Fireworks of My Heart (2023) Review

Recently, my TL is full of fireworks from my heart snippet. For some reason, it got me curious as to why it’s overly advertised creating a hype around it. I thought it was a Korean drama but apparently it’s a Chinese drama. There’s a lot of difference between K and C drama but one thing that is always intriguing to me is how Chinese drama gets a little too political sometimes. Fireworks of my heart is a drama that also shows the nationalism of chinese. Like from that drama, I was shown that basically there’s a thing called “Party member” even if your job is a doctor. And if any problem arises in the country, the party member is the first to step forward to volunteer. I personally have seen a few of Cdrama but I wouldn’t say I know extremely well just like how I do with Kdrama. But if you have not seen any Cdrama, I definitely suggest Fireworks of My Heart as your gateway to explore it.

Song Yan and Xu Qin were high school best friends turned lovers. However, Xu Qin was from an affluent family. Xu Qin’s family thought Song Yan was just a troublemaker without any future. As they separated after highschool, Xu Qin studied abroad and became a doctor while Song Yan, became a firefighter. Even years after their separation, eventually fate brought them together. Both of them met through their line of work and started to resolve the mystery behind their past. It was later revealed that Xu Qin was actually adopted and their family somehow was connected through some bad fate. As they attempted to resolve their past and rekindled their old flame, it met resistance from Xu Qin’s family. Will they eventually have a happy ending? How will both of them resolve their family disapproval?

Fireworks of My heart is currently airing and is only 22 episodes as of now on Viu. As the main lead is a firefighter and the female lead is a doctor, they offer a different setting each time. Unlike K-dramas that are usually 16 episodes, or shorter, this one reaching 22 episodes, the protagonists haven’t found any resolution towards their problem. It was only hinted at and I am assuming this will last even more to 30 episodes. The character development is a lot easier to follow than the regular K-drama with different settings. Somehow, they know how to still keep the focus and storyline to get back to the lead actors.

Though the plot is such a simplistic one and quite classic for a drama, what makes it fresh was the firefighter lead and the settings and storyline that is offered in each episode. If K-drama is often talking about how corrupt the system is and complains about the government, expect none of that in C drama. It was full-blown nationalism that though there is still corruption within some institutions, it was emphasized that people were against it. If you ignore these little aspects, this story is such a lovey dovey one. It certainly is not everyone’s cup of tea but if you’re curious of how C-drama most of the time works, this one makes a good example.