Just You (2013)
Grade:
B
39 Episodes, 40 minutes each
Viewing Platform: Netflix
Viewing Platform: Netflix
Cheng Liang Liang is a happy-go-lucky,
clumsy, slightly messy, naive girl who believes the best in everyone
and every situation. She is working at a local advertising company,
about to celebrate her best friend and coworker's engagement to
another coworker when the new owner/boss arrives and shuts down the
festivities. He declares there is now an anti-offfice romance policy,
and anyone in violation of the policy will face termination. Liang
Liang can't stand Xi Yi's interference with true love, so she and her
friends concoct a plan: make the fastidious new boss fall in love
with her so he is forced to withdraw his policy! But what happens
when Liang Liang realizes all the time spent wooing her boss is
actually magnifying his good qualities? Will the employees start to
quit in order to pursue romance when Liang Liang falters? What
happens when Xi Yi's ex, the girl behind the “no romance at work”
policy, comes back into his life?
*I loved the cheesy action,
cartoon-like sound effects, and heart-pounding “will they kiss or
not?” moments in this drama. It's not quite up to Kdrama standards,
especially when the music cuts out and starts in again at random
moments, but there are a lot of fun elements in this show. The
primary reason this drama didn't earn a higher grade is because it is
JUST TOO LONG. There is a lot more character development, but the
plot's pace suffers as a result. The character development also
slowed down the romantic progress between Liang Liang and Xi Yi,
which was annoying, and I did not understand why Xi Yi's parents were
separated in the first place. I thiiiiink his mom had to be on the
run for writing a fraudulent check that his dad cashed in order to
try and dig themselves out of debt, but after the set 3 year time
period ran out, he still hadn't paid off the debt, so she had to stay
on the lamb? Then 20 years later she forgives him for missing out on
raising her only child – that was very hard for me to believe. I
did like the second male lead's motivation, though. The writers even
have him come out and state that supporting Liang Liang's choices in
love is how he showed his love for her; his sacrifice was cast in a
noble light instead of the typical masochistic light. If you can
handle an extremely long drama, this one is pretty good, with a
decent ending and a great on-screen kisser (Aaron Yan from “Fall In
Love With Me”).*
