Jin starts to think of himself as a punchline for white amusement. Every interaction with Wei-Chen results in them getting humiliated in public. Wei-Chen’s outspoken confidence and unawareness constantly conflict with Jin’s desire for unwanted attention. Jin's hopes shatter once he's assigned to guide new Chinese exchange student Wei-Chen (Jimmy Liu) through his school. He also hopes to get his crush, Amelia (Sydney Taylor), to notice him. As he enters the tenth grade, Jin is desperate to assimilate into the school’s homogeneous system, play for the school soccer team, and befriend his obnoxious jock teammates. At his predominantly white high school, he disregards everything he considers embarrassing about himself: His love for manga and anime, his Chinese heritage, and his nerdy/cosplaying best friend Anuj (Mahi Alam) are all banished from his orbit. At home, the marriage between his mom Christine (Yeo Yann Yann), and dad Simon ( Chin Han), hangs by a thread. Developed by “Bob’s Burgers'' writer/producer Kelvin Yu, the series centers on Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a second-gen Chinese American teenager in suburban California who wants to lead an ‘American’ life.
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