Leap Day (2020)

After finishing Someday or one day, i wasnt sure if i wanted to watch another time travel drama so soon. However, this was pretty enjoyable, as there are humorous and relatable parts in each episode. The love triangle isn't really the focus, I think the drama's strong point is displaying the relationships between families and the friendship between the main characters and her two best friends. The dialogues between them seem really genuine and entertaining to watch.

With the time travel, the drama doesn't really explore anything too new, but it does add in bits of philosophy to break down the reasons. The time travelling scenes were quite cleverly shot so its able to connect the story line along the way. There are some illogical bits towards the end of the drama, i guess its ok if you watch it without really focusing on the details....

Overall, this is a nice, simple drama to binge watch if you have the time.
Bonus, the president of the club (the guy with the glasses) is good eye candy, but he always smoking in all his scenes :(

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Destination Leap Day: Feb 29, 2020

There is a certain charm to this drama, which i believe, only a certain blend of life, philosophy, experiences and fantasy in a médiocre setting can give rise to.

My First Hong Kong Drama and I am impressed. The quality seems to be on par with TW dramas. Perfect camera frames and beautiful cinematography. Watch out for the shaky cameras during emotional scenes( well it shook throughout 1 specific scene as i recall now) and I find it oddly appropriate :) :)

The story in itself is not 'extra'ordinary. Just the usual story of a girl who happens to time/cross-dimensional travel. But the implications of that travel/s...well that is explored in a very very satisfying manner.
The FL has an end purpose which is to undo an unfavourable(?) incident in the future(29 Feb, 2020). She drags innocent people into this self- serving timeloop 'drama' and eventually ends up being an executioner of the very same inevitable Destiny . Same goes with all those who help her to avoid this uncertain future calamity.

Some of what i like
1) The dramatic arc of the poor man whose life is messed up by the fl's attempts at re-writing the future. While everyone pins him down as the sole reason for the ultimate calamity, none of the characters realise that they are the ones scripting his misfortune and inturn their own misfortunes. As our leads fail to appropriately apprehend this variable, a realisation sinks in. Doesn't the story also belong to the random passerby who might or might not get swept into this fiasco and be condemened to suffer in silence?

2) The melo take: I Like how they portrayed the relationship between the three female friends . It is so warm and enviable. The drama does pay individual attention to their stories. The father-daughter relation is also explored in detail within the limited time frame. The melo take after episode 5 might have slowed down and shifted the focus of the drama a bit but i personally found it agreeable, therapeutic to an extent and even insightful.

3) The intense love triangle undercurrents. The fl doesn't make it official with any of the male leads in the drama (She is developing feelings towards one and is not really sure about the other). But she did have chemistry with both of them and both are equally important characters eventhough the show concentrates more on developing her relationship with one of them. The answer to 'who all will end up together'really made me persevere till the very end. Did i get a closure? not really.( fear not we have S2 )

4)The ending: The drama does wrap neatly after epi 9. But the expecetd closure is not what we get from episode 10. Instead a eerie sort of uncertain equilibrium pervades that entire episode, which i think is laying the groundwork for a season 2. It is not confusing in itself but yes, incomplete There are loose ends which i hope will be explained in S2

What I didn't like.
I want more of the smoking hot male lead YKC . I want the show to explore more of him and his relationship with the fl in the upcoming season. It was very hard to choose between the two polar opposite Male Leads. I nearly wanted both of them to get their respective happy endings with the FL . But i will be even happier if the show could further explore this trio's relationship and convince the audience of the most compatible couple pairing

This is not a grand and eventful drama. It is a just show for a cold night. Make yourself cozy under your blanket, near the hearth.Let your heart go with the flow.
Feel free to feel conflicted, smile, cry, open up, reflect, anticipate and accept. There are a lot of relatables everywhere.
The show won't pull you in immediately. It maintains a respectable distance. It is entirely upto you if you want to be pullled in. Make sure you are in that frame of mind otherwise the show might end up giving you a sense of dissassossiation and dissatisfaction.

Try to get a feel of the drama with its music, esp the intro and the outro. It does carry within it the essence of the whole thing..

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