Conheça a Si Mesma (2023)

refreshing. a breather. im kinda sad it rushed through it and now i have only 5 episodes left :)))

please watch this if you're looking for a calm and serene drama that'll heal your soul. everything about this cn drama was just so feel good. i cried a good amount on the first few episodes but then i was also getting healed along with hongdou. every character here holds a purpose and they all have such unique and nice way of thinking. i specially like xie granma. she's a sweetheart. all the village folks have a strong bond and understanding with each other that makes the drama 10x more good.
our main leads have a natural easy flow chemistry. i just adore them. another thing tha really gave me comfort is how hongdou talks. there's just something about her tone, her words, her body language and her temperament that melts you and makes you feel so good from the inside. i seriously love this drama so much ❤️‍🩹

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Dark Clouds Are Passing, And the Wind Will Always Rise

I couldn't be more grateful to come across such a beautiful and impactful drama. This drama is simple, wholesome, and educative. It portrays the struggles of the ordinary individual living in the society that has been designed for us. Hardships, loss, death, and failure come in more than one way and will eventually affect all of us. And we will fall because we are human. But the sun will always shine brightly after a storm and hardships will eventually pass to become stories and experiences we use to grow and teach others.

The story is wholesome. It tells the story of a young woman who suffers a loss and loses the direction of her life. She decides to take a vacation to a beautiful village that changed her life forever, as she met people with similar struggles as her, she made friends with them, she found love, and she gained happiness. She proved that in this life, only you can choose your path to happiness, and happiness will find you where you never expected it. The story is also about a young man with great ambition for his home. He grew up watching families get torn apart because of poverty caused by a lack of development in their village. He came with the ambition to change the future of his home, and he did. Along the way, he met new people, who were merely passers-by, but turned out to be his dear friends. And he found love, in a woman who was willing to grow with him.

The Yunan village was a beautiful, ethereal, and calming setting. It brought the drama to life, and the actors were the wind that blew this drama to victory. Each character with a story. Each member of the village played a part in changing the future of their village. Each character that lived in the courtyard, served as a blueprint of the struggles of life and taught us that we can overcome them.

this drama did something to me that many dramas haven't, I won't lie and say it's my favuorite, but it is impressionable, it is beautiful and it was definitely worth the watch. It is another 100% romance drama because it goes beyond the love of two people, it is the love of friends, family, community, and country. And truly Love prevails.

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The perfect refresher of mind and mentality

This has to be another best work of Screenwriter Wang Xiong Cheng other than "Go Ahead". I love everything about it, out of all the drama that is made in 2023 so far (as of now: February 2023), this is the best one out of all in my opinion. The acting, story, cinematography - everything juts works in the best way possible.

Let me start off by the cast/acting:
- They did such a great job at casting the perfect Male and Female Leads. I have been a fan of Crystal Liu since Mulan came out in 2020. I did not know much about Li Xian who played the Male Lead, except I knew him from Go Go Squid, where I had bad experience watching. But aside from all, they both (Crystal Liu and Li Xian) did such a great job portraying each of their own characters. I don't think there are other actors who can pull off their characters so well, so I think they are truly the best actors to represent the lead characters.
- I love that the Female Lead is very mature, no acting cutesy or cringey either - very normal, put together, and eloquent. She also has mature ways of dealing with many types of people, which I admire very much.
- The Male Lead character is a little more on the child-like personality type, and not in a bad way - very playful, but at the same time, very mature when needed.

As for the story:
- I love the story very much. It truly represents their own genre, which is "Life". There are a lot of good message to reflect my own life. I especially like the saying; as I summarize "you can't judge people based on your own standard, or what the society thinks. You can think someone is having a rough time, but to that person, it may be a blessing to them already" It really brings me to reflect myself as a person who always think that I, myself is not enough to please the society and what matters most is what I think I am as an individual.
- The love story is portrayed beautifully. I know that the main problem between the 2 leads are distance. They met in an awkward timing and undesired location where they need to do long distance relationship to make things work. I am so glad the writer doesn't make one person sacrifice for another. I especially love the Male Lead's quote, "why do people always assume that women need to make the sacrifice, male has to be responsible to provide housing for women". It can be considered as revolutionary thinking in Asian drama history.
- I also love that both male and female lead have a mutual understanding where they both prioritize themselves first, rather than sacrificing everything for love. (for example: Female Lead moves back to the village because she genuinely loves the village and its people, also she wants to open her own business because she saw a potential. But she also take ML as the consideration too) - which I think is such a mature move.
- The story has no creepy/annoying love triangle, no toxic relationship, no annoying characters. It's a simple, yet interesting story that is very relaxing to watch. I seriously hurt my face watching it because I couldn't stop smiling.

All in all, if you love a therapeutic drama with no complicated and annoying story, this is the drama for you. Very light-hearted, entertaining, plus there are a lot of meaningful messages that can be learned.

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Bravo!

Although not your typical fast paced, action packed drama, it’s a refreshingly beautiful healing drama with lots of smiles, giggles and some tears. Great casting! From the Main cast, the grannies, the kids to the gossiping villagers, loved them all! A Beautifully written script complemented with great directing, stunning film location in Yunnan, superb cinematography and the best onscreen chemistry among all of the cast members I’ve seen thus far, made this a winner for me.

Crystal Liu and Li Xian portrayed such an innocent, yet beautiful matured adult relationship with no scheming nor pretense. I do hope they have the chance to collaborate together again in the future.

Yes, this will not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you have gone through at least one of the struggles referred to in the drama, you’ll get it and love it.

Thank you for creating a beautiful drama!

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One word: Charming

I am generally an impatient person and can’t watch anything beyond 20 episodes but I ran out of shows to watch and decided to watch this, expecting to leave this in the background. 3 episodes in and I am glued to the sofa.

