More than Blue: The Series

After my two-day weekend, I finished watching the Taiwanese series "More than blue" on Netflix. To be honest, I didn’t intend to waste too much time watching a 10-episode movie but this meaningful soppy series made me forget about track of time and all my “to-do” plans. But after all, it’s worth. So now I’m going to share with you the reasons that this drama became one of my most favorites in 2021.

Summary according to Netflix

In this series based on the movie, a man with a terminal illness seeks to help his beloved find a long-term partner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYIfYbraxGk

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A Taiwanese remake

Technically, this Netflix series is a small-screen adaptation of two different films with the same name, from Korea and Taiwan, respectively. Actually, this is the third Taiwanese movie I have seen (after “Someday or one day” and “Your name engraved herein”) and I have to admit that romantic movies from Taiwan never let me down. Those amazed me a lot, not only the touching script, well-acted cast, very experienced director but also the aesthetic cinematography and metaphorical catchy soundtrack. The music goes so well with scenes that I had to create a Spotify playlist for those songs after finishing watching the series immediately.

Moreover, I especially love the color of the movie which evokes a sense of gentle melancholy engraving in the audience’s mind. I’m also impressed by how the director combined the past and present scenes alternately to tell the story. It takes you through turmoil and shapes us with every hour-long episode. It’s slow, soothing, and meditative.

A story sadder than sadness

The story begins with E-Shine Records where Wang Po-Han and his assistant An Yi-Chi work. They have to find a perfect song for A-Lin's album and then, they find out a particularly sugary and sad ballad which turns out to be a song written and performed by K and Cream. However, they’ll need the publishing rights so they find friends of K and Cream to know more about them. And their touching love story in the past starts...

K and Cream

Chang Che-Kai is a senior in high school. And while he’s supposed to be studying for his college entrance exams, Kai is instead caught up in emotion since his dad is fighting against the sickness, leukemia. Then, he met Sung Yuan-yuan who always bullied him at the beginning because of misunderstanding. After the death of Kai’s father, Kai was left alone so Yuan- yuan decided to move into Kai’s house and became his “family”. Kai will go on to become K, a songwriter while Yuan-yuan will be known as Cream, the lyrics writer, and the two soul mates will make beautiful music together. However, life is always up and down.

After an accident, K realizes he had leukemia like his father and he may die any time. He believes that he doesn’t deserve to love and be loved by his soulmate, Cream. Thereby, while suffering with his illness, K seeks a good man who will be a life partner of Cream and take care of Cream after he dies.

True sorrow is like a song. It won’t make you sad from the start. But its chorus parts are like ripples, repeatedly stacking up and unforgettable melody. - K.

This love story makes me tear up a little as I know about it little by little.

A lesson about losing people you love most

“In this series, there are prominent figures such as the son of an ordinary records enthusiast, a single mother who are struggling to make ends meet, child with eyes that sparkle and a soul that shines through, and so many more. They all have their past, which they desperately want to forget but can’t because it has become a part of them today. They learn to accept their present situation and face it bravely as they live on with their sorrows hidden deep within their hearts.” - Pooja Sharma

Ke-le's line

This movie teaches me the lesson about loss and it reminds me of my grandma who passed away just a few days ago. It really hurts, of course. But we can't do anything, just let your memory and your pain there, time will take care of them. We have to accept the present situation and move on bravely because the biggest wish of the person who passed away is for us to be happy.