My Roommate is a Detective (2020)

Interesting and enjoyable, never boring

This show is a whole new world, it's first of all set in 1920s, which means we got some classy western suits and some cute dresses with feathers, hats and all that jazz. The characters were styled very well except for the female lead's hair god that perm was awful.
This show is actually very similar to the way the detective cartoons I used to watch when I was younger but with a bit more creepy and hard to understand cases. So I really enjoyed the way the show was structured.
The bromance between the main leads were really hard to not notice, they're so on your face. It was one of the best parts of the show. We actually got more bromance than actual romance. The relationship between the three leads were extremely wholesome.
Many people seemed to hate on the female lead for simply breathing (caution : if yll watch on viki kindly switch off the timed comments everytime she comes on because the watchers will continuously hate on her and annoy everyone), I dont really hate her, I actually like her for most parts except she is a little immature but so is the male lead but of course we never say anything bad about a male lead :) she isnt the best female lead ever but still, she is actually pretty cute and thier relationship is cute too.
I have to say the second Male lead is literally so charming. His smile and his mannerisms are so cute! His character was super mature and caring. He did so much for others. I will definitely be supporting him in the future!
Hu yi Tian's best acting and best character is this drama! His character is very unique he is a blabber mouth, immature and quirky. You can see he worked really hard by the way he remembered all those hard monologues with scientific terms and facts.
To be honest all the characters are very unique, I really love how such characters I have never seen personally on screen.
The cases were very very enjoyable to watch, very interesting and smart.
I also wanna mention how even though the main lead is a genius, he wasnt shown as perfect, even he made mistakes, he had flaws and developed himself by the end of the series.
The intro song was literally so good, I listen to it on repeat! So addictive!

Now onto what I didn't like, this show was unrealistic. In so many levels. I dont think woman had jobs at that point of time. I dont think the female lead and so many other female characters were allowed to be so active in society. The show would have made more sense if it was set in the modern era, but the cases were solved without technology so that wouldn't work either.
There were apparently alot of questionable things like face masks in 1920s??? Traffic in 1920s?? And apparently god father ost in 1920s??
Some points in the cases I used to question some things like it was almost impossible for some things to happen.
I dont like how the show started, without any introduction just out of no where we were introduced to random things! It's so abstract.
There were some problematic scenes like landlady was extremely rude and lowkey sexually assaulting the main lead but nobody hates her! They still only hate the female lead, I was seriously so annoyed.
The inspector was actually so bad at his job though, it didn't sit right with me at how corrupt and favouring the whole political system was, though it was set in 1920s and china was a mess at that time I understand that. Still the inspector is so bad at his job lmao. If it wasnt for the main lead he would have solved no cases.
After a point the murders started to be very easy to guess like it was too easy! I wanted something different!
Overall I enjoyed this show alot! I reccomend for a thrilling and interesting experience :)

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I only started this today 15-02-2022, but I’m actually really enjoying this! - I remember starting it a while ago and I kept seeing comments on how annoying the Female Lead girl was, so I actually stopped watching it for a while, but then I decided to watch it.

I love a good murder mystery show and, it’s actually soo good! It does give a little like chinese version of sherlock holmes vibes. Which I loved watching that so, that's why I love how like every episode is a different crime and it’s not like one big long crime happening, where you know who it is, but it's like different crimes that happen!

I’m starting to slowly get to know the characters now, and their backgrounds so its nice that it's a light hearted drama!

Ep13 - Not sure how I feel about it, I still enjoy the detective and what happens, but I'm finding the female lead Bai Youning, slightly annoying! At the start I was like, oh she's not bad but then I think her temper is a little annoying, always like frustrated at things when it's not her way.. and always so annoyed at her dad! Being stubborn, which is a little annoying. But I do think she is really pretty, and I like it when she has her hair straight and not the curls! She looks a lot prettier with her long ponytail.

But I do enjoy watching the two main guys, I love the bromance they have! It's soo funny to watch their brotherly love for each other as they do detective work together.. Qiao Chusheng one is just like super chill and always looks soo cool with authority, super stern and gets things done! He's soo good-looking! - Always this cool face, and rarely smiles!

