Nothing But Love (2023)

Their development as a team and individuals.

This drama deserves 10/10 from me. It’s so refreshing to watch. I don’t find those cringey scenes that I sometimes get in another drama which is rare I guess. I started this at first because I miss seeing Wu Lei on my screen but I told myself if this turns out to be bad I would still drop it but I didn’t, because it was good. This drama sometimes made me laugh and sometimes made me cry. Most of all, the characters made me proud. Their growth as a team and individuals touched me like nothing else. Wu Lei’s character also motivates me to be a better version of myself. Like, he has been through a lot but he never gives up. If anything, he grits his teeth and get through it! I’ll be rewatching this whenever I need comfort, definitely.

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From Great Sport To Great Love

The only reason I watched this drama is because of Leo Wu. I was looking forward to watch him in a non-historical costume drama and hoped to see him in a more current environment depicting a gentleman of his age. I am glad to say that Nothing But You role of Song San Chuan fitted him like a glove. His physique is also perfect in personifying a sportsman in his early 20's vying for a position in the professional sports arena, starting as a badminton player to a tennis pro.

Starting a professional sports career from age 20 + is pretty late in the game by sports standards, but he fights his demons and clear old baggages, pushing along. And right by his side is Liang Young An, his promoter, manager and eventually his girlfriend, who is 10 years older than him. She is cautious at first, but as she strives in her career, he in turn, is also by her side. Their attraction is strong.

This couple of young San Chuan and devoted Young An is really compatible. Leo plays San Chuan the way he should act and behave for a 23 year old guy, wanting to love the woman the way a man should, by taking responsibilities, sharing problems and wanting to take care of her financially. Whilst Zhou Yu Tong's "Young An" is nurturing, stable and totally a dedicated woman to her man.

The casting of all the actors in this drama is also really good and everyone had a story to tell. This drama did not give me that anticipation to watch momentum, but I took away a really feel good vibe. There is so much positivity and warmth that I am still swooning from all that love and determination. Hmmm... that Leo Wu's boyish charm is totally mesmerizing...just saying.

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Another Great drama from Leo Wu

As usual, Leo Wu gave a very good performance, I think this is the first time he did a scene with a deep kiss like that. very impressive.

I always give a perfect score to Leo Wu's acting, even if you've watched his other dramas. he can bring a new character without being affected by the image of his old character. very extraordinary.

The love story is also funny, how the age difference can still support each other, age does not guarantee maturity and seriousness. that's what I caught. Leo Wu's chemistry with his co-stars is also always good.

It's a light drama that doesn't require us to think or guess the next scene. but I think it's worth watching.

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Highly Recommended Movie!

MUST WATCH!!! Moral of the story is very excellent, much lessons of life. High value movie, light and chill. The choice of artists are very appropriate! Love the acting of all artists in this movie, they are very natural in their own role. It's more nice if there are much romantic and kisses scenes :)) In this film I never missed any part of the scene, I even repeated some parts for details. Every words contains very meaningful message and wisdom. Two thumbs for screenwritter and director!! Not too much conflicts but more intense on how to fight and survive amidst many difficulties and obstacles, how to negotiate elegantly. Support each other, boyfriend/girlfriend, siblings, friends and colleagues.
More than this, the important thing is about never...never give up for anything!!
Hopefuly continue for season 2 as soon as possible :))

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A QUÍMICA DA AMIZADE E A BUSCA PELA SUPERAÇÃO EM 'NADA ALÉM DE VOCÊ

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Esse é um drama muito bom. A história é contada lentamente. Eu gosto de dramas de queima lenta, mas esse aqui eu achei um pouco lento demais. Mesmo assim, nada deixa seu brilho desaparecer. Não vou mentir, eu esperava um pouco mais desse drama, já que a nota dele no MDL é bem alta, e eu gosto bastante da Zhou Yu Tong.

Por falar nisso, eu nunca tinha assistido nada com o Léo Wu, mas eu gostei muito desse ator. Quero ver mais alguns trabalhos dele daqui para frente. Gosto da atmosfera em que o drama foi gravado. As pessoas realmente são pessoas, os lugares parecem verdadeiros. Eu gosto desse clima calmo, cheio de tensão ao mesmo tempo. As cores da tela também são bem distribuídas, não causam muito incômodo aos olhos. Essa é uma boa direção. A atuação também está ótima. A química entre os protagonistas é boa, porém já vi melhores. Acho que a Laing You An demorou demais para se decidir a ficar com ele, mas eles são ótimos juntos. O Song San Chuan é realmente um exemplo de superação e determinação. Ele tem tantos problemas psicológicos e enfrenta todos eles. Tenta superar cada um, dá tudo de si nas partidas. Ele é realmente forte.

