Cute, Funny & the Guy sees the Girl First
This show was really good. I don't have much detail to write but trust me when I say that it is a good show if you like these Asian college romances. It has a lot of great writing and acting, there are some twists of course but it is worth the ride. I loved the main characters but Simon Gong who plays the lead guy is so freaking cute and quirky in this show. It has a lot of funny moments but a few intense ones as well. Let's not forget the fact that he sees her first. I mean how many of these shows are like that? Not many!! It was so refreshing. He doesn't seem like the type to be like that but ugh it was so cute and well done. Overall it was soooo good. Watch it :)Was this review helpful to you?
Stunning debut
This was such a sweet, fun story, and qualitatively very much better than I expected. The dynamics of the story are reminiscent of Put Your Head On My Shoulder with the ML falling fast and hard while the FL remains oblivious for a long time. And what an FL! She is CLEARLY the alpha in the pairing, which is rare enough as is, but for an 18 y.o actress on debut to have such a role, and to excel at it, was a real joy to see.With a few episodes to go I was going to give this Drama 8/10 but then noble idiocy made its expected appearance. The way the Drama handled it caused me to bump its score UP to 8.5.
So often in Dramas, noble idiocy is dragged on for ages, then brushed off as a passing irrelevance of no real import, but this Drama did neither. The noble idiocy itself was wrapped in a relatively short time (yay), but then the CONSEQUENCES were shown to be very serious, particularly the emotional impact on the injured party and those close to them(yay+). The person guilty of being the noble idiot even suffered physical pain as part of their penance. This was VERY refreshing, especially the dialogue given by the injured party, clearly explaining the reason the "noble" idiocy was nothing of sort, but was selfish and stupid.
All in all, this was a very satisfying and sweet watch, with a powerful romantic OTP, intelligent dialogue and bright and forthright FL and a great performance on debut by the lead female. Who also has a lovely singing voice :)
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Ps, I was this close to having second lead syndrome
Definitely a hit! Would also rewatch this if I have the extra time!
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Simple
I watched this drama because I'm currently waiting for 2 new drama's to finish airing and subbed, Also because Simon Gong is in it, I really do enjoy his acting.This drama was pretty simple, I loved the story to be honest, it really wasn't bad, but i did skip through a lot never the Main Couple, but the secondary couple and charcaters. I absolutely love how the guy chased the girl, it made this drama really nice seeing this.
As much as i did skip through, the acting was good. Simons Gong has thing thing with his eyes, he can literally make you feel so sorrrry for him, or fell in love with him simple by his eyes, that's pretty unique and i love that about him, it makes his acting special. The FL she's pretty new, but i love her character in this, she wasn't annoying at all, and she wasn't boring, she wasn't a ditz either.
The chemistry was okay, it was there but it was simple okay. There were a few things that i thought, oh my gosh are you kidding me hahahaha.. but hey, it was a good watch, i finally got it off my watch list. I think if they had change up some stuff, this drama would have been much better.
If you wanna watch to occupy your time, bored, in between a drama you're waiting for (like me) then go right ahead and watch.
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Never expected the story to be like this when i first watch it. At first i think it's like casual, light drama about school life & the cast future. Never expected there will be a bigger problem in the end.This drama makes us think about what will we choose when we know our family one have mental sickness that can hereditary to us. Will you give up your loved one so (s)he can choose another happiness or will you stick together with (s)he so (s)he can help support you...?
In this drama you can also watch the difference choice of love. Is it just secretly love & protect someone, is it became some obsession to prove you better than the one (s)he choose or will you let your love go when you already try but find out it's not fit you...? Whatever your love choice only you know what best for you.
In this drama we also can see the way parent protect their child. We can see the pain Zhou Xiao (ZX) dad feel when ZX has been hurt by Fan Zhou (FZ). Mostly in other drama is like it's only become the main role problem & solved by themselves, never shown how it's effected their parents. Here you can see how actually our feel affected our parents.
ZX is one of the most insensitive girl in the drama i've ever watched. As a girl she can't even understand the code given by the boys... The way Catherine Hsu describe her is quite accurate. ZX is "very independent, crazy with her friends, chill about most things, and unassuming when it comes to romance". But seeing how ZX and Fan Zhou (FZ) begin their love is so funny in a way.
What i like about this drama especially they're not complicated the plot too much with the childhood friendship and also love rival between Yi Chun (YC) and ZX, or FZ and Cai Ya Si (CYS) just enough damage done by YC here and there to brake FZ and ZX.
