Cykodramaqueen
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Started out great but downhill after :(
This drama had so much promise from the beginning! I absolutely loved it from episode 1. Reaching Ep 5, the FL was getting on my nerves, and after ep16 I started FF a lot. I then skipped to Ep 23 & 24 just to see the ending.
The basic plot is the time space and travel, both of them meeting each other in the apartment. He is from 2022, and she is from 2021, exactly 4 months difference, so it’s not that much. At first both are freaked out, then they realised what was going on, but hated each other. Eventually they start falling for each other. They try to change the future and save their friend and their marriage, but in the process one gets into an accident, and at the end another one dies.
I thought the storyline with the time space and travel was very well done. I especially liked how the front door leads to 2022, and the back door leads to 2021! That was a brilliant idea! So they could enjoy dates in both timelines. Majority of it made sense, and you have to pay attention quite a bit to the timeline. In terms of production, it was very well done too. Acting was top notch by our leads, but I didn’t like our FL’s character. She came across too naive, act before thinking, and quite irrational and self righteous. Our ML had to act two different roles from 2022 and 2021- and he pulled it off flawlessly.
The romance and chemistry was uhmmm not great. The kissing scenes looked quite forced and not natural ;);) They seemed more like good friends than lovers. The storylines with Jirong, husband Jiang Shengyao and the brother Anwen was so annoying. Jirong’s character was just dumb. No brain, cannot think for herself. Her bro Anwen was very manipulative, a gambler and used her to try to pay off his debt. To be honest, I thought the writers gave him too much screen time. It is because of their divorce, scandal and what not that caused to rip in the time space.
After Ep 16, things seemed to repeat itself, just with different sub plots and it got boring. Didn’t have the patience to watch anymore so just FF and skipped to last two episodes. The final twist at the end again was super interesting and I thought was well crafted. But unfortunately the in between just didn’t cut it for me.
Do give this one a try, it’s better than most of the Cdramas out there. Oh and the best part- the OST is super nice. About 3 to 4 songs which were very memorable and emotional ;)
The basic plot is the time space and travel, both of them meeting each other in the apartment. He is from 2022, and she is from 2021, exactly 4 months difference, so it’s not that much. At first both are freaked out, then they realised what was going on, but hated each other. Eventually they start falling for each other. They try to change the future and save their friend and their marriage, but in the process one gets into an accident, and at the end another one dies.
I thought the storyline with the time space and travel was very well done. I especially liked how the front door leads to 2022, and the back door leads to 2021! That was a brilliant idea! So they could enjoy dates in both timelines. Majority of it made sense, and you have to pay attention quite a bit to the timeline. In terms of production, it was very well done too. Acting was top notch by our leads, but I didn’t like our FL’s character. She came across too naive, act before thinking, and quite irrational and self righteous. Our ML had to act two different roles from 2022 and 2021- and he pulled it off flawlessly.
The romance and chemistry was uhmmm not great. The kissing scenes looked quite forced and not natural ;);) They seemed more like good friends than lovers. The storylines with Jirong, husband Jiang Shengyao and the brother Anwen was so annoying. Jirong’s character was just dumb. No brain, cannot think for herself. Her bro Anwen was very manipulative, a gambler and used her to try to pay off his debt. To be honest, I thought the writers gave him too much screen time. It is because of their divorce, scandal and what not that caused to rip in the time space.
After Ep 16, things seemed to repeat itself, just with different sub plots and it got boring. Didn’t have the patience to watch anymore so just FF and skipped to last two episodes. The final twist at the end again was super interesting and I thought was well crafted. But unfortunately the in between just didn’t cut it for me.
Do give this one a try, it’s better than most of the Cdramas out there. Oh and the best part- the OST is super nice. About 3 to 4 songs which were very memorable and emotional ;)
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