So Funny Youth (2022)

When you are young ...

I'm not a big fan of school dramas. For purely personal reasons, school dramas always have this thing about fighting and dreaming, and going to university. Also about friendship and building relationships. There's also that feeling of nostalgia, for something we lost or will lose.
Thoughts aside, this drama isn't exactly bad, although it's not that great, and the ending left something to be desired.
What I liked: it's light, fun to watch, Cheng Hai's love for Xiaoran, they are cute together. I also like Rui and Xiang Nan together. In fact, her love for him was something very beautiful, since childhood, it touched me a lot. There was a scene of them, the scene on the beach where I cried. The scene of Cheng Hai and Xiaoran on the beach, the confession with fireworks was very beautiful. But him drunk saying to her so many times "wo xihuan ni" touched me more. He was always there for her, helping her, and that touched me.
When Tao's grandmother died I was also very emotional, I think only those who have lost someone will understand. I will always cry in this kind of scene.
I liked the way of naming episodes.

What I didn't like: It was a little dark and had a nostalgic feel.
It took Xiaoran a long time to realize that she also liked Cheng Hai.
For me, the ending was not closed, there were loose ends; and I didn't really understand what happened to Xiang Nan and Rui in the end. I wish they had ended up together.

Overall it was ok, it wasn't the best drama, but it wasn't something I dragged in to watch. It was light to watch, just the ending that could have been better.

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So funny youth- sure does live up to its name...

Well well well... what can I say? I lowkey smacked myself in the face due to having blanked this drama before only to end up binge watching it in a span of 3 days. The fact that I managed to finish the drama is a BIG deal especially since this year there were very few dramas that have kept me interested till the end. The cast has PERFECT chemistry its like they just need to stand next to each other and the CHEMISTRY is just there. And SO FUNNY YOUTH. I was dying each second. Each ep never failed to make me laugh. Especially xiang nan - bless her. She is such a funny little soul. Xiao ran's smile kept me smilig throughout. If I had to name all the good qualities of this drama the list would go down forever. But if I must say downside to this drama then the only problem is that I NEED A SEASON 2 RN! But I must say I wanted to see the characters at least have more screentime at the end since the ending felt a bit rushed but the rest of the drama makes up for that. I never expected to cry but I did for this drama. If you are ever feeling down and U just need to watch a drama to feel better then THIS DRAMA IS FOR U. GIRL/BOY GO WATCH THIS DRAMA RN.

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Pas mauvais, mais rien d'exceptionnel.

Si vous m'avez déjà un peu lu, vous savez sans doute que j'adore ce genre de drama. Il allait donc de soi que je fasse un petit détour vers ce drama.
Hum.... ce n'est pas un mauvais drama en soi, mais pour tout vous avouer, je me suis parfois un peu ennuyée. Certains moments font sourire et d'autres m'ont donné plutôt envie de zapper ces-dits moments. Nous retrouvons le classique schéma d'une double romance à l'intérieur du groupe, peu de suspense et je dois avouer peu d'alchimie en fin de compte. Non que les couples aient été ennuyants, mais loin d'être passionnant. Le couple principal met beaucoup de temps à se mettre en place. La romance ne va que dans un seul sens et on a parfois envie de secouer un peu Xiao Ran. Et lorsqu'enfin, elle se rend compte de ses sentiments envers Cheng Hai, j'ai un peu perdu l'envie de les voir ensemble. Leur amitié n'est pas de celle qui soulève les montagnes et je regrette que le scénariste ne nous ait pas donné plus de passion, plus de frisson, un peu comme dans "Lovely Us" ou "When we were young"....
Le couple secondaire était intéressant mais je m'en suis désintéressée très vite. En dehors du fait que Xiang Nan soit totalement in love envers Rui, leur interaction n'était pas non plus transcendante. Pas de battement de coeur désordonné, pas de "whaou".
Bien que le drama ait été centré autour d'un groupe d'amis soudé, je n'ai pas trouvé leur histoire aussi intéressante que ceux cités plus hauts, cela me faisait un peu penser à "Memory of Encaustic Tile", peu d'alchimie entre nos protagonistes. Il manquait ce je ne sais quoi, cette étincelle qui aurait pu rendre ce drama à un autre niveau. A y réfléchir, il manquait d'intensité et de poésie. J'ai encore en mémoire, cette scène dans "When we were young" lorsque Hua Biao et Li Yu s'élancent en même temps pour rejoindre Yang Xi qui a peur du noir.... pfff, cette scène m'a donné (encore aujourd'hui) des battements de coeur un peu fou....Ou encore lorsque Tan Song s'énerve lors du match de basket ball quand Cheng Zi se fait un peu malmené (et cela n'a duré que le temps d'un battement de cil), ou le jeu de mot hyper adorable sur "Chen Zi" entre Tan Song et son père..... bref, vous l'aurez compris, ce drama n'a pas réussi à me convaincre.

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