To Be With You (2019)

Talk about plot twister. From beginning, you'll love the romance; then you are brought along a roller coaster ride through all the plots of a typical Chinese drama. You will go through love, hate, action, tears, and frustration but it's not all overboard. It definitely is entertaining. Good story. In the end I fell in love with the 2nd lead actor, Wan Si Wei. I watched it without English sub so some of the contents were lost but the overall understanding of the story is there. I am more of a Romantic Comedy type, so I could not binge on this drama; but it was worthy enough to finish it and recommend it for others to watch. Definitely a creative genuine classic Cdrama.

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The first half is fun and enjoyable and I loved it, but the latter half is an emotional roller coaster where the dramatic storylines that have been building up unfold. By the end, I was just exhausted.

The two leads play their characters with intensity and spot-on humor, and have excellent chemistry. The premise of this drama isn't anything new: the rebellious male lead is a contender for successor of his father's company, the female lead is hardworking, kindhearted, with an exuberant personality. (Give her a chance, in the first episode she does seem a little over-the-top.) For the supporting characters, the Li family and Si Yu's dad were great.

This drama includes shady characters, scheming, family turmoil, revenge, unrequited crushes, etc. I can enjoy these sort of ~dramatic~ storylines when they aren't too frustrating or ridiculous. Some aspects of the latter half had plot holes or lack of believability in certain settings, especially the hospital scenes, and there were an excessive number of flashback sequences. Unfortunately, character development in the latter half is pretty much cast aside, which was unfortunate since many characters had a lot of potential.

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