Aime-Moi, Aime Ma Voix (2023)

Too much of a good thing

First of all, I'm stunned I was able to watch 33 ~one-hour episodes of a love story that was resolved in the first few.

The story is mostly about nothing, except Chinese culture and gastronomy. It's more of a postcard with THREE group trips and not much else. The group dynamic was disturbing a lot of the times. Even I was embarrassed for all the couples. The group was funny but too nosy and always there.

The main thing I have to point out is why are 30 yo men after college girls? That was probably one of the things that irked me the most. I don't find it cute or appropriate. They're in completely different stages in life. That's how manipulation starts in abusive relationships. He doesn't let her do anything with all the "surprises". He didn't even let her savour her graduation and had to put the wedding and their relationship at the centre of such an important time for her. He was, many times, condescending and that upset me a bit.

The pacing in this show is non-existent. I'm surprised, tho, that they didn't have more flashbacks and were able to fill most of the time with new scenes. There were many cute scenes, many funny scenes and the cultural themes were interesting. They presented the world of voice acting and traditional singing quite well.

Besides being able, for someone out of uni, to think they'll be able to buy a house (is the Chinese economy that good?), the other hard thing to believe is all the cooking. It looks like Instagram reel cooking and not real cooking. Everything is fast. All the dishes are done in no time. Taking over a restaurant's kitchen instead of eating with his friends is absurd as is ending up cooking for her family when he was the main guest. Who invites someone for dinner and has absolutely nothing prepared? Where do all the ingredients appear from, is he like Jesus with the fishes? Why would they buy something they didn't know how to cook?

I'm not familiar with what more recent Chinese dramas are doing but waiting 19 episodes for a kiss when they've been dating since episode 8 is absolutely uncanny. It was mostly a friendship until then, only after it was pointed out to them that it was indeed like a friendship did things start to heat up between them.

There isn't much more to say about the story because there wasn't much of a story. Everyone is nice and everything is good and there are no obstacles and the obstacles that are probably what, in real life, would end this relationship - like the fact that someone who is a doctor who has a second job and a university student who doesn't study and is mostly a supermarket clerk - aren't shown to us. It's good to have a sweet drama but too much of a good thing isn't necessarily good. There was no need for 33 episodes.

The voices are amazing. The performances both of the voice acting and the singing are fantastic. It made me curious about that world. The male lead has a voice that can move mountains.

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way too long & this relationship gives me indigestion

Sheng Sheng Man is a senior college student who composes Chinoiserie music & participates in a chat group with celebrity voice actor Qiang Qing Ci. They connect through chatting about food & cooking, but don't formally meet face to face. QQC also happens to be a doctor working in a hospital across the street from SSM's family convenience store where she works part time. QQC & SSM are attracted to each other's voices, & QQC begins obvious pursuit online. When they finally meet, they discover that they'd actually run across each other many times.

It was great to see Zhou Ye get a grown up lead role in the highly enjoyable Back From the Brink, so it's disheartening to see her take on this rather brainless role. In too many scenes she is either hyperventilating or looking stunned, or both. Likewise Tan Jian Ci, who was absolutely electric in Lost You Forever, has now wasted his time in this vacuum of a show. The writing ("What do you want to do? I don't know, what do you want to do? How is this dish? Mmm, it's tasty!") is excruciatingly mundane throughout the entire show, & ZY's & TJC's talents can't make it any better.

The show feels like an infomercial, where all everyone talks about is voice acting & Chinoiserie music, with a sprinkling of recipes & food shots. SSM & her college friends seem to talk only about QQC & nothing else. Where the heck is the story? As the episodes drag along, it becomes apparent that the only thing anyone talks about is shipping SSM + QQC. The dialogue is juvenile & only serves as a bridge between music or food scenes. The leads don't know what to do when they're together, and other characters exist only to enthusiastically cheer them on. When SSM's mother meets QQC for the first time, within minutes she's giggling while highlighting SSM's talents to him like she's trying to sell a cow. Their relationship status is discussed almost every single scene. This one dimension barely lasts 2 eps, nevermind a mind-numbing 33.

