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Strength of the drama is the Youth Scenes & Stories
This is a lengthy review, so let me just summarize some important parts one usually would like to know in case you don't want to read the rest:- There are no love triangles (though there is another girl who likes the ML, but she gets over her crush pretty soon and roots for the ML & FL characters). Only 2 couples officially, but you can see a 3rd couple within the deskmates even though it's never declared
- Focus more on the youth: The classmates were the interesting part of the drama for me. You may think 40 episodes is a lot (and it is in my opinion) but a good chunk focuses on the classmates.
- Typical bickering enemies to falling for each other main leads
- Misunderstandings/lack of communication
- Romance is mediocre: Though there are some sweet moments, it's not as satisfying as other dramas with the romance tag
- Unfortunately, this couldn't avoid the typical C-drama breakup.
- An unclear bad guy that doesn't become obvious until the end
- Ending is just okay, not bad but not an ending I would be completely satisfied with
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What I liked about this drama:
* The youth of this drama: Though this drama does have a set focus on a group of students, I really like how almost all of their classmates got to have a spotlight in a few episodes, so we got to see their side of their stories. I really appreciated this. Even though in my opinion this drama could've been shorten a bit, this is part of the reason that this drama has 40 episodes total.
* I like how the ML character Dong Nan has a liking to Spongebob. I feel like you see some sort of Spongebob often in this drama.
* The steady character development in Dong Nan, going from achildish celebrity to a caring music teacher
* The bonding of Dong Nan and his students
* The funny school security officers. Their scenes are always funny.
* Su Qi's parents being complete opposite of your typical C-drama parents (Examples: Trying to get rid of her to get more alone time with each other, her mom complaining that Su Qi cleans and cooks too much, LOL)
* The nerdy roommate/math teacher: I just find his interactions with the other characters funny.
* Sheng being the true MVP in this drama, taking care of everything for Dong Nan. Best overall character by far.
* Nice steady progress of our second couple relationship from start to finish
* Loved the music osts but it's pretty hard to find some to add to my playlist.
What I didn't liked about this drama:
* The writing for Su Qi isn't that great. She's a FL character so you expect more but the way she was presented was all over the place. Her character is such a roller coaster. In fact, sadly to say, she might be the make it or break it for you when it comes to continuing to watch or drop this drama. There's nothing wrong with a strong FL but what I hate about her character is her act of violence due to her short temper and when things don't go her way. The fact that they want to make it "comedic" when she beats up Dong Nan is not funny to me at all, as I stated in the comments previously, you wouldn't be laughing if the roles were reverse. She jumps to conclusions and forms misunderstandings with Dong Nan, always thinking the worst. I will say, this is the first half of the drama where she has this issue. The second half, she slowly starts to get better. Despite her moments where she does become likable a bit, her character doesn't develop as well as the ML. She pretty much remains the same with a few good changes here and there.
* Lots of misunderstandings and lack of communications
* Vice Principal Du Kai is hecka annoying. Seriously, his character serves no purpose other than to annoying the heck out of the viewers with his remarks on everything.
* No real punishment to that douchebag paparazzi or to the fake friend. They didn't get punish enough, if at all.
* Writers missed the opportunity on an actual villain in this drama. Seeing evil things happen in the last few episodes seemed very random, like there was nothing be built up to it.
* Dong Nan's initial conflict of plagiarism in the beginning never had an official conclusion
* Romance is a disappointment for the main couple: A lot of bickering for the first half of the drama, then you get some sudden flirts, and then enter drama cliches: accidental kiss, get together at Ep 28 only to break up at Ep 35 but get back together at the last episode.
* The make up from a break up is very weak. I expected an apology from Su Qi from the cruel words she said to Dong Nan from the break up but nope, nothing even close. Not even a confession to where she states she still likes him. Like there's not a bit of regret shown from Su Qi from what she did or that she really wants to be with him from the breakup (Ep 35) to the make up (Ep 40).
* Weak ending: It's not bad. How it ended kind of make sense for me but it's not satisfying for me. I felt like a lot was missing in this last episode.
