A confusing story line
A very light and simple story which is very enjoyable .I liked it because of its realistic story plot. I really felt it as if it was a controversy between being a lover and a soulmate. The supporting roles gained more attention than the leading roles in my opinion. The story doenst actually revolve around the main leads and their chemistry. It felt like something was missing. Most importantly, it was a sudden ending. It feels like the story was left incompleteNow onto the acting,their actings were very realistic. I really luved their acting and would surely love to see works of these actors.The music was average. It's good but not the best
In conclusion, the drama is good and is enjoyable irrespective of all negative points
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Just bad
Bad series, weird story line, i feel like i lost my time. Wouldn't recommend to anyone. If you're interested in watching this, just forget about it and go find something else........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Was this review helpful to you?
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Reality
VERY LONG REVIEWBefore I watched this series, I read all of the reviews. Some of them I agree 100% and some not so much. It's a story of love at first sight, LGBTQ+ issues pertaining to family, cheating (which I hated the most), and acceptance (to what is and what's not).
Love at first sight: For Yan Fei and Hai Qing, the attraction that they had for each other the first time that they met was quite unbelievable, in a way because who would kiss someone like that when they barely knew each other and they just met. I understand though that this can happen, this is possible. What surprised me was the fact that even after 1 year they were not able to forget each other which made me believe that this is destiny.
LGBTQ+ Issues pertaining to the family: Although some would say that this is cliche, it's still very common. It happens, even today. There are families who still believe that it's wrong to love someone of the same sex, that it is taboo and is not accepted by society. We still have that percentage. Some would accept it thinking of the happiness of their children like Hai Qing's father but some wouldn't just accept it and would deny it even more like Yan Fei's mother.
Cheating: I personally wanted to strangle Yan Fei, Hai Qing, and Jimmy. Jimmy because his reasoning why he slept around was to grab Yan Fei's attention which for me would have been resolved with a sit-down. Something, that people in relationships tend to forget. Yan Fei, if he was no longer happy with the relationship and he finally found the person that he wanted to be with he should have been firm in his decision to break up with Jimmy. Hai Qing could have ended it first with Pin Jun before succumbing to his feelings for Yan Fei. The fact that the reason why he stayed with Pin Jun was something that I couldn't accept. However, it does happen in real life.
Acceptance: Hai Qing's father accepting his sexuality is praiseworthy for a father who had doubts. The most commendable person though in this drama is none other than Pin Jun. The acceptance is both stupid at the same time admirable just for Hai Qing's happiness.
Personally, I love the story. I love some of the characters but not all of them. The acting was good. I wasn't much into the music. The interaction between the characters was awesome. I hated the fact that Pin Jun didn't get what he deserves at the same time it was all for the better. This is not the typical BL series that some of us would want, at the same time this is reality. This is something that happens in the present. Not to everyone but definitely to some. But this is just my point of view.
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Not atypical BL
I thought this was a great BL. Very unique in many ways with real-life story plots and themes. Good messaging too! Yes there was some cheating but the consequences were seen and played out in a realistic way. I thought the ending was just fine. There was intrigue from the begining and I was glued to this series for 4days it took me to watch. This included me staying up too late, so you know it was good. He went to the USA, finally doing something for himself and who knows what will happen when if he comes back. Actors were all great especially Tim Haung.Was this review helpful to you?
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A story based on harsh reality and unique compared to other BLs.
This is my opinion, please keep that in mind. I don't condone everything, but I do appreciate the show as a whole.I actually have mixed feelings about this show. I liked the realism, but disliked the immorality of Hai Qing and Yanfie's actions which could have been avoided if they broke up with their respective partners before getting together.
Let's start with Yanfie and Jimmy-- I at first felt sorry for Jimmy, because Yanfie came off as an asshole, but later on I realized these two were both to blame. Jimmy was... Too selfish in how he thought, and while I get the not wanting to be hidden, he should have respected that Yanfie didn't want to tell his mom. Plus, he was creepy for preying on Hai Qing, and that weirded me out. Other than that and a few other things, I was okay with Jimmy's portrayal of a real person. Now, Yanfie, I liked him at first (and still kinda do) but as he started to show little self control around Hai Qing (flirting with him even with his boyfriend nearby, then making Hai Qing promise to continue calling him). I just feel as though, there should have been so more pining done, some sort of build up and tension that would explode and that would make sense for them to cheat, but instead neither Hai Qing or Yanfie considered any factors other than thinking with their d*cks (fight me if you want, this is what they were doing the whole show.)
