The Best of My Life | Open Thread

A pair of high school desk-mates are reunited 10 years later. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Jiong Min: Xie Shi / Jiang Zhou

Jiang Zhi Nan: Xu Mu

Chinese Title

遇見你的那天

The Day I Met You

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, Contemporary Romcom

Network: Youku

Year: 2024
Episodes: 14

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Cast

Zhang Jiong Min: Xie Shi / Jiang Zhou	Jiang Zhi Nan: Xu Mu
Wang Chuan: Shen Yi	Yan Zhi Chao: Song Nian Nian

Romcom/Romance Checklist

How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0.5 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4.9 / 5

The ML: 

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / 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 Connection / Cohabitation / 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 together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad

Screencaps

[Ep1]

[Ep2]

[Ep3]

[Ep4]

[Ep5]

[Ep6]

[Ep7]

[Ep8]

[Ep9]

[Ep10]

[Ep11]

[Ep12]

[Ep13]

[Ep14]

Reviews

Submit Your Review | Rating Guide

Five (5/5)

Four (4/5)

Three (3/5)

Reviewer: cynlynn

Date: August 2024

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If we can categorize love stories by volume, then this is like romantic murmurs. 14 short epiosdes of nuanced affection. It's an unhurried yet fast relationship. Expect lots of tropes, and minimal drama. I also think you need a bit of immaturity in your heart to embrace their simple cuteness. 

I like to call this a Gu Man style romance without the star-studded cast. If this dragged longer than necessary without anything actually happening that would be Mo Bao Fei Bao romance. That's my take on the two who do very similar things. 

My favourite scene was early in Ep5 when Xu Mu called Jiang Zhou "lao gong". Simple and sweet. 

Two (2/5)

One (1/5)

Recommendations

Genre List: Contemporary Romance Central

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