Triad Princess (2019)

I can't believe Netflix released a first "season" with six episodes that are ~40 minutes (the final episode is only 34 minutes!) and ended it on a CLIFFHANGER. These six episodes of Triad Princess not only felt like only part of the story, but they felt extremely rushed and at times disjointed.

I really like both Jasper Liu and Eugenie Liu and the premise of this series sounded like fun - gangster's daughter meets and falls in love with the actor she's always fangirled over! The action scenes in the show are purely comedic, cheesy and just for fun. Sometimes it's over the top, but I can accept that. Eugenie does a great job portraying Angie, a fierce, bubbly young woman who tries to forge an independent path for herself. On the other hand, Jasper's character Yi Hang felt underdeveloped. He's a cute, charming, popular actor who loves elephants. That's all I got really. Their relationship developed UNBELIEVABLY quickly. Emphasis on unbelievable as in "I absolutely did not believe it." In comparison, I found myself liking Eddie Kim much more and thought the actor who plays him, Tsao Yu Ning, was excellent.

A lot of interesting side stories are introduced - Ding Ding, Ling Yun, Sophia, etc - but none of them are developed nearly enough. If Netflix releases more episodes (I mean, they'd BETTER!), then I will definitely continue watching. There's so much potential.

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This needs a 2nd season and based from that ending, pretty sure there's going to be one.

Anyway, this is my first time seeing Eugenie Liu and I instantly like her, I'm always into badass, femme fatale who can kick ass and wouldn't go into the damsel-in-distress route once the 'prince' arrived.

She has a good chemistry with Jasper Liu, and their kissing scene is bam! Maybe because this is Netflix, so less of those frozen lips kisses and this one has been pretty satisfying. This is only the 2nd Jasper Liu drama that I've seen, the first one is his first drama with Puff Kou. I think that he has matured as an actor, and if he's given more chances to do more variety of roles, he'll be one of the best.

The other characters, especially Din Din and Angie's right henchmen, Liu Guo, gives the comedy relief for this drama. It was a surprise that they were given their own storyline, which makes this drama funnier and 'more open' to other love possibilities.

Angie's fiance, Eddie Kim, is pretty hot, and the twist at the end could mean that we'll be seeing more of him if there's a second season. BTW, he also the right chemistry with Angie and you can see that sparks did fly when they meet again as adults, if I'm not so biased with Jasper, I think Eddie and Angie's storyline has a great potential.

The story might be trite, but this drama is overall fun, something that will warm you up when its cold and would give enough sunshine during gloomy weather. Since this is only 6 episodes, might as well binge-watch this.

Oh....it also has a cool soundtrack, particularly the english song they played. Anyone knows the title?

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Who was the guy who decided to turn a 20 episode Taiwanese drama into a 6 episode one? With episodes of only 40 minutes? Where does that guy live? And why does he still have a job?

It's possible there's a super cute drama in here desperately struggling to get out but who the hell would know. This was nothing but a disjointed, incoherent mess from beginning to end. Nothing makes sense, everything is super rushed and the whole thing is ridiculous. Oh and there's clearly a season 2! Which... if they knew that why not spend these six episodes having them fall for each other and then the next six on the separation, noble idiocy, family opposition, public scandal, arranged marriage, kidnappings and Rise of the Big Bad - rather than trying to do all those things in TWO EPISODES.

Oh yeah, there's a plot here somewhere. An Idol gets a bodyguard (Eugenie Liu) who is a huge fan of another Idol (Jasper Liu) that Idol 1 is pretending to be dating. The bodyguard is the daughter of a Triad boss. The daughter of the Triad boss has no concept of professionalism or boundaries but she does attempt to murder several people - attempted murder is supposed to be funny I guess.

Ignoring the bad writing and terrible pacing, the female lead's fangirling is super super annoying and I see nothing in this that says she fell for Adorable Jasper rather than Adorable Jasper's public image and that is a big big problem when I'm supposed to believe they're SO MUCH IN LOVE after they met a week ago and slept with each other once.

