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This is a lovely watch for teenager, if you're an adult don't bother
Story wise, the trope of an ordinary girl falling head over heels is kinda old, but depending on the execution it still can be enjoyable to watch. For this drama, the pace is so slow I had to play it at 1.5 x speed or even skip it often.Now the acting and the character. I can't root for anyone here! Not even the female first lead. The acting is passable, not extraordinary, but the character itself makes me unable to love her. Chasing the most popular guy in school, changing her appearance to be more attractive society standard (fair skin, long straight hair, neat teeth), following the university and student club where he is in... Okay, the part where she studied hard is good, albeit it isn't shown well enough. It feels, everything she does always revolves around the handsome senior. The change in her appearance also betrays my logic, like how come your skin suddenly become fair with just some spray? And her hair suddenly is straightened naturally as if her old curly hair was some kind of wig (which is true I bet, for the sake of the movie).
The male first lead's acting is as versatile as a block of dry wood. Stale, flat, expressionless. I don't know if it is the directing or the script itself, or the actor who isn't capable to be more expressive, but watching him delivering his lines as if he was reading news is excruciating. I don't know that a cool guy is supposed to look stoic and flat all the time, and only smile occasionally. The scenes between him and the female first lead feels so unnatural, I can't get the butterflies or taste the slightest chemistry. It's hard to see if he likes the first female lead too, as it's not shown on his face. Everything about their relationship is like 90% conveyed by the awkwardness of the first female lead whenever she is with him.
I find the second couple more interesting to watch. Although they are mostly silly and both seem to have anger issues, at least there's some clash they present. The second female lead is the same as the first lead in the sense that she too busy chases the second male lead to the point of nagging and stalking at first. But at least she has some personality and finally stand up for herself when the second lead professes his feeling for the first female lead (rather a silly love triangle trope). What I like a bout that part is the second female lead turns cold towards the second male lead but she still keeps her friendship with the first female lead. At least, apart from being too nagging and male-chaser in the first part, she isn't that silly and immature when her feelings isn't reciprocated.
The second male lead is the definition of immaturity. He always seems angry. Still, I'd still prefer him than the deadwood first male lead. The part when he confesses his feeling towards the first female lead in front of everyone is silly and baseless. Even so, I still enjoy his erratic relationship with the first male lead and the second female lead. It's more colorful than the relationship of the main couple.
I picked up this drama, hoping to watch some light melodrama that might remind me of the silly teenage years I had, but I ended up losing some brain cells after some episodes. Still, I should give some credits: the visual of this series is good. Some scenes got weird camera angle, but it's aesthetically pleasant. It's nice to get a glimpse of education in China and see daily life of people there. My last would be: It can be a fun watch for teenagers, I would probably enjoy it 10-15 years ago, but now I can't help but skipping many scenes and just cut straight to some highlighted (unnecessary) conflicts.
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Perhaps it's because this was a remake of other material, while the others are not listed as such. The writer may have been constrained by the source material, I don't know. I do know that the source was a Thai MOVIE, while this is a 36 episode Drama. And that's a big problem right there. The material is far too thin to stretch out from a movie of under 2 hours to a Drama of something like 24 hours runtime. The contrast with PYHOMS was especially painful because that Drama was very short, just 24 40 minute episodes, and felt lively throughout. In this one, the story proper was barely starting by the time I got to episode 10, ugh!.
Also, with both ALSB and PYHOMS, the Dramas hooked me in episode one, especially the female characters. In THIS one, the female lead was uninteresting and unmotivated, the only characters that drew a reaction in the first 4 episodes were her AWFUL little sister and her only slightly less awful mother.
As a fan of romantic Dramas, I have no problem at all with clichés and tropes if they're presented through good acting and good writing. This Drama was 0 for 2 by the end of ten episodes, so I dropped it. I will be interested to see if Ms Zhao's next Drama, not listed as a remake, is a hit like her other two, or a miss like this one.
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Hope in future there will be no stupid role like this.
