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twomatsideologue
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

A show of two halves—with a very strong second half!

This is definitely a show of two halves. It is amazing how quickly the show went from a run-of-the-mill YA TV show to a pretty good coming-of-age story.

First things first, the first half of the show drags so much. There is so much filler in the first half that I am quite sure that at least three to four episodes worth of content could have easily been cut out and that would result in an improved show. Honestly, I considered dropping it more than a couple of times, but after finishing the final episode, I am glad that I kept up with it to the end.

I started watching this right after With You —which I enjoyed quite a bit but felt the ending could have been handled better— and struggled to form a connection with any of the characters or care about their problems. In the earlier episodes, I kept thinking how With You did everything so much better. My Huckleberry Friends just couldn't match with Class 2 the camaraderie that With You was able to conjure between the members of Class 5 and their homeroom teacher. So many other things felt wrong: the character interactions didn't feel earned but merely exigencies of the plot, the drama seemed too hamfisted, the show relied a bit too heavily upon sentimentality, and the direction and the story didn't seem to mesh that well. It seemed the director was filming an indie coming-of-age story but the writer/s wanted to narrate a melodramatic high-school love triangle.

But something changed around the second half of the show. Suddenly, I found myself heavily invested in the lives of all the characters. The soundtrack started to bang big time. I even got moist-eyed more than a couple of times and by the time the show ended I was completely in love.

Now, I think it is probably better than With You in more ways than that show is better than it. This show's ending is definitely stronger and many times more satisfying than that of With You. When it comes to characters, I believe this show might have the upper hand there as well. Don't get me wrong, nothing here overtakes or even matches the camaraderie that the members of Class 5 share with each other and the audience by extension for me, but I don't recall thinking any character was wasted here as I thought about Lu Xing He from With You. Overall, I would say this is the finest high school drama on this website for me so far.

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parkhyorin
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Feb 19, 2024
30 of 30 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.5
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Amazing cdrama that gives you motivation to study more!

That's soooo emotional, i loved it. I cried so much for Mi Qiao's death and for Ben Ben (at 30th episode where he watched a video leaved by her) I loved the relationship of each character I love the most Ben Ben and mi Qiao instead of Lin yang and Yu zhouzhou (sooo bored sometimes) And what about the other character? I love Chen ah, even at the end And I love the growing of the poor girl that became one of the most popular and with the high-grades. I really liked, it has a beautiful message beside it and it's 'study hard for reach your goal, don't choose something that you can regret and go on your way without pass some obstacle'. It's probably one of my favourite dramas, so addicting and it takes you in a deep and it's like you are inside the drama. Wow, i think that I really lived it!

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SINBEAGLES
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Mar 27, 2019
30 of 30 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
just finish watching this drama and i find the story a little bit boring but overall is okay. the friendship in this drama was really strong. i love how they being friends since kid and ended up with be a couples even they face many problem during their youth life. every cast made a good job even the kid doing well in act. both lead and some have good looking but the funny thing is young lu yifang is freaking handsome and cute. i don't really care OST drama and maybe this one is good (?) it's not gonna be boring to watch again and again because this drama just a light drama. i also recommend this should be watching by parents. so many lessons should parents apply in real life like not to force child to study crazily. overall this drama was so good even i disappointed at some reasons.

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