O Isqueiro e o vestido da Princesa (2022)

It's very momerable, but at the same time there are many significant negative points.

In my review I'll mostly focus on the negatives, since I'm late to the party & the drama's abundant positive reviewers covered everything else. Though let me just say the main couple's chemistry & their acting performances are unprecedented in a cdrama, I don't think I have ever seen another cdrama that had such lively leads, with so much raw emotion etc..
(It's not a criticism really, but I chuckled a little when I saw Lao Gao driving a Maybach, this is the real authentic Cwebnovel experience right here!)

Okay so the negatives in no particular order:
⌲ The drama is very long & there are some repetitive plots, it feels like I rewatched an extraordinarily good drama 4 times in a row, this shouldn't have been 36 episodes. (though I'm sure many people that watched it as the eps were released barely noticed this)
⌲ Zhu Yun should have explained many things to her mom, but that never happened. (+horrible mom with little plot relevance & screen time)
⌲ Lao Gao's character development makes no sense to me. (and the transition to crazed cartoon villain is especially jarring)
⌲ Why would Li Xun trust Gao with L&P? (Their friendship? is very poorly explained in the drama)
⌲ Why, just why would Li Xun a so called genius use brawn over brain to deal with Fang Zhi Jing?
⌲ I found Fang Zhi Jing's plot against LX's sister over the top silly.
⌲ Zhu Yun kept a so called childhood friend on the hook for years. (you are a bad girl ZY, though at least this is bearable for a triangle)
⌲ The misunderstanding about a certain marriage happening has never gotten resolved, despite there being a lot of tension about this for a while.
⌲ The English in the drama is just embarrassing . ("Lucky & Power", "Thank!")
⌲ Ren Di is such an underutilized character. (Her band was really cool for those 3 minutes)
⌲ Ren Di's briefly shown romance is rather horrible.
⌲ Zhu Yun pretending not to care for so long, even in her internal monologues makes no sense.
⌲ The storytelling and even the main romantic plot is quite jittery at times, there are also frequent twists of logic, though the latter could be attributed to the questionable subbing quality, I just don't know.
⌲ This drama features the ugliest breakup I've ever witnessed. Noble reasons or not, no self respecting woman would ever forgive this much. (and yes LX is rather toxic in the early episodes too)
⌲ There is an enormous shift in the drama's tonality where we go from a very serious twenteen startup attempt to a ridiculously silly situation at the Flying Network? whatever company.
⌲ Xu Li Na (Her plot is all over the place & then she suddenly cares about Gao in the final episodes following their super silly divorce)
⌲ The programming related segments are ridiculous at times.
⌲ I can accept LX being a wunderkind knowitall, but based on what I've seen of ZY's progress as a newbie, she is the (un)real genius here..

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Lighter and princess

“ If time could stop when we first meet ” . Greatest Green flag drama with best story line and setting high standards of love for both men and women.
Definitely watch. Li xun and zhu yun setting highstandrands of love . It doesnt feel like fictional drama the it almost felt real every seen in the drama felt real its just not a drama its a real life story. 36 episodes are just not enough my wishful thinking it that i hope that this drama can continue until i die but the fact is thats not possible but still cant stop loving this drama and this drama will definitely have special place in my entire life and no one replace it like #1 drama of my lifetime

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HIGHLY SATISFYING, MUST-WATCH DRAMA!!

I first stumbled upon the trailers for 'Lighter and Princess' around a month or so before the drama's release, and I found the plot interesting, so I figured I would give it a watch when the drama started airing. What I found instead was one of the best dramas I've watched to date. The ending of the drama is SO SATISFYING, it is a 100% feel-good ending. Every person got what they deserved, it made sense, and it did not make me want to bang my head on my desk. So, if you want to watch a drama that is amazing from beginning to end, PLEASE WATCH THIS DRAMA!!!!

What makes this drama unique is that it spans several years, following Zhu Yun and Li Xun from their university days all the way to their work days years later. I love dramas like this because we get to see character development. Also, shoutout to the costume crew in 1) having the characters dress in good outfits throughout the drama and 2) having the characters look different throughout the drama. Obviously Li Xun changed the most with all his hair changes (blonde to long brown to a buzz cut -- but they all literally looked so good?? like how??), but even Zhu Yun looked way older (in a good way) in her university days. This allowed me to immerse myself in the drama and actually feel like I was accompanying the characters during the ride.

Zhu Yun is literally the best character of this whole drama. She is absolutely beautiful inside and out, and her heart for others, especially Li Xun, is so amazing to see. She obviously has her flaws and realistic problems (i.e., with her parents), but she is a main character that everyone can stand with. She is not annoying in any way, THANK GOODNESS. All of her actions were logical.

I also loved the characters who worked at Feiyang. They were literally all so funny but it was so heartwarming to see them stand behind ZY and LX despite all the difficulties their animosity with L&P brought them.

The OSTs in this drama are also SUPER good, I am actually listening to them rn while writing this review!