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Overall, the series has very slow phase that you want to fast forward to exciting part of the story. The actors looks good but not the main actress. She looks like vampire bat. Should have taken a role in a vampire horror movie ????
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Apesar do lenga-lenga, eu gostei.
Quando minha amiga me indicou esse drama eu não imaginei que gostaria tanto, gostei bastante porém quando foi chegando os últimos episódios eu já estava cansada do lenga-lenga e tava doidinha pra terminar.Eu amei o elenco, a química dos atores é perfeita, porém eu achei que a história se estendeu mais do que deveria e alguns personagens não tiveram um bom desenvolvimento, como por exemplo a Lin Xia.
Confesso que shippei muito errado, só consegui shippar o casal principal nos últimos episódios. O casal He Xin e Lin Kai Tuo ao meu ver não teve desenvolvimento algum, foi o drama inteiro a He Xin correndo atrás dele e magicamente depois ele começa a gostar dela faltando menos de 10 episódios para acabar. Não gostei disso.
Recomendo muito este drama, uma história fofinha e é incrível ver como a protagonista cresceu e amadureceu durante toda a história. Apesar de tudo, eu gostei do drama e quero muito assistir outros dramas com esses atores.
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I feel it's underated
It's a very lovely story, I would say it's kinda weary in the last six episodes, they could've handled it better, but to be fair it's so much more than I was expecting from a 2019 cdrama.Everyone who watches cdramas knows that some years ago, like 2020 and years before, it was unbearable to watch a drama in general, not only cdramas, because there's always an asshole as a male protagonist and it's annoying how they loved to normalize it like it was a love story. This is not the case with A Little Thing Called First Love, Liang You Nian is lovely, respectful, gentle, kind and all of the good things you would search for in a green flag, which surprises me since at that time it was common to see jerks as protagonists.
And don't even get me started on Xia Miao Miao, she's such a bubbly and lovely girl, hope she's always happy because she deserves it.
All I want to say is that it's a fun and lovely cdrama, the weary episodes are not unbearable and it was such a pleasurable experience for me to watch it. Hope to rewatch it in the future.
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No importa el tiempo quien te ama te espera.
Bueno por donde empiezo:Es de las series que he visto un avance en todos los personajes sin excepción alguna, todos maduran y crecen.
La primera cosa que aprendí y me gustó de esta serie fue la amistad que crearon todos, la sinceridad, el apoyo entre amigas y el no abandonarse cuando todo esta mal, el no dudar nunca de tu amiga a pesar de estar enfadada, saber quien tienes a tu lado.
El amor tenemos dos tipos de parejas:
La primera es Miao Miao con el senior es uno de los amores más dulces que he podido ver, al principio ella no sabía nada, ni de moda, ni de amor, era tímida pero con el tiempo evoluciona y crece, descubre lo que quiere hacer con su vida y sobre todo aprende a no depender de nadie. Los dos evolucionan de una manera tierna y aunque hay un momento que deben de soltarse para aprender a amarse y te paras y quieres matar a los dos, al final entiendes que lo necesitaban. Amar no significa que debes cortarle las alas a tu pareja, debes apoyarla y si hay distancia de por medio, no tiene por que ser un obstáculo.
La segunda pareja es la del amor al odio hay un paso y del odio al amor otro, ella aprende que aunque lo ame no debe dejarse tratar mal por nadie y mucho menos dejar de ser valorada, el debe aprender a quererse así mismo, perdonar el pasado y empezar a vivir el presente, darse cuenta de a quienes trata mal a quienes grita son las personas que quiere y es entonces cuando da el paso a quererse y cuando recibe de su propio karma lucha por madurar, por demostrarle a esa persona que la quiere y no volver a tratarla mal ni a ella ni a sus amigos, por culpa del pasado que no lograba entender.
En cuanto a algo que no me ha gustado, que el final fuese tan lento, hubo un momento que la decisión de el no contarle la verdad a ella y ella pensar que era su culpa me molestó, pues si el confiaba en ella, ella no tenía que dejar su futuro tras enterarse de la verdad, no que se fue pensando que era su culpa, dejando mucho que ver en que seguía sin quererse así misma, pero como dije es algo que necesitaban para aprender y estar juntos.
