When I Fly Towards You (2023)

LET'S KEEP THIS MEMORY SAFE IN A CAMERA

I sat through this one, waiting for new EPs and rounding up with the ending while thinking of a better way to summarize it. And I guess I can say. Cute?

Or perhaps in a more sophisticated way, let's keep this little memories safe in the camera.

One thing I really appreciate about this one is the nice and naive depiction of first love and it's bubbly butterfly feeling throughout the story amongst our leads. Going from high school to their wedding. It was really nice.

Plot wise, It wasn't something so wow. Not something heavily impactful. Not something with plot twist and all. It's Just something with a feel good nostalgic atmosphere. Something you can sit through and watch while smiling. Something to pass time with I guess? It was a decent plot for it's genre and nicely done.

The Acting was something I really appreciated as well. They were just good for their roles and nailed it as well.

The Ost was something also good and suiting for the drama's atmosphere ( But sadly not something I'd consider adding to my playlist ?)

Overall This drama was a Decent watch for people who likes such genre. Because it really did give what it was expected to deliver. But i personally don't think it's something to leave a heavy impression on me for that long Maybe?

It was just a cute watch. Watching cute people fall in love and run around while overcoming their various obstacles and becoming better versions of themselves.

A cute youthful feel good drama I'd recommend. And to all who really enjoyed it. I'd also recommend LET'S MEET NOW?. Apparently both drama has some connections and I basically can't compare since they're different genre.



Overall, it has my rating of 8/10.



Name: when I fly towards you

Lire davantage

For the young once..

I love the drama Intro!!!

This drama is not for someone looking for plot twists, angst, misunderstandings or drawn out back stories. This drama is for someone who is looking to spend their/hours feeling good and appreciating friendship and love.

Let’s just say I am in my late 30s. I watch both Korean and Chinese dramas and i have dropped a lot of them. I watch different genres depend on my mood. I started to watch this drama while waiting for new episodes of Hidden Love and I finished the whole drama overnight. I’m one to read reviews on here before starting a drama. No regrets for me. My hours were well spent and have actually rewatched multiple times. I also read the novel and I liked how they adapted it in this drama. This drama has become an escape for me. A feel good watch on a day off. A pick me upper. This drama and Harry Potter movies are my safe haven. I wish I can forget about this drama and rewatch it anew each time.
- i wanted to go back to high school to experience friendship like theirs.
- main couple love story, i love. For some it might come off as childish because of su zaizai but if you actually watch closely you will appreciate their conversations. And for someone very closed off as ZLR, he needed someone who is persistent like SZZ. They have good communication even in High school. Seeing ZLR develop from no smile to tiny smile to an actual laugh is endearing and adorable to watch. It does not feel like a slow burn for me because even at the early episodes you can already see ZLR being interested at SZZ. The non conflict is also believable since they communicate well. I appreciate their loyalty to each other. I love ZLR’s speech in the end and that proposal, it was very intimate and very touching. I actually felt happy for them like I know them personally.
- second couple was fun, touching and GR’s loyalty is appreciated. Love their development from friends to lovers too!
- guan fang and his grandma they were very adorable. Their scenes touched my heart. Their conversation after the play was very heartfelt.
- ZLR parents very real in my experience.
- casting was great! acting was very believable. Knowing that they had to change some actors i can’t imagine watching someone else play their characters.
- i love the music/songs that they used. Summer Night by White Coast is my driving music.

I enjoyed this so much.

Lire davantage

Una delicia!

Una delicia de serie sobre el primer amor y la vida adolescente que te llena de calidez y de sonrisas! Me ha enganchado muchísimo con sus historias tiernas, sus personajes y sus historias de amor. Nada le sobra, no hay casi ningún momento oscuro ni de sufrimiento! No hay malentendidos duraderos, ni grandes problemas, ni triángulos amorosos, solo una historia de adolescentes que encuentran su camino en el mundo. Y te engancha muchísimo sobre todo por las situaciones divertidas, la bondad de sus protagonistas, por el vínculo de amistad del grupo de compañeros, por su naturalidad! Me ha gustado mucho más que Hidden love que aún no he podido acabar, allí vi algunas cosas forzadas, que no me cuadraron, como si nos quisieran vender el romance con algunos aspectos artificiosos, aquí todo fluye de manera maravillosa. Para seguir con las comparaciones, podríamos decir que es como un "A love so beautiful" sin sus defectos!! Muy parecida a "Forever love" y "Our secret" en planteamientos y actuaciones. Las tres son divinas, frescas y encantadoras y las volvería a ver sin dudarlo.

