Tempo Perfeito com Ele (2022)

Finally we have two adorable and sweet teenagers who are BOTH smart and hard-working

Subjective Gut Rating - 8.25

China churns out these high school dramas so often each year that it is really hard to be different from others. “Time and Him Are Just Right” is almost there, but not quite. There are so many things to like yet also some to complain about especially in the second half. This is a very lighthearted teen drama. You can go into it without worrying about any serious issues, such bullying or annoying and evil parents. The focus is solely on the students without wasting too much time on the parents or teachers.


What I Like:

1. Main Characters - Finally we don’t see a cool/mean, genius male lead who has to help the bubbly, naive female lead with her homework or studies. We have two equally smart and hard-working students. They help each other out with their studies just like any normal student. They are both very likable and adorable. It did take me a little while to get used to FL’s over-assertiveness in trying to be ML’s friend. I understand why, but still a little stalkerish. However, once we get past that, both the leads are caring, smart, has a sense of justice and just really good people.

2. Wu Jun Ting/Ji Jun Xing (ML)- This is my first introduction to Wu Jun Ting (ML). He has such an adorable face and the way he looks at FL melts my heart. He reminded me a little bit of Wang An Yu in “Forever Love”. Not the character, but the loving gazes and how much affection is in his eyes. On another note, Wu Jun Ting has such a deep voice. His voice is not matching his young and adorable face. Each time he speaks, I am taken by surprise that it’s really his voice. For the first drama, he did a pretty good job. On another note, his character, Ji Jun Xing, is one of the nicest, sweetest and most patient boyfriends out there. He doesn’t react irrationally or get mad even when he is being misunderstood or is not at fault.

3. Young Cast - All the actors in this drama are quite green without too many dramas or movies under their belt. I believe the two female leads are the most experienced ones. The acting is actually not too bad, and they are able to make me believe they’re high schoolers and college students. I also appreciate them all using their own voices.

4. Simple high school life - This is one of the few high school dramas that really showcases the simple life of a high schooler. The drama did not tackle any serious issues, but just regular everyday life. Almost every teen drama talks about the stress of the gaokao aka college entrance exam. This drama has that too, but no drama has ever (that I’ve seen or known) talks about the time limitation of taking showers when your schedule is packed with studying. This drama only has one overbearing parent and it’s only a very small side character. We don’t really see much parental pressure on the students regarding the gaokao, and I am so glad.


What I Don’t Like or have Mixed Feelings:

1. Misunderstanding - The drama was going so well and they have to throw in the misunderstanding trope Why?? Do all long distance relationships need to do this? The leads have such open and honest communication when they were in high school, so why wouldn’t they talk to each other?? Argh….

2. College days - Not that I don’t like the college portion of the drama, but comparatively, the high school parts are much more interesting. The characters really didn’t do much until the last part of the drama when they entered into the competition. Even that competition is kind of boring and predictable.

3. Time Skips - There are so many time skips in the second half of the drama. A few are fine, but once you have so many, the editing becomes weird and it seems the writers are rushing to finish the drama.

I had an enjoyable time watching this drama. There aren't any annoying or irritating characters. It’s a very easy and chill watch to see a bunch of friends going through high school, college and adult life together. It is nice to see how their friendship remains strong. I love the male lead and the female lead is not too bad either. But if you want something exciting, this is not it. Lastly, I wonder if the writers were trying to sneak in a BL couple in this wholesome drama.


Completed: 2/17/2023

Leia Mais

Great Story

The story in this drama is very good. It starts you of differently and takes you through the life of these young people. The lead female character is great and I love her strength and determination. The lead male character is also great with his honest and sincere way of treating people. Both these characters convince me in the story line. I enjoy the friends they meet and form bond. The story takes us thru the college years and then to adulthood and the private sector. I enjoy following all the characters and the story as simple but very good and sincere. A story you could believe in. The romance between the main leading character was cute and great. A wonderful ending. The actors performance was great.

