My Calorie Boy (2022)

The best youth drama EVER

Youth drama never my type. I watched a few but I didnt remember any of them. But this one is definitely will gonna stay in my head and heart forever.

ACTING:
The cast is amazing. You wont find any fault on the acting.

PLOT:
Honestly I like that the drama is totally focus on the leads with some side stories which are not distracting but still potray some realistic about them. Some people might not satisfied that the leads got together only at the end. But I am happy. Their friendship is the best thing about them. Even though they never admitted that they like each other. But it is totally obvious that they only can see each other. He/she is the most important person in their lives. You wont see any cringe and cheesy scenes because they themselves dont like it. The drama finish with them admit their feelings. But I can imagine that they would be chaotic but understanding couple like XJJ parents.

CHARACTERS:
No boring characters. I love the leads so much. KJW personality is usually play by 2nd lead instead of ML while GZ personality is typically a ML personality. GZ is the usual nonchalant and cool guy while KJW is the supportive, sarcastic and funny best friend. So there is no 2nd lead syndrome. You just going to fall in love with KJW even before he lost his weight. Meanwhile XJJ is the usual FL we see in many other drama; brave and kind. But at the same time, she is athletic and hardworking. Dont worry you wont see her acting cringe or awkward in front of her crush. I like that the leads just naturally grow up and 'forget' their crush because they are just that, CRUSH.

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I think who passed their college life will not like the drama much

It was the story of two person the one who is weak in studies and other was fat . They made a deal with each other . The fat one helped her in her studies and the weak one helped him to loose 20 kg but some sort of fight happened between them and they separated . He came to her after winter vacation in transform form but she was as it is . She became his Dobby (Dobby character of Harry Potter story when his master give him his any stuff then only he will be free) . Then she started work according to hi command . After sometime he freed her but they shared a great bond with eachother . They both take each other help to get their crush but slowly realised that they felt more than friend towards eachother. Due to some reason they separated from eachother . After four years they met and he apologized her and they again come together and story ended .

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If it makes you laugh and cry it's worth watching

If a drama makes you laugh and cry, it's because it's worth it, no matter what. School dramas are not my favorites, and this one also has its flaws, but we can find interesting and beautiful things in it.

First of all, it's a light drama, fun to watch, with youth questions. Then the chemistry of the protagonists is undeniable, the way they tease each other, and fight, and joke, and support each other. The friendship they build is really very beautiful.

But everything has a but and it shudders and something breaks when Kang Jia Wei's father dies. Somehow he gets upset with Xu Jing Jing, and leaves for another country, returning after four years. I understand that the death of someone we love is something that really changes our lives. But his attitude was not right. I think that, at that moment when he leaves without looking back, something breaks, friendship, support, promise, love.

Despite that and the ending was a bit rushed, I really liked it. It was a drama that gave me a beautiful message. And about love: if after four or five years you still can't forget someone, it's because it's something that's really worth it, I've been trying to think like that.

But they really owed us a period of courtship, of holding hands on the beach, what they would be like as a couple. The kiss was beautiful, but I don't think it should have ended there.

The ost was good, a little nostalgic.

I cried almost the entirety of episode 29.

One last note: he actually lost weight in episode 4 or 5, I didn't expect it to be that fast.

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Light , fluffy youth romance

Must watch if you are looking for laughter and good time with good acting.
Watched drama looking at YouTube shorts. The trailer does not so justice to it.
Story- well written and sprinkled with hI’m our. You will be unable to control laughter at situational comedy in drama. You can relate to few incidents in the story completely.
Acting- the ML actor was simply awesome. He can portray emotions effortlessly and he brought kang jiawai to life. FL and supporting characters were good too.
OST - music was good and harmonious with the story line.
Cons - the end felt to be abrupt and it could have been done better.

Overall well acted well scripted funny drama.

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Here's to the friends we wish we had!

First this show really needed a better title. My Calorie Boy did not pique my interest at all nor do I feel like it really sums up the drama well. I picked this up on a whim when I was mostly looking to watch something with a good friendships and found this as a recommendation for that. This did indeed fit that bill but also did so much more. It kept me laughing and smiling but also did not shy away from skirting around some very difficult topics such as parental expectation and pressure, body weight and image, teaching differences, and grief. This slice of life drama will keep you interested through the casts chemistry and infectious comedy.

The two main leads were exceptional throughout the drama and their chemistry together was top notch. Their friendship was so realistically portrayed and acted as they went from wary strangers, to allies, to best friends. Between their bickering and light-hearted teasing you see as their relationship grows and how they naturally gravitate toward each other without realizing it. I also like that this drama does not shy away from the natural skin ship that is normal in young relationships such as the girls linking arms, holding hands and best friends playfully batting each other or sitting close. The feeling of friendship through their actions is felt through the screen. And as the friendship goes these two are the types of friends you wish you had or were. JingJing's overflowing generosity for her friends and JiaWie's unfaltering support.

But this show did not create perfect characters which I loved. Each one is flawed and real. From the teachers that still have lessons to learn, to the parents that hold on too tight, down to the students that grow and change. Everything is seen through the lens of your 17 year old self experiencing the same life lessons and challenges.

