Pure love, I just fell in love again.
I really loved this drama, I know it might not be for everyone but I had butterflies all over again while watching it.I even had my daughter watched it with me as I know it is wholesome drama ( No kiss but who needs it when the delivery of the scenes is so good).
Kuanlin is so cute and his dimple oh my. I wish I had the same experience when I had my first boyfriend.
Anyway, with this drama, I became a big fan of both leads. I am watching other shows of JinMai as I think she is a smart and simple lady.
I wish there would be part 2 as their chemistry is superb.
Lai Guanlin I wish you good luck. hope you can surpass the trials you are in now.
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Perfectly Innocent
This truly shows the innocence of your first love and is incredibly relatable. It's very cute and there are so many moments that you could just replay over and over. This drama really captures the essence of youth like never seen before. It's incredibly light-hearted and funny.The secondary couples are just as interesting as the first and it's really great to see everyone grow together. One thing I really liked was the slow transition for the female lead when becoming "pretty" (or to the standard of pretty). There are so many moments when you can feel for the characters and it's easy to get addicted to this show.
It's definitely worth the watch.
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romantic
at first, i was a little reluctant to watch this drama, however after watching it i’m really glad i did.pros: 1. this drama had a good storyline and good character development, especially miaomiao. she changed from being a timid girl to a confident girl. 2. the acting was quite good, especially since it’s lai guan lin’s first time acting.
3. the whole drama was full of sweet and romantic scenes, and they also injected a good amount of humour into it.
cons: 1. the story is a little unrealistic in how the most popular boy can fall in love with someone like miaomiao. i mean there could be because of something else but that’s just my opinion.
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Actually I like the storyline cause it somehow relatable eventhough its a bit slow. The actors and actresses are also good at playing their roles. But the ending for me is not statisfying. The girl forgave him make me think that he would do the same things he done before if he given choice again. No, i think it's even worse cause i dont think he felt what he did was wrong. The truth is he was wrong. Those choices is hers to make. She decided to go because of him at first, so she had the right to know about it. Leaving her alone also without contact her for a long time, make me think that he didn't love her that much or he's so overconfident that she would not love guy other than him. Then after a long time, he came back, urge the girl to forgive him and even lying to the girl so that she would come to him. What i see is a selfish man that think he did the right things.Luckily, the story between the male lead's bestfriend is good. The way he pursuit love quite unique and adorable. I would love to watch their drama if there are out there.
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I know lots of people say the storyline is so cliche and usual and whatnot but for me this is one of the best drama I've ever seen. For one thing I liked the Thai version and they made a series out of the movie how cool is that?! I know there are scenes that makes you cringed or sad or hurt or something but I tell you watching this drama is worth it!!
Also, i like it when they didn't even had a proper kissing scene (as what you call it) they even had a little chance to hug each other (i think they only hug twice in the whole series) but intimate scene like that don't needed because you're gonna feel giddy and cannot help but smile and feel soft everytime they talk or smile at each other that is how big the chemistry between the main characters is. And yeah, I also love the side characters like He Xin and Kai Tuo, Da Chao and Xiao Yue
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it makes me think of pure love in university days
I love the drama its awesome for this a university love story.the characters are good and so as the actor.
they may not be the best new actor but i think the character suit them well.
this kind of drama is actually fitted for newly launch actor.
the transformation of female lead is quite.
he he he he he...even during his curly hair ugly look...she can't actually hide her pretty face...
she's really pretty...
the best thing in this drama are the ost....
the location by the way was awesome....but does it really exist in university do they have that super nice classroom...this made me envy by the way.
well done for the whole cast..
if you like to feel the sweet honest love story university type i would recommend you to watch...
but i wish they shorten the drama they can actually fit it to less than 30 episodes..
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Sometimes...the remake....is worse
Woof. This was rough. Like I almost dropped it rough. This wasn’t a bad drama per se, I’ve seen far worse, but rough is the aptest word I have for it. I’ve seen quite a few reviews give it very positive feedback and while I think some of it is warranted, I think it overlooks some of the glaring issues this show has that may make someone want to not watch the show.Okay, so I need to address something first because most of the issues in the show stem from this, it’s kinda like the original sin. This drama is based on the sleeper hit Thai film CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE, and it explains so much of the weird stuff that happens in the second half of the show. Like after I finished the drama and had taken a few days to really take it in, I watched the original movie, and everything that had confused me suddenly made sense.
