, d'ailleurs je me repasse la série tranquillement pour le plaisir de les voir et les entendre : une série rétro et pourtant moderne.
Un grand bravo aux acteurs, les rôles secondaires sont également formidables, vieux bai et salim notamment.
Cette série mériterait un plus ample succès amha :-)

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