Entre a Razão e a Emoção (2021)

Mi aspettavo di più

Primissima cosa da dire: questo drama è ESTREMAMENTE lento. Quindi se cercate qualcosa di veloce, di ritmico, di allettante che vi faccia venire voglia di divorarlo, cambiate opera. Ogni episodio dura all'incirca 40-45 minuti, ma sono 35 episodi. Una marea e il fatto che la narrazione sia lenta non aiuta per niente.
Il drama, secondo me, voleva trattare due argomenti in particolare: donna in carriera in un ambiente di lavoro prettamente maschile e maschilista, e una love story tra una donna adulta e un "ragazzino". Il primo punto a parer mio l'ha svolto davvero molto bene, la lotta di questa donna all'interno di un'azienda vecchio stampo che mal vede una figura femminile tra le sue fila e soprattutto che vorrebbe salire di grado. Meno male che in questo campo non tutti gli uomini sono così e ci sarà sicuramente qualcuno ad aiutarla, però sempre una battaglia è e lei stessa più volte si farà valere.
L'altro punto invece...
Finchè i due non si mettono insieme, la storia mi stava piacendo moltissimo anche se lenta. Poi la quiete totale, che dici boh. A parte qualche scaramuccia con la madre di lei, i nostri personaggi non trovano davvero delle difficoltà nello stare insieme nonostante la notevole differenza di età. E qui il drama mi casca. Ma se finora sta povera crista doveva battersi per sedersi ad una scrivania per il solo fatto di essere donna, adesso che si scopre che sta con uno molto più giovane di lei non succede nulla? Nessuno fa "ah"?
Cioè, l'unica idea che hanno è stata infilare a forza un personaggio a caso spuntato dal nulla per "mettere in crisi" (che poi che crisi oh) la coppia? Oh ma ci siamo?

In pratica consiglio la visione solo se avete pazienza e volete vedere una donna battersi per se stessa.

p.s. Cmq anch'io come altre persone ho recuperato l'opera in primis per Dylan Wang: in questo caso attore che interpreta il co-protagonista maschile, ma conosciuto nel drama cinese Meteor Garden. Volevo vedere se era maturato e devo ammettere che come recitazione non è niente male in confronto ad altri attori presenti nel drama.

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A Good Slow-Burn Slice of Life Drama which Shows the Outdated Mindset if the Society

This drama is a great series. I know that a lot of people found the romance to be too slow, which is understandable, but it's still realisitc, given their age gap in which the woman is much much older than the man. This drama is a lot about life: the hardships women face, struggles to look for a job, marital problems which include casual chauvinism and negligence, pressure to have kids and most importantly, the pressure of a single thirty-something woman to get married (what the female protagonist faces in the drama) and prejudices surfacing a May-December romance.

I binged it and finished it in 4-5 days ever since it released on Netflix. This drama is an interesting and mature outlook on the regressive mindset of the society. This is the first ever drama that I binged, as it kept me hooked. I may not relate to it now as I'm a teen, but I may, if I get older. It's still worth a watch. It has some funny moments too, but most of it is for flavour.

I find this drama very refreshing, seeing a strong, intelligent and older female lead, and a sweet, extremely supportive, mature, understanding but smart male lead. All of the actors performed very well here. I want to praise Qin Lan jiejie for of course, giving a great performance as Shen Ruoxin, who shined on her own and didn't need a man to help her, and also being a great mentor to Dylan Wang. And also, I want to praise Dylan for nailing this role, keeping in mind that Qi Xiao is very different from his actual personality, and that he had not training in acting and has 4 years of experience. It's very refreshing to see him shed his bad-boy image which was created in his Meteor Garden days, and I didn't even see a trace of Daoming Si in it! His acting is very natural here, and this is his best character so far. He was a delight to watch. Okay! Enough fangirling! Moving on further:

