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The Love Equations chinese drama review
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The Love Equations
5 people found this review helpful
by Hyelia
May 14, 2020
27 of 27 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers
Meh. This drama just didn't do for me. If I compare it to the two other dramas by the same writer (A love so beautiful and Put your head on my shoulder), the plot is just plenty weak. It was all over the place with too many elements never fully developed.

STORY
The first part of the drama is very cute and fluffy. I liked that the guy was the first to fall in love and was so obvious with his feelings. So much that you actually wonder if Zhou Xiao is really the president of a detective club, baby girl you're so oblivious. They are in the Uni so they are more mature and not too timid about their feelings and relationship.
However, the pace of the drama is off. It's too slow at first and too rushed in the end. The mother's problem could have been better -- the conflict is just a pretext. Even the characters are not fully developed, some of them disappear for several episodes and reappear just to create problems or resolve them. Especially the "love rivals": Cai Yasi was great but went MIA for several episodes, he was only heartbreak and support. So far, the best part of the drama for me was the girls' friendship but we don't get many scenes after the main couple starts dating.

ACTING/CAST
The actors do a decent job but no one is outstanding.
I liked the second couple, they were cute and the actors had great chemistry.

MUSIC & EDITING
A few things really bothered me in the drama and prevented me from fully enjoying it.
1) The image is bright, too bright, almost like in a giant advert.
2) The editing not necessarily great -- plenty bad in the last episode.
3) The sound effects were not good. I like it when they play with sounds and music in crucial scenes, it never happened here and it was a pity.

To sum up, it is a fresh romance drama but nothing new and memorable.
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