equanimity
easy-to-watch, slice-of-life romance drama
This was a drama extremely pleasant to watch with no villains, no scheming, no angsts, no unhappy parents who objected to main leads or third parties (there were, but no threat at all) nor even major ups nor downs in the story. Just a pleasant and simple childhood friends-turned-lovers who saw each other as one and only love story. Theirs was a sweet, passionate romance with a picture perfect happily ever after ending.
It was an easy-to-watch, slice-of-life romance drama, the kind that you do not really need to concentrate very hard on the conversations but still be able to understand what’s going on.
There were no major ups or downs in the story so there was no excitement or anything to look forward to either.
To be honest, I was not very invested in the male lead, Wen Shao Qing (Tang Xiao Tian) and female lead, Cong Rong (Xing Fei). Their acting was natural and their chemistry as a couple was exceptional. They looked extremely believable as a couple. I have nothing to fault on that. However, I was not invested in Tang Xiao Tian’s looks. As I was writing this review, I kept thinking whether I should even talk about an actor’s looks because it seemed shallow and superficial, but this was basically just my opinion. If it had been a crime or thriller drama, whether the male lead was handsome or not would not have bothered me, him being good-looking would just have been a bonus. However, for a romance drama, the looks of the male and female leads are important, at least to me. Still, I did not deduct many points for this because acting and story are still the utmost important in a drama, of course it did affect my enjoyment, I did not have that fluffy feeling I usually got when I watched such romance dramas.
That being said, I have to say that this was still a very well-done romance drama. There were no silly or illogical acts by any character. The main leads were mature and realistic in their actions and thinking.
Usually around the main leads, there would also be many supporting leads. In this case, we had the female lead’s best friend, superior, the male lead’s uncle, junior, etc. There was nothing to fault in their acting, neither did I find anyone of them irritating nor a hindrance to the main leads or story development at all. Everyone in this drama were simply ‘good’ people, who would not cause unnecessary trouble. In fact, to me, even the love story between the female lead’s best friend and male lead’s uncle were good and I also liked the song that the latter sang while playing the guitar.
OST: I only liked the song sang by the male lead’s uncle. I did not fancy the rest of the songs in the drama.
MY VERDICT
I consider this as a feel-good drama, very pleasant to watch, but again such dramas can be rather dull as well. Yes, it was boring to me when I started because as I said, there was not much excitement, no major ups or downs, but I adjusted myself and enjoyed when I was really in the mood for it so I did not binge-watch and took a while to finish it.
It was simply a realistic, modern romance drama with lots of kisses after the main leads became a couple officially. I have to emphasize, there were really many kisses and 90% of them deep smooches, they literally kissed every time they met after a day’s work, and that was like every day and moreover they lived only opposite of each other.
Would I recommend?
Yes, if you are looking for such a drama like the above, or if you want to watch the main leads or if you are looking for a drama to de-stress, to feel pleasant, to feel good, to watch easily (trust me, it was really very easy to watch), to fill up your time while waiting for new episodes of other dramas, this is one of them to consider, but as I said, enjoy it when you really feel like watching such a drama, otherwise you may find the story a little dull.
It was an easy-to-watch, slice-of-life romance drama, the kind that you do not really need to concentrate very hard on the conversations but still be able to understand what’s going on.
There were no major ups or downs in the story so there was no excitement or anything to look forward to either.
To be honest, I was not very invested in the male lead, Wen Shao Qing (Tang Xiao Tian) and female lead, Cong Rong (Xing Fei). Their acting was natural and their chemistry as a couple was exceptional. They looked extremely believable as a couple. I have nothing to fault on that. However, I was not invested in Tang Xiao Tian’s looks. As I was writing this review, I kept thinking whether I should even talk about an actor’s looks because it seemed shallow and superficial, but this was basically just my opinion. If it had been a crime or thriller drama, whether the male lead was handsome or not would not have bothered me, him being good-looking would just have been a bonus. However, for a romance drama, the looks of the male and female leads are important, at least to me. Still, I did not deduct many points for this because acting and story are still the utmost important in a drama, of course it did affect my enjoyment, I did not have that fluffy feeling I usually got when I watched such romance dramas.
That being said, I have to say that this was still a very well-done romance drama. There were no silly or illogical acts by any character. The main leads were mature and realistic in their actions and thinking.
Usually around the main leads, there would also be many supporting leads. In this case, we had the female lead’s best friend, superior, the male lead’s uncle, junior, etc. There was nothing to fault in their acting, neither did I find anyone of them irritating nor a hindrance to the main leads or story development at all. Everyone in this drama were simply ‘good’ people, who would not cause unnecessary trouble. In fact, to me, even the love story between the female lead’s best friend and male lead’s uncle were good and I also liked the song that the latter sang while playing the guitar.
OST: I only liked the song sang by the male lead’s uncle. I did not fancy the rest of the songs in the drama.
MY VERDICT
I consider this as a feel-good drama, very pleasant to watch, but again such dramas can be rather dull as well. Yes, it was boring to me when I started because as I said, there was not much excitement, no major ups or downs, but I adjusted myself and enjoyed when I was really in the mood for it so I did not binge-watch and took a while to finish it.
It was simply a realistic, modern romance drama with lots of kisses after the main leads became a couple officially. I have to emphasize, there were really many kisses and 90% of them deep smooches, they literally kissed every time they met after a day’s work, and that was like every day and moreover they lived only opposite of each other.
Would I recommend?
Yes, if you are looking for such a drama like the above, or if you want to watch the main leads or if you are looking for a drama to de-stress, to feel pleasant, to feel good, to watch easily (trust me, it was really very easy to watch), to fill up your time while waiting for new episodes of other dramas, this is one of them to consider, but as I said, enjoy it when you really feel like watching such a drama, otherwise you may find the story a little dull.
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