There's a certain creepiness in a man who's almost 30 years old, never been in a relationship, suddenly developing an obession with a young college student just by hearing her baby voice online. What's even creepier is how everyone around them encourages it, inspite of QQC's own warnings about falling in love with a random voice on the internet. SSM repeatedly points out the fact they don't know one another that well, but is thrilled when he unexpectedly shows up at her classroom because he "knows her schedule". Is this not stalker vibes? QQC ends up driving the relationship every step of the way, including buying a house for them & planning a wedding without her knowledge or consent. She only follows along brainless & submissive. Even when the 2nd couple arc starts, it involves QQC's colleague, who's even older, pursuing SSM's schoolmate. What is wrong with this show?

Not until around Ep24-26 does the focus finally change, with QQC making a big career decision. He asks SSM if she loves him only for his voice. She denies it, but acts like his voice actually is the only thing that matters, "as a fan". She isn't mature enough to separate being a fan vs being a girlfriend. Tell me again how this relationship is supposed to work?

When the age gap is with an older female, there are scenes of the female being ridiculed for her age by the younger male's group of friends (Nothing But You, Find Yourself). However in LMLMV, the older males are idolized by the younger group as heros. This double standard is frustrating.

Is it really a college girl's fantasy to be pursued by an older man with her family's blind support? This drama is so unrealistic that not even the gourmet food shots can make it digestible. This show might have worked if it actually left out the romance arc & just focused on the performing arts scene, which did start to get interesting, & the show should've ended with the big music festival. The final 6 eps are a complete waste of time. So unless you just enjoy watching music videos sprinkled with too much mindless PDA this show will not offer anything else.

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I had been ready to drop this drama before Episode 10, but someone convinced me to hold on to this snooze fest.

My thoughts about this will be better depicted by the time my thumb spent on the FFWD button. Breakdown by episodic stages.

Ep 1 to approx Ep 5. I felt slightly giddy, like a kid at a candy store, looking at all the pastel colors and tasting all the sweetness. Time spent on the FFWD button: 0 seconds.

Ep 6 to approx Ep 10. I was getting used to the slight buzz that went from “Love at first sound” to “Hi, would you be my girlfriend, after just meeting you a few of times?” Time spent on the FFWD button, maybe 5 to 10 minutes.

Ep 11 to approx Ep 20. This is the stage where, in their minds, they say, “Yes, we are GF/BF but we are still afraid to hold hands and have our first kiss.” While I quip, “maybe sometime this century.” Time spent on the FFWD button: probably half the time, roughly translating to 3 to 4 hours. Mostly on the first of 3 or 4 prolonged trips with friends that do nothing to the plot but serve as contrived instances so they can shoot star eyes at each other.

Ep 21 to approx Ep 30. Well, they finally got their first kiss out of the way. What now? Let’s just skip to talk about marriage, shall we? Time spent on the FFWD button: I think my thumb is glued to it, roughly translating to 75% of the time.

Ep 31 to Ep 33. Whew, are you sure this drama is at the end of its ropes? No more squeezing in PDAs and prolonged contrivances so they can all couple up and tie the drama with a neat bow? Are you sure there are only three people in the cast who are doctors, who are also voice actors, and are also capable of other things, like maybe singing, cooking, painting, sound-editing, guitar-playing, and what else? And they also happen to be good-looking but perpetually single, even with all their amazing talents? Wow, such a shocker! Time spent on the FFWD button: almost 90% of the time, pausing just to watch the Farewell concert and to check whether Mo Qing Cheng has anything else up his sleeves, maybe to announce he’s also a Nobel Prize Winner who invented the Pill to cure everyone of their illness.

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a pure fluffy romance with no misunderstandings or love triangles

I went into this drama not knowing anything about it. I didn’t know the actors nor the plot. However, after watching this drama filled with honey dripping sweetness, I was so glad I gave it a watch.

Love Me, Love My Voice Review- Cute, Fluffy, Wholesome Romance
I give this show a wonderful 9/10. This show literally was the fluffiest, cutest, most wholesome romance for a girly who loves romance. It fulfilled every checkmark. The main characters have the healthiest relationship, the premise of voice acting and folk pop music was new and super fun to watch and listen to. I’ve never listened to any folk pop music before this show, but I was genuinely loving every song in this show (P.S. i have all the songs from this show added to a playlist on Spotify luls). They were massive foodies, which didn’t help me as I was watching the show. It made me always crave food when they described recipes or he was whipping up a dish.
My review of this show lost a point only because I felt the character’s romance stayed very stagnant close to the end and not much was changing. Also, with the random time skip I felt like the ending was rushed. It felt like it was supposed to have a 40 episode run, but the show was cut short.
This show, all in all, was just pure fluff with a new fun premise of voice acting and folk pop music, with a lot of food added in to create a unique wholesome romance.
In my opinion, it's a must-watch if you love romance shows with little to no misunderstandings, no love triangles and pure fluff romance <3.