Now: Baby Ping.
I wouldn't have been so against the cheating if it had a build up, or if Ping was an asshole or just rude or toxic, instead you choose the least flawed and most kindhearted character in the whole show to get heartbroken and used. However, that also gives this show some foundation for how the world is. Hai Qing wanted what Ping could give him--the gifts, the reassurance, attention, love and such-- but refused to actually think of whether or not he was feeling love or maybe a sense of dependence and attachment? I feel as though Ping was just a replacement for his father's absence. Hai Qing only took the initiative when he cheated on Yanfie, out of guilt.
My thing is: if you're gonna have your main leads cheat with one another on their partners, then give me tension, give me build up and let that passion, that desire explode and maybe I'd be willing to accept it (not condone, never condone cheating). However, this show has a lot of good things about it: The realistic portrayal of people and life, weirdness, the selfishness and the mixture of four men who are all meeting and interacting. I gotta say this is one of the best representations of adult life I've seen in BLs so far. Is it unfair? Yes. But that makes this show better. Give review some thought and see if you want to go on this journey.
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I rarely write reviews but I felt compelled to write this one, because I feel quite upset at how the show ended for the most likeable, sweetest character of the show, Chen Pinjun. I know not every show has to be about likeable characters, and it doesn't have to go the way I want it to, but I really found it hard to separate my feelings towards the two main characters from the show itself. I couldn't stand Yan Fei and Hai Qing, ESPECIALLY Hai Qing, who arguably was the most feeble-minded, self-centered idiot. Both mains cheated on their partners who truly loved them. And what chemistry are they talking about, I didn't see any chemistry or any real reason why they would be so attracted to one another.
Pinjun was the best character for me in terms of who I could actually empathise with and whose actions I understood. Yet he is the one most wronged. He went through hell because of Haiqing, only to be left alone in the end. I find that very upsetting. I was not hoping for him to stay with Haiqing, because Haiqing is an asshole, but I was hoping we'd get some sort of scene where he finds a new partner a while later, someone who truly cherishes him and treats him right. I didn't cry watching this show until I realised there's no happy ending for Pinjun.
The acting wasn't all that great to be honest, and I was bored of the stupid back-and-forth storyline between the mains. The OST was nice and the cinematography fitted the story with all the cool tones. Overall I didn't enjoy myself though, I was mostly angry at the main characters and pitying their original partners.
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The Problem when you have a Drama with unsympathic Characters is...
that the audience won’t care about them.And that’s the main reason, why this BL is mostly a failure for me.
Both Mainleads are unempathic, arrogant Egocentric who treaten other people like trash.
Even if they have mental Issues they must not potrayed that way. So i didn’t care if they suffer or feeling happy or anything else.
The Relation between Jimmy and Yan Fei, was also a mess. I mean they break up every episode and nobody knows why they are getting together again( and nobody understands or cares)
Chen Pin Jun on the Opposite is the poor victim, but at least he’s the only sympathetic in the main cast and he’s the one with the Unhappy Ending....big failure!
But in the end he was the only reason that i completed this series and he’s the only reason why i give a „high“ ranking
(actually it would be a 3.0)
One other big problem is, that this Drama takes himself too seriously. Everything is very slow and dramatic but that’s not touching more exhausting at all.
On the positive side is the acting, all actors are potraying their characters well, also production is alright. Also the Fact that they potraying all gay men and not the typicall BL „i don’t like men, i only love you“ is worth to be mentioned.
But all in all, even if it have some nice scenes in the beginng, it turns out as a big irritation.
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The development of this drama was fine although I hate it when a character is "in love with 2 people" because for me that doesn't make sense, you may like them and the way they treat you but if you are thinking in who to choose that's not love! But actually in this case we can see that the main character is in love with just one of them and is just afraid of leaving the other one alone, because he confuses the feeling of being cared of, with love. And that confusion makes them betray their partners.
