I’ve watched the first 15 minutes of Nirvana in Fire and can’t remember characters names. Is it normal ?

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    It’s not normal. Normal is when you finished the first and second episode and still can’t remember the names.

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      I guess I should watch the two episodes then 🙂

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        I thought the trailer looked boring, so I wasn’t keen even though there was so much buzz. I started and wasn’t blown away immediately. It was around episode 3 where the drama got my attention and from there, no looking back. It’s rewarding, so give it time.

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          I’ve read that it takes time to get into it. It’s just that following the characters is hard when you don’t know their names.

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            Hey, mango! “Nirvana in Fire” is pretty good! The scenery is gorgeous too! I speak Chinese, so that helped me a lot, but even for non-Chinese speakers, I’d recommend that you stick with it. Maybe this character profile post will help you remember people? http://jolecole.blogspot.com/2015/02/nirvana-in-fire-character-profile.html

            (BEWARE of spoilers in the post! XD)

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            @szhou01 Thank you so much ! I really need character profiles to keep up. I want to learn Chinese but I think I have a long way haha.

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            If I didn’t remember wrongly, they had a textbox with the character’s name in it whenever he/she came onscreen for the first time in the episode and this was done in every episode. Maybe these weren’t translated.

            You’ll get a hang of it somehow!

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          I will watch on youtube. The name boxes are translated it should be easier 😀
          Thanks !

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    I’ve once watched 3/4 of a drama, and I still could not remember any of the characters name (except for the pet)

    so trust me, this is nothing.

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      HAHA The pet must have been the most important role.
      I’m glad it won’t stop my drama watching.

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    I’m currently rewatching BOF and I still have no idea what the other 2 members of F4s names are. When I want to talk about them I call them F3 and F4. Or I look their names up online.

    I’m in season 4 of the US show Empire and I still don’t know everyone’s name in that show. But….I have a crap memory. So that’s part of it.

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      I didn’t remember F3 and F4 names in the Japanese adaptation LOL
      I’m bad with real people names too but quite confident with characters. It’s weird I know.
      As long as you recognize the actors/actresses that’s good 🙂

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        Oh, I’m also bad with real people’s names–adults especially. I used to do children’s services and kids introduce themselves to you 50,000 times. Id be in programs and its all, “YAY KAITLYN’S HERE! And….her…grownup…Hi grownup?”

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          HAHA That’s why I don’t want to do something where I have to learn a lot of people names.

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