Story: The story...bad. I love the first half, the part set in high school, it was the best part of this story and character-wise. It was fun and cute, a perfectly fine teen drama, a good adaption of the original text. But when it gets to the college stuff, it gets real weird. Some of the story plots make zero sense cause they are in college, they don’t fit into the setting nor do they do anything for character or relationship growth. Characters and character arcs get destroyed. Product placement galore (this one is bad morally, considering who their target audience is, what they are saying through framing and story, and what exactly they are selling - but as an adult who can do critical thinking I found it funny, do a drinking game to it, take a shot every time Angel Zhao is forced to be like “wow these products are making me prettier and now hot boys like me” while she’s slowly allowed to take off what they used to “uglify” her). Bad writing period. Angel Zhao had the weirdest makeover/character story ever. It was all so goddamn weird to me that a story could fail so spectacularly after a very solid start, especially in terms of messaging. And then I watched the original movie. And then it all made sense. All of it, why Angel Zhao had face paint, fake teeth, and a bad wig the whole time (I don’t even want to touch on the colorism). Why they had Zhao twirl a baton for an overly extended period of time even though, I repeat, she’s in college and a fashion major. This explained why the fashion department was in charge of the school play, I mean theatre production. Why Zhao had to fall into a pool when her feelings get hurt, presumably multiple times cause tv. Why her character has a Cinderella transformation and most of the typical beats of a Cinderella story but falls flat in practically all aspects especially the messaging. It’s all cause it was originally in CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE. If you want to know the major sins of adaption sickness that this suffered, I’ll put it at the end since it really is spoiler heavy. Anyways, the story was bad. Moving on.
Acting/Casting: I actually really liked this cast, they just got a subpar script, especially the secondary female lead. Like her character changed completely during the second half of the show and it was an insult to her acting abilities. I think all of the cast can act, maybe not all of them have a range but none of them were miscast. But this show was not what it wanted to be. And poor Angel Zhao had to show up early to set nearly every day to put her ugly suit on and do what she had to do. Pour one out for her.
Music: It was okay, it’s fine. The thing that really got to me was some of the sound editing choices, Most of them were fine, but some of them really were baffling. If this drama had a better, more cohesive story, the sound design/editing would have been the weakest part.
Rewatch Value: I wouldn’t. It’s not particularly spectacular or life changing, it’s not even the best of its genre. It is at times cute and entertaining but that’s about it. If you watch it once honestly that’s enough. I would recommend watching the original movie instead.
1. The first issue with this show is that it tries, to its detriment, to be like the movie. Now, this wouldn’t be bad per se, but the way in which they employ this it’s quite obvious that it was a part of adaptation sickness where they weren’t able to pinpoint what made the original good so they took the most memorable scenes of the show without consideration of the new thing they have created and also they were trying to pad this out. Like honestly this show would have been better as a 16 to 24 episode show. Also, this show does not consider the setting of the original movie in contrast to what it becomes. The original movie is set in middle school. I think it’s quite obvious why this would make for a rocky transition. That said, this leads to the high school half being the strongest part in terms of story and character. High school isn’t that far off from middle school so moving the setting to there doesn’t make me pause and ask "what was that" and "why is this happening". But when placed in a college, it just comes off weird. Like, the reason why she is in the play even though she’s a fashion major is that her movie counterpart was coerced into the school play cause she’s a middle schooler in the drama club. Angel Zhao falls into a pool since it happens in the original when she gets rejected cause angst. This is why her character has a Cinderella transformation, it happened in the original movie because its main target was preteen/teenage girls who know what this means and may love the fantasy. This is the reason for that stupid extended baton twirling subplot and it makes me so unreasonably mad.
2. The next issue may be baffling considering what I previously wrote but these mad lads tried to do it: the show tries to separate itself from and critique the movie. And it is not done well. [play clown music] Like, the movie is flawed - it exits in a weird logic realm and perpetuates harmful messaging at a group primed to take it in uncritically and internalize it in the worst possible ways in the way only 2000s teen girl media could - but at least it’s coherent. I’m not going to go into detail cause the headache is so not worth it, but a good example is the messaging that you should not change yourself for another person. This is laughable for the next reason that this show bites, and yes this did exist in the movie but more in an “I became pretty cause I wanted to attract a guy but I ended up becoming a fashion designer because of it and maybe love allows us to change in good ways”. The point is that the show tries to pointedly go against this, which is comical considering the framing around Angel Zhao’s transformation as being a good thing and “don’t you want to stop being an uggo and be pretty like Angel Zhao? Buy these products and you too can have hot boys want to be with you.” Maybe they should have just let that one go.
