Meeting You (2020)

Light-hearted and school life

The story line is good enough, it is worth to watch especially when you're into high school life type of drama. Guo Junchen portrayed his character so well. I love the role of Wan Peng as well, she really have all her characteristics in dramas as a strong, independent, carefree woman.

I skipped some parts of an episode where in it takes too much talk in the scene or nothing is really happening which is what I dislike. The love line between the main roles is really cute and heartwarming,

I'm hoping for a season 2(to see more of Guo Junchen and Wan peng together <3) I love their chemistry!

PS: I just hoped there were behind the scenes tho. I'm thinking of why they didn't release any or I just didn't see any? :(

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Un drama qui fait du bien

Drama tout mignon, feel-good, avec d'excellents acteurs où 1 FL énergique et peu scolaire, guérit 1 ML un peu asperger très isolé.
Le casting est très bon, y compris pour les rôles secondaires, et on s'attache aux personnages.
On suit le parcours scolaire, universitaire, professionnel d'un groupe de 4 amis.
Pour une fois, on sort des clichés : pas de "villain" ni de ▲ amoureux, les adultes bienveillants, et le CL est remarquable par sa loyauté, sa confiance, sa volonté de rester ensemble et de protéger l'autre.
Série pas forcément mémorable, mais qui fait du bien et très sympa.

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A Sweet & Caring Youthful Drama

This is one of the dramas where you can watch with ease and not feeling entirely angry or frustrated. I'm already going to give kudos to this drama for not having typical C-dramas cliches. There's no breakups, no misunderstandings, maybe a few snobby prideful characters but not really evil, no evil parents or in-laws, secondary characters are not jealous evil psychos but instead are best friends with the main leads. There is a mini conflict towards the end so it does kind of follow the typical last minute issues in a C-drama but thankfully this conflict doesn't effect the relationship with our main couple.

What was great about this drama: I just love the support that Nan Xi & Xia Rui have for each other and how they just want to be together and there for each other forever. We first see Nan Xi as a shy student with social anxiety. I was really sad for him since he just looks so sad and depressed in the beginning but thankfully it didn't take long for Xia Rui to remember that Nan Xi was her childhood friend and she began to support him emotionally which is great because he really needed that close friend. At the same time, Nan Xi supports Xia Rui with her grades and helps her improve her poor study habits. I also love their two friends Cheng Er, the loudmouth & Yi Shu, the smart but quiet supportive friend. Just seeing these 4 bonding and their silly moments were enough to make me enjoy this drama.

Romance wise, though we do see a lot of chemistry between our leads in the high school episodes, you'll have to wait until the high school days are over to see any progression and kiss scenes. There are 3 couples. Our leads get the most spotlight, the secondary couple comes in closer towards the end of the drama but you do see some hints throughout the drama and the third couple kind of just popped out of nowhere with very little screen time, which in a way makes me wonder how our main characters ended up being close with them anyways since they hardly interacted with them in high school.

What was missing from this drama:
- The root cause of Nan Xi's social anxiety disorder: It wasn't really clear what the main cause for his disorder other than being bullied/teased as a kid (even though Xia Rui as a child protected and spent time with him)
- The lack of screen time for our third couple Liu Bin & Yu Fei: Development of this couple and the friendship of them with our main characters seemed lacking.
- The developing friendship with Gao Ting: The writers messed up on this part. Gao Ting could've played a bigger role in the college episodes. Gao Ting felt alone and unimportant. Liked the guy walked away by himself after saying that and no one has concern for him. Geez... show some compassion writers. This could've been a great opportunity for Nan Xi who hasn't really made friends on his own, to make his first friend by himself with Gao Ting. That could've show another step for Nan Xi to grow out of his social anxiety. Instead, the writers make him a bad guy because of jealously towards the end.

Overall, if you need a drama to pass time while you are waiting for another drama or one that doesn't give you heartaches and headaches, I would recommend giving this one a try.

