My Roommate is a Detective (2020)

Honset review

I actually enjoyed this drama and found it quite exicting to watch but for me there was one massive problem with it - the female lead.

Shes is so annoying that i wanted them to kill her off or just make her an irrelevant side character and as a female my self i felt very ashamed of her. I thought that perhaps this her annoying nature would lead to an extraordinary character develpment and when it didnt, i wanted to just drop this drama. Like the acting between the two male leads is phenomenal a 10/10 but no offence the female lead's acting was not great as all she knew was to 100000% over react on little things. The director should have used his/hers common sense and just left the series as pure bromance which i felt would have lead to the drama getting a much higher rating. As i was watching the first 4 episodes on YouTube when i was reading the comments, i read that loads of people stopped watching the drama due to the female lead which honestly speaks volumes

Additionally, she needed serious discipline- she has no manners or thoughtfulness i just wanted to have this girl sent to me so i could fix that her rotten attitude - i honeslty feel that she should have been slapped many times so that she knows that her doing all that shit isnt cute. For instance she belives that the whole world revolves around her but it doesnt - and even though she is a "journalist" she cannot be an official one and instead should just be called a tabloid journalist. In criminal cases she gets involved makes up random shit so that it could be on the headlines and doenst seem to understand how much everything she does affects everyone. She got one of the male leads fired from his job, came into his home and acts as if she is a queen and he must bow down and do what she says when she is just a spoilt rich brat running away from her problems. The worst bit for me is when she faked her own kidnapping just for attention

In all this series is hands down one of my favourite chinese dramas however the female lead just annoys me deep down my bones that i always ended up skipping all the scenes that she was in. Her role in the drama was the most irrelevant as she didnt do anything to speed up the plot she should have just been cannon fodder at most.

The male leads had more chemistry than the female lead had with her man throughout the drama. I highly recommended for more people to watch it but skip all the bits that the female lead is displayed at.

Lire davantage

Great detective stories & bromance

I'm a fan of detective / mystery thriller drama for both western & eastern. I watched this drama while airing via Youtube.
Detective storyline is pretty remarkable. If you like detective type of drama, you gonna like this. It's a light and simple mystery solving, not deep like popular western detective series / drama.
Settings during Chinese era (circa 1920ish) are picturesque. Your eyes gonna like it feel like nostalgic.
Bromance was all over the place. Well, it's not actually bromance on paper, it's definitely a BL.
At first, I didn't realise it would lead to BL (didn't watch any review beforehand), however you can feel ambience and your cheeks were blushing while watching the bromance scenes - finally you realize, ahh!
They just fit the bill for the role (sugar daddy role, Yi Tian's soft personality, wealthy background, etc).
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My utmost disappointment (until now and forever) relies on Bai You Ning's character. Her character was poorly written with no development & meaning for overall series. She is literally like everyone's said - annoying and useless. Her start was quite normal as spoiled brat, probably could be a soft / fresh colour between two men. Later on I found out, her character didn't contribute any good, even for professional or personal til the end.
She didn't help at all in solving cases, consistently stubborn / drama queen, and just bothersome for working environment.
If you want to form a group, they must be have their own ability to help each other.
In here, Bai You Ning was nothing.
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The title is also misleading. Bai You Ning & Lu Yao were indeed the roommate. However, this story was fully emphasized (before episode 30ish) about Lu Yao & Chu Seng until finally Bai You Ning & Lu Yao forcefully by story got married. They indeed had bickering and teasing all the time, but those were family bickering. You may sense the bickering wasn't like romcom bickering turned into romance. At some point, I thought Lu Yao would end their friendship because of unforgivable attention seeking events caused by Bai You Ning.
Personally I thought Bai You Ning is a cherry on top due to censorship that leaded to forcefully happy straight ending.
If they stay as team without any romance, it would be better.
Hua Yi Tian is definitely handsome (every time) but I can't get enough of Zhang Yun Long. I started to notice him and suddenly my phone is full of him. He is so damn sexy with his sleek hair, police attire and his flirty gesture.
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Overall, I recommend this drama if you don't mind the ending. I don't know about others, but I mostly skip hateful part at Chinese drama. You may skip sparks between Bai You Ning & Lu Yao.

Lire davantage

once again, annoying FL ruins the show

i don't get what it is with cdramas and annoying FLs. it's even more infuriating when they force-feed one into a BL work. her entire existence is to be a sounding board for Lu Yao (to explain his thought process to the audience) and provide convenient case details. all while playing her role as annoying "tough" reporter who publishes whatever she wants.

i almost want to give it a lower score, but the cases are interesting enough, and the two MLs are great. even with the butchered to hell bromance, their chemistry comes across. also, Lu Yao is a hilarious ML and I really like how his character is written.

