December 22, 2025

Shine on Me | Review

Shine on Me
A guy falls for a girl dazzled by the wrong guy.. and slowly dazzles her dazzle back. 
Notable Actors/Actresses
Song Wei LongLin Yu Sen
Zhao Jin MaiNie Xi Guang
Director
Screenwriter
Chinese Title
驕陽似我
The Blazing Sun Is Like Me
Year: 2025
Episodes: 36

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Cast


Song Wei Long:
Lin Yu Sen
Zhao Jin Mai:
Nie Xi Guang
Lai Wei Ming:
Zhuang Xu
Bai Bing Ke:
Ye Rong
Fan Shi Ran:
Yin Jie
(FL's company friend)
Qin Xiao Xuan:
Fang Sheng Yi
(ML's doctor friend)
Han Hao Lin:
Jiang Rui
(FL's cousin)
Xiu Qing
Sheng Bo Kai
(ML's uncle)
Jin Qiao Qiao:
Jiang Yun
(FL's mother)
Lawrence Ng:
Nie Cheng Yuan
(FL's father)
Tong Lei:
Sheng Wei Ai
(ML's mother)
Zhang Cheng He:
Uncle Luo
(ML's stepfather)
Allen Lin:
Jiang Ping
(FL's uncle)
Kong Ling Mei:
Shen Shu
(FL's aunt)
Gu Zi Cheng:
Zhuang Fei
(2ML's brother)
Qiu He:
Justin
(2ML's friend)
Chen Tao:
Shao Jia Qi
(ML's friend)
Zhao Xin:
Ou Qi Qi
(FL's friend)
Zhou Tian Yu:
Xiang Qun

Chen Si Yi:
Si Liang
(FL's dormmate)

Wang De Shun:
Sheng Xian Min
(ML's maternal grandpa)




Romcom/Romance Checklist


How much of the plot is angst/romance?
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
The ML:
Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Tsundere / Falls in Love First / "Reborn" / Noble Idiot / "CEO" / General
The FL:
Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / "Better than ML" / "Reborn" / Noble Idiot / "CEO" / Business-woman
Describe the Relationship (the tropes):
Annoying Love (M) Rivals + / Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / Healing Love / Harem / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Opposites Attract / Pinning Love / Second Chance / Secretly in Love (ML) / School to Adulthood / 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 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36
# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 
1 / 2 / 3
Ending:
Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad / Rushed+++


Remarks



[Drama Info]

Starring Song Wei Long and Zhao Jin Mai, though the real heavyweight here might be the author-turned-scriptwriter Gu Man. Her stories are basically IP gold: You Are My GloryLove O2OMy Sunshine, and Boss & Me..But this adaptation seems to be getting a lot of flak since filming leaks.

Directed by Chen Zhou Fei. Good news, he did Forbidden Flower. Bad news, he also directed Whispers of Fate and Dashing Youth.

More bad news: the producer is Yang Xiao Pei. Forgot her? Read comment from Si Jin

In some ok news: several familiar faces from Song Wei Long's last Tencent drama, Everlasting Longing, are here too: Bai Bing Ke, Qin Xiao Xian, Chen Tao, etc.

Wrapped on March 30th, 2025.

[Ending] Happy


[Review & Rating] By cynlynn.
As a fan of Gu ManSong Wei Long, and Zhao Jin Mai, this drama was a blissful holiday treat. What I love about Gu Man’s writing is her simplicity – and how deeply she leans into that simplicity, layering the story with tender moments, thoughtful lines, and an absolute devotion to love.

The beginning is slow, and the melodramatic groundwork is laid early, but it all pays off by the end where it's crescendo of love, and more love. The final stretch is sunny, soothing, sweet, and tender. By the end, I was nothing but a smiling idiot.

P.S. I might be doing a recap when time allows. The drama has tiny trinkets like Nie Xi Guang turning down spicy food because her lips were clearly pulverized by Lin Yu Sen’s relentless kissing. Not stated, but very much implied. 

Rating: 4/5 


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