Otra cosa que quizás no me gustó, la falta de besos pero supongo que es porque las actrices eran menores en el momento y en China es algo que se lleva a raja tabla pero bueno almenos tuvimos dos besos en la mejilla de ambas parejas que significaron mucho.
En cuanto a la serie la recomendaría 100% y si quieres escapar de tanta toxicidad, problemas, mentiras, esta serie es perfecta para tí. Un romance escolar perfecto.
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Tinha tudo pra ser incrível, mas não deu não
Queria muito de ter gostado mais desse dorama porque ele começa de forma curiosa e interessante. A evolução da personagem principal é fantástica. Adoro como mostram o dia-a-dia nos cursos de moda e arquitetura na China. Contudo, um dorama que retrata a vida dos personagens do colegial até o fim da faculdade sem ter ocorrido um único beijo na boca, não tem o menor sentido. Mesmo a falta de abraços, mãos dadas, qualquer tipo de carinho em um enredo claramente de cunho romântico, é como querer falar de natação sem mostrar piscina. Até entendo que não houve porque os atores eram menores de idade, mas daí ou imaginavam outro tipo de roteiro ou trocassem o elenco. Ficou uma coisa super juvenil pra uma história que tinha todo potencial para ser um pouco mais maduro. Uma pena porque os dois atores principais, em especial a Angel, são excelentes!Was this review helpful to you?
Un drame mignon !
Un drama léger qui se laisse regarder avec plaisir ;)Une histoire sans prise de tête où l’on grandit avec les personnages.
Un bon jeu d’acteurs et une bonne alchimie.
Edward Lai est craquant et le casting est excellent.
La musique nous met vraiment dans l'ambiance.
Un bon drama romantique que je recommande vivement <3
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PERDI MEU TEMPO VENDO ESSE
Meu deus do céu, que drama tenebroso!Sou de amar cliches mas esse eu não aguentei. Tudo horrível depois do episódio 10, péssimo cortes das cenas nos episódios, história sem nexo algum!! Dramas desnecessários, assisti 31 episodios para ter uma cena de beijo e depois os protagonistas terminam e só voltam no final?! Absurdo! Nunca vi uma historia de cliche tão horrível igual essa, a prota é muito lerda, esse ml uma porta as vezes, todo mundo querendo estragar a vida dos outros do nada 🫠 Faltou muitas explicações de sequência da história, eu dormi tantas vezes depois do episódio 20, a história ficou muito chata e maçante, eu realmente perdi meu tempo vendo esse drama, se você gosta de cliches recomendo procurar outro, esse é horrivel.Was this review helpful to you?
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Não é o tipo de drama que gosto de assistir. Vi pq me foi recomendado. A estória seria bacana se tivesse um contexto maduro. Não dá pra ver drama ambientado na faculdade e os personagens parecendo colegiais. Como é romance, nada mais justo que ter trocas de afeto e beijos. A personalidade da protagonista tbm não me agradou. Correu atrás do protagonista o drama inteiro, chegou nos 2 epis finais, passou a ignora-lo. Pra quem busca algo leve, fofo, vale a pena.
Se busca algo mais realístico, sinto informar, mas não vai agradar.
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legal e divertida
Gosto muito de ver drama que acompanha os personagens através de anos, mas esse me decepcionou um pouco. Me incomodei muito com a aparência da Xia Miao Miao no início estava TÃO artificial que parecia extremamente caricata, apesar disso gostei da transformação mais sutil que fizeram nela, nada de banho de loja e nem nada do tipo, o protagonista se interessou pelo jeito dela, não por aparência. Assisti mais pela história que era legal e até divertida, um outro ponto positivo é que o protagonista não é toxico e nem se acha o dono do mundo e só de não puro suco de Chernobyl já trouxe leveza pro drama.Was this review helpful to you?
