Dragging. Boring. Amateur production. FL seems to get the role through nepotism.
----------------------------------------*I gave it a score of 3.5 after watching 7 episodes. After finishing 10 episodes, I had to lower the score to 2. It's not getting better. Instead, I'm becoming more irritated as time goes on.
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FL's acting [-]
I've seen quite a few Chinese series where the lead characters got their main roles through nepotism. Most of them, though can't act, at least have beauty. But for this girl... it's not just that she can't act, she also doesn't meet the beauty standard of a typical Chinese female lead. So, it's simply too obvious when the lead role lacks both capability and beauty that this incompetent person most likely got the position because of her influential backing.
I'm very disappointed with the FL. She can't express human's complicated feelings and only acts shallowly. Her acting score from me is 1 - the worst of the cast in this series. She's a sore sight and has a lot of screen time (since she's the 1st lead character -_-)
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Story [-]
The story drags on and the script is sloppily written. It's so boring I had to fast forward from time to time until I finally gave up after finishing ep.10. Then I still watched 7 more episodes in a fast pace, but it's a total waste of my time. Their love scenes couldn't draw me in at all even though the ML did his job alright (- at least, it doesn't show that he is irritated by the FL like I am.)
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Earrings [-]
I specially want to know whose idea the FL's earrings is. Most of her earrings have no taste and they always distract me in her face shots. In the first couple episodes, she wears big golden earrings that look fake. In her college years, she wears all kinds of earrings. All of them are random without taste of fashion.
Note: In the later episodes, the earrings are gone from her ears. Seems like the director finally noticed what an eyesore those earrings were for anyone watching, but he still noticed it too late, I would say.
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Li Xun is horrible , arrogant , narcissist ,believes everyone is inferior to him and treats everyone around him as piece of trash .I am fine with male lead having negative traits ( I am sure all of us have watched n number of shows with same concept) but the thing which totally put me off is showing the female lead running behind him even after he bullies her at every single point and shows no signs of remorse. I can not watch any shows where girls have zero self respect and continue to act as door mat.
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Boring plot and toxic characters
I am not against backstories if a backstory is on point. In this drama, the backstory went on for multiple episodes showing every interaction between the main and secondary characters, most of which were irrelevant to Li Xun and Zhu Yun's relationship and the reason why he went to prison. All I wanted was to see how we got to where the story started in episode 1. Episode 13, and there was still no explanation why ML went to prison and why he was such an asshole. It was just a mind-numbing trauma rollercoaster. In addition to that, none of the characters were likable. ML was just a stereotypical asshole because reasons. Even if there was a reason, it's still not a justifiable excuse to be toxic and treat people badly. He was just an asshole for the sake of being an asshole. And, FL fell in love with him just because the writers decided so. Toxic people and toxic relationships, pass.Was this review helpful to you?
Nothing great, nothing to hate
This is run of the mill.Some people may absolutely love it, but in reality there is nothing spectacular.
Although the chemistry is sweet there is nothing sizzling.
The 2 main leads are wonderful. Both are a director's delight,expressive,stuck to their character and hopefully will have a fruitful repertoire of acting work. All the support actors were also good.
Lovvvvved the music. One great difference between the c- drama versus k.-drama music is that the cdramas translate the lyrics. So heart melting and romantic.
Again- annoying irritating mother.
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ROLLERCOASTERS OF EMOTION
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE!! made me experience so many emotions with this 36 episodes. I was laughing, tearing up, getting butterflies, angst , felt so bad for each characters who went through so much in their lives. One of my most favourite drama and i remember watching it for the first time, i was in a real bad phase in my life and this one really distracted me from everything that was going on in my life.The main trope of this drama : Grumpyxsunshine, she fell first and he fell harder, there are so many subtropes in this drama which i devoured with each episode. Even today, whenever I see any edits of them, it gives me a nostalgic feel with so many emotions growing inside me. If you are up for a rollercoasters of emotions then this one is for you!! Eventhough you will feel frustrated with few decisions made by the ML, i understood where he came from. Yeah, i felt really heartbroken but I felt like that was an important factor which actually made their future relationship more strong and matured. They both realised how much they mean to each other.
