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it's overhyped but still good
after years of this sitting on my plan to watch list, i finally decided to pick this up as i thoroughly enjoyed its korean remake, family by choice.
overall, i love the concept. i love how theyre found family && the dynamic between the siblings is so fun.
my issues with the show:
- the romance between the leads was not explored well. i expected better of this show than the korean one as it has so many episodes. lingxiao always seemed to be in love with her, so he felt very natural. jianjian on the other hand i feel like them getting together happened so fast i didnt even realize at first. idk if it's the acting or the character itself but i never once felt a romantic connection between the two. love, yes but every strong emotion jianjian ever showed towards him was always a very sibling-like one. it felt off.
- of course i hated the initial love triangle but it's not too bad bc i realized ziqiu initially wanted to pursue her but didn't really show much romantic interest. he just loves her and wants her to be happy and confused that protectiveness as him being in love with her
- idk it was lackluster in general. esp after already having watched a remake of it. everyone hyped this up so much saying this is so much better than the korean one but i disagree completely half the series was filler and the acting was subpar, so was the plot itself.
- i thought the korean version made the connection between jianjian's dad and ziqiu much more emotional and overall much better
- although i think song weilong is gorgeous but his character here had that slight cha eunwoo vibe where it's only like 50-70% acting and the rest is just looking serious and serving face
- did not care for tang can and the other guy (forgot his name oop)'s random subplotline
what i liked:
- love the protective brothers vibe
- what this show did better than the korean one is make the fl actually feel like a girl who's grown up around boys her whole life it felt more natural
- the dad in this show was great and the connection between him and ziqiu's mom actually was better flushed out here
- overall the story is good like in the korean one so although i think it wasn't that great i like the general setup of this show still
overall, i love the concept. i love how theyre found family && the dynamic between the siblings is so fun.
my issues with the show:
- the romance between the leads was not explored well. i expected better of this show than the korean one as it has so many episodes. lingxiao always seemed to be in love with her, so he felt very natural. jianjian on the other hand i feel like them getting together happened so fast i didnt even realize at first. idk if it's the acting or the character itself but i never once felt a romantic connection between the two. love, yes but every strong emotion jianjian ever showed towards him was always a very sibling-like one. it felt off.
- of course i hated the initial love triangle but it's not too bad bc i realized ziqiu initially wanted to pursue her but didn't really show much romantic interest. he just loves her and wants her to be happy and confused that protectiveness as him being in love with her
- idk it was lackluster in general. esp after already having watched a remake of it. everyone hyped this up so much saying this is so much better than the korean one but i disagree completely half the series was filler and the acting was subpar, so was the plot itself.
- i thought the korean version made the connection between jianjian's dad and ziqiu much more emotional and overall much better
- although i think song weilong is gorgeous but his character here had that slight cha eunwoo vibe where it's only like 50-70% acting and the rest is just looking serious and serving face
- did not care for tang can and the other guy (forgot his name oop)'s random subplotline
what i liked:
- love the protective brothers vibe
- what this show did better than the korean one is make the fl actually feel like a girl who's grown up around boys her whole life it felt more natural
- the dad in this show was great and the connection between him and ziqiu's mom actually was better flushed out here
- overall the story is good like in the korean one so although i think it wasn't that great i like the general setup of this show still
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