Déraillement (2023)

Inconsistent Plot Development and Lackluster Romance

The starting episodes are really interesting, but then later on, the plot focuses more on hairdressing and makeup. Then it picks up again for three episodes, but after that, there's not much interesting to stick to. The mystery isn't captivating at all. Compared to this, fan-made theories are really good. They could have explored the romance part more. I can't understand the male lead's feelings at all. The problem lies more on the execution side. Until the 20th episode, we were shown that she is a different person from another world. Suddenly, he found out she is the same person and starts wooing her. Until then, he abused her and treated her badly, but there's no proper apology. Their relationship doesn't make sense at all. Side characters are not explored well.

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*sips tea* It's a good drama indeed.

ROMANCE VALUE 6.5
Rewatch value is less because once you know what's going on there's nothing left in this drama to see again.

I’m here to drop a review. For you all. Not to tell you if I hate it or not. And believe me, I know you don’t care If I like it or not. So I’ll just write what needs to be written.
So,
I always wait till the whole drama is finished so that I can finish it in one night but this one really made me wait for the next episode.
There is no side lead romance going on for you to skip. Even though they got together after a lot of episodes, the chemistry was still good and mature enough [before they got in a relationship] to satisfy a person like me who only watches romance dramas.
You won’t skip any scene. You might get bored in some of her makeup shots but they end pretty quick and the scene shifts to something else, something good, different. This drama can get a bit boring in the end after the mystery gets solved but you don’t have to worry there’s always a lot to see.
[Romance value is less because 1. They got together so late. 2. There’s a lot to fit in 30 episodes. 3. It’s a time-travel/ sci-fi drama not a rom-com. 4. Even after they got together, there was a lot on their plate. 5. Even after getting in a relationship, their interactions were pretty much the same. (As they were busy with their stuff)

FL: Jiang Xiaoyuan. Smart & Strong, Hard working & mature, Growing & glowing. INDEPENDENT!
She was growing slowly in this drama. Half of the episodes in the beginning were set up in the workplace but there is seriously nothing to worry about. These work scenes only focus on Jiang Xiaoyuan learning and coping with a whole new environment going through a lot of emotions but still staying strong to keep you hooked. She had nothing in the starting, but still kept her high self esteem and respect. Not giving us second hand embarrassment. She was pretty even while crying. Mature to talk everything out and to say all of her thoughts on the face. And there’s no downfall I swear. Once she starts going up, she doesn’t fall back. She knows what to do, and what she’s doing.


ML: Qi Lian. “Where’s ‘my’ Jiang Xiaoyuan?” “I have to unfold the truth.”
Mature, Loving, understanding, smart, rich, kind to friends, can fight. Independent.
Qi Lian, don’t expect much romance from him. He wasn’t like the hot CEO, or genius student, or anything that exists in other dramas. His job here was to protect Jiang Xiaoyuan. He was in love but was busy solving the mystery because it was necessary of course (He did kiss and hug. ;). His good looks did a great job here. He was understanding and matured to talk out any conflict.

Acting: was on point. So real. So satisfying that I also cried. Side leads did a great job, especially Jiang Bo and Li Li.
Hope it was helpful. And if as a drama friend sharing mutual interest, I personally would recommend you this series. Go for it.

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Never thought this one will be 10/10

I came across this drama on YouTube shorts and decided to give it a try. It's not for everyone; you really need to pay attention to understand everything, or you'll get lost. Initially, I was lost too, but after watching it four times, I fell in love with it. The acting is excellent, and as a big music fan, I was delighted by the beautiful OSTs. Surprisingly, it's one of the few dramas that I've rated 10/10 in my two years of drama-watching. If you enjoy slow-burn romance with a deep emotional connection and a simple yet intricate plot, this drama is definitely worth checking out.

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How different would the same person be if they came from opposite backgrounds?

Derailment is 25% sci-fi and 75% slice of life. Many viewers go into this expecting a thrilling sci-fi experience with many twists and turns and they get that but in small doses. They're so thrilling that it appears separate from the rest of the drama which is a lot more workplace oriented. The focus is on Xiaoyuan adjusting from riches to rags. The mundane parts are where she develops which is also where viewers find it to be dragging. People's disappointment makes sense when the selling point of this drama is the premise of parallel universes. When going into this, viewers should expect a drama that hones in on different genres and to keep in mind that Xiaoyuan is the focus.

