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To Fly With You chinese drama review
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To Fly With You
2 people found this review helpful
by xiaoyezi
Feb 9, 2022
35 of 35 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

Idol romance meets ice rink

This is your typical idol c-drama with ice-sports as backdrop. Shen Zheng Yi is your typical female lead who has all the passion, the talent, the grit, and the optimism for speed skating, except professional training as her mum objects her dreams to be a professional speed skater. Supporting and helping her once she gets into a professional team is Shao Bei Sheng, your typical male lead who is the handsome, hardworking and talented Figure Skating Prince that's loved by everyone, including his strict mum who is also Zheng Yi's coach.

That said, typical doesn't mean it's not enjoyable. One of the greatest strength is this idol drama knows thyself well, and hence, does a good job in being a light hearted and sweet idol drama we expect it to be. Their relationship progress is mostly nice to watch, albeit with a little too much drama and cliches. What is enjoyable about this couple is their playful interaction, and support for each other through each challenge. Ultimately, this couple manages to make me care for them, and their relationship, especially by latter half of the drama - I guess it's a success by idol drama standard. The second couple in this show is also cute, I love how innocent and support of a friend both are as our main leads' sidekick.

What I enjoy the most for the show though is Coach Zhuang's tenacity and journey in instilling the right mindset for Zhu Feng Sports Club. Here, the drama spends time to highlight some of the teammates' improvement under Coach Zhuang's tutelage. While these supporting characters do not have enough limelight, they have their shared passion to the sports and own motivation, bringing more colors to TFWY. The cinematography of ice skating moments are great for an idol drama.

If there is one thing that bugs me about TFWY, it's the editing. As Shen Zheng Yi and Shao Bei Sheng have different specialization, there are 3 narratives to follow - (1) Sheng Zheng Yi and the Speed Skating team, (2) Shao Bei Sheng and his Figure Skating career, as well as (3) Zheng Yi's and Bei Sheng's relationship. Most of the time, it isn't too distracting... until competition days - I can't help but get sidetracked, wondering how our leads get so much interaction time in-between competitions. I mean, I know they are spread over a few days...still, shouldn't the one who hasn't compete focused on practice? And this indirectly affects the pacing of the show slightly, especially when we weave in the supporting characters, who have their own storyline too.

To sum it up, TFWY is an enjoyable idol drama about aspiring for your dreams. It's also a good introductory drama about speed skating, figure skating, and healthy athletism mindset.
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