What are the chances that subs will get better for this? Whether that means YT subs or otherwise-- would love to immerse myself 100% in this drama, which decent subs would help w, as Im sure it would for others. But not sure since I dont usually watch MangoTV dramas
I recently watched a cdrama thats a new favorite of mine with similar plot points-- but with the genders reversed (nothing but you). Very curious how this will feel as well!!! Sucker for a good hope filled sports drama (hopefulllyyy with some good friendship if not relationship vibes haha)
Its the director of okay thats love, not the writer. But yeah!!
Yep! Had referred to the director and how he's directed a lot of slice of life recently, and how there's a specific type of directing and touch that goes into that kind of production--and it's experience that I think will translate well here! uwu very excited!
Wow very excited from the synopsis and the cast and the director! It's Okay That's Love has such a place in my heart, can totally see some of that directing / background working so well here in addition to his other slice of life style, ahhhhh so excited!
shout out to victor ma too, loving his performance as sang yan!
Half of the reason I feel like I'm keeping up with this drama is because of him 😂 too funny! Even with him on the phone with DJX in the hospital, his voice being so loud was too funny and so on brand for him hahaha
Yes it's very common. I wasn't even raised in China, and my parents encouraged me to call older kids who we are…
Ooo maybe! My parents grew up in Shanghai, so maybe that's it! Huh, love the warm culture though! Cute to think that our leads here mightve also grown up under a similar cultural background as you! c: Sounds nice
very common. Although a younger man spontaneously would address a much older (friend of "surrogate family" or…
Interesting, I have the yeye and shushu and ayi concepts, but not the gege jiejie pieces. I guess in the process of immigrating here, my family dropped some traditions haha. I saw it always as the elders of the family we're close to need that.. respect / closeness that addressing them as family brings, but the older kids were just.. kids? Haha, so interesting, thanks for sharing the experience!
Yes it's very common. I wasn't even raised in China, and my parents encouraged me to call older kids who we are…
Ahh interesting, I had the calling friends' parents aunt and uncle, but never gege/jiejie for older kids. Funny how the diaspora experience can be so truncated / varied! Haha thanks for the context! Im thinking if maybe some of it has to do with my parents being older and part of the cultural revolution times--when I asked my mom about this, she also said it'd be weird to call an older friend gege, ha, but I'm sure much has changed since then!
I have a question for Chinese speakers.. is it typical for someone to call an older person gege even if they're not biologically related? I speak some Chinese, but I'm an ABC and saying gege to anyone who's not my biological brother feels so weird, haha. If I imagine calling my brother's friends xx-gege and them calling me meimei, it makes it very difficult for me to imagine still crushing on them haha. In meimei/gege territory. "Let gege do this for you". It makes me feel weird haha. I dont know if this is typically the case for Chinese people though-- I might just have a weird, limited experience on my end.
I love the drama so far. Although I would like to acknowledge the lack of cohesiveness in some places. For example…
Definitely breaks the immersion a little! I haven't read the novel, but the direction here def makes it feel like.. a lot of things arent deliberate, if that makes sense? The omissions feel.. random and not done smoothly. I had to go back to see if I had missed the scene about the online boyfriend! That's not exactly something to skip over if it's a scheme your FL came up with to hide her potential embarrassment--it says a lot about her character, and isnt super intuitive to the viewer as to what her thought process was. I feel quite a bit of things like this, so the drama def comed across... less realistic in some regards? But still so so cute haha. The character dynamics are still lovely!
As the youngest and only girl with older brothers, their sibling dynamics is quite realistic. As well as having…
Interesting haha. I actually have a 7 year gap with my older brother, and I did not experience the crushing. 😂 I wanted nothing to do with him or his friends haha, always got really embarrassed around them. As a small kid, I did want to follow him around, but in middle school and onwards it turned into one of those "the less we interact, the better" type dynamics haha, even though there was gentle ribbing from time to time. I chalked it up to our age gap being just a bit too big. Hard for us to relate to each other at every stage of schooling!
Some things in this drama don't really make realistic sense, and I thought I would dislike it (as per usual, dont watch hs / first love type)... but the characters are so adorable that this makes for a guilty pleasure drama! Hope it hurries on though and goes to their current adult life-- dont want to get too attached to the younger selves!
Why did I just watch this now?? This is such a great show with amazing characters!! Would have loved some even more fluff between the leads, but alas, such is the life with jdramas haha. ♡♡♡
What's the chances of this getting a second season, anyone know? I'm not familiar with how Chinese dramas work in terms of that, nor the Chinese popularity of this drama.. any thoughts? Still havent let this drama go
This is my first c-drama that i've watched after years avoiding it (either because awful dubbing, nonsensical/hysterical…
Totally get that! I'm the same, only now just getting back into cdramas after Meet Yourself and this drama! Both of which, although not perfect, are do charming and much more relatable and modern production! I'd also recommend Stealth Walker if you dont mind slightly more action and blood & slightly less romance. It's probably one of my favorite cdramas now. Ideal City was also pretty good, a slightly more business oriented drama, with almost no romance at all. But they're all more subdued and less trite than ither dramas I've seen, including the production, and especially the characters (actual 3d female leads!)
Hmm after seeing Kang Hoon in some other things lately, I’m starting to think that he would've suited Greg Hsu's ML role more. He has that... natural similar vibe that comes from him. I'm not sure how I feel about Hyoseop taking on this role, but we'll see! Still excited!
I wasn't sure about this at the beginning but I gotta say its been getting better and better with each episode.Surely…
Completely agree! I had a number of gripes at the beginning, and definitely notice some very convenient character circumstances, but it's just such a beautiful drama with so much heart, from the shots to the characters. So lovely and warm.
It makes me feel weird haha. I dont know if this is typically the case for Chinese people though-- I might just have a weird, limited experience on my end.