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You Are My Faithful Clichés
This drama comes off as an "old faithful" sort if romance drama. It knew what the target audience was and it catered to those wants and needs. And overall, because it's not a flashy or ground-breaking drama, it mostly hits its targets.
If you want to know if you will like this drama, here is a taste of what is inside this storyline:
▪︎ 3 Couples
▪︎ Family drama
▪︎ Work scenes - writers/editors
▪︎ Work scenes - lawyers
▪︎ Flashbacks at the end of most episodes where people in their 30s pretend to pass for high schoolers
▪︎ 2ML friend unrequited love subplot
▪︎ 2L (smaller) subplot
▪︎ Cultural Heritage Tourism subplot
▪︎Blind dates subplot
▪︎ Cheating subplot
▪︎ Murder subplot
▪︎ Attempted SA subplot
▪︎ Entertainment Contract Rights subplot
▪︎ Family Illness subplot
▪︎ Long distance communication subplot
▪︎ More that I'm honestly forgetting
Ruan Yu (FL), and ML Xu Huaisong (ML) are almost 30, stuck in their High School crush and acting like Middle Schoolers. Xu Huaisong is a stalker and manipulater but he's adorable and too dumb to succeed on his own when it comes to her. Ruan Yu turns into a shy introvert who can barely string words together around the ML. Both of them literally drop stacks of papers upon hearing about/ seeing the other party for the first time in years. Yes, this is THAT cliché and clownish.
Their relationship develops at a snails pace because if they just admitted to liking eachother there would be no show. When they break for the cultural heritage subplot there is basically only a few scenes worth watching for their relationship progression and this subplot lasts multiple episodes. However, by the time they FULLY commit they go all in and it is essentially nothing but relationship fluff for the final episodes aside from a few other loose ends being wrapped up.
The 2nd couple were.... both cute and frustrating. Liu Mao was a Golden Retriever puppy complete with puppy dog eyes and crying scenes. Any time he was shot down or turned away it's an affront to all things cute and adorable. Meanwhile Shen Mingying was... a tough nut to crack. She was not someone who wanted a relationship and no matter what her own body, heart or soul told her she was fighting back with her mind building barriers and saying "no".
Finally we had Xu Huaishi and Zhao Yi, friends in High School where he has a crush on her. These two were some of the best scenes for 'me' personally. Xu Husishi always comes off as THE most mature person in the entire drama, an old soul that can handle "almost" anything that comes her way. And for what she can't handle, she's got Zhao Yi behind her as well as the two leads.
Essentially, this drama is a masterclass of clichés to make a drama that will have someone enjoy SOME part if not all the drama as long as that person is indeed looking for an "generic, formulaic, feel-good" multi-character-driven rom-com.
Final Rating 6/10
If you want to know if you will like this drama, here is a taste of what is inside this storyline:
▪︎ 3 Couples
▪︎ Family drama
▪︎ Work scenes - writers/editors
▪︎ Work scenes - lawyers
▪︎ Flashbacks at the end of most episodes where people in their 30s pretend to pass for high schoolers
▪︎ 2ML friend unrequited love subplot
▪︎ 2L (smaller) subplot
▪︎ Cultural Heritage Tourism subplot
▪︎Blind dates subplot
▪︎ Cheating subplot
▪︎ Murder subplot
▪︎ Attempted SA subplot
▪︎ Entertainment Contract Rights subplot
▪︎ Family Illness subplot
▪︎ Long distance communication subplot
▪︎ More that I'm honestly forgetting
Ruan Yu (FL), and ML Xu Huaisong (ML) are almost 30, stuck in their High School crush and acting like Middle Schoolers. Xu Huaisong is a stalker and manipulater but he's adorable and too dumb to succeed on his own when it comes to her. Ruan Yu turns into a shy introvert who can barely string words together around the ML. Both of them literally drop stacks of papers upon hearing about/ seeing the other party for the first time in years. Yes, this is THAT cliché and clownish.
Their relationship develops at a snails pace because if they just admitted to liking eachother there would be no show. When they break for the cultural heritage subplot there is basically only a few scenes worth watching for their relationship progression and this subplot lasts multiple episodes. However, by the time they FULLY commit they go all in and it is essentially nothing but relationship fluff for the final episodes aside from a few other loose ends being wrapped up.
The 2nd couple were.... both cute and frustrating. Liu Mao was a Golden Retriever puppy complete with puppy dog eyes and crying scenes. Any time he was shot down or turned away it's an affront to all things cute and adorable. Meanwhile Shen Mingying was... a tough nut to crack. She was not someone who wanted a relationship and no matter what her own body, heart or soul told her she was fighting back with her mind building barriers and saying "no".
Finally we had Xu Huaishi and Zhao Yi, friends in High School where he has a crush on her. These two were some of the best scenes for 'me' personally. Xu Husishi always comes off as THE most mature person in the entire drama, an old soul that can handle "almost" anything that comes her way. And for what she can't handle, she's got Zhao Yi behind her as well as the two leads.
Essentially, this drama is a masterclass of clichés to make a drama that will have someone enjoy SOME part if not all the drama as long as that person is indeed looking for an "generic, formulaic, feel-good" multi-character-driven rom-com.
Final Rating 6/10
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