To Fly with You (2021)

One of the best sports drama there is!

I was just scrolling in MDL airing calendar and saw this. I just picked it up because beacuse its was long since I had watched a nice sports drama. I didn't expect to enjoy it as the leads were not familiar to me. (I had only seen Wang An Yu in Go Go Squid 2 and The Heiress.) But, when I finished 3-4 episodes, I realised that I was just hooked. If you are looking for a sweet fluffy romance drama or a nice sports drama or a combination of both, To Fly With You is one of them.

Story : 9 stars
The story was nice. It had the right amount of sports and romance. This story also shows the hardships and challenges faced by athletes. During the whole drama, there wasn't even a dull moment that made me bored.

Acting/Cast: 9.5 stars
Though I wasn't much familiar with the cast, in the first episode itself I found that I was watching a drama with amazing actors ans actresses. The chemistry between the leads seemed so natural that I thought if they were really in a relation haha..
The side characters were also nice which made the drama more lively.

Music: 8.5 stars
There wasn't much music in the drama. But I like the starting theme and the ending song.

Rewatch value: 9 stars
I don't usually rewatch dramas even if its my favourite. I don't have time to reawtch any dramas at the moment. But, If I will rewatch some dramas at any point of time, this will surely be one of them!

Overall: 8.5 stars
One of the must watch sports C-drama. This drama has everything a light-hearted drama should have: romance, comedy, sports and youth

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Beware of Diabetes

If you are looking for a light-hearted. sweet drama with cute couples, To Fly With You is the one for you!!

To Fly With You main premise revolves around ice sports (figure skating, short track speed skating) and romance. But, it is indeed more to the romance and growing with each other. So, it is not a must for you to understand the ice sports industry, because while watching it, the drama itself also touch on it a little bit.

Produced by Linmon Pictures, I expect every production aspect of this drama to be amazing because Linmon Pictures had produced dramas with amazing production aspects, especially cinematography, such as Ancient Love Poetry, Nothing but Thirty, and more. But to my surprise, the whole production of To Fly With You from the cinematography, colour grading, sound effects differs from their usual style, and I am torn between of liking it or disliking it.

To Fly With You has the same exact cinematography as any other rom-com drama. But what probably makes To Fly With You stand out from other rom-com dramas is its comedic shots. The drama has some shots purposely intended for comedic elements, for instance, the shot where Shao Beisheng shoe was torn. In addition, the drama also adds other comedic elements such as witty lines and particularly sound effects. The sound effect used in the drama is.. difficult to comprehend. The sound effect does indeed go well with the whole drama and its comedic element but the sound effect alone is making me feel like I am watching a sitcom, particularly there's this one sound effect that sounds like a SpongeBob sound effect (not that I hate it).

Wang Anyu acted as Shao Beisheng, a talented and genius ice figure skater. Meanwhile, Song Zuer acted as Shen Zhengyi, a newbie to the world of professional short track speed skating. Both leads have an affable charm, cute and natural chemistry. If there's an award for the couple with the best chemistry this year, it would definitely go to Wang Anyu and Song Zuer. Their chemistry on and off-screen is just impeccable. You can just see the sparks they have in their eyes while looking at each other (please be together and get married).

What I especially love about the drama is that their chemistry and how their relationship progress, it is very realistic. The scriptwriter doesn't make Zhengyi fall in love with Beisheng right away just because he is a handsome guy. But there is a process in between them falling in love - both of them listens to each other, understand each other and gradually fall in love. In addition, the characters in the drama are also very realistic. Unlike other drama male lead, Shao Beisheng is a rather more realistic character to me. For instance, you can see how happy he is when he received his shoes and how sad he is when his shoes was torn.

Overall, To Fly With You may not be groundbreaking, but the drama will totally make you blush and gush and want for more.

P.s. do watch the drama's behind the scene, there are a lot more sugar on it!!

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I never thought 33 ep long ep drama would be short for me... that I crave for more. I want more! it's not enough... I want to see more competitions, the growth in Zheng Yi and Bei Sheng's relationship.. them getting married (lol I'm even making fantasies. Little stupidness between Le Le and Qu Zhi. a coffee date between Zhuang Yue and Li Min, Le Le and Zheng Yi's sismance continued.. the more of Bei Sheng followed Zheng Yi's mom around... maybe some sweet moments between Zhuang Yue and Bei Sheng.

So, in short, I'm not satisfied.... but it's not anyone's fault just I'm too demanding lol as it's already satisfactory sometimes even more than enough. Not only does it manage to provide great romance, but awesome friendship with some really interesting entangled relationships.

