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My Calorie Boy chinese drama review
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My Calorie Boy
1 people found this review helpful
by noctu
Nov 29, 2022
30 of 30 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 7.0

Very good friends to lovers story

This show has become one of the best discoveries of the month. I have to admit that I was not too fond of all subplots but the story of the main character kept me glued. I ended up binge-watching all episodes.

The friendship of the main leads was so sweet and authentic. They had their ups and downs throughout the story but it depicted a lot of tiny details of true friendship and compatibility.

The guy was so pictorial and amiable. He was not the typical icy ideal character with a deep wound in the past. He did have a wound but the way it affected the plot was on point to me. I could relate to him and his struggles. He had many flaws, made mistakes and grew like a character. However, his character development wasn't as impressive as the female one's.

The female character wasn't typical as well. Normally, they start the story at the point in time where the girl is really annoying and immature but it was true only partially here. She was immature indeed with her puppy love but I enjoyed watching her growing up and getting a grip on herself. The story unfolds and I did get why some people were jealous of the FL. She was so vibrant that it was hard not to be jealous.

I love when the story makes me inspired. It was the case here as well. While watching the FL learning how to draw, I was about to drop everything to grab a pencil and give it a go, too.

Also, one of the biggest advantages of this show for me is the topic of an unhealthy relationship with food. I was so happy to see that they flipped the table and the guy was the one who had the problem and had to look after his weight. The show sends the right message about binge and stress eating as well as dramatically restricting food consumption.

I was also happy to see only some small cliches here and there. Usually, there are plenty of them in every tv show like unsupportive parents, evil love rivals, you name it, but here it was minimized. Love square wasn't dragged unnecessarily long and transitioned to the slow-burn slight romance.

As I have mentioned above, I didn't like the sidelines. This is my major issue with the show. All side characters and their stories looked so pale compared to the salient mains. I am usually a sucker for good side characters but here I had nothing to look forward to.

Another issue which dragged my overall rating down is the hasty ending. I loved the pace of the story but it left me hanging in there unsatisfied. I wish for another season now.
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