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From my best drama of the month to THE WORST
This dama hurt my feelings. It's like everything went down the drain.At first, I Loved the drama. Felt like a new concept. I even gave it 9.5 at first. But the end....
It went down to a 4 because of the ending. All the effort they put in organising their life, job and career went down the drain.
I mostly feel bad about her family. She very carefully arranged pieces of her life, worked hard, made new friends, attended a top college, stopped her parents from making past mistakes, and her brother was actually doing something.
The 2nd FL also had learnt her lessons. This is so cruel. I just can't accept this. She lost everything. All the respect she had earned by herself through her bravery and hard work are all gone. It was the FLs story of not being love sick anymore, but to be a successful career-driven boss lady.
What good is gonna do for me if I lost my identity and 10 years of hard work, but at least my boyfriend remembers me????
This is no happy ending. It's a SAD ENDING. Heartbreaking soul-tearing ending. Nothing can be worse than this.
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A wonderful fluffy drama....TURNED INTO COMPLETE NONSENSE
Summit of our youth began as a drama you'd watch to pass time then suddenly changed into a drama that you will watch to vent your frustration. Perhaps the director of the drama was changed midway because there is no way a normal person would advocate for this nonsense of an ending. The SML becoming a villain was so random and unessacary and to top it all of they went back to the very beginning? Like wh?!??? The censorship in china cannot be that bad and even if it is why bother filming a drama like this? If you are currently watching this drama and you have watched up till episode 18 or 20 then I'd advise you to stop there and call it a day because you will be extremely angered.Was this review helpful to you?
lovely story
After a long time, a series that gives me the feeling of hidden love Very lovely, the actors are great and beautiful, and the story is very beautiful It has an enjoyable atmosphere, I recommend you watch itI'm very curious to know how the story will continue. Isn't the actress playing the female lead very pretty? Why hadn't I met her sooner?
I think it would have been better if there were more episodes. Although it's not over yet, I think it's a bit difficult to wrap up the series. I hope they can finish it well.
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How to f**k up the story and ending
I know I may be extreme about this review, and maybe it doesn’t deserve such a low rating from others, but from my point of view, I didn’t like how they messed up the ending.That said, I think the cast for the FL and ML was good, although there are some annoying characters, especially towards the end of the drama, which I didn’t like one bit.
We all know that at the end of the drama it was just a dream and the FL was in a coma, so shouldn’t they have shown a wholesome or slice-of-life moment in the last episode instead?
This is just my opinion, because I think it would have been a better story if they ended it nicely without adding unnecessary twists and turns. Maybe I’m wrong, since everyone has different tastes when it comes to dramas, so I apologize if someone feels it’s wrong for me to post this negative review.
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Wait what?!
This is the first time that I'll write a review, I don't know what happened but the ending is MEH!,The ML and FL was good, from ep. 1-23 ( and half ) it was good, but then the when the FL wakes it messes up the story. The ending should be better, maybe I would rewatch this if it has a different ending.
So many question to ask, what happened to YTY now that the FL is awake are they still together or did they broke up?, how about the story of GMZ, and ZSY? , or even STT before the FL woke up she is a successful businesswomen,
it was really a disappointing ending.
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Summit of Our Youth: A Journey of Dreams, Friendship, and Growth
Gu Xuejiao (Sun ZhenNi) is a contract worker whose application for full-time employment is thwarted when her program has bugs—bugs planted, she believes, by her boss, Ling ZhiHua (Chen JingKe), which ultimately causes her to quit. After narrowly avoiding an elevator accident, she finds herself time-traveling—back to age 18 and decides to dedicate herself to acing the college entrance exam. In a twist, Ling ZhiHua reappears as her tutor during this crucial period.Everything was fine until episode 18. In episode 19 don’t understand why the female lead suddenly became so angry with the male lead. She was also keeping that secret from him, wasn’t she? So why was she acting so upset with him? The ending completely ruined it for me. It made it seem like the evil second female lead came out on top in this life, while the female lead was left in the same position as before, struggling just to live a good life. Even if I try to overlook the ending and just focus on the earlier episodes, I still can’t understand why they suddenly turned the female lead’s ex into a villain. Why did he even come back after going abroad? And if he did return, why was he suddenly so obsessed with the female lead? “If you want to keep a happy impression of the drama, I’d recommend stopping at episode 18.
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When fate gives you a second chance
Summit of Our Youth is a light, addictive and fun drama that will keep you up for nights!The story starts off with Gu Xuejiao (played by Sun Zhenni) being transported back 10 years ago, back to the years she regretted the most in the future. Given a second chance in life, she decides let go of her love obsession and focus on studying and a healthy mindset. During her time as a student again, she meets Lin Zhihua (played by Chen Jingke), who in her previous life was her “ruthless boss” that she once despised, but now was her only option to climb up the ranks at school. After begging him for a long time, he finally agrees to tutor her after seeing her determined spirit.