Despite the 19-year age gap, the leads had great chemistry, even before their characters were in a relationship, as they also made a great team when he was her assistant. I love that Shen Ruoxin and Qi Xiao had a mature relationship in which there was a great understanding between them. Qi Xiao was always there as emotional support for Shen Ruoxin whenever she was in trouble, and was also caring and protective of her, while also focussing on his own goals. I actually find this refreshing from the usual completely self-sacrificing characters he played (I've explained this in my feed), while also seeing an intelligent, strong, mature and ambitious female lead, quite contrary to the usual, dumb and childish FLs in CDramas. Apart from being ambitious, she was also calm and composed (another very refreshing thing about her). The romance developed slowly, and both the characters were well written: both of them had a mature as well as a childish side to them, and were always there for each other. That is important. And yes, Shen Ruoxin shined on her own ;)

My second favourite is the married couple: Song Ziyan and Zou Cheng. Their arc was also very interesting, because of their initial conflicts as their respective egos take place, to how they work on mending their relationship in which both of them compromised. This shows that marriage means being inclusive and considerate to each other's feelings, and also about self-respect. Great job Bao Wenjing and Kang Kang! *clap*

And apart from those two arcs, my favourite is the friendship shared by both Shen Ruoxin and Qi Xiao's mothers. Both of them are of opposite personalities: Mother Shen is a domineering and traditional woman (because of what she's experienced) who mostly takes control of her daughter's life and pressurises her to get married, while Mother Qi is a very sweet, caring, kind and a liberal woman who never interfered in her son's life. Unlike many comments here, I'm not hating Mother Shen, as she's also a good person, but her experiences made her like that. It's because of Qi Xiao's mom that Ruoxin's mom changes her outlook on life and her daughter.

I like that there was no typical love triangle and unnecessary scenes of the main leads trying to convince their parents about how serious they are (as said in one of the comments here)! And that Xu Mingjie never became a "villain" here (it would've been very disappointing otherwise)! These are also the refreshing things about this drama.

Props to the writers for making each and every scene realistic, and also writing all of the characters as humans and not making fairytale-like characters, and unnecessarily complicated plots which would have been an extremely cliched idol drama, while also making women the hero of their own lives, as all the women were portrayed strong, smart and capable. This is a great feminist drama. I recommend you to watch it if you want dramas that are not so frustratingly cliched. This is definitely a great watch.

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Too too long with few going on

The story is ok.


STORY - A tough, interesting woman struggling in a male society with the help of a caring and loving companion. He starts as her assistant and become in love with her and her support.
In between, the age gap problem, the conservative mother, a sort of love triangles, backstabbing attempts,etc.
There are also other 2 couples, both not so interesting, especially Qi Xiao roommate.
This is an interesting portrait of some of society problems, maybe is modern China also.

CAST - Most done a good job, particularly the main couple.

MUSIC - do not remember any song, so it was not interesting for me.

REWATCH - I will never rewatch mainly because of 2 things: the unnecessary length and the lack of awesome and memorable moments. Although I enjoyed watching

OVERALL - It was ok. The subject of electric cars and some of the issues like charging were interesting. The main couple was nice to see. The stories around the drum girl, motherhood, dependency, etc was ok. Even the fashion and design was not bad. But most of the themes were treated shallowly.

ENDING - I never understood the way these dramas are shot! During all the series we are conducted by the director, as if we were stupid to not understand the feelings or who or what the characters were thinking. And then, they deliver short endings, sometimes open endings or without the closure that I, at least, would like to see...

