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this is how you need to behave in a love relationship

for me the value of a show comes from its entertainment level. as long as I feel satisfied when watching it, I'll score it well. this show is a very light romantic story. that means no deep thoughts, no deep script, no deep character development. so much it's frustrating sometimes. but it's light and refreshing. most of all, the relationship between the 2ML is very cute. really, the writer did a very good job on this. their first kiss is also now my favorite of all time!

which leads me to the cons: the story is too lightly explored to be catching. you'll find it easy to stop and you'll probably WANT to stop sometimes out of frustration or disappointment. just do it and come back when you miss it. it's also easy to dive back in. I managed to watch it in between other shows and that was the perfect match.
there is too much short cuts and some essential info about the plot are not even revealed. some characters just disappear without reason or explanation. this is very poorly finished. (details with spoilers in comments)

when to watch: if you have nothing else to watch, or if you are bored, this is a perfect romantic story to keep your mood light. keep it as a filler between the shows you are currently watching. have fun!

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First of all this is a really great drama. I literlly cried after finishing this drama. I wanted it to never end. I just didn't have enough of it. I didn't even realize I finished it. Time flew way to fast.
PROBABLY this is the cutiest chinese drama I ever seen. Every episode was lovely. The cute and romantic parts were my favorite. I would defiantly rewatch it in the future.

*Spoil Alert*
It has a really happy ending. SO CUTE????

I loved the personality and the obsession Ling Yi Zhou has towards Xia Lin. BUT he kinda took it to far with the stalking Xia Lin for 2 years and the fake disease he arranged in the beginng. But I understand why he did it.

In the beginng Chu Yan hated Xia Lin but slowly started liking her. It wouldve been better if he didnt have a crush on her. But Chu Yan and Xia Lin were best friends that were always there for each other which was my best part from their relationship.

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So this was my first drama I've watched and I was pretty excited if I'm honest. This drama started it all. I had seen a clip of it on Facebook and I immediately fell in love with it so I found myself watching it and I loved it. The story was good, the songs were as well. But the main actress was terrible. I dont usually like the bash others when they do their jobs because I dont know what they have to do to get it done or what they're going through but she was awful. Everyone else shined. They played their roles amazingly but she was meh. I loved the main actor, he played his role very well. Like I said the drama was amazing. It had twist and turns that I did not see coming like the fact that she wasnt really sick, it was all a ruse. And I also kinda found it romantic that he fell in love with her first and he wanted to do anything to be with her, I mean he was in love with her for 2 years. It was kinda creepy but romantic. One of my favorites was the bad guy though. I hated him but I loved him all the same. His acting made me shiver. In overall it was a pretty good drama.

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I want to start out by saying i really enjoyed this show and i liked it overall. I did have two things i wanted to say/ask i guess.
1st, i found it weird at the end how they had the MML read the letters from his friend who died and then listening to the radio contest. Maybe its just me, but these things would have only deepened my guilt about what happened, not relieved it. To me it was like "Oh you feel bad about what happened? Here are letters about how much he cared about you! Now feel better about being a factor as to why he died!" No.
2nd, i found it incredibly frustrating that Jason wasn't forgiven in some form at the end. He forgives his mom and his manager, but Jason is made the Devil? It doesn't make sense to completely disolve their friendship especially when Jason explains why he did what he did and admits he was wrong. I would have rather he took that attitude with his dad or even Tae Ri.

Thank you.

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I usually call any GMMTV production an All stars production as most of their dramas have the same actors we've seen time and time again. This was a change of pace for GMMTV, Bright and Win are both relatively new actors so it was refreshing. The real GMMTV all stars were used as supporting cast and while they were there, such as Gunsmile, the ones who really were at the helm are what I like to call the new generation of GMMTV stars. All of Tine's friends are relatively new as well as Sarawat's friend Mann, the girls were also new girls. Bring on the NEXT GEN!

The story was a cute romantic comedy and while it wasn't the most original, the great performances increased my score. I did not give this a perfect score because it did leave a lot to be desired. Some questions were left unanswered but I can live with that. This really made sure to give everyone happy endings.