I literally cannot recommend this drama more to anyone. At the very end all I thought about was how satisfying and CONSISTENT this drama was -- everyone made logical choices (except GJH but even his choices were consistent with his character) consistent with who they were. There were points where I cried, points where I laughed, and many points where I was like omgggg during the scenes with ZY and LX. So go do yourself a favor and watch this drama :)) I promise you will not regret it!!! <33

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MY TOP CHINESE DRAMA

NOT CLICHÉ DRAMA, I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG. AFTER I WATCHED THE ANIMATION I JUST CAN’T GET OVER IT, WILL DEFINITELY RE WATCH A HUNDRED TIMES. SO IN LOVE WITH BOTH OF THE LEADS. ❤️

ATHUR IS NOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHINESE ACTOR OF ALL TIME. LOVED IT FROM THE START, SOME SCENES WERE DIFFERENT FROM THE ANIMATION BUT IM NOT COMPLAINING, I JUST WISH THE LAST EPISODE SHOWED US A BIT MORE OF THEIR LIVES AFTER MARRIAGE. ? PLUS THEM HAVING A BABY, I WAS TOO EXCITED AND GOT DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I WAS EXPECTING THEM TO FAST FORWARD NEAR THE END. ? OVERALL A VERY GOOD DRAMA FOR ME.

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Something Special

I don't typically write reviews, but I want to write this so that I can remember how much I truly enjoyed this show. I completely fell in love with the characters and the story. Each character has so many dimensions and these small details are given to each character.

Li Xun- In the beginning of the show, he always turns his head towards the sun. He closes his eyes and just feels the sunlight. Later on, we find out that when his mother was in the hospital for cancer, she loved to stand by the window. She loved to feel the sun on her face and because of that Li Xun's goal was to let his mother just at least one more day so that she could feel the sun on her face even one more time. After she passed, Lin Xun feels the sun in place of his mother. Instead of his character simply going through a huge incident and moving on, he continues to feel the weight of her death and simply feels the sun in place of his mother. I also loved the fact that his lighter was not a purposeful gift. His father died when he was still a child and one day he randomly found the lighter. He uses the lighter throughout the entire show, because it's like an extension of him, it never truly leaves him. I love when there will be low audio of the lighter cap coming on and off even when it doesn't show him messing with the lighter.

Zhu Yun- The huge incident of seeing Li Xun almost murder someone and being unable to move or doing anything about it, didn't just go away. The shock of seeing him doing that and them him leaving her, made her begin to have depression. I do wish that would've been explored a bit more, but I love that they didn't have her character go through such a huge event and be totally fine.

Other little character details I enjoyed
Gao-his love of oranges. You can see him eating them all throughout the show, even in the background. At the end, those oranges are a sign of hope for him to live after his surgery. I also loved how it showed step by step how he turned into someone so twisted.
Li Lan-Buying a doll for her barely mentioned child.

How each period of our lives are spent surrounded by others. There will be people that change and people that stay the same. There will people that leave you out of choice and those that stay by you. With each period, you can start friendships and relationships, but not all of them will continue and that's not necessarily bad. You can have close classmates, lose them, then have good coworkers, then eventually lose them. Throughout it all, life changes and people change. You can become warmer or colder and that's up to you.

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I'm gutted, I wanted to like it more

Look, I love Feiyu and have waited for him to do a project like LAP, however, the plot of the ex-convict bad boy and the angelic good girl is one that Hollywood did many years ago and with much better results. It's a basic plot that needed something more explosive to keep it humming along.
Also and IMO, Jingyi was the wrong actress to pair with Feiyu because even when she's happy or playful, she always has a restrained manner about her as if her public image is more important to her than the character she's playing. Essentially, she acts the same in every drama of hers. How does she keep getting projects?

I see there's a lot of fangirling and comments like "oh my god, their chemistry" but honestly, only Feiyu brought the heat, Jingyi was all-around terrible as a romantic lead. The story is nothing special and the execution was even more lackluster. I hate when a series starts in the present and then takes almost 15 episodes to tell the back story through flashbacks. It's one of the laziest forms of storytelling because basically, the scriptwriter isn't confident that the story was good enough to build organically.

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THE BEST CDRAMA EVER!!!!!!!!!!

Lighter & princess is one of the dramas that I recommend watching the most because the story is very good and exciting. Chen feiyu & zhang jingyi (li xun & zhu yun) at lighter & princess can convey a message to the audience so well that the audience is carried away by the feelings they have built.
Sometimes when watching lighter & princess it's hard to tell the difference between CFY & ZJY playing or really LX & ZY playing because their chemistry is in real life and in the drama it just seems to flow and I as a viewer highly recommend this drama for you to watch too. MUST WATCH THIS DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!

