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STORY:
The story honestly is fairly simple. There's no crazy twists and turns. Not a ton of plotting and backstabbing, etc. It really just is a very simple and beautiful telling of two people falling in love and growing together.
The super fun twists that I think most people enjoyed were the great transitions between real life and the gaming world. Definitely something refreshingly new that gave you the best of a modern drama with sprinklings of wu xia.
I really appreciated that even though there were other people who had feelings for the main leads, you never really got the feeling that something could come in the way of the two leads. They just had a pure relationship that was based on similar interests and general good chemistry - not because they were forced together by circumstances or one of them was love lost and then they found each other.
They both honestly enjoyed each other's company and felt very natural with one another. It's really not something you get all the time.
Very well paced out and never felt rushed or lagging at any part.
ACTING:
Yang Yang - Xiao Nai - Wow. What a great performance. Yes, his name was already ringing in circles after Dream of Red Mansions, Lost Tomb, etc. But I would definitely say this drama catapulted him into stardom. Xiao Kai had the tropes of a standard male lead - well off, smart, super popular, beautiful, somewhat introverted - but Yang Yang definitely did a fabulous job making Xiao Nai break past the standard topes and bring about those cute swooning moments that girls (who were really the target audience) love to see in dramas. Every interaction was playful but serious. The kiss scenes and other romance scenes were really mostly due to him.
Zheng Shuang - Bei Wei Wei - While she did a decent job in her role - very smart and hardworking, but still shy and cutesy at times - she was definitely overshadowed by Yang Yang in this drama. Most dramas I watch, I almost always feel like the female lead overshadows the male leads (especially when the story is more revolved around the girl), but Yang Yang was definitely the one driving this performance. The romance scenes, Zheng Shuang was like a wooden board at times (which many other people have critiqued). Being new to a relationship is understandable, but even further into their relationship, it was Yang Yang doing 75% of the work. She's been a very popular actress lately, but I honestly don't really think she's all that great. She does cutesy very well, but I don't feel like she's broken past that yet.
Xiao Nai's Friends - Great chemistry between them all. I think they all did a great job with their respective characters. Hou Zi was the flattest character of the three, for me, but wasn't bad by any standard. Yu Ban Shan and Hao Mei did great jobs showing off their characters' personalities and the loyalty they had to Xiao Nai and each other.
Wei Wei's Friends - Only Mao Xiao Tong (Zhao Er Xi) really had enough screen time to be a developed character, so she gets props for portraying Er Xi's happy go lucky character so well. The other two were good in terms of being the friends, but definitely didn't get a chance to show off much of their acting skills.
REWATCH VALUE:
I've already rewatched it a bunch of times, so obviously worth a rewatch. Even though you know the whole story, it's still cute and romantic enough to be a good rebound after a super lengthy period drama or a very serious and dramatic show. It doesn't really get boring for me because even though it's not something you have to pay a ton of attention to to understand, it's not really a brainless show that you just play in the background either.
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Awesome
This is already a very very late review. I just feel that I need to make a review because I really love this series.I guess this review is for the people who are new to Cdrama’s.
This is the only drama that I will never get tired of watching. I’ve watched this several times already and almost memorize each scene but I don’t care, I still rewatch this.
The chemistry of Yangyang and Zheng shuang is so perfect.
The story is so unique, I tried looking for other series who has the same story or kinda similar to this, but I cant find until now. Nowadays the series have so many conflicts, conflict with work, conflict with love, with family, but this series is so light, so refreshing that everytime I’m stress and wanna feel better, I will just watch this series. Other series may have a perfect ML lead, handsome, genius rich and all, but noone love like Xiao Nai.
Yangyang’s portrayal of Xiao Nai is so commendable that I ended up on stalking him in social media for several days.
Also the friends of Xiao Nai added spice to the series.
If you want a stress free, romantic, comedy, online gaming story, you need to see this series.
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If you're a fan of becoming an obedient girlfriend. This drama is for you.
The graphics are really good, I liked the game background, and most of all the three male best friends. Mostly Mr. Beauty. The story line is good.
But..
I've nothing much to say except the unjustified things I felt in both the main leads.
The female lead, at first pictures perfect, beautiful, smart, great computer student with scholarships, but slowly when she met the male lead she becomes obedient, follows his decision, can't even able to handle her situation without his help even though she's a scholarship student in computer science, awakrds in kissing scenes, in a relationship with him because he's so great and popular. There's no jealousy from other females or little cute scenes between them, they have out of realisticly perfect relationship with no flaws at all.
She's only in the drama to show support to the male lead, who controls every decisions or plot of story.
She's potrayed only as a beauty.
The male lead, he's cold, emotionless, superior, very smart, not funny, not a tiny bit of romantic only good at kissing.
He leads more than half of the story. Thinks himself superior in his gf's life , thinks he's the only important in her life more than her friends. Not good at consoling her.Takes most of the decision, very boring personality with no fun, or teasing capibilities.
And from the starting to the end there is no character development.
Both of them are awakrd in their relationship. I can not find the equality between them.
The only thing i liked about him, he trusts her completely. And that's it.
