Just You (2013)

This is probably after a long time since I watched a Taiwanese drama and I am reviewing with a mind still fresh of "Just You".

Story : The story is very normal, little cheeky and stretched. Its obvious that stories like these are driven majorly by the "guy-girl-living-together-and-trying-to-keep-it-a-secret" plot. The guy shown as a cold and mean jerk whereas the girl is cheerful and enthusiastic. The writers of this story threw the "Boss-employee" relationship in this one. And ofcourse, to spice it up, "The Dating Ban".

Acting/Cast : They lightened up the story, they brought it to life. I really liked Aaron Yan and Kou Puff, their characters and how well they portrayed them. Lin Lyla as Ding Jia Yu, did a little bit of over acting (especially her "crying" scenes). The side characters were good, only the weird thing being, in a plot of "Forbidden Love in Office", everyone liked the other employee and ended up in a relationship (except the character of Dean!), if you noticed.

Music : It is simple, less and plain. As always, "Unstoppable Sun" by Aaron Yan is a song beautifully sung.

Rewatch Value : Yes, I have to be honest that despite this drama being stretched to 21 episodes, I do have some moments that I'd wanna look back at and if some of my friends ask me to watch together with them, I would. But, watching it alone in one go again will be very boring as the story will be known and it'll just feel like a drag.

Overall, A light story and if you're looking for Rom-Com (like I was until I stumbled at this!), then this is it, you're reading the right review. Enjoy watching. :)

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This is a pretty good drama. There are both positive and negative points (only a few) in it, in my opinion.

I've been thinking of watching this for a really long time, but I didn't really have high hopes, cause I had read some negative reviews about it. I started it on a whim and turns out I was watching it the whole day and couldn't wait to finish it.

Story: I really liked the plot. When I first read it, I thought ok girl falls in love with her boss, that's new... But the way their relationship develops, the whole story in general, the characters, not only the main characters but also the supporting ones, their stories are all very nice and interesting and I really really enjoyed watching it.

Negative point: At some points you might think that things are dragging out too much. And in my opinion they do. This drama could have fewer episodes. The other negative thing, is that the episodes are really long. If you like watching a drama after it's completed, like I usually do, and wanna watch more than one episode a day, you'll probably get a bit tired at some point.

Acting/Cast: 9/10. Almost everyone was great. Aaron played his role sooo well!!! The other main and supporting actors were extremely good as well. Also, there are many good actors in this, like Hsieh Isa and Shen Meng Sheng. At some point I thought Kuo Puff's acting was too much, but yeap, only a couple of times. This doesn't get a 10 out of 10 from me, cause I didn't really like Lin Lyla. She is the main antagonist in this. Although you'll probably really really hate her, I think it's the character. Ding Jia Yu is probably one of the worst antagonists I've seen in all 6 years of watching asian dramas. I think the role was too big for Lin Lyla, she wasn't really good. But I just checked her profile and found out she's really young and this is probably her 1st drama (how did she get such a big role?) so I think, and hope, she'll improve in the future.

Music: I don't really have much to say, I really liked most of the songs. Too bad Aaaron only sang one song in this drama.

Rewatch value: I'd definitely rewatch this drama. It has both funny and sad sences, and some really cute and sweet ones. You can definitely fall in love with the characters, not only the main ones, but almost everyone. They are all so unique and cute in their own, adorable way.

Overall, I really liked it and I'd recommend it. Really nice story, very good cast and music. Eveyone did a good job in this drama, you should give it a try!! ^_^

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Honestly I didn't really enjoy this drama. I have a hard time understanding how this drama was the one of the Top 5 Taiwanese dramas of 2013 due to its amateurish plot and execution. It got to the point where I wanted to give up halfway. The story plot was very unoriginal. I've seen this story set up in the same way too many times. To the drama's credit, it managed to keep all its storylines organized, making it very easy to follow. (Korean movies can learn from this.) Unfortunately, the writers made the scenes too cheesy and too corny for me. I wanted to throw up from all the sappiness present in almost every scene.

