The Tale of Rose | Open Thread

A girl just can't seem to meet the right guy! 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Liu Yi Fei: Huang Yi Mei

Tong Da Wei: Huang Zhen Hua

Director

Wang Jun

Screenwriter

(Author: Yi Shu)

Chinese Title

玫瑰的故事

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 38

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Cast

Liu Yi Fei: Huang Yi Mei	Tong Da Wei: Huang Zhen Hua
Lin Geng Xin: Fang Xie Wen	Wan Qian: Su GEng Sheng
Lin Yi: He Xi	Peng Guan Ying: Zhuang Guo Dong
Wallace Huo: Fu Jia Ming	Zhu Zhu: Jiang Xue Qiong

Romcom/Romance Checklist

[In Progress]

How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

The ML: 

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /

The FL: 

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / Noble Idiot / 

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / 

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6(1) / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad

Screencaps

[Ep1]

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Lan Ying Ying

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An introvert with an extrovert:

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I wonder who this picture was sent to:

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First Main CP:

2nd CP:

Sismance:

Rain, food, and Irish coffee <3

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Remarks

[Drama Info] 

• Same author (Yi Shu) as Best Choice Ever. This author has a penchant for flowers.
• Will Lin Yi have 4 dramas in 2024? His Smile Code with Shen Yue is "upcoming". (5 if you count Derailment)

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Recommendations

Preliminary recs are random / a peek at the list. These may be updated if drama is completed

Genre List: Work/Life/Family ≥ Romance

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