Taiwanese title: 愛情合約 (爱情合约)
Aired on TVBS-G
Summer 2004
20 episodes
Review (from memory): -
Title: "Love contract" makes sense, there is a love contract in this drama. I don't know about the Chinese title.
Girl: Xiao Feng is definitely strong. She's also very complex and sometimes, it's hard to understand her. She's hard on people and though deep down she cares about them, she is so bossy that I wondered how she still has friends.
Boy: I think Mike He is one of the most handsome drama actors. His character Ah Ken is the dreamy silent, taciturn type.
Relationship: Believable and interesting. They both are people that are hurt and don't open much to others and it's beautiful to see their love blossom despite her efforts.
Friends: He doesn't have many friends but she has. I liked all of them except the one who pined for her. I wish he didn't. It made him pathetic.
Family: Her family is a mess and that's one of the explanations for how she is. His family, well, is a tragic story.
Music: I forgot about it. It doesn't mean it was bad since I watched it a long time ago.
Funny factor: Some of her friends are an occasional comical relief but it's not a comedy.
Bottom line: Most of the things I said are positive because it's mostly a GOOD drama. But it's a drama that is permeated by sadness and melancholia. You have a sense that most of the characters are unhappy. They live because that's how it is.
After the jump, I explain more what I disliked. Don't look if you don't want to be spoiled.