I laughed, cried... I cheered. I was glued to the screen finding myself emerge in the race though I knew it's not even real and who's gonna win is predestined. It was the characters' and whole premises that made it feel so real. Not being very familiar with some technical sports terms didn't affect much (not well explained in the drama itself)

Story is nothing ordinary but characters is what makes it more interesting. It's not all-time sport-oriented but it is when it's needed. Romance is a slow burn: it's slow and burning... but very soothing and refreshing, even when they aren't officially together the time they spend with each other is precious with many 'Oh gosh, this is soo sweet' moments. The romantic development, the relationship dynamics are natural and very relatable. The thing is everyone is just so cute here... even the second couple, me who likes to skip the second couple all-time found myself rooting for them and taking interest in their story.

Friendship, sportsmanship, teamwork have big roles. The mother-son, father-daughter, mother-daughter dynamics are cherry on the top, sprinkled with some frenemies. Have to say I love Zheng Yi's dad wasn't a moment where he didn't make me laugh. Comedy is on point: not bland, not over the top, not cringy. There are many comedic peak points. There are some annoying, at a times very annoying characters... but with many likable characters, it gets balanced up.

My first time seeing Song Zu Er but I'm sure it's not last, I'm sold for her performance. Song Zu Er isn't conventional beauty... but she has that unique charm in her. Zheng Yi was tailor-made for her, coz she just perfectly portrayed her liveliness, cutesy, silliness, maturity, breakthrough, her setbacks. Her acting was really natural: she was just like any other 18 year adorable girl. I'm quite familiar Wang An Yu, and he's perfect for such roles.. a confident, sweet, cheerful, little (?) narcist young guy. I can't see Bei Sheng without Wang An Yu.

I absolutely adore Zheng Yi: her spirit, cheerfulness, hard-working nature. How mature she's for her age but same time silly as any teenager. Bei Sheng is the sweetest chocolate boy.. though there is some moments 'Boy why don't you get it but very few. Zheng Yi and Bei Sheng are cute little puppies, they rock even their bickering/fights are enjoyable, they have oozing chemistry with overflowed cuteness, it's THE couple where cringy moments aren't cringy... cliche isn't cliche as they just create such refreshing environment. There's only one little rough patch between them but apart from it... it's the healthiest relationship.

I was emotionally invested in characters as their stories never felt superficial.. apart from leads, leads relationships with other characters, subplots were interesting enough.

to sum up you get everything: Romance, comedy, friendship, a little slice of life, family, excitement, and the cutest couple that you want more and more...

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A couple that will make you GIGGLE!!

The story is good tough its quite the same with other Chinese sports dramas the characters have their challenges that they need to go through and find ways to overcome those to be able to pursue their dreams, at the same time starts the blossoming romance, solving their family issues, and in additional the story is also going to unfold a past history. This drama made me laugh and giggle a lot it was a really really fun drama to watch. The OST’s are also really good and fun to listen, downloaded it already.

Pairing Wang An Yu and Lareina Song together is a perfect decision they matched them perfectly they are SUPER-DUPER CUTE together… just looking at them is making me melt already, its OVER FLOWING with SWEETNESS, they are sparkling if they are together,, WISHING that they will have another project together soon, they are already one of my TOP most beloved couple... then here comes the second couple ohh! my gosh they were so cute as well specially when there news came out hahaha...

The ending was really cute and sugary! ... I felt empty after it...craving for more...

(SPOILER ALERT!!) The only thing that I did not like about this drama was the siblings character, I just find the scene and character of Xiao Han the coach and her sister Xiao Qing, I don’t find their existence in this drama needed already, even if you take them off there would be no lose at all it would not affect the drama. I cannot express how I’m very much annoyed by them while watching to the point that I’m covering my PC screen or looking away if their face is showing (so childish hahaha) so I just skipped all their parts and I’m sure a lot are annoyed to them as well. (please don’t bash me hahaha this is just what I felt while seeing them…I just want to boost this out... for future viewers... good luck)

I recommend this drama to everyone, this is super worth watching I’m sure that if you watch this you’ll giggle all the time that you’re watching… I downloaded it already for my collection and re-watching hahaha… super love this drama… about rating I’m not satisfied with it should be more higher than this one.. so don’t just based your decision if you’re going to watch by the ratings don’t trust it, and just give it a go…

