with this drama, I had started my adventure with "Asian dramas". at first, I had seen that it had 46 episodes -whooohhh that's a lottt- but in the end, I decided to give it a go. so the first thing that catch my attention is that this drama is one of the few Chinese dramas which aren’t dubbed, and only use the actors’ real voices. Since dubbing is one of the reasons I don’t like most C-Dramas, this came as a big plus. One of the things that immediately stood out to me was the cinematography. The shots are beautiful, expanded, almost panorama-like. They seem to have a knack for cinematic shots in Chinese dramas, to make the scenery look almost idyllic. I guess dorms in Chinese schools must look like this, I think the rooms look very cozy and cute. Style-wise it was the closest to Korean drama that I’ve ever seen in Chinese dramas, also in ways of more realistic acting and camera positioning. There were some true pearls in there, I was very impressed with the cinematography. I think it’s a very good coming-of-age story, depicting different kinds of people who chose to go different kinds of ways. Some are blinded by success -or the illusion of success- that they are prepared to give up everything for it. One of Qi Qi’s best quotes at the end of the series was ‘I’ve gained the world. But still, I feel like I’ve gained nothing.’
The importance of friends, especially in dire straits, is the importance of trust and support. It may have started out as a simple romantic high school drama story, the way it turned out after depicting ‘what happens after school’, is what made it a real story about real life and real people and how they deal with all kinds of miserable and difficult situations, but still, have each other to come back to.