She Is the One (2021)

Very funny with a sweet romance

If you watch this, watch it for the great comedy and sweet romance. Don’t expect much from the storyline or the characters and you’ll enjoy it more. The plot isn’t very realistic so you have to shut off your brain and just enjoy it for what it’s worth and not over analyze things.

Storyline
The basic premise of the drama is cute and interesting. It could have been such a great drama if it had been executed properly. But there are three mistakes they made that lowered my rating. First, the main leads don’t know each other’s true identities which is cute and funny. But they decided to take this plot line and drag it out way too long which was both annoying and unrealistic. One characters true identity is revealed halfway through the drama. The other characters true identity isn’t revealed until almost the end (episode 20). No one with even half a brain is going to believe that. It just wasn’t believable at all.
Second, they introduce too many characters and subplots. Not only was it confusing trying to remember each new character and their problems, but it made it feel like the drama had lost its focus and didn’t know where it was going. There was the twin sister and older brother and their issues. Then there was the ex girlfriend and all her problems. Then there was the FL’s parents and their backstory of divorcing and raising the twins separately. Then there was the grandpa and all of the flashbacks of him manipulating the family. Then there was the FL’s guy friend that was in love with her sister and causing all types of problems for everyone. Then they threw in another romance between the main leads best friends. There was just too much going on which diluted the story.
Third, there were just way too many cliche drama tropes used. There was the jealous ex causing problems, an overbearing disapproving parent, lots of accidental kisses, twins switching places, forced cohabitation, etc. There wasn’t much that was exciting or new or different about this drama.

Romance
The romance was perfect. The main leads had tons of chemistry. The numerous kisses and skinship made the romance sizzle. I especially liked how the ML tossed the FL over his shoulder and carried her off numerous times. She’s so tiny it seemed like she weighed nothing to him. I don’t know why but I find stuff like that very romantic. I also liked how they fought to stay together and made compromises when needed. It was nice to see the main leads together as a couple throughout a good deal of the drama. There were so many romantic moments with them cuddling on the couch, snuggling together in bed, holding hands, etc. If you’re looking for a drama with lots of romance and skinship then this is the drama for you.

Comedy
The comedy in this drama was absolutely hilarious. I was constantly laughing out loud while watching it. In the beginning it’s almost pure comedy with one laugh after another. I wished the comedy had kept on nonstop throughout the drama. But midway through the drama the angst and melodrama sets in and the comedy is there but it’s not a constant thing anymore. It’s present but it’s not the central focus like it was in the beginning. But overall I give this drama a high score for its comedy.

Final thoughts
I give high scores to the acting, comedy, and romance in this drama. If they had just stuck to the romance and comedy it would have been so much better. But lately, Chinese dramas have been starting out as fluffy romcoms then they turn into full melodramas increasing the angst the further you get into the drama. Im not a fan of this trend of switching genres from romcom to melodrama midway through the drama. I’m not saying this is overly melodramatic or angsty. Most problems get resolved fairly quickly. But there was just too much going on and most of it was unnecessary and didn’t enhance the storyline. So I deducted stars because of the unrealistic storyline that dragged out the hidden identities for way too long, because there were too many side plots that did nothing to enhance the storyline, and because it wasn’t original and had way too many cliche drama tropes. If you’re looking for something light and fluffy and you love a good laugh and a sweet romance then you should like this drama. It’s nothing amazing but it’s still pretty cute. I won’t be watching it again but it made me laugh a lot and sigh over the sweetness of the romance so I’m glad I watched it.

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Too much going on!!

Argh, this drama was initially quite good! Had a lot of hilarious moments but as the drama went on it was kinda boring and illogical, Like come on......
1) How could the male lead hide his identity without the female lead knowing? isnt there something called the internet ? to find out who she had an arranged marriage to? like is she super naive or super dumb ( no offense) for not figuring out.
2) cliche aspect- she is the twin of her sister and she replaces her sister to have an arranged family marriage......
3) Her sister is in love with the male lead's older brother. The Wen family grandpa does not like the other brother, hence her twin sis and the older brother cant be together. So forced marriage to the younger brother aka male lead...
4) The wen family doesnt know she has a twin sister...

The lead's have some much ups and down in their relationship, one moment they like each other, the next they have a miscommunication, the next they are lovey dovey , the next they are arguing or mad at each other.

Come on.... can the storyline be developed better.

I like the female lead's sunny personality , but don like the fact she is kinda too gullible and naive.

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Basic Chinese Rom-Com

There were many cute and a few cringey scenes, as expected, and some random plot twists. I have to say, the character development wasn't the smoothest characters (change their mind and "grow" from their stubborn ways quickly, which doesn't make sense). I do have to say I was confused with this mysterious twin part for longer than I expected. I am still not very impressed with the backstory but I enjoyed that there was no school-drama immaturity and not many dumb misunderstandings between the cps. Decent OST and decent acting makes it a light drama to watch, especially as there are only 24 half-hour episodes.

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Illogical but hilarious Romcom

Don’t take the plot too seriously when you watch it, because it can get illogical.

1) the female lead has no idea who her sister had a planned marriage to. Even if you replace your sister in the marriage, your curiosity would have searched his picture online.

2) it took the female lead long enough to realise that the guy she was marrying to was the nice guy that has been helping her. There were literally so many clues.

3) the male lead didn’t manage to find out the existence of the other twin sister when he was doing a search on her family background.

It’s either the plot is illogical or everybody is dumb in this drama. I guess it was meant to be the latter because all the hilarious scenes centred around the silliness of all the characters. So watch it with the mindset that they want to make you laugh with the nonsensical thinking of all the characters. Because, the genre of this comedy is surrealism. Oh and I forgot... the male lead is hot!