Lire davantage

THE MOST COMFY CDRAMA

my favorite cdrama.... and the only drama with 24 eps i watch for less than 24hrs T______T i love how healthy their relationship..... even tho zaizai at jiangyi & rangrang at suyang, they still have a healthy relationship with no conflict daaaamn..... i rlly love this type of drama, rhe complications in this drama are not too serious and the plot continues to run smoothly and well. i also like their friendship, it's really my dream friendship :< also i cried when jiang attended zaizai & rangrang's wedding, i really felt their journey together..... from jiang, who had accompanied zaizai from the start which is when zaizai liked rangrang, until he attend their wedding. and side couple in this drama IS MY FAVORITE SIDE COUPLE OF ALL THE DRAMAS!!!! (gu ran and jiang :pp) I RLLY HOPE GURAN AND JIANG WILL HAVE THEIR OWN DRAMA LOOOL t______t

Lire davantage

Heartwarming sweet soft cute with healthy relationship with positive vibes

This is the most fluffy romance that i have ever seen .
Its heartwarming and cute without any unnecessary drama.
Just pure love between characters .
And i really love the friendship between characters .
Fl is extremely cute , she has positive vibe all around her and I think no one could play this role as well as she did, she just uplifts your mood and make you happy .
Ml is also huge green flag, they have amaizing chemistry also he's smile is really cute and beautiful.
I love the way they support each other and how they better themselves.
Overall its a healthy relationship.
And the chemistry of 2nd couple is also something to praise
Cause it isss so beautiful
They just feel they were meant to be .
All the relationship feel natural .
The friendhip between characters is heartwarming and sweet.
It's the best drama i have seen till now.

Lire davantage

Boring...It's just really boring and so-so.

I don't get why there are so many high reviews. But I also don't think I'm the target audience for this despite also being a teen.

I think this drama is just extremely slow-paced and boring. Even the parts that are supposed to be comedic feel like they go on for a bit too long, such as with line delivery or even editing, idk. Meet Yourself was also extremely slow-paced but I didn't struggle with the episodes at all like I have for this. I've fought sleep just to get through the first 2 episodes, and finally gave up at ep 3 XD

The ML is boring.

I get that he's supposed to have some kind of trauma from his overachieving younger brother, but he's not very inspirational or charismatic, and he's a ML formula I've seen countless times in other cdramas and reading other danmei. He's only desirable (and the show constantly repeats that to us) because he is handsome, gets good grades, and despite being a man of few words, the FL absolutely adores him and chases him down, so we must also like him and cheer them on, right? Her crush starts because she sees him in the rain at the convenience store right? I get that you're in high school, crushes start from silly things. But nothing about his cardboard personality is appealing.

Maybe she just likes handsome, boring guys. It's the same formula as A Love so beautiful and countless other dramas with a cold, perfect ML and a normal FL. Maybe he's not as perfect because of his younger brother, but how am I supposed to get there when the episodes leading up to that are SO BORING? Yawn. When will we ever get something new..??

The Second lead couple is more interesting.

I often mistook them as the actual First lead couple because the SML has more charisma and is more entertaining to watch, and so is the SFL. It's just that the Second Male leads acting wasn't that good consistently (sometimes I can tell too easily that he is acting, or conscious of himself or a camera while acting, other times I'm able to crack a smile), and it breaks the immersion, for comedy especially. He's trying his best but it doesn't come as naturally as say, more experienced supporting role performances from An Ge, or Yu Cheng En or Marcus Li in Go Go Squid).

For the whole drama I think I laughed like two or three times, but it was more of a chuckle XD Idk, his acting needs some more practice. He's young, and I felt awkwardness from his scenes with the SFL, also partly due to the SFL too, so that's why even though their story line is slightly better, I felt too aware of the camera/uncomfortable watching them.

Anyways, even if the acting was better, I don't think it would rescue the extremely boring and slow pace that was putting me to sleep. If you want to do a slow-paced, slice-of-life style drama, you can still do it without making my eyes glaze over. Meet Yourself is one such drama that is slow paced and slice-of-life, and I absolutely loved it.

I don't get why there are so many good reviews hailing this as an amazing show, I think it's really just regular, and maybe it has corrected some errors from dramas with the same formula. But I also think the rating might be inflated because Summer 2023's Cdramas so far have been...not so stellar to say the least.. A show that would normally get an 8.5 gets shot up to 9.0 because the other dramas this season were disappointing (aiya...)

I don't think this is a bad show at all tho, and I can see why some people might like it. I just don't think this is a groundbreaking show to warrant a 9.0 rating. Besides the vintage camera thing that they use for the FL's diary, I cannot see myself realistically sitting down for another 21 episodes of this stuff. This is one that just missed the mark, both with the comedic breaks that are supposed to break up the banality, and the acting.

Lire davantage

Light hearted and comfort drama!!

my comfort drama of 2023!!!
there is literally so many heart-fluttering scenes that warm my heart!

zai zai and rang rang lives rent-free in my mind. i am literally squealing and kicking my legs in the air whenever they are together. despite many people saying about zaizai having a really annoying character, ngl sometimes i believe her actions were a bit overboard, but our drop-dead gorgeous rangrang made it all better.

their friend group is literally precious and perfect. its one that everyone would die for to get it.

i love evey single song of this drama. the songs fit the vibes and the scene of the drama making it an especially romantic and warmth feeling.

Lire davantage

triangles or misunderstandings that drag too long... look elsewhere.