Many reviews praised the good acting in this drama. I disagree. I felt that some of the characters, especially the main characters, were over-exaggerating their acting, which contributed to the corniness of the drama. I had high expectations for Aaron, since he has been in the industry for so long and has plenty of acting experience in these type of roles. I have been a Fahrenheit fan since they debuted, so I have followed the development of his career. His acting was really n00b in the drama, especially during the crying scenes. His expressions made him look constipated rather than sad. The whole time I was watching, I saw a struggling Aaron trying to be his character, rather than the character himself.

The only reason I continued because it got a little better halfway, and I wanted to see if this improvement would continue towards the end. Overall, this drama was meh for me. The bad outweighed the good. A younger and newer (to dramas) audience may enjoy this drama, but older and more experienced viewers looking for something more sophisticated will probably be disappointed.

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It is so rare that I like a TDrama from start to finish. I always start one with the intentions of watching every episode but I always end up hating this character or that one so much that their screen time gets the best of me and I refuse to watch them. Well, Just You has the rare distinction of being pretty decent from beginning to end. I have much love and appreciation for Aaron Yan and Kuo Puff now. They were so adorable together that every scene they were in, I just wanted to repeat them over and over again. I absolutely fell in love with Dean Fujioka! Sad that he didn't get his happy ending but overall, every one got theirs. Maybe my one complaint would be that inordinate amount of time they spent on the Jia Yu. Okay, the spent too much time, time that could have been dedicated to our OTP but other than that, I cannot complain and I so look forward to Aaron, Puff and Dean projects in the future!!

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I don't know if most viewers are watching or have watched this drama for the same reasons I had but I watched it for Aaron Yan. I adore Fei Lun Hai and I follow the dramas of all its members particularly. Besides my very own bias, I will have to admit that this drama is very good and just that. Starting from the music, I loved the OST especially the opening! Shing Lai Ye is a very cliche song but nevertheless, a very cute song. Plus, the ending song by Aaron Yan is delightful as his voice is so rich and vicarious (my bias coming out again). Next, the acting is not that bad. Aaron Yan's acting has improved from his last drama and Puff Guo pulls off the adorable, optimistic character really well. She's adorable but not so cutsy that you want to vomit. Dean Fujioka is always a pleasure on the screen and his character is actually smart. Our villains did a good job too although I felt Jia Yu was forcing the emotion. But despite that, it is great to watch actors that are putting their effort into a piece of work. Lastly for the story, it is not extraordinary but well-written. Towards the middle of the drama, it was dragging but it picks up the pace. I am not going to rewatch this because this is a one time- absorption journey, well in my opinion. The only complaint I'd really stress is that the show ought to have included a scene with Jia Yu apologizing to Liang Liang. This really should have been done.So overall this is a cute drama! I'd recommend to people who have watched Yan's previous works or just like cute romances.

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I liked this drama. First ten episodes were quite hilarious for me and I really think that the chemistry between lead actors is strong and accentuates the story well enough for you to TRY bearing through next 11 episodes...and I emphasize on 'bearing', because you will need a lot of patience at time to go through the next episode. For something that doesn't have a special plot at all, I found this well executed as it is, albeit quite few of the plot keys I could not chew through because they seemed incredulously asinine.

Story packs a few common clichés, but the acting is very good and I wanted to give it a nine, but because of one person (which you will notice in their particular scenes) I could not do that.

When it comes to music I shall be generous, you hear three or two songs the entire time, and it gets annoying after a while, especially if it's awkwardly splattered on the not-so-suited-for-it scene. Still, it's cute and gives its colour to the flow.

Originally, I wanted to give this drama a seven, but when it comes to putting down all the good and bad points, I cannot be so forgiving. Mostly, the problem is the amount of unnecessary plot drop halfway in, which made the rest a chore to watch. And the cheesiness, oh yes, there is a lot of that thrown in too. I am really sad to say it this way, because there is a lot to love in this drama; since it puts accent on family love and different romantic relationships, the value of friendship, naive understanding and an attempt to breach into business ethics when it comes to love.

Nevertheless, everyone perceives the show they see a bit differently, and I think that you should give it a try.

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So I just finished rewatching this last night... Yep, rewatching it. I didn't think I'd ever rewatch it, but I somehow started to miss Aaron Yan and Puff's cuteness. They have hella good chemistry, let me just tell you, and ooooo the skinship.
Not going to lie, I skipped around a lot the second time though, I just wanted to see them and their relationship grow. Hehe cuteness factor at a 10!

