August 7, 2023

Let's Meet Now | Review

Let's Meet Now
A sports shooter pursues a young producer.
Notable Actors/Actresses
He Yu: Zhou Zi Qian 
Lu Yang YangJi Qiu
Director
Scriptwriter
Chinese Title
見面吧就現在
NetworkiQIYI
Year2022
Episodes: 20

ReviewerFanFanX

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Cast


He Yu:
Zhou Zi Qian
 
Lu Yang Yang:
Ji Qiu
Zhang Zi Jian:
Fu Qi Le
Jiang Zhi Nan:
Song Rong Rong
Zhou Jun Wei:
Xu Wang
Li Zhi Fan:
Gao Yuan
Fang Xiao Dong:
Zhou Yu Bei
Zhang Miao Yi:
Fu Tian


Romcom/Romance Checklist


How much of the plot is angst/romance?
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
The ML
ColdLukewarmWarm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /
The FL
Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better Than ML / Noble Idiot / 
Describe the Relationship (the tropes):
Bickering Start / Childhood ConnectionCohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / 
Relationship Progress (officially togetherfirst (official) kiss; breakup*):
Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Ending:
Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad



Screen-Caps




[Ep2]
[Ep7]
Accidental kiss.
[Ep9]
Sharing a bed and separated by a curtain.
[Ep10]
A grown-up version of their childhood photo.
[Ep12]
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
[Ep13]
Watch his smile here... (~38:28)
[Ep14]
[Ep15]
Two book-smart boys commiserating about their ben dan siblings.
[Ep16]
Finally fell asleep.
Xu Wang finds Rong Rong.
[Ep17]
Our jealous Zi Qian and Fu Qi Le. xD (~26:00)
[Ep19]
Intense look of wanting to kiss her. 
Come give him a hug!
[Ep20]
What to do when you've been caught kissing - pretend to read!
Zhou Yu Bei only has eyes for Fu Tian. (She doesn't know it yet.)
Our happy Song Rong Rong and Xu Wang.






Other Remarks


by FanFanX

[First Impression (Ep1-)] After first, I was quite excited about this one and even recapped the first two eps. But then many months went by. -_-' 

[Actors/Actresses] It'd been a while since I'd watched anything with He Yu plus he's paired with Lu Yang Yang - they're ultra cute boring. Surprise bonus: Zhou Jun Wei. 

[Behind the Scenes

[OST] Full OST.  The first three songs are my favorite. Ah, the English lyrics need some help. 

00:00 Juvenile 少年 | PIggy 00:00
03:19 Is It Okay 可以吗 | Wang Jia Yi 王嘉懿, Kong Fei 空匪 
06:48 Pink Soda 粉色苏打 | An Quan Zhe Lu 安全着陆, Mu Qin 木秦
09:51 December Composer | Vicky 宣宣 
12:28 December Composer | Vicky 宣宣 [Piano Version]
15:07 Turns | Lionzed 
17:56 Fool 笨蛋 | Xu Bing Long 徐秉龙 
21:21 Go See You 去见你 | Xu Bing Long 徐秉龙  
24:08 Love Is Love | L.N Party 昨夜派对 
27:59 Dear You | L.N Party 昨夜派对

[Ending] Happy in life and love.

[Review & Rating]
I want to like this one more than I do. I tried to watch this three separate times before putting it on hold for many months. After recently watching When I Fly Towards You, I was finally persuaded to finish up this one…because Zhang Miao Yi and Jiang Zhi Nan are also in this one. But this one fell short of my already lowered expectations. Zhang Zi Jian grew on me over the course of this series.

Pros
✔️ Cute and outgoing ML (He Yu and his smirks!) 
✔️ Pretty FL (Lu Yang Yang’s onscreen charm)
✔️ Cute 2CP (Jiang Zhi Nan + Zhou Jun Wei)
✔️ Best bickering duo: He Yu + Zhang Zi Jian
✔️ Easy OST

Cons
➖ Plot is held together by cotton candy and floss. 
➖ Lackluster romance between FL and ML. Forever didi and jie jie in my mind.
➖ Zhang Miao Yi’s annoying character

I tried not to compare this one to My Fated Boy, so don’t expect anything like that here. This one has a sweet tone but it’s missing something - direction and lackluster chemistry between the leads. As a He Yu fan, you could also watch this easily and just skip through for his mischievousness. (I did.)

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Rating: 2/5




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