Heads up this isn't really a review it's just me spilling my thoughts as to why I love this., hopefully still an entertaining read though
Okay so this is my 3rd time watching this drama ahah, I love it to bits. This was the first Asian drama I ever watched and honestly I feel if it was any other drama (other than like, True Beauty lol), I wouldn't be half as invested in Asian dramas as I am now. This is 100000% up there in one of my favourite dramas/ movies/ shows I have ever watched because of how it made me feel when I first watched it. It had me completely lost for words and made me so happy on so many levels. It had me completely obsessed, in record time too (I watched the entire thing twice within I think 4 days? And Yu (one of the main leads) was my phone background within like a week lol). I hadn't felt that level of fangirl obsession in AGESSSS (oh how I missed feeling that way ahah, it had been wayyy too long). When I tell you this was all I thought of for a solid 2 weeks oop. I remember I was having a bit of a crap time, we were in lockdown 2, beginning of 2021 and I was at home in online lessons, every day was the same and it was all a bit crap. I watched this and honestly it made me so damn happy I was elated. A couple days later things were a bit dead again but it was fineeee because I knew I could rely on this to make me happy again AND IT DID AYYY
This drama idek how to describe it properly, but it just did the perfect job of taking me away from worries. I felt no stress when watching, I felt completely relaxed and totally absorbed in how frickin adorable this is. Admittedly yes, if you look into it someee aspects are slightly problematic, don't blackmail or stalk people, kids. THAT ASIDE THOUGH: bruh heart eyes. Acting on point too wow that made me FEEL. I lovelovelove the characters, BING WEI DEFINITION LEGEND AH. I remember me and my friend talking about Bing Wei so regularly that our other friends who hadn't even seen the drama would bring up Bing Wei in conversation, as they should. Bing Wei best boi. I had at least two dreams in which Shu Yi's jumper appeared, wow I want that jumper (oh yeah the styling in this was also just really cool? Idk I just vibed with the fits). Can I also say: Aqua Blue, honestly one of my favourite songs of all time, it is so beautiful and ah I can't even describe it makes me feel lighter than air I just- This song was literally my top song of 2021 on Spotify (113 listens, I literally listened to that song at least twice everyday for a solid month, always when making a bagel lol so now when I listen to it/ make a bagel I think of the other thing ygm). I literally called it from February when I first watched this that it would be my top song ahah. As soon as I found the song on Spotify I was like "oh we've got a winner here gang". So beautifully sung, cathartic and just stunning. Rewatching this again I realised how they literally use the same three songs in the whole drama and when you notice it, it is very obvious and loops a lil however I still frickin love the songs either way soooo. Ah dude I just love this and no one will be able to take that away from me. Over time when I keep rewatching it I will definitely realise its trashiness or whatever but do I care? No. I will still continue watching it and treasuring it in my heart as one of my favourite dramas ever because when I tell you this drama opened up the doors to a new chapter in my life, *this drama opened up the doors to a new chapter in my life*, and wow even if this sounds sad and cringey: I would be a different person without it.