If you want cliche, this cdrama is full of it
I'm gonna start by saying how much I love the main couple. They have the most amazing chemistry, I felt myself vibing everytime they looked at each other. Darren Chen is a cutie too, just putting this out there.This drama is so cliché, but that's exactly what I was hoping for. I enjoyed every single second & cringed the whole time, everybody deserves something light like this. We don't have that toxic disrespectful male lead, because Wen Bing is fun and caring, it'll elevate your ultimate boyfriend standards even higher.
The side characters are also very cute and relatable, we - cheesy romance lovers - have everything we could possibly want & I felt very satisfied with the whole story. When it ended I kinda felt a hole in heart, and I'm sure gonna fill it with another Chinese rom-com, yes. I don't know if it's healthy, but I do love it here. It's a yes from me.
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a lot beneath the cover / trailers
i wasnt looking enthusiastically forward to it, and did just only watch because ive watched Darren Chen in Meteor Garden 2018, and enjoy his works. the trailer and promotional posters werent particularly appealing either, and i was expecting it to be a typical love story in the sports world, with a bit of Mulan's twist to it. it was definitely beyond expectations.story:
story-wise, the plot was very different then whats portrayed in synopsis and. while i understand that the cross-dressing was the main plot here, i throughly enjoyed the prospects of bringing in prosopagnosia, a gamer-lover plot and symbolisms. there were plenty of deep meanings inside the story, all representing luck, passion and love. while yes, i do agree that there were a lot of cliches inside the story, they were written out well to a point where it seems naturally possible for them to happen in the real world. the story doesnt solely emphasis on romance, which i can respect as many romance films do overdo in that aespect. it mixes in the beauty of friendships, family love, and siblinghood. i think that many of the plots are usually overdone in this film, such as a typical "rich mother doesnt approve of the poorer girl" storyline. but this show is more realistic and shows a more understanding reality of such over exaggerated plots.
casting/acting:
this is a casting i personally, am more familiar with, which i throughly enjoyed. there is plenty of chemistry between the main leads, and the second leads, as well as the hockey team themselves. you could really feel the passion within friends, couples and siblings. most scenes were acted beautifully and realistically as well, such that you wouldnt feel like you are watching a show, but in the show yourself. i think for the actors ive watched before, all of them have improved tremendously and there wasnt actors distracted or what i would consider "bad acting".
music:
its a pity there arent many tracks in the playlist, but the music indeed varies to suit many different scenes, and ere suited well! there are tracks which amped up the hockey games, and pnes which portrays the blossming feelings of a young couple. there were also sad music for sad scenes, and joyful ones for such. the music compliments the entire show very well, emphasising the emotions and immersing the viewer into the various moods more and more.
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I really like drama that have good story line which includes complicated relationship , struggle and etc . Most probably I dropped drama which which is too cringy and fluffy kind of story.But this drama change my opinion because of following reasons
1) this story was simple and beautiful
2) there is no negative roles so that is a plus point
3) they focused more on main couple story line
4) they didn't dragged the plot for no reasons
5) like other cross dressing drama , they didn't reveal the true identity till last episode to main lead
Both Darren Chen and Sabrina Chen gave full justice to their roles. But my only problem is only in 23rd episode , everything was revealed . I mean everything they did look too childish in the end .
But surely it is a one time watching cute drama ,if you want light hearted drama
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Crazy about Asian dramas
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Okay
Nothing new concept in this drama ,this drama somewhat resemble to skate into love . The level of excitement and connectivity skate into love maintain was not in this drama .It is a simple love story ,best part of the drama was that there was not any conspiracy, easy going ,not much hard struggle between the character . Lead actor's mother didn't bias on rich and poor concept . One thing I didn't understand the hated story among the brothers ( Shen Wei Lian and his elder brother)...
I expect more with this drama .
Onetime watch . Lead actor is the best ...
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Very sweet
This was a very sweet show. I loved that it had no major conflict and/or angst. There were no overtly evil characters. I don't typically like the gender bender shows, because it's always so obvious that the "boy" is actually a girl. It was obvious in this one as well, but what saved it is that Darren Chen's character knew from the beginning that she was a girl.The friendships between the hockey players was a pleasure to watch. I actually teared up a little toward the end, it was so sweet.