Leia Mais

easy watch, enjoyed it a lot!!

i finally have some time to watch some dramas so was hunting for one to watch and saw ep1 on my youtube feed so gave it a go, i didnt have many expectations but it was really enjoyable actually!!

the cast was all really good, the leads are very good at acting especially since theyre new actors (i think) , the facial expressions are great and the skinship was good cuz it wasnt too in ur face but it wasnt so bad that it was like ‘r they even dating?’ ygm??

i did get 2nd lead syndrome at one point tho cuz hes so cute😭😭 but i think the leads worked well together as a couple :)

first cdrama of 2023 i watched n i enjoyed it <3

Leia Mais

Cutest, Realistic Youth Drama

This cdrama shows a group of six - two girls and four boys - growing up from high school all the way to post-university. It's beautiful in the way it potrays daily life as they grow up together. Although they do grow slightly apart from each other, they'll always be the "东南口" best friends group, from starting a study group to working on a business in university.

The storyline is as a simple youth cdrama goes, with a second male lead that reminded me of Han Seojun from True Beauty, minus the second male lead syndrome. It has a balance of mostly romance, friendship and a splash of family. One point that is worth mentioning: cdramas have misunderstandings, but this was cleared up so cutely and within one episode that it was worth it. They do have some PDA, since even though it starts at high school, it goes beyond.
The main actors are amazing, and I cannot believe that they are rookies! Amazed by their acting skills.

I would definitely watch if you're looking for something to squeal and smile over. I didn't skip a single moment, and that says a lot!

Leia Mais

Loyality on Top

It's light-hearted coming-of-age drama. The story is fluffy, not complicated at all, and most importantly there is no scheming clingy second lead.
All the way, you will get a progressive relationship. It shows us, that love is beautiful with its ups and downs. towards the end, the main couple melts my heart as they're thriving towards a common goal without ignoring their own passion and surroundings (aka family). Friendship is one of the biggest plus points of this drama. They might have done many immature things but that's what youth is all about. This is one of not many wholesome dramas. Thanks to the production team for giving us an epilogue, love you guyss. Special shout out to Director Xie for giving me many big of laughter every time he appears.

Claps to all the actors for their acts in this drama. Despite most of them being new actors and actresses, they delivered their characters well.
1. Wu Jun Ting really surprised me when I found out this is his first drama. I like how he portrays Ji Jun Xing not as a domineering male lead but as just a male who needs time to be approached. His sweet eyes when looking at Lin Xi made me smile each time. He did well when confronting the playboy senior.
2. Lu Yu Xiao as Lin Xi is just a perfect match. Her character doesn't have many emotional outbursts but somehow she attracts your attention. Sad to say, her act as a med student doesn't hit off.
3. Lu Jun Jie gave me a familiar feeling but turns out this project is also his first drama. I don't know why, I like his act whenever he rides his ducky scooter so much.

All OSTs bring me back to high school. They're screaming youth and innocent feelings. My favorite OST is Heartbeat Notebook.
1. Fu Si Chao (付思超 FuseC) - You (你) (Opening theme song)
2. Liao Jun Tao (廖俊涛) & Hong Yi Nou/Nono from S.i.S (洪一诺) - Heartbeat Notebook (心动记事簿) (Ending theme song)
3. Zhuang Zhu Heng (庄主恒) - Hai Hai Er (海海二)
4. Lu Yu Xiao - You (你)
5. Zhang Yi Hao (张洢豪) - I Liked You Since the First Day I Met You (遇见你的第一天起我就喜欢你)
Here is the Spotify link for Time and Him Are Just Right OST playlist https://open.spotify.com/album/0VN8zJm8nCgwwQlk5UVtV8?si=nBiGIHKXRlCZhJr9e0X5wQ

I definitely will watch this again. It's a perfect drama to rewatch in your free time or when you don't know what to watch. As it has a simple plot, it will not make you too attached after finish watching so you can move to another drama.

Leia Mais

Anything light and fluffy....

Always brings me to tears.... this drama was without a doubt between Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and other Chinese dramas that I have watched, this hands down was the best drama I have seen!!! The main leads for this to be their debut series I'm excited to see what happens next. The storyline was magnificent, there was hardly any love rivalries, just the insecure jealous girl, but even the two ended up mending their mistakes.