In terms of chemistry, I was honestly speechless. They were the best thing about this show! Just put them in the same room, and I would rewatch that scene a million times, it was THAT good. You have to trust me on that. If you like leads with excellent chemistry, this show is 100% made for you, I promise.
Their relationship was satisfying to watch and just so sweet! It was kinda a slow burn (at least for us, who had to wait for just 1 episode everyday for a while T_T), but that was the best part! It made the confession and their relationship much more valuable. I loved how in the start, we could already see them slowly started falling for each other with realizing, just to be spoiled by Gu Xuejiao in the most hilarious way possible (don’t worry, they have a proper confession scene).
Now, let’s talk about the characters:
Starting with our main character and female lead, Gu Xuejiao played by actress Sun Zhenni. First of all, I’d like to point out how pretty she looked throughout the entire show, she was absolutely gorgeous, I was too busy staring at her then to read the subtitles lol. Now, moving on to the actual character; Gu Xuejiao is not just a pretty face, but a kind, intelligent, determined and fun character. Thanks to her, the show was funnier and more enjoyable. She properly uses her transportation from the future as her strength to support her and her family, but never as a shortcut in life. Everything she has now is because of her hard work and determination. Overall, she is a lovable character, a worthy female lead and one of the best parts of the show!
On the other hand, we have our male lead, Lin Zhihua played by actor Chen Jingke. He is literally a walking green flag, always understanding and caring and yes, fine as hell. I don’t know how anyone wouldn’t fall for this guy. He cares a lot about all his loved ones, one of the best example of was when Gao Rui was in a coma, in the hospital. During that time, Lin Zhihua took over all of Gao Rui’s part time jobs and spent all his days in regret, knowing that all this was easily preventable. I loved his character very much and especially his relationship with Gu Xuejiao, they complimented each other perfectly.
Supporting roles:
Gao Rui played by actor Ge Qiu Gu:
First of all, he was a real homie. He kept the leads’ relationship as a secret for 2 years, I’m genuinely impressed. He understood the meaning and importance of a real friend, and is close to both Lin Zhihua and Gu Xuejiao, so he easily understands both of the leads more than anyone else. Other than that, he was one of the really likeable characters and this show would probably would not have been this fantastic without him.
Zhou Shiyun played by actress Tu Zhi Ying:
By now, I sure everyone has heard of her, right? Now, lemme address this issue, her character is straight up HATE-ABLE, like no one and nothing can save her. She has done bad things and is still doing bad things. Gu Ming Ze is an absolute fool for loving her.
HOWEVER, we have to blame her mom for the monster she has become. In fact it’s not her fault at all. If her mom hadn’t put so much pressure on her own daughter like that, she wouldn’t have become the person she is today. Although she did have some character development after the high school arc. She gets more bearable to watch afterwards. Moving on, it feels weird defending her like that.
Gu Mingze played by actor Wu Chong Xuan:
He was such a wholesome brother. The way he covered for Gu Xuejiao was really nice (especially an older brother lol). Loved the siblings-relationship so much. But as I said earlier, HE IS AN ABSOLUTE FOOL FOR LOVING ZHOU SHIYUN. Like what did girl do to deserve a person like him?? The way he can’t tell how Shiyun’s mean personality is just straight up stupid. Anyways, he’s just a good character with bad, no, extremely poor taste.
There were also many other characters like Yi Tianyu, Sun Tian Tian, Lin Zhiyue, etc.. who all played their parts well. But if we were to talk about everyone, we would be here all day, right?
Now it’s time for the REAL question:
Does Summit of Out Youth really deserve the 9 stars I gave it?
Probably not in terms of many aspects, but do I care? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I adore this drama and it brought so much joy to my life temporarily. Even if even if the story wasn’t interesting enough, the chemistry alone is enough to deserve the 9 stars.
In conclusion, Summit of Our Youth was a great show that certainly kept me entertained (and definitely waiting too) for the time being. This is such an underrated drama. There were many aspects to love about it and you’ll know once you start watching it too. It’s worth every second of watching, I promise. Give it a try.
Although I would like to remind everyone to look at the bigger picture when watching not only this drama, but every drama out there.
Without considering the smaller details, ask yourself if you liked it or not, only then you’ll know if you truly enjoyed the drama or not.
Well, unless the small details are so bad that they become major problem and throws you off.
Anyways, thanks for making it this far. If you have any questions on the drama or opinions to share, feel free to comment.
Now, let’s all hope for a happy and satisfying ending. Enjoy your watch everyone!