I recommend this drama for the kisses and the background in each couple and the way they change for love.
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Not the best.. ..
This drama really wasn't the best, the acting of the actors was very raw, i felt that some of them were better than others, this made it rajkot difficult to immerse myself in the story.Ping was probably the one of the better actors, as his character was more intense and felt his gradual break down and maturity after his break up, which was naturally played. The jumps from scenes to scene was very choppy, none of scenes seemed to fe really well together and the total shift between scenes were abrupt. I did find myself skipping forward.
Music was absolutely horrible.
The characters i found were problematic, due to their temperament and selfishness.
I just couldn't understand the love between the main leads, it was like toxic throughout. They each hurt themselves and their partners.
The ending for me was the worst aftet going through all that no one ended up together!
I really couldn't recommend watching this unless you looking for a headache!
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I also feel YF about his being discreet about his status to his mom since I am also like him. I haven't told my mom about me being a bisexual.. Its really hard and him doing that thing to HQ is really brave.
*I hope I can meet Tim Huang in person. I want to thank him about the movie because of his best portrayal, I have learned that life goes and that if you truly love the person, you will set him free even it will hurt you a lot. I have learned that lesson because of you and I learned to let go of my past just now. I am not really a fan of your for a long time. I have just seen your draam series last night and slept around 3 pm since I wanted to finish it. But even though I have not been fan of yours for a long time, I will look into more of your movies soon since you've became my second idol in the BL series. I have not got a lot of idols that's why I cherish it with all my heart. Thank you ♥️♥️❤️
=natsu (Philippines)
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A Mess
Okay this is just going to be spoilers so don't read this if you don't wanna know but your girl is heated.The main couple meets in the first episode at a pool, one of them is already in a relationship with a guy who always has his sunglasses on the back of his head, but they kiss because they, "fell in love at first sight." The taken guy gives single guy his number but single guy's phone gets yeeted into the pool which has the relationship guy's number in it so they can't meet up OOPS!
Some time goes by and the single guy meets a very sweet guy named Pingin and they end up dating. He is the perfect bf so ofc he gets cheated on :) by the guy from the beginning who is still in a relationship with sunglasses on the back of his head guy. I can't remember how they meet again they are both aware of each other's partners. BTW the cheating starts a year into Pingin and the lead's relationship (I literally do not remember anyone's name except Pingin because he is the best,) but tHeY ArE In lOvE so it is okay that they are hooking up?! NO LET PINGIN GO WTF.
So there is Pingin totally whipped for his bf being all lovey dovey while his bf is off with this other dude and we are supposed to be watching the show happy for them because they are now the main couple??? Um excuse me no no no!
AND THEN PINGIN GETS SICK! Like super duper sick and gets a fever, has to go to the hospital and bro gets a LIVER TRANSPLANT WTF. And in the goddamn waiting room his bf is getting comforted by the dude that is railing him?! Like what is going onnnnn??!?!? OH YA Pingin's sister gave him the liver transplant and her name is Pinky, her name I remember, she is always dressed like she is in a kpop summer photocard shoot and I mean that with the highest respect, Pinky. She slayed.
BUT also she was a hoe for her boss AKA the guy who is railing her brother's bf! AND she also gave her boss the go ahead to continue to rail him wtf pinky is wack af. She should have said, "stop fcking him, that is my brother's bf wtf are you doing?" Not, "oh you both are in love with him, wow that's so much love to give he will have to make the choice of who to love." Pinky you are not chill for that!!!
Then PINGIN two minutes after his surgery is hugging the dude who is taking his bf and says take care of him and literally walks away bc he is perfect and a good guy and just the absolute best and then the bf has the AUDACITY TO HUG HIM AND SAY "THANK YOU" ?!?!? THANK YOU??? I actually said "Fuck you," out loud lmao and my bf turned around from his desk worried he did something wrong.
So the adulterers are happy together and Pingin is crying in the hospital elevator, and I about to break my laptop. Love at first sight?! Naw yall are the worst.
Okay...
