Love Is an Accident (2023)

It had great potential but it didn't work for me

Let's start with a fact: I only became interested in watching this drama because of Xing Fei.
I love her and her dramas, so, even though I don't really like historical dramas and i don't often have this genre on my "tbw" list, I decided to watch the drama while it was airing. Just because i was curious about these two actors together.

Okay. I want to say that I enjoyed a lot their pre-couple dynamic, and I think that although there were several plot holes, like ML quickly learning to use technology and FL's parents being so "understanding" about the presence of an unknown man Inside the house, I decided to just not think too much, not take it too seriously and just have fun watching. Until it started to not be that fun, and it became repetitive.

The "CON" side:

1. ML being extremely jealous to the point of being exaggerated: I really didn't like the restaurant scene. I understand the clichés, and I know they flirted, etc., but it still bothered me. I thought he was a bit controlling to a certain point.

2. Annoying SF: I always complain about this, but I can't take SF or SL anymore. I just think it's almost 2024 and that doesn't happen in real life. Sorry, it's so outdated.

3. Annoying young brother: There is already "the time" complication, in my opinion, it wasn't necessary to place ML's younger brother as his "rival", you know? He seems like just a boy who didn't have much love and recognition in his life, FL was just someone who gave him what he needed and he mistook that for love.

4. Repetitive plot: that's it. We just watched the same things again and again

5. Bad kissing scenes: Despite the good chemistry with the ML actor and good acting, Xing Fei's kiss scenes are usually bad, and in "Love Is An Accident" we have the same situacion. In my opinion, the actress seems very mechanical in this type of scene.

6. Too much episodes

The "PRO" side:

1. Carismatic FL: I love Xing Fei's acting, and in this drama, she did a really good job.

2. Really likeable SC's

3. Amazing chemistry between the leads

4. Romantic story

5. Really beautiful scenery

6. Light and funny, overall

So, that was my review.
I don't think it was a bad drama, I just think it could have been better.

Leia Mais

Should Have Ended at 20-24 Episodes

There might be spoilers, read at your own risk

It has been a while since I have written a review and this will be more like a short commentary than a review, but here it goes.

I love fantasy dramas and I really like these time-space travel types of shows. I love watching the character’s reactions and how they try to navigate a completely unknown location and time. However, I felt robbed of that in this drama, especially since the male lead learned to figure out technology faster than many people who have been living in contemporary times their whole lives.

The drama was mostly light, cute, and funny at first, although it was sprinkled with some seriousness here and there. I even thought misunderstandings would be solved fast as the situation with her coworker, I cannot remember his name and cannot be bothered to look it up, was resolved pretty quickly. I was so wrong. About halfway through the show, it became boring, nonsensical, and repetitive. It was so repetitive that I kept thinking, “Really?!?! How many times is this dude going to be on his deathbed and how many times is she going to break up with him?”.

Once the Zhou Wei (?) villain situation was “resolved”, I thought “finally!”. But no! The drama had more plans in store for us. *Obsessively in love with female lead brother enter stage left* This arc was hard to watch. It was frustrating, it was dragged, and felt like some form of ancient torture. When they finished the brother arc, it wasn’t enough. So for the last two episodes we are subjected to Zhou Wei again. Only he is in the contemporary world and does better at finding free clothes, learning tech, and entering places, which I would think would high security, than I ever could dream of. All of this, while hurt.

The drama is full of the usual cliches like long drawn misunderstandings, break-ups, third wheels obsessed with main leads, and… well, I won’t mention the end. If you have watched this type of drama before, it will not be surprising.

This drama would have stayed pleasant if it ended at 24 episodes (or even less). For me, it went from being a delightful watch to being tedious and almost feeling like it was a chore to watch the show.

I am never rewatching this and would not recommend it to anyone, but I also think that if watchers are hesitant, they should watch it for themselves and form their own opinion.

Leia Mais

Drama of Delight :)- UPDATE !

