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Very fun drama to watch throughout. I didn't find the FL attractive which really urged me to drop the series in the first episode but I forced myself due to the rating here and it was good.Great support cast with back stories and real involvement. The programming scene is spicily presented, not true to purpose but good enough for general consumption.
For once a villain was born from ML's mistakes, his grievances were not wrong frankly. An unaware giant swallows its own without regard which was the exact case here as well. Just because of the futility of the situation created by the author he went the evil route, in reality, he would have many options to separate himself and be successful.
Romance well lacks passion for majority of the series and they don't act their age, its more like innocent high school style first love. Kisses are a rare breed. There is tension but its not enough to cause anything. This stays true for 33/36 episodes! Total disappointment.
Overall a good one time watch.
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Not feeling good about the male lead
Plot of this show is pretty good, pace was great, each character stood out on it's own. I am not the biggest fan of revenge shows but some of them can good. This show gives abit of the Itaewon Class vibes if you have watched.However, out of all the characters in this show, I don't vibe with male lead the most. I have to say I am never into male leads that are arrogant just because they are good at one thing/ is deemed as super good-looking/ the fact that people have to "worship" him for nothing about the personality. While i did enjoyed Li Xun and Zhu Yun's love story, i didn't like how Li Xun treated other people (including Zhu Yun at times too!!). Ofcourse he was always the best at coding and have his own family issues (the so called perfect typical male lead with issues), however, he doesn't treat other people like his team mates or ZY's parents the best either. I wouldn't say he deserved the hate but i just think that how he was treated was an effect from his own attitude in the first place. His family issues should not an excuse for him to project it on other people.
One thing that kept me going was the female lead - one of the strongest and actually smart female lead I have seen in a long while. She never doubted Li Xun and always loved and supported him throughout the entire show. I would say for Li Xun, he wouldn't be able to grow as a person if not for Zhu Yun by his side/ he wouldn't be that bit of a likable person if not for Zhu Yun. While Zhu Yun always allow Li Xun to shine, he doesn't bring the best out of her in their relationship.
u can watch for the plot, romance is pretty cute and sweet, OSTs are good. I did enjoy the show but wouldn't rewatch it again. Ofcourse if you're the same as me where u are not into male leads like li xun character, then u dont have to worry about suffering from male lead syndrome.
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I Just want to say go for it it's one of the bestest drama of 2022❤️.
I won't give you spoilers because this drama is a rollercoaster of emotions you will feel like u r not seeing any imagination type drama because this drama from starting to its ending always makes me feel like yes this is the harsh reality but please don't get confused by my word using harsh because it doesn't mean that it had a sad ending no because I too can't take sad ending dramas. I will not gonna tell you how does this drama end because I don't want u guys already know what's gonna happen in the end because being in suspense about this drama will make you happiest only. It has a most beautiful ending ❤️Was this review helpful to you?
MALE LEAD IS A CONDESCENDING ASSHOLE THAT NO DECENT PERSON COULD POSSIBLY ROOT FOR
Male lead is an arrogant condescending piece of sh*t. He is unnecessarily antagonistic towards everyone he meet. The only person he has treated with a modicum of respect is their old teacher and the rocker chick. He publicly abuse and humiliates his friends and classmates and somehow everyone just accepts it because he's an all knowing genius. He does not apologise, the people he mistreats just accepts it and move on. The drama in no ways attempt to explore the fact that this is not an appropriate way to treat colleagues. The message seems to be, he's a genius that's right and taught them a valuable lesson by being a cunt, so they should just suck it up and continue to learn from such a master.I have never taken an intense dislike to a main character this early in a drama and I'm someone that's very partial to flawed main characters in dramas. However, only when dramas are intelligent enough not to brush their character's flaw aside, excusing it as the unconventional behaviour of a genius.
Here's how it goes:
- Genius male lead notice an error by another character, instead of highlighting it and speaking to them respectfully, he publicly berates and humiliates that person.
- Female lead calls him out and he doubles down.
- The other person, unhappy with how they've been treated, storms out.
- Female follows and talk to the person.
