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Warning!! This post contains the massivest of spoilers of this drama! Please enter this post with caution!!

Just yesterday, I finished this wonderfully, slow-burning, and wholesome Chinese called called Le Coup de Foudre, which means Love at First Sight in French. This drama was based off of the light novel I Don’t Like the World, I Only Like You, so you can already tell that there will be a solid foundation for the drama. After watching countless heartbreaking and devastating dramas, Le Coup de Foudre was a perfect watch to break into the summer binge. Buckle your seat belts because you are in for a long review!

As a person who has transcended from Korean drama land to Chinese dramas just a year ago, I knew that there will be a fresher beginning from how the drama began: the couple’s fate already being determined. I LOVED THAT PART. You can expect a happy ending from the start! It may be cheesy, but I felt reassured that the characters were guaranteed an ending they deserved. These types of details are seriously what set this drama a part from the others. Their happy ending made you even MORE intrigued of their journey to get there. cue the awes :’)

The overarching plot of this beautiful drama is the loop of loops called the love story of YanMo and QiaoYi (⺣◡⺣)♡ They met through the awkwardest means: QiaoYi was the one that chose to sit beside YanMo to avoid sitting next to the grossest guy in their class. Her choice on being his deskmate was a big deal since he was “(their) math course representative, got first place on the whole grade, and was the apple of the teachers’ eyes” and QiaoYi was all that YanMo wasn’t, meaning she was one of the last people in their grade. But what I loved about QiaoYi was that she worked hard to get better at school even when her classmates didn’t believe in her improvement. I think this was the first moment where I saw her true character, and that there was more to her than I thought. I rarely get to see this in the chinese school arcs, so I thought it was so so school!! Anyways, back to their love story. I believe that through knowing her determination to improve, YanMo AND the audience began falling for our soft, kind-hearted female protagonist. As the episodes progress, you can spot how much YanMo tries to get QiaoYi’s attention by getting her a coke, dressing up for their meetups, and helping her with the math lessons. The tiny things like these made their love story so realistic since YanMo still held onto his shy and reserved personality while stepping out of his comfort zone slightly just for her, which is a huge deal for him. The whole Britain exchange student and QiaoYi’s dad’s plotline really brought this drama onto another level. QiaoYi’s intentions on not going to Britain and YanMo’s want for her to come with him held very strong reasons, which made it SUPER HARD to pick a side. Sadly, this became the end of their school arc :( When their school arc began to carry over to their adulthood arc, I was on the edge of my seat each time they mentioned each other’s names and their past. DON’T GET ME FREAKING STARTED ON WHEN THEY STAYED IN THE SAME APARTMENT DON’T START! Their reunion at the TV Station made my heart stop. Although I saw it in the first episode, I felt when I saw the scene again, I was glad that my connection to them was built strongly, which made the scene 10x more meaningful (for me). As the drama moved on with QiaoYi quitting her job to go to Beijing, I realized that was a huge move for her. GO HER! I don’t think I would’ve ever found the courage to do that. Their interactions that happened until their confession episode was FREAKING WORTH THE BLOOD,SWEAT,ANDTEARS!!!! The writers did an incredible job pacing their relationship afterwards as well. I’m so glad that we were able to get 35 episodes to get a fully developed love story to occur. This drama definitely hit one of my top three dramas of all time (yes it’s that gooodddd)

Moments and Details that Made me Love the Drama EVEN MORE

Zhao Guanhao and QiaoYi’s sibling dynamic ( three words for it: wholesome, empowering, and iconic)

QiaoYi’s cute and sweet friendship with Hao WuYi. When they both made up by wearing red uniforms was HONESTLY the cutest thing in the planet.

ZHAO GUANCHAO AND HAO WUYI’S LOVE STORY (a super romantic side love story to the main!! you would think it would be bland BUT NO SHISTER NO IT ISNT!! my sister even thought it was better than the main plotline, which i obviously disagreed with)

(YanMo’s uncle, which was super hilarious to find that out) FEI DACHUAN’s loyalty to his friends and his big heart. His rough exterior would make you think he’s scary and a delinquent, but his perseverance to their tech company and QiaoYi made his character get much more flavor!!

YanMo’s (fake and genuine) smile (▰˘◡˘▰) What I loved the best about this was that QiaoYi is the only one that sees both of these hehe

YanMo’s mom (loved how she was NOT a bitch at all which was SO DIFFERENT!!)

Zhao Suying’s and Tian Weimin’s connection with their children. You would believe that a stepfather would be a complete jerk to his stepchildren, but NO NO SIS. Weimin’s determination to be a part of his step-children’s lives really gives me hope for guys oml. Especially when he worked to get QiaoYi’s approval when he just married her mom. Also the detail of actually having a stepfather was really unique bc I don’t really see that in the dramaworld. Last but not least, Weimin and Suying’s love for each other was adorable without a doubt. I was never bored with their scenes :)))

THE ICONIC CAMP SCENE WHEN YANMO GOT DRUNK: Holyshit I peed laughing at him so much LMAO

DOLLAR AND GRANDPA: The dogs of Le Coup de Foudre aka the realest matchmakers of the drama

When QiaoYi’s MoLi doll got a partner doll (which was supposed to be YanMo) when they grew up!!

The ending part when YanMo answered QiaoYi’s question of “How is Your High School Love Now?” to “She’s my wife and she’s sleeping beside me.” (my heart and world shattered and ROSE COLORS FILLED IT WHEN THIS HAPPENED)

The compilation of all of their post-wedding moments: really answered so many questions to the plot holes from their childhood HEEHE

The youtube specials they have!! I didn’t realize they had this until I almost finished the drama, so go check it out if you want more moments between them (especially YanMo being jealous!!!)

Last BUT NOT LEAST! When YanMo knew from the beginning that their first meeting was not their actual first connection.

To finally close this review, I would like to say that this drama changed my view on so many things. I hope that you relate to some of my favorite moments (to those who finished it), and that this drama made you feel things as well. Also, I’m definitely going to watch this one again, ngl it might be tonite lol

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