Overview
Freshman Yuan Juntang applied for Minsong University in order to get closer to Zhu Zhu, whom he has had a crush on. At the university, he meets Li Shiya who used to be his idol and took a temporary absence from school. Li Shiya takes the initiative to approach Yuan Juntang and they become friends and form a trio of friends with Zhu Zhu. Zhu Zhu is clearly aware of Yuan Juntang’s affection for her, but she has no courage to accept him and tries to avoid being intimate and only keeps a certain distance with him. At the same time, Yuan Juntang and Li Shiya are getting closer, more than just friends.
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The adaptation from the original source material thrives on the proximity of undergraduate life. It avoids the usual trappings of campus romances by placing its leads in a delicate social dance where one partner is intentionally pulling away while the other drifts into a closer, more ambiguous relationship. Because the series balances drama with comedy and animation, it focuses less on grand gestures and more on the small, awkward moments that define how three people orbit each other in a dorm setting.
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- First Aired
- April 20, 2023
- Status
- Ended
- Episode Runtime
- 12 minutes
- Origin
- CN
- TMDB Votes
- 27