Re-watch: interesting story, good cast but not intrigue my interest to re-watch
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The ML plays a great keep to yourself kind of actor, it's fitting and he's handsome so that's just great too. He does great at being quiet, sweet but awkward, which is similar to the other dramas, the FL was tough but ditzy and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DETECTIVE CONAN SO THAT MADE THE WHOLE SHOW FOR ME. I really loved that the ML, handsome, sweet, caring, awkward and was all about the FL and he was all in, even though both of them didn't know how to handle certain things and could be immature, that's what happens with a first love but their chemistry was out of this world and I loved the relationship they had. I loved the bromance, the sismance and I absolutely despised the SML. I really truly just don't like him as an actor so I almost didn't watch this because of him. I don't know what it is, he's probably a great person but his acting sucks, he's childish in every show, this show is the same and he really just is pointless. Same for the SFL, she's a jerk in the show but other than that, everyone else was decent.
The music was decent for every part, I liked it.
Overall, I hated the SML, I wish he did not exist in this. I hated the SFL, she also can suck a toe. It was overall a great show, with great detail, worth binge watching and the kisses/relationship was just phenomenal. I would give this a 10 but I'll settle for a 9 because like every other slice of life, youth drama, it just lets me down when they toss in random drama on like the almost last episode. lol. I hate it. But, worth the watch. I really liked it, it's all predictable anywho. But like, DETECTIVE CONAN BRO.
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Very enjoyable show.
At first I wasn't too sure about this drama. It took me a while to watch the first 10 episodes and I was thinking about dropping it. I am really glad I didn't and ended up sticking with it. The rest of the drama was absolutely amazing in my opinion. As soon as one episode ended, I had to start watching the next. The whole cast is fantastic. They all did an amazing job. Simon Gong has been a favourite of mine and was the reason why I ended up watching this in the first place but I ended up liking everyone involved. The FL mother is amazing. I've seen her in a few things and have always thought she does an amazing job with her characters. In this, she is perfect. I wasn't too much a fan of FL guy friend or the girl who wanted to be with ML but the actors played their parts well. I definitely recommend giving this a watch.Was this review helpful to you?
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It's okay!
The Good⌲ There is a lot of quality fluff in the second half.
⌲ The good OST
⌲ The pretty picture
⌲ The ending is fairly good, though it's not anything I have not seen before. (the special episode is included in this)
⌲ FL's parents were quite wholesome.
The Average
⌲ The chemistry between the leads
⌲ The side couples were not all that interesting.
⌲ The comedy is not the strongest.
⌲ The triangle/square is not very offensive, but it could've been even better.
⌲ The early episodes were quite mediocre.
⌲ ML's parents
⌲ The badminton training sessions (the competition was better)
The Bad
⌲ The third worst separation plot I have ever seen
⌲ There are three and a half absolutely trash episodes.
⌲ The plot involving ML's hereditary mental disorder is wrong on so many levels.
⌲ ML's robotic acting in the early episodes
⌲ Pathologist doctor has done a c-section to help a cat giving birth.
⌲ The wasted potential that is the Detective Club.
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It's blah
I always give dramas a chance, but I couldn't even finish this one. The chemistry sucked. The story was cliched and it just didn't seem believable. It's the first drama I ever NOT want to finish. I don't recommend it. I live for the cutesy first romance type of dramas. But this wasn't cutting it. The actors were good looking, the female lead was cute, but just like the female lead she was mean and a bit bossy. It's not something that resonates well with me. What I like most about female leads is that they're a bit clumsy, naive, but sweet, caring, and nice to all of their friends. The female lead takes them for granted it seems like and is mean to her childhood best friend. The male lead is just as arrogant, and the second female lead does petty things to get revenge because she can't get the guy that she wants. And the other male lead is so full of himself I wanted to punch him in the face. Usually it's cute, but this was overall annoying, and I don't recommend watching this title. It can be skipped.Was this review helpful to you?
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???? so far so good, the story is so cute at the same time heart fluttering, with great and adorable leads and their chemistry, as expected from the author-based from her other works (A love so beautiful and Put Your Head on my shoulder), I like the character of the Zhou Xiao..so carefree and is so cute, while Zhao Fan Zhou is so adorable at the same time very straightforward and really speaks his mind about his feelings towards the Zhou Xiao although, gonna expect a heartbreaking moments on later episodes, still looking forward for a satisfying storyline..as expected from chinese dramas, they are really good at putting good actors together with great chemistry...:) ??? Was this review helpful to you?
When I tell you there's nothing interesting about this drama, I mean it.
I started watching The Love Equations because I remembered all the good comments about it. The first few episodes were nice and I was excited for a cute drama. Now I understand they were probably because this drama it's probably how they discovered Gong Jun.Luckily, I have seen him in Begin Again -a drama from the same year as this one- and other more recent projects, which is why I can say he delivers a good performance, perhaps the strongest in the entire drama, but the story is no good and the chemistry is simply not there.
The story overall is filled with scenes and plotlines poorly developed, particularly when we are dealing with subjects such as mental health. I understand this is a character driven drama but when I tell you there's nothing interesting about it, I mean it.
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