Then sherlock like Lu Yao, who never has enough money, but has like the brains and seems to just love materialistic things! - He has like a joke and brains. The one reason I watched this was because of the actor Hu Yitian, I usually watch him in romance shows and he's always very quiet, or like cool! - But I liked how different he is in this, like a playful type that you don't usually see, another side of him that I enjoyed watching!

Ep20 - I think one think I do love about this drama, is the amazing sets they always have. It's like historical, nearing modern since their outfits are so sophisctaed. - It definitely feels like a series more, where you could have multiple seasons, and like many many cases.

I also enjoy watching them as a trio, and find them really funny when they are all together, they seem to compliment each other.. Bai Youning, who knows a lot about the people from her job, and then Lu Yao, who literally somehow knows everything, about everything! And then the face and basically the main detective who like has the big say would be Qiao Chusheng. - I think the story gets better around Ep20 plus, - it seems like the three of them are more immersed in the cases together!

Ep30! Spoiler here.... I mean the kiss between LuYao & Bai Youning were pretty cute! - In that situation if you haven't watched anything else besides this scene! Yes it was soo cute, Because who doesn't love a romance, but I really I wasn't feeling it! I did know they kind of liked each other but, I thought they gave off more friends vibe than anything. And Bai Youning was being a little TOO Protective - through the whole thing I think in my opinion anyways!

Ep34: I actually find it CRAZY, how all the crimes were related, and it become like a big ending to it! How smart it was, that it all came together at the end. But one thing now I realised is how crazy the sister is ..

Finished 25-3-2020 Ending Review: I'd like to say the last few episodes that to kind of wrap up everything was interesting! - I enjoyed the solving crimes part. But I felt like the build up to the wedding was alright and sort of a little random, they only really seemed like a couple near the end.. But I still don't really see it! I think I preferred if they were all like really good close friends, and then like they all ended up going to London & Paris on a trip together or something.

I did not expect the ending, I had to like re-watch a bit before because I thought I missed something! I definitely feel like they're probably will be like a Season 2 sort of thing, since the ending gave like: Is he happy because he can go back and solve crimes?? What's on the important note?? I want to watch more but I can't .. Other than that, I did really enjoy this drama nonetheless!

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Ridiculous Ending

Storyline - I think the crime solving was rather interesting. Hints of this show being a Sherlock+Watson combi, with a twist. The crime solving, at times, gets really repetitive but it does get me interested to find out if those theories/hypothesis are true. Only the last few episodes seemed way too rushed.

[!HUGE SPOILER, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!]
Suddenly out of nowhere, ML dashed into Norman's place and revealed everything when nothing was shown prior that he was investigating Norman. I was super excited to see how Norman is gonna go down but things just happened like that. No progression, just sudden explosion.
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It's weird how the FL can always get the forensic reports directly, even to inform the 2 detectives of the outcomes, given that she's only a reporter.

And how everyone just demands for evidence. Always saying the same lines. Not one murderer contested ML's revelation. Once all evidence is on the table, they just readily confessed to their crimes. That really gets boring since the tension isn't that strong. I'm sure the writer should be blamed for these.

The characters were written okay-ish. The ML and especially the FL felt like they were taking the 2nd ML's kindness for granted. It felt like the 2nd ML was doing everything he can for them and the 2 are just doing things for themselves. Granted, ML helped him with cases. That's pretty much about it.

The ending gave me a a headache. So many openings left unexplained, as if to make it a cliffhanger to season 2. I have so many questions. Argh!

Actors - The actors were great most of the time, except the bickering between the main leads. It felt way too odd. I wonder if it's a demand from the director or the leads' own portrayal of the characters that made it this way. Chemistry between the 2 ML were awesome tho. The little awkward gestures and banters that made them look more like a couple were so funny to watch.

Music - I'm not a fan of raps so, the opening was just meh to me. The closing tho, I loved it. There were certain songs I thought didn't exist in that era until 70s-80s but I'm no expert. I could be wrong. I loved how certain classical music were included. Like Brahms' Hungarian Dance No.5 and Beethoven's Fur Elise, and a few others that I forgot.

Rewatch value? - Meh~ It's just my personal preference tho. Overall a light hearted crime drama that's more comedic than serious. IMO, the romance and ridiculous rushed ending ruined this for me.