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This is NOT a BL drama

Be warned that this is NOT a BL drama! This way you won't be disappointed and post hateful comments because you don't like the fact that the ML and the FL can end together.

I saw so many hate towards the FL and when I ended the drama my thought was "we watched the same drama??" I just loved Youming! She is brave, smart, determined and will do everything to protect Lu Yao, who is a genius but lazy, weak and coward. They are perfect together. I just loved the three leads, their friendship. I've already watched a numberless of detective dramas, series etc, and for me, the protagonists and their dynamics are almost more important than the cases and My Roommate is a Detective delivered both: very likable characters and enjoyable cases.
The drama has its flaws but overall is very funny and a I think you should give a chance if you like detective stories.

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Bromance or RomCom detective drama?

Good looking cast, interesting cases and an OK OST. But..

Contemplating really hard, trying not to drop the show as early as the third episode. Mainly because of the FL. Seen her on a few drama, this is the worst.. She's a journalist here, who writes pretty much anything that she wants and to hell with the consequences. Its really annoying and irresponsible..

Also skipped too much, not just fast forwarding scenes but skipping whole episodes and feeling like I haven't missed much. So I guess this one ain't just for me, even though I tried so hard to like it.

Lire davantage

This drama is pretty freaking good. Even though like I said before the plot takes a while to unfold and its a little lacking in character development too but not to the point where it's boring because it's not, it's very entertaining the bromance alone I was hooked cause bickering couple: check. Cute looking : check. Memorable bromance couple: check.

And honestly the fl definitely grew on me, I was into her when they sneak off at night after she cries over her father's ridiculous behavior.


But where they lost me was when they tried to make me ship them. It just came out of NOWHERE and left me feeling icky. And it sucked that the two male leads who were literally perfect for each other, in the end it was the same old tired Chinese drama routine - 'sacrificing' true love (I mean Qiao and lu yong obviously) for 'duty' (can you say propaganda).


Lost Tomb constantly does it, Novoland did it, even UNTAMED you can hate me but c'mon they deserved a better ending! And don't even get me started on Beloved Enemy! OMG the amount of distress I suffered at the hands of the writers lol I still can't get out of my head.

The ONE drama that didn't make me resent it, the sole bromance exception is.. drum roll ... GUARDIAN.

You can disagree with me but that ending even though sad, and they don't actually end up together, it hits DIFFERENT. It's different because even though Shen Wei leaves the world with Ye Zun and technically picked his brother and duty, all you remember, the image that you're left with, is Shen Wei saying 'I waited for you for 10,000 years.'

So, yes I just really enjoyed this bromance and the crime stories and the sugar daddy dynamic between them xD it was really fun to watch.

Lire davantage

Annoying Female character ruined the whole thing

I think I'm a masochist watching this Horrid drama
I kept watching for the friendship ,, but I was so annoyed with the female lead and ridiculous passiveness of the first male lead
I struggled to keep watching ,, I kept skipping a lot
I can't imagine How much the writer and director hated that actress or hated that character
they perfected the portrayal of the most annoying love interest ever
and I'm not exaggerating
How can the smartest person in the story get hit and bullied all the time by this girl that he likes
He was also greedy ,, didn't appreciated a lot of his best friend's kind gestures
I really tried to watch this drama objectively but couldn't
I don't think it's considered Bromance because I didn't see much of that in this

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EXCELLENCY AT ITS FINEST!!

I can't even describe how absolute this drama is. Everything is exceptional. It is such a flawless piece that's very rare to be found on this Era's drama land.

Something I love about this drama is how analytical, tricky, confusing and crazily critical the cases were. It always blew my mind everytime Lu Yao is explaining his hypothesis and providing technical explanations on how it happened. To make it simple this drama higlighted how stupid I am Hahaha! Well i'm not someone who's in the medical field so...

Another charm of this drama is the Dog & Cat relationship of Lu Yao and Bai Youning. They never disappoint and bored me even once. Their relationship throughout the series was well paced and has the 'normal' development so when they've decided to escalate it to the next level, it just felt so natural and didn't bother me at all. The bromance between Lu Yao and Chu Sheng maybe underwhelming to others but it just sits enough for me. This ain't BL anyways.

Story - 10, Absolutely without a doubt. People who give this Drama's story direction below 10 better be genius or else they're just butthurt.

