I loved it. The baseball games are a mess, the romance is cliché, and the story is predictable… But it is SO…
No really, lol. I was so annoyed at some shit : the team all proud and not at all affected by the injury they did to the opposing team pitcher. Really? There's nothing more embarrassing as a player to hurt the opposing pitcher, and they win thanks to that, but are all proud and all at the end? Wow, I would have runaway and hid myself deep under the ground. They are very young, they shouldn't be okay hurting people and being all proud like that… Do they have an ounce of sportsmanship? Tsk tsk.
Plus all of the wtf moments like the weird batting moves of Xiao Song… Is he a majorette?
And I'm still annoyed at Wu Tong storyline… I cried a lot, was VERY happy when he reconciliated with his father… But why did Wu Tong has to say sorry? He did what he had to do as a child ('cause yes, middle school/high school is child level, sorry). But when his father was so scared he didn't tell his son that his mother DIED, and when his son wasn't eating, he was too scared to face him, so he let him go. What? I know the father must have a lot of pain, with a sick wife telling his to lie and a child who hates him, but you're still a FATHER. You need to protect your child, not runaway from him.
I loved it. The baseball games are a mess, the romance is cliché, and the story is predictable… But it is SO charming.
I'm not a fan of the adults storyline except when there's Teacher Bai (best sidekick ever) or the little girl in the scenes. Tao Xi and An Mi are cute, but there is really so little to do with them, even though thy have so much screentime, at least the boys storyline always had new characters and new stories, but the adult storyline felt looooooong… Way too long.
But I came to this drama for the TFBOYS, and that's the quality I got. Their bromance is everything, their relationship with the members of the baseball team, their classmates, and the adults were the best part of the show. We got 3 amazingly cliché characters, with a charming twist : the calm perfect student is a fox in disguise (<3) and always trying to help, the rude tsundere is still an extremely hardworking, professional, and can let go of his pride to help people, and the energic idiot is…. still an energic idiot, but a more mature one than I thought.
If you came to this drama for the bromance like me, you'll like it. If you came for the TFBOYS you'll love it, too. They are great, and I love their friendship, especially Wu Tong and Yin Ke, their past together, the way they look out for Xiao Song , and when they don't need words to understand each others.
If you came for the sports, or the romance, you can go, lol. The sport is a nice element to the story, but if you know a little about baseball, you will be desperate in front of all the WTF of this drama. It's still really charming when you ignore it. The romance is really meh, but the characters are cute.
I saw the first 12 episodes on YouTube and its really really good. Plus, the good translation help, too. It's been a while since I saw such a good translation on "modern time" chinese dramas (and not only historical ones).
From the trailer, it seems that it's the story of Iwai, an ex-prosecutor who became a lawyer after an incident with a politician he couldn't catch. One day, a young man comes at his door, saying that he's getting death letters, and that someone tried to push him under a moving train. He is Tag, a popular Youtuber, and will assist Iwai with his cases, forming a duo that help solves incidents linked to the internet. Iwai will also discovers that Tag is the son of the politician he couldn't catch. Why did Tag came to Iwai for help? And who is the one trying to kill him?
Idk what to think about the first episode. At first I was excited to watch it because of the original concept, but the first episode was… surprising. I was excepting to find the students and their studies a lot more interesting than the teacher, who seemed boring, but it wasn't like that.
I find it funny, seeing host and cabaret classes, until I discover the 2 others classes : prostitute and manager. One is girl only and one is guy only. What the fuck? It was like a cold shower. At least host is more or less equal to cabaret girl, but manager is only a guy job and prostitue is only a girl job? Was it supposed to be a joke or...?
Wow, I though it was gonna be a funny story but based on the trailer, it seems it will be very touching. I love how they're describing it as a "love" story between the two, but what kind of love, we'll see…
My favorite character is Taichi , because he is the most complex of all, in the manga at least. The characterization is a lot more interesting in the manga, of course, and everything is very simplified in the movies, but I liked it a lot.
Even if the story isn't the same, the movies are a great adaptation ! The atmosphere, the characters, the visuals are very respectful of the manga.
This movie is the best, in my opinion, because of the relationship between Taichi and Suo, with is the best thing the manga has done. I love them, the dialogues, the way the developed SO MUCH thanks to each others. I love this friendship, especially in the events "after" this movie (even though the movie doesn't follow the manga's storyline).
Definitely isn't the perfect drama but very enjoyable. I don't know if it's because I'm a woman myself but I loved this main character. She's incredibly messed up, and made the life of a lot of men miserable bit I loved her.
China has like 4x the population of all the other countries on the list combined.
And? You're talking like what you're saying isn't obvious.
It's a basic knowledge that China has a lot of people, and that their cinema industry is massive. Especially on an Asian site like kisskh, where people (just a little) interested in Asian cinema.
As a non-chinese person, who's living in a not-so-big country, who's not used to such massive amount of money for movies, I'm saying that those numbers are crazy high, and I'm impressed.
I know that you didn't understand what I was saying, and you though I was saying that China is a better country than others or something like that but no : I knew that those numbers are here because of the population, not because they make better movies, or people go to the theatre more. Doesn't change that those numbers are impressive, like China's population is impressive, or the numbers of votes on Idol producer was impressive...
I liked this article, don't watch the show but heard about it. :)
But the "fun fact" don't seems really fun to me. ^^' Your sister seems to be a difficult person to deal with… I can't even imagine my big brothers talking to me like that, even if they're extremely angry at me, they'll still let me talk…
Anyway, really nice article. Made me want to watch it. Maybe I'll binge-watch it, because like your mother and sister, I can understand japanese ;)
Its slow... I really want to like it because the visuals are AMAZING, but I'm getting really bored in front of my screen. I know a lot of Chinese period drama are like that, but this one is just... too much. The episodes are 45 minutes but it feels like 1H30...
