When I Fly Towards You

Partners and Friends for Life.

I watched this and expected lot of tropes and fluff...but boy, was I wrong. This drama skyrocketed on the top of my fave youth dramas. The story and the acting was just perfect.

I liked and loved watching all 5 of them grow up. The friendship of GF LR ZZ JJ and GR made me realize how relationships formed through being the good and the bad and everything in between makes the bond of friendship beautiful, nostalgic, and perfect.

The story was paced well. It never felt rushed despite the fast track from senior high to college to their adult life.

Likes:
-ZZ and LR - After the cp of one and only and forever and ever. These two are the healthiest couple in cdramaland. Since they were friends to til when they were in a relationship, they have no misunderstandings, defined goals as individuals and as a couple, they literally grew up together.
-GR and JJ - the typical enemies to friends to lovers, they bicker like cats and dogs but when one is in need the other is there. Their love story developed late but didn't feel rushed at all.
-GF and Granny - was so happy the writer didn't give him a love story bit his character embodied a filial grandson and good friend. A third wheel to his friends that are a couple.
Granny is a friend to these kids. She imparted very good advice and slice of life words to all of them.

Dislike:
LR parents - their favoritism towards LR younger brother ruined the brothers relationship. If the younger brother didn't stand up to them and runaway would LR still suffer from their mistreatment The brother wanted a relationship with his LR but because of them LR became wary of his own brother. I hated them.
YZX - that classmate who kept on trying to set up and ruin ZZ. She should have been expelled after all that.

If it wasn't for LR parents would have scored this a 10

24 eps is just enough but felt like it was not enough.

I like the last voice over:

LR: "If fate could have told me in advance that I would meet such a person could I have chosen to meet her a little earlier?...It was like a hint that my light was coming."
ZZ: "It was that glance, just that quick glance that brought ius together for life. So precisely.


The ost is so good and it fit the drama and the lyrics are just perfect for the moments they were played for.

Definitely a must rewatch.

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One of Best Youth High-School Chinese Dramas to Watch

I REALLY LOVE THIS SHOW!

At first, I did not expect this drama would be my interest because I felt like the plot was the same with all aired dramas in the past. But I was wrong! The story is interesting enough to keep going to next episode. The characters of FL and ML, even the friendship are also really great. The FL is a smart, cheerful, thoughtful person who I love the most, not the clingy, dumb, childish (thanks to the writer for a more mature FL character).

Beside their friendship, what I love the most is also the communication between our main couple. Since they are in high school, they have good understanding for each other so in their adult phase, they are compatible enough even though they are busy with their college and work.

Thanks for a healthy show, with healthy relationships that resulted in beautiful growth for each of them. Rewatching this later is definitely on the agenda! :)

PS: Based on this show, is it true that men and women can never be friends? Since there are two couple formed in this show HAHAHA XD

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Remind me so much of another drama.

When does it get better? Don’t get me wrong, it’s cute but I’m on episode 6 and I think I’m going to give it another episode before I drop it. This show reminds me so much of A Love So Beautiful (which I didn’t like) with a perky, obsessed FL and a stoic ML. I know he has a reason for being that way but all ML have reasons.

Seriously though why do they make these high school girls so forward when they like a guy? They are out there following them around even when the guys doesn’t show interest (as audiences we see the tiny smiles but the FL doesn’t!). I’m trying to remember if I’ve ever encountered any girls like that in school but came up with nothing.

The cast is fine but the FL remind me so much of a younger Esther Yu. I am already not the biggest fan of EY so it’s been taxing.

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Worth watching only without expectations

I was so excited and had high expectations before watching this drama as people around me were praising it so much but after started watching it, i saw that i had it all wrong.

The story line wasn’t so bad, I would say the storyline was good but this drama would have been far better if the acting of the casts were better, the female lead of this drama, her acting didn’t feel like real to me, I think its because i had so many expectations from it.

I couldn’t finish the whole drama cause it felt like a time waste totally, still i tried so hard to finish it and watched till 16episodes but it bored me. Some scenes were good, i have to agree, like the scenes from the beach and the scenes from aquarium, I liked those scenes. aside these it was pretty boring.

I think this drama would be good to you if you watch it without any expectations, don't watch it if you have too much expectations, then you will feel boring like me. This is a high school drama so it would be good to you if you are in school, maybe its worth one time watching. I don't know if I can but still I will try watching the rest episodes and see if it gets better after 16 episodes.

To be honest, the ost was pretty good and I'm kinda addicted to it<33

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Second lead couple deserves their own drama

The drama itself is fine, no toxicity, not a lot of plot, mostly just something to watch to pass time. However, after watching until the middle of the drama I realized I was only watching the next episode, hoping to see the second lead couple. Not that there's anything wrong with Zhang Lurang and Su Zaizai, just I find their story to be a bit boring. They were sometimes cute ig but their trope was not something for me, the she falls in love first sight and he slowly falls in love too, their scenes together did not spark anything within me.