- Person says that genius male lead was right about the error and they'll continue to learn and grow under tutelage of genius male lead.
- Conflict resolved.
In the 7 episodes I've watched, this circle repeats itself about 2-3 times and its very likely to continue to do so throughout most of the drama because the source of the conflict (his mistreatment of others) is actually never dealt with. Therefore the male lead does not face any consequence for his actions, never has to reflect and learn from his shortcomings to be a better person. The drama instead seems to be banking on the female lead love softening him up and making him a better person as the drama progress. And judging by his condescending attitude in episode 1, her love does not seem to have succeed in changing him for the better.
Even the female lead was starting to disgust me because by episode 6 and 7, she becomes an enabler of his abhorrent behaviour. She cannot convince him to apologise or acknowledge his mistreatment of others, so she places the emotional burden of making things right on those he's mistreated. That she is falling for someone she saw publicly humiliate not just his friend but also her friend, is just mind-boggling. Every-time he invades her personal space, backed her to a wall/gets in her face (which is this drama's attempt at creating an intense moment of chemistry between the leads ), I just roll my eyes at the absurdity. Like, "gurrrrrl, is this really doing it for you?"
These are not characters you're rooting for to end up together and you may find yourself at some point, like I did, rooting for the male lead to fail just to see him knocked down a peg. That honestly, for me, is the only acceptable reason to continue watching this drama.
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Stop Romanticizing Toxic Behavior
This glorification of men who treat women like garbage needs to stop.How can the FL be an educated, bright person if she falls for him?
He is not cool or aloof .. he's arrogant, rude, narcissistic, and very self absorbed.
I don't care what hairstyle or color they give him, he's not attractive due to his personality.
I thought this would be a cute albeit somewhat angsty watch.
It was a hot mess of abuse in varying forms and I only watched 4 episodes.
The FL is belittled, ridiculed, humiliated, physically kicked, called names more than once, and then he destroyed her school laptop by installing a virus.
Oooooh, he's so talented.
It wiped out all of her systems (core included) and all of her work, saved and current, is gone.
Do you know how infuriating that would be to a real student?
Instead everyone is gloating and praising him, all the while the FL is wandering around behind him like a puppy with a broke laptop.
He continues to be snide and insult her, as if he was in the right.
Sheer stupidity.
I feel nothing but disgust for the ML and can not imagine he can redeem himself enough for me to root for him.
Especially as other comments made seem to indicate he gets even worse as the show progresses.
The drama world needs a revamp.
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Male lead with Toxic traits!!!
Unpopular Opinion and Spoiler alert!!!!Li Xun (male lead) with genius coding ability meets up a cute yet strong headed girl Zhu Yun in college. They had another from Gao who turns out to be the villain charecter later..
Male lead Li Xun-
Absolutely toxic, just because he is genius he looks down on everyone. Has no sense of respect towards others opinion, would he valued Gao a little then he could get a friend for life and not an enemy.
Later he kinda did same with his buddy from the jail too..
Li Xun loves Zhu Yun but continuously kept things hidden from her. Also for no reason he always get privileges, like for what reason??? Just because he is genius!!
I dint understand why throughout the show he tried to push away the enormous love and positivity of Zhu Yun so hard that she kinda became obsessed with him!! Like what was his point? He is a 10/10 red flag and he is the reason Gao became a villain!!!
May be deep down he is a soft hearted person, may be but what exactly did Zhu Yun so bad that he crushed her heart like anything with his harsh words that too again n again!!! Nobody wants this kinda soft hearted arrogance in their life...
Liao Gao -
The third wheel of the trio and the villain -
I liked how the makers portray his charecter. He was a good human being and was loyal towards his buddy Li Xun, all he wanted Li Xun to acknowledge him for at least some thing. But Li Xun kept on disrespectinh him and literally made him a negative charecter!!
Female lead Zhu Yun
A strong headed, cute girl. She fell for Li Xun hard that she becomes obsessed with him. She got rejected by Li Xun many times, he humiliated her for her family yet she kinda protected and justified all his toxic traits..
Allover story -
Too much dragged and I kept on fast forwarding. The love between the leads felt like one sided obsession of the FL!