If I had to use three words to describe this drama they would be soft, fluffy and heartwarming. It falls into a very well known category, which is Coming Of Age School Drama, but unlike so many others before it, it does not care to create unnecessary plots where our leads suffer too much in their relationship (by breaking up out of nowhere, for example) or act stupidly for the sake of creating conflict; one of its greatest strengths is that characters trust each other and as a result, they won't blindly believe what outside forces try to convince them of when it comes to one another, which is something that happens way too often in dramas like this one.

Are there misunderstandings? Of course, but misunderstandings *are* a part of life and having them in small quantities in dramas and done realistically adds to them, and When I Fly Towards you manages to sprinkle them in a way that feels organic enough that you believe it could easily happen in real life.

This drama is something to watch when you need something cute and uplifting with the certainty that good things will keep happening as you watch and problems will be solved. It's comforting and wholesome, and manages to be those things without its characters leaning too much into being cheesy, corny or cringeworthy. An amazing feat, without a doubt.

Lire davantage

Typically I don't like watching high school cdramas, because censorship makes it near impossible to portray a reasonable romantic story in them and also they often have content involving parents & teachers that I abhor.
This drama is a standout in in this genre in the sense, that they've shown innocent but very sweet high school dating. At times I was wondering how this passed censorship. Then later on ML's momster came and forced a 1 year separation, so everyone could focus on their studies & then I thought "okay, so that's how". There were also various moments in the drama, when the leads were vehemently denying their romantic involvement with each other, but it was never in doubt. It was very strongly implied that they knew each other's feelings and they did everything dating teens would do, other than skinship that is.
(This is the second crama I've seen that is like this, the other one was 'Meeting You')

Basically the show can be split into three parts.
1) The kids getting to know each other. (first 5-9 ep)
2) The friend group of 5 enjoying their best life. (this is very close to 10/10 amazing)
3) College, young adult life (last 6-7 ep)

I would say 1) is not great, initially I found the show to be the most typical Chinese high school drama I have ever seen. I was fully prepared to drop it, but I did not really have anything else better lined up & I needed something to watch during my late night workout sessions.. Upon reaching 2) I was very surprised, suddenly everything started working for me and it felt like I'm watching a different show, where EVERYTHING is better, including the acting, the editing and even the background music inserts. In fact episode 10 is one of the best cdrama episodes I have ever seen, it was absolutely magical.
After the forced separation we quickly transitioned to college life & adult dating. While I tend to enjoy a simple, fluffy and complication-free happy ending, I felt 3) to be lackluster in many ways. I really liked the second couple & they barely had scenes there. Much of the non romantic plot earlier was involving ML's brother & momster. FL did not meet ML's mom during the adult part of the show, at least other than us seeing the mom sitting there at their wedding there has not been anything else. The brother also only had like one line during the wedding, would have been nice to see what happened to the genius. Also there were at least two occasions when I felt the writer set up some big cathartic faceslap moments and the then things just fizzled out, not cool! Give me my loud slap! To sum it up, in 3) we just went through the motions without enough emotional impact. (well there was a little of that in the finale, maybe)

Anyway despite the negative points this one is absolutely worth watching, perhaps even just for the bromances, but to me 'A Love So Beautiful' -despite that annoying Wu Busong and the breakup- is a much better cdrama that is largely similar to this one, but feels far better overall. It's better acted, has several really epic moments, the final episodes are very satisfying and it's amazing from episode 1 onward etc etc.
Of course if I started to compare it to the best university/young adult cdramas then it would just fall short.

TLDR: It's the second best high school cdrama I've seen, but usually high school cdramas suck, so 8/10.

Lire davantage

Sweet like sugar

I would say that this drama is like the embodiment of youth. It's so bright and heartwarming, really makes you want to go back to high school. It's fun, romantic and just chill, you mostly get to see the daily lives of four students. I think that their school days are what I always wanted and thought high school would be like (it's not), so it makes the audience really happy. Overall it's pretty light and there aren't any big obstacles, but I still think there are some important messages in this drama that will stay in your heart. This is probably the most heart-fluttering drama I've ever seen, just because it's so fresh and they're so young and naive. I also loved the cute qoutes they put at the end of every episode.

If you think this drama sounds interesting, definitely give it a try, I'm sure you'll like it a lot too! <3

Lire davantage

SO GOOD

WHAT THE EFFF… JUST FINISHED THIS. omg this drama is such a light hearted (FR LIGHTHEARTED. LIKE NO NAD PARTS) and sooooo sooo freaking sweet. lurang and guran MANN THEYRE SO CUTE. UGH I NEED ONE OF THEM IN MY LIFE. SO FREAKING SWEET. theyre both such green flags i’m actually sobbing. also this dramas like FILMING quality was SOO good like. literally straight out of my pinterest board. OH MAN I WISH I COULD HAVE A RELATIONSJIP LIKE RANGRANG AND ZAIZAI. UGHHH SUCH A FEEL GOOD DRAMA. ONE OF MY FAVS. screamed. squealed. THE WAY THE BOYS LOOK AT THIER GIRLS… LIKE WTFFFF. I NEEEEEED THIS IN MY LIFE. SO GOOD. SLOW BURN. SO GOOD.

Lire davantage