Just an Encore (2019)

Friendship, secret crush and coming of age

A true high school drama about friendship, secret crushes, so much held feelings, jealousy and making up. It was beautiful. Pretty realistic too! I thought our FL might get a make over when she grows up or something like most dramas but I'm proud they let her be the same 🥺 she looks so cute still and it feels more realistic as well like that after all one doesn't change that drastically in mere years in most cases. I'm just a little sad they ended it like that they never got to confess to each other they both just knew. Yan ze at the end when asked abt he Xin Liang she was like "we broke up" which meant they did date but ended it? The reason is prolly him going to USA but I don't get why it's always that put as a reason when at the time long distant was a thing at least we needed an explanation I don't like to be kept guessing it feels like there's a gap in the story 😩 coming of age genre writers in every story be like "let's have one of the leads leave to a faraway place and both of them seperated then meet after some years" as if Internet and long distant relationships are a joke to them 🙄. Another complaint of mine is that both ji xiao and Xi yi were too rigid at times it felt a bit unnatural tho I understand it's how model student is seen but uh it's a bit too much tho I'm glad they made them later be more human. The story had sooo much jealousy and envy between girls while the guys were just "let's compete" pushing each other then "hey I gave up" hands over the FL peacefully. While the girls were more uh vicious? I mean it is a truth but stilllll too much 😂altho friendship prevailed at last yet they could've made at least one good friend or smthg I felt it was too dramatic at some point but it's okay as well it's tolerable. In conclusion it's a good story does make sense and is a good light watch. Actors did a great job especially our xiao ding and FL (I know her from a river runs through it) she was great here 🥺 they really represented their characters very well! I loved the supporting chars as welll they were all so cute and as a teacher myself I felt like they were my own students 😂 it also made me nostalgic abt my high school days 🥹. Well done!

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Konklusi Yang Mengecewakan

Drama ini sangat menjanjikan sejak episode 1. Memberikan built up karakter yang benar-benar sangat dalam dan juga berbagai problema yang cukup menarik untuk diikuti. Tensi dramanya terus naik hingga ending dan selalu meninggalkan banyak pertanyaan dan beberapa ketidakmasuk-akalan di beberapa episodenya. Rasa kagum terus hadir saat saya menonton drama ini karena benar-benar bisa menghadirkan watching experience yang emosional, realisitis dan heart-touching. Sampai pada final eps, episode 31, saya menonton drama ini dengan sangat sangat semangat, karena saya tau ada banyak hal yang perlu diselesaikan didalam story line, ada banyak kesalahpahaman yang perlu diluruskan, ada banyak kebenaran yang perlu terungkap yang merupakan sisa-sisa dari eps2 sebelumnya. Maka dari itu saya berekspektasi besar untuk episode final ini, berharap akan melihat konklusi gede-gedean dan tentunya heart-touching. Karena sepanjang eps 1-30 saya sempat meneteskan air mata dibeberapa bagian dari drama ini. Tapi ternyata semua tak seperti ekspektasi, episode 31 hadir justru merusak kualitas drama dan storyline serta built-up karakter yang susah payah dibangun didrama ini dari eps 1-30. Episode 31 nyatanya tidak menyelesaikan semuanya, malah menjadi ending yang tidak berkesan justru bikin kesal. Ada banyak plot hole yang saya kira akan tertutupi di eps terakhir, nyatanya saya yang terlalu cepat menilai drama ini. (SPOILER : Contohnya tentang apel natal, sama sekali belum ada penyelesaian, tentang Zhou An yang tau tentang He Xin liang yang suka dengan Yan Ze saya rasa dihadirkan dengan sia2 dalam cerita, saya pikir akan berguna nantinya ternyata tidak berpengaruh ke plot utama, hanya mengulur-ulur waktu saja) dan masih banyak plot hole dan fact lainnya yang perlu diluruskan dan diangkat ke permukaan.

Untuk akting para cast-nya semuanya cukup bagus, terutama aktor tampan Ding Yuxi yang menjadi nyawa utama dari drama ini. Dengan pembawaannya yang seru dan juga sesekali terlihat 'Sad Boy' , dapat menarik simpatik dan hati dari para penontonnya dengan cepat. Aktingnya & looknya sangat membantu, sangat match dengan karakternya sehingga kita pun sebagai penonton mudah terkesan karenanya.

Musik di drama ini rata2 ear-catching, terutama lagu opening dan original soundtrack yang dinyanyikan dengan merdu oleh Ding Yuxi

Overall, meski drama ini sangat menyebalkan di ending dan merusak hampir seluruh kualitas drama yang sudah dibangun dengan susah payah dari awal, tetapi tetap saja drama ini menjadi salah satu teenage series yang cukup menarik untuk ditonton, heart-touching, emosional, tentunya jga bikin baper.

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Could have done it better.

The story line was good but it felt like they dragged it tooo much, the cast and the acting was really good , after reading the plot and watching the trailer i was really excited to start this drama and it was very good in the beginning but it didn't maintain the same hype throughout the drama , except for the main male lead helping the female lead with her problmes there was no other special scene . There was no romantic scenes and i expected a lot in this drama since it has a cute storyline but I'm very disappointed with this drama. The cast and storyline were soo good that they could have made the drama sooo much better arghh i feel so disappointed and the ending was rushed . Could have done it better :(

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Okay, so have you watched A Love So Beautiful, or When We Were Young...?? Well this is like a mix, but the difference is that they are all in a boarding school, boys and girls.... The main girl is really cute, you will love her hair, and she also has a strong character... she likes one cute intelligent guy ( apparently this guy also likes her but he is too shy) and there is another popular cute guy that is always bothering her, but i think he also likes her.. I just watched the first episodes bc i cant watch anymore sites to watch with eng subs.. but i have spoiled myself with the ost clip at the beggining and at the end.. and well i just can´t wait!! =) Please help support or request at viki so we can have more eng subs... PLEASEEEE..!!

Regards!

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