3. Product placement! That’s one of the reasons the transformation takes place and they are by no means subtle about this (it wasn’t as bad as ANGEL BESIDE ME but if you’re like me you too will find it comical), they really want their audience of teenagers to buy these products, some which can potentially be dangerous. It’s crazy that they kind of spit on the source material but then go against everything they are saying. And, like, I wouldn’t have an issue with this if one of the products was not basically skin bleach so you can stop “being ugly” cause you have melanin. Which is an insanely dangerous thing to promote to teenagers, a group that is already insecure about their looks and doesn’t think about the long-lasting effects something like that could have on them.
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" 9.30 in de evening. De time I realized I am in love wid Xiao Miao Miao.”
Basically watched dis drama 4 Lai Gualin as this was de startup vehicle 4 de 17-yr-old in de drama world. De main character develops a full-blown crush on a popular boy in school, but because she has such a shy personality & an appearance that’s—let’s just say she’s not to her fullest potential, de romance stays 1-sided until the boy wakes up and realizes she’s perfect.If I had a high school senior like our ML, Liang-You-Nian (I’m pretty sure half my school would b just like Miao-Miao falling head over heels 4 him. He’s the whole package. Good-looking, smart, athletic, mature, & most importantly, he’s so nice! Sure, he can be a little awkward @ times& isn't super aware of his feelings (we all know he’s in deep wid Miao Miao long before he realizes). But he’s a kid, he will learn! FL's overnight 360-degree transformation was soo cool , Miao Miao slowly changes over a period of time which makes it feel organic and real. It’s also nice to see that her outward physical transformation reflects her internal transformation
@ first glance, it might seem like a run of the mill first love youth romance. However, de drama is so endearing and sincere that you cannot help but keep watching.
DRAWBACK--The romance between Miao-miao and You-nian was slow. And I do mean slow. I kept getting frustrated at the loads of missed opportunities to advance their romantic relationship and get things more physical.
THING I LOVED_ I will say that their break-up scene at the pool was one of the better break-ups I’ve seen. There’s nothing like a male lead refusing to clear the air and communicate that gets things to bubble up. Miao-miao’s impassioned speech about her feeling insecure about his feelings for her and her just waiting for the other shoe to drop during the entire relationship was stirring. It made total sense, too.
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I started watching this just as a way to practice my Mandarin listening skills, but I ended up really getting into it. I'm usually not a huge fan of Chinese dramas, but I thought this one managed to avoid a lot of the things I usually don't like. For example, even though Miao Miao definitely idolized You Nian while she was in high school, she learned to be more comfortable with him and focused on herself. The only thing I had an issue with was Miao Miao's physical transformation, but I think it could have been worse, so I'll let it slide. If You Nian had only started to like her when she became more attractive, I would definitely take more issue with it. Was this review helpful to you?
The story was pretty cute, with a nice paced romance. The love triangle was interesting too, with enough intensity to keep things fresh for a while. Although, her friend was a bit clingy and overdoing it with her obsession for her love interest, which was obvious that wouldn't lead her anywhere. Nevertheless, the main character was pretty likable, with a nice, smooth character development that was well handled. However, the final episodes were disappointing. Especially the last one, was a bit open, as they didn't conclude everything nicely.
So, overall, six and a half out of ten.
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Why you should watch this drama.
The actor playing Liang You Nian is called Lai Kuan Lin. The actress is named Zhao Jin Mai who plays Xia Miao Miao. I really love her acting and some of the sweet moments that are included in this drama. This drama mainly focuses on art and their slow development in love. This isn’t the best drama, but this is super low key and adorable. Sometimes, I can’t grasp the acting of the actors and actresses for some reason. They don’t express the emotions in some scenes but that doesn’t mean it ruins everything, rather they are super adorable and laughable.I’m really looking forward to other school dramas which could peak my interest. This drama shows us many relationships between humans and many dating skills. Of course, although you may hate some actress because of their character role, you have to forgive them because it is a role after all.
This drama has some familiar faces. Actor Lai Kuan Lin who was in wanna one. Xu Haiqiao who played in The Journey of Flower. Chen Ke Fan who played in Ten miles of peach blossom. These people are very unforgettable to me. They are very unique in these dramas and I really love them for their art and passion.
I enjoy the background stories and some of the conflicts the female lead had to face. Honestly, the rewatch value is very high because I feel very comfortable watching this drama, it helps me relax and honestly let’s me see an eye candy. Kuan Lin is a very handsome and unique man with an amazing aura. He looks like he is smiling but can be planning your murder LMAOOO. Gosh, he really scared me with that glare at Wang Yu Tian when they were painting the trucks for the welfare community.
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