Ost - I like the tracks.
I don't know what is the reason of 9 /10 floating on the review section but the toxicity of ML and obsession of FL pretty much annoyed me.
I won't rewatch it anyway!!!
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WATCH IT FOR THE COUPLE!! THE ML AND FL ARE PERFECTTT
i did like this drama especially the fl and ml. li xun was portrayed so well by chen feiyu and HE IS SO FINE. i loved his hair and i was kind of sad that they changed it but it shows he has matured. HIS PERSONALITY WAS AMAZING , I TOTALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM! zhu yun was played by such a beautiful actress zhang jing yi . she really does give off innocent princess vibes and li xun'a VOICEEE especially when he calls her princess! i mostly enjoyed the past episodes of when they were at university but the ones in the present were also a nice touch touch . would recommend if you like cold boy x innocent girl dramas. totally fell in love with the cp their chemistry was unbeatable. episode 18 was my faveeee.Was this review helpful to you?
BEST CDRAMA EVER
IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT YET, YOU SHOULD GO AND WATCH IT. So far, the best chinese drama I have ever watched. It is so realistic, it feels like you don't watch a drama but rather a real life event. No cringy scenes or stories, no unnecessary overreactions, no awkwardness. Lead characters, side characters, all are fun to watch. COUPLE IS AMAZING. I don't know from where to start praising the couple, be it chemistry between them or storyline. What I like the most about them is the little gestures we see throughout the drama; unlike other dramas, couple's physical contact is not limited to kiss, even the way they hug is the most genuine. The love they have for each other is inexplicable, the sacrifices they make for each other made me so emotional. Hats off to the whole cast, everyone did their part so well, acting is too natural. I wish we had more episodes, I can't let go of them...Was this review helpful to you?
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currently the best drama i've watch . i've been waiting for so long for this kind of drama the opening made me cry a lil bit but yeah i love drama that got lots of sad scene and university love and they did so much stuff tgt ... ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooWas this review helpful to you?
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Bela História
Tinha deixado de ver drama chineses e hesitei ver este mas ainda bem que decidi ver!Na verdade a minha explicação para deixar a séries chineses prendeu-se com o facto de em 99% dos casos as actrizes chinesas parecerem crianças, não só no aspecto mas atuando como tal. É ridículo ver alguém a desempenhar um papel de uma mulher de vinte e muitos anos e passar a maioria do tempo aos gritinhos, a fingir que é tímida e a ter diálogos de adolescente.
Nesta série, pela primeira vez em muito tempo, todos os papéis atribuídos às mulheres são maduros e coincidentes com as idades.
Quer a actriz principal, quer as secundárias, agem com pés e cabeça e defendem aquilo em que acreditam sem exageros!
Os actores são soberbos, em especial o que desempenha o papel principal. Grande actor pois consegue transmitir todas as emoções e pensamentos sem dizer uma palavra! Actua com o olhar e as expressões faciais.
A história está bem contada e consegue prender o espectador, sobretudo os mais jovens que se identificam com o mundo da Internet. Confesso que as explicações sobre programações passei à frente, pois sou da velha geração.
Voltarei a ver esta série um dia mais, pelo que recomendo vivamente este drama chinês
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Lighter and Princess - Perfeito!
O que dizer sobre esse c-drama? O casal exala química do começo ao fim. Toda vez que o Li Xun olhava para a Zhu Yun eu suspirava hahahahahAs músicas são simplesmente perfeitas, até pesquisei quase todas, porque todas se encaixavam tão lindamente em cada contexto da história.
O desenvolvimento do drama é muito bom, mas lá pelo episódio 20 fiquei meio cansada e ansiosa para que chegasse logo para o tempo atual da história para ver todo o caos e a vingança que poderia surgir, mas valeu a pena esperar.
A única coisa que me deixou bem incomodada foi a maneira que o Gao Jian Hong se tornou um vilão digno de puro ódio e o seu final foi ser livre e longe de todas as consequências finais dos seus atos e apenas o Fang Zhi Jing pagou por algumas de suas ações.
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