Depressive Screenwriter

Unlike the more stream-of-consciousness plot of "5 Centimeters Per Second," where the female lead often feels like a background element, only appearing in a few scenes in the first act.

She completely disappears in the second and third acts until the movie ends.

"Love Like a Bouquet" depicts the male and female leads in more detail.

Su Yan and Xiaoqiao Yumei's cameo in the "Love Like a Bouquet" movie was a surprise, but their total screen time was less than a minute.

The story focuses on the movie's main characters, Yamane Mai and Hachiya Kin.

The two met at a bar because they both admired the same filmmaker, which became their point of intersection.

First, they liked the same director.

Then, their values were nearly identical.

They were wearing the same style of shoes, just in different sizes.

After realizing these similarities, they excused themselves from the other two people who didn't share their wavelength and went to another coffee shop.

They sat in a secluded spot and formally introduced themselves.

Zhong Qianxue blinked.

It seems like a pretty traditional romance movie!

She didn't expect Su Yan to create this type of film.

But unconsciously, the audience watched with smiles on their faces.

The movie spent a lot of time showing how similar the male and female leads were.

Whenever the female lead, Hachiya Kin, brought up a topic, the male lead, Yamane Mai, could immediately respond, not pretending, but genuinely understanding.

Similarly, Hachiya Kin was very familiar with the topics Yamane Mai raised.

Favorite books.

Favorite authors.

Favorite musicians and bands.

And then,

They mentioned the exhibition they both missed, and both had the ticket, and then they both took out the ticket.

On the tickets for the exhibition they missed, their seats were next to each other!

They missed each other at the exhibition but met again here.

In reality, such a thing might make many people wary, wondering if they've encountered a 'pig butchering scam.'

But in the movie, an atmosphere of fate's favor lingered.

The music started.

The movie didn't deliberately create a romantic or heartwarming atmosphere.

But Zhong Qianxue felt the romance and the heartbeat.

Do people like this really exist in the world?

Never met before, but liking the same things so much, it's like... another me in the world!

And these two people, under the manipulation and matchmaking of fate, meet in the movie tonight.

While watching the movie, Zhong Qianxue thought about her ex-boyfriend.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

"If we had gone to the exhibition that day, maybe we wouldn't have met today," Hachiya Kin said with a smile.

"Indeed, so these are the tickets that allowed us to meet today," Yamane Mai said, pointing to the canceled tickets with a smile.

By this point, most people were engrossed in the movie.

The following lengthy plot was all about presenting the scenes of the two getting to know each other, being ambiguous, and falling in love.

"It is said that if you've eaten three meals together without confessing, you'll just become friends!"

Yamane Mai's voiceover sounded.

So...

"I've decided to confess to him next time we meet," Hachiya Kin told herself in the night.

Zhong Qianxue's expression was filled with longing, but soon she was a little stunned.

So, old fox, have I misjudged you?

Is this movie really a pure love story, tricking me in here to feed me dog food?

If a couple understands each other to this extent, how could the ending still be a tragedy?

It just doesn't make sense!

Is this movie just going to keep showering us with sweetness until the end?

The two proposed meeting each other on the same day and had been creating a confession atmosphere since daytime.

Moreover, they first met because they missed the last train.

So this time, they both decided to confess during the time when the last subway train departs.

The atmosphere is completely different from "5 Centimeters Per Second."

Although Zhong Qianxue was fed a big mouthful of dog food, she felt genuinely sweet inside.

Then, when the time came.

The two picked up their phones together and checked the time.

Pretending to photograph the dessert the waiter had just brought to the table, they were actually photographing each other's faces, preparing to record the next scene.

Hachiya Kin was just about to summon her courage to speak when the male lead, Yamane Mai, spoke first.

"Hachiya..."

Hachiya Kin's expression became subtle, she seemed to sense something.

"Yes."

"Would you like to be my girlfriend?"

Both phones were raised at the same time, the cameras aimed at each other's faces.

"Yes, very much."

Hachiya Kin's smiling face, without a second of hesitation, filled everyone in the theater with sweetness at that moment.

Although it's dog food, it's so satisfying to eat.

Old fox, so you're this good at it?

If you're so good at giving out sweetness, why did you always go for the depressing stuff before?

Your ability to give out sweetness is no less than your ability to bring depression!

But since this movie is called "Love Like a Bouquet," the highlights must still be ahead.

Love is just the beginning.

The male lead is an amateur painter.

And the female lead just graduated from college and is still looking for a job.

But before finding a job, they both work other part-time jobs.

Neither of them has a stable job, but this doesn't affect their relationship.

But as Zhong Qianxue watched, she gradually noticed something was wrong.

Normally, love is emotional, as long as hormones are flowing.

But maintaining a relationship is a completely different thing, it not only requires maintaining hormones and freshness, but also the support of economics and surrounding friends and family.

Although Zhong Qianxue was just guessing, the subsequent plot was as she imagined.

Yamane Mai's painting work became increasingly difficult. He also decided to give up his dream and look for a formal job.