I gave the story a 7 because it's sort of cliche and unoriginal, but they changed it up enough for me not to hate it. Plus I kind of started to really like it, so that's a plus. Some of the stuff that happened was unbelievable, and yet I actually believed it. One of those things where it seems unbelievable but it fits. Even if I skipped through the other stuff, I specifically remember when I watched it the first time, I was really into the other people's stories. Like Kate and Alex, and that narcissistic guy and the cute secretary type girl, and Brother Bo and the really 'sexy' girl. I was interested in it all, and it kept me engaged in the story. I liked that.

I gave the acting a 9, but there was one person who was more like a 2. You'll know who I'm talking about when you watch it, but the rest of them were really good. Aaron Yan is super good, idc what anyone says, I think that he did a really nice job. Puff was pretty good, her character could get annoying sometimes, but I think that it had more to do with the script than her acting, for her character, I think she did a stellar job. Plus, let me just say that Aaron Yan and Puff... oo they should just date, their chemistry his out of this freakin' world. Everytime they looked at each other I thought they were gonna jump on each other, hahaha. Which I'm okay with. x)

I thought the music was pretty good in my opinion, so I gave it an 8. In fact one song in particular I really liked because it had a song from my favorite drama, Autumn Concerto, in it. Let me just say, helll yeahhhhh. I knew right away, too. The rest of the OST was pretty good, and most of the songs were really cute and adorable, which I kind of liked.

I give the rewatch value an 8 because... well... I rewatched it so obviously there's some value there. Their cuteness and skinship was just... so... cute... so I had to come back. But the whole drama and the story, probably rewatch value would be more of a 7, just because the story is one of those you can only see once I guess... well idk I can't even say that because I watched it. Yeah, you can just decide for yourself. xD

Overall I give it an 8. There was some bad points and good points for this drama so I think 8 settles it just right, plus me rewatching it has to say something so it must have been pretty good, which it was. They took their romance slow. It blossomed in a cute way. It was rushed, or awkward, and Puff in love... omg it was so cute. Liang Liang was freaking adorable when she started to fall in love with him. And the way he would look at her... with that longing but also lust was just... so fucking hot and cute simultaneously. Ugh, just go have babies already, dude.

Anyway, I recommend this to anyone looking for a light, fun drama. :3

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I know there is not many reviews about this drama in this website but I've read many comments about it from different websites so I thought that I should definitely watch this drama. But the consequence is almost mediocre.

Story: I really like that kind of stories as a fan of Full House.. 2 persons who do not know each other well have to leave together etc. That's the supreme reason that I really wanted to watch this drama. For that reason I am not regretful for watching this drama. But the way of Qi Yi and Liang Liang's behavior towards each other especially Liang Liangs' behavior towards her boss at the beginning is not much appropriate in my estimation.

Acting: I also find acting not so well. For some situation their acting is good but for another situation it is not. I mean, Aaron Yan acts well if he acts the cool guy but when it comes to act the sympathetic, lovable guy, he is not cut out for it and Puff Kuo acts well if she acts the sad girl but when this situation is changed, their acting gets exaggerating or not good enough. For my opinion, Aaron Yan may act the bad guy very well ^^

Music: When it comes to music, it really depends on the people so I may say that I do not like it but someone else may fall in love with it.

Overall, it is not so bad or not so good. For people who like those kind of stories it is worth to watch but apart from that I can not say that you should watch it definitely.

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This drama bored the heck out of me for the first 3 episodes and honestly probably wasn't great enough to rate the 8.5 I gave.

However, I think the reason so many people began to love it so much towards the end was exactly because of the amazingly unrealistic embarrassingly cute moments that the main couple shared. The story line was meh and the characters lack luster but the chemistry between the leads was great.

Aaron was really good at making it seem like he really was in love. It was the small touches (which many actors would not have thought to do) and mushy "I-want-to-kiss-you" looks that kept me watching and made me feel like them together was a realistic choice, Also, I know it's weird but I liked all the slamming of doors and that LL took hold of her own happiness.

I gave it a 4.5 for re-watch value simply for basically all of episode 12 and one scene about an hour and a half in to episode 17 that I would re-watch a million times over just...that showed their whole relationship. AND THE LAST SCENE AFTER THE CREDITS in episode 21 WAS AMAZING.

