Light and refreshing!
I’ve been putting this drama on hold for sooo long, and I regret not watching it earlier *sigh*. It’s something light and refreshing to watch, not much villains, also funny especially at the forest and dinner with Wei Shan’s parents after Zhuang Yu just came back from overseas, that scenes cracked me up. I couldn’t think of any other actress to play Yu Wei Shan because this role was perfectly suited for Eshter Yu. Any funny, cute and quirky characters really suited Eshter Yu, just like in the LBFAD and Moonlight drama. Not to mention Zhang Vin character were he was initially upright but consistently sided with the FL's antiques lol.However, I agree with other people saying the second lead couple screen time was too much to the point the story seemed dragging to me. The drama could have made it a 26-30 episodes. Anyway, the drama was decently good, funny, the FL was truly a drama queen, loved her for that.
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typical love story
Almost nothing special about the show. Typical FL have a crush on ML when she was in school then met ML again etc. etc.Female lead character is meh.. nothing out of the box. ZBB acting is good and nice to look at.. but character is also meh. I am not sure if Yu Shuxin's role here is supposed to be exaggerating but it seems very "loud". their chemistry is much better off screens as compared to the drama. Both of them also shine better in other drama.
However, this show is still very light and fluffy and have abit of humour elements in it. Both them also have a fair bit of lovey moments and development is also ok. Would still recommend to watch to kill time.
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*Family-friendship-comedy-sentiment*
***********************No words to describe
All episodes are great
Especially 35 episode is hilarious
Some times ~Esther Yu~over acting irritates you
Tremendous job done by
Actor & actors are Taylor fit Acting
Director
Cameraman
Editor
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Can You Believe An Internet Celebrity With A Botany Professor ?
A Romance Of The Little ForestI believe you will doubt when you’re reading my headline. Why I said that ? Because I’m dumbfounded when watching this drama at first. But when I knew about the storyline, it wasn’t weird at all ~
▫️Main Point
~ A girl crush to a man during her study at a university and she was a nerd, not pretty and just normal person like others (doesn’t have anything special about her).
~ Later, she met him again when she was a totally different (a bit pretty, cute and clever) then she wanted to seek a revenge by making him fell in love with her then dumb him.
▫️Opinions
~ Well, for me this kind of drama was totally my cup of tea! It’s my pleasure to watch and review about this drama. So, let’s do my best (;
~ I love how the writer choose to make story about a girl crush to a man and she was brave to confess her feelings even she knows that she might be rejected. This was rarely happened in the drama. Mostly, the man will have a crush to the woman first.
~ I want to pin a point where she was cute but not too pretty. But when she wore a pretty dress and have a full make up, she was a bit pretty. But then, when she was repeating herself about “she was so pretty”, I think it was so hard to accept that sentence. After all it’s ok I think the writer want to create a confidence in that woman so let’s just accepted it.
~ The plot of the drama was beautiful and a bit cliché as she met him again after a long time. They’re come across together in botanical garden where she mistakenly believe him was her partner in a shoot for advertisement. Zhuang Yu was so handsome, gentlemen and intelligent man which could melted any woman including Yu Meiren. But only Yu Meiren could melt his heart!
~ Yu Meiren was a clever woman since she has a doctorate. She likes to take a photo of birds and keep it in her Weibo during her free time. But she was an internet celebrity who doing a livestream about fashion.
~ Tiantian was a sweet little woman. She was Yu Meiren’s best friend and she also was a sharing friend for Yu Meiren. She will advise her and tell her what she needs to do in other to take Zhuang Yu’s heart.
~ The second lead was just a supporting in this drama. He was handsome but I don’t think we need his character in the show. Literally, he just a fool man and his parts just to make ML a bit jealous lol
▫️Characters Intro
~ Zhang Binbin was a long waited hero and I watched him during he was in Pretty Li Huizhen. He was a handsome and sweet man and he was a good actor. I respect him for being too humble in this industry. He was not arrogant and not too picky. I always want to watch him acts in this kind of drama. He was so professional and too deep in acting the character, Zhuang Yu as I really thought it also was his character outside the drama.
~ Esther Yu was acting as Yu Meiren. No doubt, she was suitable with this character. I admires her for making the drama so interesting and lovely. Even I am not her fan, but I don’t have any comments regarding her acting. She was cute and suitable with this character.
▫️Overall
~ The storyline was sweet and adorable for the audiences. The location of the drama was beautiful as they act at beautiful scenery like tea garden, grape garden and also at beautiful homestay. Others, you also can watch how Yu Meiren flirt with Zhuang Yu and finally she was winning in capturing his heart. Even she was a little bit annoying with her character but she was cute. I think the audiences will like this kind of drama.
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On the other hand, Vin Zhang is an amazing actor, and as I said the story would’ve been great to watch if the female lead was played by someone else.
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I'VE WATCHED BETTER BY BOTH ACTORS.
After Love Between Fairy and Devil, this is somewhat of a disappointment in what we've seen Esther Yu do. Also Zhang Bin Bin has shown a much deeper capability in acting compared to this. Their OST, however, is cute and my first time hearing Bin Bin's voice. It's really super sweet with great vibrato.All in all, it's a cutesy drama and a sweet little love story. I still adore Esther and her cute little face, and Zhang Bin Bin has far too many great dramas under his belt to let this fluff piece ruin his rep. It's all good.