The saving grace of the show is the use of music and the fact that they're not engineers. I can't watch another I swear. Scrubb is probably the best group out there and it gave this show the added boost it need.

Overall this is one of the better GMMTV productions in the last few years. It's funny, it's fresh faced, and I hope to see this new gen of actors produce more series.

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The meaning of the title is in the drama....JiuTian forever!!!

I watched this drama without no expectations, as this was my first bl lakorn. As I keep watching, I get involved with Tian's family drama and Tian's internal struggle with coming out and trying his best to please his family. Tian is a smart, handsome, and kind man to his family, subordinates, and loved ones. He is looking out for everyone's well-being; and much less for himself. Tian's mother-Madame Li loves Tian, and would do anything to help him succeed to become the successor of the organization. While her love for Tian for success is good, she also failed to see Tian as Tian, always pressures him to hide his identity, and refused to acknowledge Tian's true self. Tian's dad is the leader of the organization and he also pressures Tian's to become the successor and refused to acknowledge Tian's real true self.

Tian lives his life doing everything as his parent wishes---taking care of the family's business and organization. Then one day, Tian met Jiu on the street. Tian and his best brother/friend Yang (Tongtong's character) went to see a play, and Jiu saves Tian from the Japanese. Earlier than that, Tian actually saw Jiu in the street, making candy. He bought candy from Jiu :). Jiu's a poor man while Tian came from a rich family. Well, Jiu saves Tian, and their fate begins there. Tian seeing Jiu, he's already falling in love at first sight :).

Madam Li knew from the start when Tian was little, that he likes chinese opera play; and she forbid Tian from liking and watching chinese play; as she associates this with being different. She tries to hide Tian's identity. Madam Li soon killed one of the workers at her mansion because he knows about Tian's real identity. From one death to another, the killings keep going.

Everyone is trying to figure out Tian's identity- from Tian's stepmother to Ma's (a bad guy). Trying to destroy Tian so that he cannot become the successor after his father in the organization. Jiu at this time was working for Ma bad guy.

Suddenly everyone finds out about Tian's identity-More killing. Then some people die. Tian and Jiu live happily ever after, it's a happy ever ending after all the angst and misunderstandings :).

This is the gist of it all. Oh yeah if you like mushrooms, be sure to eat lots before you watch this drama; because your stomach might not be able to digest them later.

Happy watching :)!!!! I am 100/10 forever loving this drama. Highly recommend.

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Dobre kino akcji!

Co jak co, ale ta drama jest mega ciekawa. Wiadomo po zwiastunie każy sobie myśli, o nie kolejne zombi...czy można wymyślić coś ciekawego? I oto jest ta drama. Mega ciekawa jak dla mnie nie podążą za schematami (może tak troszku, ale nie jest to rażące). Główna para idealnie do siebie pasuje, taka zgrana drużyna, która dociera się i odkrywa w sobie uczucia do siebie. Jak dla mnie idealnie zostało przedstawine w dramie zachowanie ludzi, jak reagują w takich trudnych sytuacjach. Na początku gdy maja odany termin wszystko jest ok, ale jak wychodzi, ze systuacja może być dłużej trudna wtedy pokazują swoje prawdziwe ja. Czyli chciwość, zaborczość i chęć przeżycia. To jest takie prawdziwe, że każdy patrzy tylko na swoje dobro. Ja nie wiem jak bym się zachowała w ich sytuacji, dlatgeo nie oceniam z drugiej storny czy pragnęła bym kasy jesli zbliża się koniec świata? co by mi to dało, więc raczej nie zastanawiała bym sie jak oszukać kogoś czy wyciągnąć od niego kase. Co do żywności, zapasów tutaj nie mogę powiedzieć, czy bym nie była chciwa, skoro chodzi o przeżycie, myślę ze raczej nie zabiła bym dla jedzenia... z drugiej strony czy jak by ktoś prosił podzieliła bym się swoimi zapasami?? To jest ciężkie pytanie, możliwe ze była bym samolubna :P
Więc podumowując jak dla mnie akcja jest idealnie rozmieszczona, kreacja głównych bohaterów nie jest przerysowana co jest interesujące (patrząc na to, że Hyun został zarażony)
Gorąco polecam jesli nie przeważa Was widok krwi, buziaki :)

