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I first got to know this drama by watching one of the Amvs on YouTube. Ever since then, I’ve always wanted to watch it and that’s when I came across an app called IQUIY, I think that’s how you spell it? ?STORY:
I will have to admit that the description of the drama is what made me want to watch it. I think, in my opinion, the storyline is good. This drama not only focuses on the main leads (Yan Xiaoxi, Qi Jinghao) but also focuses on the other characters and their struggles, and it’s what I like the most about this drama. it also portrays a lot of meanings behind it. Love, trust issues, friendship, family...etc. However, I find it unfair that they didn’t focus a lot on Yun Gaoyang (is that how you spell it?) He may have had a lot of screen time, but they didn’t talk about his life. He has said several times in the drama that he is struggling the connection with his brother. So, meaning, they could had the chance to show about it. He’s also a supporting character just like the others, and yet they didn’t talk a lot about his other relationship with his brother...is what made me upset a bit. And, although I do think the story is good, the ending, in my opinion, was a bit rushed. They didn’t give us a scene as of what happened after Jinghao fainted as well as what happened between Yali (Yan Yiaoxi) and her mother. I didn’t expect a wedding scene or anything, I just thought that they were rushed just because of the reasons I mentioned above.
ACTING/CAST:
I think all the characters who acted in this drama were pretty good. However, I may have to disagree of the Female Lead. Although her acting wasn’t really bad and I have felt the emotions, I just feel like in most scenes when cries, she tends to smile a bit? (I don’t know, is it just me?)
But I do hope she will do a lot better.
MUSIC/OST:
I will have to be honest with you, I watched the entire drama with no volume up. So I didn’t really hear the music . However, I heard some a bit. I will be changing the rating of the music later as I plan to rewatch this drama again.
OVERALL:
All in all, I think the drama is pretty good and definitely deserves a lot more rating. I definitely recommend this show for anyone to watch. However, if you don’t like intense drama, then this show is not for you. ?
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story, i loved the story . it was just what i wanted in school romance with passion and it had that thing . they were passionate for what they are doing . and there is one more thing i liked that the majority of the dramas shows (if it is hate - love) that they fell in love every thing will be ok , but it shows that in relationship they have these things to handle . and sometime male lead was unreasonable then he realize that and says sorry and many more things when i was staring this i read some reviews and that that there should be one more episode and when i watched the drama i also felt that well this drama make me feel smiled while watching it i cried also .
and man i loved the male lead he was so handsome in every epi i was like look at him he is so cute he is so handsome .
there is one thing i do not like that this drama doesn't have a wikipedia when i search it on google there was nothing like other dramas it was directly on my drama list that made me feel is it not a popular drama . but it was good.
music ., it was good but i really liked the intro song and performance it was amazing i have watched many dramas but this intro was amazing .
re watch value . i think when i will watch again it will feel me good again .
if you want to watch a good romance with sports you should watch it
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Good but frustrating
Although I think the FL blew it in terms of choosing the best boyfriend, this was a pretty good C-drama. I stayed engaged throughout and was interested in most of the characters. However, the constant quarrelling of the MC did get tedious – make up, break up, make up, break up - it was sort of like the table tennis they were playing, and maybe that was the intent of the director/scriptwriter, but after 36 episodes, I was yelling at her to ‘dump him already!’ I felt about as exhausted as she looked when she broke up with him for the last time.FL (Yan Xiaoxi) was a likeable FL; she just had poor taste in men, in my opinion. She wasn’t the typical ‘cutesy’ C-drama heroine, which apparently was the problem if you listened to ML’s friend, Yun Gaoyang, who felt every girl should be a coquette like his girlfriend, Nana, or syrupy sweet like the female villain, Bai Wei (a.k.a. the Biscuit B**** – my pet name for her). FL was just an ordinary girl with good table tennis skills and a tremendous amount of patience since she stoically put up with ML’s childish behavior and the cat fights between DongDong (her tomboy friend) and the campus Belle, Tong Jiayue. Her biggest faults were 1) her choice of boyfriend; and 2) taking it upon herself to deliver justice for her adoptive dad. As far as I know, dad never asked her to - she just assumed that if she were him, he’d want justice - and this quest of hers got her into a lot of trouble.
ML (Qi Jinghao) – we are told by Bai Wei and others that Jinghao is the ‘perfect boyfriend’. In what universe?! He’s a terrible boyfriend, mostly due to his immaturity. Although he certainly had his cute moments and was convincingly anguished over their numerous break-ups, his immature responses to any perceived slight by Xiaoxi or disobedience to his orders was the #1 reason they quarreled so much. One of his problems was he listened too much to his funny but stupid friend, Yun Gaoyang, whose ideal woman was a simpering coquette, which was the opposite of Xiaoxi’s personality. She wasn’t the type to stroke a guy’s ego or blindly obey. His second problem was that he craved attention and affection, a result of growing up without his mother’s love so he was always upset when Xiaoxi didn’t show him the attention he wanted. My biggest issue with ML was he was way too immature for a relationship, which led to constant quarrelling and climaxing in his abandonment of FL when she needed him most. So, why the heck would she stay with this guy, especially when she had a perfect boyfriend waiting in the wings? Stockholm Syndrome apparently.
