Wo De Ren Jian Yan Hou (2023)

Imagine, you are enjoying a slice of tiramisu. Each layer tastes sweet, sticky and savory. That's more or less the sensation of watching the Chinese drama "Fireworks of My Heart".

The chemistry between Wang Chu Ran, who plays Xu Qin / Meng Qin, really blends with Yang Yang, who plays Song Yan.

The tug-of-war love story between the two, Song Yan and Xu Qin, and the way Song Yan spoiled Xu Qin, made the audience melt. So beautiful!


Two people love each other

Facing the pot that is cooking the porridge

Shut up

Waiting for each other to talk


The premise is simple, just about a pair of lovers separated by social strata, then reunited.

The setting is what is interesting, namely the familiarity and daily life of the firefighters (firefighters) who have to train every day. They set a certain number of seconds to put on clothes, prepare equipment, climb stairs and do other exercises.

The activities of the firemen in the Chinese drama "Fireworks of My Heart", which are similar to the military, are very different from those of the firemen in the Korean drama "The First Responders" which tend to be relaxed.

Another attraction of the Chinese drama “Fireworks of My Heart” is the cinematography. Plus the main character is extremely handsome and unbelievably beautiful :D, the audience will feel at home watching the 40 episodes.

This is very far from the Korean drama "The First Responders" which only has 12 episodes, and another 12 episodes for the Korean drama "The First Responders 2". Of course, there are pluses and minuses between Chinese dramas and Korean dramas.

Maybe like an analogy I once wrote, Chinese dramas are like a slice of tiramisu, while Korean dramas are more like a slice of rendang.
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You will not regret watching this.

This is a very good story with great actors. The leads are amazing from the ML and FL to the side characters. They are all able to display the character's emotions well and you can sympathize and feel it. This drama is a little more melodramatic with the premise of the rich family not accepting the poor BF and this lasts until the end of the show. Initially, I thought it was getting repetitive but as the series progresses you can see the emotion from the characters and understand why they are doing what they are doing. I have really come to enjoy Chinese dramas because they really display the love between the main leads. Although there are your standard triangle relationship, the FL clearly draws the line and the leads only love each other.

The brotherhoods in this drama is just wonderful to watch. The firefighter action was great and you really how selfless there job is. The way the whole firefighter squad tries to ship the leads together is hilarious!

The only thing I did not like was they really focus too much of the plot on her non-biological brother having a thing for his sister which is off-putting for me and melodramatic. Because he has feeling for his sister, he is obsessive and controls her; not caring for her own feelings. She tells him early on that "he is out of his mind" for even suggesting they get together and he still keeps going. I always hated this about certain triangle relationships. When a person says they do not like you and like the other person; that should be end of story, but literally it goes on til late in the series. I will say though they did a good job of explaining his emotions and you do feel bad for him as well by the end as well. The acting in this series was superb and some of the FL's scenes were so emotional. Even the ML's niece had an amazing scene at the end (it was so touching and one of my favorite moments).

The ML is portrayed as a the nicest human being. You can really learn a lot from this story on being a good person.

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The Determination to Beat the Odds

This series is very good. ML (Yang Yang) and FL (Wang Chu Ran) have good chemistry as well as good non-verbal communication. Both leads handle the challenges and the pace of the storyline. There were parts within the series that started to feel exaggerated, but it is understandable when trying to drive home the importance and dangers of the first responder fields as well as weaving a romantic storyline. The character of the FL's bother (Wei Da Xun) was well-played. He captured the controlled and lonely aspects of the role brilliantly. The OST was nice and the CGI and production to capture the various dangerous scenes were very good. Even though (Vin Zhang) role as the fire instructor was short it was heartfelt and memorable. The ML's cousin (Yang Chao Yue) was very dynamic in her character delivery and ebb and flow of emotions. She is one to watch. This story gives a good understanding of what determination both mentally and physically against all odds can render with love and integrity as your guiding light. Worth the Watch!

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Pretty nice after watching a serious drama.

An idol movie ^^
Yang Yang!! xD

His adolescent character showcases his best performance :)
Otherwise, Yang is often posing : the bright smile / the frown (fault of the director I say!).

Lovely actors from Yang's career are here:
> actor Wang Yan Lin really shines here as the 2nd trainer of the fire squad. He had a role in You are my glory although I did not remember him.
> zesty Hu Ke from You are my glory (similar character)
> attractive actor Vin Zhang who played a hacker in the unique Love 020

Very happy to enjoy Zhang Yue's acting again in a role suited for her expressive face. I discovered her in the passionate drama Love like the galaxy (she played the bold Qi Qi).

There are many loves in here.
Faces are mostly emotionless though : most characters are repressed.