Beware of Spoilers Moving Forward!





What Episode did the Main Couple Start Dating?
Sheng Sheng and Mo Qing Cheng start dating as early as episode 8. She is reluctant to accept since they have only been together a handful of times, however, Mo Qing Cheng persuades her to start a relationship with him.

Misunderstandings?
There are literally no misunderstandings, no break ups, no petty problems between the main couple as they talk about their feelings pretty straightforwardly. This show was genuinely a breath of fresh air between two green flagged characters.

Love Triangles?
None. Nada. There was no second male lead or female lead there to squash the other person’s feelings. Purely feel good.

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Something is missing...

This series was really easy to watch. It does not need any brain power to solve anything or analyze anything. But I felt that the cast was "newbie". This is my first series watching both leads. and when I check their profile here in MDL, they already have multiple successful series. Many fans of both leads may come at me if they read this, but do not get me wrong. I did not say they cannot act, it's just that I miss the "sweetness" that I felt with the same type of series. However, I commend them for not shying away from skinships or kiss scenes. Also, I like all scenes where the ML sings especially if the FL sings with him.

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Stunning!

This was such a nice show😭 I watched it in exactly one week, which is insane for me, but this show just pulled me in immediately. So heartwarming and cozy, comfortable and sweet. The traditional elements were incorporated flawlessly: the OST was stunning and so beautiful, the female lead
s wardrobe one of the prettiest ever, and the musical performances we got to see were actually so good! Sometimes, when they talk about projects within a drama, the result ends up being super underwhelming, but not here. Nice voice acting and singing, beautiful sets and costumes: No disappointment whatsoever. I loved all the characters and the friend group was so funny and sweet🥹
Only criticism: I wish the female lead was a little more outspoken. I don’t mind that she was shy, but the male lead had to do most of the talking sometimes, so her speaking up a little more would have been nice! Also, my man made some big decisions in the end, I would have been so overwhelmed lmao. But overall, a really nice show with no drama, no toxicity; just warmth, music, food, fun, and love!! 💗🎶

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The drama is an excellent interpretation of the original story, which is a short, simple, and straightforward sweet love story. It brings the voice acting and gufeng music to life and with extra performance as well. About 70% of new and extensive details to the original story are well developed and intertwined with the original characteristics. I like the development of the 10th Anni stage and the Gufeng Music Festival stage, it helps exhibit the core strength of Qiang Qing Ci as the main character, it also gives a complete end to the story of him as a voice actor. Somehow this detail helps to make him even bigger than life, more heroic, like many of Mo Bao Fei Bao's male lead. They don't list her here as the screenwriter i'll make a "guestimate" that she also participates in the scriptwriting.
Another thing about the story that I love Feng Ya Song and Dou Dou couple so much, maybe it's just because of their good looking, and looking cute together. But I do feel that the 5 brothers part around Gu Sheng can be omitted from the storyline, I just don't understand why they put that in.
This drama also compiles a great collection of gufeng music. I normally don't watch historical dramas (I dont like SE or OE) but I do like gufeng music though. So this is a great way for me to get them.

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My cheeks are hurting from the very 1st episode to the last !!!

I have only been smiling as wide as I can , only blushing, screaming, loving every bit to bit , every sec of this drama ..
This drama is all about True love , passionate about their career, food , incredible chemistry, goosebumps when listening to their voice dubbing drama scenes .
I love both the leads to the fullest especially the handsome ml. Everything about him is incredible. I love shipping them so much I want them to be a real couple in reality 😉 .
There is love , friendship, family, voice dubbing industry, great chemistry, butterflies, loveliest so simple n pleasant, warmest , most sweetest , makes your heart flutter all the time. Every sec of this drama is worth our time as well as their acting.I would rate it like 100/10.

This is my second time writing a review on MDL , 1st review was of Falling into your smile. I have lost count of how many times I re-watched it ... like literally 'n'number of times .. every now n then I watch it n no matter what I never get bored at all ... So this will also be one of the other dramas where I will be re-watching it 'n'number of times from now on..