There's are many flaws in both of them. Not only single problem I saw for not to mention.
This only my view, you anyone has opposite thinking as me I respect that too.
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An absolute waste of time !
How is this so popular and highly rated ?If you have any explanations to answer this question, tell me cause this C-Drama is so disappointing.
So, before watching this i was just looking for a good C-Drama to watch and this has been recommended to me a couple times, after reading reviews and comments saying this was really good and things like that i just decided to go for it.
What a bad decision that was ! This thing is just so boring and does not deserve all that hype and that 8.4.
So let's start with the GOOD in this :
ML friends are sometimes funny
The BAD in this :
The rest of it
The FL is boring, she has nothing special, she's embarrassed by everything her boyfriend does, hugs, kisses, compliments etc...
In the end it feels like they are not really couple.
Kisses btw, ML tried his best to make it look good but FL does not even move, watching this feels like he is kissing a dead body, she's doing 0 efforts.
She's bland, not interesting at all.
ML then, acting all the same during the entire Drama
The group of bitches,
So there is a group of bitches that only goal is to ruin the drama, and it adds absolutely nothing to it. It does not make the plot better and it has no interest just being mean for the only purpose of being mean , it feels like a trend in Dramas to add random bitches with no depth whatsoever to make ppl feel like the plot is interesting and things are happening.
Now the FL best friend,
Propably one of the most annoying character i've seen since The Oath of Love FL, again, it's a trend to add characters that are acting all cute and like a 6 years old when you're 20 or more, the thing is that she is yelling all the time basically can't speak without being loud and she has literally 2 IQ.
The SML who is in love with the FL,
This dude is 2 IQ aswell, got rejected but making plans to try again, miserably fail, accusing her of cheating, spreading rumors and things like that.
Can't figure out until one of the last epsiodes that the girl he is talking to in game is not the FL even though everything point in that direction.
The In-Game part,
The VFX and green screens were looking so cheap, the Drama is from 2016 and this didn't age well and it's not going to.
All the other characters are just even more useless.
I wasted my time watching this, don't do the same.
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Anorexia
I really really hope that the situation for women in China is better than this. I also found kind of disturbing that the FL clearly has severe anorexia. ML is hot but he has only one expression, which is weird. I liked the storyline and I tried to enjoy it until the end but... girl.. you were the most badass girl... super clever, incredibly strong in the virtual world. In the end you can’t even win you dinner against some man in the game where you used to be one of the best. C’mon. And you used to choose for yourself. But no, now you are the hero because you got to land the best male out there. So, as a woman, your value is defined by your man? I’m sad for you. And for China.Was this review helpful to you?
Cast:
Yang Yang: I've only seen him in Whirlwind Girl and this series, but am amazed at the emotions he expresses. In comparison, I'd put him on a high pedestal, similar to Kim Soo Hyun, but I'd have to see more works to decide if he has the versatility. Within this drama, 10/10, the way he moves, speaks, and gazes channels Xiao Nai. You don't see Yang Yang. (Yang Yang irl: an expressive lovely man)
Zheng Shuang: I feel that she did quite a good job, but I don't know if she was dubbing herself, or dubbed by someone else, but her dubbing subtracted a little from me believing she was Bei Wei Wei. She pulled off her role well, but I feel there were some things missing. 7-8/10
Er Xi: She was that bouncy friend we all need. Er Xi all the way! I felt like her emotions expression could use a little more. 9/10
MUSIC:
The music was perfect. The opening song was perfect for the gaming theme. It's opening notes really resonate with me. The song that talked about romance (???????was just too enjoyable. I don't know if it was just in ep 29, but there was a song sang by a male singer, which was also very nice. If you can understand them, and have been in love, you'll enjoy them. They adjusted music volume reletively well! I remember in my video production class that I was the only one who ever controlled volume to a T, so it's always good to see that. Volume control either makes or wrecks–if not takes away from dramas, scenes, and movies.
Rewatch:
If I ever lose faith in the world again, this would be a great drama to rewatch. A must-watch for couples(?). (I wouldn't know (T v T)b)
Overall:
A prized jewel. Not so often that we get a romance-game drama.
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Not at all good
This is a terrible and boring and annoying and irritating drama. Maybe they should classify the age range for 20 and under. Firstly it takes an effort to watch c dramas. The female leads all act cute like12 year olds and wear these tiny outfits made for God knows whom. ML - only watch for Yang Yang and Waalace Chung.But this boring drama got some billion views so I thought it would be special .
I guess I'm an alien because I scrolled thro 80% to figure out why it was so popular and reached no consensus"
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Time was Stolen From Me
You remember back in the day when someone said about someone else 'she's special', and that was meant as a compliment? well, this review definitely won't be referring to that kind of special.Throughout watching this drama, I kept wondering, 'how am I so committed to watching so many one-dimensional characters?' I like to give people and shows the benefit of the doubt, so no matter what BS this drama was trying to feed me(i.e, Xiao Nai practically saying that its ok for his colleague to have prejudice against women, he'll grow out of it), I kept watching it because i figured that people can't really be that dumb, and and i didn't want to judge this drama too soon. But lo and behold, this drama was indeed a very special waste of time.
from its start to its bizarre, unrealistic progression, this drama makes no sense to me, and leaves me with more questions then answers.
