Ode to Joy 4 (2023)

It Continues

Thank you for continueing where you left off from Season 3. The Females leads are outstanding. They allhave their own problems, yet they has each others back. The sisterhood is strong and they provide a strong positive role models for females. Some may say, they have problems; which is true. Who don't have problems? Strongness comes from how they tackle their problems. They are strong minded, I will not let you get in my face nor will I allow you to yank me around female leads. This is a powerful drama about women and their ups and down, in all it's glory and sadness.

I know some people are not use to haveing those type of female leads, especially pertainig to Chinese dramas. Chinese dramas usually havethe Male lead be, rich, arrogant, a CEO, demeans the female lead, gets in their faces with no consequences and no person could beat them. Female leads are usually mumbling, weak minded, yank me around, pet me on the head and get in my fale an I need a man to tell me what to do, type. Well Folks, as they say-This isn't that type of drama.

I still believe that Ye Zhen Zhen and Huang Dai Wei do not have the chemistry for a love relationship. I can see being great friends. There isn't anything I see when they are together that say love, other than freindship. It is sad to see the road that He Min Hong is taking. When you have people who got your back and you don't believe them; then it's time for you to look in the mirror. Qi Mu is not a good person and everyone knows it, but He Min Hong.

Exploring the realm of brainwashing a person is interesting. Freinds and family members are not able to break through the wall that has been implanted in the mind of a person that was brainwashed. Looking at a brain washed person and wondering how can person snap the indvdual back to reality, was explored here. How far should a parent go to help their adult child when they have been brain washed? What should the person's friend go to help them? This drama explores that and more.

I can't wait to watch Season 5. I remmend and will watch this drama again.

Leia Mais

better than last season, that's for sure

Subs are bugged if you watch the one on yt. The timing is really off so much so that sometimes it skips some lines. It's slow at first but picks up during the last half of the show. This season focuses more on the relationships between the characters, and I'd argue their dynamics are just as good as the original cast. The writing is a definite improvement to last season's. Acting is good as always, music is pretty catchy, and rewatch value is better than last season's fs.

Story: There wasn’t much romance to begin with last season, but this time, it focuses more on their love interests and less on HongHong’s shortcomings. Honestly, I quite like the relationships. Each one has different dynamics and have their own charm to it. Some of them try to sort out their problems as adults and misunderstandings aren’t exaggerated. I’d go as far to say that the relationship dynamics are as good as the original’s. The writing is significantly better, as they touch on topics that are a little too real as an adult.

Acting/Cast: Really good, especially the moments where they're supposed to be fuming, they really capture that feeling.

Music: I think they rendition one of the original season’s music, which is nice. The new ones are still pretty catchy.

Rewatch value: personally I think this is a one-and-done, but fs better than last season.

Leia Mais