This is the first time I have ever cried when a drama has ended..the ending was meaningful and heart touching. I still remember my school days and how I really wanted to grow up and be an adult. Have that freedom and be independent but now that I m an adult I miss those old days. Watching this I miss my old school friends tho I have contact with a only a few of my friends I miss them. I miss causing trouble at school. I miss all the fun we had together. I wish we still met and were in contact more often.
I hope it has another season or maybe just a spin off where we can see the weddings and maybe yating and jiaze together since they were the most popular kids at school and were shipped together. I m sad that this has ended and I literally cried out of joy when tianye proposed to cancan and I knew it was ending. The letter to her younger self was sooo right. Youth being the time where u learn from your mistakes, get to explore and dream about your life, about what you wanna be.
Also to all the people with second lead syndrome, Tao yating once said when all the girls met up at a restaurant/cafe and I kinda think she's right when she said if Lin Jiaze had a chance, it would have happened before Lan Tianye came back. I also felt why Meili wanted Cancan to consider Jiaze cause he's always been steady and a sure thing. Lan tianye was often misunderstood by many except for his best friend and his deskmate at highschool.
Dont get me wrong, I liked Jiaze but he always took a long time to get to.the point, including his second confession. Plus he never really had a chance once she was with Lan Tianye and truly loves him, whether they were together or not. And Lin Jiaze was always too passive about her considering her love letter, his postcard and even after Tianye returned. He was too confident once he knew Cancan liked him. Hence he didnt do anything about it cause he knew she liked him for a long time. You can tell by the video that they shot in their high school where he himself says he doesnt have anything to say. Proving that he was always too confident about himself. That he would get wherever he wants to be in the future. And then he realises and says how ferocious he was back then. Anyhow, a really nice feel-good drama to watch. Would recommend to everyone cause the characters and their journey to growth in life is so real and relatable that everyone can resonate with. Plus since the drama is set through the 2000s and me having lived through that era and watching all the aesthetics of the 2000s like the cassette tapes and video store and the keypad phones, the ipod and walkman and the old computers and the posters of old games at the cyber cafe really makes me reminisce the old times. This is a drama that really resonates with my youthful days. Not that I m old! I just entered my twenties previous year. Lol.
PS: I really was never into school dramas and teen love stories because I thought I was way out of that age zone to watch them..but this drama is a gem.