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Romance pales in comparison to the strong bonds between Friends, Teammates, Siblings & Love Rivals.
Subjective Gut Rating: 7.75
My first completed drama of 2026 (started in 2025) was this cute and lighthearted “Let’s Meet Now”. I was looking for cute and fluffy romance, but unfortunately, this drama didn’t quite deliver what I was looking for. That is not to say it’s a bad drama. It just has a stronger focus on friendships than romance.
If you are looking for amazing, cute and fluffy romance storylines, “Let’s Meet Now” might disappoint you. Even though there are about 2.5 romances in this short drama, the pacing and execution are lacking. The main romance between childhood friends, Ji Qiu and Zhou Zi Qian, though fun but actually very slow-paced. They have many scenes together as friends and really slowly recognize feelings as lovers. By the time they finally get together, I almost lose my interest. They are cute, but a little too late for me to feel that their romantic journey is worth the wait.
The secondary romance between Xu Wang and Song Rong Rong is actually very sweet. I wanted to see them more but their development didn’t quite happen until the latter part of the drama. They are both so cute and adorable. One is sunny and outgoing, the other is quiet and introverted. I felt cheated that the drama did not show me their conversation after the final competition.
The teenagers, Fu Tian and Zhou Yu Bei, have even less screentime. The drama hinted that Zhou Yu Bei likes Fu Tian and may have started voicing that affection a little bit at a time. Yet, there’s not enough time to actually fully develop that. I am left hanging in the middle. They are also very adorable together. Zhang Mai Yi’s character as Fu Tian, seems to be a preview of her later and popular dramas “When I Fly Towards You” and “Exclusive Fairytale”.
The drama features unrequited love. If this were a different drama, Fu Qi Le is probably going to be the quiet main lead who stays by FL’s side. He would eventually get the girl after FL gets her heartbroken by some other dude. Unfortunately, in this drama, he’s just a caring, considerate (maybe a little bland) good friend.
The business and the sport of shooting are backdrops to each character’s story and development. At times, I feel that screen time is wasted and then other times I want to know more.
Despite my criticisms on romance, I love all the friendships. The drama makes me want to be one of their friends, teammates or co-workers. They are so fun together and there’s so much tight bonding without over-the-top grand gestures. The drama spends a significant amount of time showing us these friendships and business relationships that make all characters (main, supporting or guest roles) very likeable. ML and 2ML have so much chemistry and I love their bromance/frenemies/love rivals relationship. The two contrasting siblings relationships are also fun. I also have to praise the acting of the cast. Most of them are not famous actors then (of course He Yu and Zhang Mao Yi are popular now). I like everyone’s acting and they all seem to have fun together.
I was also quite surprised that for a 2022 modern C-drama, the dubbing is done well. I think all the actors are using their voices. I’ve seen other newer dramas with bigger budgets that have awful dubbing with misaligned sound and lip movement. Unfortunately, similar praises could not be given to the music. The songs are overplayed and very loud (often covering some dialogs). The music starts and stops at weird times. The songs are the typical rom-com catchy music…not bad or good.
I would only recommend “Let’s Meet Now” if you are looking for a short, lighthearted drama with a stronger focus on friendship than romance. This drama feels like a combination of “My Fated Boy” + “When I Fly Towards You”. This drama will not give you heartbreaks or poor second-hand embarrassment. But with only 20 episodes, I do think “Let’s Meet Now” is trying to do too much.
Completed: 1/1/2026 Review #657
My first completed drama of 2026 (started in 2025) was this cute and lighthearted “Let’s Meet Now”. I was looking for cute and fluffy romance, but unfortunately, this drama didn’t quite deliver what I was looking for. That is not to say it’s a bad drama. It just has a stronger focus on friendships than romance.
If you are looking for amazing, cute and fluffy romance storylines, “Let’s Meet Now” might disappoint you. Even though there are about 2.5 romances in this short drama, the pacing and execution are lacking. The main romance between childhood friends, Ji Qiu and Zhou Zi Qian, though fun but actually very slow-paced. They have many scenes together as friends and really slowly recognize feelings as lovers. By the time they finally get together, I almost lose my interest. They are cute, but a little too late for me to feel that their romantic journey is worth the wait.
The secondary romance between Xu Wang and Song Rong Rong is actually very sweet. I wanted to see them more but their development didn’t quite happen until the latter part of the drama. They are both so cute and adorable. One is sunny and outgoing, the other is quiet and introverted. I felt cheated that the drama did not show me their conversation after the final competition.
The teenagers, Fu Tian and Zhou Yu Bei, have even less screentime. The drama hinted that Zhou Yu Bei likes Fu Tian and may have started voicing that affection a little bit at a time. Yet, there’s not enough time to actually fully develop that. I am left hanging in the middle. They are also very adorable together. Zhang Mai Yi’s character as Fu Tian, seems to be a preview of her later and popular dramas “When I Fly Towards You” and “Exclusive Fairytale”.
The drama features unrequited love. If this were a different drama, Fu Qi Le is probably going to be the quiet main lead who stays by FL’s side. He would eventually get the girl after FL gets her heartbroken by some other dude. Unfortunately, in this drama, he’s just a caring, considerate (maybe a little bland) good friend.
The business and the sport of shooting are backdrops to each character’s story and development. At times, I feel that screen time is wasted and then other times I want to know more.
Despite my criticisms on romance, I love all the friendships. The drama makes me want to be one of their friends, teammates or co-workers. They are so fun together and there’s so much tight bonding without over-the-top grand gestures. The drama spends a significant amount of time showing us these friendships and business relationships that make all characters (main, supporting or guest roles) very likeable. ML and 2ML have so much chemistry and I love their bromance/frenemies/love rivals relationship. The two contrasting siblings relationships are also fun. I also have to praise the acting of the cast. Most of them are not famous actors then (of course He Yu and Zhang Mao Yi are popular now). I like everyone’s acting and they all seem to have fun together.
I was also quite surprised that for a 2022 modern C-drama, the dubbing is done well. I think all the actors are using their voices. I’ve seen other newer dramas with bigger budgets that have awful dubbing with misaligned sound and lip movement. Unfortunately, similar praises could not be given to the music. The songs are overplayed and very loud (often covering some dialogs). The music starts and stops at weird times. The songs are the typical rom-com catchy music…not bad or good.
I would only recommend “Let’s Meet Now” if you are looking for a short, lighthearted drama with a stronger focus on friendship than romance. This drama feels like a combination of “My Fated Boy” + “When I Fly Towards You”. This drama will not give you heartbreaks or poor second-hand embarrassment. But with only 20 episodes, I do think “Let’s Meet Now” is trying to do too much.
Completed: 1/1/2026 Review #657
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