Which brings us to the guy FL should have chosen, Li Sheng. I admit at times that I struggle with SML syndrome just like everyone else, but in the end, I usually lean towards ML. Not in this case. I’m 100% a member of Team Li Sheng. His only fault was not finding FL before she fell under the spell of Jinghao. Now, this guy WAS the perfect boyfriend. Not only should he have been leading the table tennis club due to his athletic skill and calm, mature nature but he should have gotten the girl as well. He was always there for Xiaoxi, and even scooped her off the road like a drowned rat after Jinghao’s abandonment, carried her home and took care of her. This boy was long-suffering and deserved her devotion yet she continually returned to the man child. I didn’t get it. I guess the only explanation is – good guy finish last. I wish Xiaoxi had been as smart of Hou Jianbei when he discovered the Biscuit B**** had used him to get close to Jinghao. He dumped her and ended up with the girl who’d liked him from the beginning (Jiayue). If only FL had come to her senses and went to the guy who’d demonstrated his love over and over again in actions, not a bunch of tears and anguished expressions. In my imagination, she did since the drama didn’t explicitly say that she cancelled the final break-up with Jinghao. Besides, with their relationship, just wait a little longer, Li Sheng. They’ll break up again. Someday she's got to get tired of this guy!
The side characters – Gaoyang could be humorous as well as annoying. I felt so sorry for Hou Jianbai being played by the Biscuit B**** so she could get Jinghao. He was too soft and gentle to be used like that. I’m glad he finally realized who had loved him from the beginning. Tong Jiayue was a b**** at first, but she became more likeable. At least, she didn’t pretend to be your friend like the Biscuit B****, Bai Wei, while plotting against you.
The mystery of dad’s expulsion took a back seat for several episodes as the drama focused on MC’s make ups and break ups, etc., but it was the source of all the trouble that FL experienced, and although justice was met in the end, I can’t help but think that it would have been better to just leave this past incident alone. Dad was living fine and wasn’t demanding justice so why open a can of worms that brought a lot of people further pain and suffering?
I would recommend this drama if you can put up with an immature ML, constant breakups and a stupid FL who doesn’t know a good man when she sees him. This is the first time the supporting cast kept me watching when the constant breakups of the MC became tedious.
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I accidentally came across this youth drama thru Youtube having captured by one remarkable kissing scene by the lead characters (if you have watched it you must have known which one I am talking about) and also after watching the first scene in episode 1... I am sold! Initially, after watching the official trailer I was expecting a light rom-com story along the way, but boy I was wrong. The main story and the side story lines go down deep digging into the parents past that bring up the present as consequences that not only the adults but also and their children must bear.STORY: Adding to what I have written above, I should note that side stories in this drama are also delightful to watch. I usually skip boring side stories especially that tend to add in Chinese dramas that stretch to too many episodes, but uncharacteristically me I watched probably 95% of the whole drama minus fillers. Almost every main and support roles bring up their life stories to tell and teach us about what should and what should not be.
More over, in contrast of other reviewer stated about the ending, I thing it is not rushed at all. The last episode brings up the climax of the whole plot, in which without a need of adding a wedding scene, we can conclude what lead character's relationship fate will be. And the very end is the closure of what happened to the supporting roles important to wrap up the whole drama. I think this drama screen is brilliantly written to live action.
ACTING/CAST: Although I can easily fall in love with the female lead XiaoXi character since being introduced, not so fast with the male lead Jinghao character, giving the same reaction as XiaoXi concluded when she first met him "I have never met a man so arrogant". But once they got together, there is a great chemistry between them, a must have in a good romance or romantic comedy drama. Jinghao's arrogant and rough character is matched perfectly by XiaoXi's strong-willed and ready-to-fight character. Both Bu GuanJin and Fan Shiqi have delivered whether fighting or loving action passionately.
Besides the main leads, the choice of majority supporting roles are well done too, from the team mates, besties, frenemies, parents, even to the most adorable cast to watch in this drama, the little Yali.
MUSIC: I don't usually watch movies or dramas for their OST or music, but I think the music in this drama is okay to listen to, having mostly matched with the scenes. I may come back to edit my rating for the music after rewatching it for the second time.
