The Sweet Love Story (2020)

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It's great but not as great as PYHOMS or ALSB but still it's beautiful and cute except for some annoying bitchy characters like Cai Yasi, Xi Yixing and Jia Yichun. They will annoy the living daylight out of y'all. But other than them, the story was fine and it progressed pretty beautifully. There was enough chemistry for the main leads but I think that if Fanzhou showed a little more emotions, it'd have been less than 28 episodes. Cai Yasi just got on my nerves so many times that he's the most hated character for me. He's damn annoying and always nagging Zhou Xiao to be his girlfriend. Same goes for Jia Yichun. She was a bitch all throughout the drama, till the end. But other than these people, it was beautiful. Give it a try, I'm sure you'll love it

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Better than Love O2O,A love so beautiful and Go Go squid that are way to overhyped.

This drama was funny, charming, light and fluffy (for the most part). All of the characters were likeable (well all besides one but it’s a Cdrama what do you expect)
FL: has more personality and charisma than the FLs in Love O2O and is much more less annoying than the one in Go Go squid and Love so Beautiful (don’t get me wrong there are some moments when she is super annoying) but you can help but fall in love for her. The actress did an amazing job making her quirky and fun, and what I appreciated the most is that she wasn't boy crazy as other FLs in similar high school or collage dramas. She had her own goals and aspirations and she would stop at nothing to achieve them

ML: He is more charming and has more emotional range than your usual serious and emotionless ML. My biggest issue with him is that some time he got too stalkerish to the point that it wasn’t cute or romantic.

All in all I enjoyed this more that other shows that are considered a must watch and I would recommend this instead.

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Sweet slice of life romcom

This drama was made by the same people that produced “A Love So Beautiful” (ALSB) and “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” (PYHOMS). I also see a lot of “Love O2O” in it. It has the handsome male lead that’s a genius scientist and is always walking around in a lab coat and has few friends because he’s so focused on his studies from PYHOMS. And it has the angst and lengthy breakup of ALSB. Then from “Love O2O” it has the pretty, confident, popular female lead that lives with several bff’s in their dormitory. The sismance is very similar to the sismance of “Love O2O” and is one of the things that makes this drama appealing. Overall it’s a good drama worthy of watching. But keep in mind that it’s not an action drama or a melodrama. It’s light and fluffy with just a touch of angst and drama but not too much. It’s a slice of life, coming of age drama that depicts youths facing the trials and tribulations of becoming adults.

What I liked:
The storyline is good and the characters are interesting. There were a lot of kisses, cuddles, and skinship. And I liked that there were several side couples. The bromance and sismance kept it from being boring and made it cute. The family drama was just enough to make things interesting without going to far and make It annoying where you hate the parents. I also like that there was a good reason for the temporary breakup. It wasn’t one of those noble idiocy situations that has you rolling your eyes over the stupid reason to breakup. And it wasn’t some silly misunderstanding that could have easily been fixed with proper communication. The ML really did have a good reason to breakup if what he was lead to believe was the truth. Fortunately he was tricked and lied to and was able to fix the situation. So this temporary breakup was reasonable and believable which made me like this drama even more.

What I didn’t like:
I didn’t like that there was the typical cliche second female lead that was obsessed with the male and constantly causing trouble. It’s a drama trope that’s being way over used in dramas nowadays. It’s almost a given occurrence in romance themed dramas now. I also wish that there was more character growth. I didn’t see much of that here and it would have added to the depth of the drama. The female lead was a bit stiff during the kisses but it got better as the drama progressed. But I guess since she’s very new to acting I shouldn’t complain. I’ve seen much worse from much more experienced actresses. And speaking of acting, both the ML and FL did a really good job on their acting. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for their future dramas.

Overall I would definitely recommend this drama if you like PYHOMS, ALSB, or Love O2O because it’s very similar to these dramas. It’s light fluffy and sweet with a little bit of angst but it’s not overly done. I would definitely recommend watching this drama.

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Ok I don't really have much to say about this one la. It's your very typical college students drama with two pretty cute characters that come together with many other cute side characters that add more drama to the overall story. The End.

Likes:
- easy to watch and pretty cute
- I liked how the main male lead was kind of cold at the beginning but then slowly warms up
- main female lead went through lots of character growth and I think the actress really did a good job with the portrayal.

Dislikes:
- the misunderstanding that happens that was just really stupid actually and kind of ruined the rest of the story for me, but also I was pretty satisfied with the ending because of how cute it was (but not satisfied because it was definitely unrealistic for me?)

Watch it for cute side characters that make you laugh.

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Are you here for something bright and sunny?

Hello blushing sweeties!

If you are planning to watch something bright and sunny and enjoy the moments of "Aww, so cute" often, then this fits perfect. The story line is very light on your minds, in other words its the usual. Even though its the usual, I felt that they have included a lot of details that helped in elevating even the smallest interaction between the main leads.
Like how other light-hearted dramas get dragged in the end, this one is an exception! It keeps the viewers engaged with the scenes though the future scenes are quite predictable.

Simon Gong (main lead) could have loosen things up. He looked extremely stiff. There were some scenes too that lacked little practicality and reality. But they are forgiven since they were put in the first place to bring the main characters to where they are now!

Anyway, most of the human brains need to balance off emotions, including mine. If I am watching, say, horror, disturbing, crime thriller or mystery (that's heavy on my brain), then next time I make sure that I go for something really cute and heart warming. The flow goes on!

Thank you for reading my review.
Have a good day/night!