I only watched 4 episodes, yet I decided to write a review about this entertaining and positive drama. This drama brings a smile to your face:)

The chemistry between the main characters is absolutely terrific, and most of the scenes are about them - I assume they won't be able to live without each other soon , as Ml is always looking for ways and excuses to be with the FL :)

I'm just hoping for a happy ending now , because the drama is about time travel, PLEASEEE at least not a tragic one! . This drama came to me unexpectedly and made my evenings more pleasant. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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UPDATE:
Here's my short summary of the drama :)

- The female lead was the most annoying, fickle, indecisive female protagonist I've ever watched this year.
- I kept watching primarily for the male lead; he was the redeeming factor.( i think I dropped this drama 5 times;)
- The antogonist was the most evil and handsome I've seen and I found it unrealistic how quickly he turned from good to evil
- At the beginning, I gave it a 10, but I must correct it to 7.5. However, I'll round it up to 8 for my patience in watching it until the end and for the ML. LOL

Leia Mais

Great story

Love is an accident started at a good pace, this "two worlds and two realities" plot was interesting, but in practice when they went to the "real world" it was boring and monotonous, when they were in the historical world, the plot flowed, the characters are friendlier, the story has more twists and turns. The couple is cute, Chu Yue and Jing Zhao are a great match and complement each other, FL made me angry at times for denying ML even though he moved worlds and depths for her, and ML was wonderful, Kaicheng played the role very well. well, ML is powerful, loving, good at martial arts, intelligent, dedicated, respectful, the highlight of the story for me is ML and his good relationship with FL. The ending was predictable because I knew from the beginning that his younger brother would be a villain and for the crudest and most common reason possible and I found it a bit boring, but it didn't ruin the story for me, it's still a good drama.

Leia Mais

Now I get the low rating...

Loopholes are everywhere. I do not understand the logic behind the "portal". and there are many scenes that you, as the viewer, may have to assume that 'maybe they brought it with them'. also, though I like Xing Fei, there are parts in the series where her expressions do not match the scene, and Xu Kai Cheng's acting is awkward (for me). Also, the chemistry between them is sometimes a little bit too forced to my liking.
What got me through the series is the fast-forward button; without that, I would have dropped this series after the episode where they got back to the 'modern' world.
What I hate the most about the story is the lack of communication between ML and FL. and I really hate the character of An Jingling, like what is wrong with your logic!!! you that is known to have a good mind is lacking logic. Like where is the logic in that!!!

Leia Mais

Neither too bad not too good

It was my a long waited drama . I liked it trailer basically after watching the trailer I liked the concept . Now connectivity of two world through small piece of meteroite neither any novel nor any video game . As well they go through to eachother world may times so drama showed both era .
Starting of two -three episodes were interesting because nobody was understand her ,she tried to explain the situation that she didn't belong this world but the male lead and his bodyguard thought she made stories to save her. The drama went smooth till when he went to her world and again he came to his world and that time her brother also went to his world and then female lead ,her brother , male lead and his body guard altogether again came to the present time . Then except her brother all again went to the past time . So till here story went smooth , afterwards it looked liked the story was stretched unnecessarily and this made the drama bored . Literally afterward I watched some episodes in fast-forward mode and finished it . Ending was good.
My recommendation would be if you don't have anything to watch then go for it.

Leia Mais

love is an accident

Amazing performance esp by LEAD MALE - Xu KAI Cheng. Sword fights, dance on stage were immensely beautifully executed. Like the way he adapts/switches between period drama and modern drama. Noble, regal, kind, respected, commanding in period drama to being sought after for his v good looks, humble, innovative, respectful and natural gift for modelling. Joy to watch. He is v v versatile, v v handsome, charming, confident, shows a wtde range of emotions, through his facial expressions, eyes, actions. All episodes are captivating except those that showed brother's treachery. Particularly like the dance - ballet, on stage .............EXCELLENT, TALENTED ARTIST.
I discovered XU Kai Chen in Well Intended Love, then First Female STUDENT In Imperial College, Pet in Dahli Temple etc, and was so impressed by his good looks, stature, talents, acting skills - he even plays musical instrument so deftly. This drama marries his acting , his talents excellently - in both period and modern dramas.
FEMALE LEAD, Hottie and brother are v cute too. Like Hottie. A well produced drama, gd music, excellent acting. HIGHLY recommended to rewatch too. Look forward to Xu Kai Chen in future male lead roles. A v v gd drama. Rating - 10/10.

Leia Mais

24 episode would've been better

i love the plot soo much, it's very interesting to see ancient character in the modern world and i feel like the story was well-told. here's the thing, towards the end of this series it started getting boring and i barely made it through the last 9 episodes for some reason, they could've done the solution/ending of the plot wayyyy better.
overall this drama was really good at the beginning and it gradually got stretched.
the ending wasn't as memorable or complete in my opinion and i feel like they left some things out tho i can't tell what those things are, at the same time so many unnecessary things happened the last few episodes.
(this is my first review idk how to express my opinions, apologies)

Leia Mais

Was Editing and Character Development an Accident?

