Someone Like You (2015)

Great series, really enjoyed the casting. Zhan Cheng and Yuxi's chemistry as a couple was great. Jen Lorene was fun to watch, her comedic timing was well executed but she is great all around. Kingone Wang is convincing as a blind man, and his voice could melt stone.

The story follows many typical tropes but doesn't flaunt them or make them boring. You actually care very much about all the characters, even the ones with the small roles. Yes, even the bad guy, in the end.

My only complaint is the sound editing. Many times the dialogue was overpowered by the music, and sometimes the music cut off or changed awkwardly.

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The last taiwanese Drama I watched was Material Queen and it was lame and after I watched it my hype for taiwanese dramas was gone v.v. But then I read many positive comments about 'Someone like you'.
Furthermore, I like the storyline. But the story description is a little bit confusing, because he isn't blind at the beginning.

Story: A chaebol loses his eyesight and his lovely finacée in a car accident. After that he changed and because he feels he is at fault he refuses a surgery. He is complicated and have to hide his handicap in front of others. His best friend is searching for a new caretaker and so it comes, that a noisy woman gets the job. It seemed to be interesting because there are not many dramas with a chaebol who has an handicap. Normally, the chaebols are arrogant in dramas, but this drama has a male main Character who is hurt by his past and he is in deep mourning because of the big lost in his life.

Acting: I didn't know any of the actors before, but I am a fan of the two main actors. Mostly of Kingone Wang.
Kingone Wang acts a the chaebol who has a lovely family and loves his fiancée very much. I think he loves her more than his own life. I think it is very difficult when it comes to act as an handicapped person especially when it comes to blindness. Kingone Wang plays his role excellent. The cold man, who doesn't see happiness in his life anymore, but also a man who changed himself when he meet his new caretaker. I like him very much and in my opinion he is an wonderful actor.
Ren Lorene plays a double role, even though not for a long time. She plays the fiancée of Zhan Cheng who dies in a car accident and she plays the doppelganger Yu Xi. Yu Xi is a noisy woman, but I think she is very honest and emotional in her heart. But she is the opposite from Luohan (the fiancée). I am a bit mad, because she is very naive, when it comes to Li Boyan (played by Sean Lee) her boyfriend. Sean Lee acts as an cold and...idiotic villian (yes, I call him a villian), who makes me bad almost every episode.
Lei Nita acts as Ya Ti, the girl who gets Luo Hans heart. She feels like Luohan and her character is like her, too. But she isn't a typical second lead. You will know what I mean, when you watch it. Sadly I have the feeling she was more a supporting character than a main character, but maybe it is only my feeling.
Wei Lian (played by William Liao) is the best friend of Zhan Cheng who wants the best for his friend. He is the one who stands by his side all the time and wants tha most, that Zhan Cheng become happy again. He plays his role natural and very well.
In my opinion the supporting characters do a very good job, too.

Music: The Music is very nice, I think it suits the theme and also the characters. I like the opening song very much.

Overall: I will watch this drama again, but like I said before, I am a bit sad that the love triangle was different from what I understand when I hear the word. If this were a bit more in the drama, it would be get a 10 from me.

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Extremamente doce

Amei esse twdrama

Um tema importantíssimo como transplante de órgãos

É um drama tranquilo, doce

A prota é altruísta demais. Um pouco infantilizada (única desvantagem desse drama)

Vale muito a pena assistir!

Se vc não assistiu, pare aqui

Vou soltar spoiler e se vc não assistiu, vai perder totalmente a graça se for assistir

? SPOILER ?

Eu, pela primeira vez na vida, questionei meu caráter. Pq eu torci muito p o padre largar a batina, torci por uma garota mimada, chorei muito c a morte do vilão (não queria) e de leve, em alguns minutos, quis q o coração da transplantada parasse....

Foram muitas emoções

Vi muita gente achando sem noção o casamento no hospital. Mas acho q não entenderam
Ele queria ser responsável legal por ela
Caso ela morresse, ele teria se casado c o seu amor
E caso, ela sobrevivesse, como ele acreditava, ele casaria de novo. E casou. Teve juramento e teve casamento

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Uma joia rara

Esse é aquele drama que talvez pode testar sua paciência no inicio,
mas tenha calma. Sim a FL pode ser irritante inicialmente.

Drama este que por curiosidade foi um dos primeiros que eu assisti quando entrei nesse mundo.

Quanto a historia, bem posso dizer que é realmente boa e consegue se manter em um bom ritmo.

A qualidade da produção é okey.

A OST com toda certeza é excelente, ótimas musicas devo ressaltar.

O romance é um dos pontos altos e é bem construído e desenvolvido ao longo da historia.
A química entre o casal principal também é boa, rendendo bons momentos~

Kingone Wang como Fang Zhan Cheng é convincente na atuação.
Seu personagem se mostra realmente interessante e com toda certeza é o melhor personagem.
Lorene Jen como Chen Yu Xi convence e é boa na atuação, mas o problema é sua personagem, no mínimo irritante principalmente no inicio, pois suas cenas exageras são problemáticas, mas vamos lá as coisas melhorar com o tempo.

