Patine até o Amor (2020)

I was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining this was, despite my prior reservations that it would be nothing more than light fluff, lacking any serious themes. The drama has a sweet romance, an interesting story and some deep messages regarding friendship, sportsmanship, mental health, sports injuries, the importance of truth in journalism, the dangers of cyber-bullying, and the misunderstandings that can swallow up love and leave behind pain.

The acting was superb, and I loved the humor as well. Li Yubing's facial expressions were everything! I found myself chuckling quite a few times. Tang Xue's personality needed some getting used to, but I loved the little moments of growth and maturity she showed. Her friendship with her roommates and Little Liao was adorable. I loved every moment they showed of speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey. The cinematography and the filming was beautifully seamless. I especially loved Li Yubing's interactions with his coach. They were so endearing.

There were a few things which bothered me though. I did not like the interactions between Zhou Ran and Bian Cheng at all and I found their motives for acting they way they did so weak that it seemed just a waste of time to pay attention to them. Bian Cheng was just a hot mess, and his facial expressions did not convey his feelings well enough. His obsession with Tang Xue was just cringey to watch, and Zhou Ran was such a trope that it was hard to take her seriously in any way. There was absolutely no need for the ML and FL to have love triangles. I was also put off by Yu Yan's unhealthy attachment to Tang Xue which no one saw fit to correct. Li Yubing getting beaten up by the opposing team's goons was expected and a little boring. The drama did lose its momentum towards the second half, but not enough to make it entirely boring.

Overall, this was a solid watch.

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Loved it

This is the kind of drama that you become so engrossed with, you finish watching and feel an emptiness in yourself and don't know how to go :D The story was this good for me.

Congratulations for makind a drama that shows Chinese people's dedication for the sports. Personally I really liked the whole "students-starting their professional career sport athletes" storyline and how it was written. I think it was realistic and showed all sides: the high and happy times, the struggles, pain, hardships. Always afraid to start dramas with so many episodes, but in this case it wasn't too much and didn't drag. I REALLY loved that even though there were love triangles (and quadrats:D), evil plottings and all things usual, things got resolved, people communicated, and thank god no big and annyoyingly unbelievable issues happened that are in most cases present in romance dramas. The emotionally difficult scenes were nicely balanced with the fun parts.
Every one of the main leads' and supporting chatacters' acting was good. Nicely portrayed charachters, great friendships and connections. Nothing to day: charachters were great. People in this drama can act!
Steven Zhang and Janice Wu what can I say: great acting! Loved loved loved that real affectionate scenes were written and how the leads played them (tho Janice was a sometimes a little like the typical chinese FL who don't know how to kiss) . Steven Zhang was so great acting the intimate-affectionate scenes too, really nice kisses there. ű
Usually I feel with almost every chinese and korean drama that couple scenes are not really affectionate, intimate and the leads can be kind of...distant. I don't know maybe because I'm European and I expect better intimacy level because helloooo you are boyfriends and girlfriends, act like it duh. Okay sorry for my ranting :D
Also a favourite of mine was the use of nickname in this drama, because tbh not many dramas, well almost none of the dramas (or at least what I watched) use any endearments and nicknames.
Fell in love with the songs, especially with "The moment I met you"
Will definitely re-watch, because who wouldn't want to see Steven's acting (swoon)

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Empowering. Great story

This show is unique. I'm normally not into sport-shows at all, but I took a leap with this one because I am a big fan of Janice Wu. (Also, I have never seen Steven's Zhang's work before this, but was pleasantly surprised with his acting!) Despite it being a genre that I don't normally go for, it is actually very good and more than just about sport (ice skating & skating). It has its serious moment but also fun-lighthearted moments. I love the gradual relationship build-up between FL and ML. It was very sweet and the chemistry was 100% perfect. The storyline is very motivational, empowering, and has a good theme about believing in yourself and staying true to yourself in reaching your dreams.

I love especially love the interactions between FL and ML. It started as a typical bickering relationship that flowers into a beautiful, strong ship. The character development is very smooth and makes you love the characters more each episode.

I want to give props to the main leads who put a lot of effort in playing their roles. Both Janice and Steven took lessons and learned ice skating for this role. Their dedication to their part for this show really shows in each of their schemes. I love their professionalism and talent! The cast chosen for this drama is perfect.

If you love a good story with a nice, gradual (not too slow) relationship build between leads, and not too heavy on the angst, this is a great drama to try.

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My family and I have been watching a lot more Chinese dramas lately as I've found them to be more interested in them since it is their native language and it's easier for them to watch than to watch with English subtitles. My dad originally started this one and didn't like it, mostly finding it to be too childish for his taste. However, as we continued on, it became a family favorite, an enjoyable nightly pastime to end the day with.