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Eu simplesmente amei esse drama. O foco não foi exatamente o romance, mas foi muito bom.
A amizade dos dois foi algo que eu realmente amei de ver, apesar da diferença de idade os dois realmente se tornaram amigos, e não ficou naquele relacionamento chato de amor e ódio.
O casal demora muito a ficar junto, mas isso não tornou o drama chato, e quando ele se confessou, pra ficou ficou obvio que ela iria aceitar, apesar da diferença de idade. Como ele recusou os dois homens antes e deixou claro que ela iria fazer o que a deixasse feliz.
Mas o que me deixou incomodado é que eu não vi romance entre os os dois. Não precisava ter foco no romance, mas eu não vi nenhum romance e sim uma relação de amizade. Ficou evidente que ele gostava dela bem antes, mas ela só foi ver ele com interesse romântico quando ele insinuou que gostava dela naquele encontro as cegas. Por isso foi meio estranho no momento em que ele se declarou, ele pergunta pra ela se ela não sentiu nada e cita alguns momentos entre os dois. Mas eu realmente não senti que ela sentia algo por ele nesses momentos. Isso foi o que me deixou mais chateado.

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Ruoxin is an inspiring character

The Rational Life (2021)

Likes
1. I loved Ruoxin as the main character. I thought she was very inspiring on how she was able to deal with office politics in a male dominated company, and how she is able to handle crises, and how she relied on her skills and efforts to climb the corporate ladder.
2. I also loved Qi Xiao, he was mature and can do anything. Cook, design jewelry, sweet, support Ruoxin. We also saw how he grew up and thrive in the office, starting from an assistant who just followed his boss to a competent one who can also make good decisions. I'm glad he was able to follow his dreams of being a designer.
3. I loved the story of Ziyan and her husband. They had a rocky marriage, i was almost sure that I hated her husband and wanted her to leave him, but i loved how they were able to talk through their issues and stay together.
4. I also liked Suyang and Sijie, they were so cute together, although there were times i wanted to get angry at Suyang, i'm glad he has Sijie by his side who didnt stop believing in him.

Dislikes
1. Ruoxin's voice is always so soft and calm even in urgent situations. She only raised her voice one time for the entire 35 episodes, even when she was angry, her voice was still soft.
2. All of the older guys in the office and her suitors were jerks except Xu Mingjie who was half a jerk.
3. Ruoxin's mom was so off, im not sure if it's the acting or the character. One day she will be sweet and kind, the next day she will scream at Ruoxin. Then another day she will cry and be scared. I didnt know what she wanted for Ruoxin and thought she was selfish.

I wonder where i can find the special episodes? Netflix does not have them.

Rating: 9/10

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Binge watchable on lazy weekends. Simple sweet well written drama.

I've been contemplating whether to watch the series as it contains 35 episodes (I don't really watch 35+ episodes drama sorry) but I'm hooked after watching the prologue. The writers did well on every episodes as each episodes ends with hook-able plot.

Their love story is very sweet and tender love. Each episodes really open my eyes on certain things in life. The drama also tackled all types of people (parents, children, boss, subordinates, friends) which voice out the unsaid topic in life. For this, I give 10/10 for the plot. There's almost no conflicts between the first lead couples and 2nd lead couple's story not outshining the first lead story but stand out on its own.

From casting perspective, I would say Dylan gave his 100% on his acting. All the emotions he portray as well received by the audience. All the pouting / lovesick / sly / goofiness is well acted. Qin Lan also did very well in portraying a strong woman character but vulnerable.

All in all, love this drama and hope to see writer-nim and the cast in another drama. The Rational Life Jaiyou!

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This is a story about the romance of a 35 year old hard working independent woman with a super cute guy 12 years her junior. The drama defies the traditional norm in a Chinese family and it is also shown in Qin Lan's mom's character, where she always worries about her daughter getting married and always pressure her to not focus on her career and instead find a husband, get married and become a traditional wife. Her mom also tried to matchmake Dylan Wang's character with her friends' daughter, which shows that she has a traditional Asian family values, where female's role in this world is to be a good wife and mother. The focus on this drama on the other hand shows a shift from traditional to modern society values, such as career woman, being single is okay and dating younger man is not a problem.

The drama is not very fast-paced, which is one of my biggest complaints about this show, that i got bored waiting for things to happen. But I still think it's one worth to watch. I like the story, character and the actors. The drama is more on the mature side and the romance is not fluffy, butterfly in your stomach relationship, but it's worth watching.