O elenco é bom.

Por fim, não tenho grandes considerações finais.
Um excelente drama, com uma historia que se mantem num ritmo bom e um belo romance.

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Good but over dramatic

I've been watching tons of Chinese and Korean dramas and this is the first one that was a bit annoying to watch. I love all the actors except the main character. She was WAY too dramatic......when the lights went off or when she was watching a horror movie or how she acted in front of him when she was suppose to be flustered. I just had to roll my eyes. I felt like I was watching a little kid. I loved the male leads and the supporting actors and actresses. But it felt like you were watching a kid in middle school who was trying to keep up with the grown ups. Plus the "wedding" was a little creepy. I'm sure that sounds harsh.......and maybe the director wanted this actress to play the part like she did but it was just super annoying and I was glad when the 33rd episode finally was done. It was a good story. But for me the main actress spoiled a lot of it for me.

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Another Typical Taiwanese Drama...New Drama, Same Story

The reason that Korean and Japanese dramas tend to be superior is because they are able to change things up, for the most part. They don't rely on the same gimmicks, the same formula, the same story. Taiwanese dramas, are nearly all the same. My favorite one is still "Refresh Man." And it is largely because it doesn't follow the typical formula.

Taiwanese dramas also have a tendency to make the female lead into someone who isn't very bright. She can scarcely see the obvious. The writers tend to confuse being naive with being dumb.

I have lived and worked in Korea, China, and Taiwan. The premise with women is to take their age and subtract about 10 years or so to get their true maturity based upon a lack of life experience. So, a woman who is 26, is like trying to date someone who is only about 16. There's still a lot of "young girl" there and not much "woman" yet. Many of the female characters are portrayed in this fashion, which to a degree, reflects many of the young women in Taiwanese culture. The same is true of China.

Another premise is that most Taiwanese dramas have is that only a rich man can adequately provide for a woman and give her happiness. This has literally been the case of every, single Taiwanese show that I've watched.

This show is about Mr. Fang, who tragically loses his fiancee in a car accident, and is, himself, blinded. Enter Yuxi, a woman who looks exactly like his former fiancee (of course, there is a connection), who is hired to be his caretaker. Of course, we have the early-on bumps in the road where neither likes the other one too much. Then, we have the rich man doing elaborate things, that ultimately softens her heart and causes her to look at him differently. Then, we have the fear and ignorance regarding their actual feelings. You can see the trend and easily predict how things will end. Why? Because it's how they ALWAYS end with these shows.

Still, the characters are mostly likable and well portrayed. Lorene Ren does a good job of giving us a very immature, naive, and occasionally funny Yuxi. Kingone Wang (Mr. Fang) portrays him with a softness, an integrity, and a poignantly charismatic businessman, who always seems to be able to see the bigger picture and to make decisions without allowing his emotions to get the better of him.

Overall, this series was okay, with bits of "good" sprinkled in. If Taiwan can somehow begin to diversify and change things up with their programming, I'd be eager to come back. For now, though, I think I'll stick with the Korean and Japanese markets. They offer a lot more!

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Someone Like You is a sweet story of a blind guy who is sad from the lose of his deceased wife, finally starting to get happiness from his new carer. This story has a tag lline of cold man/ warm women, and rich man/poor girl.
Acting/Cast: The actors and actresses are all amazing the story gets you attached to the characters and the main characters chemistry together.
Music: Music so good for the most part. The truth is I didn't pay much attention on the music
Re-watch value: Re-watch value is high because its a cute moments and backstory on the characters
Overall: Overall Someone Like You is an awesome story and I believe that if you are looking for a cute love story with a cold man at first finding love again its a great series to watch!
Where I got my inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VNmCae3bQE
Where to watch it: Dramanice

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“Luo Han is Luo Han and Yu Xi is Yu Xi.”

This is the key guys. I kind of like that the whole saga of the hero loving Luo Han gets flipped around and it becomes all about Yu Xi’s love for her sister. This drama is really different from other shows. I can't quite put my finger on it.

This is the shortest C-Drama I’ve seen. A very pleasant 20 episodes. Chinese dramas often have very painful starts. But if you can get past the first few episodes, you’re set. I like that the pair don’t feel any romance or attraction to each other at first. Zhan Cheng and Yu Xi are bottom line a mature couple. I enjoyed how they spoke into each other’s lives, and gave story examples to communicate with each other. I loved that their miscommunication lasted about five seconds. They sorted things out so quickly.

The drama’s quite good with keeping its consistency. For example, I liked that Yu Xi forgot to control her expressions around Zhan Cheng, because she was so used to him not being able to see her. Or when Zhan Cheng didn’t know who people were even though he’d met them multiple times.

I appreciate the way the characters have romantic moments at separate times from each other. For example, Yu Xi might suddenly feel caught up in the moment, but Zhan Cheng doesn’t notice anything and vice versa.