I liked the character of his mom, she started out with the "I'm going to control my son's life and keep the evil girl away from him" but she wasn't over the top and redeemed herself rather quickly.
There were a lot of pranks going on, which made this show seem immature, but they were supposed to be college freshmen, so that can be excused to a certain extent.
The main couple was absolutely beautiful together, just all around very attractive people. I wish that the Chinese dramas would 1) lose the terrible dubbing, and 2) give us some kisses that don't look completely fake/unemotional/fish-like.
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I picked this up for the hockey. Hockey has been a big part of my life for years now and when I saw this I was instantly intrigued. Women in hockey rep, cute cheesy romance, with a bunch of cliches thrown in, what could go wrong? The Good:
-I really enjoyed this simply because of how well the two leads portrayed their characters. Daren and Sebrina did an amazing job with these characters. They made the relationship and romance flow seamlessly.
-Darren Chen: ugh he's great. watch the show for him. He isn't that overbearing ML, he's quirky but cool. Portrayed so well.
-The plot actually worked. I didn't have any issues other than the constant angst/dips in the plot (basically just the 24/7 drama). It wasn't bad but noticeable, I like to be on edge but oof give me a break.
The Not so Good:
- The parts in hockey that were incorrect. I know it's a drama and I think I only noticed this because I play hockey but oof.
- some of the transitions worked but some of them just had me questioning everything (looking at you confession scene)
- The stereotypes and sexism. Give me a show with a girl who can play hockey and not get told that she's too delicate or a h*e for playing on a guys team and I'll be a happy camper. They had a few questionable times that made the feminist in my scream.
- the public humiliation: no.
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Best drama in 2020
It's the best drama in 2020. ONE THING I WANT YO CLEAR THAT IT HAS NO SIMILARITIES WITH "SKATE INTO LOVE". IT IS FAR BETTER THAN THAT!!Everything is just perfect in this drama. And tge story is quite realistic with some fantasy ofcourse. But I think drama is the another name of fantasy. So it's acceptable ofcourse. Both female lead and Male lead are so perfect for their role. It's the cutest drama. And the main thing is here that the sport (ice hockey) was showed by them very nicely! Everyone will fall in love with their acting and ofcourse MUSIC. MUSIC AND EVERY SONG AND EVERY SOUND (LIKE MEWAOO) WAS SO PERFECT FOR SITUATION!!
Just go for it...... <3
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Simple cute and funny story, no jumping scene ,,,the sequence of story scenes is clear and complete
the story in this drama is quite light sport, romance, comedy,, Simple romance and simple funny comedygood ending according to my expectations, not to hurry
for a long time I didn't get a drama with a story with a well-edited plot, cut correctly and there was no jumping scene ,, the story sequence is correct and the story is pretty good and interesting, no excessive acting,,, I don't know how a film editor works, only for this film I hope to know the editor because he edits quite well
most of Chinese dramas now, they are not good at editing The scenes and most of the scenes that are displayed are out of order or something is missing, making the story happen suddenly
no stories with unnecessary misunderstandings, thats why i like, they don't use misunderstandings for complicate the story(just a while)or to make it a main conflict
but sorry for the shenweilian, the misunderstanding he received was more haha
And the romance scenes are mostly due to fall,,Once or twice is still allowed, but most times it becomes nothing
the scene for other actors besides the lead is quite good so besides the lead, the support is also have the romance scene and story, although not much, at least have an ending
@@cast@@
1. Sabrina chen , sang tian
# her acting is not bad and cute, after watching her in maiden holmes, she get a same cast as girl dressing as man third, she get the good drama
2. guan hong, wen bing
# In fact, I don't like his performance in Ming dynasty sleuth, but his acting in this drama is not bad
3. li jiu lin, shen wei lian
# always bound by misunderstandings, very sorry, but very funny , an optimis stupid person ,so cute
4. zhang yu xi, miao miao
# she is cute in drama, For a long time, I had thought that sabrinachen and zhangyuxi were have very similar face and sometimes mistakenly recognized them for the first time when saw them in the drama, unexpectedly they met in this drama, and the meeting didn't just pass by, although it didn't appear often but was enough
And they add some popular sentences like ;
"If an apology is useful, why should the police do?" - dao ming shi, meteor garden
"I don't want you think, I want i think" - huang xiao ming - chinese restaurant
The weird part is
Episode 4 When shenweilian was locked in the toilet, didn’t the door of the toilet open out? Why can’t he open it? I replayed it several times, and I didn’t think there was anything wrong with the broom,,It seems that the broom hasn't stuck anything?