Why is it that everyone in this drama has a job and is at college age, but they all act like 15-year-olds?
why are there so many un-needed tropes in this show, and why are all these actors actually bad at portraying stereotypes?
Why are there there so many girls in this show that have nothing better to do then be jealous of a one-dimensional character?
Why are so many viewers so enamored by this kind heteronormativity?
If the FL was hired to the ML company because of her skills and merits, why doesn't this drama actually show that?
Why does the FL have such a shitty, useless , childish, best friend, did her brain stop developing at 12?
How is it that with so much toxic energy in this drama, there isn't one even remotely healthy friendship that could make this drama redeemable by at least 1%?
why does this drama need to send messages to viewers like 'submissive women are easy to control, and therefore more desirable'?
How is it that the FL and ML grew so close within such a short span of time after meeting each other, how was that supposed to look natural?
Is it even remotely viable for virtual drama to transfer over to real life, or is that just something that happens on a regular basis for everyday gamers?
Why is it that only the men have roles that make it look like they're working, while the women in this show just have roles where they gossip about each other?
What was the point of this drama even being made?
Can I set this drama on fire?
someone, get me a lighter and some gasoline.........
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What is so appealing about this?
So let me get this straight:A supremely good-looking dude who’s also smart and brilliant at video games happens to spot a girl in an Internet cafe who’s also beautiful, smart, and good at video-games.
Without ever having had a conversation with her before, he goes about wooing her(by marrying her in the video game) and actually succeeds because he’s the most popular dude on campus.
I’m sorry, what? Do people just like this because they like the idea of getting into a relationship with minimal effort?
Both leads were supremely bland and boring individuals. They’re super alike in all aforementioned ways and when they get together, it’s supposed to be this power couple vibe, but it’s just not. There’s no substance to the relationship and he goes about initiating literally all of it. The kiss scenes are entirely one-sided and it just felt like she went along with the whole thing because of his status as the campus 男神。
There were some bright spots here and there, but they were few and far between. Either way, I don’t get the hype. The actors were pretty enough, but I’d kinda like some meat with my fluff
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Meh, Overrated (I love you YY don't hate me)
Short synopsis: Go watch The King's Avatar. Yang Yang's character is essentially the same but with an actual personality and awesome overall story.Long synopsis: I actually binge watched this, loved it and then rewatched it and noticed how awful it was. First off, the supporting cast majorly outshines the main actors. His best friends are just such a hoot and you end up wishing they get more screen time (especially the gay relationship which I think had a better story arch than this entire show). Now for the main actors/plot. Their characters are so flat and boring , both of them. They make the same expressions and every situation ends up with the same response. I love Yang Yang so I am bias to him, and I didn't mind his character as much as hers, but the way his character was written was just dull. He was a badass in the gaming and computer world, but other than those facts and besides the game animation moments his character was relatively calm and didn't do anything too crazy besides immediately claim her as his. That being said that's what makes his character so sexy and why I rewatched the show, I would love a man like him in real life but in a drama show... it kind of leaves you with no drama. The best moments are the moments when he essentially just stands up for her in the gaming and real world and lets everyone know she belongs to him.
Now for her... extremely dull character who literally had the same expressions and besides being cute didn't seem very sexually attracted to the male lead. The kisses were awkward, they literally had her acting like a ten year old virgin child. I'm not expecting anything explicit but a little more.... I guess eagerness or something would have been dramatic, instead it felt more awkward high school than college. They had her as being the top student in her class and a gaming wizard but when his company was in huge trouble all she did was go and get food and blankets..... it was a major disappointment since they constantly build her up to this crazy intellect like him. Now, lets get to the "she's the prettiest girl in school" part. I legit from the first episode felt so uncomfortable seeing her she was so painfully thin. The actress says when she's stressed she gets very thin but this is not okay. I'm fine with skinny and lean figures, especially in Asian dramas, but this is another level. It takes away from the drama because half the time I am literally like "oh my god all I see are bones" when her legs and whatnot are exposed. I really hope young girls don't watch this and think this is some ideal image because it's absolutely not.
So the last point: They literally didn't even date or anything. It was pretty much "oh we got married in the game, are top computer students, and top male and female in the same things" so we are a married couple now. Again, takes the drama away. He literally immediately claims her as his and apart from some minor dramas where he proves again that no one gets to mess with her, they are pretty much together from the get go but are very awkward because they didn't date and you can tell whoever wrote this was like "well I guess lets just make it awkward since they don't really know anything about one another but now act like a married couple despite that".
The plot is actually really good, but the way they wrote the characters and how they acted them is so bad. I do think many people will like this show and it has YY in it so it's worth a watch if you have nothing else. I think reading reviews like this will ruin it though because like the first time I watched it you don't notice right off the bat how bad it is. So sorry haha but I saw all these people hyping this show and I think some realism was needed in this review thread.
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