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Drama that close to career woman dilemma

First, this drama doesny need to be 35 epi should be shorter because i notice there is some unnecsssary part

BUT

I want to applause the writer that write this drama
This drama has close to my heart because this drama really cover

1 ) age
- age in working industry is really discriminate, you are to young you cant find a job they said that you are not experienced enough
- too old, they said you cant contribute well for company

2) office politics
- when you are working with big organizations, the old manager people really like people who like to lick them like a dog and what they said is true
- when you are favourable you have a lot of friend
- when you nothing they will leave you
- in office like that you will always see people whi dont have any integrity in work

3 ) women age and career
- people really discriminate women in the working industry and they dont like woman who is really success in their job
- woman who are married and want to find job again company probably is unlikely to be hired because the status married bullshit
- people that see career women that dont married is someone who like conquerred everything but actually career woman is a very lonely person sometime at their age they just want partner that cab protect them that all money doesnt master to them

4) people that has been hurt
- women previously that has been hurt before comeback stronger ALONE , because they protect their heart and they dont depend on people because they know they know people only promised sweet thing when they happy but when they find someone better they will live you alone.

This drama cover alot but this point that really close to my life
Sometime i wonder where is my soulmate because office politic is so tiring

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This was pretty nice. The actress in the main lead doesn't look like she could be in her thirties but she played the part with maturity. I love the main lead actor as he portrayed the younger man, he also played his part with maturity. So, therefore, the 12 years were chipped down to the same age. I am that older woman who has married a younger man 13 years my senior. I never looked my age not even not as a senior. I feel that we as women will hang in there for love but a younger man will not. I was married to him for 16 years. This is my personal opinion. I'm an American and I feel that men do not respect women here... marriage here is not sacred. In the case of a Korean older woman marrying a young Korean man... I would say that it could work. I'm happy that there are over 34,000 couples in S Korea where it is younger men/older women! I would love to see more dramas such as this one. Age is only a number, you can't change that, Love is Love and you can't change that either.

This drama is worth watching. Both main leads played their parts perfectly. Everything was right about this KDrama... I loved the storyline.

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Cute typical young man/older woman drama!

Decided to watch this because of Dylan Wang! This drama is your typical young man/older woman romance drama, which isn't anything new or special. I wasn't sure about the chemistry between Dylan and the female lead, however, they actually had good chemistry than I thought.

The drama was a very slow development leading up to their relationship. They legit didn't get together until like less than 10 episodes left of the drama. I honestly don't think the drama had to be dragged out that long. But a lot of the sub-storylines such as Ruo Xin's best friend's marriage life and Qi Xiao's best friends' relationship took up a lot of screentime. Especially Ruo Xin's best friend, who struggled with her marriage with her husband due to different opinions about wanting children, had A LOT of VERY repetitive scenes where just argue about the same thing about children. I had to skip a few scenes of theirs bc it just became very repetitive. This was one of the biggest cons of this drama that made me drop my rating by a lot due to how they dragged out that storyline was when not necessary.

The chemistry between Ruo Xin and Qi Xiao was not bad. I admired how Qi Xiao was very mature for his young age and was able to support and take care of Ruo Xin who is 12 years older than him. This drama sent out a good message about the norms of big age-difference relationships between a young man/older woman and how it's not always the man that has to be older to provide for the woman. It showed realistic obstacles of how many people view these type of relationships in society and how they see it as unacceptable or embarrassing when really it's not. Young man/older woman relationships is not something to be ashamed or worry about because it's just like any type of romantic relationship. As long as you both are serious and love each other, that's all it matters. This drama breaks those norms about relationships and how it should be accepted in a society which I think is one of the pros of this drama.

There were two love triangles that occurred throughout the drama. However, they didn't really last long which is what I was quite disappointed about. But I guess the love triangle isn't really supposed to be a big storyline in the drama since it mainly revolved around Ruo Xin and Qi Xiao's slow development from employees to lovers. But I love love triangles so it's only just a preference.

