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Dear Mayang Street chinese drama review
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Dear Mayang Street
1 people found this review helpful
by purhplesdiary
Apr 10, 2022
37 of 37 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10.0
This review may contain spoilers

A show filled with everything.

First of all, the main reason I gave this show a chance was the main leads. It's Seven Tan and Timmy Xu ! What could go wrong? I really liked Go Ahead and Timmy Xu's City Of Streamer and Addicted. That's why I was like, what could go wrong with these two?

And i was so right. Actually I regret that i didn't watch it before, because I stumbled upon this one a few months back but didn't even looked at the description.

As i wrote in the title, this show has everything one can ask for - a strong and smart female lead, a caring and NOT cold nor statue male lead, a sweet second lead who got the girl, friendship goals, gang/ crime theme, no backstabbing friends, no bitchy siblings and most important: freakin' great chemistry. I really didn't have any expectations when i started this, but the moment the main leads looked at each other in the 1st episode, i knew I'm gonna binge watch it in a day or two. Oh their eyes...their eyes spoke so much. The longing looks, the pain, the affection, the love it was just so good. The only thing i was sad for was that XiaoJian didn't live to the end. The scene in the last episode when he was being taken away in the car and saw XiaoXiao when he looked back - his eyes were full of regret, love and and apology and best wishes ; like he knew he wasn't gonna make it out this time and that's why he left her, even it meant hurting her. I felt so bad for him. He lost his father when he was little, was called names, had to drop out and give up a bright future, lost his granny, lost uncle Li, XiaoXiao and most important of all , he lost himself in the process. And even he was working for the country, for the good, everyone he cared for only got to know after he died.

The main lead had the least screentime in the drama and in a drama I've ever watched. It was like not even 2 whole episode worth screentime. Still, the moments they had, those were just so good. My heart hurt for them and I cried so much in the shower today.

The show was so good that I want to watch it again. But I don't think my heart can take it again. Oh, it was just everything. Even if XiaoJian died, it was real, it felt realistic this way. Cause if he came back, it wouldn't be real and would've felt exaggerated. This drama was just so realistic that I felt i wasn't just a viewer, I was there, with them under an invisible cloke and could feel each of their emotions and feelings. This drama made me laugh, cry and envy the friendship they had. I don't even know why it is so underrated here.

People who are reading this, give it a try.
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