For me, the drama was highly entertaining, and I found a lot of comedic relief through a lot of it. With a good-looking (and talented) cast and a cute plot, I knew that it wouldn't be too much of a difficult drama to get through. I also liked that the premise of the drama focused on ice sports and didn't completely just focus on romance or university life. The music was also amazing and had me singing the OST for quite some time after finishing the drama!!!

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However, there were, of course, things that I didn't think were necessary. The side couples seemed to start stealing the focus away from the main couple (particularly between Huan Huan and Liao Zhen Yu) and the dreaded "second lead" became also a "third lead", neither of whom seemed like even a potentially viable option for our main female. The dramatic fall of Yu Yan was dragged out for much too long, and it was a bit strange that suddenly, her spending time with him resolved all of his mental health issues. Finally, I had high expectations for the final time-skip, but that really failed to meet expectations! There was so much potential in a great wrap, but they really failed to conclude it well, in my opinion.

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Overall, I truly did enjoy this drama and it's why I still give it a fairly high score despite the issues that I had with it!

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i recommend this drama 100%

first of all, i liked this drama a lot. it doesnt have all those twists and weird things that usually happen in other dramas that in my opinion tend to be unnecessary and just hurts de show. in Skate into love, i think everything made sense, every twist was explained and i didn't feel like it came out of nowhere so that's a plus.
i like that the couples weren't rushed and that you ca see the developement of each others feelings in every one of the couples. something else i liked is the fact that the story of those couples iswas very different from one another. what i mean by that is that every couple had a different starting point, a differnt way to fall in love like for example the main couple was reunited after so many years, love-hate kind of relatioship, then we have the main character's best friends who didnt know each other falling in love; the we have the non required love with yu yan... so thats somethung else i liked because you see theres not only one way to fall in love and it can come from anywhere.
however, something i didnt likeis that to me the drama was a bit too long. i mean, i love all the side couples but i think that many couples and having so much screen time, took away the main plot at some points and it was heavy to watch.
Finally i like that the show revolved strongly around a sport. what i mean by that is that a lot of the scenes were in the rink or referring to the rink so the fact that the main charactrs are passionated about a sport isn't just some small detail. is actually the whole series.

PD: i liked every character, the good ones, the bad ones, the bad that turned good... evryone. because you understand wy they did what they did and why they are the way they are.

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Amazing chemistry

This is the type of couple I honestly love — teasing male lead and sassy female lead in a love-hate relationship who just really have amazing chemistry together. This is one of the dramas where I never stopped loving the main couple after they got together, which happens a lot to me. Even after getting in the relationship, the main female lead never lost her spunk. They were so good together.

I really did not like the second lead at all honestly, and with that being said, my biggest criticism was with the big noble idiocy conflict. Not only did it make no sense considering the TX's personality, but it kind of messed up the main relationship — even if they had some good moments after, they never got back to where they used to be and all the new conflicts seemed so overblown compared to the rest of the drama. In my head I'll just pretend that that part never happened.

The side couples were really cute — but not all of them, and there were a little too much of them. The characters stuck in unrequited love ended up having really good character development and I do appreciate that a lot of the side characters got redemption arcs and their own stories, but there was really no need to push everyone together into pairs. The third roommate was one that I wish got her own backstory and had more of a role than being the dorm Dumbledore.

The friendships were honestly really good (both bromance and sismance!) and I think some characters could have done without the romance. I especially loved the guys dorm and how they teased LYB about TX. Adorable.

Overall, however, I loved that the drama was both romance, friendship, and chasing your dreams. The part before the noble idiocy would honestly go into my all time. This drama reminded me of Weightlifting Fairy KBJ (another of my faves) and there are so many scenes between the two leads that are worth rewatching.

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Ice Sports, Love, Friendship, Growing up, Dreams

Story wise, from enemies to lovers, it was refreshing to see how the leads had different perceptions of their childhood and ended up in different stance. It sort of makes me think how one's actions can cause another's pain unknowingly and made me reflected a lot. Dreams is something quite typical for a drama but putting ice sports into the story made it really interesting. The sports scenes were impressive for me and this drama shed a unique light on ice sports. The love story between Tang Xue and Li Yu Bing was super romantic and I FREAKING LOVE THE CHAMPION KISS! I also loved the friendship and love struggles depicted by Zhang Yue Wei. Her character development is my favourite out of all.

The down point for me was that sometimes the Xia Meng Huan-Liao Zheng Yu couple can be a bit annoying, their story goes around how the girl is angry and then is touched and is angry again (the cycle continues). And the supposedly antagonists Bian Cheng and Zhou Ran did nothing at all.

The cast in general was great. I think the leads had the university student faces and aura. But some others may not have (cues the ice hockey team). Other than that I think they all did a great job! Special mention to the actor of Yu Yan, he is a perfect fit into this character. I throughly enjoyed his acting and his sheepish smiles.