Story:

We follow the luxurious life of Xiaoyuan in the first universe. She's rich, popular, and has a sense of superiority that soon bites her. She wakes up in a parallel universe where she has nothing but a mysterious phone that traversed space with her. She meets Qi Lian, a wealthy guy she has never met before, who knows that universe's Xiaoyuan. Qi Lian is looking for a missing person who's only trace is an identical phone to Xiaoyuan's. Xiaoyuan learns the way of the world through hairdressing and later makeup, meeting many derailments in her pursuits. They both work together to solve the mystery of Xiaoyuan's entry into another universe and what happened to the second universe's Xiaoyuan in the hopes of setting things right and finding Qi Lian’s best friend.

The story is character driven, specifically focusing on the development of Xiaoyuan. It's well-written but the hairdressing arc could have been condensed for a more concise storyline. The amount of time we spend on hairdressing is not equal to its importance down the line plot wise. Most of Xiaoyuan's development happens in the hairdressing arc and should have been spanned alongside the plot in the makeup arc as it had more significance. This drama could've been cut down to 24 episodes, perhaps even less than that.

Characters:

Xiaoyuan is the product of her environment. Stubborn, self-centered, arrogant… She was born rich with those closest to her catering to her. She doesn't consider other people's feelings and self-righteously forsakes rules for what she believes is right and expects others to put up with it. How can she grow if no one tells her what she's doing wrong? And that is where the second universe comes in where she must start from nothing and endure many hardships to learn humility, resilience, true happiness, and to cherish what matters.

Qi Lian has an unhealthy obsession with finding Xu Jingyang, his best friend who disappeared. He's so obsessed with his goal that he struggles to see past it. For viewers discretion, I believe there should be a warning that Qi Lian became abusive to Xiaoyuan for a couple episodes which almost made me drop it. He is the ML, not an antagonist, so something like that is breaching his role for me. I did forgive this since this was a part of his development and he does develop and make up for his mistakes.

All the side characters were very likable, especially Fang Zhou and Jiang Bo. You can feel the love they put into writing these characters.

The parallels and differences between the two Xiaoyuans with opposing backgrounds was very interesting to me, especially with the biggest plot twist.

Romance:

The romance is a rocky ride. It's slow with many bumps and isn't the main focus. I felt iffy about them getting together after how Qi Lian abused her, but it was ultimately an okay romance. However, if I had it my way, I would have preferred that the romance be between Xiaoyuan and Jiang Bo. It's illogical since it wouldn't work plot wise, but his relationship with Xiaoyuan was more entertaining, equal, and didn’t cross any moral lines.

Overall:

If you're looking for a sci-fi focused drama, concise plot, and a respectable romance throughout, Derailment isn't for you. If you're looking for a drama that's slice of life, workplace oriented, has lovable side characters, a well-developed FL, great OST, an okay romance, and comes in small doses of the thrilling, plot twisty sci-fi premise, then this drama is it.

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Don't hesitate to watch this drama!

Derailment was promoted as a fantasy, mistery, romance genre but turns out It's more of a HEALING drama, the way I feel all their pains & then cherish their every touching moments... 🥲
I really love all their relationship, Qi Lian, Jiang Xiao Yuan, Xu Jin Yang, Jiang Bo 🥲❤️

What I love from Derailment is the fact that Qi Lian & Xiao Yuan's relationship has no thirdwheel, the problem is not some kind of 'stupid misunderstanding', but more of building trust, overcome mental matters, & reunite stronger than ever!

What I wish they could do with this drama:
✅️ Decrease Xiaoyuan's work story & change to their sweet flashback story instead (it deserves at least 7 episodes, not 2-3 only)
✅️ Add more mistery & thriller elements (u will know it's that good when u see Huo Boyu!)
✅️ Reveal the last plot twist for the last 2 ep to keep the excitement
✅️ Make a plot twist at the last episode, but I wish it will still a clear HE just like now!

But whatever the minus from this drama is, I still think that the rating is still too low for the drama,, Be real now, there are soooo many worse boring drama get better rating I'm in pain seeing the rating!

Positive things about this drama:
✅️ Quite many plot twist
✅️ Thriller scenes are quite good too (Huo BoYu acting is superb!)
✅️ Slowburn romance but so many memorable sweet romance scenes
✅️ Excellent FL acting, I mean, very very very excellent!