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Battles on Ice Vs Life

Maybe some may think I've rated this drama too much for what it was worth but it was a ten-star worthy one.
Throughout this 2021 year journey, I've seen and rated so many dramas and this by so far is one of the best. It had many flavours savoury, bitter, sour, salty and sweet. the chemistry, romance, plot, direction, choreography and acting are just beautiful.
The story had a direction and flow. It had a reason and it stayed the same till the end. Many dramas at times lose this direction I'm talking about and confuse us very much. We begin to lose interest in the plot, lose the connection and get bored quickly but for the first time in a long period of six months, I found a drama where I didn't skip through the scenes.
I saw all the plots, all the scenes with the supporting actors and at times even the credits because the ending ost is simply beautiful. It was such an encouraging drama and worth every minute I spent watching this 45 minutes long 33 episode drama.
Speaking of supporting actors, I must say without them this drama definitely wouldn't be this good. They helped make this complete and I can't imagine myself viewing this drama without even one of them. Each character was enjoyable in their way. The male and female lead's chemistry was so sweet that I thought I would get diabetes. The way they supported each other throughout their whole journey to the competitions was just so encouraging and so so admirable that you couldn't help yourself but cheer for them. The relationship between their mothers, the chemistry and the fallouts between their friends, their journey of growing up, them just being themselves, their day-to-day life all we're just factors that just made this drama another perfect one.
But it may be a little exaggerated when I say that it was a perfect one because it was flawed but every scene, every moment just made me especially anticipate for the next scene thinking what happens next. Crying with them, laughing with them, cringing thinking "Wow! This is just so damn sweet" - simply makes me put this drama on my rewatch list.
But the biggest thing I've learned from this was not giving up encouraging ourselves, believing in ourselves, believing in our teammates! Overall it was a wonderful lesson. The drama pointed out its view and showcased the thoughts it wanted to show the viewers and I'm sure the viewers have received this because I did.
I recommend this drama to everyone who likes encouraging themes, life's lessons, sports, college, romcoms, you would enjoy this. And comparing it with the 2020 winter sports drama skate into love I have to hand it out they both are well-directed, two amazing dramas that bring a smile to one's face and can't but help yourself silently cheer on for the male, female leads and supporting actors.

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My expectations were so beyond reached

When I started this I didn't think it would be as good as it is.
My expectations were not high but WOW they should have been because this drama was so good!!
I love when romance dramas have a really good plot aside from the romance. All the Ice skating scenes were so epic and I really enjoyed all the competition scenes. SO GOOD.
The music was also so fantastic! Every time "One More Time" came on during one of the training montage scenes I get goosebumps and get sooo pumped up. Love all the characters' relationships. I also really appreciate that there wasn't a big breakup or fight scene between the main couple - usually there are so many of those in dramas and they get so overdone but this drama was so refreshing and didn't have those. Overall I definitely recommend giving it a watch :)

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Slow burn fake dating romance trope meets blood pumping athletism

I picked this drama in the first place because Song Zu Er's performance in The Bond blew my mind, so I wanted to see what she had in store for anyone who keeps up with her in this drama, and honestly, I am amazed. I guess everyone would agree with me on that. As a young actress, the talent she possesses is unmatched.
To review this drama properly, I will start with what I loved most and that some people will find offputting. I live for slow burns. I love pain, I guess. If you are a sucker for a good slow burn for a solid 20+ episodes, then this drama is for you. Usually, after a couple gets together, anyone who loves slow-burn romances gets fed up quickly, but this drama's main couple didn't repulse me; in fact, they kept me interested 'til the very end. Even the second couple's romance was top-notch and well-done.
All in all, the romance bit of this drama was immaculate. Moreover, some parts seemed childish and silly to a lot of people, such as confessing to the wrong person and tearing the fake dating contract.. while watching all those scenes, I tried to see them from a birdseye view so that I would understand them, and quite frankly, I didn't find them to be tacky, cringe, and annoying. I hope anyone reading this before they watch the whole thing remembers that neither of the main characters had experience in romance. They're both clueless idiots who will find each other at one point and develop feelings that they will only be aware of after a good while.
Moving on to the things that I hated, or at least wished they'd done them differently. I was confused about Luo Xiao Yi's character and Coach Xiao's for a hot minute. I couldn't tell if they were good or bad people. Their intentions are unclear, and their characters aren't well-developed. They would show for a bit, say a line or two, and then disappear while leaving us either with an eerie feeling or the opposite of that.
Furthermore, we see Luo Xiao Yi finally agreeing to partner with Shen Zheng Yi at the end. Cool, that's what we wanted, but I was expecting them to talk together as teammates, break the ice, and then hop onto the ice rink together to compete because there's a lot of unresolved bs between them, but no. A couple of flashbacks to them talking briefly were shown during their last competition, and that was about it. I didn't like that at all. That's about it. This drama was a fun, cozy watch, and I recommend it.

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THE BEST SPORT DRAMA EVER!