Overall, it was a good drama. But I don't think I'd rewatch this again due to how long and dragged it is and having to watch the many repetitive scenes that are not even necessary.

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เป็นเรื่องที่ควรค่าแก่การดู

1.เป็นเรื่องแนวความรักที่ไม่ใช่ทางของฉันเลย
2.จะยอมรับว่าดูเพราะหวังเห้อตี้ก็ได้ ทำให้ยอมเปิดใจดู หากดูแล้วไม่ชอบก็จะไม่ดูต่อ
3.ผิดจากความคาดหมายอย่างมาก กับการพลิกบทบาทนี้อย่างหวังเห้อตี้ แสดงได้ดีมากเลยทำให้ฉันต้องดูเรื่องนี้ต่อไป
4.พอดูแล้วทำให้เห็นได้หลายมุมมอง ไม่ว่าจะชีวิตในการทำงาน เพื่อนร่วมงาน คู่รักที่รักกันแต่ต้องทะเลาะกัน คู่รักที่ต้องยอมรับกันและกันให้กำลังใจกัน
5.ความเป็นแม่ที่มีความเป็นห่วงลูก
6.ความเป็นเพื่อนร่วมห้อง
7.ความเป็นผู้หญิงที่อายุ30ต้นๆ ต้องฝ่าแรงกดดันต่างๆ
8.แต่คุณเชื่อไหม ถ้าคุณได้ดู เรื่องนี้คุณจะอยากมีแฟนเด็กแบบฉีเสี่ยวมากๆ

ต้องดู!!!

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Longtime Coming !

For years I've put off watching this drama. Initially after reading the synopsis I felt a little uncomfy potentially seeing Dylan wang play the ML who falls in love with his superior. I thought the storyline would be a little weird and similar to the drama "Find Yourself." Surprisingly I actually enjoyed "find yourself" after giving it a chance but it was something about this drama that I assumed I wouldn't like. I can confidently say after finally finishing it, that I found it to be very enjoyable. The storyline had a lot of depth and the lead characters were very likable (not counting FL's mother).
The FL was extremely formidable and excelled at her job. She had amazing leadership skills in the workplace and I loved her tenacity. Especially when it came to dealing with hardships at work and how she handled them in such a professional matter. As a woman many men found her ambition and capability to be threatening and would try to evoke emotional responses out of her. In every circumstance she remained calm, and used reasoning and "rationality" to find a suitable solution to the problem. I found this to be incredibly refreshing and inspiring as a young woman in the work field who has ambitions on her own. I suggest other young women watch this drama as it shows how to resolve workplace conflict in such a professional but also direct way that leaves no room for misunderstanding. I found the ML to be a good character as well in that he was very likable and advanced the storyline. One issue I had with the ML was that his character wasn't written with nearly as much depth as the FL. As we see her progress in the workplace, we only see the ML follow her around like a puppy dog for majority of the drama. I will also mention that I initially liked their mentorship in the beginning where the FL showed the ML the reins at work. My issue began when it became apparent that they started having feelings for each other and the ML almost totally lost his depth. I also believed the writers knew the potential conflict of interest by having the FL and ML work together which is why he suddenly resigned from his job. I feel like all progress in the ML's character was lost after he set his sights on the FL. I wish that the writers would've gave him clear path and not fit him in to advance the storyline. I also took issue with how the end of the series stopped focusing on workplace politics and almost entirely focused on the romance between the FL/ML. I felt it was rushed and wasn't paced correctly. Throughout the entire drama the FL should've started to show some interest in the ML earlier and not wait until the end of the drama to finally embrace her feelings. The pacing was a little off and some characters lacked depth which made the FL outshine nearly all other characters. But for the most part I'd say this drama was enjoyable and I'd recommend people watch it. It has a lot of valuable lessons that are important for young professionals to learn.

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