Addicted Heroin (2016)

I'm so disappointed in this drama, to me, it was a waste of time. It was hyped so much but let me down so hard.
The thing that annoyed me the most and repulsed me of it was the abusive nature of their relationship. Gu Hai was pretty much forcing himself on Luo Yin, there's nothing cute about that. And that was included in sooo many scenes, if stuff like that happened to me irl, I'll sue for sexual harassement.
The acting of the male leads was good (nothing astonishing either) but the secondary characters were awkward.
The production style was sloppy, especially in the first episodes, and some of the music didn't fit in into the scenes.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend watching it. There are better shows depicting LGBTQ+ relationships than this.

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Overall 9,5

Its about high school student Gu Hai (the pursuer) and bai Luo Yin (silent type) who dislike each other since the first day they met at high school . Along the way they become best friends and love happened between them.

Why it so good?

1. The writer of this drama managed to adapted very well from his own web novel ( his web novel is more violence, dramatic and sometimes dragging) into a tight fast pace drama with few comedic scenes in between.

2. Both male lead amazing chemistry that make this drama work so well. Its hard to believe that Xu Wei Zhou (BLY) and Huang Ji Yu (GH) are newcomer actors. Bravo for them. Excellent acting. Their love story flow very natural and could really happen in real life. You can feel the bond between them are so strong and they truly care for each other although they bickered all the time.

3. The story of highschool students with all their problem, pranks, jokes and love relatiionship had been told very well here. Sad that couple of censored part (the kiss scene) really make the story hanging at few scenes.

4. The music in the darma is quite good and not overpowering. After the drama end, they release official MV that was so great, you need to watch it on Youtube. It called Walk Slowly. (better with English sub) and sing by Xu Wei Zhou. The MV had 2 versions. First is the version with BLY and GH mini story. They are 18 now at the MV. (they are 17 at the series) Second version MV is about their friends You Qi and Yang Meng. The meaning of the song is very touching.

5. Rewatch value is very good. Cause its only 15 episode with 25 minutes each episode.

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I do not usually write a review for any drama. this is my second review. I gave only reply 1988 a 10/10 and then this
as the name says this drama got me ADDICTED. after watching this drama I got so obsessed over it and read the entire novel. though I found few chapters of first book not morally right, I still enjoyed it and the second book is bae.

I can not find a BL couple as good as Zhouzhou and Jingyu. even though they were rookies at the time of the drama, they made their character come to life
I mean they had bloody awesome chemistry, my number one passionate couple in my entire drama history. and the chemistry was not from the passionate kisses or sex like people expect it to be. it's just the presence of GU HAI and Bai Lu Yin puts my screen on fire

I am so obsessed over this drama that I was unable to watch any other drama after watching this and reading the novel for a month. I watched it and read it repeatedly. I still hate hate the fact that this drama has got no second season.

but it's okay I am satisfied with whatever I got till now. read the books peeps. you can watch uncut episodes somewhere on youtube

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Heroin is such an interesting BL Drama. It is not your typical series but I really into it. Overall Thailand has the most great gay dramas, but Heroine is the top of my list. I cannot describe the feeling that I feel when I watch this series.

Timmy (Zhou Zhou) is a very handsome young man that does really good at acting, despite being the first time acting. While Huang Jingyu also a new actor, but he completes the series. As for the other characters, there are some minor problems here and there but overall they did a great job.

The story is so touching. I am not the type that will cry over a drama or series, but if I do cry then that series is so good. Well, you have to watch it to find out how amazing the story is. But I must say that sometimes the stories are quite jumbled and cannot be comprehended so it is taking a longer time for me to understand the flow of the story.

For music, it is perfect. When they cue the background music just like Brokeback Mountain's music, I was getting chills up my spine immediately. There's so much aesthetic here and there, so the music just completes it all.

I already rewatched it three times, so I really recommend this series for you. But you will regret watching this drama because the story just end on episode 15 with a confusing plot. It's all because the series was discontinued and banned by the Chinese government so it was quite sad. I really hope they would continued the series with the same improved style, same music, same actors and actresses.

All love to the people who were making this series. We fans love you all and we hope you can make other great content for us to watch.

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I enjoy watching this show up to the point where the GH start molesting BLY. I mean it is fine for 2 men to sleep together in the same bed but when someone start forcefully touching you it is so weird that you will let him sleep same bed with you. Worst of all is the kidnapping BLY scene. How come this rape attitude is acceptable by so many viewers? After that scene BLY still accept GH and let him stay in his room. I mean what is this mean? Does anyone will still sleep together with their sexual molester and be friend with them? I really feel bad for BLY, his life already very miserable and he still end up in a abusive and "rape oriented" relationship. He does not deserve to be with GH. I wish they make the love story move more romantic and realistic like typical straight drama example"Boku wa Asu, Kinō no Kimi to Dēto Suru or proposal daisakusen etc".

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I HAD TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT JUST TO VOICE MY DISGUST WITH THIS SHOW...

(SPOILERS! You have been warned!)

I simply don't understand the rave reviews here, did we watch the same show??? Maybe there was a version that edited out the KIDNAPPING and RAPE and REPEATED UNWANTED SEXUAL ASSAULTS?? Because the show I watched was not a cute romance, but a very problematic and cringe-inducing cautionary tale about obsession and possessiveness.