Absolutely charming drama. It’s slow paced, slow burn but it is exactly this that made it so so so charming.

I have sobbed and laughed at dramas but this is one of the first where I had tears from being touched. The slow pace had me attached to all the characters, had me shedding tears when they did. It’s almost as if I got to know them irl.

I am a sucker for romance and while this is super slow burn and doesn’t have many romantic scenes, I can only say - I appreciate that, I love that the focus isn’t on the romance.

I am elated, beyond elated that I found this drama (I only found out later that it is super popular). Give this a chance, even if you are impatient.

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What a Wonderful Drama!

There have been so many disappointing dramas lately, that start off fairly good, but then go down the drain due to poor screenwriting, directing and storyline, but this is not one of those. Kudos to the screenwriters, Director, and the exceptional ensemble cast for creating such a beautiful, heartwarming story!
It may first appear to be a very simple story, but as it unfolds, you can enjoy the richness of the characters of this community.
We get to know the characters in a very natural, flowing way, which made me care about each and every one of them.
The scenery and cinematography are travelog worthy and had me checking the map several times as I planned a potential trip to the area in the future. Cultural traditions are honored and presented in a way that we can appreciate all that is involved in preserving a cultural heritage.
The rhythm of life that is portrayed in the drama, affected my daily rhythm in a positive, healing way, and I actually slept better while watching this drama.
The characters are a delight, from the youngest children to the oldest grannies, and of course our main young couple, whose romance was beautifully developed.
I generally do not rewatch dramas, but I will be rewatching this one. Rewatching it will be like going to visit some dear friends. I wish they were planning a season 2, but I have not heard anything about that.
This is a beautiful drama, and I highly recommend it!

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Like a warm hug, cozy blanket, and soup for the soul

This drama is one of kind. With a rather simple premise of finding yourself, it manages to be authentic and profound yet gentle and calming. It is not plot driven, but instead a story of characters and so many good conversations. Much like real life, every episode shows the day to day that seems rather insignificant at first, but it is those little moments that make up the whole. Overall, this drama felt like a lesson in mindfulness. Slow the mind and tune into your senses and just be. It was calming and therapeutic, but never boring. I was also very surprised how many times I cried or was deeply touched in this drama, and I do not typically cry easily in my drama watching.

Just a few wonderful parts I loved:
our main leads’ natural chemistry and lovely relationship progression
gorgeous cinematography and natural environment
random cats in the inn courtyard
adorable village children living their best free range life
village elders, especially my hero Granny
OST and sound effects

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Absolute Perfection!

Strong bow of thanks to the teams that brought us this series!! I saw a comment that said this show is like “chicken soup for the soul” and I couldn’t agree more. I could watch 100 episodes of it.
Not many cdrama storylines can hold my attention 100% … i tend to fast-forward through sub plots but not this one. I am invested EVERY EPISODE in all the characters, they are each lovely. The kids are adorable and i cherish the scenes they are in … Loving it all so far. UPDATE :: Just finished and it was absolute perfection up to the last note and ending credits. Not a single detail missed - how can I sum up my love for this series!? Tied for my FAVORITE cdrama for sure (with Rise of Phoenix-although completely diff from each other). If you could imagine a story that leaves you so relaxed, as if sitting in the sun on the beach, walking through the cool forest, enjoying a breeze on a bright spring day … it’s that type of vibe. Incredibly lovely, detailed and moving storyline, characters, chemistry.. a lasting lasting impression for sure. I could go ion and on with all the details I loved about it. Truly truly truly deserves a 10 all around.

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Masterpiece of healing dramas

If you want a healing romance which can take away your stress, just watch this one.. i have very rarely given 10 stars to dramas, but it deserves a complete 10.. village setting, amazing scenery, day to day life and slow burn romance can be this good, I had never imagined this before watching this, total masterpiece!!
The lead couple has amazing chemistry, the romance is very sweet and side stories are also too good that i couldn't skip any scene.. it was a real treat to watch this one 💯❤️..
Don't miss this, you can watch dramas like this very rarely these days..

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Amazing drama

This drama is so full of love,very relaxing, amazing, and the beautiful sceneries that captures my heart❤️🥰 it is a total package of lessons about life and reality,it gave so much inspirations to people just like me being inspired by their story and sometimes relatable in my situation as well. i really appreciate the characters of the story that also make me fall in love to the casts 🥰,they portrayed the drama so adorable. So amazing drama...it can heal a wounded heart like mine...and the beautiful scenes that made me wanted to go and live there🤭😄it made me think to start a new life with that kind of living,a happy neighborhood,lovable friends just like a whole happy family that is not perfect but the imperfections that normal or just natural but kindhearted people around me,even though they have flaws it's just normal to people but what i really love is that they are pure and kind...loving this kind of drama,it gives a positive impact to our lives.

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Best Slice of Life and healing drama to date

Few dramas can capture the essence of life as Meet Yourself has done. This drama was impeccable from start to finish and all the characters are unique, fully fleshed out and endearing in their own way. Love the cast and their brilliant acting and OMG, the writing is superb - I genuinely laughed out loud at very funny and memorable lines. It is such a refreshing and relaxing watch. Love the actress in this - her acting is so on point and very nuanced and realistic, she is like an observer, although the lead - she isn’t unnecessarily placed or directed to act as the main character - she blends into the tranquility of village life and its people making the collective story shine even more. She and the male lead are excellent in their craft and has this rare natural chemistry that developed over time - no modern romcom tropes. The male lead is so hilarious- a well rounded character and a pivotal glue across families. This drama is so beautiful- it speaks to the heart and evokes my longing for simplicity, and thought provoking with all its lessons about love, friendship and family and what really matters in life. Watch this - all worth it.

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