Low-key and sweet, this show is basically a perfect little escape from the real world.
Everything’s very prettily filmed, and our characters are basically nice, good, decent people slowly falling in love, as their paths cross.
As a bonus, Show also manages to offer a gentle glimpse into the world of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) without being preachy or heavy-handed about it.
Perfect as a cozy drama nightcap, in my experience. 🥰
To my eyes, what sets this show apart from other c-dramas, is that it really is a healing romance.
It’s not just a concept in this show; we really do get to explore the nuances of emotional wounds, how they linger, and how they heal. I love that Show not only focuses on this, it also weaves this healing into the main loveline.
I feel that Bai Jing Ting and Zhang Ruo Nan are perfectly cast in this; I felt that they each brought their characters to life, and had a very believable, crackly chemistry with each other.
This one lingers with me, and I think it’s well worth the watch. 🥲
Prettily filmed, with a purposefully told story, and a solid cast that delivers strong performances, Blossom is a mid-budget drama that bats above its weight.
I found it nicely engaging from the start, and I was most taken by the burgeoning OTP connection, which boasts a good amount of electric spark, particularly in Show’s first half.
Perhaps most surprising of all, is that Show manages to stick the landing in a way that feels satisfying, and makes sense.
Worth a look, in my opinion.
In case you were wondering, my soft spot for Wang An Yu is still very much alive and well; I find him so expressive and I love his warm screen presence a whole lot. 😍😍
Which is why, after watching him in Falling Into You and Forever Love (reviews here and here!), I just had to add this show to my list as well.
And yes, I did end up enjoying this one very well too. 🥰
If you like sports-themed stories &/or romances, this one is worth a look, I do think. 🥲
At just 14 episodes of only 30 minutes each, a premise that sounded tropey-but-cute, and a good-looking pair of leads, I thought this little show would be a shoo-in as a great little drama nightcap for me.
In the end, I enjoyed this less than I’d hoped, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you wouldn’t like this one.
Here’s the quick review to lay it all out, so that you’ll hopefully be able to figure out if this one could be for you.
One of the drama lessons I’ve been learning lately, is that second chances can be very rewarding, and that is absolutely the case, with this show.
I’d checked out this show’s first 4 episodes, while auditioning dramas to cover on Patreon, and had picked The Judge From Hell instead, because that show just struck me as being much more watchable and engaging.
Normally, when this kind of thing happens, I often don’t end up watching the show that I didn’t pick, despite my best intentions, and it honestly looked like this one was in danger of being left by the wayside for me too.
But then, I recently decided to go back to this one on a whim, while casting about for a new drama nightcap after finishing Perfect and Casual (review here!), and I ended up enjoying this one very well, you guys.
See what I mean about second chances potentially being rewarding? 🥲
There are several reasons that I picked up this show, and really, really wanted to like it.
For one thing, I was quite smitten by Miles Wei’s sweet, gentle and thoughtful outing in You Are My Secret (review here!), and was keen to have him on my screen again.
For another, lots of people seem to really, really like this little show. Not only that, based on the comments that I saw about this show, it sounded like Miles Wei’s character in this, would be sweet and thoughtful too.
Ooh. To have Miles Wei on my screen again, and in a character that promised to be at least a little reminiscent of his character Ji Yuheng in You Are My Secret?
I couldn’t sign up fast enough.
The only problem was, I couldn’t seem to love this one the way everyone else seems to love this one, no matter how hard I tried. 😅
If you loved Perfect and Casual, &/or if you recommended it to me, I’m sorry I didn’t manage to love it. Just know that it wasn’t from lack of trying. 🙈
You might have noticed that I’ve been doing more of these quick reviews of light, cute and easy-breezy c-dramas lately.
That’s because I’ve really taken to them as a very enjoyable form of drama nightcap (they’re so relaxing and easy to watch!), and this show falls into that category very well too.
I will say that this one worked especially well for me as a drama nightcap, so much so that I was honestly very wistful when I got to the end. 🥲
Show gets off to a strong start, with an interesting premise and a promising OTP, I was soon fully sucked in and very much on board for this OTP reunion.
However, in my opinion, some of Show’s narrative choices in its middle-to-late stretch don’t do it any favors. I found this stretch a lot less interesting than our first half.
I found this to be several steps down from our strong start, but Show does deliver on the happy ending promised, so there’s that? 😅
On the upside, Liu Yi Fei makes for a very charismatic and compelling protagonist; I was very much absorbed by this story, and willing to be a fly on her wall.
On the not-so-upside, our story moves fast and has many arcs to it, so much so that it can actually feel like a bit much, sometimes, being a fly on said wall. 😅
Show also makes some narrative decisions that I personally didn’t prefer, which did add a bit, to my sense of fatigue.
All that said, I thought this one was very solid and worthwhile, and would recommend it.