February 24, 2025

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A "filter bracelet" changes a girl's appearance and a man falls in love with every one of them, except the real her?
Notable Actors/Actresses
Tan Jian CiTang Qi
Li Lan DiSu Cheng Cheng
Director
Screenwriter
Tong Hua (Author)
Chinese Title
濾鏡
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Year: 2025
Episodes: 32

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Cast


Tan Jian Ci:
Tang Qi
Li Lan Di:
Su Cheng Cheng
Gao Han Yu:
Gu Yu
Luo Qiu Yun:
Su Miao
Huang Si Rui:
Lin Yuan
Jia Ze:
Su Qing Li
Pu Tao:
Fang Jin
Wang Hong Yi:
Quan Sheng Tang
Chang Long:
Zhou Jin Li
Ren Bin:
Guan Sheng Yu

Sun Rui:
Jiang Xi Zhen




Romcom/Romance Checklist


How much of the plot is angst/romance?
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
The ML
ColdLukewarmWarm / Timid / Tsundere / 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):
Annoying Love (F/M) Rival+++ / Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Friends to Lovers / Harem / Hidden Identity / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) School to Adulthood / Star-Crossed Lovers 
Relationship Progress (officially togetherfirst (official) kiss; breakup*):
Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 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 
# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Ending:
Happy
 / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad / Rushed+++



Remarks



[Drama Info]

Lost You Forever reunion between Tong Hua (author/screenwriter), 9-headed Tan Jian Ci, and Wang Hong Yi (+ Pu Tao). There may be more as it's the same production company: New Lotus Pictures 星蓮影視.

Director Chen Yue Jin is "new" on scene, but he has directed as few minis and also worked on Delicious RomanceFilter will be the first big drama under his name. Then he has Heart to Heart (兄友妹恭) with Chen Jin Hai and Zhang Miao Yi.

The age gap – it's 9 years. They're the first and last batch of the 90'ers. (1990 and 1999).

Wrapped on April 07, 2024.

[Ending] Happy. 



Reviews



Five (5/5)


Four (4/5)


Three (3/5)


Two (2/5)

Reviewer: FanFanX
Date: March 2025
My weakness is apparently Tan Jian Ci in a romcom. I originally resisted because of Tong Hua, but I ended up watching this entire series. The beginning is a bit boring, but it does pick up. I like Li Lan Di and Tan Jian Ci… but these two don’t have much chemistry. I would have preferred watching these two hold hands and give each other chaste forehead kisses than being subjected to their “proper” lip-to-lip kisses - because it’s like watching two book spines meet. Comedy >> romance here. There’s also more work than romance here. Bonus: Tang Qi and Gu Yu, and Su Cheng Cheng and Lin Yuan’s lovely and supportive friendships.

Main CP's misunderstandings/misconceptions about each other: It took too many eps to resolve. Series should’ve ended with Ep29. I have no idea why there were three more eps after this (for the sake of guest roles?). I really didn’t need the “loose” ends tied up. Nor did I have to see 2CP’s conflicts. This series might’ve been better done in 22-24ep format.

One (1/5)


 

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