I wanted to give a lower score for the music cause sometimes the songs were inappropriately inserted and is too loud. Also I feel like they shouldnt use well known songs like 平凡之路 cause it really distracts people like me who will sing along and not watch the show. But then....... the ORIGINAL soundtrack songs are super good. 雪花落下 and 当遇见你 are now in my playlist. And these songs really fit into the drama well.

It is definitely a great romance drama and one that makes you reflect a lot. I personally have learnt a lot from this show which I appreciate cause I don't just watch and forget. This certainly has rewatch value, when you feel like giving up your dreams or just wants some sweet romance. Now go watch it.

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This drama not bad for watch, full of motivation and quote, full of dream, happiness, and comedy,, maybe alot of comedy is lame, but still funny, the romance ,,the romance may be a little ticklish sometimes, but when playing zhoushen song, the atmosphere immediately changes


in this drama really introduces various types of winter sports,,, although only at a glance, but enough



Almost all the songs of this drama is nice song,, match with the atmosphere of this drama, really....

at the beginning of the film I was still complaining about the various scenes of this drama, and really hate some of the cast,, if you saw it until the end, everything was paid for, notbad

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Really loved this show. I decided to watch it after watching Ashes of Love since this story is from the Honey Trilogy. Li Yu Bang and Tang Xue reunite at their university after 6 years apart. It was interesting to see how Li Yu Bing and Tang Xue defined their childhood relationship and how this helped them understand how they viewed themselves and others. I enjoy seeing how their relationship, whatever it was at that time, helped them develop their friendship and love live. It is a great coming of age story that is filled with romance, comedy, inspiration and friendship. Worth the watch.

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Qualcuno ha detto sport sul ghiaccio? Come sono felice di averlo visto! La trama sarebbe stata un 10 pieno se avesse fatto vedere qualcosina in più sul finale e se non avesse dato troppo spazio ad una determinata coppia la cui parte femminile mi stava antipaticissima. Per il resto non riesco ad avere una sola lamentela. L'attrice che interpreta la protagonista l'ho rivalutata un sacco, il protagonista maschile è adorabile, e anche tutti gli altri personaggi mi sono piaciuti davvero tanto. Ho trovato per la prima volta un triangolo amoroso (che in realtà non lo è davvero (solo chi ha visto capisce)) la cui "terza parte" è uno dei personaggi che più maturano e si sviluppano lungo tutto il drama. Davvero un bel personaggio. La coppia principale mi è piaciuta per lo stesso motivo. Abbiamo ben tre sport su ghiaccio che si intersecano, ognuno con i propri campioni e questa cosa mi ha conquistata.
Non ho assolutamente sentito la pesantezza di 40 episodi, anzi ne avrei guardato volentieri di più XD

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I absolutely recommend!!

I am a fan of modern Chinese sports-dramas. This is definitely a good drama to watch.
The acting is really good. They've done a good job with the casting. All the sports scenes have been filmed really well. The speed-skating and ice-hockey shots really put you on the edge of your seat.
Beyond the lovestory ( which is adorable), the drama is very uplifting and motivational. It really makes you renew your efforts in pursuing your dreams. There's a dialogue that I loved the most-- "dreams don't shine on their own. It is us who chase after our dreams that shine".
The FL is lovable even though she's not the brightest bulb of the lot. Unlike the usual wide-eyed bambi caught in a headlight, this FL is quite a gangster. The flashbacks where she bullied the ML when they were younger is hilarious. Some of the times she went overboard with the bullying is because she's quite innocent (and dense) to know that she's hurting them. She's ML's support and strength. Once the FL and ML get together, then there's no stopping them. It's really enviable the way they encourage eachother to pursue their dreams while they strive hard for their own.
The secondary couples are all adorable and inspiring. The underlying theme of the drama is balance between love and pursuing your goals.
I absolutely recommend this drama for its underlying message and theme.
I think they've overused the OST to the point of being annoying. But that's forgivable.
I am so happy to watch a C-drama that has a strong female lead. Please do give it a try ?❤️

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Inspiring and happy drama! Highly recommend

an amazing and moving drama. expected nothing less of the same writers as AOL. ZXC and WQ were casted perfectly in their roles, such an amazing pair of actors with sizzling chemistry (the whole cast was brill too!!) i look forward to both their future projects :)
cried a couple of times because of how courageous the characters were when faced with difficulty. it’s not simply a sports drama, so much more than that. i will admit 40 episodes for this was a bit much as everyone has said, but it’s not a dealbreaker. was a teeny bit draggy in the middle but i enjoyed the couple moments so could push through and skip some side parts. even though it was a bit long, i can see they did that to accommodate the side couples and i am glad they took time to develop their stories rather than leave storylines hanging at the end. so i have nothing to complain about. overall, don’t get put off by the length! it is worth all your time :))

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