My biggest complaint about this show however is the editing and the time lapse, specifically in the last 5 episodes. The majority of the drama takes place in their second year of high school and then as senior year starts time moves very quickly which feels disjointed from the first half of the show but understandable since they primarily need to study and take tests anyway. There are parts where it feels like scenes were cut out as it seems to set it up for something and then move on to something completely different. And then the last episode happens where there is a complete jump over the college years and it is 4 years later where everyone is now in their career and it felt so unrealistic and unsatisfying. It does have a happy ending in the last 3 minutes which is far from enough for me. Still with these flaws I still really really enjoyed this drama.

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Reminds me of river runs through it!!

Hate to frndship and to love !! We want 2 more extra episodes if you were gonna get this over like this ?? they never got together untill the end ML eneded up going overseas just like lu shiyi from river runs through it and then come back at the last episode and at the very last 5 min they ended up together which pained me !! They had best chemistry!! The only thing i didn't like abt this one is that they ended some scenes and didn't explained wht happened even the chinese velentine's day !! And they even didn't make sense bcs velentine's comes bfr chinese new year when you all know jan is the month of Chinese New year and Feb is where velentine comes or maybe January but it comes after new year !!

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Incredibly FUNNY, HEARTWARMING/moving, and INSPIRING drama of 2022

BEST show I've watched (out of many other dramas and films) this year!

Interesting storyline, good use of humour and mystery/suspense, and convincing acting made it not just entertaining but also quite IMMERSIVE and inspiring (from a viewer's perspective at least). Beyond the humour in story arcs and the great micro-expressions in the acting of the cast, it's also a good piece of work that's EMOTIONALLY ENGAGING and REFLECTIVE.

As a viewer you feel like you are not just watching the story from the screen but actually feel like you are in those scenes, JOURNEYING with the characters as the story progresses.

This drama is both IDEALISTIC and REALISTIC: it *shows* the interests, behaviour, and aspirations of youth while they face the stresses of friendships, crushes, and academics. The realistic aspects of the drama makes it relatable to real life, while the idealistic parts of the drama make it very encouraging and inspirational. Also, love how the drama weaved in various references to other songs/dramas/anime/films in the drama itself - it was coherent and also made me curious about some of these other mentioned shows.

I loved the main characters (the youth of the class) and their homeroom teacher (their acting are so NATURAL and CONVINCING) but *Special Mentions* to the FL's parents - they are extraordinarily interesting and entertaining characters that you rarely see in any other drama or film and it's quite a refreshing take on how parents have been portrayed in dramas.
Also, love the MUSIC/OSTs of the drama (esp. the opening and ending theme songs sung by the ML and FL respectively) - *but the feels listening to them only sinks in more deeply as you watch the story unfold - and also that the dialogue in the drama are not dubbed (as it usually is in Cdramas) but are the actual voices of the actors and actresses.

[On a side note, if anyone's confused about NAMES because both the FL and the 2FL are written as Xu Jing Jing in the subtitles, their names are pronounced differently in Mandarin (and spelled differently in hanyu pinyin romanization) -- the FL is named xǔ jīng jīng (许晶晶) while the 2FL is xú jìng jìng (徐婧婧).]

P.S. I know there has been some discontent over the ending (which I myself can't quite get over too - if the ending was better my rating might have been a 10) BUT it largely does not affect how great this drama has been.
*Perhaps in the production team's defence, (if you can read chinese and look up chinese social media) the director gave comments saying that the filming was limited by budget but also weather (there was a impending typhoon/cyclone when they were filming the series). -- Actually this gives me hope that there is POTENTIAL for a SEASON 2 not just to fill in stuff but also to further develop and expand on some of the side characters.

**AND please don't fast forward or skip when watching this drama - if you would like, I'd suggest you pay attention to the *details* in the expressions of the cast (even the side characters in the background of any particular scene) or the props/setting used in various scenes (there are a lot of interesting hidden/implicit meanings for you to realize).

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Extraordinary youth drama

I've watched many youthful dramas,but this is one of its kind,what a cast, they literally involved us to the story,the ML is a splendid actor he portrayed his role very well, his acting in episode 28 is top notch,we can't stop crying,such a wonderful performance,coming to the story ,it focuses on friendship,career,goals, it not only focuses on the main leads but also focuses on teachers and their stories,never watched such a superb drama till date, I've watched the entire drama in a row for two days,finally a happy ending for the beautiful story of two deskmates in a school.

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Overall, it was a damn good youth drama.

I loveee Chinese youth dramas, something about it just feels nostalgic to me because I've watched so many throughout the years and it just never ceases to amaze me being able to watch the MC's grow together and fall in love, it's so cliche but so good. This show did have it's ups and downs and took me longer to watch but it was about a girl and boy that came across due to fate really and the rest was history, the trauma and everything attached was just for the heart strings and I appreciate a good tear jerker for sure. Why it wasn't an overall 10 for me was probably the ending but aren't most endings just rushed and we're all picky at this point? Lol.

Loved the main female lead and main male lead; I loved their chemistry, loved their backgrounds, loved how tough they were and I loved everyone else attached, family, friends, there was nothing negative I didn't like minus the 2nd FL's mom; she could go kick rocks truly.

Music was fantastic, easy to watch, good on queue.

I wouldn't retwatch it but I thought it was truly worth the watch, I was not disappointed overall and I even cried from time to time and I really think that's meaningful to me and so it is something to def watch.

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