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About Youth taiwanese drama review
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About Youth
6 people found this review helpful
by jpny01
Oct 5, 2022
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Charming, a little light on plot

This was a very pleasant watch, with a charming cast and good acting.

Points for playing and singing music - I like that in a show that's largely about a band that they actually perform.

What I would say about this is that it takes a threadbare formula and executes it very well. But it was formulaic, and really had nothing to say. College students, demanding parents, typical seme and uke dynamic (although the uke was taller and better built, which is a rarity), and lots of the usual tropes, like umbrella holding, wiping crumbs off the face, lots of tripping and catching. and I'm not really sure what the story was about other than it being a romance.

The parent thing was never really resolved, and Ye Guang's desire to make his own decision was to... turn in a blank test and not run for student body president. Nice ambitions there. Way to prove your dad right.

The first 5 episodes are really wonderful, and then the creativity ran out and it leaned more and more on formulaic elements, but it was never overwhelmed by them.

I enjoyed the series and I recommend it, it you like fluffy romance. It's not overdone or cloying, and it feels more like two boys than usual (as opposed to a boy and a 19th c 12 year old girl).

The technical aspects of this were all quite good, with good directon, camera, and editing.

So I'd rate it "above average", but the lack of plot and themes stopped it from being truly memorable.
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