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Skip the ending.
I didn’t finish it yet but reading the comments makes me sad and angry. A lot of audiences are saying the ending is obviously cut because of censorship. Surely the writers knew about the rules beforehand because China started restricting transmigration / time travel dramas for a while already??? Couldn’t they have just followed the guidelines and write an ending that made more sense while knowing for sure it will pass censorship!?? Can’t they hire a censorship professional???Sorry I’m just tired of crap, abrupt endings especially since the drama started out so strong. Skip the last 4 episodes.
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I love both leads... I love them so much that I watched the drama while it's still on going which I rarely do...I love the story, how the leads corrected their mistakes to be a better version of themselves. As well as the people around them.
But why do they need to give it an ending like that!!!
I especially feel bad for the FL' s brother:(
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A distraction I regret not dropping earlier !
It's going to be a quick review.The drama was boring as hell but the natural chemistry made my heart flutter, so of course I couldn't drop it...
The chemistry was nice but after ep14, not only it got insipid but also the cp got boring interactions with dull dialogues. The storytelling was mediocre, it feels like the writing was uninterestes by the story they choose to write LOL.
Their chemistry was, as I wrote earlier, natural (which is rare in cdramaland) but it did lack depth and intensity.
I like how the two leads carried a very natural tone in their interactions instead of forcing a fake intensity for the sake of gaining attention, but those kissing scenes felt like a very superficial fan services level type of stuff (as most cdramas have)...
The writing is dull and boring, no brain stimulation at all, the psychology around the characters has potential but of course the lazy writing ruined it, nothing was that entertaining to watch, and the directing was generic.
I had to skip most of the drama, especially all the scenes with that stupid selfish fl's brother who was evil enough to get romantically involved with his sister's bully ...
Nothing that interesting was happening, the stories aroud the 2nd characters was also boring, they turned the 2nd ml pure evil, which was cringe af.
The last 4 episodes weren't that boring but lowkey pathetic, what was the purpose of all that nonsense, like what are we supposed to learn from this? Truly disappointing, you don't need your brain to watch this drama.
Tbh, it was simply a distraction for me. Blaming censorship isn't valid, the team behind the drama could've tried better and harder to finish the storyline with a better or even just a freaking decent ending.
The whole coma situation wasn't the problem, they should have been woken up much earlier and shown us how they would reconnect in real life, they were just too lazy to even try to give something decent... Basically, we saw two people dreaming of being able to change the past and that's that LOOOOL. No aftermath.
They also chose to close the drama with a scene with that pathetic brother and the psycho girl LMAOOO, THE DISRESPECT WAS REAL, a real clownerie ... ANYWAY.
The lack of efforts and intellectual abilities in the writing was disrespectful to the audience who watched the drama.
The acting was ok, but really nothing outstanding. I feel like often the fl lacked a lot of incarnation, she had a superficial embodiment of her character. The ml did ok but I feel like he could've display more range in his facial expressions (fl too, I mean lowkey the whole cast...).
I would recommand for the people who are considering watching this drama to just watch the scenes of the cp if you want something sweet to binge watch, it's the only good thing decent you'll get from it LOL.
I have zero interest in watching this drama ever again
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It was so interesting.❤️
This drama was literally a rollercoaster of emotions and everything about this drama was perfect if you want some real good study motivation you should watch it , if you're tired and want to watch a good love story you should watch it , if you wanna divert you whole mind to another thing you should watch it I've felt some great emotions while watching itThe Chemistry of the main leads are top notch and it has been a while since I've watched a chemistry like these two There romance was mature and sweet
Just one note - IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW CDRAMA CENSORSHIP ENDINGS YOU SHOULD SKIP LAST 10 MINUTES OF THIS CDRAMA AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO
ENJOY !
THE ENDING WAS INEVITABLE AND FAKE AND THE WRITERS HAD TO BECAUSE OF SOME LAWS SO DON'T SAY THIS DRAMA IS BAD JUST BECAUSE OF THE ENDING ✨
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Draggy and badly dubbed
This drama starts off pretty, decently nothing wow but youth, ambition smart people, talented people, mean girls and muscles. Really whats not to like...Bu then it just goes on and on and onabout C1, C2 scheming and what not, taking away the sweet fluff moment's and even taking some really sweet characters and completely ruining them at an attempt from saving us from SLS or just to fill in episodes. I can think of 999 better ways to fill those episodes as they dragged out the middle the ending was so rushed I did't really catch what actually hapend.
So honestly while there is. a lot of sweetness and smart women for once the rest is just meeh and a waste of time. So if you do watch it Id say watch the school years and maybe first year of university but skip the rest or jump to the last 10 minutes, you won't really miss much.
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