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I Don't Want to Be Friends with You

2020 · 1 season

A warm, funny, and tender time-travel story about understanding a parent as a person, blending comedy with heartfelt drama.

Created by
Tian Yu
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Overview
A high school student time travels 20 years earlier to meet her mother in her younger days. Li Jinbu and her mom have always leaned on each other. A magical journey brings Li Jinbu 20 years earlier where she meets her mother Li Qingtong and they become fast friends. Coming from different generations and having different personalities, they run into funny situations. Through their time together, Li Jinbu gets to know her mother's forbearance and bravery.
How it feels
Warm, light, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, coming-of-age, identity, friendship
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Created by
Tian Yu
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Created by
Tian Yu
Written by
Cheng Mengyan, Cheng Xiaomao
Starring
Chen Haoyu, Sabrina Zhuang, Zhou Yanchen, Ma Sichao, Gu Zicheng, Guo Xinyu, Wang Yimiao
Length
1 seasons, 24 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Mango TV
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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