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Common predicted plot, nothing new

I had high expectations from it after watching put your head on my shoulder.

In the starting, I was actually impressed with the story. But later it went downhill. Typical same story I have read everywhere.

Points I don't like:

_the girl has no opinion of her own

_she is not completely into her
relationship and does nothing, simply trying to be cute which got annyoing later

_the boy looked handsome and reliable in the starting but after some time it was like his face become so annyoing to continue to watch, a sad pitiful expression completely plastered on his face

_she's stupid and doesn't care about her bf, her mind moving around to do stupid stuffs

_a break up without informing his gf an actual reason, where's the trust, so easy for anyone to break their relationship even though he's already a top student and really smart, and later chased her so badly

_annyoing way of running male lead after the female lead

_a typical common predicted plot

_no chemistry between them, only few cute scenes

This is only my opinion, if anyone thinks differently I respect that too.

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I've re-read the novel twice because I do like the story, and am a fan of the author... but this series adaptation totally ruins my imagination of the characters in the novel. The dearly beloved MC in the novel has turned into an annoying overacting shrewd.

All I can say is, the first half of the series is quite entertaining for me... but, after episode 16, how I wish I didn't start watching it. That's to tell how much I can't stand seeing a good novel turns into a disaster series.

I think this series isn't for international audiences like me, because I couldn't understand, nor empathize with the MC.
IMO, she became the main villain in her selfish idiotic acts... but, of course, this is only my personal opinion. I admit that I don't know much about the dating standards in China, nor do I'm familiar with the depth of Chinese culture, thus this is just too much for me.

Don't get me wrong, I have high respect for the Chinese and their grandiose thousands year culture, thus I hope my watch-later Chinese series/movies will reinstate my enjoyment watching C-drama.

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If you need a sweet drama in the midst of the bitterness of life, you can watch this

I was surprised, because I had no expectations from this drama. I watched it because I finished watching Gong Jung's drama Begin Again.

I think this drama is sweet, very visible campus situation... sweet teenage love and learning each other to become more mature. each character improves.

If you need a sweet drama in the midst of the bitterness of life, you can watch this. The placement of the sad scene is also suitable.

some say Gong Jung's acting is not good enough... but in my opinion he was able to give a good performance. how he let out his emotions when he had to choose to break up etc. highly recommend watching this...

This drama will make us smile a lot and remember about our love story when we were in college.

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This drama is cute and light, so if that's what you're looking for you're in luck! Can I just start by commenting on how handsome Simon Gong/Gong Jun is (GAH!)!! But back to business: I personally am a fan of the 'guy chase girl first' plot and this is exactly what this drama is. I found it so cute that the aloof ML tries so hard to win over the FL. I also liked the second male lead and would honestly be satisfied if the second lead got the girl. But I just really shipped the main couple hard and this is one of the few dramas where I wasn't down with the second lead syndrome. I am also not one to be angered over the evil schemes of the second lead but I got pretty pissed at the second female lead! Definitely give this one a shot if you're looking for a not so emotionally draining drama! I had to endure the first 2 episodes a little but give it a chance and I hope you like it :)

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Nonton ini tanpa skip .Ceritanya ringan santai tpi bikin gak oengen ketinggalan setiap scene. Gong jun ud berhasil jdi "boyfriendable" yg sweet dan bucinny dapet bnget! Gw suka ama karakter dia di drama ini drpada d drama2 sebelmnya dia. Disini meskipun ceritanya ringan tapi gong jun sukses bnget bikin melted

Dann ternyata penulis drama ini sama ama PYHOMS!! Itu juga masuk drama yg gw tonton tnpa skip!! Owww pantes gw langsung jatuh cintaaa??

Awalnya sempet underestimate karena aku gak tau ama lead femalenya. Dan menurtq kurang pas aja (awal2nya) cuma begitu jalan berapa episode apalagi setlah cerita merek jadian wowww... chemistry mereka dapettt bgt!!

Top banget lah pokoknya drama ini,wajib nonton krena jalan ceritanya entengg gak perlu mikir berat.. nonton bisa bikin baperr senyum2 sendiri liat kebucinan gongjun

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I have watched other dramas based of other books by the same author and I'm not going to stop when another one comes out!

This drama was so so so. sweet and I will definitely miss it. Most dramas have an abrupt ending but this one even had an extra backstory, and it really sums things up. At the end, scenes of the crew being themselves (as in not as the character) and dancing and having fun and laughing was the best ending to the drama. It not only pulled us back to reality but let's us appreciate the hard work and effort the whole cast put into the show.

Story:
So sweet and I cried midway through it when they broke up. The only thing that made me not give this a full 10 stars was because putting problems and stuff doesn't seem to be quite the author's style. The previous dramas from them are full on amazing, no conflicts and things so as an audience you could just sit down and relax. I felt sad that a few episodes had to be used on the breakup and confusion between the 2 main characters. I wished that they had left more episodes of them being together or after the wedding etc.

Cast:
A great cast. They give off "youthly" vibes like they are so sunshiney and fit the theme of the drama: school life so well. I honestly can't imagine anyone else playing the parts other then the current cast.

Music:
Most of the music were sung by Gong Jun (Main actor) and Liu Renyu(Main actress) and the music fit really well with the song. It gave off energy and excitement.

Rewatch Value:
I would definitely rewatch it again. It's short too so it won't take up a lot of time. I may skip the parts of the breakup because I really hated that bit.

Overall:
A very amazing school life themed drama. Most of the characters are cute.

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