FYI: This is a warning to other actors who do back to back dramas. If one is excellent, the next one had better be too or it puts a wrench in showing the fans your skills. Esther, be more careful in your choice of drama next time, little one
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Vin carried this drama and Esther was along for the ride
First let me say, I didn't have a problem with the 2nd ML/FL, usually the characters provided an opposing view of the main ML/FL relationship. It wasn't that they had more screen time, their screen time was utilized to move their relationship forward, when this didn't occur with the mail ML/GL.I would have rated this drama higher if, A. The ML/FL relationship wasn't dragged out exhausting. Also, Esther's character didn't develop mentally, it is almost like she digressed after episode 29 or 30. She is supposed to be a professor who experiences a serious hiccup in a relation, but still running around whining, WHY?!?!. Vin character became more open and warm, but this series could have been wrapped up in 25-29 episodes. The OST were fine, not spectacular, but when with the mood of the storyline.
The 2nd ML/FL had a much more marture relationship and probably could have been a separate drama.
Maybe C-dramas will get to the point where characters show up in one drama only for their full stortlines to playout in a standalone drama.
Lastly, this drama didnt require the "interference girl" it served on real purpose to the post.
All in all, it is an enjoyable drama and one of the better I've watched this year.
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More nerd make leads please?
Simple cute fluffy romanceYou can never get enough of such.
Solid acting
A difference from the usual bossy overbearing harrassing male lead with power dynamics to the female.
Breathe of fresh air for a charming guy though aloof that actually is portrayed like a gentleman
And a smart female lead playing dumb so as to get revenge on the guy who once rejected her.
More of a binging show so i advice to wait till its done, unfortunately for me.
But i will be seated as it updates
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Lighthearted, engaging and funny
With just a few episodes, I already knew I'm going to love this romantic comedy and be with it until the end. If you are against female chasing male stories, then this is not for you. But if you don't mind it and decided to watch this, watch out for the epilogues after some episodes that will make you understand certain scenes.Esther Yu as Yu Meiren has charmed me once again while Vin Zhang seems more attractive as Zhuang Yu than in any of his previous roles (maybe except as KO in Love 020). This is the type of drama that you watch to relax. The story is very simple. It is about a romance between a charming bird specialist turned beauty blogger and a reserved botany professor. What draws me in is their obvious attraction to each other despite denying it to themselves.
I like that YM seems like an empowered quick thinking woman who knows what she wants and goes for it. She knows when to use her cutesy persona but is more comfortable with her nerdy persona. For ZY, I like that he's dedicated to his work and wants to try to improve the world but he's been kind of a jerk to YM until he realized how much he really love her.
If not for the over exposure of the 2nd couple, I would probably rate this higher. It would have been better if this was maybe a 24 Eps drama and does not included a loveline between the 2nd CP.
The OSTs are very good. The opening song of 'Two People's little forest' is so soothing, making you look forward to the romance while the duet 'All seems the same' of Esther Yu and Vin Zhang is uplifting and sweet. 'Find You' by Vin Zhang feels full of determination while Esther Yu's 'Sunny day after the rain' feels optimistic. 'Welcome to my World' is such a fun song and lastly 'Want to be by your side' which was used for most sad scenes is full of longing. I would rewatch this but will still skip the 2nd couple.
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Love this drama
I am enjoying this drama so far especially because of the ML and FL acting and chemistry. I like the storyline and how they both bring the screen to real life… I love FL adorable presents…. I can easy follow the character and story buildup compared to other dramas… looking forward to more of this adorable couples story as they fall in love… I am also enjoying the funny 😆 momentsThe FL and ML are a perfect couple. The ML will warm up and fall head over heals with the FL. He is just inexperienced and only know science until the FL opens his heart.
Also, like the 2nd couple as well so far…
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Lead Girl kinda....
one thing i want to say the lead star voice is so annoying and her role kinda irritated.... but i think the series is good... have to finish it but im sorry but whenever the lead girl talks irritated me.... why does all girl in Chinese voice like that... irritating!!!!i hope they improve the way talk and their tone of voice kinda crazy!!!!
i hope it wont regret watching this!!!!
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one thing i want to say the lead star voice is so annoying and her role kinda irritated.... but i think the series is good... have to finish it but im sorry but whenever the lead girl talks irritated me.... why does all girl in Chinese voice like that... irritating!!!!
i hope they improve the way talk and their tone of voice kinda crazy!!!!
i hope it wont regret watching this!!!!
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I love Zhang Binbin but this drama is not for me. The FL makes me cringe...
I came to love Zhang Binbin through Song of the Moon which this was the drama I just finished watching and I love his acting in that drama (Song of the Moon), so I thought I might give this drama "A romance of the little forest" a go because Zhang Binbin is in this one too.To be honest, I really tried to give this drama a chance. I stopped and get back into it and stopped again and got back into it, but it just didn't have that same magnetic pull that I felt when I watched Song of the Moon.
I mean I am into romance genres and an online friend recommended this drama to me saying it is similar to You are my Glory, while I do see the similarities but I cannot stand the Female Lead in this drama...
The Female lead Yu Mei Ren (played by Esther) is too much an off-putting for me.... She is so superficial and exaggerates that made me facepalm when she's on the screen... Like I really just want her to be herself and let him see the real her. The real and honest her...
The way how she acts "cute" in front of him is not cute to me but instead, that just makes it off putting...
Honestly, while a pairing chemistry is subjective from people to people on how they feel about the pairing, but for me, from the episodes I've seen I don't see the chemistry between them. It just felt awkward to me and I didn't like that she lied to her parents and said that Zhuang Yu(played by Zhang Binbin) is her boyfriend when they are not... and their parents is too annoying too with how they tried to pry into someone privacy even when it was just a guess that the mother thought Zhaung Yu is their daughter "boyfriend" when he is not yet....
Anyways I don't think I will continue it..I want to write a review about my honest opinions. Such a shame because I thought I might like this one also.... I keep putting it on hold so I know this drama isn't the one for me... Oh well..... Time to watch some other dramas that is worth my time.
Once again I love Zhang Binbin but Esther role in her character is really off putting for me so can't stick to it... It is to the point that made me cringe at her character (omg)
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