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Heartwarming and beautiful

I’ve been getting pickier with dramas recently, maybe it’s because I’ve seen so many but I hardly binge dramas anymore. This one was a lovely surprise.
It’s not too complex by any means. It’s very much light and fluffy but it has that special something that makes you love a story. The characters just honestly love and support each other. There aren’t many “villains” in the story. It mostly centers on each characters personal struggles and their journey through life. I think Nanxi’s social anxiety was presented quite well and his journey to opening himself up to others was believable and not rushed.
I give the main couple huge props for their communication. They really talk things out and have virtually no misunderstandings. The ost’s are also a really nice accompaniment and the show as a whole gave me the warm fuzzies and left a smile on my face.

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Sweet, light but kind of a tease

You can almost feel the smell of coffee when you watch this easy to watch easy to binge C-drama with little drama and more fluff. About two people who bring out the best in each other and are would fit in the enciclopedia under the You complete me.... kind of thing yet border o co-dependent... The side couples and side stories are also sweet, but actually have more drama than the main couple however they an asset to the drama instead of an annoyance that many other side couples often are.

The drama itself deals with some jealousy and how easy it is to start a rumor, yet hard to take it back as well as the consequences rumors can have on peoples lives. It has a fight back , friendships rock and together we can do anything kind of spirit to it that I liked. I also liked the woodwork and scenery shown in the drama.

However this drama probably holds some kind of record in almost kisses, and kisses being interrupted and not taken up in years of dating making me seriously wonder about these peoples will power to hold back, lack of hormones or just the generall message of kissing is shameful... I ave seen other dramas where they hide the kiss behind a parade and those where they never kiss and found it odd but fine, but this constant teasing was a tad frustrating to watch so I must warn you about that. Also the way they talk about mental illness is a bit iffy too, yet still try to show that we are all different but mental illness is used as a slur so be were

But other than that definitely worth watching.

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Sweet Romantic Drama

I loved this drama - its a sweet rom-com , smooth sailing without the usual fights, break ups and misunderstandings. Shows three phases of lives of Main Leads (High School/Uni/Going abroad to study together & return back)..its such a feel good drama.

The main lead as Nan Xi (Fiction Guo) did an absolutely brilliant job, he totally axed the character & so did Xia Rui (Wan Peng - she's used to these kind of characters I guess), but truly the star was Fiction Guo. I watched couple of his drama's earlier, but he looked absolutely gorgeous in this drama (maybe its his character Nan Xi innocent, brilliant genius characters always does something to my heart.

In the drama, the lead characters had a fantastic relationship, very protective of each other. It was so interesting to see the growth of Nan Xi from the shy timid boy to a confident young man - all thanks to Xia Rui...just adorable! There are lot of sweet, romantic moments between the main couple & funny missed/failed kisses - the first kiss was in episode 26... Story would have been complete if there was a wedding scene & couple of scenes five years down the line were included...as it is its a nice & happy ending.

Highly recommend to anyone who loves soft, sweet & melodrama free shows.

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It's kind of hard to ruin youth dramas in my opinion, at least this one. Lol. This one was so cute, easy to watch, just overall sweet. I liked the take on the mental health if I'm being completely honest, I know exactly what it's like to feel like you're not welcome or you're not okay and I liked that they made sure to express that nothing is wrong with him and everything is okay. I liked the acting from every single person. The friends and families and just overall story was nice tbh. It's so good to just enjoy and so sweet and you watch the characters grow, I loved it!

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For me, it's a one time watch!!

So the story is briefly about a two children, a boy and a girl who meet in park when the boy was being bullied by some other boys. The girl, being brave.. rescue him and slowly they become friends. But because of something they fall apart and then meet after years when the boy goes to the school where the girl used to study.
The boys was a kind of special child, he was really introvert and also had social anxiety problem. He can't really get along with people.
Honestly the this topic is something I really liked, and the story does justification with the boys and his problem. But again, the makers could have made it a little more exciting and interesting.
This story is just kind of fairly tale where everything falls in the perfect place without much struggle by anyone. For me, the love story of the 2nd lead was much more interesting and sweet than the story of the main lead.
If someone like this kind of story where everything is just fine and perfect; where no one struggling, where everyone us happy and satisfied with everything, then you should really give it a watch, I am sure you will really like it. But I am someone who like the story more when there is a bit of more hustle. A bit more struggle.
Anyway, I just watched it for Wan Peng, and that's why I'm not at all disappointed. She, like always did a great job. Being that butterfly, carefree, brave, energetic girl☺️☺️.
But I hope the next time I see any of her drama, she plays a different characters. I really want to see how she will look in a different character.

