I, similar to many other viewers of the show, anticipated the release of this remake as I loved the previous BOF remakes. This was a disappointment, the main issue was the extra and unneeded focus on Feng Mei Zuo's love story. Some people may have enjoyed it but personally I wish they would have picked a more interesting or relevant storyline, they focused on this too much and for me it ruined the whole 'playboy' look F4 was meant to have. I mean if they're all good boys who believe in true love then it goes against the whole concept of rich playboys.

Another big issue was Shan Cai's character. I love loved Gaeul's character in the Korean BOF and in this show instead of making her innocent and naive they just made her seem really dumb. In the Japanese version, Yuuki Matsuoka was made to be more clingy but it wasn't obnoxious or embarrassing to watch. In this show, I just got second-hand embarrassment from her as I loved the Korean 'best-friend' support character so much.

The boy's in F4 in general, I wished they touched on their personal stories more as they did in the other versions. I haven't finished it so maybe they do in the end but Xi Men's character in the Korean version and in the Japanese version had so much more soul and his story was so interesting and human. While the boys are very pretty their storylines were lacking and it just made this F4 seem to half-assed, I understand most of the audience already knew them before watching but it feels like the writers took that as a way to get lazy with the script and skip the initial build-up and connection of the boys.

Lastly, a common issue many see, the plot dragged on and on and on. Seriously, it became way too predictable and annoying to watch. I love watching remakes and usually when remakes come around the plot is still interesting or there will be some new plot twists so seeing as there were 49 episodes I imagined more depth and some new ideas. I didn't expect them to rush through iconic moments and add a boring side love story that I constantly wanted to skip through.

Overall it is light-hearted and maybe some people really enjoy it. Maybe if you haven't seen the other remakes I suggest watching this first so you're not burdened by the butchering of the originals like I was. Just be ready to skip a lot of scenes and take long breaks as the show isn't very binge-worthy.

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