The whole time B.L.Y. looked disgusted by G.H.'s advances. Even if the intent was to show the downside and desperation of a person in such a situation, it was completely undone by "romantic" music riffs stolen from the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack and the band Explosions in the Sky, the rights to which I doubt the producers obtained legitimately. The music was only "good" bc they were ripped from Hollywood films/TV shows, but they were used in excess and at the wrong time to force a mood that didn't fit the scene.

Yes, the boys were cute, and they were decent actors, and the story had some promise in the first few episodes that made you want to ship them (and maybe that's why the positive reviewers wanted to like it so badly?), but after the kidnapping, everything turned way too dark for it to be a romance. I mean, their FIRST KISS was forced onto one of the guys WHILE HE WAS HANDCUFFED and TIED UP AGAINST HIS WILL!

Even in the last episode (15, was it the last episode?) when B.L.Y. FINALLY showed a little bit of interest in G.H. (after rejecting him for 14 and a half episodes), it felt like Stockholm Syndrome had set in and he reluctantly gave in. It was not the heartwarming moment the showrunners intended it to be.

Given the title referring to drugs and addiction, maybe it could have worked as a thriller like Fatal Attraction or something like that, but the director was clearly intending this to be a love story, and that simply does not work both ways. I haven't read the source material, but since the show was also apparently written by the same author, I'm going to assume the show and book are similar.

It's sad what happened to the show regarding the bans, and I hope for things to improve in China regarding the homophobia, but even then, that doesn't mean this show should be held up as any kind of a triumph for boys' love, because the relationship shown here? THIS IS NOT LOVE.

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No…just no

I can’t encourage you enough to NOT watch this. I don’t have much of a critical eye, so you can trust me when I say this drama was just not good.

I was sort of okay with it in the beginning it wasn’t amazing but it was fine. But once the nonconsensual behavior started I lost all interest in the characters. WHY would Bao Luoyin fall for the guy who is LITERALLY SA’ing him? Why would I want him to?

I finished it just for the sake of closure and didn’t even get that!!! It ends with a crazy random cliffhanger and there’s no season two.

Overall a disappointing show with a disappointing ending. Save your time and watch something good like KinnPorsche.

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DON'T WATCH!! ABSOLUTELY TRIGGERING, GROSS, EW NO!!

trigger warning: SA, the whole drama has SA

I have watched many bad dramas, but this gets the crown for the absolute worst drama I have ever watched. So many people have praised this drama and it really goes to show how many people on MDL love SA. I get that people have their preferences with what they like to watch... but homie literally went up and REPEATEDLY SAed the other lead when he told him visually, physically, and verbally that he did not like it. I HAD to drop it after episode 11 (I believe), because that's really when the SA got so bad that I felt physically sick.

I just need to let whoever is reading this know that the SA really, truly, is super bad. I read a comment before watching that there was SA and I was confused thinking it was like a bad guy or something, but NO it's literally with the two leads as in the couple and it's romanticized in a creepy, sickening way that repeatedly happens! This drama will make you feel absolutely sick.

All of this being said...I don't get how someone could enjoy this drama. Regardless of the SA, the two leads don't have good chemistry. They pretty much hate each other and I don't get what's supposed to entertaining here besides the... SA. That's not entertainment. Moreover, the acting is mediocre and visually the scenery of this drama is lame. The plot is like eating sand... it's so dry. I genuinely don't get why people have enjoyed his drama.

It's a shame that people like/praise this drama. I hope if you have read this I have persuaded you not to watch it, because this drama has been one of the biggest let downs I have ever watched and the worst in general.

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stop condoning sexual harassment !

the behavior of the main lead is not normal. NO is a NO, when will bl dramas stop romanticizing sexual abuse.. I loved the acting. they were super good at portraying the characters but the plot is a huge NO for me. the kidnapping, the non consensual touching.. there are so many things wrong about this drama,, i can't believe why this drama is not criticized as much as it should be.. the ratings are too high. could have done better with the plot if they stopped with that weird forcing in this.. all the other part of the plot including the relationship with their parents, the bond between family and the love hate relationship with mom and son.. they all r soo good. why did they have to ruin such a nice plot by that... the world would be a better place if we all speak up against sexual abuse..

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Pros and cons

Slight trigger warnings: kind of sexual assault (forced kissing, not taking no for an answer)

So the trigger warning is a complex one because the forced kisses fit the story and the desperation of the character but they still made me feel uncomfy. Maybe it's just because I am sensitive to those things and I don't romanticize them at all.

With that out of the way, I like this show and I was disappointed that China's censorship laws put a stop to the show. It feel pretty complete though it was supposed to have another 3 episodes or something around that number. I enjoyed the character and relationship development from this show. I also appreciate how controversial it is (China's government is homophobic and even some of their apps have removed multiple LGBT+ tags and pages. I don't mean that all Chinese people are homophobic!) Now that that disclaimer is over, the Plot of the story isn't messy, it is easy to follow. I like both of the main leads a lot, but unfortunately they can't work together in the future due to the previously mentioned issues. BL dramas can be a bit too perfect (like relationship wise, life style wise) and this one is the total opposite and is very relatable.

The music in the show is top notch and does a a great job, a bit like it was made as a movie sound track. The emotions are very well connected.

It is 100% worth the watch and I hope you get it a chance.

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