Would I recommend you give it a try? Despite a lot of things I didn't like, I say yes. Like I said, the youth part is the best part of this drama and it's what kept me going. You just gotta overcome the temper of Su Qi in the beginning. Pass that part and I think you may enjoy it if you like dramas with a school setting. I think I would rewatch it but only the youth scenes.
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Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
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From Focusing on Love Through Science to Focusing On Healing
Most of this drama revolved around the title of this drama, that is until the last 8 episodes. The experiments, the surveys, the brain wave testing on what love couples do & see, this is where it was the most comedic for me. After that the drama sort of loses what it was previously focus on and turn into a healing drama from past childhood wounds. It got more serious in the last 8 episodes but there were still cute moments, especially once our leads got together officially. Though the drama lost its original intentions, I did appreciate the healing aspect of this drama, as both of our lead characters began to see how much pain each went through from their childhood to now.What I loved:
* The funny scenes when doing a science experiment about love
* The second lead couples were cute
* Loved the music osts, intro and outro music was great alongside the English osts in this drama
* Our lead couple was cute once they got together and rely on each other.
* The characters in the lab group. Yes... even the glasses girl, though annoying at first, ended up being okay.
* The nerdy dialogue Yu He says to Cheng Cheng
What's missing for me:
* Actual conclusion to the relationship of Cheng Cheng and her parents. It just seems like that was never resolved and her divorced parents never knew the hardships she went through from their divorce since she never got the chance to express her feelings.
* Yu He's & his mom: Yu He got to express his feelings of hardship he faced as a child to his mom but there just wasn't a conclusion to this as well. It seemed like his mom finally understood him towards the end but a scene where she apologizes to him would've been nice or just the mother and son acceptance again to conclude the healing process of Yu He.
* More of an exploration on why Xixi's character is like that plus exploring her hardships from her 1st love along with more scenes with the 2nd lead couple.
What I didn't like:
* Adding a smaller side story featuring Lin You & Lin Ying: Last 2 episodes were pretty disappointing for me because of this side story. It didn't play a significant part to the story plot overall and yet, it felt like the writers wasted screen time on this when it fully should've been more focus on Cheng Cheng and Yu He and their healing process. Like these two characters were pretty much non-existent, only appearing in like a few episodes for a few minutes.
* Adding small conflicts to the side characters (2 of Cheng Cheng's roommates) are going through which lead to evil intentions. The drama didn't even dive into these conflicts well for these side characters that I didn't see why these evil intentions occurred.
Overall, did I still enjoy this drama? Yes. It was funny & cute. Though it does have its weak points, for me personally, there were more greater things about this drama that overpowers the weak points. I wouldn't rewatch the whole thing but there are certain episodes that I wouldn't mind rewatching again.
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The strengths of this drama is the acting from our leads and side characters. Every character perform well overall. Also the OSTs of this drama, for me, are an easy add to my music playlist. I enjoy listening to every song that was played in this drama.
Story plot wise, it's average but somewhat lacking. A lot of plot holes, unanswered questions, certain characters don't have their conclusion and left open ended. It's to the point where I started to lose interest in what actually was going on story wise. I mean there were even a few episodes towards the second half of the drama, where I felt like nothing significant happened and it was just a waste of episodes. So much potential to give us a full understanding on why issues were occurring and maybe for us viewers connect with other characters that this drama gave screen time to, but at last, none of this happened due to the short time length per episode for this web drama.
It's a one time watch kind of drama for me. I mean if you don't have anything to watch, go for it. It's short, has great OST music, & best of all, a great male lead and female lead, who both show their great acting talent.
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We got a strong male and female lead. At first it seems like they're just vulnerable weak characters but don't let that fool you. They are intelligent and once they have a focus on something, they go through with it. A little bit of comedy and a little bit of romance but honestly that's not the focus of this drama so at times it throws me off when either or happens in this suspenseful drama.
The problems I had is that they tried to show a small bit of romance but never went through with it. I mean even the ending seemed like there was some sort of spark. I rather not have the romance at all if they're not going to go all the way with it. That kinda ruined the ending for me a bit even though it was a decent ending. Though this did wrapped up all of the loose ends of this drama, I think they stalled out this problem too long, making the last 2 episodes felt very rushed.