REWATCH VALUE: As almost nothing should be skipped as they are building towards the understanding of this drama as a whole, I can vouch that this drama has a high rewatch value, especially once us as non-Mandarin speakers, finding a site with great English sub translation may want us to come back to rewatch a drama. I can praise for iQIYI the drama network's effort to translate to understandable (American) English for international audience.
OVERALL: As it already said in the title. This drama is a must watch for not only teenagers or young adults, but for parent-age adults to learn about the moral of love, friendship, family, honesty, lies, and decision making values that can heavily effect generations to come.
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Mi favorito ¡recomendado totalmente! (Hou Jian Bai es muy guapo)...li sheng tambien...
Si solo estas leyendo reseñas ,comentarios y opiniones para saber si vale la pena ver los 36 capítulos que dura este drama y no malgastar tu tiempo como tal vez te ha pasado antes con otros dramas, pues, por lo menos de mi parte lo recomiendo mucho, así que deberías comenzar a verlo lo mas pronto posible, corre a verlo porque esta buenísimo.Veo que la mayoría le gustaba el actor principal,es decir les parecía guapo,pero en realidad a mi no, y la razón por la que vi este drama chino fue porque vi die now(que, por cierto, también la recomiendo,y junto a chasing ball es mi drama favorito ya que el protagonista es hou jian bai)y quede enamorada del protagonista (Zhu yuanbing) y yo quería ver más dramas de este bello actor así que busqué su lista de dramas y hallé chasing ball que ya hace un tiempo que yo quería verlo y ahora que sabia que aparecía él, asi fuera en un personaje secundario(hou jian bai) ,me entraron aun más ganas de ver este drama al punto que me obsesioné y antes de ver el drama ya yo anticipaba que seria uno de mis favoritos, además me gustó el hecho de que dos chicas pelearan por él,este triángulo amoroso secundario conformado por tong jiayue vs bai wei donde el objetivo era jianbai realmente me encantó,solo que yo creí que se daría de otra forma,creí que habría guerra,que sí la hubo,pero en realidad ambas tuvieron su momento de gloria al ser novias de jianbai ,antes de ver el drama nunca pensé que a bai wei le gustaría qi jinhao en un principio, ni que ella llegaría ser la villana de la historia (además del profesor que tenia a la esposa enferma), lo cual me sorprendió mucho y por supuesto la odié por jugar con hou jian bai ,y muchas de sus acciones malvadas realmente me enojaron, al punto que me gustó que jian bai terminara con ella, pero luego lo lamenté porque me parecía que tong jiayue era mucho peor,es cierto que bai wei era una chica hipócrita y falsa,pero aun así fue mejor novia que tong jiayue quien tenia un permanente comportamiento bipolar,además , a mi parecer jianbai hacía mejor pareja con bai wei,y ella era para mi la más linda del drama,más que tong jiayue, de hecho, ahora ,la actriz que interpreta a bai wei es mi actriz favorita china,pues además de que me parece muy linda, creo que hizo un buen trabajo con su personaje.
Al principio quería que hou jian bai quedara con tong jiayue pero era porque creí que ella cambiaría su actitud orgullosa en la que se siente superior al resto ,además que ella realmente lo quiso desde el principio, pero ella nunca cambio su actitud insoportable por lo que puedo entender porque bai wei le tenia tanta rabia y se quiso vengar(estamos claros que usar a jian bai para su vengaza no estuvo bien),por eso prefiero a bai wei, porque después de todo realmente dejó el fastidio con qi jinhao y se enamoró verdaderamente de hou jian bai,aunque al compararlo con una zanahoria delgada me hizo sentir que de cierta forma lo menosprecia.
Me parce bien que bai wei haya sufrido como pago de todo lo malo que hizo, pero realmente quería que después volviera con jian bai y fueran una pareja feliz.
Gaoyan fue el personaje mas divertido, me gustaba cuando discutía con la protagonista y con el" espía de migde", ademas hacia una muy linda pareja con su novia nana,pero no me gustaba que se metía en las conversaciones y asuntos amorosos de los demás,incluso era inmaduro en los momentos serios. El entrenamiento yun fue muy divertido.
El opening EL MEJOR DE LA HISTORIA,he visto alrededor de 23 dramas y este es el que tiene la mejor música y la intro y ending, aunque hace creer por un momento que es una historia de baile,me gusta que en la intro muestran todos los personajes,no solo los protagonistas, y la música espectacular,mi ost favorito hasta ahora.
Todas las canciones de las serie son cantadas por los propios actores a excepción de unstoppable que es completamente en inglés. Mi favorita es la canción del ending.
