Hidden Love: Quick Update

@agdr03, I haven’t forgotten my Valentine’s Day promise. I restarted watching Ep 23 yesterday, and am about halfway done with Ep 24 today. I stopped after their trip to his mom’s cemetery. Will try to write this weekend. In the meantime, I found this BTS of their Ep 24 couch kiss.

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Hidden Love: Ep 22 On Romance

If you’re watching on Netflix, the title of this episode is “Resplendent. See the stars with you.” But if you’re watching on Youku, the title is “Romance. To see the stars with you.” I don’t know about you, but I prefer Youku’s translation to Netflix’s. “Resplendent” only means dazzling, magnificent; and I didn’t see anything […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 21 The Highlights

Like the others before this episode, the title doesn’t seem to need explanations. But I’ll go over it anyway because I like things in order. Chapter 21. Relying on you. I am because you are. Featured Object: Game controller 1. Sang Yan The title refers to Sang Yan who realizes belatedly that Duan Jiaxu is […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 20 The Fourth Explanation

Part 1 is here: Hidden Love: Ep 20 The Quick Explanation As I said, I have my IOUs. 1. Write-up on Ep 7: his money worries/her offer to help 2. Write-up on Ep 7: the airport goodbye 3. Write-up on Ep 18: the roller skating 4. Write-up on DJ’s shamelessness The fourth explanation of this episode’s […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 20 The Quick Explanation

After a week-long absence, I’m a bit rusty at writing my opinion pieces so bear with me now. Chapter 20. Safeguard. One path, two people Featured Object: Broken heart To me, the title has four interpretations. I’ll explain three for now because I’ll tie up the fourth with my IOU #1 in a separate thread. […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 19 The Quick Highlights

My IOUs. 1. Write-up on Ep 7: his money worries/her offer to help 2. Write-up on Ep 7: the airport goodbye 3. Write-up on Ep 18: the roller skating. 4. Shamelessness of DJ I’m in a rush so let me do my write-up on Ep 19. It’s a short one. Chapter 19. Lean in close. The […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 18 The Taste of First Love

Chapter 18. Captivated. The taste of first love Featured Object: Roller skates To understand Sang Zhi’s feelings about intimacy, it’s best to start in the middle when she had her girl talk with her agony “aunt,” Weiwei. The latter found out that Sang Zhi studied at Jiaxu’s apartment and spent hours alone together for hours. […]

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Hidden Love: The Kiss List

This list was compiled by our RKS, @agdr03. (RKS = Resident Kiss Specialist) Thanks, @agdr03. I’m on Ep 18 now. Since Duan Jiaxu and Sang Zhi are officially dating, I can post the kiss list. Note: this is a work in progress. I’ll add gifs/screenshots when I see them on tumblr, and add my comments […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 17 The Birthday Present

Part 1 is here: Hidden Love: Ep 17 On the Meaning of “Fallen” Chapter 17. Fallen. I want us to be together Featured Object: Cake The birthday party scene in the cdrama is inarguably better than the one in the web novel. Don’t bother wasting your time reading it because I’ll tell you what happened. • […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 17 On the Meaning of “Fallen”

Chapter 17. Fallen. I want us to be together Featured Object: Cake The word “fallen” here has a double meaning. Obviously, it refers to falling in love. They’ve fallen in love, so they want to be together. But the not-so-obvious meaning of “fallen” is to fall for a trick or to get duped. To be […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 16 My Highlights

I feel like this is an easy episode to write (unlike the previous episode!) so let me see if I can limit myself to four highlights so I can move on to the next episode. Chapter 16. Feelings. Waiting for your date Feature Object: Balloons I don’t where the balloons came from. I thought it […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 15 On Confessions, part 2

Thanks for your patience. I was out of town. 🙂 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 Part 1 is here: Hidden Love: Ep 15 On Confession D-Day My take on the birthday cake is here: Hidden Love: Ep 15 On Holding Hands Chapter 15. Confession. Attraction Featured Object: Birthday cake One great thing about this cdrama is the title. Not only […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 15 On Confession D-Day

Chapter 15. Confession. Attraction Featured Object: Birthday cake For me, one of the joys of being a woman is I never had to confess my feelings FIRST to a man I was attracted to. Don’t get me wrong. I dislike love confessions NOT because I would’ve found the experience nerve-wracking or because I would’ve been […]

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