Of the young/new adult 'slice of life' C-dramas I've watched lately, the main couple here is incredibly endearing. They have that shy, cute smile energy from the beginning, and they look like they are having a lot of fun. The secondary characters, such as Tang Yi Bai's mother or his swim team friends, overact but are equally endearing. The cast was really enjoying themselves.
But that's the only 'mode' of the show 20 episodes in. There's no real tension or conflict. There is this big mystery/tragedy hanging in the air, but it's not been revealed in anyway. I kept waiting for the show to pick up...but it just keeps skipping along.
So while the couple is perhaps my favorite, I ended up dropping this one . . .
Music is quite good - there's not much I'd rewatch.
Complex Themes -3
(Maybe this will appear later? But besides be a good person - follow your dreams! Not much going on.)
Character Growth -3
(Characters seem to be very fixed. Even in the flashback scenes, they all seem to have the same personalities. Yun Duo does show more range than the others.)
Nuanced Women -7
(Yun Duo is sweet and bubbly as one would expect in this type of show, but she is also strong, opinionated with good morals. She has a lot of grit/resilience. By episode 20, they had not done much with the other women characters ).
Cinematography/Production Values - 6
(They did find one olympic swimming pool, and one gym to shoot the sports scenes. But the show is fairly claustrophobic between pool, gym, outside the pool, Yun Duo's work and Tang Yi Bai's house. Tang Yi Bai and his friend Qi Rui Feng are in good shape and do an OK job/believability at being swimmers, but the rest of the swimmers do not - and the 'stretching' exercising scenes are a bit laughable).
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I also want to give a special "Thank You" to the (Just Keep Swimming Volunteer Team) for such a great and fast subtitle. They made the Eng Sub really fast and I loved it cause I couldn't wait longer to watch the episodes. Fighting!!!
Without any further, you need to watch this show because it is very addicted and really Great!!! 😍😁🙌🏾🐬 I promise 👌🏾
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Story: I really liked the story and, it went down very smooth and at the end of ever episode I wanted to watch more and more. Also the characters were well introduced and likable. Although one could see through some of the twists and turns, it was enjoyable to watch.
Acting/Cast: I started watching this drama, because I liked Tan Song Yun in "The Whirlwind Girl 2" and I wanted to see more of her acting and I was not disappointed. Apart from that I really liked the comedy some of the characters showed like from Huang Sheng Chi.
Music: To be honest, I watched this drama a while ago, so I can't realldy remember the music that much. BUT it didn't remind me of something negative, so I guess it went well with the scenes and the drama overall, so still a 7.5 ;)
Overall: I will give this 10/10, because it's just a very sweet drama with feelings and characters everybody knows and understands. It's relaxing to watch and makes one smile. For me it was a great start and kind of a comeback to watch chinese or asian series more ^_^
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Sempre fui fã desse esporte e quando soube que o foco seria a natação fiquei super interessada e resolvi assistir, não me arrependi em momento algum. O enredo e os personagens são ótimos, sem contar que o romance foi tão bonitinho que não tinha como não torcer por eles.
O que dizer daquela OST? Simplesmente maravilhosa, gostei até da música que tocava na abertura e ao contrário do que faço com os outros dramas, nunca conseguia pular ela.
Depois de já ter visto tantas mães ou madrastas malvadas que fazem de tudo para impedir o relacionamento do casal, fiquei chocada quando vi a mãe do protagonista dando todo o apoio do mundo para eles e muitas vezes até planejando encontros surpresas.
Também gostei bastante dos personagens secundários e shippava demais aquele outro casal, eles eram muito engraçados e suas interações conseguiam roubar a cena todas as vezes em que apareciam e, certamente não mudaria nada do final.
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