Finally finished watch this. Reluctant to watch at first, but upon hearing many positive thing about this drama finally succumb to it & decided to watch.

This drama tell story about Song San Chuan (SC), that even though a talented badminton athlete but have stuck in the place cause by his trauma. And here come Liang You An (YA) that see the potential in SC. SC fall in love at the first sight with YA & always try to please SC, even try to break trough his own trauma for the sake of YA. But trouble still come that make SC had to give up badminton & later on once again for the sake of YA he move to tennis. One prodigy he is... One athlete that move field in his 20s & still success. Haha...

What I like from this drama:
+ What a cute couple Leo Wu & Zhou Yu Tong are. Never expected they can be this cute playing couple. The really positive thing from this couple, we don't see they try to reverse role them. Until the end SC & YA still act according to their age, YA not become childish & clingy, & SC not becoming too mature.
+ SC is really really one stubborn & persistent athlete. Sometimes even put too much force unto himself. But from him we can see the picture of the athlete, how they train & persistent in their own field.
+ Jiang Jiao Jiao (JJ) & Liang Tao (LT) are also a cute couple. Really love how they develop feeling for each other & support each other in the end.
+ Give up is not the end. I mean like when SC decided to drop badminton & later on switch to tennis & Chen Zhe who is in the end admit that he is not talented & choose to drop tennis & choose to inherit his family business. Sometime give up is not embarrassing & certainly not the end of the world.
+ Persistent always bear fruit. Except the sample from SC, we also get to see JJ that didn't get support from his dad at first, but how he still persistent & firm with his decision & also support from his mom & LT, he finally can show his dad that his decision to continue tennis is not wrong.

What I don't too like:
- A little bit too beautiful. I mean like SC that successful change his field is like a dream come true.

Overall this drama quite good, not regret watching this. But at the same time nothing too good about this that I think gonna leave a trail in my mind.

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UGHHHH....

I know this about Unrequited Love, but still not hoping to have these kinda trail in my heart & mind.

WARNING!!! I'll gonna write some spoiler, so if you don't wanna know just skip reading my review then.








This movie about many UNFINISHED unrequited Love. Just like bitchyleila wrote: 'Overall this movie tells you that unrequited love or one sided love affairs in real life never has a happy ending'. Yeah I must agree, many of our unrequited Love still remain unfinished until the end. But my biggest turn off is the story here not necessary need to be unfinished. Many of the story can have finished story to tell us, but they decided to close it with open ending. That's what pissed me off.

From all the story here, the finished one is only the 4th story and maybe the 1st story, the other is UNFINISHED story. Really hope that this is a drama instead just movie. So we can have longer duration to tell the story until it finished. Or maybe have less story to tell, so they can use the duration to at least finished the story...

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This drama start good, middle ok, but dive down in the end. One drama that start the drama with 1 plot, but through out the series like loosing it's grip to original story & just grab anything to hold the story. Ok. Let me explained

The story begin with Shen Yi Yi (YY) that replace her friend, Shen Die Yi (DY), as the bride, with the hidden purpose of looking for DY real identity. The marriage itself between DY & Tang Jiu Hua (JH) not really typical arrange marriage, they have feeling for each other & because YY don't want to take DY place in JH family, she tried to escape several times & failed. After arrived at JH house, JH said he already register YY to Shangyi Guan (academy) & that they also can do the investigation regard DY identity in the academy. So to delay the marriage between YY & JH, YY agreed to enroll to the academy. In the academy she found friend & companion & their story begin. With time role, they found out each of their companion has story & secret to tell.

From the summary I wrote above do you found the problem to begin with...? Haha...
1. They seems completely forgot that YY want to uncover the identity of DY in the first place. Through out the story they really rarely discuss about this. YY never really seriously investigate about the pendant that DY leave behind. She just seems to enjoy her day at the academy & all the problem that raise within the academy itself. Yeah some of you can argue that it's hard to find because the secret is in the palace, etc... But if that the problem they can short the story, so they don't really need to tell the story of her academy days & just jump to graduation & her station in the palace, etc...
2. The student (or you can say YY & her companion) really involve in the politic issue & many strange case which should not be for consumption of student. Haha...

But at the same time ironically, the days in the academy is really fit with the title, The Chang'an Youth. Yeah so this drama really about the young people in Chang'an.

Overall just like Apple Eye, me too also lost interest midway the series. And in the end I just don't know wish this drama to be longer so it can be more clear or not, cause I feel if this longer I might drop this

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Continuing the story

Ok the story continue...

This part of the story, FL (Yian Yi Yi (YY)) start to acknowledge she has a feeling for our ML (Qin Yu(QY)). But at the same time she also finally found the supposed FL (Su Qian Xue) that she decided for QY. And at the same time QY really gave out signal about his love for our YY & start chase her.

