When I Fly Towards You

Perfect youth drama!!!

I started this drama in early September before school got busy. It started great. The casual meeting of the main leads and the friendship between the main cast was the sweetest thing. Starting the drama, I could not relate to the plot as I hadn't met a group of friends that I connected to. I stopped watching for a while because of school and I had to focus. Now finishing this drama during summer break has been heartbreaking. I made so many new friends this year and now I don't want to lose them. Watching this drama reminded me of my friends and how we are all moving on, pursuing new goals. There is no longer a see you tomorrow as there is no more tomorrow, when September rolls by, we will all be in university.

Aside from this, the drama itself was short and sweet. A perfect blend of friendship and high school romance. High school lovers until they grew up. I love how the female lead was so bubbly and presistance. How could you not fall for someone so persistent? The main male lead WAS A WALKING GREEN FLAG. No matter what happens, he always stays by the female lead and on her side, avoiding any conflict that could lead to misunderstanding. The perfect guy. I loved the friendship displayed in this drama, the sweet interactions, and how each one of them cared for each other. The second lead was just as cute. It took them a while to figure out each other's feelings but it was worth it. Something I didn't like was towards the end of the drama. things felt a little bit rushed. After the main leads got together, the whole plot sped up, moving through high school, then university getting jobs growing up, and getting married. It kinda diverged from a sweet high school rom-com to a more grown-up version, but the female lead was still giving vibes of immaturity despite being an adult. Some scenes were a little cringy but you can ignore that because the main leads chemistry was off the charts. It was amazing, the way they understood each other so well, and how the female lead managed to bring out the cheerful and happy side of the male lead was perfect. Overall really good drama, was pretty short which makes it perfect for people who don't have a lot of time or patience to go through intense long episodes. This drama was refreshing and helped to clean the plate from all the heavy plot, and a lot of misunderstandings.

Definitely recommend it for anyone to watch, high schoolers who need something to relax, or even adults to help them remember their childhood and how life was for them. I 100% recommend it! I just wished Guan Fang found someone because my boy was so lonely and single. He became the fifth wheel everywhere they went.

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A drama that would stay with me for a long time.

This is a perfect drama in my heart and no one can tell me otherwise.

It's been more than a week since I watched this and I've watched many shows since then but I still couldn't stop thinking about this. Seeing clips from the drama on social media still makes my heart flutter and reminds me of the best time I had watching this.

I think words can't explain how much I love everything about this drama. It makes me nostalgic for a past I didn't have. I was attached to all the characters and even though this wasn't supposed to be too sad, it unexpectedly made me cry. It seems as if I felt what they were going through. Maybe that is actually the secret formula. At least once in our lives, we also liked someone so much and hoped they liked us back. We found friends who felt like family.

Zhang Lurang is definitely a good man, a man written by a woman but I think the best character award goes to Su Zai Zai. She is confident and she knows her worth. She goes after what she wants. She is kind but she also stands up for herself when she knows she's right. Honestly, she's the kind of woman I hope to be.

I highly recommend this drama if you want a good drama that will leave you with a full and happy heart.

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Ser perseverante tiene sus recompensas!

Empezando por los protagonistas 10/10
al igual con los secundarios, cada personaje está escrito a la perfección, cada uno cuenta con un desarrollo, poco a poco los vamos conociendo y la verdad es que te encariñas con el grupito de amigos, al punto que te hace querer unos amigos tan buenos como estos!

La historia avanza lento pero seguro, siempre hay un suceso nuevo para contar, realmente sientes que vas conociendo a cada protagonista mientras avanza la historia, se siente natural y nada forzado, me hizo recordar mi época del colegio, y me hizo sentir calidez, y querer volver a vivir esos tiempos de despreocupación, querer volver a divertirte sin pensar demás, a enamorarte y a soñar!

Los episodios 16, 17 me destrozaron el corazón. Mi hermoso niño Rang Rang, te merecías unos padres más cariñosos y comprensivos!

El final es perfecto para la historia.

Después de ver este drama vas a sentir que algo falta en tu vida, así que no te arrepientas de ser feliz, solo hay una vida, vivela haciendo las cosas bien, sé gentil como Rang Rang, sé cariñoso y feliz como Su Zai zai.

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What u must know before starting the drama!

My opening statement - A MUST watch, worth it, sweet, slow burn romance and amazing friendship!

See, other reviews have already covered why this drama is worth watching and told you about the praises. While reading the reviews, i came across some negative points which I totally respect, everyone has a different opinion, but I feel they need a bit clarification. No point in degrading a drama unnecessarily because we are not able to find the 'why' of the things we find irritating.