OST Music is good. The only bad part is you've rarely heard any in this drama. This drama isn't bad but mystery solving dramas aren't re-watchable for me because I know what happens already. It's only good for a first time viewer of this drama. Overall, I think you'll like this drama if you're into crime solving suspense dramas. Just don't expect a lot of romance or humor from this drama.
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Like I said, the story idea was good but how it was handled, well it was a very slow start to me. It didn't get going until we finally got the lead characters to finally understand, work, and trust each other. Let's be honest, there was nobody in this drama that you could trust to the fullest. There's always some doubt. There were a lot of scenes where it was back in time or in the future. Some scenes helped with the plot while other scenes, you kind of wonder why the writer decided this put this in. For me, one of the flaws of this drama were certain episodes showed the scenes of the future or past for too long, like it took about 30 mins of an episode, slowing the plot down. Not to mention, I felt like there were too many filler episodes.
While I did like the acting, I felt like some of the characters were a waste of time. Like why were they even introduce. Why even bother making a character toxic when it wasn't necessary or giving a story about them but barely even showing them or showing their growth in the character. It's like I didn't like any characters to the fullest, even the leads.
This drama does tie up loose ends in certain aspects of how things happen but only to confuse viewers at the very end. I'm not sure if the writers want to leave the ending open for the viewers interpretation or if this is a sign for a potential another season. Either way, this ending was a miss for me. I just don't like open endings in general.
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I've seen the first season & after finishing the second season, there are some differences. First of all, not a lot of guests compared to the first season. I have often forget they owned a guesthouse and would be reminded when a random person comes ask them for something.
I think the comedy level has decrease from the first season but it still has its shared of comedy, though sometimes I did felt like it was forced and maybe the writers tried too hard to make something funny when it ended up being more annoying to me (Ex: Joon Ki pulling pranks on everybody). However, with the lessen in comedy, the writers made it up in the vulnerability of the characters. We got to see another side of the characters that I'm glad was shown. It shows the hard work, the hardships, and struggles when trying to reach your dreams. That gave me a sense of reality and I really appreciated that.
I also liked how each character got a spotlight in some episodes so there wasn't just 1 male lead or 1 female lead. Instead there were 3 male leads and 3 female leads. All of their stories, their dreams, & struggles were shown and that just gave these actors and actresses to show another side to them besides being funny. For me that highlight would be Joon Ki, when he suddenly got depressed after seeing another struggling actor facing a similar situation he went through. Overall, each character had a story and pretty much a beginning, middle, & end as well.
Romance though, just liked the first season, I didn't see much of it as I would've liked. Though I will admit, Ki Bong & Yoo Ri probably stole the spotlight in the romance department. They just had more screen time together and more interactions with each other, along with confessing their feelings a lot earlier. I saw the chemistry between Woo Shik & Soo Yeon in this drama. I was rooting for them but the writers just didn't do justice for them when it came to romance. Soo Yeon was too focus on her career so she never noticed Woo Shik in a boyfriend kind of way and that was disappointing. By the time they do end up together, it was too late for me because it occurred at the last episode, like the very last moment, and still, I wished Soo Yeon's lines would've been different. The connection I felt in the beginning and middle of the drama, was gone by the end. Joon Ki & Jung Eun, I felt like they should've just remained as friends. I kinda didn't like how the writers tried to pair them up in the end when there's really no chemistry between them other than friends.
Overall:
Story: The ending felt rushed. Some things (Ex: Ki Bong's dream of being a baseball player) all of the sudden came back to the plot after being gone for several episodes. The romance could've been a lot better for Woo Shik & Soo Yeon but I guess it kinda balanced out a little bit because of Ki Bong & Yoo Ri relationship. All the main characters played an important role because the writers showed their highs & lows in their lives.
Acting/Cast: I felt like this group bonded a whole lot more than season 1. They seemed a lot closer to each other. Some actors & actresses does outshine the others when it comes to specific scenes.
Music: I liked the osts played in this drama. It matches a lot of the scenes well. Though I may not add all to my music playlist, I personally liked the ost of Seol Ha Yoon - Forever More. This song, I would add to my playlist.
