I went into this for shits and giggles. And then....I kind of got obsessed, I won't lie. I still am, with one character in particular.
The concept of this show isn't anything special: but they handled the first-awkward-dumb-teenage love thing so fucking well. I don't exactly know what it was about the whole show, maybe it was Wayne's acting or their relationship being so fucking wholesome and idiotic or the parent's being so typical but also trying to be understanding or the cute sister or just fucking, dumb, idiotic Xiang Hao Ting. Probably all of those things. Or none. Or just one. This show was so...real? Dumb? I don't know what I'm trying to say, but it didn't play around. It knew what it was. It delivered. The ending, I decided to skip at first because I couldn't see Hao Ting cry. But, when I finally got the courage to try and watch it, I'm glad I did. That ending was just....it. It sucked, God. Because, why the hell did poor Yu Shi Gu get all the bad luck in the world? But, people dying, death, the inevitability of it, is a real thing. When you're young, you don't really see death as a reality. Yu and Xi definitely didn't either. But, life doesn't give two shits about that, so it hit them. Like a truck. The ending was just life deciding to say hello. That's what happens to us all the time, so I won't begrudge them that.
Also, oh yeah....Xiang Hao Ting. I absolutely, positively hate him. But, not really because I love him more than I should love a character. I really do need to stop getting attached to characters so much. Alas....he was a giant puppy who had dimples and kissed really well and wasn't afraid to show his feelings. So, I got sold. And still am. Don't watch this show if you like dimples, guys, or giant puppies. Oh, also I will pretend the second couple didn't exist because...yikes. XD