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The Love Equations chinese drama review
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The Love Equations
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by timotey
May 5, 2021
27 of 27 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers
A sweet story about an introverted science sophomore and an outgoing - and slightly out of her mind - literature freshman and a wannabe author who stumble through various mishaps and miscommunications to finally truly finding each other.

It took me a while to get into the drama, mainly because I couldn't get the fact out of my head that Gong Jun was whole 9 years (!!!) older than Liu Renyu even though in the drama itself, they played characters just a year in age apart. Don't get me wrong, Gong Jun truly did look the part, like a 19-year-old student, but I just couldn't get the reality of their actual age gap out of my head.

But, gosh, were they cute. Zhao Fanzhou was so in love with Zhou Xiao, it was precious to watch. And he had the patience of a saint, really. Their story was wonderful to watch - until the moment they got back together after their break-up. Just like in the writer's other drama - Put Your Head on My Shoulder - the conclusion was a miss. It was like she knew very well how to build them up as a couple and then break them apart again but she had no idea how to get them eventually back together and in the last two eps or so she kind of failed to capture their previous cuteness, even though the actors tried really hard with the material they were given. Oh well...

My favorite storyline was Zhao Fanzhou's family arc. His mother's bipolar disorder, his fear that, since it's a hereditary illness, he might fall ill too, his fear of hurting Zhou Xiao, both mentally and physically, if he ever ended up behaving like his mom... Gong Jun absolutely excelled in those scenes! It was amazing to watch and if for no other reason than for this it's a drama worth watching.
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