That's when the conflict of heart begin. YY that hope to steer the story back to its original storyline & at the same time she's already fall for QY.

And the story continue again in part 3. I'm really happy I watch this binge & don't need to wait for it while it's aired... Haha...

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Together is better

Break from my drama, decided to just looked randomly at YouTube. Find this movie, since fit with the Alphabet Drama / Movie Challenge so I just jump watch this. Haha...

So basically the story its about Sakamichi Onoda (SO) who is an otaku, loves animation and a loner. One day Imaizumi Shunsuke (IS) saw SO riding his 'mom' bike (bike with little basket at the front) in the steep incline, that most people kinda afraid to ride the bike there, but SO can easily ride his bike there. IS became curious with SO & asked him to compete with him in that steep incline with the bet to join each other intended club (SO with his anime club & IS with bicycle racing club). Short story of course SO is losing. For obvious reason, SO with his 'mom' bike and IS with ricing bike & more over all the training IS had before.

But that competition make SO blood 'boiled' with excitement & he decided to join bicycle racing club too. What excitement do you ask? For someone who is lonely and have no friend like SO, the excitement is about someone to compete / join activity together, the excitement of finding friend & opponent in the same field together.

In the club, they do the test to join the club & find out that turn out SO has talent for bicycle racing. They begin training for the competition & SO enjoy every moment of it. While in the same time we also found out that IS has fear & trauma that he has to overcome.

I really like how they show us that in the end bicycle racing sport turn out not single person racing or problem. But turn out this about group & how to support each other in the group. How we need to just be patient to wait for our turn to shine and not selfish.

Overall this really good movie to teach us about team & support each other. But as Mluth wrote: "if you were looking for some romance this movie might not be for you."

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Quite annoying dubbing

Chen Xing Xu & Landy Li of course I have to watch this... Haha.... Not expect much, but turn out I quite enjoy the drama.

Usual story where the switched bride happen, the 'naughty' girl go to heaven realm & the 'good' girl go to evil realm. but of course turn out they both find the perfect match in each realm. The story gonna be bored with good girl go to heaven realm, but with the naughty one, the story become quite interesting....

As usual, our girl (Ye Tan (YT)) make a lot of trouble in heaven realm. But with that way, she seems to make her footprint & impression to our ML. And the same also happen with Qing Kui (QK) in the evil realm, where she also attract Chao Feng (CF) & Wu Dai (WD) with her charm & gentleness. As we usually said, opposite attract. Xuan Shang (XS) in heaven never really see such capriciousness like YT do, while CF & WD never really get such gentleness in evil realm.

The story become really interested after XS back to heaven realm. YT & XS become close & very romantic. In the same time I still grind my teeth to see the behavior of heaven emperor. Why he seems so bothered to see how close YT & XS are...? Sometimes with XIan XIa drama like this I have this big question: Why they really like to picture heaven as hypocrite, where they seem to do the right thing, but turn out they actually is so messed up & hiding something that dark even make the evil proud...?

From all that happen in this drama one thing that really bothered me is.... How fake & so dubbed Xuan Shang voice. It's like they cover the mike with sock or cloth and then start speaking. Haha....

Overall this drama actually nothing new, but still really enjoyable to watch.

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weird relationship

long time quite curious with this drama, finally decided to watch it. Turn out quite good, but in my opinion, all the relationship begin with the weird tone.

What I like:
+ Feng Ping (FP) is one of interesting woman in dramaworld. She's not damsel in distress that need to be saved by man. She has her own power & part in the world
+ FP & Tang Jia Nan (JN) relationship is quite mature given that JN sometimes quite childish.
+ A Jiu is really one funny character. He's really chill out character, it's like whatever JN did to him seems not be bothered him

What I don't too like:
- Another snake in the drama. The moment Lu Qiao (LQ) out, I can sense how snake this person is. The interesting part is when we see the terified face of JN when he see LQ. And what make me annoyed why JN like can't reject LQ at first.
- There is no clarity about the character JN. Is he actually just rich boy that like to play around or he actually have hidden character. We can see several time he actually like building something in his home. But what that's for...? Is it just for him to play around or he just want to create something....?
- Who the heck actually FP....? We get some hidden clue that his girl actually rich woman or at least have rich family. But we never really know who the heck is this girl. Why Fang Jun Hao (JH) & his dad seems to be so afraid of her brother. Who is he, how powerful is he...? We only get a glimpse of him in the end :(
- The moment JN know about FP power seems unimportant. They don't even bother to write full scene about this. We just later know that JN already know about FP power.
- The rush ending. I really want the meeting between both JN & FL family be longer & meaningful instead just the glimpse like this.

Overall this one good drama, without much angst, but at the same time much question mark too....

Now last before I close my review. Just skip read next part if you don't want to get spoiler. Now let me explain the weird relationship I mention above...