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Wow this is really a gem

I am writing review first time and this is the drama that made me write it…
This became my fav 2023 drama and everything about this drama is 10/10.
This is a good drama with no jealousy, breakup, fight. The love story of the main leads starts from 1st episode and it grows very gracefully over 33 episodes. Apart from the love story , what I also loved is the friendship story of the group. This is a cheerful , friendship, romance with good laugh drama.
The most amazing part of this drama is the ML character, its like with every episode I just kept falling in love with him more and more. The acting of Tan Jian Ci is so great, this is my first drama of him and I really became big fan of him.
He is depicting here as a calm, sincere , caring person and the way he pursued his love interest is really nice(didn’t get other word but you will understand once u watch the drama).

One thing I noticed is in ep 9 , the FL hair got stuck in the ML watch, and after that he changed the watch to the strap one , thats really cute..
They didnt highlighted this specifically in drama but good thing to notice.

This is my 2nd drama of FL and she is cute , I like her acting in this drama as well. Her character is not like annoying childish characters like in some c-dramas.
Her acting was good and suits the drama character.

The chemistry was 9/10 for me, the kiss scenes was so good and it got better and better after Ep 19. There are not much cdramas where you get such good kisses..

Overall this drama is an amazing watch with good love story, amazing friendship story.Give it a try.

Also I really fall in love with Tan Jian Ci voice omg his voice is so 🔥

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Eat, sing, love.

I don’t write reviews but i felt compelled to let people know how enjoyable and fun this is. It left me smiling like a fool just about every episode.

There’s no angst. No misunderstandings. No drama. Just the experience of feeling like a third wheel witnessing 2 people fall in love.

I rewatched this several times already immediately after finishing the first run and I'm not bored yet. It kinda reminded me of Love O2O & Reply ‘1988. Totally not the same, just the vibe is reminiscent of.

The leads are adorable & natural. Tan Jian Ci is a new obsession hahahaha. Even watched his mv’s & dance practices in between rewatches.

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Zero Angst, zero drama, full of sugar and spice

This show made me fall in love with Tan Jianci. I dont care about the haters who say Mo Qingcheng is unrealistically perfect. This drama is basically a healing show for anyone who wants something to laugh at and relax at the end of the day.

Zhou Ye plays a very shy and introverted girl here, and i love her versatility. In reality she's a straighforward and bubbly sort so its nice to see her in a different role. I found myself so envious of Sheng Sheng because she was so loved by her family and friends. They all love her unconditionally and want the best for her. The friendships between the gang are so wholesome and heart warming too.

I wont lie, these are the things i enjoyed most of this show:

1. OST - the songs amd Tan Jianci's voice are living in my head rent free - simply LOVE them.

2. Kissing scenes - it took them long enough to have their first kiss, but once they started they couldnt stop! This CP's chemistry was through the roof! Sheng Sheng is very shy by nature and so there's alot of awkwardness fron her in the early stages which i thought Zhou Ye captured well.

3. Food - i found myself having mala chicken and pork intestine for dinner while watching the show!! All the dishes looked amazing and mouth watering.

4. Tourism/scenary shots of Yang Shuo, Guilin - beautiful lakes, rivers and sunsets.

Basically this is a fluffy romance/slice of life show which introduces viewers to the dubbing industry.

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10/10 recommend

I don't often leave a review but this drama was definitely worth leaving a review. For someone like me who could sometimes be pretty picky with the characters and how the storyline leads to I have to say the storyline was perfectly written from beginning to ending. I'm the type to watch a drama and get bored and just skip to the end but this I enjoyed this drama from start to finish and I wish there were more drama written like this where it was more realistic and mutual with no break ups.
ML was a green flag throughout the whole drama he's literally the whole green forest!! He was the whole package. He's a doctor everyone loved, a good cook, voice actor, and loyal plus mature. He never hid his feelings from the FL and was always considerate towards the FL and making sure she was never uncomfortable. It didn't take him long to tell the FL he likes her so it wasn't those typical drama that drags 10+ episodes till they confess their feelings.
FL she's too soft spoken for me but that's how her character is which she did an amazing job with, and her character was really cute even when she's drunk she's even more cute.
There was no love triangle, no break up, no jealousy. They had a healthy relationship throughout the whole drama. There was also no annoying character in this drama so you'll love every single one of them.
They both respect each other a lot and I'm just so obsessed by how thoughtful the ML is towards her.
As of kissing scenes it does take a long while I believe starting ep. 20 or something but once they have their first kiss they start to get even more comfortable with each other and there'll be a lot more later throughout the drama.

Definitely recommend!!!! Give it a chance and watch it.

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