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Title: 小資女孩向前衝 (Office Girls)

Director: Xu Fu Jun

Year: 2011

Length: 1 season, 40 episodes, ~50 min per episode

Rating: NR

Genres: Drama, Romance

Yay, Nay, or Meh: Yay

This is probably one of my favorite dramas I've watched so far, though there are still things I wasn't a huge fan of in it. But I'll start with good things. First, this is the funniest drama I've seen so far, causing actual genuine laughter over the whole course of the 40 episodes, so that got it in my good graces immediately. Also, at first, it at least seems that the main woman character is going to be and remain fiesty...though more on that later. There's a really good dynamic between all of the characters, and they all seem to be more their own characters than a lot of other dramas may have them be. And the romance is super cute without making it seem simultaneously super unrealistic, which is nice. Saying all that though - that applies only at first. I would say by episode 25 or so, whenever they introduce the stereotypical bitchy mother, it goes downhill quite a bit. I think that this is another case of the drama having too many episodes, when they could have wrapped things up with different conflicts, or wrapped them up more quickly. But as soon as that happens, too, the main woman character seems to lose all agency AGAIN. At least, though, this is almost entirely in the context of the romance; she never seems to lose any authority at her job, though she becomes more distracted by personal life. But yeah, I've mentioned before how I hate bitch characters? I fast-forwarded through a lot of those parts, because I can NOT stand that. Drama, fine. Bitchy people? No. One romance I didn't like was the supervisor and the best friend; having been the target of a creepy sleazeball at work before, I don't appreciate him pestering her until she gives in, or accepting it as okay. Finally, the final episode? There's no need for that. Grow a spine! Adapt to things better! RAWR.