Ongoing 23/23
DramaQueen0216
1 people found this review helpful
May 2, 2018
23 of 23 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.5
I remember I had passed this drama by quiet a few times. Reasons?
1. It was a school drama
2. That cover is so colourful
3. It was a school drama
Yes! I don't enjoy school dramas! But this has got to be an exception! I gave it a try and I did not regret it. Just one episode and I was hooked. Couldn't get enough.

The acting was good and the storyline was solid enough. Despite the main couples ups and downs that started to annoy me towards the end, it was all worth it. Once I was finished I was still craving more. Is there going to be a season 2? I surely do hope so!

Damn! Can I just say: Hu Yi Tian (???) is HOT! Not to mention how tall he is! Gosh, I'd probably feel like an ant standing next to him. He's a great specimen lol!
Shen Yue was way too adorable in playing her character. I can relate to her shortness

All the actors were great in this drama, and their all so young. Great potential. I'll be cheering for them all.

The music was catchy. I found myself humming along to them whenever they played - once I wasn't to submerged in the drama that is.

Overall, the drama was great and deserves the love it's getting.

With that said, I end my review here. I don't think I spoiled anything so. Go watch now, if you haven't. And if you did....then Watch it again hahaha

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Ongoing 23/23
pearlsclary
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 7, 2018
23 of 23 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 10
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5
I really loved this drama. The acting was great by all actors,the bond of friendship shown between all 5 friends is amazing.I have watched almost all versions of Mischievous Kiss:Love in Tokyo and this story is very different from it. Of course the girl really does have a really big crush on him but the way they portray her love is so cute and amazing. Never did once i wanted the episode to just end already. The cutest part was the height difference between both of the main leads. overall its a great drama and I recommend everyone to watch it.
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Completed
catherine
1 people found this review helpful
Jun 2, 2019
23 of 23 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 7.5
To be honest, I went into this thinking I was going to hate it. The fact that the FL already had a huge crush on the ML and was super obvious and desperate about it was something I just knew I was going to cringe at—and that's the only reason why I couldn't give this one a higher rating. The main female lead was so annoying.

Obviously, I ended up enjoying this a lot more than I expected. It was super cute and I loved all the little things that the ML did for the FL without her knowing — but there was still a lot of lack of communication that bothered me. I know the second lead did a lot of stuff too—and that a lot of people had second lead syndrome but I actually did not, whew!

I was also hesitant about this drama because of the time jumps that I knew happened throughout the later episodes. These are so easily ruined, but the drama actually did a good job of dealing with the relationship growths during the time we didn't see. Still though, I'm not a fan of time jumps and I felt like their reasoning was very weak.

Overall, this was a really great story about romance and friendship, and I am so happy both the ships in this sailed :')

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Completed
Duckk
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 26, 2020
23 of 23 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Great start that just went downhill

So this one started off really slow then suddenly propelled the story forward with a bunch of time jumps, which made me pretty upset. There's nothing I hate more than time jumps in dramas, and this one had a crap ton of them. The characters were really lovable and I seriously enjoyed that love triangle despite my usual hatred of them, so kudos to this drama for that. I think the overall mood of this story was really cute and I freaking loved the romance between the two side characters a bunch, but the main romance went kind of 0 to 100 halfway through the drama and kind of killed the suspense for me too early. I still enjoyed it and would recommend it for a very cute and heartwarming experience.

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Ongoing 23/23
WaterLilyTan
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 22, 2018
23 of 23 episodes seen
Ongoing 6
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 8.5
Why / who should you watch it?:
If you are looking for a light hearted romance drama then you got to watch A Love So Beautiful!
If you love those childhood friends to lover, cold male lead who warms up to the bright female lead, 2 guy chase 1 girl then you should try this drama out.
I would recommend if you are new to C-Drama or trying new genre.

What I think (In my opinion):
It's not a short drama as it's a total of 23 episodes but it will worth every bit of your time.  I didn't give the story a 10 because I feel that the story can be better and the ending can have so much more after watching the entire drama. To me is like I went thru a roller coaster ride and after being so excited for the entire ride the ending of it just didn't satisfy me as much as I expected it to be. The cast and their acting was great, their chemistry was on point and the laughter that they give will last me a while before I forget them.  The music consists of 3 songs but I only love the theme song as it's sweet and like a confession song.  Overall, the drama was a good one and there isn't a lot of dramas that made me chase like crazy.

I watched this drama cheering, crying, screaming and smiling together with them.  It's very relatable because is like I am going thru the journey all over again. So prepare your tissue, voice and heart for this amazing journey that you are going to take while watching this drama and off you go!

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Ongoing 23/23
yoonbread
1 people found this review helpful
Sep 19, 2018
23 of 23 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.5

Dropped but picked up again

I initially dropped this drama after the 10th episode.

Pros: Watching this drama is like watching life through rose colored glasses. Everything is beautiful and sweet. This drama is appropriately named. There were only sparks of love though which I will get into later. The writing for this drama is realistic albeit somewhat childish. Yet, even with the childish lens, there were occasional moments of great acting from our fresh faced actors.

