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cute, easy-watch, and underrated
Story: Not going to even lie, it's been done before. There's a sweet, hardworking female lead and a cold, but intelligent genius who will eventually fall in love. Pretty standard, but everyone loves it, because the dude is a fragile sweetheart inside and the girl is a strong smart woman with everyone in the world trying to bring her down. I'm giving this an 8.5 because the first half of the show were pretty strong with gathering all kinds of emotions from me. Second half, I would've appreciated it more if they were consistent with Han Che's condition. It's like they introduced it in the beginning, no further development in the middle, then dropped a huge bomb on Nuan Nuan and the audience in the later half of the series.
*Note: Jia Yi's character came off toxic and unforgiving... If I were Nuan Nuan, I'd never be her friend again because the girl was just down right selfish. The writer really exposed the underside of 'friendship" with this. She had chances to do right, but she choose to betray her friends.
Acting/Cast: I saw Eleanor in TBB and TBB2 and loved her so much. In my opinion, being bubbly is her strong suit as she does so exceptionally well, and when it came to serious/emotional scenes, it felt like it must've been something new for her (correct me if i'm wrong), but she made cry with her several times, so I'm all for some serious roles in the future from
Eleanor. Leon did a good job. In my opinion, I feel like with Han Che's character, someone else could have made him very stiff and boring, but Leon captured him well. I appreciated all his subtleties. Second Couple were adorable, no cap. Xiong Yu Ting and Li Ming Jun did a great job and I instantly felt their chemistry!! Tim has the best puppy desperation face like he's been hurt for years, I honestly see him doing well in a period drama. With Li Xi Meng, I'm surprised she did well, because her relationship with Nuannuan was quite a roller coaster ride. She has potential seeing as this was her second drama and the first time she's played a more prominent role.
Music: Honestly, underrated. They're really good, and I enjoyed listening to the songs outside of the drama. The song that Eleanor sang, The Best of Luck, on tempo and in a slower tempo - brought me to tears during the scenes.
Re-watch Value: Okay to be fair, I gave this part of the review a 6, because having to relive that moment where Jia Yi had to spotlight on her and Han Xue & Nuan Nuan dancing behind her would be torture. I don't know if I'll be able to forgive her and I never did when I was watching the show. I'd say it's a pivotal plot point that nearly destroyed all of Nuannuan, but it also helped her meet Han Che, so I guess we can't be too mad about it. A salvaging part of the drama has to be the sweet moments and kiss scenes, they had great chemistry and the sweetness was comparable to Put Your Head On My Shoulder. IF THere were anything worth re-watching, it'd be Han Che and Nuannuan's love story.
*Note: Jia Yi's character came off toxic and unforgiving... If I were Nuan Nuan, I'd never be her friend again because the girl was just down right selfish. The writer really exposed the underside of 'friendship" with this. She had chances to do right, but she choose to betray her friends.
Acting/Cast: I saw Eleanor in TBB and TBB2 and loved her so much. In my opinion, being bubbly is her strong suit as she does so exceptionally well, and when it came to serious/emotional scenes, it felt like it must've been something new for her (correct me if i'm wrong), but she made cry with her several times, so I'm all for some serious roles in the future from
Eleanor. Leon did a good job. In my opinion, I feel like with Han Che's character, someone else could have made him very stiff and boring, but Leon captured him well. I appreciated all his subtleties. Second Couple were adorable, no cap. Xiong Yu Ting and Li Ming Jun did a great job and I instantly felt their chemistry!! Tim has the best puppy desperation face like he's been hurt for years, I honestly see him doing well in a period drama. With Li Xi Meng, I'm surprised she did well, because her relationship with Nuannuan was quite a roller coaster ride. She has potential seeing as this was her second drama and the first time she's played a more prominent role.
Music: Honestly, underrated. They're really good, and I enjoyed listening to the songs outside of the drama. The song that Eleanor sang, The Best of Luck, on tempo and in a slower tempo - brought me to tears during the scenes.
Re-watch Value: Okay to be fair, I gave this part of the review a 6, because having to relive that moment where Jia Yi had to spotlight on her and Han Xue & Nuan Nuan dancing behind her would be torture. I don't know if I'll be able to forgive her and I never did when I was watching the show. I'd say it's a pivotal plot point that nearly destroyed all of Nuannuan, but it also helped her meet Han Che, so I guess we can't be too mad about it. A salvaging part of the drama has to be the sweet moments and kiss scenes, they had great chemistry and the sweetness was comparable to Put Your Head On My Shoulder. IF THere were anything worth re-watching, it'd be Han Che and Nuannuan's love story.
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