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Closer to You chinese drama review
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Closer to You
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by dramafordays
Jan 14, 2021
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 8.0
This review may contain spoilers
This drama was very sincere and heartfelt. It’s not a light and fluffy drama like I initially thought, but it wasn’t filled with angst and melodrama. Although it covered deeper issues of depression, suicide, and bullying, it also shined light on hope and the joy of friendship. The FL and ML were very well cast and I thought they portrayed their characters in a believable and sincere way. Romance was definitely not the focus and for once I was actually relieved because the ML was still mentally a 28 year old man. There were little cute moments but nothing that overstepped that line. I’m glad the writers left the romance for when FL and ML were both the same age!!

I’m not typically a big fan of time travel dramas because there are usually too many loopholes. This drama though gave just enough attention to the time travel theme and covered enough details that I can see friends getting together for coffee and giving their take on what happens when and with who and so forth (I think FL went back after ML was already there!!). There isn’t an obvious answer and I can see it being a fun and debatable conversation to have.

I do wonder though at the end, since both ML and FL are alive... who died in their place. Since the event still occurs but the person is different... is it okay to save one life for another? Does the cycle never end?
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