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Totally different from webtoon which made it quite boring to watch in the end.

the main plot is not bad , i loved the main plot of the FL wearing makeup to get away from bullies and she gets involved with two guys who likes her for her personality more than looks. But i feel like the whole drama was carried by our second lead and all supporting cast. I watched the last ep because of them as i wanna know what happens to them. I loved jukyung and her friendship and family moments. And i loved Seojun, he really loved our FL but i feel like they used him till the end to keep viewers curious IN DRAMA i mean cause in WEBTOON they really used seojun in a good way not like in drama. I almost cried in 16th ep ngl.



Kinda spoilers!
I quite hated that they didn't follow the webtoon story , jukyung x suho dating should not have happened early just like in webtoon cause it became boring. Basically i love the story of webtoon more than drama. they could have made a webtoon route where soojin gets jealous because suho likes jukyung (not dating) and she uploads her no makeup face (which does happen in drama) . And suho before leaving to US tells jukyung he likes her like in webtoon . And after jukyung x seojun's breakup suho helps her and they get back together . This way the drama would be more like webtoon way . They really did use seojun and gave almost all his scenes in webtoon to suho
If seojun as a character was not there in drama , i would have liked suho. Suho is a good boyfriend but in drama his character gets a bit annoying ngl. I feel like his character in webtoon is much better .
Basically i watched this show for Cha Eun Woo and ended up falling in love with Hwang In Hyeop .
I loved that seojun became an idol in the end but the way he cried after being heartbroken is one of the saddest moment in a kdrama , i cried too.
I loved Moon Ka Young's acting she really got into the character of jukyung . And i loved the side love stories of her family members and friends .
And i loved kang soojin , i know she did the wrong choice of choosing love over friendship but she does care for jukyung as we see in ep 16 , i can't make myself hate her even though she did wrong things. Even the actress who played the role is very nice.
I gave this drama a 8.5 cause of the second lead and supporting characters , and i how they depicted school bullying , when her mom finds out about it and all.
OST- i loved some and some makes me cry everytime i hear it especially chani (sf9) starlight and fall in you .
Also i loved the friendship moments between suho and seojun and how they got back together .

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So I binge watched this show in two days, despite its many, many flaws which i will be pointing out in this review.
I probably may not have even finished this if I wasn't bored out of mind because, thanks to the corona-virus outbreak the city I live in is on lock-down mode.
First of all, the plot of this show is full of Chinese Clichés that anyone who has ever read a chinese web novel will definitely know.
Domineering, rich CEO who falls for a poor, beautiful and young actress, who just happened to need his help. And so he proposes a marriage contract right off the bat, cause, you know, he just didn't want to let her get away *rolling eyes*.

Now lets start with the things that I did like about the show. Well, now that I'm actually writing this review, its kinda hard to think of stuff that I actually liked about the show. I'll try anyway.
1. The ML was not portrayed as a cold faced, emotionless guy like the typical characteristics of a rich, chinese CEO. I honestly do not understand why the chinese TV-industry, and all the web novels that have a rich CEO character always portray them as cold faced and supposedly emotionless guys.
This ML on the other hand was thankfully quiet expressive with a dang impressive smile. Which also seems to be one of his few redeeming qualities. His interactions with the people around him were almost playful for the most part.
2. The soundtrack was quiet nice.
3. I also liked that after every episode there were short scenes that added a bit more character to the show.
4. I quiet liked the character of the ML's assistant and the FL's best friend. Those two were genuinely likable characters. The ML's best friend was also quiet likable.

