Warning: this review is not very well written and mostly for my own entertainment and there are MAJOR spoilers so here’s my recommendation for those of you who are wondering whether or not to watch this: The story is has a very strong start and great acting, but it is not a serious watch. It’s a good thing to play in the background when you’re studying or something. The story is pretty disappointing but you’ll have a good laugh, and the chemistry is very strong. Hope that helped. You can continue to read at your discretion.

My Girlfriend Is An Alien deals with a very creative, unique concept. An alien who’s attracted to hormones meets a man who can’t remember females after huge storms. At first, this drama was amazing. It was fluffy, sweet, and full of interesting characters. Xiaoqi was so adorably shameless, Fang Leng had such a romantic heart, Fang Lie’s friendship with Xiaoqi was so endearing, and even Jiang Xue was kind of intriguing. The first half of the story set me up with really high expectations.

However! (Messy writing and spoilers here)

After the second rainfall, things start to go downhill. Suddenly, Fang Leng becomes a completely different person, and all four of the main leads start to undergo changes that make them become really annoying. Xiaoqi’s obsession with her annunciator causes her to use and ignore Fang Leng, who clearly cares about her so much. Toward the end, even after reciprocating his feelings, she still acts so selfishly without ever thinking about him. I get that she’s an alien, but it’s not a strong enough excuse for how she acted. Fang Leng, right after losing his memory, treats everybody like dirt (this I can kind of understand, but still). Fang Lie falls in love with Xiaoqi, which was one of the biggest disappointments of the drama, and Jiang Xue gets scarily clingy to Fang Leng despite him telling her on multiple occasions that he is not interested, which is honestly so many levels of creepy. All of these changes in the characters made it really hard to continue.

Yet I still wanted to finish the drama, so I ended up watching ep 20 and on at 2x the speed while doing other things.

After finishing the drama, I can see why it has such high ratings, but it wasn’t my cup of tea. I can safely say that while it got dull and boring toward the end, the actors and actresses played their parts really well. The acting was by far the best part of the show. All of the actors played their parts so convincingly, especially Hsu Thassapak. The side characters were also all very sweet (and less problematic, except Allen of course), and I liked them so much. Assistant Han and Doctor Zhang were some of the best sidekicks, and Chai jie was such a quirky character. And even though Xiao Bu’s advice was kinda iffy, he was pretty cute too.

As for rewatch value, I don’t know. I might come visit a few episodes of this drama again, but I don’t think that will be in the near future.

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