Leia Mais

One of the best drama that i have seen

This is the best drama that i saw. Omggg chen feiyu was awesomee!!! I love his acting the most and i dont think that could be no one better than him. I really recommend it as a drama and also for the fans of chen feiyu's. His best drama for real. The acting was the best for all the characters, because they suited them. I like the music also and the plot was actually meaningful. For sure i would see it again!!! The story has a good continuing and i was fully completed until the end! Also, combines university and adult life which i liked the most! This is the first drama that i cried the most and i wonder because it is really hard to cry.
Please vote good for this drama it is worth it!!!❤️

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The power of love!!

wanted to convey my thoughts...I went through a whole rollercoaster of emotions with this one..there were moments I was giggling away like a child, swooning at my screen then there were moments where I was bawling my eyes out..there were episodes where I was at the edge of my seat and characters whom I literally wanted to get into the screen and smack..but what made this show extra special for me was d FL..yes the ML is all hot and prideful and genius and everything but Zhu Yun stole the show for me...the determination she had for a girl who who looked timid and innocent and was not to forget privileged... the way she was ready to bear and sacrifice anything for the love she had for a man whom she mentally considered her King is the kind of unconditional love I wish to have for someone one day...Li Xun wouldn't have been himself or wouldn't have achieved what he deserved if it weren't for this woman standing by him ready to go through any lengths for him..in the process she nearly destroyed herself ( which I don't condone) but I tried understanding from her perspective and then I could see why she was ready to do anything for this man who basically changed her whole life and made her into a far more independent and capable person than she herself thought she was !!
Like others I don't hate Gao's character because he was not an evil person intrinsically but he had such an inferiority complex that he let everything good about him get ruined just to prove to this one man who had unintentionally made him feel inferior that he too could be as capable as him !!
A beautiful and epic love story with very rich and complex characters and a soul stirring OST!! 10/10

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If you are looking for a insane chemistry then it's definitely for you

I read so many reviews,people are saying ML is red flag and all.. yup he is a red flag,he did many mistakes but can you guys keep all this aside for a while and talk about his sufferings? He was just a school going teenager when he lost his mother then his only sister and this was not enough he got betrayed by his own friend. Anyone would turn into a red flag after going through so much, but he was lucky that he got a loyal girl like Zhu Yun who was ready to give up on everything just for him,she was the only girl who was on his side and you all are saying he doesn't deserve her? Guys he loved her she loved him.. and that's the reason they ended up together! I really liked the drama ML was not so goody goody like every drama and FL was not stupid she is beautiful,intelligent,mature and loyal girl who knows how to fight for your love and most importantly the chemistry between leads is insane.. their kissing scenes are just fire,their hugs are so comforting and height difference is so cute? One more thing Ost of this drama is so addictive,even though you don't understand Chinese but you will be forced to sing with them.. I really recommend this drama,if you are planning to watch it then please believe in me for once and go for itt,I am sure you won't regret after watching. Thankyouu !

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L&P WON MY HEART PERFECTLY

I hope it is not too late to review this drama.
This drama just came to my attention a week ago. As a picky C-Drama enthusiast, I need to find out a few details before watching the whole series.

The conclusion is THIS DRAMA IS AMAZING!!

L & P just won my heart!

A fascinating plot, wonderful actors, perfect chemistry for ML FL, enjoyable OST, and lesson learned in life (for me).

There aren't any boring episodes in this series, so I won't spoil too much for you guys. I highly recommend this drama for you.

During the young-adult phase (college life). It brings me joy to watch them in college, since they are a lot like I was during my college years. I was also a computer science student so I relate so much to this kind of campus life. It does not even surprise me when ML is a genius at coding. Participating in lab practice, solving coding quizzes, and building a team for a number of projects. I know there will be romance in there since we have interaction a lot everyday like ML and FL. Love is a habit, right? It's like nostalgia watching this whole series up to episode 22 for me hahaha.

During the adult phase (work life). This is the most interesting part for me. There are so many changes to ML and FL that they are like day and night. There is a huge gap in their background. The life of FL makes me jealous. She even graduated from Cornell Univ and had many prestigious internships abroad hahah. While I am deeply aware that it is not easy to let everything go to work for a small business, or to help the ML from a minus (considering his past), it is also very challenging. If I were her, I just couldn't. In addition to her intellectual skills, FL keeps her words to ML as well. Lesson learned for me.

My favorite thing about ML is that he has a lot of character traits that I admire (focus, goal oriented, genius), but his words always hurt despite the fact that his intentions are good. His intentions may not be understood by everyone. In this adult phase, I sense his personality has become better and better each day. I agree with FL everytime she said ‘we need to communicate’ since teamwork requires communication to support and understand each other. Since having back-up ideas is essential for winning a project, I didn't comment on his habit for work. As a project manager, I understand his position, just as FL has decided to follow his instruction. If we were to examine GJH's actions closer, I would understand, but I can't tolerate him taking over ML's company this way-in nasty manner. When it comes to a coding and project manager genius like ML, I prefer to stay close to him and make a team with him. This will enable us to achieve goal together, not become enemies since it is rarely successful. Just like the ending of this drama.

All OSTs are available at Spotify. I love all of them, especially Falling You. MY FAV.

The intimate scenes between ML and FL are all beautiful. Their interaction, skinship and kisses are real hahah I LOVE IT.

I would like to conclude by saying that it is hard nowadays to find any drama that is beautiful in all aspects and suits my taste. This gem came to my attention when I opened a web page about the Best Chinese Dramas of 2022. The "drama hangover" might last for quite some time because I won't be able to find another like this. But I will try to find one next month. Please recommend another drama like this for me hahah

YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS DRAMA NOW!!!

-YAE-

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