Rewatch: I probably wouldn't rewatch all of the episodes but probably specific episodes where each actor & actresses shine when it comes to showing their vulnerability.
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First of all, let me just say this drama already lost points for me when they made Kang San Hyuk a CEO. Normally this wouldn't be a huge deal but I had this as "plan to watch" because before the drama aired, the original plot made me think Kang San Hyuk would, from the beginning, be a rescue squad member in order to find out about his past. This sounded interesting to me but little to my knowledge, once the first episode aired, I was confused and disappointed how they had to make this about corporation & business and thus, that's how we have our villain here because of your typical corrupt corporation & business, who by the way seems very useless in this drama with little appearances until past the 2nd half of this drama. This was something I didn't care for and frankly the boring part of this drama. Any scenes that was about business was boring to me and there were a lot of them.This was also the reason why I couldn't like Kang San Hyuk to the fullest. That corporate mind, the using of the rescue squad team to benefit himself was a downside to his character. No real growth for this character until maybe the very end which is a bummer. The other characters were okay for me. I usually see some bad acting in dramas but I wasn't really bother with Jo Bo Ah's acting compared to other people. I thought she did a good job portraying her character of Young Jae. Though Bo Mi was annoying, I kinda like her character. She was very courageous and did things that many may not be fond of her doing but she attempt to make changes to help out the forest and village. By the way, I never understood why Young Jae & Bo Mi hated each other. Though the writer showed a scene of their past life together, I felt like their hatred for each other was pointless and unnecessary. They should've been best friends from the start. Of course, my favorite character is Choi Chang. He's just very likable in this drama from start to finish. You just can't skip a scene if he's in it.
The chemistry between Kang San Hyuk & Jung Young Jae seemed forced at first. They didn't seem like there was a connection but it did get better as you dive deeper into the drama. I grew to liking their moments and their scenes probably at the halfway point. The writers also made it seemed like there was going to be a love triangle but it seems like they may have scrapped that idea and just continue with second leads being together, which by the way seems very odd to me, but at the same time I thought they had a lot of cute moments together.
Editing was kinda not good for this drama. What I mean is from episode to episode, the transition was kinda weird, to the point where you were somewhat confused on what happened when starting an episode. It's get a little better later but the beginning, wow, very messy. You have to take time to let it in to realize what's going on.
Ending felt rushed in terms of Young Jae getting over her panic attack at the very last minute. That could've been handled better like a few episodes ago but otherwise a very satisfying ending.
Had this drama initially started with Kang San Hyuk as a rescue squad team member and told his story with his voice-over monologue and had they got rid of the corporation & business aspect of this drama, then this drama would've excel well, but because this wasn't the case, I think this may be why the ratings were low.
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An interesting way to start and end the drama. We go from an innocent man being framed for a murder he didn't commit to an evil man who ended up framing that innocent man being framed himself for a murder he technically didn't commit. Karma anyone? Same with the police. Thinking they did right in the beginning but was wrong only to do wrong in the end but ended up being right because that was the only way to get the villain, play at his own game.There are 2 sub stories in this drama but the amount of attention of these stories are pretty much ignored until the very end. In a way it bothers me because I see importance to these sub stories. These sub stories could've led to character development for some of the characters, including the 2 male leads but at the same time, you wouldn't want it to overpower the main plot of this drama. While one of the sub story does have a little connection to the main plot, the other doesn't. I rather the writers not mention this at all if there wasn't going to be much focus on these sub stories.
Romance? More like Bromance. You just see the developing bond between the 2 male leads from start to finish. They really do ended up being close as bros, not just with each other but with their whole detective crew as well. I will admit it, I am disappointed how there weren't more scenes with Ji Hyuk and Seo Kyung. They had the connection & chemistry with the little scenes of them together. I mean the writers even threw in a monkey wretch at the last episode, showing the viewers there was something there between Ji Hyuk & Seo Kyung. There scenes were cute. I'm just sad that their relationship didn't evolved as much as I would've liked to see.