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Sweet, fluffy romantic comedy

This is going to be a short review. It was super fun to watch it, no despicable villains, nothing utterly evil trying to destroy everything, storyline isn't very serious, rather pretty lightweight. There is a huge comedic relief to it that makes me laugh my lungs out twice almost every episode. The chemistry between the leads is cute, the story wasn't too fast or too slow, the romance development was well paced. And there is no super annoying character although not everyone was very good. The acting was good and enjoyable. There is only one thing that I don't understand, how did Liangye get released for his wedding. Otherwise I had a really good time watching it and i recommend watching it. And PEI XIUZHE WAS GAY, HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT.

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Funny & comedic drama but bad plot & writing

I say if you're gonna give this drama a try, just focus on the comedy and the chemistry aspect of this drama. Wen Jin Chen and Yue Yue are the ones that holds this drama for me. They're the reason I stuck by this drama despite it's poorly written plot.

The story itself is literally like the writers were throwing random ideas and putting it into scenes. Like nothing make sense. The pace of the drama didn't flow well at all as everything seemed random to me. The identity part of how Yue Yue didn't take time to look up who she was marrying, the fact that she can't see people's faces in the dark, and how she couldn't recognize the voice of Wen Jin Chen were similar. Si Ya's reasoning on running away and making Yue Yue take her spot didn't make sense. If her reasoning was the love for the older brother, Wen Liang Ye, well I didn't see it because there were no chemistry between them, despite them being the secondary couple. The older brother's attempt to steal the company from his grandfather was uncleared to me as his motives wasn't explained well in this drama.

Then you had the lame ex girlfriend who served no purpose in this drama other than to annoy us with her dialogue, along with Yue Yue's guy friend, Xiu Zhe, whose scenes are 80% of him being drunk and can't get over Si Ya. Grandpa served as the evil mother in law we typically see in Chinese dramas, who all of sudden gets redemption from all of his greedy deeds because he was close to dying. Big disappointment to see after everything he did to split up his grandsons's loves and push away his own son and the older grandson. Even the way Yue Yue and Xiao Rong became friends was random, one look at each other at the entrance of their workplace and embarrassing each other, then all of the sudden, you're close friends.

Even though Yue Yue wasn't as smart in this drama (like the first 10 episodes), at least she wasn't a pushover and there were moments where she didn't fall into the trap of, "oh the ML is cheating on me with his ex or still has feelings with his ex". I also like how Wen Jin Chen is so comedic once he fell in love with her instantly.

I enjoyed the comedic scenes and the chemistry between the leads but besides that, nothing really special about this drama that would make me say "I recommend this drama".

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Frustrating

Started off well. I was really entertained. But towards the middle, I can understand why FL couldn’t tell ML that she has a twin. I never saw any serious obstacles hindering her from saying it. Even when they have reconciled she still couldn’t say it. Too kany opportunities to say it but she never confessed.

The “twin”… I don’t know what her role is in the drama. Every time she appears it seems wasted airtime to me.

Both leads in general have a good chemistry. The way the story evolved it could have been done in much fewer than 24 episodes though. The seconday roles were trivial but if the story was better written it they could have had a better impact.

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Fighting for love

This funny and querky drama and Cast did a great job especially Li nuo playing twin sisters. This was about twin sisters that are raised separately due to parents are divorced. Mom raised yueyue to be caring, responsible, to work hard for what you want and to be herself. While dad raised Siya to be driven for money and power to take over business. In order to sell/merge his company into W&S he makes a marriage arrangement for Siya and Wen jun Chen, but the problem is siya in love with his brother Wen Liang ye whos grandfather doesn't agree for them to be together. She must marry jun Chen and so they(liangye/Siya) make a plan and she disappeares just before the wedding. So there dad drags/tricks yueyue into playing Siya and marrying jun chen until they can find Siya. Well on the wedding day the groom is late and the bride decides to run and is caught by the groom, but doesn't know it as she thinks she's marring an older man. This is there story and journey with many twist and turn, laugher, a little crying and more. Can they solve everything that's sent there way... Well find out. Will we get a happy👍🏻 well worth the watch

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There are some twists and turns and was dazed and confused a few times

Well, the drama got off to a fast start with a great first episode. I think the idea of a fake runaway bride is hilarious! One thing I’m still confused about are the sisters. The sister in hiding is supposedly older and has graduated from college. The younger sister finished her freshmen year but they look like identical twins save the hair style.

I don’t know why the FL lied about her identity for almost the entire series. I know she was trying to protect her family at first but she had plenty of opportunities to do the right thing later on (no, I don’t like liars). I loved the romance between the ML and FL but also found the supporting couple very cute.

When the ML finally stood up against his grandfather and was kicked out of the company, I found it laughable that he didn’t have a penny to his name and depended on the FL and others for $$$ and a place to live. The grandfather was a grouchy asshole and it took a near death experience for him to finally appreciate his family.

Everyone hated the evil female actress but I was enamored by her striking appearance and beauty. I hope she lands a lead role soon as I am now a big fan of hers. I felt bad for Pei’s character as he was the only one who didn’t find love (I noticed the actor was also in Nine Kilometers of Love, another drama on my hit list as I am a big Li Ting Ting fan!).

I’m beginning to enjoy Chinese dramas as they are short, 45 minutes or less. I’m also learning Mandarin and watching keeps the language fresh in my mind. I find the romance and kissing more natural than KDs but not crazy sexy like JDs. I’m not sure if I will rewatch this drama but towards the end, I rewatched the first episode and thoroughly enjoyed it and better understood what was going on.

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