MangoTree

9.5!!!!!!!

Rating by episode:
01-05: 7.50
06-11: 8.00
11-15: 8.25
15-18: 8.00
18-20: 9.25
20-24: 9.75

SHE FELL FIRST, BUT HE FELL HARDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Note 4/4/2025: thinking back, the plot itself was fine, but what really made this special is the directing (so scenes they chose) and the acting of all five leads.

Story:
-character development brilliantly done
-very healthy and not toxic
-extremely sweet
-both main CP and second CP were adorable and funny
-I like how the drama was able to be funny but not a joke
-I love how they documented their youth using videos
-happiest ending, brought many to tears
-lovely friendship
-really good communication between main CP
-a little slow burn

FL:
-love her personality
-shameless in the cutest way
-has teenage rizz for days
-knows how to stand up for herself and her friends

ML
-also love him
-got the best character development
-see this especially when he started flirting back to our fl
-he might've been cold in the beginning, but gets the "best boyfriend ever" reward

Jiang Jia (2fl) and Gu Ran (2ml) are so crazy, I love them.

I like how they showed the friend croup, especially the mcp and 2cp. When the mcp got a little slow, the 2cp was fun to watch, and when the 2cp got a little slow, the mcp was fun to watch!

Acting:
Zhang Miao Yi
-succeeded in being cute, but not cringey
-the character was already great, but this actor brought life to her
Zhou Yi Ran
-has the cutest smile, which you get to see when he is with the fl or his friends

-I like how they were able to keep an 8 year story in 24 episodes. They used time skips in a very eloquent way.
-beautiful cast
-couples had surprisingly good chemistry for a youth drama, which I really enjoyed. Many of the youth dramas I've seen before all have had lacking chemistry. Here, there is no lack.

Music:
-matched the scenes so well
-even though they used some english songs (which I usually don't like) they made me like it

Rewatch
-you can watch this over and over
-I wanna rewatch rn, but I find it more rewarding to wait at least a few months before rewatching
-nothing is toxic, only character development
-EDIT: 1/28/2025: Rewatched the last 6 episodes a few nights ago. That's like 2 weeks after I first watched it. I still laughed and happy cried the same way 😍. Couldn't stop myself from rewatching

Con:
I wish Gu Ran and Jiang Jia got together earlier.
First bits of the show had a bit 2nd hand embarrassment (but it's forgiven)

I usually don't like youth dramas. I also usually don't like female lead pursuing first. Actually, I watched the first episode of this last year and dropped it. Multiple months later, I tried again, after hearing many good reviews. This is the kind of drama that gets better as you keep watching. I soon realized that this drama is really worth watching. After watching this drama, I've started opening my heart to other youth dramas and haven't been disappointed!

So, I know that there are soooo many good reviews for this drama. It's actually good, y'all. The only way you could not love this is if you don't like great character development, sweet, cute, funny, and beautiful youth romances! Highly recommend!