1. JN & FP - Of course from the first their relationship is one of the weirdest among pretend relationships. But it become weirder after JN remember. They just jump into relationship and with all the lovey dovey that couple do.... Yeah I know, there're hidden feeling that don't need to translate into Word or action, cause what JN & FP do for each other already tell us what we need to know, and we just happy when they finally do what couple normally do. But in my opinion it just weird way to begin relationships for real.
2. Qiu Tian & JH - This even weirder, but I just can't explain it. And JH is one stupid man. Even after he decided to finally confess, he still chicken out in the end & just let the confess hanging in the air.
3. An Yue Sheng (YS) & Tang Ming Xuan (MX) - I never really understand what is the genuine feeling of YS toward MX. Is it from the beginning YS actually already like MX, but he just need to sort his feeling for FP first, or what...? It just in 1 ep YS still feel bothered by MX action, but the other ep turn out no he's not really bothered by her & kinda have feeling for her.

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What r u gonna do if you can re-life your life....? To what timeline will you go back...? What will you learn from the re-life...? Will you change your life with that timeline...?

Arata Kaizaki get the chance to re-life his life. He went back to the 3rd / last year of high school. Some of us will gonna said that the best time, some of us will said no not really.... But yeah High School sometimes is the best year to repeat your life. We still got our youth, the future ahead of us, the friends that we can make, etc....

But the concept of the movie quite unique and strange. Haha... Arata Kaizaki (AK) went back in time, but it's only like dream, where nothing actually change nor he can make memories to anyone around him. So yeah it's like a dream, he can experience it but also at the same time like watching the movie.

What I really like from this movie is the spirit AK gave us. He know he can't change anything nor make memories to anyone around him, but he still he still decided to make a difference. He still decided to make friends, help his friends change & gave them the courage that they need sometimes. The positive energy he gave really make a change. Even they don't remember him in the end, but his courage & motivational word stick with people around him. And after that he also finally get to know himself more & found his purpose, what he will do when he get back to his life.

What can be better! For me only 2 things can make this movie better & get the 9 ⭐️ that I originally want to give:
1. I would like see the photo. Haha... They took the pic at the graduation (I think) I really want to see that photo. Will AK be there or not...? Is he only disappear on people memory or also in the photo...?
2. The weird ending. The last sentence is really make me want to bite or scream or kick the director. Why...? Why...? Why...? They must leave us with that weird conversation...? Why not ending it with the meeting of AK & the new teacher...? Or at least gave us full sentence that go fade out still gonna be better... I just don't like the hanging ending like this....

Overall this one good movie to reflect your own life...

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One of the good review

Read so many bad review I kinda feel have to write good one about this drama. Haha...

Yeah this drama one of the shallow & fluffy rom-com with not much story to tell. Let's discuss drama....

Positive side about this drama:
+ Cute & fluffy rom-com without much angst that make our teeth grind with angry or whatever.
+ Good looking actor/ess that quite good at acting, at least they're not like drama student that just learn to act.
+ The persistence or stupidity of Lu Yu Heng in the way he looked for his 'little star'.

Negative side about this drama:
- If you expect e-sports aspect of this drama, hope nothing then. They only show a little bit of that aspect.
- if you also expect the journey of being a hanfu designer or the live streamer, also hope nothing then. Everything just beautiful in this drama. Lin Xiao Di (XD) had too easy journey, everything is make easy for her.
- The stupid & illogical Zhao Mu Ran (MR). He been rejected over & over & over through their life by XD, but ne never give up. Really want to knock his head for that stupidity. And the way he gave up his love is super duper easy. Like after all that time of persistence he just suddenly gave up his love for XD.
- The stupid XD. Which woman that casually just decided to move with random neighbor man that they barely know...? Answer is nobody... If me, I rather accept MR (since he is her best friend) offer when he offer his house & move with him, moreover if I'm not mistaken MR also offer his empty house for XD to live.

Overall this one shallow & fluffy rom-com you can enjoy.

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At first I quite enjoying this movie, but toward the end, for me, it's like unfinished story. They close the curtain at very half-hearted story.

The movie tell 2 story. (1) Chuck & Ashley story, where they join the competition. (2) story about Ashley's family & the mysterious red shoes. Unfortunately for us, they only finished 1 story, which about Ashley's family. While the Chuck, Ashley & competition story remain unfinished. More over about chuck's family business, it's like forgotten story, which they don't even bothered again in the end.

Quite happy about Ashley's family. But at the same time every thing happen too fast & unclear. Like the competition itself, we don't know how long the preparation time, rehearsal & the competition day itself, kinda don't make sense how long they give space between rehearsal & competition day, usually only 1 day before the D-day is rehearsal day., but no here. And also the problem between Celine & their dad. Earlier we can see how mad Celine to their dad, but overnight she seems forget about it & just casually talk to their dad. Yeah yeah I know, all for the sake of Ashley can get her happy ending. But it doesn't make sense how fast every thing happen in the end.

