She Fell First He Fell Harder! This is a review of I May Love You in its entirety.
Synopsis-
For several years, screenwriter Tang Xin ( Huang Ri Ying) has been in love with her manager Tang Yu ( Wei Zhe Ming – Miles Wei) —even though he is smitten with her best friend! She’s been bottling up her emotions, hoping nobody will discover her secret. That all changes one fateful day when her friend finally tells Tang Yu she isn’t interested in him. Tang Xin plucks up the courage to confess her true feelings to her boss; who promptly rejects her! Crestfallen, Tang Xin decides to turn over a new leaf – and hands in her resignation. But Tang Yu doesn’t want Tang Xin to leave the company, and tries to convince her to stay. Can he do it? And, despite the ensuing awkwardness, could love come calling for this duo? (Source: Viki) ~~
Adapted from the novel “Dui Ni Bu Zhi Shi Xi Huan” (对你不止是喜欢) by Mo Yan Chuan (陌言川)
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I May Love You – Chinese Drama Review
Some people might be apprehensive to start this drama because how could the male lead suddenly like her after he rejected her and how could the female lead accept him after that. Well, I personally found the drama handled that storyline quite well. The female lead is a prideful and closed off woman so when confessing she gave him only superficial reasons for why she liked him (for his money and looks) instead of the truth. This didn’t sit well with the male lead and he rejected her.
The female lead cried all night and the next day quitted her job and moved on from him. The male lead on the other hand had initial prejudice against her (believing she indeed only liked him for his money and looks) and was blind to his feelings for her until it was too late. As soon as he rejected her, we saw him instantly sad and regretful. He realised his mistake and hence began to pursue the female lead for many, many episodes.
The drama tells the story of the female lead Tang Xin (Huang Ri Ying) who has been in love with her boss (male lead) for the past four years. One day she decides to confess her love, only to be rejected by him. But this is not the end of their love story.
Male lead Tang Yu( Wei Zhe Ming – Miles Wei) is your typical CEO. Female lead is a writer who also becomes a scriptwriter to her upcoming movie (adapted from her novel). Second couple is male lead’s younger sister who becomes the actress in the movie and her love interest is the director.
The secondary couple is the Director of the Female lead’s movie and the Male lead’s younger sister. I’ll say this: both characters are truly wonderful people. The younger sister is cute, kind, and hard working.
The Director is dedicated, sweet, and also very kind. In a sense, the younger sister who, by virtue of her age, always acted much younger and girlish than the female lead, actually acted much more mature in her romance with the Director than the female lead did in her own romance with the male lead. The chemistry between the younger sister and the director was wonderful. I truly liked them together.
I loved seeing her gradually grow up and take control of her life. She made zero mistakes in her relationship with the director and I admire her so much for that. Since we’d seen her as a very young and cossetted girl, she’d have had ample opportunity to screw it all up, but she didn’t. Truly, truly amazing of her. As for the director, he admired her from the start, took his time, guided her as she entered his industry, supported her patiently, and confessed at the right time. Kudos to him for a job well done. This couple was truly amazing to watch.
The first half of the show built on chemistry, sexual tension, and heavy emotions. At one point I became annoyed with Tang Xin for putting off the male lead for too long. But eventually we see her on-screen breakdown when he finds out that she’s liked him for so long, and I forgive her. However, once they got together, the entire mood of them changed. She became less mature, more playful, and the sexual tension/chemistry seemed to vanish. We went from a heavy drama to a sweet romance–the transition was too abrupt and the mood shift was so extreme that I couldn’t really connect the couple from part one of the show to the couple in part two of the show. This mood lasted up to the final episode. The final episode redeemed it. It was still playful and light, but the chemistry came back at least. Overall, I was satisfied with how it was wrapped up.
The only downfall of this show and a lot of slow burning romance (not this was generally one) but it just took them so long to get together . But then I get it because then the show wouldn’t have been what it was but I guess I was cool with it, overall, it was a good show, not necessarily complications or toxic minus the forced…stuff. But other than that, not a bad show. Clear, cut, straight forward, the chemistry is sizzling, the side characters weren’t bad, I liked the relationships and families and yeah, the music was even fantastic as well. So definitely worth a watch before 2023 ends or even when 2024 begins.
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