The second male lead gave me that second male lead syndrome, the kind where despite it all you still wanted him to be happy, and the fact he winded up being the best man at their wedding. I hope in the end he found his true love. I like to think he did. The female lead... she's a person I feel those who are in real life, people take advantage of, and it's people like her that should really shine in the world. A mission to be closer to her brother, winding up her having her own family in the end, and I feel the son that she birthed was a reincarnation of him. I also have to say the wedding proposal, that amongst many was the most realistic I've seen in a drama. No matter how perfect you make it, something gets botched. Even if it was just the ring box being turned upside down. Every proposal has to be intricate and perfect, and this showed, I loved how he said vows that you knew weren't going to turn into empty promises. "Like I promise to never hurt you." But he knew their was bumps.... OVERALL WATCH THIS DRAMA

Leia Mais

Friends to Lovers with Usual Tropes

- Classic enemies(ish) to friends to lovers trope
- Unnecessary miscommunication (ep 18 - 20)
- Strongest plot in the middle; first 2 episodes extremely cringe and plot died out after official relationship
- 2ML plotline dragged on way too long (why choose to confessing your feeling to a girl when she's already in a relationship)
- Last episodes felt very abrupt (one minute he's proposing, then they're married, then they have a kid?)
- 2nd couple had a very tumultuous and frankly toxic relationship (skipped most of their scenes)
- Queerbaiting?
- Lots of similarities with my all-time favourite campus drama (Our Secret), but falls way short

Leia Mais

Definitely a wasted potential but, it was okay-ish

Before I dive into why I wrote a headline that way, I'd like to share the positives of this drama:
- The intro to mid plot are awesome. Both leads are tangled in an unfortunate, yet strange relationship where one is the family of the donor, and one is the family of the donor receiver.
- The entire genre and story summary is very promising - as it is supposed to be a love story between 2 successful, smart individuals from teen years.
- The friendship story is always my go-to, and love a strong and solid friendship moments.
- The chemistry between the 2 leads are very cute and refreshing.
- Almost all the characters are likeable, which is rare in the drama world.
- As an additional, the leads are very good looking people. :)

Now let's go for the negatives: (entirely based on my opinion and taste as a watcher)
- The mid-to-last episodes are totally different as it felt like a different drama compared to the first episodes. What I mean especially is how the female lead is breaking her own character. She felt like a stranger when I watched her in mid-to-end episodes.
- Female lead character is poorly developed. Every drama leads needs to have a character development. Especially in this genre where the entire story is about journey to adulthood. Yet, it felt like the female lead character became worse each episode. For instance, where the female lead misunderstood the situation and acted immaturely.
- For the side characters too. Male lead parents are supposed to be open-minded and kind. But for some reason, the writer decided to turn the father into someone very petty and low, where he manipulated female lead to convince male lead going to different university of dad's choice. It's totally out of character and doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
- The side couple story is not very interesting enough to watch. I can't comment on that one since I skipped almost all of the side couple's scenes, but it isn't convincing enough for me to actually watch the side character's story.
- Would like to see more on how smart the female lead is. Here is my issue, female leads are sometimes or often portrayed as weaker than men, and this is a great example of that. The entirety of this story is supposed to be how female lead is smart and hard-working enough to become a doctor in the future, and yet, all I see is a female who likes to play around and let the emotions come to her.
- I feel like the plot twist is very unrealistic too. What I mean is when the female lead's parents were attacked, which happened to be at the same time when the female lead was about to take national examination. Thus she had no choice but to retreat the test. I know dramas can be unrealistic for entertainment purposes, but it just left a bad taste as a viewer.

Leia Mais

This drama was so hard to finish ugh!!

I feel really bad to leave a negative review. I feel like the only one hating on this drama among so many positive ones but I just have to let my frustration out!!

I started this drama six months ago and honestly every episode felt so boring. The story is nothing we haven't already seen in other high school dramas. And on top of that, they wrote FL's character as some clingy 16 year old who just won't back out no matter how bad the ML treats her(it gets better though but still...) and I just couldn't handle it(I'm sorry!!😭).

A lot of people commented on the low budget thing but I won't even go there. If the characters are well written and has decent storyline then that's all I need but I clearly didn't get that here. Super disappointed! ☹️

The only thing motivated me to complete it(with 2x speed and lots of skipping) are the positive reviews of MDL and high ratings. I learned my lessons not to trust them blindly again and hence I won't recommend this anyone else!