I do not understand why the male lead is attracted to the female lead but hey, does it matter? Lucky woman!
An important information is not told to the female lead and that bugged me (many long episodes but no room for it?).

As in the drama You are my glory:
Yang Yang, the national actor, is serving propaganda for state institutions (hospital / fire squad).
Glorification is dangerous. No civil servant should be trusted blindly.
Unlike in real life, the men are better than the women in this series ^^
It is a bit too much. Pop culture enforces the lies of patriarchy, consumerism, business as usual, etc.
...No politics as usual. Shouldn't we close down the mines as well as training professionals to help out in case of hurricanes?

PS: I cannot get used to how table-white the female is made to look > my cultural bias.

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O roteiro, apesar de ser uma temática bastante conhecida e com elementos, muitas vezes, previsíveis, o roteirista não poupou emoção, mas, felizmente, não exagerou nas mortes dos personagens.
O drama teve um andamento agradável, não houve capítulos cansativos e nem correria na finalização, apesar da finalização não estar à altura do drama.
Os personagens são apaixonantes, exceto a mãe da protagonista, mas o roteirista amenizou e ofereceu uma redenção no último capítulo.
As atuações do elenco são primorosas. Os atores Yang Yang e Zhang Bin Bin, logo do início do drama, protagonizam cenas emocionantes e há uma cumplicidade em cena muito bonita. A morte do personagem Zhan Da Peng, após a cena do encontro com a médica Li Nan, era previsível, mas, mesmo assim, foi muito emocionante.
O romance não era ruim, mas demais cenas eram tão interessantes, que o romance se tornou um complemento do enredo.
A trilha sonora é agradável e bem utilizada para amplificar a emoção das cenas.

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Don't waste your time with this drama. Awful script and onscreen chemistry between YY and WCR,

YY has better onscreen chemistry with ZLS in WRTW and acted better in that drama. I rewatched that drama so many times I lost count. Whereas, his onscreen chemistry with Wang Churan sucks. I would not recommend you watch FWOMH with Yang Yang and Wang Churan. I was frustrated watching this drama because of his awful onscreen chemistry with WCR. I have already watched 20 episodes of this drama, and the pace is so slow, and the script is stupid. I don't like WCR's character in this drama, and YY isn't convincing as a fireman. I think William Chan is a better fireman in ADWTF.

Twenty episodes in, they are still not together and bickering, and her overbearing adoptive mother is a hateful woman and a bitch.
WCR's character is weak and annoying to me. She is a strong ER doctor who speaks up about her viewpoints with her superiors but is annoyed and timid when standing up for her relationship with YY's character.

Who at this stage still interferes with their children's love lives. It is unrealistic to have doctors co-exist and perform medical services with firemen. The drama forced their unions to the point that it was ridiculous and unrealistic in real life.

I am dropping this drama. I like YY, but he needs to pair up with a better actress to make him a better actor where he can stretch and grow. I think WCR had better onscreen chemistry with Peng Guan Ying in "Have a Crush on You." Her character in that drama is better; she acted better in that one than in FWOMH.

Let's hope that they will not be paired again in the future. I give it a 4.0 rating, so Don't waste your time with FWOMH.

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Unbearable FL

The way this drama is making me lose my patience. I really liked the first episodes of the drama, where we could clearly see the hurt that Song Yan felt and the courage that the fl displayed. I binge-watched the drama last night and it made me so stressed and annoyed by the development of the FL. I get the fact that she didn't have the courage to stand up against her mother when she was a teenager, but at least she could've explained the situation to him, instead of just leaving like that. But i'm going to let that slide because they were just kids, but now I can't stand her as a grown up.

She comes back and disturbs the life that Song Yan created for himself, and expected for him to let her root herself back into his life, knowing fully that the reasons for why she couldn't be with him still existed i.e her mother and brother. She yells at him and asks why he isn't fighting for her, when she hasn't yet to apologise for leaving like she did, and take fault in her actions (frankly i don't know why Song Yan felt sorry for her). When he gives her an ultimatum, she goes back to being the coward that she is, and doesn't chose him. She wants it all but doesn't realise that she wasn't able to have it back when she was young and she isn't going to have it now. All that she does is cry, cry and cry.

She blames everything on her family, and whines about not being able to be herself and with Song Yan. She wants to show herself as an independent woman, yet doesn't take any steps to show it. She has no boundaries set for herself towards her family and allows her family dictate every inch. Frankly, i'm accepting towards the trauma that she has towards her mother that doesn't allow to stand up to her but her brother?? she is going to let him talk about SY like that and not say anything against it??? She keep saying stay out of my business, yet runs back to them despite the disrespect that they have shown towards her decisions and SY. This girl annoys me to the core.

SY deserves more, and I hate dramas that create the lousiest character as lead and have them end up with the other lead when in reality, they would've chosen a much more better person.