E o casal secundário, vamos falar sobre ele? Bem, no início, eu não gosto nem um pouco da irmã de You An. Nossa, como as cenas dela são chatas. Sempre que ela aparecia na tela, dava vontade de desistir. Depois, fui me acostumando, e quando ela ficou com o Jiao Jiao, ela se tornou suportável. E falando nele, ele é o único motivo para eu não negativar totalmente o casal secundário.

Jiao Jiao, Jiao Jiao... Eu me arrependo de, no início, ter pensado mal de você. Ele se tornou meu queridinho muito rápido. É forte, destemido, não teve medo de fazer nada. Não foi um bebê chorão quando San Chuan ficou em primeiro. Soube conduzir muito bem a situação dos pais deles. Quando se propôs a se virar sozinho, se virou sozinho. A cada cena que aparecia, meus olhos brilhavam. Só por ele, eu comecei a gostar um pouco da Laing Tao. Ela se tornou melhor com ele.

Dinâmica do clube? Nossa, foi maravilhosa a amizade desse grupo. Pontos especiais para o Chen Ze, que foi o primeiro a ajudar San Chuan. Isso ajudou a levar o clube a se unir mais. Além disso, ele é bem maduro, com um toque de fofura. Um amigo que queremos ter, entende? Quanto ao Dai Yi, não tenho muito a dizer sobre ele, mas ele está aqui complementando o time, resolvendo suas dificuldades. A química entre eles é fantástica. Estou gostando cada vez mais de assistir dramas com uma boa amizade masculina. Parece melhor do que os grupos de amizades femininas aos quais estou habituada.

Uma pausa para falar sobre as cenas na quadra de tênis. São realmente belas. Eu nem sei como dizer. Me davam tensão, uma experiência fantástica. Eu não queria que a cena acabasse, sabe? Queria poder ver o jogo inteiro, para poder experienciar mais daquela emoção. Era de tirar o fôlego!

No geral, é um ótimo drama, com boa direção e química, e um grupo de amizade fantástico. As cenas do esporte também são de tirar o fôlego. Eu achei a série um pouco lenta demais. Alguns episódios pareciam tão longos. A indecisão da protagonista me deixava um pouco desmotivada, e a Liang Tao era realmente chata. No entanto, os prós superaram com sucesso os contras. Vale muito a pena assistir a essa série, que tem uma classificação ótima no meu senso.

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Cute drama about older woman and younger man. Wu Lei and Zhou Yu Tong are awesome in this drama

Nothing But You is a good romcom about an older woman (10 years gap) and a young tennis player starting, Wu Lei and Zhou Yu Tong.

I loved Zhou Yu Tong and first watched her in Begin Again with Simon Gong, and I have followed her ever since. Although her recent dramas didn't do quite well, in my opinion, due to bad scripts (i.e., The Coolest World, Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: Silent Evidence, where I ended up dropping them), She is a good actress.

I first watched Wu Lei in "The Long Ballad," and I did not think he was a good actor, and I did not like his acting ability in Love Like the Galaxy. Zhao Lusi is a better actress than Wu Lei in that drama. However, in this drama, he did a decent job playing a young guy who falls for an older woman.

His onscreen chemistry with Zhou Yu Tong is not bad, and the supporting cast is also good. I have watched about 24 episodes already and will finish it. I would recommend this drama because of the flow of the story, it is believable, and the acting is not bad for the entire ensemble.

I am giving it an 8.0 rating. I wish there were more intimate scenes between the main CP, and I am content with the ending.

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Realistic characters with muted chemistry

Overall, I enjoyed this drama thoroughly. Personally I don't like noona romances (I can never really "get" the chemistry in them and the vibes always feel kind of off to me) so I was planning to skip this one. However it seemed like all the drama reviewers had good things to say about this one and how it had very "normal" and non-icky vibes, plus I have a soft spot for Zhou Yutong in contemporary dramas since Remembrance of Things Past, so I decided to check this out.

