Surprised by its popularity

I watched this after watching IS of Cheng Yu. I was disappointed of IS a little in later episodes despite great actors and great story start. Considering L&R popularity i was expecting this to be much better but was way more disappointed.

What i didnt like
1. ML is there just to get beaten up and saved by FL or get heartbroken by FL. This is reverse of the older shows where FL was there just to be saved by the ML. For gods sake how many times will he get beaten up. Not once was he able to fight back and he is supposed to be a good fighter. uggh.
2. FL is there to be clueless and dumb most time only to become fierce goddess to save ML.
Even her friends and side characters didnt contribute much.
I still managed to watch till end to see atleast once ML doing something but to no avail. Only "redemption" is FL realising her mistake for once at the end.

What I liked
Actors specially ML and FL and SML SFL . they are good . thats it. thats the only good thing about this drama.

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Overall great watch

Loved the oveall depiction of the school life.

What i loved
1. The friendship and different equation between group of school students. I have seen 5-6 school dramas and this is one of the best depiction . You can clearly see how all classmates have such good easy going friendship but still everyone has different level of communication and understanding with each other. Be it having group of friends but one best friend, crushes , girl gang. Lot of dramas showed group of friends but they never showed in details like actually communicating or just sitting down and discussing except ML FL and may be SFL or SML equation. Here we can see how each one of them help others in different capacity when one is in need.
2. How you can still be jealous of your friends even if you care for them and go through that phase of competition.
3. Loved how they showed different family and their equations. All the above things in just 30 without feeling its being dragged is a good feat . i had to drop another show which got repetitive after just 10 episodes(Our secret)
4. FL and ML . FL is not dumb or too kind or too sensitive shy crying around . She is very straight forward and sensible. ML is not a genius cold person but very warm with everyone and helps everyone in the class. And they both help each other out and value each other and are open about appreciating that.

What i didnt like :
One small cribbing i have is i dont get it when ML or FL change their stream just for each other. its their future they cannot ruin it. I get that school students are impulsive but adults should help them. What was that ML applying for a not so good university for FL. FL got angry which makes sense but they should have showed may be by teacher or someone how wrong it is to chose your future that way. Its just gives out a wrong message otherwise.

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Sweet and sensible Youth Drama

From past few weeks i watched so many youth shows and by far this (and 2nd is summer again) beats all other shows in terms of overall story, acting and character arc.
ML with a heavy baggage but not cold just quiet , sensitive and FL issweet & a little childish but not overly done having her own thoughts trying to protect ML openly or silently. Loved Her family and his father arc too.
And most of all friendships depicted among 6 people. How it grew among them so naturally and we could see how each interacted and helped each other in different levels of friendship and ways. Most shows although they showed initially of becoming friends we do not see much on them interacting so personally . For ex: we can see Che showing why GuoGuo was selected and convincing him to just go ahead. ( except may be FL with her best friend in some shows. )
Even without much physical affection we could see so much love and care between leads. It is so sweet. Kudos to both actors.
i will definitely rewatch this show because most shows i had to skip a lot due to characters stupidity i couldnt stand. Here there is none,.
Only thing that could have been a little better is to know why SML was trying to pursue FL. I get that they had same taste with both of them reading same comics but it felt as if they could be buddies than romantic interest at any point in time so him thinking so much and instigating ML felt a little out of place although it was fun to watch them challenge each other.

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Started well but dragged just after some episodes

Considering this show has such high rating I was really hoping for some good story with relatable or even if not relatable, characters who act with some reason.
Within 10 episodes story got repeated . ML not happy that FL doesn’t speak her mind. First for other girls gifts second for changing desk.
FL whining that she can’t speak or can’t adjust!! At some point it was all repetitive and ML really changing stream from science to arts !! Like really ?? She won’t die not even suffer if she is in different class for that matter. That was my last straw. Teenagers are sometime impulsive so if they showed either his parents or teachers or FL making him realise that’s not good but instead it was showed as if it’s romantic. What are the makers showing in these dramas !!

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