Cons: One major con for me is the length of time the producers chose to focus on the high school portion of their lives. I had no qualms with the time period. I was more annoyed that our protagonists had to remain in that simple and childish mindset for nearly 17 episodes. I got way too bored. I hoped that with the group moving on to college that things will start to pick up in drama land. It does a bit but not in the way that I expected. I was not expecting that college and career life meant spending a LOT of time with Xiao Xi and Jiang Chen while everyone else just falls into background noise.

Moving on to our love duo of Xiao Xi and Jiang Chen. I am sorry. I just didn't buy it. Jiang Chen spent a lot of time in the first few episodes closing doors in Xiao Xi's face, looking annoyed that she's around and overall just looking like he was just not into her. Even when he ends up falling in love with her, I just did not see it in Yi Tian's face. His face is like an emotional void. It might be his character but Yi Tian was a man of few expressions so who knew what emotion he was really trying to portray in that scene. Maybe it was supposed to be love but it came across as bleh...?

Also for heaven sake can this drama be any harsher to Wu Bo Song? He spends the entire time playing 5th wheel while also selflessly being the sweetest human being alive to Xiao Xi. I don't have second lead syndrome. I have "can my boy catch a break" syndrome. That poor pitiful fool.

Anyway, I did find the height difference between Shen Yue and Hu Yi Tian to be quite adorable. Definitely a plus for all of the cute koala hugging moments.

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Ongoing 23/23
Crazy about Asian dramas
1 people found this review helpful
May 16, 2018
23 of 23 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
As I had seen playful kiss ,this drama seem to be familiar with it ,same story line till episode 16 but then their is a change in the story.A girl whose life or I can say whose whole world revolve around one person 'Jiang Chen'.she can't imagine anything beyond him .to make him fallen for her she do everything but he always push her away but slowly he started fallen for her .they get graduate together and starting hardwork towards pursuing their dreams but as usual misunderstanding seprate them .last episode is the best one .the way he define his love towards her that how much he loves her is amazing .Friendship,love, jeolousy all you will see in the drama.

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Completed
Patricia Naumann Tan
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 20, 2023
23 of 23 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Adorable and cute

Spotted this on my Netflix feed and decided to give it a try. Other than Shen Yue - whom I recognized from Meteor Garden - I was not familiar with the rest of the cast. But I did not regret my choice of watching it. The storyline is absolutely cute and adorable, with it´s humour and seriousness. The cast did a remarkable job in this series, not only the main male and female lead. All of them definitely did well. Watching a series portraying teens growing up and finding their place in the world reminds me I am getting old too, lol. The songs / OST paired in this series is also quite nice to listen to. I love them alot.

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Ongoing 23/23
arashinta
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 8, 2019
23 of 23 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
Story :
Fresh! That's my first thought when I start to watch this series. This series is quite mild, but the development of everyone's personality and feelings are clearly visible here. One thing I like the most here is the friendship. This series does not recognize the phrase "love will destroy the friendship". They still support each other even though the person they like likes someone else. And I really love how that friendship continues to develop until they are grow up.
Sometimes I feel exasperated by Chen Xiao Xi's childish attitude, but well, maybe when I was in school I did the same thing. LOL. And I really love to see when Jiang Chen feels jealous seeing Chen Xiao Xi and Wu Bo Song's closeness ^_^

Acting/Cast :
They all did great and so natural, but I especially love Shen Yue acting. She's so cute I can't help it but to adore her ^_^

Music :
The opening and ending song are so easy listening, and I put them both on my Spotify playlist now ^_^

Rewatch Value :
I definitely will watch this series again if I need some cuteness in my life.

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Ongoing 23/23
Mylene Alva
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 22, 2018
23 of 23 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 10
I got this short term memory but i know that this drama is one of the best cdrama for me. i still remember that sadness i felt when this drama ended. i like the chemistry between the lead. A perfect drama should start with a perfect chemistry between the lean and the rest will also follow. This drama has:
1.Perfect Chemistry
2. Simple and uncomplicated storyline
3. No annoying villain who tears the lead love storry apart
4. Characters were perfectly casted among the actors.

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Completed
EngrPisces
1 people found this review helpful
Jun 17, 2020
23 of 23 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
I don't rewatch dramas. I believe in moving on and finding new treasures in the drama world. This is different. Every time I see the OST in my YouTube feed, a photo in my Facebook News Feed, or a tweet about them, I have this overwhelming urge to watch again. The acting is not topnotch but the story and the friendship are one for the books. This is the kind of love you hope everyone in the world experiences at least once in their lifetime.

The squad is goals. If you have friends like these in the real world, consider yourself very, very lucky. The second lead syndrome is strong but you know the ending is how it should be. If you haven't watched it yet, consider yourself lucky because you get to experience how I felt the first time I saw it.

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Ongoing 23/23
CashewNut
1 people found this review helpful
May 17, 2018
23 of 23 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
This drama was just very lovely , sweet and heartwarming ..... I mean I just finished it in 2 days . And it was worth watching . I like how the story developed . Also I love the acting of the cast . HU YI TAN was just too cold and SHEN YUE was very joyful . I like that she never give up , and in the end she gets what she had wanted all the time . i just love how they all have solved all their teenage school problems . Overall it was a nice drama . It is one of my favourite drama of all time . Whenever someone asks me about a good drama , I always suggest this drama . This drama had actually showed how one overcome his obstacles in life and achieve what they want to . I really really liked the setting of the plot .

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