Le Coup de Foudre really surprised me. It's a really sweet story of two unlikely high school students who become friends and slowly fall in love, and meet again years later. The cast is great, and I like that we are able to follow the characters from high school to adulthood. Initially the timeline jumping back and forth was a little disorienting but it sticks to one timeline a few episodes in.

I thought I'd need to skim through the high school part, as I'm just too far removed from that time in my life to want to watch a drama about it, but there was some surprising depth there as the characters worked hard in their studies, figured out what they wanted to do in the future, faced bullying, and experienced first loves. The female lead Qiao Yi's (played by Janice Wu) childhood story/family history was especially heartbreaking and moving. Zhang Yu Jian playing a high school student seemed a little far-fetched to me, but I think he pulled it off decently. I laughed so hard every time his character, Yan Mo, smiled. The various relationships in the drama are so well-developed, and not only the romantic ones but Qiao Yi and her twin brother Guan Chao, Qiao and her best friend Wu Yi, Yan Mo and his 'uncle' Da Chuan.

There's only one slight thing that annoyed me, and it's that their separation could've been avoided, especially when Qiao Yi made a certain decision at one point. Why bother making such a halfhearted attempt??? It drove me crazy. Aside from that, Le Coup de Foudre is a really pleasant drama to watch.

P.S. The cloudy/hazy effect overlaid on some of the scenes was so annoying.