Like many people, the thing I loved most about this drama is how realistic the characters were. Liang Youan's character (played by ZYT) was so relatable, especially with her frustrations with her job. There is one line that she said which is so unbelievably on point: she worked so hard to ensure that her boss could never be without her, but she now admits that she was wrong, because if your boss can never be without you, then you will never graduate (i.e., get promoted). As a single, working woman who is almost 30, I can relate so much to her frustration with being stuck in the corporate hamster wheel, working an all-consuming job but going nowhere fast, while also sacrificing your personal life and youth in the process (but you're almost too busy to really care or do anything about it). Throw in a couple of failed relationships when you were younger resulting in you still being single while your friends are already having kids, and it is just the perfect storm which was so well-portrayed in LYA's character. One reason I never liked noona romances was because the older woman was always either some kind of "high-powered CEO" or she was in her 30's but still acting like the typical "sweet but dumb" young girl. Both tropes are so unrealistic and cringey to watch and I am so happy that this drama showed how an actual, normal 30+ year old woman would act like and respond in various situations.

For the record, I also liked Song Sanchuan's character and thought WL did a great job. He was sweet, had that youthful optimism and energy, but was also grounded and mature when it mattered. I think this really helped the noona romance feel more palatable to me. I almost feel the characterization of the ML matters even more than the FL in these dramas, because when the ML is super immature, I have such a hard time reconciling why any real life grown-ass adult woman would want to waste their time in such a relationship or even why they would be attracted to the ML. To be honest I'm not sure if it is realistic for a boy in their early 20's to be as mature as he was (in his first relationship too), but I guess I don't hang out with a lot of 20 year-olds so maybe I'm underestimating them hahaha.

For the romance - the best thing I could say was that it was fine. I may be biased because I have never been able to get behind a noona romance before, so I'm not terribly surprised this one didn't really work on me. I enjoyed their scenes together and thought they were pretty cute at times, but the chemistry was not there for me. However, I loved the main leads so much as individuals and was super invested in their own stories, and I didn't really come here expecting to "get" the romantic chemistry anyway, so it didn't affect my watch experience negatively.

I thought the story was generally very well-written and well-paced. It didn't suffer heavily from mid-series drag (probably because it felt like the problems came one after another after another, but were also resolved quickly and cleanly) although the pacing did slow down a little in the last few episodes which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I also didn't mind most of the side characters and though there were a couple arcs I wasn't super interested in (Liang Tao and Jiang Jiaojiao's relationship, Zhang Jie's family drama) it didn't get to the point of annoying me or making me want to fast forward either. Just wanted to throw a quick shoutout to the Coach and Liang Nian's relationship, which got very little screen time but they were absolutely hilarious and I wished we could've seen more of their development.

All in all, this was a good drama and well-worth watching. I especially recommend it if you think you could relate to either of the main characters, because I think the real strength of the drama lies in the very realistic, "normal" characterization of our main leads.

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So so Cdrama..lacks romantic feeling

Watched this show because of thr casts and the genre of age gap relationships. You can watch this to kill time but not totally being into it every episode. Same as others review here..its an okay drama prolly because of the casts and decent storyline. However the feel good vibe that would make you smile while watching isn't on here. There was a moment of bed scene which is awkward because they were not even in a relationship and the chasing of the ML was so dragging that its almost at the end when they became a couple. They should have skipped that bed scene part as it doesn't make sense and doesn't make the audience feel the sizzle. If anyone is reading this..better watch Zhou Yu Tong the female lead other drama "begin again" which is way better than this..and gives that feeling of good vibes and romance that would make you smile. Also recommend another sports romcom with the same age gap relationship from Gina Jin "Falling into you".

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Two things kept me watching this: (1) the fun tennis scenes, which make me want to grab a racquet and run out and practice and (2) Leo Wu’s (Wu Lei’s?) acting, which is completely different from his role in Love Like the Galaxy, but just as compelling. I’m impressed by how an actor who played Mr. Killing Machine Ling Bu Yi could be just as convincing in the role of goofy, immature Song Sang Chuan.

There were a couple of irritating characters, such as the sister. The romance between the main leads was okay but my favorite scenes were the ones between Song Sang Chuan and his stepfather.

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A very nice series with Leo Wu (still excellent, but here, absolutely remarkable <3 <3<3)

I like Sports dramas and Leo Wu. Thus, I've watched this series, and I liked it very much !!