Los efectos especiales seria lo negativo,hay una escena en la que el fuego se ve terriblemente falso,además la sangre tampoco se ve muy real,pero definitivamente lo del incendio fue una edición horrorosa. Por cierto, en el capítulo 1 hay una escena que no entendí y creí que se aclararía a medida que avanzara el drama pero nunca se explicó el asunto de las gotas de sangre, por lo que me parece una escena que no tiene sentido e innecesaria.
Li sheng es para mi el segundo más guapo del drama (después de hou jian bai)(si para ti li sheng es el más guapo lo entiendo),y aunque yo estaba del lado de qi jin hao, si yo fuera la protagonista me quedaría sin lugar a dudas con li sheng, al principio lo odiaba porque se me hacía muy creído y fastidioso, pero, seamos sinceros, ¿quién no quisiera que la acosaran así?,yo fuera ella y se me haría imposible rechazarlo y no enamorarme de él, no hubiera tenido las agallas de rechazarle un beso. A mi parecer li sheng era un chico insistente, persistente, valiente, atrevido,un verdadero hombre que va de frente, sin rodeos ni pena, que no se rinde fácilmente y lucha por su objetivo. Felicidades al actor que hizo este papel porque además de guapo pude sentir su desesperación por ganar el corazón de alguien que no lo merecía (porque el es mucho para ella)y que ya tenía a alguien en su corazón, realmente se veía enamorado,aunque en realidad no solo él, creo que todos los actores hicieron un increíble trabajo interpretando sus papeles, todo el elenco de chasing ball me gustó mucho, Bai wei lo hizo muy bien como villana, igual jian bai que realmente parecía un idiota fácil de manipular pero siempre guapo (jajajaja igual lo amo),y todos, realmente buena actuación .
Qi jin hao creí que seria el típico protagonista que me cae mal (Tipo Dao Ming Si), y aunque si cumple con las características típicas(millonario, supuestamente guapo, problemas con la madre, muchas pretendientes o admiradoras, actitud distante...) me cayó bien , mucho mejor de lo que pensé, de hecho, también es algo divertido, y tal vez por eso apoyo su relación con la protagonista (algo que no suelo hacer porque siempre prefiero al secundario, bueno, aquí también prefiero al secundario pero en la situación de yan xiaoxi creo que esta bien que se quede con el protagonista, pero como ya dije yo me quedaría con li sheng porque a mi parecer es bastante más guapo que qi jin hao).
Los partidos fueron muy emocionantes ,excepto el final,me gusto que Gaoyan se luciera pero lo menos que me importaba en ese momento era el partido (que, por cierto, la competición final fue nada relevante en comparación con las anteriores, que fueron más emocionantes) cuando todo el mundo estaba muriendo ,por suerte Bai wei sobrevivió, realmente me había asustado y creí que había muerto pero por suerte no paso.Es cierto,el final no fue el mejor ,pero ya me había prometido que como sea que terminara me seguiría gustado,también quede muy sorprendida(negativamente) con el final,pero, si ya llevas tiempo viendo dramas chinos ,sabras que es algo lamentable pero normal este tipo de finales apresurados e inconclusos,así que ya me estoy acostumbrado,además no se puede negar que en general fue un drama muy bueno, entretenido, interesante y emocionante.
El triángulo amoroso principal no estaba mal, pero definitivamente me parecía más interesante el triángulo amoroso secundario y estoy agradecida de que le haya dado importancia a las parejas secundarias, aunque aun así hubiera querido mas escenas de mi hou jian bai y sus enredos amorosos (las mejores escenas y los mejores momentos para mi).
Realmente no entendí el personaje del hermano de jian bai,pues al igual que le dong dong me pareció de cierta forma innecesario,pero debo admitir que cuando murió me sentí mal y por supuesto me sorprendí mucho,pero no me sentí mal por él sino por jian bai.
Definitivamente y sin lugar a dudas volvería a ver este espectacular drama, tiene muuuyyy buenas escenas ,diálogos y frases que quisiera recordar, es muy entretenido, tal vez lo único fastidioso son las escenas de le dong dong.
No puedo esperar para volver a ver este drama con sus excelentes y hermosas escenas repletas de distintas emociones, pues este es un drama en el que hay venganza, amistad, amor, hipocresía, engaños, injusticias y rupturas realmente tristes y lamentables, incluso hay muertes, pero también hay risas, reconciliaciones y momentos alegres.
Es un drama romántico, juvenil y universitario con un toque de misterio, hay varias partes divertidas así como en muchas partes quise llorar,aproximadamente del capitulo 18 al 22 ,me gusto mucho personalmente ,probablemente esos sean mis capítulos favoritos, del 23 en adelante es solo investigación y aclaración del misterio oculto,por cierto, esta es la primera reseña que escribo, y espero que les sirva de algo y estén de acuerdo conmigo en que ojala aya una segunda temporada en la que bai wei vuelva por jian bai.
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