This show has a totally different boss/underling romance style. They’re very even footing on a relational level even though Yu Xi puts herself in a very supportive role. She doesn’t even consider that her boss might like her despite his tendency to spoil her. I like that she innocently wants him to find someone to love and never considers herself a candidate.

Zhan Cheng – male lead
Zhan Cheng doesn’t have any super powers, but he is talented and smart. I like how he reasoned things out in his mind. He knows how to connect the dots and he really analyses conversations so that he can figure out the meaning behind a person’s motivations or intentions.
Our hero is actually pretty darn good. He’s not unnecessarily mean or overbearing. He’s quite charismatic and he’s gentle, which is really sweet. I liked how kind he was despite Yu Xi’s terrible personality and work ethic. He has these little smiles that are so cute when Yu Xi isn’t looking. I loved his funny expressions – it was almost Kdrama worthy.
He’s very loyal to Yu Xi as well.
I like that he’s not always sure how close their faces are, so it’s a bit of a moment for Yu Xi but he’s just concentrating on whatever they’re doing.
I like how he asks her if she’s hurt all the time.    
And he’s really affected by the tone of her voice.
I really loved how he came to trust her.
It was so funny how he let her lie to him and he’d tease her about it later.
He lets her get away with a lot of things, he’s rather indulgent. But still, it’s nice to see such a generous hero even when the heroine is pushing it. I mean he really just loves her flaws.      

I love the way he tries to keep a straight face. It always looks like he’s trying not to laugh around Yu Xi. It was cute how Yu Xi would handle him and he began to find her touch meaningful, but she was just being practical and going about her job.

Zhan Cheng is very mature. He’s never petty, doesn’t get jealous, and he’s overall a real man.

Yu Xi – female lead

The show gives us a terrible first impression of our heroine. Honestly, I thought she was the worst heroine ever, so I was kind of shocked at how much I liked her after a few episodes. She’s actually a really good character. She starts of incredibly obnoxious and dumb. She gets upset at Zhan Cheng for being blind. WHAT EVEN. She’s loud and aggressive for no good reason. But her thick skin character is somewhat necessary to break through all of Zhan Cheng’s defenses.

Then of course, I really liked that when she persuades him to try something new and she gets beaten up trying to make sure he doesn’t get hurt, she doesn’t complain at all.  
I like how many times in the show when someone asked here to do something she was like, “I’m working right now.” And she always checked in with her boss no matter what it was.

She does a lot to show her support of him. I like how she learned to help him and in ways that are practical. She knew her duties of counting steps in rooms and etc. I like that she reassures him of her presence and that she’ll be there for him. She’s concerned about him feeling safe. I liked the dynamic of it being ok that she looks after him and he readily accepts her help.

When the pair get together, she’s completely comfortable with skinship and she doesn’t act awkward at all. It’s lovely. I like she doesn’t overthink it. She just accepts they’re together.  

She’s a really great romance partner in the way she affirms her darling’s feelings for her and communicates her trust in him.

Yu Xi also gets thrown into the deep end with roles that she’s never been trained in but she shows common sense and attention to detail.

Secondary Characters

Assistant William
I like that this guy got some opportunity to be more than just a comical, or stupid character.

“Do you know who you just provoked?”
“Ever since I met Zhan Cheng, I have never been afraid.”

I enjoyed William’s relationship with Yu Xi too. How they teased each other but united in their care for their friend Zhan Cheng.

Bo Yan
This guy is handsome and sometimes he is sincere, or at least thinks he is. But his best shining moment was when he wrote up those pregnancy notes. I mean, that was just so hilarious. I don’t think it was even supposed to be a funny thing, but how he so seriously prepared the information  was so great.

Fashion: I like Yu Xi’s personal assistant clothes.

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SLY - Yes it was...

Story: love lost, love found, creepy connections, secret adoptions and marriage via a coma. Yes, this was basically the plot.

Actors: Started this due the opening sequence - the main leads voice is deep, mature and addictive. He was my main reason for watching, simply listening to his calm, peaceful voice wading through the youthful love got my attention. The female lead had good chemistry just way to immature for this match. All the other players/actors were mediocre to blerg.

Music: Nothing memorable

ReW: No, NO, NOOOOO. Way to long for result. 32eps. Why did I watch? Sped through many, so pain reduced.

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face over heart this drama

Blind man fall in love with new girl with same face and refuse his old love he loved so much
now he has found new girl so what matter to him is FACE that look like his dead girlfriend not the Heart of his girlfriend
this drama completely deny the fact that people love from heart Most important thing in love is face of person if face changes love changes
so even if his girlfriend did not die in accident and had a face surgery he would have rejected her for new girl because what matter most is FACE not person
And i find marriage law idiotic that man can marry woman without her permission and anyone can register marriage with anyone
so if i get a copy of Yeng Zi id then i can register marriage with her without even her knowledge ?

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