THE BEST SPORT DRAMA EVER!!
I have been waiting for this drama when I saw the trailer.
Indeed, it is within my expectation. The plot went smoothly no draging scene except when our beloved beishing confessed his love towards shen zhengyi hahaha.
Seeing SZE for the first time acting, I gotta say she really can act well esp when she crying. Her crying scene looks real n I cry when she cry. T.T same like Eleanor Lee, Sandara Ma,

For Wang Anyu, no need to describe anything. He was the best choice to act here. His acting plus his cheeky n handsome face, overall 10/10.I love the Main Leads scene. The chemistry was on fire.

Aside from them, I love the 2nd Lead couple too. Their story was so funny to me. So I didn't skip their scene like I did when I watched Love At Night 2nd lead couple.

Overall, I give 10/10.Highly recommend!

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A Good Balance of Sport and Romance in this Drama

It's been a while since I've watched a sports-related drama and you know what? This drama did a great job on showcasing the speed skating and the figure skating, though if I'm being honest, it did feel like speed skating was shown a bit more compared to figure skating but overall, I'm still satisfied. There was a very good balance on showcasing the sport and the romance. Sometimes the writers tend to overshadow one over the other, but this writer did a great job with each.

Story: The story was great overall. It showed the journey of the FL's character of wanting to become a professional speed skater and the ML"s character of his figure skating journey. It showed the hardships and struggles each encounter along the way. Any internal problems the main characters and side characters were shown and resolved. Nothing left open ended. The only reason, this is a 4.5/5 stars for story is I didn't really like the idea of a love contract for this drama. I just didn't see the point of this like your typical love contract drama (usually business related). The reasoning wasn't good enough for me to have this concept in this drama.

Acting/Cast: The main characters are great. I don't remember the last time I laughed this much from the leads. From being annoyed with each other, bothering each other, being sad, funny, and happy, both the leads did a great job portraying their character. The best friends as the side characters were my favorite. They also helped bring enjoyment to this drama with their dorkiness.

Music is decent. The intro and ending song sounds nice but not enough for me to listen through at the start and end of each episode.

Other things to note:
- Romance wise, there are 2 couples: The main couple of course and the secondary couple (the best friend of the ML & FL). There is a love triangle for the main couple (FL & another girl loves ML) but no break up with them, no love triangle for secondary couple but break up actually occurs.
- A happy and satisfying ending though I still wanted more for the last episode.
- You'll have a good laugh from this one

Overall, this is another one I'm gonna add to my favorites. Had a great time watching this one.

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One of the best sports drama... The story, the casting, music's are everything on point... This drama deserve much more recognition.... Such a nice and supportive couple they are... Their understanding.. Ahh.. ( I am jealous because I am Single)
And I am in love with Wang An Yu... His acting skill in tooo good.. He deserve much more love.. For me To fly with you is way more btr thn skate into love.. Actually best one... If u are thinking of Watching this drama, trust me u will not regret.. Such a light and soothing drama... Highly recommended.. I will rewatch it again.

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Beautiful, inspiring story and romance

What can I say, to be honest, I've been in a some what of a drama slump lately, nothing I watched was good, i kept dropping drama's it's been maybe 2 or so months since i last watched a good drama, apart from Fall in love, i thought that was actually really good too.

Anyways, I haven't wrote a review in a few months and i felt like i had to write one for this drama, so as i mentioned about not feeling drama's lately, this drama brought back the feelings i had when i first started watching Cdrama, it give me butterflies, the romance and relationship between the leads was soo wonderful, they had such a great healthy mature relationship and was committed to each other in spite of and and everything they went through, the way they encouraged each other and stuck by each other was amazing, even when they were just friends, they did that and it made this drama so special.

Another thing that made this drama special was the sports, and the will to fight for what you want, working hard, even when there was set back, and to even learn to forgive, to be humble and trust your team mates, the story for this drama is really good, the pacing was good enough for me as well, nothing seemed rush. The competitions scenes were amazing to watch, so intense i felt like i was watching a real live event, so nervous haha

The ML and FL acting was great, I felt all there emotions when they were happy, sad or depressed they did such a great job portraying there roles, and there chemistry it was amazing, there was one scenes where they were consoling each other and i just felt the love between them, so natural without being boring at all. they have one of the best relationship I've seen in drama history, of course there is other healthy mature relationships too like (You are my glory), this is also one of them too in my opinion. And there kisses, especially the last one, happy it wasn't no peck lool. I was already impress with the ML as he was in forever love, and then this master piece again, i will definitely be looking forward to more of his work

I also loved loved loved the osts they were just perfect for each scenes and moments, the lyrics and the voices of the singers was perfect for the drama.

the last time i enjoyed a drama this good was YAMG haha, another favorite couple and drama to add to my list.

I'm sooo happy as you could tell, i thought i would be leaving the year in that drama slump i was in, but this drama definitely brought about a huge change for me.

I definitely recommend this drama if you love romcom, and i hope you love it just as much as i did. ❤?

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