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This drama made me break my no writing slump.

The day of becoming you has this fairly popular but not overused story of interchanging each others souls into bodies.
I love this troupe. Its like quickest way to become close to a person in the shortest of time. And the dynamics of an idol and a not so quite a fan. The story has its own clichés but they are so fun. The First half was excellent in humor and fun and second half becomes enjoyably sentimental. The story did not drag or have any fillers. It an obvious aloof guy falls for bubbly girl but in a refreshing take of it.

The leads dominated the screen and I love them to bits and pieces. You'll too.

The acting was wonderful. I'm a big fan of Steven zhang right from skate into love. He does a wonderful job of differentiating the souls of cold, aloof Jiang Yi and the hyper fan girl Yu sheng Sheng. Liang jie is pretty as ever, and her acting is wonderful. The dynamics between the leads is just crackling. Your cheeks are gonna hurt from all the smiling. The little galaxy members, Tong hua, Liang Jie's family all of them are such feel good characters, you cant not love them. Special mention to Yu sheng sheng's clothes. They were chef's kiss.

The soundtrack was pleasant and not jarring. I even loved to listen to the intro song every episode.

Final thoughts:
I mean ,I have watched over lots of cliched, dumb dramas just for the plot. The plot was a 10,the acting was a 10, the chemistry was a 10 in mind. So go watch!!!

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When I initially started the drama, I expected a typical Chinese cliche with bad acting, plot with dramatic twists. since time and time again , I have lost hope, but this drama was such a breath of fresh air.

It had all those usual cliches, and somehow I didn’t find them annoying. They were every bit fun.

Story:
An upcoming actress is diagnosed cancer and needs a bone marrow. She happens to see a file and gets to know the match as hero. She begs him to help her and he agrees it in exchange for marriage contract.

At the beginning I found the lead to be contradictory to his character which I only understood after the plot twist. The plot twist is hard to get through, I only was able to due to the lead’s excellent chemistry.

Add in a villain plotting ways to end the hero, the second female lead plotting the female lead’s end, birth secrets, amnesia, sick grandmas.

Acting:
The actors acted fairly good, I found the main lead handsome and looked a bit Korean for me. He brought the right amounts of work addicted, unsocial rich ceo.
The lead actress was very cute, being the good character who helps people but she has a backbone too. Usually all good characters become Mary Sue ish which is irritating to watch, but here she stands up for herself, has pride, respects others. She is an ideal lead a little too good to believe but we’ll take that.

Their chemistry was off the charts. The characters had such a flow of how their relationship grew, they are very rational(except for the hero lying to her that time)
He just did what he saw his father do, not justifying his actions but I love that he grew over the drama to a person who can express himself well. His was one of the best character growths .
The best friend was very supportive and her loveline with secretary was cute but at times draggy for me.
The other are of the drama is my dear second male lead, the bromance he had with main lead was very cute. Also the bickering between him and female lead, and their relationship in entirety was very cute and they had good chenistry too.
The second female lead was paper cut character of this childhood friend on love with lead, and wants to own him. She does despicable things but it doesn’t get on your nerves as much, so don’t worry.
The antagonist was well played, very cute actor with dimples and all. But his character was too one minded, potential to develop was there but they made it too unbelievable.

Rewatch:
I’ll probably watch it again after some even after the big reveal it will be fu to watch it, especially their chemistry damn!

Overall:
I would recommend this drama very much. I love it, some might hate the twist and drop the drama, but it’s a great one with cute leads , awesome chemistry, endearing side character, a bit of evil ones you can hate occasionally.

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I was initially so so reluctant to start it.It wont be a happy one,the title literally says "hi bye mama" And I got spoiled for ending.I read all the comments and all of it was about the drama being a tearjerker.

Finally I gave it a try, And I havent watched any other drama that made me cry this much, every episode. This broke my heart to pieces and put them back to break it again. But I do not regret it one bit. This was one of the most beautiful drama therein.

The entire story of her love for the child was so much ,I wonder if any love story can ever even come close to a mother's love.

Yu ri had such a hard time,being a ghost and not able to take care of seo woo,watching her family breakdown and mourn her. She watched them trying cope up,failing, her husband slowly fall in love. And all of it silently,with no one knowing of her existence. All the characters cry in this drama and I cried along with them every time.
Her friendship with Hyeong jeong was so lovely.
And finally her husband was flawed. Initially I was so angry at him for remarrying but like yuri , I Couldn't hate min jeong because she was so good to seo woo and a nice person.All of them were too good,I couldnt even try to blame any of them.
Seo woo was too adorable, every time she smiled she took my heart.And I came to know its a cute boy who played the role of girl in this drama.How adorable!

Best of all, yu-ri's mom and yuri together was so heartwarming. I loved the writer's earlier drama 'Go back couple',especially the mother-daughter scene.This drama took it up a notch and made it too beautiful and sad.And yuri always seeing her daughter while her mom has always been seeing yuri made me wonder about my mom too. What an arc! -Mother's love brought her child.

And the acting was too good. Kim tae hee as yu-ri was so real and beautiful soul. All others characters also acted well, I liked her best friend and mom the most.

And finally, this drama taught me a lot of things. To cherish life more, to be happy and tobmake people happy. In the end we all arent going to live forever, how many of us going to be mourned like yu-ri then?

