Go Ahead (2020)

MUST WATCH!!!

So going into this drama, I was very very very skeptical. I don't usually watch this kind of drama but for some reason, It always popped up everywhere. I kept skipping it after reading the synopsis which was so plain:

The story revolves around three troubled youths who find solace in their common experiences to become the best family that they can be for each other.

I mean, that's it ?! A story about three people who find solace in their common experience, but after actually seeing the cast, I quickly went to watch it, coz they are all some of my favorite Asian actors.

And to begin it, even the opening theme song sent chills all over my body and I could feel how heavily emotional this drama was going to be. This drama can be summarised into one phrase.
"A bunch of broken people puts together to create one big beautiful family."

THE REVIEW BEGINS...

This story was exceptional. It will always have a spot in my heart. Everything was phenomenal and I must say, I specifically bought a box of tissue just for it.
The acting was so good that I felt like I was that hidden family member who was invisible, but there.
When I say this drama was so emotional, I mean I could barely hold my tears in every episode. In most movies or dramas, Someone has to die or get sick or bullied or something drastic for you to cry, but in this drama, even just a simple smile would drown you in tears.
You don't even have to see it coming. One time they are laughing and making fun, the next second one of them says something and you just find tears rolling.

The way they are so broken makes even the simplest of things seem so heartwarming. Something as simple as buying her brothers a milkshake made me tear up with a smile or even calling each other for a meal.
Don't get me wrong, this is not going to be one purely sad captivating drama, the humor they have here is unmistakably one of the reasons they have such amazing chemistry. I find myself laughing with them. Crying with them. Getting angry with them, even feeling tired and exhausted of life's troubles with them.

But that's not all. The chemistry between them is super strong that the way they interact sometimes just makes you smile because it is those kinds of chemistry that you can see and feel and not because they said it in the synopsis or the poster.

Overall. This is a must-watch, for people from every walks of life, every gender, every age, and every preference of genre. Take your time and just watch it.

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A great family story that ended a little weak

This drama started out strong. It was new and refreshing. The story of two (three?) broken families that come together to raise their children and provide them with a happy home.
The family dynamics were amazing, the actors were able to convey great familial love in a very realistic way. We saw how families are not always perfect, but we are always there for each other when needed.
Honestly the relationship the two dads had was one that made us think they were romantically involved, and that was ok. It was honestly sweet and very heartwarming all around.
It also dealt with mental health issues, even if how that was addressed wasn't fully satisfactory.

Where this drama started to fail is when it rushed to the finish line. Things were glossed over. The relationship with the mother, how she reacted to not getting her way, all the harm that was caused to several parties, it was all just glossed over, like a switch had been flipped and now everything was ok.
Also the dad ending up with a woman all of a sudden just felt like they were trying to make sure there was no gay triggers to pass censorship.
It all felt rushed, unnatural, and kind of a WTF ending. I wish they had taken the time to resolve things in a less dramatic and abrupt way. Even the side stories were left hanging with no resolution.

Lastly something that bothered me quite a bit was how blood ties are glorified here. Maybe it is a cultural thing, but a mother that abandons her child does not have the right to come back when the child has grown and demand that he be her caretaker when she is going through some rough times. Much less does she have the right to ask from anything from that child after severely abusing him. But in this drama it is made to seem like as her child he should give up everything he dreams for to take care of his mother. No one seriously intervened and tried to make this situation stop and in the end no one made sure this lady faced some serious consequences for her actions. It was a bit upsetting.
Even the side stories had a recurring theme of the child having to yield to the parent even when the parent was being unreasonable and causing strife. As a mother this seemed wrong, we shouldn't teach our children that they should always bow to our requests, we are humans and make mistakes also.
Anyways that is my little rant and why this drama didn't score a 10 for me.

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Wowed!