This is transparently aimed at 14 year olds who fantasise that if they met their Idol (who conveniently is exactly like his public image) then said Idol would fall madly and instantly in love with them and only something as crazy as a mob boss, mad fans and the paparazzi could keep them apart!

Jasper Liu is adorable I guess but his character is paper thin; practically a chalk outline. The female lead's entire character is a problem from beginning to end. Which is, thankfully, not that long. Since this is only 6 episodes. And subsequently a giant mess.

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Starts out fresh, and then starts to get disappointing... not worth it

I was excited seeing another Jasper Liu drama. I thought Before We Got Married was pretty cool.

This one started out pretty good but then they rush it near the middle and end. I agree with most reviews here that Jasper's character was underdeveloped. There wasn't anything to him. He felt dull and boring and I just kept waiting for more when there wasn't much more to him. And there were some plot turns that felt unnecessary and dumb. It's like the writers had to find some way to keep them apart for a while and that was the only way they could do it - I liked Angie though!

Their relationship was also weird. How can you love someone that fast? Jasper's character became head over heels so fast! I understand Angie's crush because she was his fan but otherwise its weird. There probably needed to be more episodes and time for their relationship to develop. 6 episodes are not enough to show that properly, especially the way they did it. I'm disappointed and I hope the writers can do better next time, or at least know the mistakes they made.

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Do Not start if there is not another season! 100% was upset that this show was over. The show itself is great! I really enjoyed it. I love a strong girl lead AND there is a gang aspect as well. I wish there was more "gang" dramas out there. I just love them. I could watch 50+ more episodes of these characters. With there being so few, it leads you to wonder why they are setting up plots that don't lead to anything. If your going to have a short season, then I don't want to see a build up for the next show til the end. Why even show us those roles(who knows if that actor will even be in a season 2). And the whole part of her going to be a bodyguard never felt real to me. It never felt like she was "working" more like hanging out and would come/ go as she wanted. Over all- I would not have started if I knew it was going to be this short.

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That open ended ending was indeed scripted that way for a reason...
Here come the spoilers if you have not seen episode six.

The perfect fiancé is not ordering dinner! He is ordering a hit on Angie ! There goes the bride!
Not a sweetheart after all! ( Enter communal sigh here.)

And her dad who was pretty nice and low-key as far as triad bosses go , will show just how bad-ass he can be
when he has to protect Angie and her crush. Forget about his ties to future son-in-law’s triad dad. This could get ugly or funny!

I really enjoyed this different type of drama and fell in like with Jasper Liu. December cannot come soon enough! Mind you I will have to rematch season one for continuity’s sake.

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I was eagerly waiting for this because I liked both the Lius in the last Dramas I saw of theirs, but this one was confused, badly written and all over the place.

The first problem was the pacing: Only six 40-minute episodes long, NOTHING happened in the first two episodes that advanced the core stories, meaning the last four were super-rushed, and felt like the writers were stuffing things in to tick off a checklist. This was ESPECIALLY noticeable with the OTP. In terms of character and relationship development, They went from zero to horizontal in less time than it takes to type this. By the end of episode, I was seriously thinking of dropping the Drama, and only stuck it out because it was so short.

The development and portrayal of Eugenie Liu's character was bizarre too. She alternated between giggly naive schoolgirl crushing on her idol and foul-mouthed fighting ace with head-spinning rapidity. Never mind that anyone who was so calm and composed when receiving or dispensing violence would not, could not, be as naively starry-eyed as her other half was portrayed. Unless she had a Jekyll and Hyde thing going on.

The bullying agent was a disappointment as well. She came across as one-dimensional, when her back story had potential. As did that of the other lead actress.

I read recently that Netflix's first TW Drama bombed there. If the quality of this second attempt is any guide, I can see why. In summary, the best thing that came out of watching this Drama was the urge to rewatch "The Smile Behind Your Eyes"

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Watch and see for yourself!