All of this reason is enough to enjoy this drama to it's fullest, so don't hesitate watching this drama without thinking too much about other opinions...!

I will personally add tags for the genre: #sliceoflife #healingdrama

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The chemistry between the leads is chemistry-ing!

If you're leaning towards great chemistry in choosing a drama to watch, you should give this a try!

Most of the time, I discover dramas because of a fan edit in social media and this is one of them. No doubt, the main leads have great chemistry! 💯 I would also like to commend how they portrayed their roles. This is not your usual romantic drama with many skinship and kissing scenes but the two of them managed to deliver intense chemistry on this show. It's my first time watching both of them, they are really promising actors. I hope they blossom more and take different genres in the future. But then I hope they could also reunite someday ❤️

Overall, Derailment is a good drama tapping a different genre than usual. I just think they should've focused more on the scifi aspect because the first part of the drama is really interesting. I also liked how they focused on Jiang Xiaoyuan's character growth eventually. Rewatch value is just fair but this is still on my fave cdrama list!

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Watching it in 2x speed makes it more bearable

Derailment has a promising start. It would make you question everything and keep you on the edge of your seat. However, they put too much focus on insignificant things that got draggy in the end. The sci-fi genre was just sitting there, waiting for a trigger to be pulled. The romance built tension and chemistry, only to not skyrocket. Basically the show focused on character and personal development of the female lead than the actual plot itself. There were arcs that could've been made shorter or removed. Too much flashbacks are not helping in building the drama because it just drags out. In the end, we get a 'that was it?' moment. Because it didn't really pan out the way it could've been.

The actors have great chemistry, but with the draggy scenes, the chemistry was not put to good use. Music was okay. Repetitive at times.

The show would be much better if they had only alotted 24 episodes for this. It lessens the drag and the sci-fi would be focused more.

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Questo drama non è adatto a chi va veloce, a chi vuole una storia d'amore che si sviluppi in fretta, a chi vuole tutto e subito, a chi si aspetta esattamente quello che la trama dice perchè.. beh, sarebbe spoiler XD
Io ho trovato tutto fatto così bene! Sì, il drama va a rilento: ci sono tante scene di lavoro di lei che non sembrano servire al fine della storia e forse è così ma servono a sviluppare il personaggio e a dargli una base solida. La storia in sè è pazzesca e vi giuro che mai nella vita avrei pensato al risvolto che ha avuto, cioè prima sembra una cosa poi un'altra poi invece...Spolier XD A distanza di tanti mesi, lo reputo uno dei migliori drama che ho visto nel 2024. Stupendo.

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show could have been good/great but it was a chore for me to get through the last 10 episodes.

Mainly because (personal opinion) for me... the ML was either a jerk/selfishly did stuff or he literally held 0 emotions... like his face just looked confused? 99.9% of the time. Also... for a high-octane thriller/gotta-figure-it-out-before-we-die type of drama... it felt oddly boring for 75% of the drama... by episode 20, I was over it and the plot just drug along with only...

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"will she excel at makeup" and "will the microchip kill her before the ml decides to finally tell her what she needs to know or not?" and those two plot threads were NOT interesting enough to keep me watching for 10 more episodes... I held out and pushed through but the end was as mediocre as it was anticlimactic.

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this drama is a hidden gem !!

I'm truly grateful to the writer and director karena memilih lin yi sama haocun as the ML and FL

okay here we go; untuk alur cerita aku bener bener suka, menurutku ini gak ngebosenin dan bikin penasaran setiap eps nya, ost yang ngebuat penonton terhanyut kedalam cerita (my fav is can you hear me), selain itu kita dimanjain sama visual FL dan ML, dan bagian paling penting adalah acting haocun dan lin yi, kalo kalian udah nonton pasti paham gimana yang aku maksud, aku di buat bener bener ngerasa banget feel dirasa sama mereka di drama ini, frustasi, sedih, marah, hopeless, happy.. overall aku paling suka lin yi di drama ini, dan buat haocun jujur aku baru liat dia, and BOOM ! she is a great actress, aku bener bener tenggelam kedalam acting nya, mata nya seakan akan berbicara dan kalo dia nangis pasti ngajakin kita yang nonion juga ikut nangis, berharap banget haocun banyak main di drama

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