Oh my...
This series had potential to be a solid weekend watch. However, the choppiness of the character development, chemistry and awareness grew tiring. Why prolong a series that doesn't carry depth to begin with. This could have been cute and unique within the basis of the synopsis, yet it felt as if the writer wanted more in his mind but couldn't convey it within the script. The leads were okay but sometimes absent-minded as to 'discoveries' just a couple of episodes earlier. OST was not memorable but seemed to have more forethought into this drama than the series pacing or scene changes. The leads were okay, but I have seen their talents displayed much better in other works. This would have been better as an extended-mini or a solid 20 episodes.

Leia Mais

Watch this of course for Xing Fei & Xu Kai Cheng. One drama that sweet at first but become boring at the end.

Kinda agreed with Grumpy Witch, this should be end about 20-24 ep, that's gonna be the best. But they must continue until 32 ep. And that's just d*mn too long....

Funnily, also kinda agreed with Grumpy Witch when they wrote: 'Once the Zhou Wei (?) villain situation was “resolved”, I thought “finally!”. But no! The drama had more plans in store for us.'Haha... Yeah... After the drama with Zhou Wei done, it's just feel they kinda prolong the drama with more issues.

Although the drama with An Jing Ling kinda interested, but i think they can merge it together with zhou wei time. So everything kinda happen together & gonna resolve more quickly...

The chemistry between Xing Fei & Xu Kai Cheng also feel a miss. I know they try to looked intimate with the jelaous, clingy & sulking like couple used to do. But the connection is just not there...

Overall this quite unique story, but everything feel kinda out of place...

Leia Mais

Interesting plot and great cast poorly exploited

I watched this drama for Xu Kai Cheng, perfect as usual and I also like Xing Fei, the FL.

However, if the plot (TT) is attractive and the first episodes are very catchy, the last third of the series is quite disappointing. The director wanted to drag the FUCK out of the plot with unnecessary and boring narrative arcs.

PLOT: FL, a young aspiring designer of the 21st century, is projected into a parallel (historical) martial arts world via a meteorite. She finds herself in the bed of the ML, heir to the most important sect, who also has a meteorite for TT later on. They will learn to know each other, trust each other, love each other, to face rivals together (villains of all kinds, evil sects, etc.)

PROS:
+ an excellent CL (but too many fake kisses).
+ some tasty scenes linked to Time Travel.
+ good support actors.

CONS:
- Here we find all the clichés of the TT, at the beginning well exploited, but which become boring by their repetition: the bad guy who wants to dominate the world, the rival and jealous half-brother, the obsessive lovers, etc.
- the last episodes are painful and require FF to get to the end. The arc “he disappears into space despite his desire to return” is poorly exploited.

=> This series could have been excellent, but the potential is wasted by a poorly written story.
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J'ai regardé ce drama pour Xu Kai Cheng, parfait, comme d'habitude et j'aime bien Xing Fei, la FL.

Cependant, si le plot (TT) est attrayant et les 1ers épisodes très accrocheurs, le dernier tiers de la série est assez décevant. Le réalisateur a voulu "rallonger la sauce" avec des arcs narratifs inutiles et ennuyeux.

PLOT: La FL, jeune aspirante designer du XXIe siècle, est projetée dans un monde parallèle d'arts martiaux (historique) via une météorite. Elle se retrouve dans le lit du ML, héritier de la plus importante secte, qui possède également une météorite. Ils vont apprendre à se connaitre, se faire confiance, s'aimer, pour affronter ensemble les rivaux (villains en tous genres, evils sectes, etc.)

PROS:
+ un excellent CL (mais trop de fake kisses).
+ quelques scènes savoureuses liées au Time Travel.
+ de bons acteurs support.

CONS:
- On retrouve ici tous les clichés du TT, au début bien exploités, mais qui deviennent lassants par leur répétition : le méchant qui veut dominer le monde, le demi-frère rival et jaloux, les amoureux obsessionnels, etc.
- les derniers épisodes sont pénibles et nécessitent du FF pour aller au bout. L'arc "il disparait dans l'espace malgré son envie de revenir" est mal exploité.

=> Cette série aurait pu être excellente, mais le potentiel est gâché par une story mal écrite.

Leia Mais