I wish I could erase my memories and watch this drama once again for the first time π
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the chemistry
i loved the chemistry the mosttttttππππ they were so cute together. I didn't liked how it ended with that court marriage I wanted a whole proper marriage with her parents approval also they needed to show more of ML's side of story too he looked like a red flag but he was just trying to protect her I wish the story writer focused a little more on his character development too ππ.everything was great other than this.
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Huh... well I actually really liked this
I know I typically enjoy non-problematic tropes. Seeing a bad boy x good girl sort of trope with a multitude of side characters who hurt and create obstacles in their relationship would usually never appeal to me.I guess it's just because I never saw it done well... until now.
Lighter and Princess is a must watch, with a compelling storyline (it's very thorough) and well thought-out character arcs. Characters truly have their own distinct personalities, and there's a lot of realism in their development. They all have their strengths and their flaws, and the drama does make you question what's really good or bad or in the gray zone. It doesn't hurt that the cast is absolutely eye candy, including Jenny Zeng, Arthur Chen, and Zhang Jingyi.
I was one of the people putting off watching it because I thought it'd be one of those stories where a female lead revolves and orbits around a toxic male lead. I found instead that the female lead, Zhu Yun, really found her independence, identity, and goals in life after working with Li Xun, something she didn't have before. Li Xun received care and learned love from Zhu Yun. It was a complementary relationship that I enjoyed watching. Of course, no sane girl should go after a Li Xun like character in real life; however, I really thought this relationship was one of my favorites watching the show. I don't see the anti-feminist or misogynist implications that a lot of people try to place here.
The storyline is a great revenge/strategy plot like you'd see in a Wuxia drama seamlessly woven into a sweet romance. I really enjoyed it and binged watched this whole thing in three days (yeah, definitely not good). It is melancholy, it can be dark, and it does explore themes such as depression, monopolization, jealousy, etc.
Overall, a masterpiece. I think 2022 was a really good year, yielding both Reset and this.
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Simple and short Opinion
I just watched some short in youtube and read some comments and i felt like to watch.. and that's what i did.. the things i felt really good in this drama are..1. How a girl should be.. competitive, trustful, confidence.
2. Male lead character is a little too arrogant but the confidence on his skills is the thing the youth wants..
3. Ofcourse not many of us will watch dramas to learn something.. just to entertain ourselves.. so coming to that it's a youth drama so as we think romance, small fights between friends everything is there..
4. The important thing that watchers will found in this drama is trust..
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My first drama of 2023!
Well, I started it in 2022 but towards the end obviously lol. I immediately saw a trailer of this and from then I was kind of hooked, but even though it was like your typical fresh youth drama but the twist is they grow up, duh. Lol. But overall, it was good. Smartest boy around and smartest girl around click and what could go wrong? Well everything tbh. Because they're completely opposite, family wise, relationship wise, just experience in the world but truly? If you really love someone, sometimes, it kind of is enough. Like they go through the ringer, I had to take some breaks in between but this show was kind of a fresh breath of air? Great acting, great OST, great storyline, my first time seeing some of these young rookies and I adored it. I adored the chemistry; I adored how innocent the relationships were until they weren't. I even liked the extra trash drama that costed on by. Lol. But truly, it was a beautifully written story, shot in wonderful angles, way too much make up on our ML but they all truly were adorable.I may watch this again one day, some day. But right now, was just the perfect amount for me tbh.
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enemies to lovers plot
i love ml and fl acting and how their relationship deepened when they went through good and bad times. honestly, some parts of this show was confusing to me and the characters of the ml and fl seemed like red flags sometimes. i thought ml was wearing wigs but apparently he dyed his hair blonde and even got it cut into a buzz cut just for this show. he really sacrifices his hair for this show lol. fl's acting was quite okay. my first time seeing both of them acting in a drama and their acting is quite on point. the plot was quite interesting and i really liked the start of the show! iost is soooo good, esp the theme song "Falling You"! this drama was overall worth my time bingewatching! :)Was this review helpful to you?
RECOMMEND! Beautiful romance and story
This was my first ever drama, and it was phenomenal. 10/10 recommendI do like the computer coding aspect. There is the case of travelling back to the past and present continuously, however I did not mind it and it was good adding to the plot progression. There was a few times where I skipped ahead as I felt bored but I think the good parts outweighs it. The plot overall is pretty good and the drama was good.
