Time and Him Are Just Right (2022)

almost missed a gem

I'm not gonna lie I initially couldn't watch past the first episode BUT... two days ago I decided to try again and oh my goodness did I almost miss out on a GEM. Binged the entire show in two days one of the best modern youth dramas to exist, it is at level with when I fly towards you. I rarely give modern cdramas a 10/10 so this being one of the 10s means it's truly worth a watch. The show through and through had basically no dull moments. The entire show is so sweet, youthful, and joy-inducing. Both the ML and FL (this is kinda random) have really satisfying voices they are legit a match made in heaven. I loveeee this show so much. HIGHLY recommend you definitely won't regret it. And I have extremely high standards for my cdramas so this is a must-watch.

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Bom início, final decepcionante

Estou escrevendo essa resenha pros meus amigos brasileiros, já que a maioria das reviews aqui estão em inglês.
Eu estava bem empolgada no início porque achei que ia ter a mesma vibe de When I Fly Towards You (Quando Voo em sua direção) que é um dos meus doramas preferidos e tem muito sucesso em executar bem esse estilo de plot. Contudo, nesse drama aqui o final foi decepcionante por conta do roteiro que tentou a todo custo emburrecer os personagens.
Sobre o plot: A protagonista vai atrás do nosso protagonista por pensar que ele tinha recebido o transplante do coração do seu irmão. Por conta disso, desde o início ela insistiu em fazer amizade com ele, que se apresentou relutante por conta da estranheza da situação, mas pouco a pouco foi se encantando por ela.
Primeiramente: O casal principal é muito fofo, isso não posso negar. A química deles é muito boa e é bem perceptível que eles são "almas gêmeas".
Segundamente: Ambos os protagonistas são muito gostáveis. O Ji Jun Xing é simplesmente maravilhoso do início ao fim. Quanto à Lin Xi, se apresentou como uma personagem muito doce e madura, porém os roteiristas, em determinado momento mais pro fim do drama, começaram a fazer ela tomar decisões estúpidas e totalmente fora do estilo da personagem.
No geral: O casal demora muitoooo pra ficar junto. Sendo 25 episódios, se prepare pra eles só assumirem um relacionamento lá pelo episódio 20. Isso se torna muito frustrante já lá no meio da série porque é extremamente óbvio que eles se gostam e o arco do relacionamento à distância não fez sentido nenhum com todos aqueles mal entendidos.
Os personagens também tem um grupo de amigos que no início era okay, mas que ao longo da série foi ficando mais e mais insuportável ao ponto de eu não aguentar mais. A série tenta retratar a amizade deles como sendo inseparável e "wholesome" mas falha miseravelmente, principalmente ao se tratar do casal secundário que é extremamente irritante e exala relacionamento tóxico.
Apesar de não ter sido um drama dos mais longos, é cheio de enredos desnecessários. A única coisa que me fez assistir até o fim foi o tempo de tela dos protagonistas que eram um casal simplesmente adorável (e mesmo assim faltou tempo pra eles).
Minha conclusão é: não é muito ruim nem muito bom - é mediano.

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Could have been shorter

This was a great high school drama, like the ones that made you feel like you wanted to be in high school again. I love the friendships in this story, it made the show enjoyable and easy to watch. There was a second male lead, but he wasn't annoying. The leads had a healthy relationship, and the friendships in this story were just the icing on the cake. And in the end, I really did for the characters, but that being said I did not like the structure of the show.
I personally like stories that have a plot throughout the show and the conflict is presented midpoint and so on. But in this show, they resolved the main conflict of the show at the midpoint of the series. And after that, it just felt like a bunch of filler episodes. I think this series would have been better if was about 12 to 18 episodes long. I thought it was too long, not to say that it dragged, but you could tell the writer was just adding things in to fit the episode requirement. It was still a good show, but it had a bunch of subplots, which I can't say I enjoyed too much. About every 6 episodes or so was a different subplot, if you enjoy shows like these you'll probably like this one. But I prefer a show with continuity rather than a series that is broken up. It felt like a compilation of high school stories, which is not a bad thing it is just not for me.
I will say after a while I lost interest in the main couple and started liking the second couple and the boy best friends better. The only regret I have with this show is that they did not expand on the storyline of the boy best friends. I know this is due to censorship laws in China, but their story could have been great.
Overall if you want to watch a few stories of high school figuring it out while laughing along the way, this would be the series for you.

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It was SO CUTE

I will say this, it did have some unnecessary things that barely got an explanation.

First, why did Lin Xis dad suddenly get stabbed making her stay back a year in HS? They showed NO issues of her brothers murderer being ANYWHERE near them. This was so confusing and he just ended up getting arrested... but like why did it happen?

Two, when they met the senior at the university (the drama girlie) HOW did she not recognize Lin Xi? It made it seem like they were strangers and she was just this girl that Ji Jun Xing was supposedly in a relationship with... Like, I wouldve assumed they wouldve became friends since they met the year prior and Ji Jun Xing was friends with her.

Also, why did they have so many side characters liking the mains? Song Lin Xue, who had a crush on Ji Jun Xing since they were kids, the classmate that had a vendetta against Lin Xi because she was better than her academically and Ji Jun Xing was friends with her, and Qin Kai liking Lin Xi. Like, thats so many and for what? I feel like one or MAX two wouldve been fine.

Fourth, Chen Mo and Gao Yun Lang were dating right? Or at least they had a crush on each other? Or Chen Mo did? It gave those vibes but it was never confirmed...

But, despite those weird situations, the show is actually really good and so cute. I thought their relationship was so cute. No matter what situation got in between them theyd always find a way back to each other. Its definitely a slow burn, but I think it made sense that it was a slow burn. Lin Xi had the fact that her brothers heart got donated to Ji Jun Xing on her mind all the time, so she wasnt focused on dating him because she saw him as a brother/friend. Of course feelings developed as Ji Jun Xing stopped being a closed off loner freak. But it was also cute in terms that all 6 of them became close friends. In the beginning it jusg seemed like Ji Jun Xing and Xie Ang were best friends, Chen Mo and Gao Yun Lang were best friends, and Lin Xi and Jiang Yi Mian became best friends, but to each other they were just classmates. Then they became close and stayed close for years to come. It was just a very heartwarming drama. I loved it!

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