Attention, Love! (2017)

To sum this drama up, it's a sweet, simple romance filled with lots of unrequited love.  While it neither intense nor original, it was still very delightful to watch. Surprisingly, the unrequited love was not unbearable to watch (unless you were seriously rooting for the second lead).  More importantly, the pacing was really good.  The drama hardly dragged, which has been a common occurrence for dramas coming out of Taiwan as of late.  It's hard to find one with a plot that hasn't been stretched thin.  The cast was pretty great.  Some of the supporting characters were a little flat, but the second couple was pretty well developed and entertaining to watch (not to mention stole the show).  I loved the soundtrack. Overall, a solid well balanced drama that I haven't seen coming out from Taiwan in awhile.

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Story:
Okay, so this is one of those drama which could be thoroughly enjoyed when you're binge watching it. As it was aired only once a week, the story may seem a little dragy if you were following it from start. But as a binge watcher I immensely enjoyed the straight 15 hours of this little slow placed but a fairly written drama. The setting was lovable, story was good enough to keep the interest on, character developments were good and man do i love the inner monologue of the main female protagonist? The way she expressed the growth of her first love through her thoughts with such subtlety was nicely written. The story may seem to go around the circle when it comes to male protagonist, but you would forgive the writers by the end for it. Over all i think it was surprisingly well written drama, given I was not planning to watch it at all in the beginning.

Acting/Cast:
I personally think that all the main characters except for few minor ones did a very good job with their roles. Kudos to Joanne Tang and Prince Chiu for amazing performance. I really enjoyed Shao Xi's character. She calmed down alot in the later part of the drama, her expressions were on point, initially I thought that I would be annoyed by her but then I really ended up rooting for her love for Yen Li Zheng. Li Zheng on the other hand killed it at his role. His trauma, insecurity, confusion, jealousy and acceptance- everything was portrayed well by Prince Chiu. One could really see his struggle for the quest of love and the pain of not being able to accept his own feelings. He also turned into Yoo Jung from 'Cheese in thr Trap" from time to time. I swear he gives me such chilly Yoo Jung vibes. The second leads were really nice too. I found the second lead guy very annoying at first but the curse got me at the end and i even shed a tear or two for him. On the other habd Angelina or the second lead girl was a gem. She might annoy the hell out of you at first but then you would grow to love her character. She was the real QUEEN!

Music:
I loved the music. All the songs were really really nice specially the intro and the ending themes. And ofcourse the special mention goes to the song "Close to you". It was soo catchy and pleasing to hear.

Re-watch value:
I would really like to see it again in future when i am bored or if i am missing few characters. This drama was really the character's show.

Ovwrall:
Overall I think it was a really nice drama. I never expected to watch it. I only started watching it because there was nothing else to watch and soon I was on episode 10. It literally took me only one and a half day to fish it. Go watch it guys, you won't regret it!

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One way to describe Attention Love is like watching a drama in slow motion, and when I say slow motion, I mean like watching a snail travel across the longest highway. This drama's pacing is incredibly slow and that's because much of nothing happens with these characters. The relationship between the main pairing can never progress and that wouldn't be a problem if this drama's plot did not hinge on the couple itself. This is probably the reason why I'm not fond of love at first sight relationships because when we have this, we have to deal with the main pairing needlessly finding uncompelling reasons not to be together, rather than having gradual progression that you would see in other dramas (i.e. opposites attract, pretend relationships, different statuses) By the way, this is not to say that love at first sight relationships can't be handle well, but in particular, this drama handles it poorly.

The plot is very simple, as in, it's only just a bunch of misunderstandings between the leads and a male lead who refuses to confess. Two people are destined together at birth because their grandfather wanted them to be together and this makes them engaged to each other. Li Zheng lost his parents early on and he goes to live with Shao Xi and her parents. Technically, this is supposed to be a story about how opposites attract because Shao Xi and Li Zheng are so different, but I never felt that aspect of their relationship was interesting because it doesn't take long, not even a whole two full episodes before they both get along and understand each other. As I've wrote before, since this drama is only about their romance, it doesn't have much substance in plot. And since it doesn't have much substance at times, especially in the middle, we are going at a snail's pace. The relationship between the two leads refuse to progress and the situations around them that happen (plot?) are not interesting because they've all been done before in better dramas. Dramas can have plots without substance and still be good, but this is not one of them.