Now onto the things that I didn't like.
1. THE PLOT. I don't wanna elaborate a lot here cause, honestly, the plot was quiet nonsensical. There are just too many things that were wrong with the story.
2. The ML's character. What the ML did, was wrong on so many levels. The manipulation, the lies, the stalking. If this guy were real, I'd suggest some real hardcore therapy for him, cause honestly it felt like if it weren't for the "Villains" he wouldn't even understand that the things he did were wrong.
3. The FL. I'm sorry if this is harsh but she just seemed stupid to me. The whole goody two shoes and extremely kind act did not work for me. It did work for the ML, cause apparently it was 'her kindness towards strangers' that endeared her to the ML. It seemed quiet pretentious to me though cause, why would you want to help people who you know are just waiting to see you fall. No one is that kind. She ain't no Cinderella and this isn't a fairy-tale. The real world doesn't work like that.
She also seemed to be independent or at least that's what these people seemed to be going for but it wasn't convincing at all. She seemed like she wanted to have her own career and become a top actress without anyone's help. But she just came off as a damsel in distress most of the time who was pretending to be tough. And its not that i don't get that, i mean she's only 21 and fresh outta college and hes her savior and all that but at the end of it all she didn't really do much in terms of her career. After she finds out all the things he did, she did put up a fight and I do like that but she also gave in real soon.
4. Their relationship. This is the definition of a manipulative, abusive relationship but its been covered in riches and decorated with romance to fool the viewers. The abuse may not be physical and may not seem obvious but it is there none the less.
They have never been equals in the relationship. The ML takes on the dominant role right from the start. Neither of them are honest with each other. Their entire relationship is based on a lie. And an extremely unnecessary lie at that. I mean, if the ML liked her, he could have asked her out like any normal human being and they could have dated but instead he wanted the guarantee that she would be with him regardless of what she wanted and so he cooks up the whole bullshit that is this plot.
The FL isn't much better either. After they reconcile, she goes and meets his mother behind his back and invites her into their house when he isn't around despite knowing how much he didn't want to meet his mother. I mean, sure it was the mother who came to her first and not the other way around. But when she found out about everything she should have talked to her husband and instead she goes behind his back and feeds him his mothers food by lying. She didn't want to be manipulated by him but she herself was doing the same. This was honestly a complete breach of trust and after all that she didn't even apologize. Instead he apologizes for shouting when she hurt him so much. After knowing everything that his mother did whether right or wrong, fact is that his mother hurt him and as his wife she should have talked to him instead him trying to manipulate him into reconciling with his mother.
5. The Villains. I really dislike the way they portrayed the "bad guys". An Ran's character had so much potential but instead they turned her into a cannon-fodder brainless female who would do anything to get what she wants. Its was honestly plain stupid. A beautiful, well educated, rich, independent woman who literally had the world at her feet ruins her own life and probably her family's too just because she couldn't get the guy she wanted. I mean, REALLY?
On the other hand, there Nan Tian. I can sort of understand his motivation but his actions are also plain stupid.
6. It struck me as really odd that they never even mentioned the FL's family. Did she ever have a family? Was she an orphan? Did she just pop out of the earth? There was literally not a single word said about her family. If she was an orphan, then why was she so stupid. Again, I apologize if this sounds harsh. BUT, the way i see it is, if she was an orphan and grew up by herself, I think she should have been at least a little bit smarter. I mean, its a harsh world and growing up is tough as it is but without having anyone to depend on, it would have been brutal. So if does/did have a family, why was it never mentioned?
7. The office culture in the ML's company. The ML, gets up in the middle of a meeting because his wife called him. He comes back to find his employees chatting on their phones cause he wasn't around. And just because he was in a bad mood having fought with his wife, decides that no one is allowed to have their phones switched on during meetings or their salaries will be deducted. Now, this same ML is siting in another meeting. His poor employees are giving a presentation but our ML is too busy chatting with his wife on the phone to pay attention to the presentation. What kinda bullshit is that!? Who would ever respect a boss like that?

Honestly i could probably rant a bit more, but I'm gonna stop here.
If you do watch this show, do so at your own discretion.

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What You Should Know:
I would classify this drama as an action / adventure historical kdrama. If you are looking for a Saguek with deep themes and realistic characters, this isn't it. This is drama that just meant to enjoy and have fun with. It's like a Marvel movie, not everything is realistic but it's definitely a ride.

What I loved:
Yoo Seung Ho- He's incredible actor and perfect fit for the role.
The Story: It's a fun ride that kept me on the edge of my seat.

What I didn't love:
Unfortunately, Kim Myung Soo (L) was miscast in his role. I've seen him in other dramas, and I have enjoyed him. I did not like him in this role at all.

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