Only one character that really stood out to me and that was Eun Hye. She had a good character development from start to finish. From being hopeless and depressed to having hope and living her best with dreams. Through all of her issues, she managed to overcome the hurdle she's been stuck in for so long.
To summarize: This drama focuses on 1 case so there are no other cases that play a role in the plot other than a past case being connected to this only case. While this drama seems serious, there are a few comedic moments that will give you a laugh. No big romance between the ML & FL but a big brotherhood between detectives is definitely present. Plot is easy to follow, OST music is pretty absent in this drama, & a good twist in the final episode, a lot different from your usual crime investigation dramas. I say this drama is average but good enough to watch.
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Chen Guo's character was a bit annoying for me in the beginning. I'm not sure if it's because the way the actress portrayed her or if it's her lines, but I didn't like her very much. She's kinda the reason I had to put this drama on hold for awhile. But I'm glad I came back to it because the rest of the cast was very good in my opinion. Each of the team had an interesting personality I enjoy seeing. Chen Guo does get better after Ep 14 so you can see why I may have stalled on this drama for awhile.
And no there's no romance but honestly I'm glad. It's not needed. From this drama itself, you see the importance of Ye Xiu. He makes an impact on everybody and have some sort of bond with each character, even the rival teams. This was awesome to see. It's a pretty good drama. Give it a go. Heck, I probably will rewatch it again right before The King's Avatar 2 comes out just because I like it so much, though I would probably skip some episodes since I know what happens.
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Potential to be great but final product was just average
There were so much content that was evident in this drama. The writers could've focus on the lives of the 6 students (our lead characters) but yet, this failed because they showed a lot about the school director's corruption on everything. Me personally, this is what ruined the drama for me. You could easily take this out and wouldn't even realize it was supposed to be in this drama. What makes matter worse is we don't even see the bad guys get punished for their bad deeds and there were so many screentime of the evil characters.The plot/story details were poorly presented in my opinion due to this corruption, but I will have to say, there was content that should've been more focus on. Besides the building of the romance between the 3 couples, I wanted to see more of the process of a mending relationship between Ki Joon and Young Joo, not an instant, I hate you but all the sudden we're best friends again, how about Ji won struggle of career choice due to her mom's disapproval and the struggle of having doubts of her career choice. The content for Seo Young could've been her turning from a cold, hard hearted girl, due to being abandon by her parents when she was young, to someone who finds what love really is (from Young Joo) and begin to acknowledge others and make friends. Eun Bi's story of pursuing an idol career was going in the right direction until the last several episodes, where it lost direction. Ho Sung persistent crush on Eun Bi was okay but it would've been more understanding to me if we would've saw the story of his first love and what lead to the break up (even show us why did he have a son, as this drama showed randomly). I wanted to understand who his character was and what attracted him to Eun Bi but the writers failed to mention this. There are a lot more content that was evident but wasn't presented well or at all but I'll just leave it at this.
I like the cast overall. There were a few moments here and there where their acting seemed a bit strange to me, maybe it was the scene itself, but it was watchable. It's just that there were side characters that didn't get much attention all the sudden is mentioned in the very last episode and that was weird for me because there weren't much details about them other than we see them hanging around here and there.
The osts were okay. Good to listen to during certain scenes but not memorable for me or wanting to add it to my music playlist.
Definitely not a rewatch. One time deal for me.
Overall, it's a good cast so I would say watch it if you like the cast and have nothing else to watch for the time being. It's not a bad drama per say but I do have a lot of frustration knowing what direction this drama could've went but didn't.
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Enjoyable Drama But It Does Have Its Frustrating Moments
When writing reviews, I like to write what I enjoy and what I had problems with. While the top reviews for this drama may be a 10, this wasn't as close to that score for me, as that would usually mean I would be able to watch it without fast forwarding certain scenes and/or not getting frustrated with characters, whether main or support. That both didn't happen.So what did I enjoyed about this drama?
* The little boy Quan Quan stole the show for me. His childhood smartness, clever remarks, and the glue that brings together his mom and dad were the reason this show ended up being enjoyable for me.