Leia Mais

Lovely, refreshing, cliché but I love it

Feb. 26, 2023

Time and Him are just right is one of the best youth cdrama I have watched in a hot minute. I really love the communication between the male and female lead. Like their dynamic as a duo is just so lovely.

To be fair, for a youth drama, they are actually pretty mature in regards to my standards considering I have watched a ton of youth genre dramas.

There was some minor hiccups here and there in the plot progression but it didn't bother me at all henceforth the 9.5 star rating.

In terms of the SML syndrome, yes I had it. But to be fair the ML really snatched my heart so I definitely was like switching teams like a mad man.

The group dynamic itself was fantastic and pretty realistic to me. The way they fought, made up, look at perceptions of so many things. AND honestly, just how they try to put effort into pursuing their dreams that was so important.

In terms of the facing of the show, it is good cause I wasn't bored at all. Like I was absorbing and pretty engaged, which is shocking cause the last few years of youth cdramas has been pretty meh. I had to dropped like bazzillion of them just cause of how immature, petty, and boring the series were.

But this one ate most show up.

Love it.

Recommend heavily to yalls to watch.

MUCH LOVE AND I WANT A JUN XING PLEASE LORD and a QIN KAI AS well thanks!

Leia Mais

You should totally watch the show!!!!

This drama is honestly one of the best dramas of 2022/2023 in my opinion and here is why!

First and foremost the story is amazing, the plot is amazing and you won’t see what’s going to happen next. The plot is not just the typical plot of many C-dramas that we see today it’s different and totally refreshing.

The actors are also doing what needs to be done. The FL is totally one of my favorites she’s head strong, smart and an overall good character to see. (It’s shocking to hear that the actress is a rookie actress, she’s doing a really good job to bring Lin Xi to life). Another one of my favorites is totally the ML, he’s a total tsundere and I’m totally liking him as the series progresses. The SL is also doing really good but I’m totally rooting for the FL and ML. The support characters are also amazing and really fun to watch.

The music is also super cute to listen to and totally goes with our characters.

I honestly see myself watching this show forever till the end of time (yes, it’s that good).

If you are thinking about watching the show you should totally watch it l promise you will not regret it.

Leia Mais

worth to watch!

accidentally found this drama and i didn't regret watching this! this drama is so fresh and cute! the thing i love most about 'time and him are just right' is actually theres no 'smart cold ignorant' ml and 'dumb annoying' fl. they're both care (and inlove) with each other. Also they friends! it's all just pure friendship and how loyal they are for each other.

Ji Junxing may look cold on early episodes but he actually so nice, care towards everyone and playful, A SOFT BOYY. he also pretty vocal about his feelings and i love it. He's so cute and you have no option unless fall into him too. Linxi is great too, she's playful , nice, and smart! shes that 'simple minded' person and it's really interesting how she and junxing interacted with e/o. also she has a great smile. I love the fact that they're equal, no one is higher than other. They do have some misunderstanding but all of them got solved tho(but to linxi on that one ep, girl you need to communicate it with junxing;-;). I kinda wish junxing and linxi relationship was shown more because they're so so so pure and cute ;-;

Their friends was fine, the accidental squad because of a basketball competition. Gao Yunlang and Chen Mo are a (very) side character but they still take part on the drama, i really appreciate it! Xie Ang and Jiang Yimian's relationship is complicated and i don't really like how they involved the whole squad into their problem, make the situation so awkward but thats relateable irl so i can understand why they make it like that.

The 2nd male character, Qin Kai is one of the best character for me. He makes me(you too) can't help but feel bad for him :( he's kind, a good friend, typical bad boy outside but never meant any harm to anyone.
(another note, Qin Kai is so open about his feeling for Linxi yet Ji Junxing still invites Qin Kai as his best man, THATS SOOO WHOLESOME :'))

The other side characters like their parents, their brothers, teachers are fine, they're normal and didn't really caused a big problem for the ml and fl. I do love their interaction with Mr.Xie tho, hilarious ahaha.

The OSTs? totally bops, it's really addicting. Check out the BTS too because the actors and actresses have soooo many cute interactions there.
Soo that's all for me ehehe, i definitely gonna re-watch it later!! thanku for reading!

Leia Mais