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Just For Meeting You
Movie

Just For Meeting You

2023 • Unknown

Woke Score
2
out of 10

Plot

Xu Niannian and Yang Yi met at the most beautiful time in their lives, sharing an unforgettable chapter of youthful love and growth.

Overall Series Review

The film "Just For Meeting You" is a Chinese youth romance centered on two high school students, Xu Niannian and Yang Yi. The narrative follows their journey from becoming competitive rivals, due to a misunderstanding and an incident of cheating in a race, to developing a deep, nostalgic first love. Xu Niannian is portrayed as an academically strong, athletic, and bold transfer student, while Yang Yi is a charming but initially lazy troublemaker with a passion for astronomy. The plot focuses on their lighthearted bickering, shared pursuit of their respective academic goals, and the eventual maturation of their relationship and characters as they navigate the pressures of school and their youthful connection.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The movie centers on high school life, romance, and academic struggle. Characters are judged by their personal merits, flaws, and motivations, such as the male lead’s initial laziness versus the female lead’s studiousness. The story does not focus on intersectional hierarchy, racial identity, or systemic oppression, adhering to a universal meritocratic structure.

Oikophobia1/10

The narrative is a nostalgic youth drama set within the Chinese high school system. The moral themes support traditional values like studying hard, valuing friendship, and pursuing dreams through effort. The film shows no hostility toward its own culture or civilization, nor does it elevate external cultures as spiritually or morally superior.

Feminism3/10

The female lead is a highly competent, intelligent, and strong-willed character who challenges the male lead in a series of competitions. The male lead is initially a bumbling slacker who cheats and needs the female lead's influence to mature and apply himself to his studies. This dynamic presents the female as a flawless motivator for a flawed man, leaning slightly into the 'Girl Boss' trope, although the story's ultimate focus is on a traditional romantic pairing.

LGBTQ+1/10

The entire plot focuses on the classic, normative heterosexual romance between the main male and female leads. The film's setting in a mainstream high school and its core theme of first love between a boy and a girl establish a traditional male-female pairing as the standard. There is no presence of sexual ideology lecturing or deconstruction of the nuclear family structure.

Anti-Theism1/10

The plot is entirely focused on youthful endeavors, such as romance, academic study, and the pursuit of a dream like astronomy. Morality is implicitly based on transcendent virtues like honesty and effort in school. The movie does not engage with or display any hostility toward religion, nor does it promote a purely subjective moral framework.