* FL's character was a strong character overall
* Great friendship of Min Hui & Cao Mu. Even Xin Qi began to have a better relationship with the other 2 guys (2ML & 3ML)
* Xin Qi's assistant Hardy is the true MVP. Love his personality.
* The jealously scenes from Xin Qi were funny to me. Love this actor's expression when it came to those scenes.
* The scenes Quan Quan had with everybody, whether it was family time, or with his uncles & aunts. All of these scenes were cute & enjoyable.
* A very happy ending
What was missing for me/What I didn't like:
* As I mentioned in the pros about this drama, I love watching Quan Quan, so the fact that all of the sudden he disappeared after our leads officially get back together (Ep 23) for a good 3 or 4 episodes were disappointing to me. He was the star of the show and the fact that the writers couldn't come up with anything, I wasn't a fan of that story writing.
* Too slow of a progression for our lead couple: This is a 1 step forward, 3 step back relationship. Just when things start to get better, something always happen, deterring that progression on resolving their relationship.
* In the beginning, both Min Hui and Xin Qi had come to terms to move on from the past hurt and forgiving each other, but what happens? Another 15 to 20 episodes of these 2 still stuck on their past hurts and not learning how to move on from it. One couldn't learn about the meaning of fully trusting someone while the other one didn't want to deal with it and run away from their problems by ignoring the other. This made this drama so draggy.
* I loved the 2nd & 3rd couple but the writing for them is not great. 2nd couple is more of a love at first sight but they had a small story that could've been dealt with about marriage in the future. The writers presented a problem for this couple but just brush it aside as it was nothing. 3rd couple was more of a she chase him first and then he chase her back. I just needed more scenes to see the building of their feelings for each other and that didn't really happen.
* The bad guy was mostly non-existent in this drama, that it was kind of annoying that all of the sudden he appeared in the last few episodes and being the one that had the upper hand. Even the take down of him was sort of anti-climatic.
Overall, despite all of its problems, I still like this drama. It may not be one I would consider as the best for 2023, but it'll still give you a good time should you decide to watch it.
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Now there's no romance though, despite me seeing the connection and chemistry between our leads. I did wish for at least some scenes for this but at the same time I was okay with it as well because the story was the main focus for this drama.
Music wise, the osts were good but not one I would add to my playlist. I kind of wished multiple osts were played often in this drama. Instead, I think I heard more of the same song in each episode.
Overall, this drama is definitely one of my favorites for 2021 just because the plot was well written, ending was well pace and not rushed, and the scenes and visuals looked very cool. Everything was well thought out.
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A Low Budget Drama, But It's Watchable, Just Don't Expect Much
So, the ballet dancing is kind of mediocre. Even though that is the main theme of this drama, I was kind of bored by the scenes of the ballet dance practicing. The actors and actresses did try their best, but you can definitely tell the low budget really affected the outcome of the scenes. The low budget is kind of obvious. The transition clip from scene to scene was reused so many times, I ended up laughing when seeing the transition. Example when I saw those transitions, I'm like, "Oh there's that same person running or dancing again. LOL". They didn't even use younger actors & actresses for the professors when showing their college days. Instead, they just use the same actors and actresses, but tried to make them look young, which didn't work for me.Besides the mediocre dancing and the low budget drama, this drama was actually okay. I like how this drama revolved around all of the characters, yes even the annoying SFL who does get better eventually. Each dancer or character have a different story background about ballet dancing.
* One who was passionate about dancing but isn't very good but is willing to learn.
* One who's great at dancing but shows no emotion. There's no passion due to being controlled by their parent all of their life.
* There's one who only sees dancing as their future and have no care for anything else
* Others are more focus on confidence on themselves or seeing their dreams beyond ballet dancing.
Couple wise, I loved the main couple. The fact that the ML got jealous so early on was funny to me because he has no reason to be jealous because there literally was no love rival for him. Once they got together, they both supported each other. SFL & SML does eventually get together. Their relationship was a gradual growth on being together. If there was more episodes then I'm pretty sure there would've been 2 other couples as hinted in the final episode.