The cast all did an okay job with the exception of Joanne who did the best. She was the only one who felt like she gave a different element to her character besides what was written for her. Prince only seemed like a pretty face to me. I wouldn't have mind it, if his character wasn't the "sullen cold brooding" type. Though that type of character seems easy they're the most hardest to do. He couldn't add anything to the role and at times when he was supposed to seem thoughtful, he just seemed lost and boring.

The problem with these characters is that they lack depth and progression. They refuse to grow. Shao Xi is in love at first sight and remains in love with tunnel vision only looking at Li Zheng. Li Zheng refuses to acknowledge his feelings and we have to watch unnecessary problems stop them from confessing. Luckily, we have two second leads who are fun. The rest of the characters are throwaways.

The one good thing I took from this drama was the song Close to You (They Long To Be). I never heard of it before, but they played it so many times that it got stuck in my head.

As for rewatch value, I'll give it a zero. There is nothing in this drama that stuck out to me. Most of their cute moments together are done better in other dramas.

I recommend this to people who like watching romance filled with cutesy moments. Though I did not like the drama or relationship, I can see why other people would find it enjoyable. I will say get ready to press the skip button because there is a lot of nothing happening in this drama and 15 episodes will feel like 50.

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I was super excited for this one. Even though I didn't like the "fate" aspect that much, I liked the concept of two opposites as the main lead. Most of all, when I first started, I loved that the main female lead was ACTUALLY a tomboy, from the way she dressed to her reputation at school.

But after the first episode, and after the male lead appeared, that practically disappeared, and the "tomboyishness" of the FL was completely dimmed down again. Her clothes became pretty "cutesy," and worst of all, the plot hit her with ALL—and I mean ALL—the damsel-in-distress cliches, from "girl with a hurt ankle needs guy to carry her" to "girl is about to get bullied and guy saves her." I just...the main lead started off so strong. What happened?

To add to that, I was never a fan of insta-love in the first place, and this just confirmed my disdain for it. The main character's personality completely did a 180 the second she laid eyes on the ML, and the amount of whining and crying she did afterwards pissed me off. I didn't see ANYTHING attractive at all about the male lead, and to be honest, the second lead was much more fun and caring.

Lastly, the plot was just...bad. I'm okay with a drama that revolves around the romance plotline, but it has to be good. The story for this entire drama was predicated on one misunderstanding after another, because the main characters refused to communicate at all.

The only characters that I really liked was Angelina, who started off annoying but quickly became the badass that I thought the main character would be. Honestly, the second pairing was so refreshing because she was so upfront and straightforward about her feelings.

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Unlike most of the kdramas and other East Asian and South East Asian dramas that I have watched, this one is the most sane and normal drama which does not alters the mindset of young viewers into believing that "If the guy mistreats you, he loves you."
I love how the story gradually picks up the pace and the acting is very natural and so is the development of the characters. It's a good watch.
The best thing is that the female lead is a strong character and all the male characters in this drama listen to the female characters and respect the female characters and their decisions.

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Attention! You will need patents... also like love shapes

This is one of those hard to rate dramas, while it has a whole lot of pros it does have some cons too. But if I where to describe it I would say it is a cross between A Love so Beautiful, with a dash of Playful Kiss.

The female lead here is strong, fun cool and in need of direction. She is in touch with her emotions without coming off as pathetic but has trouble understanding her worth and seemes unable too see the male leads shows of affection by deeds instead of words.

The male lead is a bit a psycho, though he takes waaaaaay to much time to admit to his feelings as well as trus his self worth. He does actually use words to talk with the female lead. Not always the words she needs to hear but still they do use words and that is not bad, not bad at all!

The second male lead is the perfect mixer to spice things up and keep the story interesting instead of just frustrating (at times).

And then there is Angelina, a girl I wanted to choke in the beginning of the show but had this amazing energy making me completely fall in love with her by the end of this show wishing for a spin off or gust a series of Angelina's takes on life... or I do not know Attention sisterhood of for the girls in this drama.