Hachiya Kin still worked part-time jobs, one day at a time.

Most of the reasons for breakups between male and female protagonists in romance dramas are due to economic and family reasons. Although Zhong Qianxue had seen many such plots, she still felt a little uncomfortable seeing this in the movie theater.

Some people watch movies for fun, but watching it yourself is like looking in a mirror.

But "Love Like a Bouquet" didn't vulgarly make the male and female leads argue over economic reasons.

Frankly speaking, neither of them is the kind of person who cares about economic situations.

Otherwise, Hachiya Kin, who comes from a well-off family, wouldn't be with Yamane Mai.

But no matter how much two people are on the same wavelength, there are completely different aspects.

When men are in a relationship, they think more about the future and responsibility.

And the female lead, Hachiya Kin, in the movie, she just wants to maintain the status quo, and the two of them live carefree like this.

One's work focus shifted from games, movies, eating, drinking, and having fun to work.

The other is still doing part-time jobs and enjoying life.

From here on, Zhong Qianxue began to panic.

When pursuits are different, can the two who once had the same wavelength still understand each other?

The first half of the movie was all about showering sweetness, but the plot turned in this way later.

Although she had a psychological expectation of Su Yan's style before entering the movie theater, she still felt a little panicked when this turning plot really came.

From here, the atmosphere of the movie changed.

Yamane Mai worked hard but neglected spending time with Hachiya Kin.

Moreover, because the two understood each other's psychology very well.

So Hachiya Kin knew what Yamane Mai was working hard for, she could understand, and didn't get angry.

At the same time, Yamane Mai also knew the changes in Hachiya Kin's heart.

Because his girlfriend is an optimist, she doesn't care how much money he can make or whether he has a future, as long as they can live, more time together is more meaningful than economics.

Both knew what the other was thinking, but couldn't do what the other expected.

Zhong Qianxue understood some of the things Su Yan said when the movie was released.

The answer not found in "5 Centimeters Per Second" is in "Love Like a Bouquet."

Many "5 Centimeters Per Second" viewers think that the male and female leads in that movie separated because of the relationship between time and space.

But in "Love Like a Bouquet," the male and female leads, even if they live together every day and know what each other is thinking, will still have misunderstandings.

Because the male lead knows that if the two want to continue, he, as a man, must achieve something in work and career.

But the female lead just wants to stay where she is.

"I don't understand, what is he thinking discussing marriage with someone he hasn't had sex with in three months!"

"I don't understand, how long is she going to maintain her student mindset, hasn't she thought about spending a lifetime with me."

The inner monologues of the two with their backs to each other made the viewing atmosphere in the theater gloomy.

Seeing this, more than 90% of the audience could probably guess the subsequent plot development.

But being able to guess doesn't mean you can be immune.

How sweet the sugar was in the previous plot, how depressing it is to see the process of the two's feelings cracking due to differences in pursuit.

For Zhong Qianxue, "5 Centimeters Per Second" is like a powerful medicine, suddenly at the end, directly disappointing all your expectations, and directly plunging your joyful mood into the ground.

And "Love Like a Bouquet" is like a slow suicide, all the audience guessed the subsequent development in the middle of the story, but they will still have a glimmer of expectation in their hearts.

These two people used to understand each other so much, had the same hobbies, and the same values, like another me in the world.

Can't even the former "another me in the world" understand and agree with what "the current me" is thinking?

If so, what love in this world can firmly go on?

But the more she watched, the more Zhong Qianxue suffocated.

Because the movie is analyzing to you little by little the process of turning two people who once understood each other into mutual blame.

The female lead, Hachiya Kin, wanted to get out of the part-time job life, and even had a quarrel with Yamane Mai at this time.

Yamane Mai, who had already noticed the cracks in their relationship, thought of proposing at this time as a way to prevent the cracks from continuing to widen.

Proposing in the midst of an argument.

But in the end, it was rejected.

Next, there were all kinds of quarrels, and the doubts of surrounding colleagues and interpersonal relationships about whether the two could continue.

Then,

It was the most uncomfortable plot for Zhong Qianxue in this work.

Hachiya Kin and Yamane Mai attended the wedding of their mutual friends together.

The two stood on both sides of the steps as best man and bridesmaid, respectively, talking to their good brothers and best friends.

But in the process of talking, they looked at each other.

The bride and groom walked up the steps.

Yamane Mai said to his friend next to him.

"I'm going to break up with Kin!"

At the same time, Hachiya Kin said to her best friend next to her.

"I'm going to break up with Oto!"

This movie has this symmetrical relationship from beginning to end.

At the beginning of the movie, the two confessed that they were going to be on the same day and at the same time.

Now, the two broke up, and they also tacitly prepared to be on the same day.

The two clearly haven't changed, and are still like each other's "another me in the world."

But still, with the development of the movie, they came to this point.

Zhong Qianxue had a bit of a stomach ache.

Although she had guessed that Su Yan's movie might not have a good ending, guessing doesn't mean she could be immune.