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finished in 3 days: addictive!!!
Let me tell you.. I finished this drama in 3 days. It was so addictive.
I love coming of age stories but it is really hard to find a good one.
Is this show perfect? Absolutely not.
Is it worth watching for 36 episodes? Absolutely yes.
Plot: we follow the lives of a bunch of teen Agers across high school, university and into adulthood.
The thing that makes this drama stand out is that it feels way more realistic than other ones especially when it comes to the romantic aspect of life.
If I have to make it short, the leit motiv of this drama is "you might be in love with someone but he is already in love with someone else, but ehy... Keep holding on".
All the characters are somewhat intertwined in some kind of "one sided love" and it feels so real.
The script gave each of them same personal battle. We experience love at first side, love that stems from friendship, betrayal, unsure love etc.. the whole umbrella. This gives you the chance to empatize with all the characters at some level.
Friendship is a solid presence throughout the drama. This people are always there for each other no matter their personal circumstances or contrasting feelings and that was so well done and sweet to watch.
Family dynamics are a part of the drama but don't play a huge roll. The are somewhat more relevant in the "high school" days but less present later on.
The characters are well written except for some secondary characters that are just there to be the occuring "room mate" or "university collegue".
The actors did all a fantastic job, especially the main duo. These guys just make you laugh, cry, sight.. wonderful.
The highlight of the show? Definitely lu suyi. This poor guy. You cannot not fall for him. He is the greenest flag you'll ever see. I felt his pain so many times. He never give up his love even when the odds where all against him.
The female lead was lovely. Often in this teenager drama they dumm down the female protagonist but here she is resilient, a good friend, has a strong will power and genuily funny without that "cute but dummy" stereotype. Sure, she is not academically gifted like 90% of this kind of characters but she makes up with other qualities.
I loved the fact that no guy in the main group is toxic or a tsundere. Really refreshing.
This drama is pretty long and some dynamics start to feel a bit repetitive at the end but to my surprise I didn't find any episode to be boring.
Sure I skipped some parts related to some couple but that was just me trying to find out about the main trio.
Complaints?
Expected maybe more high school episodes. They end pretty quickly.
The passing of time is not really done well.
It is hard sometimes to know how much time has passed. Even though their attention to details like the technology available at a certain given time.
University wise: they did very little study. Especially the main guy which is supposed to be a medical student.🤣
University life was pretty lacking. It seems like they were mainly hanging out with each other and focusing on their personal love story.
Adult episodes: they are literally 3. I would have liked to see more of how they adjusted to life outside of school. Sure they tell us what they were up to but it felt a bit lacking.
This is definitely worth to watch.
I love coming of age stories but it is really hard to find a good one.
Is this show perfect? Absolutely not.
Is it worth watching for 36 episodes? Absolutely yes.
Plot: we follow the lives of a bunch of teen Agers across high school, university and into adulthood.
The thing that makes this drama stand out is that it feels way more realistic than other ones especially when it comes to the romantic aspect of life.
If I have to make it short, the leit motiv of this drama is "you might be in love with someone but he is already in love with someone else, but ehy... Keep holding on".
All the characters are somewhat intertwined in some kind of "one sided love" and it feels so real.
The script gave each of them same personal battle. We experience love at first side, love that stems from friendship, betrayal, unsure love etc.. the whole umbrella. This gives you the chance to empatize with all the characters at some level.
Friendship is a solid presence throughout the drama. This people are always there for each other no matter their personal circumstances or contrasting feelings and that was so well done and sweet to watch.
Family dynamics are a part of the drama but don't play a huge roll. The are somewhat more relevant in the "high school" days but less present later on.
The characters are well written except for some secondary characters that are just there to be the occuring "room mate" or "university collegue".
The actors did all a fantastic job, especially the main duo. These guys just make you laugh, cry, sight.. wonderful.
The highlight of the show? Definitely lu suyi. This poor guy. You cannot not fall for him. He is the greenest flag you'll ever see. I felt his pain so many times. He never give up his love even when the odds where all against him.
The female lead was lovely. Often in this teenager drama they dumm down the female protagonist but here she is resilient, a good friend, has a strong will power and genuily funny without that "cute but dummy" stereotype. Sure, she is not academically gifted like 90% of this kind of characters but she makes up with other qualities.
I loved the fact that no guy in the main group is toxic or a tsundere. Really refreshing.
This drama is pretty long and some dynamics start to feel a bit repetitive at the end but to my surprise I didn't find any episode to be boring.
Sure I skipped some parts related to some couple but that was just me trying to find out about the main trio.
Complaints?
Expected maybe more high school episodes. They end pretty quickly.
The passing of time is not really done well.
It is hard sometimes to know how much time has passed. Even though their attention to details like the technology available at a certain given time.
University wise: they did very little study. Especially the main guy which is supposed to be a medical student.🤣
University life was pretty lacking. It seems like they were mainly hanging out with each other and focusing on their personal love story.
Adult episodes: they are literally 3. I would have liked to see more of how they adjusted to life outside of school. Sure they tell us what they were up to but it felt a bit lacking.
This is definitely worth to watch.
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