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This was one of the most fun shows that I have seen this year. The story is quite a basic episodic murder mystery show nothing really new is added to the genre but what it does do it does very well. I like to describe it as Sherlock meets Murder She Wrote meets Scooby Doo. What the story does really well is that while it is basic it has very little fuller (unlike many Chinese drama) and transitions well from case to case and the cases themselves are well paced and don't drag. The downside of this show for me was that the romance was a little forced and out of nowhere for me, I would have preferred if they kept this show focused more on the friendship of these characters. Also the female lead was a but annoying in my opinion but her character got better as the show went on. The acting was get Hu Ti Tian is a delight in this role and he really come alive as this character, he really is the highlight. Leon Zhang also does and amazing job. Honestly, if you enjoy mysteries this is a show I highly recommend

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WORTH TO WATCH BUT IF THERE IS POSSIBILITY OF SEASON 2, THEN THERE IS NEED TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS!

For those who looking for light and relaxing drama, then I would recommend this drama to you. The storyline of this drama in solving mysterious cases was considered the best for that time with Sherlock Holmes's style. Furthermore, there was no storyline about excessive entangled love story which we always watched at other drama such as two guys are going after for one girl or opposites, which this made me love about this story. Instead, they are focusing on "Bromance" relationship between Inspector Qian Shensung and Lu You with comedy scene had caused amused heart.

However, on the character of Lu You who know to be graduated and alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, I found that at the time he confronted Norman and revealing all his crime, he wasn't speaking in English, instead only few sentence of English then continue in Mandarin, i also notice when the British Officer was speaking in English to him, he responded in Mandarin, and it was rarely to see him speak in English. Therefore, if there is a possibility of season 2 for this drama, I would like suggest that the Lu You should be speak more English when he dealing with British officers, its to shown that he was graduated from the said university.

In this drama also giving me some thoughts, especially on the few episode that a student committed murder for sake of revenge on behalf of her best friend who committed suicide because of sexual harassment, a school assistance pushed the principle from the tower for the death of student who was accidentally fallen from the tower and few of them - so, after watched those episode, I realise and have thought about those people who become criminal because the justice has failure to serve justice on those offenders and some offenders were able to get away because of the connection that they have. Then, these people made their own decision which turned them to be criminal.

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For Crimes Show Lover!

If you enjoy watching crimes show, then you’ll enjoy this drama. Intriguing mysteries, cute bromance moments and great acting. It's a cute and short drama with many small crimes scene investigation case. The cute part here is the bromance between the two male leads. I'm a fan of Leon Zhang and Hu YiTian so this was a great drama for me. I love their acting in other dramas, therefore I continue to watch this drama without a doubt that I would enjoy it. You might find the lead actress a bit annoying in the beginning, but that's just part of her role. I thought I wouldn't enjoy this drama as much as I did because I usually prefer fantasy, historical and wuxia drama more. However, surprisingly I really like this drama and high chance of rewatching. There are some annoying scenes in this drama that I CANNOT stand (when you see the foreigners plotting against the main characters for no reasons), however I guess that's part of the storyline, as everything will make sense in the end.

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Au départ j'ai entamé le visionnage sans conviction, l'environnement Shangaï pendant les années 1924, la pègre, les concessions, ça ne m'attirait pas du tout.
En fait la série est top : les histoires sont remarquables, les décors superbes et ça donne même envie de se renseigner davantage sur cette période et cette ville.
Les acteurs sont excellents : bonne alchimie du trio. Je ne trouve pas la FL enquiquinante, c'est son rôle qui veut ça.
Moi qui n'était pas très bromance j'ai adoré la relation entre les deux ML avec une mention spéciale pour Leon Zhang qui est charmant +++. L'OST est agréable, j'ai eu un peu de mal avec le rap d'ouverture de "after journey" mais à force de l'écouter en fait j'aime beaucoup ! Les voix sont plaisantes.
J'ai beaucoup aimé retrouver le trio au fil des jours, d'ailleurs je me repasse la série tranquillement pour le plaisir de les voir et les entendre : une série rétro et pourtant moderne.
Un grand bravo aux acteurs, les rôles secondaires sont également formidables, vieux bai et salim notamment.
Cette série mériterait un plus ample succès amha :-)

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CHINESE SHERLOCK HOLMES

I watched this series a month ago. The casting, the acting, the plot, the storyline... All these are nice. The core reason of watching this series was that I really wanted to see Hu Yitian in a different role as I have already saw him in the series 'A Love So Beautiful' and 'Go Go Squid 2'. And in both the drama he played the role of a very sincere guy.
Watching this was a new experience for me.. and I am greatful to him that I was not disappointed. He really did his part so well. Like he was the core of this drama..and he fulfilled his responsibility in a very nice way. Speaking of the other two main role cast..
Leon Zhang (the inspector); he also did a great job. He gives the vibe with a strong and powerful background which he have.
But the journalist girl.. acting was I think its pretty well..but in most of the part I felt irritating. Like she was too much.
Anyway..It is a good one time watch series. As the plot was really interesting of each case and the ending was pretty unexpected by me.