I thoroughly enjoyed this drama, completely expecting not to since I haven’t watched any Taiwanese dramas before. The story was nice and fast paced, enough that I watched all 6 episodes in one sitting and the ending was left on a slight cliffhanger so we can all look forward to the next season! I loved each and every character in this drama and their relationships with Angie and each other, and the triad theme of the drama was put to good comedic use.

Although the main romance isn’t given enough opportunity to fully shine, the other storylines and character arcs are enough for you to want to keep watching and for a lighthearted drama like this I found it perfect. I found myself with second male lead syndrome when watching this one, even though it was obvious that it was never going to happen.

I honestly liked this drama a lot and I’ve realised that it’s best to go into a drama without really reading the reviews too much since a negative review can really affect your experience of a drama that you would otherwise find enjoyable.

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This show had so much potential, the story seems interesting and characters are fun too especially the female character !! absolutely adore her <3.SHES EVERYTHING I WANT AS A FEMALE LEAD! TAKES SHIT FROM NOBODY! She lowkey carried the show on her back,go girl!
The thing that really pulls down this show is that it is too short, 6 episodes aren't enough to properly portray it. The characters aren't properly developed and the story is rushed. They had chemistry,but not enough for him to be acting all in love,The love didn't feel real because they fast forwarded it! AND IT ENDS IN A CLIFFHANGER.
Still there were too many fun and cute moments, so i enjoyed the show a lot :)

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TINHA POTENCIAL, MAS NÃO SOUBERAM USAR

Começou muito bem, Angie é fera demais, porém o nosso protagonista não me cativou em nada. Ele ficou apagado na série. O romance vai de 0 a 100 em minutos. Do nada eles são só amigos (nem isso direito) e você pisca e eles já estão juntos, foi bem esquisito. Não acreditei no romance, pois não teve uma evolução gradual. Amei os capangas do pai dela, são demais, roubaram completamente a cena. A forma como eles a protegem é fantástica, amei.

Teve um Plot no final que eu não esperava, e confesso que cheguei a chipar ela com o herdeiro da máfia ao invés do protagonista... Mas aí des-chipei. Não há muitos momentos engraçados após engrenar na história, assim como não há momentos emocionantes. A história se perde no final, e você não sabe direito para onde ela está indo, e qual o propósito dos protagonistas. Não deixou saudades e pra piorar, ela foi cancelada e não teve um final.

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Too fast, not much building

If you love fast paced drama this is definitely a drama for you. Lets start with good, this drama had an amazing female lead strong and not whiny, the theme of the drama is also very good everything else is just not expaned enough, in my personal opinion it is too fast this drama had so much potential, they could have showed more of the world of mafia, but they didnt, the relationship happens too fast they dont show enough bonding, enough contact, the relationship just looks fake i was so happy that they had representation of gay couples but that relationship as well wasnt built enough it was ah i look in your eyes im in love you are in love we are together it doesnt work like that, if it was maybe some fluffy romance only drama it would have been forgivable but in this drama it is not because of the themes, which is so unfortunate because it had all the points of being an amazing original drama, i wish it went more in the detail i love that they had a fresh view you can see drugs swearing and more mature themes, i liked the drama but it just didnt hit the spot it had a lot of things missing.

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Interesting and realistic storyline

This drama is indeed interesting and realistic. In Asian context, many times, relationships will end even before they start due to the differences in family status, background etc. In this case, this is the first time I see a storyline of a relationship between a celebrity and a lady from triad background which in reality, definitely there are such things. However, six episodes are too short though to see the storyline develop in detail. It is good to see the younger generation artiste acting in this drama, like Eugenie, Cecilia etc and to see my childhood band Energy member, Shu Wei, act as a hooligan, that is even more interesting, though not a fan of profanities, his acting is superb! Despite having lots of fights in the series, the comedic parts actually balances it. And, this drama also introduce a possible BL couple, making it really nice and inclusive!

The end of the show also hints at a Season 2 in which Tsao Yu Ning will be the antagonist. So, I certainly look forward to that. If you are looking for short series that offers a mix of emotions, sometimes serious, sometimes light-hearted, this is the drama to watch, provided that you can accept some coarse language.

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