Acting/Cast - 10, They DELIVERED and EXECUTED exceptionally. Everyone in this drama gave it their best shot and it was defined through it's outcome.

Music - 9.5, I was never a fan of Chinese Rap (Opening) but it just grew on me so i'm giving it 9.5. Thank god i'm a man of Music so with time, I can naturally learn to appreciate genres and music itself.

Rewatch Value - 10, Definitely! I would also recommend this masterpiece!

Overall - 10, Any scores below 10 is utterly hatred. It sated my satisfaction and just thrilled that I was able to watch it.

Please let me know IF you find my review helpful.

Lire davantage

Must watch

I really love this.
I guess the romance is the only thing I wish was not included. I mean the boy-girl thing.
This is the role which showcased #HuYiTian's acting talents. I am thankful he was given this role. He is the reason why I watch Chinese dramas.
#LeonZhang is a darling. He is so delightful to watch. I promise to watch more of him. (can't say the same with #HuYiTian because I have seen all his work... Giggle... and I'll have to wait for his next ones...praying... Make them sooner please. )
I was mislead when I read some of the reviews. Watch the whole show and interpret it yourself. Don't just rely on the reviews here.

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Main leads are both way too much and there are better detective dramas.

This will be one of the shortest reviews. I found the ML annoying and the FL lead equally annoying, Their were written as cartoon characters and never fully developed. I do not understand at all how these two became a couple or why. So it is really difficult to watch the show. The cases were sometimes interesting and sometimes down right simple. There are better detective dramas for anyone interested that have a better storyline around the cases. Basically for me it didn't work as a romantic comedy, nor did it work as a Sherlock Holmes type detective story.

The only thing I liked in the drama was the second ML who was the police inspector. His character had depth and some growth. He was the only reason I gave the acting score a higher mark.

Overall ok to watch, but I cannot imagine sitting through this show again.

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Great Series and some political insight to 1910s and 1920s China

SPOILER ALERT. This review does not talk about details of episodes, but does contain information about the main characters, that only comes to light in the later episodes. Comedy, family-political-romantic drama, mixed with crime mysteries. The summary and other reviews are accurate. Imo, this show has a lot of creativity and depth. Inspector Qiao, a one time mob capo for the Bai crime family, has become a doggied police inspector with an odd sense of seeing justice done. Although, he still carries some of his former tendencies of a cold hearted mobster, willing to use torture to resolve an investigation. His relationship with Boss Bai is still from a sense of loyalty. Leon Zhang does a great job of showing the internal conflict Qiao has struggling between loyalty and justice. Episode 1 shows Qiao unsuccessfully trying to resolve a murder case. In comes Lu Yao, an intelligent, educated and handsome young man with OCD. The OCD is one of the main driving forces behind Lu's never-ending pursuit to solve cases, always ensuring the culprit is discovered. Hu Yi Tian portrays Lu as cocky and confident, all the while Lu is almost sub servant when interacting with his family. Just as Qiao and Lu begin to bond advancing the investigation, reporter Bai You Ning enters the picture. The beautiful, energetic, Bai is just in the way at every turn, setting the relationship between Lu and Bai on a course of constant dispute. Qiao and Bai You Ning know each other, as it turns out Boss Bai is her father. Thru Lu's brilliant deductive skills, and aid from You Ning and Qiao, the cause is solved in a dramatic fashion. Xiao Yan is the reason I started this series. Her part as Green Snake in the drama The Legend of White Snake made me a fan. She does not disappoint. Silly, cute, annoying when needed. Xiao brings her serious, thoughtful, and beautiful persona to life just when her relationship with Lu needs to take the next step, on multiple ocassions. So sets the format of the series. You Ning and Lu, thru fortunate or unfortunate circumstance, become roommates in a rental flat. Separate sleeping and living areas, so it's all good. Thru the course of the series, Qiao and Lu develop a bromance lite relationship. Lu and You Ning work closely together on cases and sling insults at each other at every opportunity. They do become the love interests of the show. The crime part of the series is creative, if somewhat fantastical and silly. Just as in the Murdoch/Holmes/Poirot shows, a little factual science turns into over the top crime mysteries. Thru it all, there is ultimately a main culprit, but you'll have to get to episode 35-36 to see it all brought together. Bolstered by the great acting and charisma of Qiao, Lu, and You Ning, and taken at face value, this series is top notch niche entertainment. I binged it and enjoyed every episode. Not cluttered with outsized emotional drama, the show really keeps the mystery at the forefront.

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