Ye Cha Xin Niang (2023)

Nice way to spend 1,5 hours

This is a romantic comedy that starts when the writer falls asleep and then gets trapped into her own story.
For a short drama, the story is actually quite good. In fact, I believe it could effortlessly became a really nice drama of 12 episodes of 30 minutes each.
There are lots of interesting things in the plot that could be more explored in a full length drama or in an eventual second season, like the circumstances around the death of the first brother (he's death is not a spoiler since we find out about it in the first minutes of the first episode) and everything about the mysterious second brother.
In my opinion, the romance was well developed, but it definitely needs a continuation.
The actors were unknown to me, but they did a pretty good job.
There is no real music to acknowledge, just a short transition tune that is a juxtaposition of pieces of other songs (but it sounds nice).
In general, it's a nice way to spend an hour and a half of you free time.

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short time filler

The story was a bit confusing at times, but thar can be the way of these mini dramas. The FL was a writer who was under pressure to get her story finished. She falls asleep in front of her computer and wakes up in her story.

FL is a ghost bride, married to the dead son of the family because her parents were framed for something they didn't do. The dead groom has 2 other brothers. The FL is considered ugly because of some kind of scar/skin condition which looks different in nearly every scene. Even with the scar she still looks pretty.

There are some crazy moments with references to the modern world where FL does a modern dance in a mini dress. The ML she falls in love with is a bit inconsistent in the way he treats her at times. The second ML is a bit more mysterious and it is so obvious that he is the masked villain, it came as no surprise when he finally unmasked himself.

The ending was very ambiguous with no real conclusion unless they plan a S2. I thought the 2 ML and the FL did a good job at acting with what they had to work with.

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