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STORY:
A freaking unbelievable story, but that's how it is with gender-benders. There is a random disability trope thrown in and some things about 'destiny'. There are some good messages about teamwork, friendship and never giving up. One could probably find inspiration in the story as well. Most of the drama is sports and romance. I am never too invested on the sports side in any drama and other focus- the romance was quite enjoyable. For the first time, a C-drama felt short because the leads were adorable together and had made a nice pair. All the main characters and side characters are wonderful which is rare in any drama. I was just disappointed with all the teasing we got with our main leads together but the resolution was quick and their time together was just PG-level at best.
ACTING:
I am new to Sabrina Chen but she made an adorable boy. Her transformation from boy to girl makes her look unrecognizable. I am not too familiar with Darren Chen - outside of a few episodes of Meteor Garden that I watched but he was memorable. He started off as an icy character but his consistency in loving the female lead and his childish sides were funny. He smirks like a bad boy and tries to come off as cold and teasing but we all know he is a nice guy. I also loved the sibling and best friend of the heroine. The "second lead" in the show is quite nice as well. I liked the actor in one other drama as well.
OST:
I liked the songs. Not sure which is my favourite but they were nice.
OVERALL:
Watch it if you are into sports and teamwork. Or if you love cross-dressing (like I do) but expect less time with the male lead questioning his identity (which is always done so well in K-dramas). The romance was nice and fluffy. There were some hilarous moments and the characters I thought would turn out to be hateful were all likable by the middle/end. I do recommend picking this up as it is one of the better C-dramas out there.
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Sweet, fluffy romance with very little angst and likable cast.
I tend to fast-forward in most c-dramas because they drag sometimes or have characters that get on my nerves. Fortunately, this was not one of those! I watched every minute and found myself either smiling uncontrollably at the adorableness of the main leads or laughing at their antics. There was very little angst which is just fine with me. The main leads had amazing chemistry and I cannot stress enough how handsome Darren Chen is! His facial expressions were very well-done and his acting as Wen Bing was excellent. As was Sebrina Chen who is so cute disguised as a boy. I love all their character developments...building relationships and friendships, finding one's dreams and goals...it was just perfect. Wen Bing's mother and grandmother were also great in their roles and I loved all the friendships and romance amongst the side characters! The mandatory other woman, Meng Na, was a stand-out! I loved that they made her cute and adorable and not mean to the FL. Her interactions with the FL's brother were cute as well. All, in all, this is very highly recommended! Cute, sweet, hilarious but also has a good message...work for your dreams and never settle.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Sweet Romance Drama
If you prefer to watch sweet romance drama but good acting-wise then this drama is highly recommended. I would say this is idol drama so it's a bit unrealistic, over the top storyline, however, the ML and FL has perfect acting skills so doesn't give me cringly feeling so highly recommended for sweet romance. Every episode focuses on the ML and FL so that's nice.The only part i don't like is that it is really cringly in some scene which doesn't happen in real-life events. However, the acting is perfect so i felt fewer goosebumps compared to other Chinese drama.
I can't wait to watch ML and FL other drama.
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Bye logic and just enjoy the ride
Pros:ML & FL acting & chemistry
For a gender bender drama that defies all logic, the plot and story telling is very smooth
Surprisingly funny, this is props to both writing and acting
Not a big fan of sports drama but the sports reel in this are very well made
Cons:
*SPOILER AHEAD*
The grandma bit is not an effective plot device, she was there at the beginning with a premonition then she was at the end saying tadaaa im the grandma.. like...... The story could have done without this and still be enjoyable
The second leads do not present any significant threat/change in dynamics between the ML & FL
The wrapping up is too slow - wish they move on to how FL & ML are adjusting when not playing in the same team anymore
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