Slice of life, adolescence POV
So this is a rather sweet and innocent slice-of-life drama from the adolescence POV.
That it is sweet and innocent doesn't mean it is void of seriousness: The story also contains some hardships.
We follow a group of friends growing up in the late 90's – I was around their age at that time, so even if I grew up in a different part of the world, there was some nostalgia moments here for me.
The story contains the taste of young love, the breaking point between being young and carefree and having responsibilities and consequences of your choices, appreciating your parents and family and finding your self, and the importance of friendship.
Don't expect much romance – but you will get a lot of love.
As for the characters, I found the FL Yang Xi a bit too immature. I can seriously not remember any of my friends at that age acting as childish as she did in several instances. Wang Peng did portray her well, though.
The character I liked the most was definitely Hua Biao played by Neo Huo: His story was just tugging at my heartstrings, and it was rather impossible not to like his character. Brilliant performance by Neo Huo!
The ending kind of left you wanting more, but at the same time it felt natural to end it like it did.
I was wavering between scoring this 8 or 7,5, but I ended up on 7,5 as I don't think it was very original or memorable, even though it is a nice story.
That it is sweet and innocent doesn't mean it is void of seriousness: The story also contains some hardships.
We follow a group of friends growing up in the late 90's – I was around their age at that time, so even if I grew up in a different part of the world, there was some nostalgia moments here for me.
The story contains the taste of young love, the breaking point between being young and carefree and having responsibilities and consequences of your choices, appreciating your parents and family and finding your self, and the importance of friendship.
Don't expect much romance – but you will get a lot of love.
As for the characters, I found the FL Yang Xi a bit too immature. I can seriously not remember any of my friends at that age acting as childish as she did in several instances. Wang Peng did portray her well, though.
The character I liked the most was definitely Hua Biao played by Neo Huo: His story was just tugging at my heartstrings, and it was rather impossible not to like his character. Brilliant performance by Neo Huo!
The ending kind of left you wanting more, but at the same time it felt natural to end it like it did.
I was wavering between scoring this 8 or 7,5, but I ended up on 7,5 as I don't think it was very original or memorable, even though it is a nice story.
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