I would not be mad at this show if when they saw each other again and start having the feels, homeboys broke up with their partners. Then it is all good! Be happy together! I would have been totally happy watching you walking on the beach laughing about how one of them likes rivers but now I was watching that mad because Pingin didn't deserve that.
Also RIP to the grandpa, he was fab.
I refuse to look at this show with a deeper meaning like other's have. He was cheating on his partner and not letting him go selfishly. I do not have sympathy for him.
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Awful main characters
Grellina: Lets start from the very first episode. We are getting to know 2 main characters which story is about. Yan Fei - executive of some company (I have no idea what kind of company was it when I was watching the series. I guessed it was some advertising agency since we have taken some photos of coca cola product. Either way I have no idea about the life of this company. I dont know if it was the problem of English translation or just theme of this wasnt really developed. I don't even know what the Yan Fei was supposed to apologize for. What the problem was or anything wasn't showed. The only job we can see its like he sits in his office with his cooworkers or subordinates and talks about some things but nothing really specific or precise) and Hai Qing who is a student of art academy. It was first time for me seeing some painter artist in Bl drama so it seemed intersting at first. But lets go back to the topic. So they meet for the first time on the swimming pool and then they kiss in the changing room some minutes later. I dont have to say that it was super unnatural, weird and most probably wouldnt ever happen in real life. But here it happened. They cant find each other after and Hai Qing meets Ping Jun. The best material for boyfriend that could ever exist, But Hai Qing doesnt really appreciate it. Hai Qing is the most egoistic, narcisitic, hypocritical and false character u can meet in the series. He doesnt care about anyone but himself. Ping Jun does everything to make Hai Qing's dreams come true. He gives him money to start his school, he helps him go through grandpa's death, he renovates his work room since he knows how much important place its for him. Ping Jun is extremely supportive and loves Hai Qing with all his heart. But our Hai Qing prefers some handsome stranger from the pool anyway. Hai Qing is just an asshole who stabs everyone around him. No matter if its his grandpa, his boyfriend, his best friend. Just awful character. What makes this series hard to watch. Yan Fei is not better. He has a fiance for 5 years and he doesnt care about him at all. I have no idea how they made it through to be engagement. There literally was no feelings for Jimmy. Yan Fei's behavior towards Jimmy is just "whatever". Its like "u can be here or not. I dont care. U can do whatever u want". Yan Fei's feelings for Hai Qing are not true. He just meant to meet him on the swimming pool when he was already bored with Jimmy and thought about this as a "love". After 5 years with Hai Qing everything will repeat as it was with Jimmy. Yan Fei is just spoiled, rotten businessman who gets everything he wants. Two main characters super awful. So they are matching each other I guess. Hai Qing gives all the time wrong signs to the Ping Jun. Giving him a hope for sth more hurting him even more. Until Ping Jun decides to end it. The ending is so bad, is so unsatisfying. Im so sick seeing Yan Fei and Hai Qing together. Im glad the series ended. I couldnt wait for it to end. Not going back to it ever again The only advantage about this series was grandpa who I fell for. Super supportive and the best character in all series. And of course Ping Jun. The painting theme was interesting but still it didnt add anything to the plot. So it was disappointing. I don't recommend.Prepapon: A weird romanticization of a love from the first sight?
DBM is a bl drama where I did not ship the main paring and actually disliked main characters.
Yan Fei and Hai Qing met once and by accident and yet after over a year (and one kiss), god knows where that came from, have huge feeling for one another after that time. So huge that they don't care that they act absolutely selfish. Especially Hai Qing who does not know what he wants and hurts everyone around him but still acts like he is the only one who suffers. (SPOILER for example that scene where he says that he will forget about his grandpa) He shows no gratitude to anybody.
He is young and learns who he is but there is no scene where he comes to realisation that maybe he should try to make up for things. No scene where he apologizes. Most of the time he is passive and dishonest.
SPOILER Ping Jun was with Hai Qing during his darkest time. Accepted him, loved him and cared for him. But when Yan Fei shows up, Hai Qing just starts cheating on Ping Jun. Just like that. I refuse to think that one accidental kiss a year ago can win with all the support and love he got from Ping Jun after his grandpa died and dad went abroad for months. But, as I said earlier, Hai Qing feels no gratitude...
I do not recommend.
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