Entertaining yet Annoying

Story: Zhuang jie (FL) lost half of her right-leg in her teenage year and it gave a huge impact to her personality in the future. Chen Maidong (ML) is a high-school close friend of Jie.

The story is actually quite good. I really love the family interactions (esp. Jie's little sister, Chen Nai Nai, the mother, etc etc..), the neighborhoods, the small town vibes. Yet, the hardest part of watching this drama is the immature & selfish behaviors of Jie. If, I repeat, If Jie lost the whole part of her right-leg and that caused her having the inferiority issues, it would be understandable. In actual, people didn't really notice her disability as she walks and runs like normal people do. (Sorry if this seems inappropriate but you know what I mean, right?)

The scriptwriter is a woman, so it's clear: Chen Maidong is a man written by woman. In real life there's no man like him: always accept and forgive. Too good to be true!

Acting: Zhou Yutong's acting skill is great. She nailed it. Her natural gestures are always entertaining to watch. However, her role as Jie is somewhat challenging. Her unstable emotion is at the level where audiences like me can't really bear to watch. Yutong definitely needs to play in other drama with a better script. Li Xian's acting as Maidong is quite good. The chemistry of the lead couple is sweet and beautiful. Once again, it's like Yutong's expertise. I also love the soundtrack as well as the cinematography.

Rewatch? Big no. Can't stand watching a female lead whose moods are swinging a lot. Moreover, the scene where Jie slammed a-handmade-porcelain-doll, it's way too stupid.

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Did Not Deserve

Some people easily gave good rating for a drama that didn't actually deserve. It wouldn't be fair for any other drama with good or even excellent storyline.

Begin Again was just another Chinese Drama with cliché story. I know I didn't expect something spectacular but at least, please be reasonable! How could the story be so shallow: the stalker episodes, the office politics episodes, and the bla-bla-bla years later after the office turbulence episodes like... ha?? Really??). The only good point from this drama is Zhou Yutong's acting (and the kid's acting, maybe, as I discontinued to watch it when the kid appeared). I dropped it at 10-more-episodes-to-go cause I simply didn't wanna hurt my sense.

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