This could be one good movie, if only they complete all the story & have more logic timeline.

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First time watching dark cooking movie. Haha... But yep this quite dark, but at the same time you can relate to what people in here think...

Hunger talk not only about the hungry of our stomach, but also our ambition. How much are you hungry for success or be 'special'? how much are you willing to go for it...? Are you in the end gonna lose yourself to your hunger or in the end you'll gonna turn back to realize what are your initial ambition comes from? After that will you also gonna regret how far do you walk toward that goal, how much do you sacrifice for it...?

Haha... So many question that we can think when we see this movie...

In this movie we can see Aoy try to reach that success. At first we think that she'll gonna willing to sacrifice everything for it. But I'm really glad that she's never really lose her conscience in the way up & how in the end she turn her head back to realize how wrong her path is.

This is one good movie, that can give us lesson what we have to do to achieve our goal.

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One headache drama, very complicated problem that not everyone cup of tea, including mine. Haha... But in the end I still manage to endure the drama due to very interesting cast. How every cast & character have their unique feature that make this drama keep interesting to watch.

Really interesting to see how Shuai Jia Mo interacting with everybody else, especially Cheng Ren Qing (RQ) & Feng Bao Yu (BY). Also what really interesting is how in the end everything connected with each other, what we think unimportant & have no connection, in the end they prove us wrong...

RQ himself also very interesting being, that at first we don't know where is he stand for, bad side or good side. But upon time, we got the 'true self' of RQ & his difficulty. BY in the other hand also kinda interesting to see, we can see how until the end he actually still 'a coward' but how he build up his courage trough the drama is really something we must praise...

But actually until the end I'm not really understand why everything happen in the drama must happen & also why must at that time. Haha... Maybe if I can sum this in 1 sentence, it's gonna be... What ordinary 'stupid' people do to get justice & fairness from the rich person, in this case Fan Yuan.

Overall this diff mystery drama that maybe not everybody cup of tea. But still interesting enough for you to watch till the end. In my opinion, don't stop in the middle, because u'll gonna missed something in the end....

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the best concept of time traveling

One heart warming movie about time traveling. For me this is the best concept of time traveling. You can only visit without doing much, everything happen is happen and you can't change it. What you can do, only know what's your mistake & correct it in your own timeline.

What I don't too like is actually the story of Tokita Kazu herself. Although a little bit make more sense, but I think they kinda stretch it to fit the story. But her story also really interesting, how they take the future to help with present time.... Haha...

Overall this heart warming story about how we should seize the time before we left with something to regret.....

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never expected ending

Another Xian Xia realm this year... Not so bad, but I don't think the best too... Ok let's discuss drama...

What I love:
+ How good and handsome my Zhang Bin Bin... Haha... He play 4 character here, God of Moon, Lu Li, Luo Ge and Dark God of Moon and every character have different characteristic. He portrayed them beautifully, each with their distinguish characteristic & facial expression...
+ The chemistry between Vin Zhang & Xu Lu not so bad. Maybe not as a couple, but a very good friend that can turn into a relationship later on, that kind of friendship....
+ The handsome Riley Wang. Oh how much I love see Riley Wang as a bad guy. He really gives a good vibes as a bad guy. He once again has more expression as a bad guy than when he play good guy, which like has no expression for me...
+ The best of all.... The ending.... Oh I love how they give us 2 alternative ending. From Luo Ge & Liu Shao point of view. But I think I more like Liu Shao ending. Because it's more make sense & for once finally they make the women do the sacrificing instead always the man... Haha...

What not so good:
- The usual story that easy to forget. Leave not trace in my mind in the future I think. Give bumping a little due to the 2 alternative ending.

Overall this just another drama for us to watch....

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Blind man guide blind man

If I have to make conclusion about this drama in 1 word, Blind man guide blind man it is. Haha... Let me explained:

This drama actually tell the story about depression & family. What happen if someone who is depressed meet another depressed man that have a sick mind. So instead a group of depressed man/woman find someone that can give light to their path, they met another person that can influence/convince them more than anything, that nothing better in this world so let make the dead something 'useful/meaningful'.

Their concept of is actually really interesting. They did the last think they want, and then did the next person last wishes. At first seems like a serial murderer, but unfortunately hide something more sad in the harsh reality...

But I really like the last talk Xu Hai Yin give to the person that behind all of it. I'll not gonna talk much in here, you should watch this to know more, because it's one of the beautiful concept that wrap the whole thing. In the end what the depressed one really need is only the support of their love one, someone who understand them & extra special if that comes from family, because in the end family always matter...

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