Not to be cliché but this drama really is a MUST WATCH! Thanks to the cast, director, writers and staff for this amazing drama. It’s the best Cdrama I’ve seen so far and I’m glad I watched it ?? There are so many life lessons that I learned from watching tho I must say it did a number on me emotionally. Like I literally cried, laughed my a** off and expressed pure rage in some scenes (caused by the MOMS!!!!) Bruh at some point I was beginning to think the writer(s) had some mom issues because they “were” all sickos especially Ling Xiao’s mom. Gosh she’s a good actress! Legit made me so mad every time she appeared that I started dreading what kinda selfish evil nonsense she’ll do next!

Now to talk about the LiLingHe family, omg I loved them all. So heartwarming and cute interactions especially between the 3 siblings ??. Seven never disappoints, I wanna see more of Weilian and Steven improved so much(Ps watch Skate into Love ?. Also I could watch Li Pa cook for days, like there was something about those scenes that were so satisfying

PS I hope I’m not the only one who legit loved Tang Can’s outfits!!

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A simply wonderful story

A wonderful drama about what the word family is really about, and which is both tragic and at the same time heart warming.
No cliché moments or over acting, but subtle yet hard hitting scenes.
The child actors are excellent, as are the rest of a very natural and believable cast.
There were times I was so angry with certain characters and others when I was frustrated and irritated by them. However, the outcomes and morals of the stories within a story, explain so much.
Money cannot buy happiness, but it certainly helps and I liked that this drama never pretended one can survive on just love and fresh air; it's far more true to life. The saying about blood being thicker than water is also proven to not always be true.
A very apt and fitting soundtrack also accompanies this must watch series.
Now a firm favourite and one I will definitely watch again, as I'm already missing so many of the characters (Song Wei Long and Steven Zhang were especially good in theirs) and I honestly couldn't find fault with it.

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I wasn't sure what to expect watching this, I saw a few clips a couple months ago and added it to my watchlist, but I never got around to watch it. I saw the reviews on mydramalist and its literally the highest rated chinese drama I saw for romance, so I decided to give this a try.

I thought this was just so amazing and indepth, usually I only watch these heavy dramas if they're Korean, it's my first to watch a modern drama that has this kuch conflict etc. But I enjoyed every bit of it, there was so much going on in te kids lives, I felt so heartbroken so many times, it's truly great that they has each other to to through or get over there traumas.

I also liked the different perspective and approach they took for this drama, some may say anti-feminist but that's not quite fair, many times I've seen so many single mother shows, movies around the world but you never really see single father shows, that's just as important or indepth like the latter. They truly did a great job portraying these things in this drama, it was a great experience watch this, seeing how the fathers were and how the moms were, moms make mistakes just as dads though sometimes and I loved the story about this one, it shoes you that it is possible to happen and how each mom resolve there issues with there kids or how the kids resolves the issues with the moms and some dads as well.

The romance stars halfway through, it's pretty sweet between the ML and FL. I wouldn't really say there is a love triangle, so don't worry about that. This was a great experience to watch, good life lessons and so on. I enjoyed it.

The reason I give 9.5/10 stars, was because there were a few things that I wish was a bit different, the way the romance started I wish they kinda took a different approach or different choices of words. Also I wish one of the mom had apologize to her child for a specific incident that they didn't not cause but was blamed for, it traumatized the child and though the mom apologized for many things. I wish that specific thing was addressed and discussed because it was the main root and cause of the broken relationship. Other than that, even though there wasn't a whole lot of romance, it's my first to truly enjoy such a drama like this.

Another things I loved is the FL, I watched this also mainly cause I just finish watching Under The Power and loved it, and loved the character and acting if the same FL, so I thought I had to really pick this up, she is an amazing actress, I love how she never ever comes across as annoying, I've seen so many chinese and other dramas and gosh the FL most are so annoying at some point. Her character in this isn't at all, and she doesn't chase the guy/guys, she's the one being persued I loved that.

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Touching show

I put this show off for a long time and finally decided to watch it. It is a really touching, heartbreaking show.

Storyline - well written and well acted. It was a hard one for me to watch because I really hated the mother and how she treated her son over the death of her child. How could she accuse him of killing his sister when she was the one who should have been there. I have a hard time understanding a parent who could do that and then place ALL the blame on a child. I loved how they all made a family because it is not always about blood. Family is who and what you make it and this drama shows that. I am glad that the mother finally realized what she was doing wrong and stopped. The son did not deserve the torment and emotional blackmail she held over him.