The only thing I dislike was the 2 moms in this drama. Ling Chen's mom was too ballet focus that she treated him more like a trophy instead of a son. She annoyed me so much for the first half of the drama. Even tried the "break up with my son" trope with Xiao Chun. What's worst, she never apologized for not considering what her son actually wants and the way she treated him all of his life. I thought Ling Chen's mom was bad but nope, Man Man's mom (SFL's mom) was the worst. Putting her dreams on her daughter and couldn't even see her daughter was in pain, and then having the nerve to the put the blame on everybody but herself. Of course the only good parents in this drama was the Xiao Chun's and Pan Pan's.
Overall, average drama. Nothing outstanding but nothing too bad either. Dancing could've been better, but you can't expect much with a low budget drama. Music wise, I only liked the ending credit song. It's a still a nice ending overall though.
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This Drama: The Anticipation on What Happens Next
This is definitely one to add to my favorites for 2022. What I like about this was the progression of this drama from start to finish. We go from the lead characters freaking out that they're stuck in a time loop and keep dying in a bus explosion, to our lead characters wanting change and starting to look for clues for motives and doing trial and error on potential suspects of the passengers. The goal was to save everyone, so it was very interesting to see how the death toll decrease in this drama as our leads continue to do trial and error. Even though there was a main culprit, at times throughout the early stages of this drama, it seemed like the cops were the bad guys (even though I know they weren't. They were just like that due to suspicions & clues that they followed). Though not all of the bus passengers' stories were told, the ones that were shown was presented so well that you somewhat connected with them, even though they're just side characters. That's just how great the writing was.Of course, I could only give story 4 stars though. There were plot holes in this drama but that's mainly due to Chinese censorship. Had this not been an issue, I'm sure the questions a lot of us had would've been shown in this drama like how the novel tells those extra details. Lead characters were great, but they were just missing a story. It would've been nice for them to have a story that connects to the main plot. The connection was missing for me other than knowing that they are the heroes of this drama.
The acting was phenomenal. Our leads were on point with their emotions and expressions and even the side characters did really well with their roles, from the cops to the bus passengers. Again, I would've liked to see more stories from the other passengers and the leads of course, just in a way to understand their character better, but this still was good overall.
Music wise, I think I only heard like 2 OSTs from this drama but those two songs ended up being my favorite and added to my music playlist. I enjoyed it everytime the OSTs played in the background.
Would I rewatch this? Most likely, though probably would start at where the lead characters start investigating instead of the beginning. I could do without the panic moments.
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A Good Balance of Sport and Romance in this Drama
It's been a while since I've watched a sports-related drama and you know what? This drama did a great job on showcasing the speed skating and the figure skating, though if I'm being honest, it did feel like speed skating was shown a bit more compared to figure skating but overall, I'm still satisfied. There was a very good balance on showcasing the sport and the romance. Sometimes the writers tend to overshadow one over the other, but this writer did a great job with each.Story: The story was great overall. It showed the journey of the FL's character of wanting to become a professional speed skater and the ML"s character of his figure skating journey. It showed the hardships and struggles each encounter along the way. Any internal problems the main characters and side characters were shown and resolved. Nothing left open ended. The only reason, this is a 4.5/5 stars for story is I didn't really like the idea of a love contract for this drama. I just didn't see the point of this like your typical love contract drama (usually business related). The reasoning wasn't good enough for me to have this concept in this drama.
Acting/Cast: The main characters are great. I don't remember the last time I laughed this much from the leads. From being annoyed with each other, bothering each other, being sad, funny, and happy, both the leads did a great job portraying their character. The best friends as the side characters were my favorite. They also helped bring enjoyment to this drama with their dorkiness.
Music is decent. The intro and ending song sounds nice but not enough for me to listen through at the start and end of each episode.
Other things to note:
- Romance wise, there are 2 couples: The main couple of course and the secondary couple (the best friend of the ML & FL). There is a love triangle for the main couple (FL & another girl loves ML) but no break up with them, no love triangle for secondary couple but break up actually occurs.
- A happy and satisfying ending though I still wanted more for the last episode.
- You'll have a good laugh from this one
Overall, this is another one I'm gonna add to my favorites. Had a great time watching this one.
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