Clean But Restful

Back at the end of April I decided to rewatch Love Me Love My Voice, a super squeaky clean romance drama series that featured a lot of great singing and very little romance to speak of. I thought I might have been a little too harsh in my original review, but all the points I made are still true. I was very tired of super angsty conflict-filled dramas at that time, so it was like taking a nice little vacation.

I think with second rewatches of dramas I'm always more forgiving, especially with those I had problems with the first time. I know what to expect, maybe, and can focus on the better details. This drama has a super sweet, very slow burn romance between the leads that is draggy and uber Edwardian, but it's restful to watch the characters fall in love by tiny degrees. They both did a great job with their parts, too. I'm still more inclined to say the secondary romance is better than the leads, but that's because of Hou Wen Yuan, who steals every scene he's in. I might look up more of his work; he was really good in this drama.

My other motive in rewatching this series is my hearing, which is rapidly declining now. I wanted to listen to the songs (such as I can) one more time, and they're still lovely and very well performed. I'll especially remember the duet the leads sang for "Return to You." Gorgeous song. Available on Viki.com.

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