Well, it's not like Mandopop needs international popularity to do very well. ^^'
They're so many, that they don't do any work to be popular outside of China. It's like for the MMORPGs, even if a game is a huge success in China, they won't try to sell the rights, or translate it, because they don't need it.
Same for movies & dramas, they don't try to do some promotions internationally. It's a nightmare for all the international fans that can't speak chinese T^T (because there's not as much fansub as K-pop or K-dramas).
Chinese productions just don't care about the outside world, they make enough money just with China T^T
K-Drama 
After a lot of time, I finally found the raws and tried but I can't understand a thing lol
They are very young, they shouldn't be okay hurting people and being all proud like that… Do they have an ounce of sportsmanship? Tsk tsk.
Plus all of the wtf moments like the weird batting moves of Xiao Song… Is he a majorette?
And I'm still annoyed at Wu Tong storyline… I cried a lot, was VERY happy when he reconciliated with his father… But why did Wu Tong has to say sorry? He did what he had to do as a child ('cause yes, middle school/high school is child level, sorry). But when his father was so scared he didn't tell his son that his mother DIED, and when his son wasn't eating, he was too scared to face him, so he let him go. What? I know the father must have a lot of pain, with a sick wife telling his to lie and a child who hates him, but you're still a FATHER. You need to protect your child, not runaway from him.
The baseball games are a mess, the romance is cliché, and the story is predictable… But it is SO charming.
I'm not a fan of the adults storyline except when there's Teacher Bai (best sidekick ever) or the little girl in the scenes. Tao Xi and An Mi are cute, but there is really so little to do with them, even though thy have so much screentime, at least the boys storyline always had new characters and new stories, but the adult storyline felt looooooong… Way too long.
But I came to this drama for the TFBOYS, and that's the quality I got. Their bromance is everything, their relationship with the members of the baseball team, their classmates, and the adults were the best part of the show. We got 3 amazingly cliché characters, with a charming twist : the calm perfect student is a fox in disguise (<3) and always trying to help, the rude tsundere is still an extremely hardworking, professional, and can let go of his pride to help people, and the energic idiot is…. still an energic idiot, but a more mature one than I thought.
If you came to this drama for the bromance like me, you'll like it.
If you came for the TFBOYS you'll love it, too. They are great, and I love their friendship, especially Wu Tong and Yin Ke, their past together, the way they look out for Xiao Song , and when they don't need words to understand each others.
If you came for the sports, or the romance, you can go, lol. The sport is a nice element to the story, but if you know a little about baseball, you will be desperate in front of all the WTF of this drama. It's still really charming when you ignore it. The romance is really meh, but the characters are cute.
A really nice drama!
He is Tag, a popular Youtuber, and will assist Iwai with his cases, forming a duo that help solves incidents linked to the internet.
Iwai will also discovers that Tag is the son of the politician he couldn't catch. Why did Tag came to Iwai for help? And who is the one trying to kill him?
I was excepting to find the students and their studies a lot more interesting than the teacher, who seemed boring, but it wasn't like that.
I find it funny, seeing host and cabaret classes, until I discover the 2 others classes : prostitute and manager. One is girl only and one is guy only. What the fuck? It was like a cold shower.
At least host is more or less equal to cabaret girl, but manager is only a guy job and prostitue is only a girl job? Was it supposed to be a joke or...?
I love how they're describing it as a "love" story between the two, but what kind of love, we'll see…
My favorite character is Taichi , because he is the most complex of all, in the manga at least. The characterization is a lot more interesting in the manga, of course, and everything is very simplified in the movies, but I liked it a lot.
Even if the story isn't the same, the movies are a great adaptation ! The atmosphere, the characters, the visuals are very respectful of the manga.
This movie is the best, in my opinion, because of the relationship between Taichi and Suo, with is the best thing the manga has done. I love them, the dialogues, the way the developed SO MUCH thanks to each others. I love this friendship, especially in the events "after" this movie (even though the movie doesn't follow the manga's storyline).
I love it X'D
This post is gold <3
You're talking like what you're saying isn't obvious.
It's a basic knowledge that China has a lot of people, and that their cinema industry is massive. Especially on an Asian site like kisskh, where people (just a little) interested in Asian cinema.
As a non-chinese person, who's living in a not-so-big country, who's not used to such massive amount of money for movies, I'm saying that those numbers are crazy high, and I'm impressed.
I know that you didn't understand what I was saying, and you though I was saying that China is a better country than others or something like that but no : I knew that those numbers are here because of the population, not because they make better movies, or people go to the theatre more. Doesn't change that those numbers are impressive, like China's population is impressive, or the numbers of votes on Idol producer was impressive...
But the "fun fact" don't seems really fun to me. ^^'
Your sister seems to be a difficult person to deal with… I can't even imagine my big brothers talking to me like that, even if they're extremely angry at me, they'll still let me talk…
Anyway, really nice article. Made me want to watch it. Maybe I'll binge-watch it, because like your mother and sister, I can understand japanese ;)
I really want to enjoy it... T^T
They're so many, that they don't do any work to be popular outside of China.
It's like for the MMORPGs, even if a game is a huge success in China, they won't try to sell the rights, or translate it, because they don't need it.
Same for movies & dramas, they don't try to do some promotions internationally.
It's a nightmare for all the international fans that can't speak chinese T^T (because there's not as much fansub as K-pop or K-dramas).
Chinese productions just don't care about the outside world, they make enough money just with China T^T