Honestly I much prefer the second lead couple, for me, their trope and story are much better. Gu Ran and Jiang Jia enemies to frenemies to lovers was giving everything I needed, I was fr giggling and kicking my feet at every little screen time they had. The reason why I dropped this drama is because I didn't want to waste time watching a drama where I have no interest in the main couple and the only couple I am watching for is done no justice .

I really wish that the second lead couple had more screen time, but they barely had any to development their relationship. I swear I need a season 2 with them as the main or maybe another drama with their actors cause they have SM potential as a couple.

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Dropped: A Nostalgic High School Watch

This is a drop review—commentary on the first half of the season.

I’m halfway through and have decided to stop here. I was really curious going in, especially after seeing how often this drama gets shared. Alongside Hidden Love, it seems to be one of the modern dramas people connect with most. After being impressed with Zhou Yiran in Generation to Generation and enjoying him in Twelve Letters, I’ve been going back to some of his earlier work—I also recently finished him in Reborn.

Main thoughts: I appreciated the nostalgic tone and was immediately pulled into its high school setting—the light, social atmosphere and familiar rhythms of student life. However, the central storyline focuses too heavily on the main relationship, which ultimately doesn’t land for me. That said, the supporting cast is a highlight. I love the community of friends, and the second leads. The school-life elements are genuinely enjoyable: watching them grow through ordinary, everyday moments in a suburban town evokes a sense of familiarity and longing for the past.

However, the core romantic dynamic just isn’t for me and it takes up too much screen time. It may resonate more with viewers who enjoy soft and innocent relationships. Still, I’m glad I gave it a chance.

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If you want to feel happy, watch this show

Truly the best romance comedy drama I've ever watched, apart from 2 episodes in the middle, every episode left me feeling so happy, it was such a pleasure to watch this show.
Half the time I was squealing with delight at the characters attempts to show interest in eachother, so much fun!
I loved both the 2nd leads, their ability to be so obtuse yet so funny leads to such a great payoff in the end.
The concept of recording your youth and using that in later scenes to display affection for one another is so heartwarming, it made me tear up many times.
If I can have a love so pure, I'd die a happy person.

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You don't need conflicts to have a wonderful story. Sometimes we just need peace in love.

If you are someone who loves to watch dramas without complicated plots and issues. You should give this a try. It's fun, cute, mature and healthy show that would make you reflect about why we complicate life. The drama is light, but it touches issues about insecurities, understanding, communication and security.

This drama gave me the kind of peace I hope for in a relationship, be it romance or friendship. Two people giving the kind of support and understanding that is rarely seen today and friends that would be with you without doubt. The story is simple, yet it will you such warmth you never thought you needed. The most important thing is that it teaches you that distance and differences should never be a source of conflict to break a good relationship. It might require trust, effort and maturity but growing in different surrounding doesn't mean that you are growing apart.

I really love how brave the main lead in expressing their thoughts and feelings.

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Cutest Couple Ever!

Omg okay- I've watched this drama right when it came out, which was the summer of 2023, June, I think. I'm making a review now because I've recently just made an account on mydramalist, and the first drama I thought to write a review on was this drama! :)

I remember watching this drama alongside Hidden Love, but I honestly would go straight to wifty when a new ep came out. And that is all because simply this was ONE of Chinese drama of 2023 from me. Everything about this drama is good. The friendship, the romance, the emotional depth, the character growth, and the beautiful cinematography all come together to create a compelling and heartwarming story that resonates long within you. I can't say enough about this drama, it's just so beautiful. Like the way all the characters just understand each other, and all rely on each other. Ahh I love them truly. There was no love triangle, which for me If I see a love triangle in a drama it's an immediate off putting, like I just can't stand it. Our female lead falls for our male lead at first sight, and she doesn't deny it or try to think otherwise, which I honestly don't like when they drag the "liking" part of the characters, but this drama doesn't at all. Except maybe for the second couple, but there love story is so cute and I understand why they kind of it drag it, but it was in a good way trust me:) On the other hand our Male lead is a bit on the shy side at first, but omg the way the directors put it in the little details that he liked her too from the beginning is so adorable. Same for our second couple, there literally the cutest, and omgg I feel bad for our Guran (the boy with the grandma), he has no love interest, but I would've loved it if he did have one, but ahh he just adds to the comedic part of the drama and it's so healing. This drama all just comes together to be the best drama for me. The OST is beautiful as well, I listen to it all the time and omg I just get scenes replaying in my head.

~Please watch this drama, this the type of the drama that'll make you forget about the true reality of the real world, and you'll just fall in deep to how beautiful and well done it was. ⋆. ୨୧˚⋆

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