Perfect and Casual

Watched through mango shorts on YouTube.

If you want a series that is a simple, clean, light-hearted romantic comedy style than you cannot go wrong with this one. The concept is of course is a popular one lately with the contractual marriage trope, but I don't mind that (hey they keep making them because we all keep coming back for it right?).

I enjoyed that it was simple and light, it wasn't trying to be edgy or crazy. Sometimes we need a series like this as a palette cleanser - it makes you feel warm and smiley without having to do crazy drama. Plenty of butterfly moments, even a few teary moments because I liked the characters and wanted things to work on. Guess I'm a big ol' softy.

It was nice seeing the growth of all the characters through their story lines. Love story was a slow burn but didn't jump from into the realm of unrealistic with relational development which was nice.

15 episodes in and I can't take this anymore. This drama is so unbelievably tacky, stuffed with a nauseating dose of cliches. I'm annoyed that i did not give into my initial instincts and drop this way earlier.

There's really nothing innovative here...just the standard romcom plot with the usual theme of two very different people becoming romantically entangled ( in this case we have the "nonromantic marriage leading to true love" trope). However, it's all in the execution. And this particular series has selected one of the most endearing actresses I've seen anywhere to play the female lead. Yun Shu is pretty, kind and a real bubble head but so sweet you forgive her occasional goofiness (and she looks so cute in bunny pajamas!). This series works in great part because of her character. The male lead is a stoic, reserved professor of statistics whose desire to grant his dying grandfather's last wish sets the plot in motion. Wisely, the plot moves forward smoothly and even logically. There aren't too many silly misunderstandings and reactions to conflicts actually seem based in reality. Watching Yun Shu and Zhang fall in love and work out their differences and still remain likable people as well as a believable couple is one of the delights of this series. The secondary and tertiary couples (as in so many cases) are simply not as compelling. You can skip over their romances without losing much.

Zhang Si Nian (Wei Zhe Ming), statistics professor, was considered to be perfect in every way and pursued perfection in every thing in his life. Then one day his world is filled with chaos when a statistics student, enrolls in one of his classes.

Yun Shu (Xu Ruo Han) is optimistic and a bit simple girl doesn't like t cause any problems. She quickly finds herself homeless when her cousin cheats her out of a large sum of money. Fate will have it any other way than to reunite Yun Shu and Si Nian who makes her an offer she can't refuse.

In comes the ailling grandfather that wants to his grandson settled and married before he dies. Si Nian sees Yun Shu and offers in exchange for pretending to be his girlfriend a place to live

Agreeing to a loveless contractual marriage they end up in a place neither of them would have expected. With time feelings naturally grow between them. Luckily they have the support of their close friends and family to help them. Of course no Romantic Drama would not be wort watching without the help of the ever "perfect" jealous shrew.

This was definitely one of the best romantic fluffy series of 2020. The girl is too cute, and the romance is really nice and fun to watch.