The drama overall is a fluff watch, something to turn to when you are tired of the angst and overbearing romantic dramas. Sure, it was a little ridiculous and a little boring at times but the cute moments make those times easy to forget.

Sorry, I'm not very good at writing reviews. (:

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Given that I gave this drama a 7, I still REALLY liked it! More than liked it, I LOVED it. Just finished and I want to rewatch all the good moments. Even though I loved it so much, I still had to give it a 7 because of some cons which I will discuss below.
Cons: The plot, although it added its own unique twists here and there, was very similar to many other drama plots. There were also a lot of drama cliches, but hey, that's why we love our asian dramas, right? Also, some parts were cringingly unbelievable (yelling at your new boss and being completely disrespectful and STILL keeping your job, whaaaaattt?!?!?!) There were two or three songs used, and although they were pretty songs, at around episode 15 I was sick of hearing them.
Pros: I really was able to like ALL of the characters in this drama (minus the evil ones of course). Usually when I watch dramas I think the guy is too mean, or the girl is not a strong character. But you end up really loving and respecting all the characters! The acting is really quite good, especially from Yan Aaron... I don't mean to be a fangirl, but he's also really hot, which is a plus! ;) There was really good chemistry between the main couple and much more skinship than other dramas. The kisses were REALLY good too! Also, the ending wrapped up all the loose ends and it was cute and I really liked this drama so you should watch it!
The end! ^-^

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this is pulling me right back into my love for twdramas! I'm a harsh marker but i'd say this was above average. The story maybe your average taiwanese drama plot but there are some interesting twists and turns in it, might seem predictable in areas, but its light hearted to watch, the OST is good and its funny!
I love Aaron Yan and Dean, newly found like for Puff too! Fangirling over all these people,
i TOTALLY ship him and puff, hopefully they're a real couple now, i'd be so happy for the both of them!
This isnt theee most amazing drama but it's definitely worth a watch, it's kept me wanting to carry on watching without having to skip through any parts, the rest of the cast, even minor characters are fun to watch and I totally recommend their BTS because they're hilarious! And the kiss scene BTS will send you squealing ;)

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I have recently re-discovered Yan Aaron. I say "re-discovered" because in the past I've tried to get through some of his other dramas, dramas like Love Buffet, but miserably failed. Twice. I hadn't really thought much of him until I saw oorie unni, M. Kay, was watching "Fall in Love with Me", so I decided to start that. But since it's still airing and I needed more Aaron, I decided to start this one, "Just You", which unni was also watching.

This drama had a lot of negative comments, but I didn't let that deter me. The worst thing that could happen was that I would end up dropping it, something I'm certainly not shy about doing. But to my surprise the total opposite happened. Not only did I NOT drop it, it didn't even cross my mind once, I completely enjoyed myself.

At first, I had my "Tunnel Vision" superpower activated, that's an inside joke, so that I would focus on Aaron and not end up dropping it. I cannot stress this enough, I am a serial dropper. It doesn't really take much provocation for me to go on a dropping rampage. I also hated, and I mean HATED, Kuo Puff's character, Liang Liang, with an unbridled passion. There was not one good point that I could see about her character. And come on, that story... So cliched. But slowly, this all changed. It didn't just become about me satiating my Yan Aaron hunger. I actually started to like the drama. I really liked how it was done, even if they wasted too much time on Jia Yu. I would have just stuck her on a mental hospital and be done with her. Just sayin'. I loved some the characters, especially Kai Te (Kate), Alex, and Mie Mie. Although others, like Cheng Mama, there was something seriously wrong with this woman, and Qi Mama never grew on me.

Also, I don't know when and how Liang Liang just wormed her way into my good graces. It was so sudden that I only noticed when I found myself feeling upset over how she was being treated. I had to actually pause and digest this. I decided it was just best to shrug it off and accept it. And did I say Yan Aaron was hot and awesome in this? No? Well, he was. I even disliked and shook my fist at his character, Qi Yi, a few times in the last half of the drama.

This drama at times also made me feel a tiny bit bipolar. One second I was laughing till I coughed, the next I would be angry as heck, and the next I would be sobbing. I just couldn't get a hold of my emotions.

"Just You" was funny, fluffy, cuddly, and the remedy to my drama slump. Hence why I consider it one of my very guilty pleasures.

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