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Sweet love from childhood to adulthood

Why I like this drama?
This is all because of the friendship, trust, a little bit comedy that show in the drama. Great acting by all the casts including supporting casts too.

Why you should watch this drama?
Light drama, no major issue, strong friendship brought by all the casts.

This drama brings you smile to ears because you will remember your school days till your adulthood. Both lead casts gave their excellent acting even though they are young. Supporting casts make you think, "How I wish I have that kind of frind/family around me."

Thank you to this website for their recommendation that lead me to this drama.

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This drama consists of two main parts, the first 14 episodes are about the high school years of our four leads & episodes 15-28 are about university life.

If I consider the first one a separate drama, then I would rate it at 9+, it's more than just great. I enjoyed the high school years much more here than in the recent hit cdrama Our Secret. If I imagined how my favorite high school anime romance would look like as live action TV, something like this would be the end result. In fact I don't think I have ever seen a high school drama with more anime-like leads, second leads. Usually Chinese high school dramas have very little romantic substance, because the censorship kills any chance of puppy loves flourishing, not in this one though. I feel the production team really pushed the boundaries of what a high school cdrama can be. I mean sure kisses, or a direct non confusable confession did not end up happening, but there was never a doubt about their relationship. Like the drama had "we'll be together forever" and (just) sleeping with & on each other multiple times, hugs etc etc. This whole introverted guy + outspoken girl story just really worked for me. Also it was really wholesome, like all the moms & even the head teacher were mostly turning a blind eye to the obvious affair. Special circumstances notwithstanding I'm really surprised this passed censorship.

The second half of the drama, the university years was not nearly as good. The leads went through the motions and while it was mostly still very enjoyable, but it was a bit annoying how slowly they progressed, despite starting cohabitation relatively early on. The leads have grown on me & I enjoyed watching them, but their everyday life did certainly not have enough substance for 28 episodes.

This is a drama where the leads (effectively) have gotten together in episode 3? and stayed together till the last episode without a single major misunderstanding, or love triangles. So of course the writers felt they have to find some tension to make the drama more interesting and with this I arrived at the worst thing about the drama, which is the relationship of the second leads following high school graduation. This entire theme of the guy not knowing how the girl feels & how he himself feels, while seemingly not having working male hormones either was extremely frustrating to get through. That's not even all, when he had finally figured out what's going on, the girl suddenly changed her mind, because ehm why not?

I just finished binging the drama, but I cannot recall any of the songs, the most mediocre OST of 2020 award goes to.. !?

If I had to recommend Meeting You to a friend, I would probably just say to watch the first 22~ episodes & then just skip to the finale. Coffee making competitions & plagiarism accusations are probably not worth the time, especially considering how there was much less sweetness in the OTP relationship after they started to officially date.

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A Journey Through Love and Friendship

"Meeting You" is a Chinese drama that starts off as a typical high school romance but develops into a story about friendship, hard work, and following your dreams.

The main characters are Nan Xi, a boy with social anxiety, and Xia Rui, a loud and outgoing girl. They meet by chance in high school and discover they were childhood friends.

What makes this drama special:

Healthy relationships: The drama portrays supportive friendships and a sweet romance that develops naturally.
Positive vibes: The story focuses on overcoming challenges, working hard, and achieving goals.
Realistic portrayal of youth: It captures the fun and challenges of being a teenager without resorting to negativity or excessive drama.

A few minor drawbacks:

Predictable plot points: Some aspects of the story, like love triangles and misunderstandings, are predictable.
Unrealistic aspects: The drama depicts all the main characters ending up in the same college, which feels unrealistic.

Overall:

"Meeting You" is a heartwarming drama with a strong focus on friendship and personal growth. It's a perfect watch for those looking for a light and positive story with relatable characters.

Recommendation: If you enjoy wholesome high school dramas with a touch of romance, this is a good option for you.

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