The romance aspect is the best part. Fei yu and Jing yi were amazing choices and they delivered the roles of Li Xun and Zhu Yun spectacularly. I love Jing yi's big eyes that always were filled with love and they have a beautiful story and are extremely cute together, they also look great together LOL. The amount of chemistry these two have is astronomical... The other actors were great as well.
MUSICC. I am a HUGE fan of Zhou Shen, so when I found out he sang the main OST 'Firework' / 'η°η«' I SCREAMED. The vocals, lyrics and atmosphere is SO PRETTY I LOVE IT SM. I also really love 'Falling You' and 'ζη±εΎͺη―' these 3 are my favourites and they are so beautiful and perfect for the drama.
OVERALL. definitely recommend for the adorable fluff romance, story, casting and music. I binged this tbh and rlly enjoyed it !!
CUZ I BELIEVE I LOVE UUU TRUE LOVE WILL TAKEEE ITTSS COURSEE
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SOOO GOOOD, BUT FELL FLAT A LITTLE AT THE LAST FEW EPISODES
You know the drama is good when you're a few episodes in, but they're still cooking and you're liking it. This is the first c-drama that I thought to myself "Oh my god, is this gonna be my first 10/10 cdrama?"I was kinda worried when I finished episode 1, cuz I thought this would be one of those shows that I would watch at 1.5 speed so I could move on right away, but I decided to push thru ep 2 and by the end of it I was like "Hmmmm... this might have a chance", so I watched the next episode and MY. GOD. I was finally hooked.
The story was SLOOOOOOW AF, but I didn't mind it, because it's good, heck even the side characters are well fleshed out. Also, since the back story was them at college being an IT student, I was kinda interested in that part, since I also took an IT course in college. So it was really fun to see them coding and the way the writers wrote it is that they kinda put good vanilla romance cutesy crumbs here and there to keep you hooked. So you'll be there sitting watching episode to episode waiting for the payoff like "JUST CONFESS ALREADY!!!"...
I think if the series didn't start at the part where they are all adult and started at the university part, I think it would've been a good start. Cuz you're watching ep 1 & 2 and you're so lost like wtf is happening then suddenly at episode 3 you're now watching a backstory??? and then they should've cut the series into 2 seasons. Episode 3 is where they should've started then ended it around episode 17/18 where the romance payoff is and that would've been a perfect 10/10 College Romance Drama because, I was worried when the ML and FL confessed to each other like "Well, they're basically together? how could you go more from this??" cuz after the confession there was a time skip, so they're are now 4th yr college, who are about to graduate and enter the world of adults. And story from there slowly started to fell off a little hence I couldn't give it a full 10/10(well, at least for me).
The transition from University to them being adults was kinda fast paced a little and then some sprinkle of bullshit and then when we got back to where the story from episodes 1 & 2 left off, that's when the drama started turning into a Business Revenge Series.
The business side was fun like them entering the Professional world of the IT Industry, specifically the Game Dev Industry, I think it's really fun. I think even if they stretch the series to 50 to even 100 episodes turning it into a Slife of Life of just them and their daily lives as Game Developers, I think I would still eat the shit out of it. But the Revenge side is where they fell flat, in the beginning, it was good, but then it's kinda getting fast paced, knowing they'll have to end it by episode 36. And then there are so much convenience, just because this character is this, so he could always do this, like no! that's bullshit. and it was not even a satisfactory revenge, because they started pulling all these cards that they didn't even hinted early on.
The acting was good, I didn't pay much attention to it since it was not that "OH MY GOD TOP TIER ACTING" it was good and that's it.
Minor nitpick criticism, even though I thought this is on par with korean dramas, like the overall product is very well presented, they still don't know how to end an episode. Like there will be an important conversation or scene and then the episode would just suddenly end.
The soundtracks are top tier, but sometimes maybe occasionally they can't time it when to play the soundtrack, or like sometimes they would play it a little late, I might download them later, so I can listen to it over and over.
Overall, this was a good c-drama and I would highly recommend it if you can sit through 20 episodes of build up.
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