Greg Hsu character was however so extremely not worthy of Greg Hsu, Greg did of course do a great job but I do not know what the people who casted him as a looser here where thinking.

There are several other interesting issues that get some (very little) space as well as complex and interesting characters done right.

It was also nice to see so many familiar faces from great dramas as Someday Or One day and Rainless Love in A Godless Land... in small roles, again done well.

The plot is not really mind blowing and some twists are more fun then others, some twists even seem boring and unnecessary but it is still worth a watch. To be honest I would probably have appreciated it more if I had seen it earlier in my drama career since the first time you see a trope often means more then the tenth... However it is well done and a lot of fun!

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When I saw the first few Episodes it was so interesting and I find the story and the Male Character is very similar to " Playful Kiss \ itazura na kisu " .

The actors were good , I quit like the Female Lead Character she is awesome ! but for the Male Lead Character was so annoying always beat around the bush .

The music reminds me of the Korean Drama " She Was Pretty " I think it is the same song am not sure .

About the story , as I mentioned it is very similar to  " itazura na kisu " ... at first I enjoyed the drama but half way through it got me so annoyed because they dragged the story so much !! like the drama have only 15 Episodes it does not need to be draggy !! it took them more than 10 Episode to make them self clear !!!!!!!!!!!!! .

So only the first few Episode & the last few Episode were cute , other than that I did not like it ! .

Still it is watchable ...

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To be honest, I enjoyed this drama very much even tho that Yan Li Zheng got on my nerves really badly because of his character the show was sooooo slow paced and it looked like nothing improved in their relationship becaus of that " we're friends", that really irritated me, but to be honest most of the male lead characters are just like him.
"So, why did you continue watching it?"
The answer is simple, I just couldn't let my eyes out from the curiosity and waiting for some development, and it was worth.
ALSO, ANGELINA WILL SAVE THIS SHOW AND YOUR HEART, she's so freaking cute, and awesome , the perfect bae, would watch it again just because of her!
Overall saying, watch it, you'll like it even tho it will probably get on your nerves too.

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Eu amei este Drama, se tornou o meu Drama Taiwanês preferido. Não imaginei que iria gostar tanto!

Amei a OST desse drama, a música da Joanne Tseng (Guess) é maravilhosa e me surpreendi por ter Close to You (uma música que tenho em meu coração eternamente).

Quanto ao drama é uma história bem jovem, um ótimo drama escolar. É uma trama bem gostosa de assistir e fácil de acompanhar. A Shao Xi é uma personagem bem engraçada e que não se deixa abater, foi ótimo assistir seu crescimento ao longo dos episódios. Confesso que uma das razões por ter amado e gostado tanto deste drama foi o Prince Chiu (Ele é lindo! Como pode ser tão lindo? kkk).

Altamente recomendável, super assistível, muito bom!

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Franchement, je ne m’attendais pas à autant aimer ce drama !! Bien que l’histoire ne soit pas exceptionnelle, on s’attache vraiment aux personnages et le jeu des acteurs est vraiment très très bien comme par exemple quand ils devaient changer vite d’émotion donc d’expression du visage j’ai vraiment été étonnée. De plus l’aspect sans prise de tête, nous rend vraiment accro. Je peux vous dire que mon épisode préféré était le dernier car il y avait tellement d’émotion et c’était une fin heureuse. On a pu voir une autre facette de Li Zheng lorsqu’il souriait et il était très mignon. J’ai beaucoup aimé tous les personnages sauf Bai Bai qui était très fourbe. Par contre ce que j’ai le moins aimé était le style vestimentaire de Shao Xi et le fait que à partir du moment où ils sont entrés à l’université, limite elle ne faisait que pleurer et elle ne voyait pas tous les efforts de Jin Li. Justement l’aspect de passer du lycée à l’université est très important, je trouve, car il n’y a pas beaucoup de dramas qui montrent cette transition du passage de la terminale à l’université, soit c’est que au lycée soit que à la fac. Merci à eux d’avoir créé ce drama qui en vaut vraiment la peine.

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