The good sides:
- well-constructed, intelligent story: meeting between 1 "failed" badminton player and 1 sports company assistant. She will manage, then create her own tennis club, and help him "transfer" to tennis to pursue a brilliant career there.
- consistent character development,
- Very credible CL, with slow burn romance, linked to the FL's understandable hesitations because of many obstacles: manager/player status, age gap, disappointing previous experience, bitter mother, etc.
- Natural interactions within the CL,
– Leo Wu is really GREAT in his sports scenes, both badminton and tennis.
- Team's friendship is well-developed and valued,
- funny but realistic CL2 and CL3 relationships,
- coherent Sports/training parts, with credible actors and scenes. The unseen side, the commercial aspects are exposed clearly but without melodrama.
- well-developed family aspect (both the FL family and the ML family) including the experience of divorce.

The lesser:
- Lots of screentime on the club's construction.
- Scenes in Spain less credible (I am European and I find the vision of Europe always simplistic in dramas :(

=> Excellent series, a gem for Leo Wu fans ;)
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Très jolie série sport- noona romance avec Leo Wu (toujours excellent, mais ici, absolument remarquable <3 <3<3)

Les bons côtés :
- story bien construite, intelligente : rencontre entre 1 joueur de badminton "raté" et 1 assistante ds Cie de sport. Elle va mener, puis monter un club de tennis, et l'aider à "muter" vers le tennis pour y poursuivre une brillante carrière.
- développement des personnages cohérent,
- CL très crédible, avec slow burn romance, liée aux hésitations compréhensibles de la FL car bcp d'obstacles : statut manager/joueur, age gap, expérience précédente décevante, mère aigrie, etc.
- Interactions naturelles au sein du CL,
- Leo Wu est GENIAL dans ses scènes de sport, aussi bien badminton que tennis.
- amitié dans l'équipe bien développée et mise en valeur,
- relations CL2 et CL3 drôles mais réalistes,
- partie Sport/entrainement cohérente, avec des acteurs et des scènes crédibles. Les dessous, les aspects commerciaux sont exposés clairement mais sans mélo.
- aspect familial bien développé (aussi bien la famille de la FL que celle du ML) y compris la vision du divorce.

Les moins bons :
- Bcp de screentime sur la construction du club.
- partie en Espagne moins crédible (je suis européenne et je trouve la vision de l'Europe toujours simpliste dans les dramas :(

=> Excellente série, un bijou pour les fans de Leo Wu ;)

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I say check it out. It's beautiful!

I recently watched Amidst a Snowstorm of Love. Wow, complicated name in English, hahahahaha, sorry, I'm not fluent at all... Anyway, as I told a friend, besides the horror trends, I tend to fall madly in love with stories about older women and younger men. Some of this is due to the fact that men have always matured later in relationships. Prejudice? Yes may be. I call that, life experience. Whatnot.
The fact is that I really liked the Snooker drama, but I loved this one. Without wanting to compare both dramas, the focus of which is beside the point at the moment,
Anyway, sorry, it's difficult not to have a minimum of comparison: Both have a sports theme, both have Leo Wu and both have FLs with great references and acting.
Nothing but you, despite being a longer and, in my opinion, more complex drama, and having been filmed in about 7 months, seems to have less recognition among the general public. Meanwhile, Amidst a Snowstorm of Love, although it had participation from other countries and was more successful, was filmed in 3 months. Both have their merits and are well worth checking out.
Nothing but you, although it has more positive points than negative points, I believe that some scenes could be edited and, therefore, reduce the viewing time. 30 episodes would be a good size, without losing its charming essence in any way.
Even though I came here for Leo Wu, I must admit that Zhou Yu Tong was brilliant. A mature, intelligent, independent, strong character and, most of the time, in control of situations. His little display of ingenuity in the final chapters, while criticized by some, was adorable.
Leo Wu, although he has already witnessed his most impressive performances, here he knew how to embody Song San Chuan masterfully. An impeccable athletic body...mercy! I can't let this observation pass ?, beautiful, it's a fact! But his moments as a rebellious boy, stubbornness and insecurity typical of immaturity, were unique. I confess, I enjoyed each one of them.
Very good supporting cast, although they spent an extended amount of time on the younger sister and her necessary family members. I think it would have been better to have invested more in the story of the other athletes, the nutritionist friend and the coach Zhang Yan.
Anyway, if you have doubts about checking out this drama, I say check it out. It's beautiful!
I will never forget my moments with my son by my side, talking about tennis rules, nor that, in my entire life, I admired this sport so much.

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