Me and My Youth (2021)

Nice one

The drama was really nice, the story, the place, the characters, the acting, it was refreshing.
It lacked the romance imo,
maybe because the main actress was 16 years old, I kinda wanted to see some heart fluttering moments between them but they were more casual. More friendly feeling than romantic, like it didn't feel even a little romantic. Maybe if they had an actress who was a bit older then they could have made it romantic.

While the second couple (shi che and zi ye) was hinted and I was waiting to see them but, nothing actually happened even till the end, it makes me sad because they had great chemistry, much potential because the few moments they had were really really full of chemistry, I was waiting for them to become official but, disappointed. If they had become a couple they would have out shined. But then again they would have filled the lack of romance the main lead had and I would have been satisfied xD.

Also the side characters was also really good like you won't really end up hating anyone, no one is gonna get on your nerves.
I liked the character of Qu Wei a lot. Harry Potter in the muggle world.

I also liked how they shared their childhood memories in the last bit of episode, always something new and relating to that specific episode, didn't took time and you keep seeing a bit of history of their relationship when they were kids and how much they have changed or stayed the same.

I enjoyed while I watched, I was actually looking for some drama like "Go Ahead" even though much different but still there was a feel to it, so yeah Good for me.

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I couldn't stop crying.

As someone who has a niece on crutches, I can't even. This was the sweetest. The characters both in their rights are so strong! I've never seen them in anything else the actors but they protrayed these characters well. The Lu Miao is a character we don't see in many female leads, her determination and compassion is something I feel all young female teens and even some of us adults need to watch and look up to. Yes, she slacks off, but she tries, she fights for her family and friends. I don't have one bad thing about her. Yes, there's some parts she doesn't get and she fights and argues about. But that's her innocence popping out because she just doesn't know, but she wants to understand. I feel like everyone has been like this.

As for Jiang Haoyue honestly, he's hurt. He puts up with his drunken father and his mother who, let's face it was embarrassed by her first born son because he came from Jiang Yi. Then what ticked me off the most about him was that he was going to leave Lu Miao and go abroad to be with her. As if Lu Miao's feelings didn't matter. I mean yes, it was a debt to pay off, but they genuinely cared about him. And for Lu Miao that didn't matter. They were family, and he was abandoning her for a woman who had abandoned him because she was ashamed of him. But his father was a lowlife, but that's because it seemed like no one had genuinely showed that they cared for him growing up (they didn't give much back story on him except the love story between him and Haoyue's mom), he knew he screwed up. And in case anyone overlooked it, him locking everything up and saying he burned his son's passport was his way of saying that he didn't want his son to go. And that he was trying. And of course happily Haoyue saw that. A mother shouldn't just leave a child for years in a toxic situation. She should've taken him with her. For that I'm glad she left she was horrible. I'm glad the show came to a close like it did. Sometimes romance isn't always the kissing or any kinds of physical intimacy more intense than a hug. Sometimes romance can be the start of one blossoming, the rekindling of a lost relationship, and just good friends. for me this show was 10/10. All the actors brought to life their characters very well. And I'd definitely have to watch this again. I wish they made a second season, to see how they continued. But honestly guessing what their life is like after these dramas are the best imagines you get to make for yourselves. This is the best C-drama I've seen yet and I will recommend it to my brother-in-law and wife for their daughter so she's not alone, even in a story.

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Sweet and sensible Youth Drama

From past few weeks i watched so many youth shows and by far this (and 2nd is summer again) beats all other shows in terms of overall story, acting and character arc.
ML with a heavy baggage but not cold just quiet , sensitive and FL issweet & a little childish but not overly done having her own thoughts trying to protect ML openly or silently. Loved Her family and his father arc too.
And most of all friendships depicted among 6 people. How it grew among them so naturally and we could see how each interacted and helped each other in different levels of friendship and ways. Most shows although they showed initially of becoming friends we do not see much on them interacting so personally . For ex: we can see Che showing why GuoGuo was selected and convincing him to just go ahead. ( except may be FL with her best friend in some shows. )
Even without much physical affection we could see so much love and care between leads. It is so sweet. Kudos to both actors.
i will definitely rewatch this show because most shows i had to skip a lot due to characters stupidity i couldnt stand. Here there is none,.
Only thing that could have been a little better is to know why SML was trying to pursue FL. I get that they had same taste with both of them reading same comics but it felt as if they could be buddies than romantic interest at any point in time so him thinking so much and instigating ML felt a little out of place although it was fun to watch them challenge each other.

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This is a really good youth drama just not a drama for romance but after you find out the FL actress real age you will understand why. I like the way they did this more though it wasn't just about two kids knowing each other in childhood and getting together in their teens. It was more about their friendship and making new friends and the struggles in their lives.

I really liked the girl who played the FL I thought she was adorable and she has the prettiest big eyes. I just kept looking at her eyes through this, but the main reason for me watching this was for Zhang Ling He. He plays a character with a disability and he pulled me into his story through this whole drama. His story was just heartbreaking and I cried finding out a lot of it. His parents were horrible even thought his dad does straighten up towards the end of it granted his son is already consider in adult by then. I liked most of the characters in this for me I didn't really find anyone annoying. The only thing I wished they would of did more with was the second couple but they made the second male lead chase the female lead way to long and then decided not to even have him admit when he falls for someone else at the end. I liked him with that girl a lot better.

This is definitely a drama to start watching and see if you get into the characters and their stories to determine if you will like this drama or not cause at first glance I didn't think I would get into this. Two other things that I really enjoyed in this was the dance performance they do and the cosplay competition.

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Good story, bad pacing

Story: I like these kinds of plots. Go Ahead is the drama I’ve rewatched the most and I like these complicated family/, best friend/sibling-like, budding romance, slice-of-life stories. They more realistic and relatable then a story about a poor FL getting into a relationship with a CEO - somehow.
Overall, the story is very good to me. I like the inclusion of the ML’s disability, but as a someone who doesn’t have that personally, I wonder how accurate it really is. I also liked the turbulence of the relationship/FRIENDSHIP. It was innocent and enjoyable.
HOWEVER, there were major issues with the stories pacing. It felt like it dragged on a lot and I personally skipped around quite a bit. I think the drama was a lot longer then it needed to be.

Acting: the acting was pretty good. I think the FL did a really good job acting the age of a year one high school student and so on. The ML was also good, but the girl store out more. I appreciate when someone doesn’t cry “pretty” but more realistically and raw.
The second ML was very funny and felt like the only comedic relief besides the FL. I appreciated how he played his role, but the plot points with him felt a little under developed

Rewatch: Honeslty, I would watch it again. I have a shorter attention span to begin with, and this drama wasn’t the best at holding my attention. The story it’s self was good and a bit unique. It just for me personally, I wouldn’t watch it again.

I hope people give it a chance, because the story alone deserves a much higher score than 6.5, but overall… not the best for me.

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it started off soo good i loved the cinematography for it and the castings (until i found out the age diff between the leads ,, yikes) when i found out abt it it did tick me off but i continued watching it for the sake of finishing it.

these days cdramas have a lot of coming-of-age genre but most of them ALWAYS have unnecessary side stories that i skip but this show it does have a few side stories n none of them bore me . i loved all of the side characters they were portrayed so so well and the chemistry between them all.. LOVE

overall a great drama to watch but i wish they wouldve casted someone who's not a minor :/ other than that the plot n all were good

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