1. Storyline - some view the storyline as predictable and a cliche. I believe that was actually intended! Most modern cdramas are about office romance and love stories involving many ups and downs and stuff, but very few actually portray the old, comfortable storylines of a secret crush transformed into a sweet relationship in school, then followed in college, how long distance relationship worked so well too when ML character switched schools, and a perfect ending where they get married. This is the ideal love story almost everyone wishes for irl, but ofc that isn't possible or is extremely rare. Thus, sometimes, such 'boring' storylines become a comfort zone.
2. Male Lead Character - the character has a kind of introverted nature, which is actually quite common for the top students! This is because of the family pressure, the pressure of consistent results, expectations and desperation to do well in life. Staying devoted to academics can tend to affect the nature of a person in this way. It's justified. The FL character is sweet and bubbly and can be observed because that is in her nature! That's how she grew up. She is more lifeloving and believes in 'staying in the moment' rather that focusing majorly on academics and worrying about the future. Again, it's justified.
3. Rushed ending - obviously this drama was meant to be kept short hence the 24 eps. And tbh there is no need to go into the details of the after marriage era as they have already depicted the school, college and job journeys. But knowing that they had a baby shouldn't be a problem, it's just an extension for those who crave for more but cuz of the limitations of the script, can't witness the same.

P. S. I especially love zhou yiran's and guo zhe's acting! They depicted the charcaters so well, and I really can't imagine someone else playing the ML this WELL.

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Grumpy x Sunshine but make it sweet and healthy way!

So it's 2am and I just finished this drama and decided to write my first review while drying my happy tears.

I had way different expectations when I started. watching this drama, I thought it will be stupid low IQ FL and smart yet cold ML, full of clichés and frustrating misundertandings but boy I was wrong.

I have decided to watch this drama after finishing few historical dramas, almost all are 40 eps, where they take u up to the sky with emotions and shatter your heart down so i needed something light and sweet to lift my mood, and since I had this drama in my PTW for a while, I am happy that I decided to watch it now!

The main lead's chemistery was so good that they made me pay for Youku App just to binge watch the drama with no interrupting and watch all the BTS, since I couldn't have enough of them.

She is literally rays of sunshine and he is a green forest, both are smart in their own ways, know their values and trust each other no matter what happens, side charachters were also supportive and cute that I didn't skip any scene of them.

I feel like this drama is perfect when it comes to the story, acting and length, and the best important part to me, a great completed happy ending, no need to use your imagination to think of what happened to them afterwards!!

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Evoked feel good emotions, so it was lovely to watch

A very good youth romance that evoked feel good emotions, so it was lovely to watch.

Had light comedy which placed a smile on my face as well as some difficulties that brought on the tears.

A good story that wasn't too cheesy with every day life events taking place through out high school, college, internships, etc. The actors did really well in their respective roles and the love between main leads were believable.

Production and Visual FX as well as OST were great as well.

Rewatch : highly likely when I am in need of a feel good series.

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A love letter dedicated to youth

Ah!... I love romance, I love seeing people falling in love. I loved the couples in this drama. But I gotta say, my most favorite thing here was the group. I loved everything in this drama but I simply ADORED their friendship. I wish I had friends like that in my teen years. Damn I wish I had friends like them today!

This drama made me feel so much nostalgia for my school days. But also, it made me feel sad for not having that for myself. A lot of moments I kinda felt were bittersweet because of that. But I think that's good cuz it's meaningful in a way. Actually this drama can be very deep sometimes. Like in the end of ep 10, all of what Zaizai says about grandmas, but especially the part when she says that she misses her grandma but doesn't dare say it to her father cuz he certainly misses his mom too. It was so beautiful! I almost cried. Other moments and quotes I liked are:
- In ep 19 when Gu Ran wrote a letter to Jiang Jia and he says "all life encounters are reencounters after a long time apart" it resonated to me and I felt it;
- At the end of ep 9, Zaizai says "every existence is meaningful to someone" and that everyone is somehow special for somebody;
- In ep 18, the conversation between Guan Fang and his grandma after her surgery. It made me really feel how time passes and one day we'll have to be the ones taking care of our parents.

Second couple is really cute. I liked them just as much as the main couple. Unfortunately they only get together in the penultimate ep so they had practically no screen time together doing couple things. It was sad bc they had a lot of potential and I really liked them.

ML's parents were the worst, I hated them. The way they treated his younger brother Luli better than Lurang and always put all the blame for anything bad related to Luli on Lurang infuriated me. It was so sad seeing Lurang distancing himself from Luli due to that and Luli sad for not being able to have a brother relationship with him. I just wished that when Lurang become an adult he stopped talking to his parents bc they don't deserve him. Fortunately, they resolved their issues and now they can be brothers for real, regardless of what their parents do to Lurang. And the drama kinda forgets all this plot after the brothers reconcile so we don't know if Lurang still goes through this after graduating.

I missed them as a group in the final eps. They chose to focus on the main couple after graduating from school and the side characters were left aside a little. They could've showed more of the leads's friends after graduating. What they were working or anything in specific. Although I loved them as group in school (and I loved it all for real, the best part of everything) they spent too much time working on their time at school that when they became adults it all felt rushed. The drama lost a little of what made it so special. But it was good regardless of that. It was well-rounded and complete the way it was.

OSTs for this drama were really good. Besides there being many, they really set the tone and energy for each scene. I loved their vibes. And the visuals on the overall are stunning. The opening is so sweet with videos of the group filmed with a recorder. It's all so nostalgic it put me in the right vibe for the eps.

So that was it. I super reccomend this drama if you like slice-of-life youth dramas. It had the perfect amount of romance, friendship, a little bit of found family and healing. What I want to say is that I felt so moved watching this. It was a love letter dedicated to the youth.

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