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Detective Conan back in 1920’s

Story: It’s quite good and light. Interesting cases and will remind you of Detective Conan. More on political and underground theme based on old Shanghai. I really love how they have diverse characters in this series. Dubbing was acceptable and it didn’t ruin the show.

Acting: They all did great, even the villains and foreigners. I can understand why this drama was a breakthrough for Yitian. Leon Zhang stole the limelight though, he looked dashing and badass here. I love every expression of his. In terms of Xiao yan, I expected her character to be annoying because of the comments, however, I didn’t think it was that bad for me. She has this entitled attitude but it served it’s purpose. She acted really good, even with the sad scenes. However, despite good acting, I still didn’t feel any romantic chemistry with Yitian. Visual-wise, they don’t have that chemistry but their acting as a couple and pace of their relationship was convincing. Another guy who had a good impression from me is the coroner, he’s really cute. ☺️

Music: terrible. The intro and ending song were not catchy or mysterious enough for a detective drama.

Rewatch value: I don’t think I would rewatch this, however, to yitian and Leon fans, there are cute scenes of their bromance that is worth rewatching.

Overall: Although it took me sometime to finish this, i think it was a decent watch. It has a steady pace with some boring moments but still watchable. 6.5 to 7 stars because of the acting and the setting. I’m looking forward to ‘checkmate’. I think it has great potential.

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I love this time period setting and episodic format of detective cases so I was really looking forward to the drama. And it lived up to most of my expectations very well. I liked how the cases always started as something supernatural but then they always had a scientific explanation. One thing that was bugging me about the cases and episodes formats was that I was expecting 1 case = 1 episode, but the cases stretched for longer and then they were starting a new end in the middle or at the end of the episode.

The detective Lu Yao and inspector Qiao Chusheng were amazing characters though I have to admit that I found the reporter Bai Youning to be quite irritable at most times. I liked her as a reporter but I didn't like her romance subplot with Lu Yao, as she was often treating him so badly like locking him up in a room (and that happened twice!). But overall, I liked the trio of the main actors well. Out of the supporting characters I came to like Salim a lot!

At first I HATED the rap intro, but later it kind of grew up to me. The closing OST song was really beautiful and I loved the singer's voice, it was so emotional.

It was a very enjoyable drama and I would definitely recommend it.

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Two juicy roles for the main male leads and they work out beautifully

These detective stories are adapted from the novels about Poirot by Agatha Christie.

I am a big fan of the fashion from this era and the production of sets and wardrobe and lighting are terrific.
There are two handsome male leads and if this wasn't under the strict Chinese censorship I could imagine a very lovely BL story.

They flirt and Qiao Chu Sheng plays the role of protector /provider to the more ingenious Lu Yao. The dinner with violin and gift giving is very sweet.
Together the brawn and brains make up the investigative team to solve a series of murders. Lu Yao deduces the solutions from his science and medical knowledge and Qiao Chu Sheng provides the martial arts and police back up. Both actors do a terrific job inhabiting their roles and we learn about their backgrounds and what has shaped the characters they become.

There are interesting side characters - Salim and Lu Zi Fu in particular.

I like the comedy and bickering between all of the main characters. Leon Zhang proved he can do manga style comedy in Mr. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice. The rest of the ensemble contribute well to the complex mysteries.

The acerbic reporter, Bai You Ning, who makes up the trio, is less successful in adding to the story. More of an annoyance. She has zero romantic chemistry with Lu Yao and the writers have badly scripted the ending.
We are left with a cliff hanger but I hope they read the commentary regarding Bai You Ning and maybe lose her out to sea.
Also at odds with the drama is the poorly executed parts where English is spoken. Out of sync and not matching the voice of the actors it is a jarring annoyance.

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