I'll always come back to this drama on a bad day, sad day, just to see their story and maybe shed some tears or two.

" A woman who lost her husband is a Widow,
A man who lost his wife is a widower,
A kid who lost his parents is orphan,
But there is no word for a parent who lost their
kid, know why?
Because no word can describe it. No word can
describe the excruciating pain."

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Well-written youth drama with content and fluff (win-win)

Story:
-The story follows two esports players who aimed to win the championship. ML is a top veteran player, captain of zqdx, and handsome, rich, and perfect. The FL is a newbie into the esports professional world. She is pretty, talented, and liked by all (or at least most). She joins the team and this is their adventure to the top.
-The dialogues are witty and a testament to what a capable writer can do to a drama ( Ps: The dialogues follow the novel, I personally loved but are criticized for plagiarism).
-Again it's almost very loyal to the novel, so it had a solid base and as someone who loves books, this drama did justice to its source, very much so.

Characters:
-The entire world of this drama is relatively free of typical antagonists. The side characters were so much fun and made of a bunch of goofballs. Special mention to little fatty who was traumatized by the two leads PDA. His expressions are priceless. hahaha. Lu Yue (ML's brother) taking his phone out any second leads merely touch each other. Cat who is slow to understand the situation. Old not so old K who is a self-care guide. Xia Rui is basically their housekeeper.
- Character growth existed here, but it was not the focus of the drama and not very prominent.
-Also, I was confused between the names of FL's ex -Jian yang (aka Yang god), and FL's best friend- Jin yang. The side could Jin yang and Ai Jia were also cute. Can I say how much I loved the FL's friend. She was like the male version of Ml lol. 10/10 had a crush on her.

Acting:
Xu Kai did an amazing job of portraying the character. I love him, his past dramas Arsenal military academy is one of my faves.
The minute change in expressions, nuances, and oh god his eyes! so very expressive. I could keep on looking at his eyes go soft when looking at FL. FL suited the drama in terms of appearance, the height is adorable, but she is still leagues away in terms of acting. She looked very cute but yeah acting wasn't for the best.
-The animations were very good. I loved seeing them play through their game personas. The terms and positions of the game might be confusing at the beginning. I only understood clearly after playing two matches of the game on the phone.(Ps : Apparently the animations of the game shown in the drama is not a pc game but a mobile game)

Romance:
The romance between the leads was not exactly' hate to love', more like snarkiness to love. They end up arguing a lot.
And it would definitely make you smile. A lotttttt.Their relationship was always teased by other roommates, and they do their payback after leads get together. XD And yes not much annoying third-party interference. They have almost no conflicts.

Thoughts:
The main focus here is about the team going forward in the championship. Romance is drama free and weaved along the story. This drama is adorable with a memorable cast and an engaging story. Amidst the cliches of modern Chinese drams, this one is certainly a very well-wrote, packed, and all-rounded drama. I would highly recommend this for anyone wanting fluff with content or even just in a mood to watch a drama.

Rewatch value: 8
Even though I know what's gonna happen, the journey was all this drama is about. So rewatch value is quite high.

What are you waiting for? Go watch!

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This was a series I have been searching for so long for the subtitles. I finally found them on YouTube and watched them in one day.

STORY

The story is basically about the friendship of four people - Wen Xiao Guang, Jiang Xin Yuan, Gu jun Peng, Wu Bo Qi. They areatight squad from childhood. Their friendship was literally the highlight of the drama for me. I loved the feel of drama. More than half of the drama is about their school period and has so much happiness bundled together. They reminded me of my school days.

The drama shows how love,time,distance affected the friendship.
Moreover their parents also share such close relationships that they almost share have the screen time with the kids. They are a caring bunch and their relationship with one another is another favourite point in this drama for me.

The female lead was quirky, cute as a button and i loved her. No wonder Gu jun Peng likes her from beginning ( nah it’s not as spoiler).
Gu jun Peng is dutiful,obedient well mannered and studious. He is been in love with heroine for so long.Then there is Jiang Xin Yuan ,class crook fooling around and wu BoQi the class clown both of them like class beauty Annie.
And buns their female friend also likes jun Peng . And our female lead as oblivious as a pumpkin just doesn’t know about a lot .And ughhhh The complications all theses lead to.
And there is entry of another male lead jie jie in the middle of the story. I can’t say more without spoil I g, if you do want spoilers do message me.

In this story no one is completely bad, even one who seemed to be was not as bad as it was made to look. It’s a close to heart drama.

The ending was totally weird and not what I expected. Apparently there were two versions classic rerun of 23 episodes and a 66 episode version. I watched the 23 episode version but went for the 66 episode version for the ending. Both have different endings, I was more satisifed with the 66 episode ending. But still not over how it was off the cliff.Till the last minute I didn’t know who she was going to end up with.



ACTING

The acting overall was good. I liked it but few emotional scenes looked artificial. But overall the story outshines the acting. I loved the female leadandother characters fit in too.

If you are in for romance , it does have a lot but I prefer their friendship rather than romance except for the female lead and male lead(one I shipped her with).

REWATCH VALUE
I probably won’t watch it because of the ending and moreover each episode is 1.5 hrs long and it felt like it went on forever especially in the latter half of the drama from ep 18. I’ll probably see just the cute scenes in the beginning.

This is my first review. If any faults do let me know! Thank you!

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