Cast - I have seen Tan Song Yun in several shows and she is a cute actress. She did a really great job in this drama. I have seen a few of the others in dramas. I thought they all did really well.

Rewatch - it might take me a while before I see it again. Sometime shows like this are hard for me to watch. I am not a sad show person and especially where a mother treats her child the way she does. My kids are my world and so I have a hard time understanding or watching mean evil parents. But I will watch it again just not sure when or how often. It is at least worth watching once!

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MUST WATCH, SUCH A GOOD DRAMA

Ahhh, I have been watching dramas for years and I should have joined this site sooner. Anyways, whoever reads this review, HELLO! Nice to meet you, i'm Amy! :)

SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW

This drama is a must watch! It is such a good drama about growing up and figuring yourself out. It tells the story about three siblings who are not related and they grow up and mature together! It is a really sweet drama and a very cute relationship between the main female, main male and second male lead. The three of them have a really cute and close relationship. Although at times you can't help but feel bad about the second male lead, it is a good thing. I feel like from the beginning of the drama til towards the middle, he couldn't differentiate the feeling of family love or actual love towards the main female lead. I feel like he's always wanted to actual be apart of the Li family that he thought he was in "love" with Li Jian Jian. He's always liked LJJ, but it has always been like the brother love, not the actually relationship love. But with Ling Xiao, you could tell that he has always loved LJJ. At first, when he was kid, you could tell that he was annoyed of her, however, he slowly warmed up to her and eventually fell in love with her. Once he warmed up to her, you could tell that he has fallen in love with her since they were kids. I almost stopped watching this drama when they all separated because I couldn't bare the fact that they were gonna separate, but I am so glad that I didn't stop! It got even better when they all reunited as adults. One good thing I really liked about this drama is that LJJ learned independence when both her brothers left. It was heartbreaking to see them break up, but she finally learned independence. All throughout her childhood, she always had both her brothers with her, they were always there when she needed them and were always there to protect her. But when things happen and both of them ended up leaving her, she finally grew up and became the amazing person she is. She was lowkey a little cringey when they were all still in high school; just a little cringey. However, towards the middle of the drama when they were all adults, I WAS AMAZED BY HER MATURITY. She always had the best advice and was just SO MATURE. I was shookedth!

UGH, there's much more I wanna talk about this drama, but I don't want to ruin it for you guys! IT IS A MUST WATCH! Not only is this drama so good about these siblings relationship, but also because it is so funny. There were a lot of comedic parts to this drama. I think I laughed from episode 1 til the end of the drama. I was lost when this drama ended because I didn't know what to watch after this. ( This may sound a little dramatic, but I felt a little lost with my life after this drama ended haha.)

The ost was AMAZING for this drama. I was listening to this ost non-stop for weeks. The song that Tan Songyun sang was so good. My favorite song was the theme song! It was playing non-stop on my spotify for weeks until it got old! Just all the ost songs WERE SO GOOD! Not only was the ost good, but the casting for this drama was amazing! I loved every actor and actress that played for this drama! They ALL portrayed their character so good! Especially Li Haichao! I was so amazed by his cooking skills in this drama haha. He was such a skilled cook and he always made me hungry!! And the bromance between Li Haichao and Ling Heping was just so lovable and adorable and cute. I never expected two father figures to have such a cute relationship. Their relationship was just so cute! I don't want to spoil anything and want you guys to watch and find out, but just know that their bromance was f ing adorable.

