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I'm Joybo 2nd Season

“Couple faces career crises, growing apart; Tong Li finds inspiration at autistic welfare center, unaware of Xiaobai's nearby involvement.”

I'm Joybo 2nd Season

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7,525 rank · 2,267 viewers · 4 favorites
Drama Romance Music
12 episodes · 27 min per ep min · 2:10 Animation · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Couple faces career crises, growing apart; Tong Li finds inspiration at autistic welfare center, unaware of Xiaobai's nearby involvement.

After coming to terms with their past, Jiang Xiaobai and Tong Li are still together as editor and author—and now, as lovers too. But not everything is smooth-sailing for the new couple. Tong Li's most recent work is being panned by readers and critics, and Wen Zheng Magazine's recent decline in sales means that her serialization is in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Jiang Xiaobai, fondly remembering making music with his friends in high school, steps in as the backup bassist for a local band struggling to make their break. Secretly, Tong Li is frustrated both by her writer's block and by Jiang Xiaobai venturing out to chase his old dream. Things come to a head when, following the replacement of the head editor for Editorial Office No. 2, her novel is canceled. As she and Jiang Xiaobai grow estranged and as her family increasingly meddles in their already-strained relationship, Tong Li wanders into a welfare center for autistic people, where she meets a young non-verbal man whose piano playing deeply moves her. She begins to volunteer at the welfare center, not realizing that her and Jiang Xiaobai's worlds are much closer than she thought.

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A Ona Production

2:10 Animation.
  • Format 12 × 27′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 5h 24m all episodes
  • Aired Nov 2018 – Jan 2019
  • Source Ona media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-14555 catalog

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