Just You

It didn't take long for me to fall for it. It was sweet, cute, and full of positive energy. I was grinning and enjoying it like the ultimate teenage girl. I was eleven episodes in and I was wondering when my enthusiasm would break, when the twist would come and it would all stop being so nice. And yet nothing awful ever came. Admittedly, it did run out of steam a bit towards the end, but I still enjoyed watching it and I actually felt sorry it was over, for the first time in a very long time. It ended, and I was on the edge of my seat, but I still felt a twinge in my heart that I had to say goodbye to them already. The series doesn't push the envelope, it goes at its own pace, which it can because 21x90 minutes is plenty of time. Even in all that time I still never ended up getting sick of the main character (!), even though she was the good girl type who was everything to everyone; here it wasn't annoying at all, in fact it fit nicely and felt natural. Basically, apart from the little things, it all felt real (as real as a Taiwanese romance series can get). Aaron Yan may not be much of a beauty in my opinion, but I enjoyed watching him – until now I don't know if his character was enjoying a certain situation and he played it brilliantly, or if he himself was enjoyed the entire scene and projected it unintentionally onto the character. I really have no idea, but because "he" was enjoying it, that made it fun to watch. A likable story that avoided a lot of clichés made me feel incredibly good for a few days (and it wasn't just the main cast, but the supporting characters as well, whether it was Dean, or Kate, or all four parents, whose scene together towards the end of the series was just epic, I'm still smiling about it now). Yes, I absolutely loved it. All the relationships, the way the characters acted towards each other, the power of friendship, the decency, the love, the devotion, the cleverness, the sneakiness... perfection. Although I did get a little bored here and there, but that could easily be because I sat on it for a bit and went through it one episode after another. So when I watch it a second time, it's entirely possible I'll give it one more star. A very good 4 stars, almost a 5. (19.12.2013)