And I hate the lack of development of their relationship, i'm going to give the benefit of the doubt because we are half way towards the show, but I feel like the writers haven't given them a reason to choose each other in the present, much of their relationship relays on their past. The writers keep using their work lives to get them in scenes together, like she magically happens to be at the accident that he is working at, or the whole "task force" thingy which was so unbearable to watch. I don't like dramas that use these kind of plots to further the characters relationship. Like okay, so they work well together, that's good for a firefighter and a doctor, but what about them out of it??

Frankly, i don't even like her as a doctor, she is weird with the way she acts towards her collegues, and what does "i don't lose the job" mean as a motivation for being a doctor? (I honestly fast-forward every scene of her being a doctor, which doesn't leave me much of her scenes, which also shows how much this show relays on their titles)

I feel like for me to want them together, i need to see them outside of their work, having a real dinner, or a talk. I need to see her own up to her mistakes and apologise, and i need SY to hold her accountable.

I'm going to quit watching it for a while and watch it when it has finished, just so i don't waste my time anymore.

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Slow Burn Drama

I started watching this drama only because of Yang Yang. The drama is a slow burn, starts gradually. The story is both hit and miss for me, so some time I skip/forward certain portions.

I best part of the story is the characters look more real, like they show real reactions, emotions and show vulnerability like real people do. Secondly, each character matures/grows over the period of time.

The FL’s mother and brother are the typical Chinese drama family , that’s why it’s really boring.

We reached the middle of the episodes so now they should decide to let together ML-FL because now it’s stretching too much.
Overall it’s good drama. I don’t rewatch it.

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The FL is not good and have no character development

The relationship doesn’t develop at a good pace. The fl is stuck in the past. Not even willing to move on and give some space to ML. I think it would have been better if the story has developed differently. Yang Yang is good, however I do not like the FL, instead of moving forward she is stuck in the past and does not have the courage to face all her mother and brother issues. Mom is the worst. If the FL wanted to know the current self of male lead why did she not started at that from the beginning, instead of begging the ML to take her back instead of apologizing to the ML of what she did to him. No communication between FL and ML at all.

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WORST MAX ACTRESS

- This drama is a wholesome drama if we take out the character Xu Qin (or) Meng Qin. She is overacting, no acting sense, pulling down Song Yan's performance and the entire team's performance.
- All the support actors and Yang Yang(Song Yan) did an awesome job and the entire team are a group of stunning professionals.
- This drama is not worth(Just because of Xu Qin or Meng Qin) of a rating of 8.2 because it becomes boring and lagging after some time.
- Love : Doesn't feel like it at all (or) the girl makes it worse.
- Firefighters: Salute to the actors and also real firefighters in the entire world

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With 40 episodes STILL CAN'T GET ENOUGH!!

Wow this must be my top drama for 2023, i can't get enough of them even if it just ended i need more MOOORREE!!

On a serious note, this is not your average drama because it deals issues and conflicts that can happen in real life. I'm not saying other dramas didn't but nowadays its mostly fantasies. Here you can be amazed on how they portray firefighters and medical personnel well. I love how they rescue, respond to events, disasters and the action inside the operating room or ER.

The production quality of this drama is top notch in my opinion and i'm glad it acts like a homage or appreciation drama to people in the medical field and Defense Force (Army, Firefighters, Police) in what they do for their country and people lots of lesson to learn here.

Not to mention the casting and acting was perfect all throughout, i didn't get bored or even have the slightest thought of dropping this because i am so hooked. Lot of here saying that they got bored because it took a long while before they reconcile but this in between love relationships really do happen and it is more relatable at least for me.

All in all i love all the cast especially Wang ChuRan and Yangyang they looked perfect, amazing, awesome together and their style of romance, when they locked eyes with each other whew just beautiful and breathtaking. 10/10 FOMH will have a special place in my heart forever!!

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How Fireworks Of My Heart worth our time?

A story of a doctor and a fireman is like a combination of passion, braveness, and responsibility. Watching this drama made me realize a lot of things such as there are no easy way for everything. There are insignificant things but it holds greater value for others.

I want to praise everyone behind this successful drama series from the director, script writer, editing team down to every staff who spent great effort in this success. Lastly, I want to commend the casts who make this drama remarkable.

Of course, Yang Yang and Wang Churan as main role, it is not a surprised that they were able to portray and give life to their role in highest extent.

What I am most fascinated about is the hardwork and satisfying demonstration of the support roles.

Wei Daxun, I never think of him as serious and emotionless guy because I see him as funny one. I was very amazed by how he managed to act as something opposite to his character in real life.

The firemen, they never failed to make heart flutter in different emotions especially when they had a training and mission. They never failed to make me laugh and cry at the same time.

This drama is indeed worth to watch.

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