Although this drama was so good, there are a few cons with this drama. SPOILERS, but why are all the moms in this drama just HORRIBLE (besides He Ziqu's mom, she became good in the end; you will find out why hehe). The mom, sister AND grandma of Ling Xiao were just all so TERRIBLE. They basically all just abandoned him when they wanted to and expected him to come back whenever they wanted. LX's mom, bothered me the most, especially when I think (SPOILER) that she highkey just felt bad that she abandoned him when he was a kid because she blamed him for killing his sister. She only later "came back" into his life because she wanted to "repay" what he did for her. Like excuse me what??? Were you not the one to leave him and although you abandoned him, he still took care of you and everything after your car accident?! So how were you gonna judge him and prevent him from dating and loving who you wanted when he wanted to resume his life again???!!!! UGH! I was so pissed at that part....but anyways, you guys find out and decided what you think of it.

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beautiful slice of life drama

go ahead is my first cdrama and i really enjoyed it.
i am a sucker for coming of age / slice of life / friendships drama so i knew i would like this one.

it was such a lovely drama and it made me go through so many emotions. i laughed, cried, got frustrated sometimes but got happy too. the characters were so endearing and i loved witnessing their evolution.
i loved the cast so much, they did such a good job. even the child cast was incredible and very talented.
the found family trope is one of my favorite and i think this drama made it justice.

however, i wish there had not been a romance between two of the main leads, but it is only my opinion. but i ended up fine with it since they didn’t make a big deal of the romance and focused more on the friendship and family.

all in all, this drama was worth to watch and i am glad I did.

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a tale on how a parent's love can change everything

Ever heard of people who didn't want to have children because they can eff up their kid's life? This drama sets a prime example of how a parent's decision can make a difference. Often we go to our everyday lives thinking we are alone and those around us are barely affected by the actions we take. In truth, small actions every day bare big consequences in the future. Take neglect, two of our main leads played by Song Weilong and Zhang Xincheng suffered so much because of their neglectful and abusive parents. While the wonderful dads portrayed by Zhang Xilin and Tu Songyan made a conscious choice to be good parents making our trio resilient and filled with love. Tu Songyan takes the cake in being arguably the best dad ever in Chinese Drama and Tan Songyun's character is the luckiest girl to be surrounded by people who care for her. The story is good from start to finish and I have nothing bad to say about it. The drama deserves praise.

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HEARTWARMING and A MUST WATCH

I've watched dramas growing up and every year I find a drama that leaves a great impression on me. This year that drama has to be "Go Ahead". I've never watched a drama that felt so relatable before. Of course, my childhood growing up was no where near these characters, but the emotions and the storyline was very relatable. The pressure of growing up in an Asian household really reflected in this drama. The duty of being filial was portrayed so well that you can't help but relate. I've never felt so much joy, sadness, and fulfillment watching a drama before. The scenes of the three main characters growing up from broken families and becoming one whole family really gets to you. It truly depicts the different type of parenting styles there are and how it reflects how children are raised. I really enjoyed how amazing each actor/actress portrayed their role. I can not applaud them enough for the emotions they brought out from their character and to me as an audience. I don't really want to spoil anything in this review so I left a lot of details out. If I want anyone to take anything out of this review is that, this drama is completely heartfelt and there's not a moment where you will be bored. You will enjoy the chemistry between all the characters and you won't regret watching it. This will forever be one of my favorite dramas.

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One of the cutest family dramas!!<(￣︶￣)>

Even though the headline says 'One of the cutest family dramas!!<(￣︶￣)>' it has some toxic characters. But in the end maybe you'll understand some of these characters (or maybe you won't)
Li dad is an angel. He is the nicest, kindest and all-the-synonyms-for-nicest-&-kindest person I have ever seen. he is so forgiving and cute and shy. His interactions with ziqui wre my favourite.i shipped him with ling dad but.....
Jianjian is the wisest person in the drama. She seems and acts like a kid at first but her character development is awesomeeeee✨
Ming que was my fav character. She was brave, independent, and reallllly smart and wise. I hope to see more characters like her in more dramas
Ling xiao and ziqui were also cute and really smart and wise. They were more responsible than many adults in the drama.
Just like no one is perfect(or maybe you are), the only problem in this drama is the non- consensual kisses.
Well, I will end this review by saying that this is a really good family drama with many heart warming moments(especially Li dad'd and ziqui's interactions) and it is worth your time.

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