Go Go Squid! (2019)

What am I gonna say about this drama?!?!?!?

FIRST... I LOVE THIS DRAMA!!!!!!! It was a serious, hilarious, tense, and WONDERFUL drama put into one.

I just want to say that the story line was amazing, and the cast in it made it seem/feel like one big family. I loved the K&K team, i loved watching the relationship between all of them in this drama. It really displayed a well written drama from the first episode to the last. The bond and relationship between all the members just brings out the feelings throughout every episode.

The cast, ESPECIALLY the main leads; Yang Zi and Li Xian!!!! I was in awwwwwwwwww with their acting and performance as a couple. IT WASSSSSS ADORABLE!!!!!!! I especially loved the Solo team and the K&K members. All of these members made the show sooooo much interesting!!!!!

The music... amazing, fit very well in everything in all the episodes and brought a lot of emotion and tears out of me!!!

Rewatch value is 10/10!!!!!!!! I love this drama, TOP FAVORITE !!!!! Please go watch! ;)

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I just adore them

I just adore them and I also adore the story and each and every single character... No negative character like not even a single one.. Positive characters Only..... And acting, emotions everything was so good... And the story line was unique as well... Don't know why but I found Love O2o vibes in it.... Maybe just because the leads are both famous, mature, good looking and intelligent as well...And no misunderstanding are also included..... After love o2o I will always recommend you to watch this...... All though the name is quite weird but after watching the first episode the drama would own your mind ?I just loved and enjoyed it every single moment....

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I really recommend this one to all of you! I enjoyed watching this so much that i couldn’t take a break from Go,Go Squid and watched it way too fast (i literally was awake for more than two days without sleep) XD At first the title didn’t really wake my interests and you could get a little bit annoyed because of her clingy ass: in the beginning (hahaha) but i actually didn’t mind because i always need to watch some Episodes to be able to criticize. That’s why i continued the drama without thinking bad or anything. So i watched the drama and got really addicted to it! I really love when i feel exited, happy, sad (emotions) while watching a drama because it’s so fun!! And that’s exactly how i felt for this one! ❤️

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Yang Zi and Li Xian worked very well in this story, even with the additional characters. You can see the growth progression of Han Shang Yan's character from a surly, single minded coach to a more calmer teacher and adviser to his students with the help of Tong Nian. Her happy spirit is infectious and slowly broke through Han Shang Yan's high brick of a wall. She couldn't punch through so she found a way to get around it.
I do feel for Wu Bai's unrequited love as he is much to young to give it to someone who can't return it. I feel that another character should have been introduced towards the end to give a hint of a possible romance for him as he deserved it.
The animosity between Han Shang Yan and Wang Hao is a little much, but maybe because both character have too much pride to admit their own mistakes. It should have been solved much earlier in the series.
I've watched this series twice already but have to admit that I skipped through some of the filler scenes as I felt they were just there to make this series longer. One of my favorite series to rewatch.

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Do watch

Hey ppl....so I would start with saying that if your are C-drama lover and if uh haven't watched this drama...what are uh waiting for guys...go and watch...The ML and FL have done a great job...plus the support actors are not behind they are as gud as any other... The best thing is everyone have their own story and they have conveyed it beautifully..you won't get bored in any part nor for a minute....Everyone's acting is real....Even you can make out the difference between the time span of past and present....The younger version of the characters and their adult version after time leap is shown so real...Do watch uh won't regret

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This is my favorite C-Drama!

This is such an awesome drama...about love, friendship, family, dreams, and hope! I have enjoyed every moment of this drama, in fact i have watched it twice back to back. Yang Zi is Amazing, she super cute and sweet...Li Xian is so handsome and charming. They both did a great job! I felt their love for each other, although they have misunderstandings they always protect each other. I also love the supporting actors/actresses as well...Demo and 97 are my favorites!!! This drama made me laugh and cry! I truly recommend this and I will definitely rewatch this again!

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Different But Delightful!

First, I would like to mention that I enjoyed this drama very much. As it is a 41 episode drama, I was mentally prepared to not rush watching it. One thing I do know, with 'long' dramas, not every episode will have me at the edge of my seat. Apart from an acceptable story line, the actors/actresses are very important when it comes to holding my interest. And Go Go Squid did not disappoint in both areas.

I liked the content and basis of the story. It was interesting to see how much games and hobbies have evolved from 'hop scotch', 'five stones', hide and seek to high tech e-sports through computer gaming, online singing which provides income etc. With continued efforts to improve cyber security to protect internet abuse and hacking, even games were developed and competitions were started. As the world becomes more and more reliant on internet and people interact through cyber world, China definitely has come a long way and the way of life for the young all over the world has moved to a futuristic spectrum. This drama was able to give me a general understanding of the i-tech world, which I found so fresh and informative.

I liked the characters in the story. The main leads with Tong Nian (Yang Zi) a young and intelligent computer science student and Shangyan (Li Xian) a computer genius, committed in high level e-sports, was an interesting pair. Tong Nian is reflective of how young generation in this century should behave. At 18, she is cheerful, confident, respectful to elders, good in her studies and also independent in her choice of career and direction in life. In Shang Yan, his character clears a lot of mis-conception of people in his field of computer gaming. In their own contained environment, the kids are actually well behaved, disciplined and have a healthy attitude in competing. The only downside is, they could become too introspective in their their thoughts and actions, which was portrayed very well by Shang Yan (Li Xian).

Now to the love story. I liked that Shangyan was attracted to Tong Nian almost immediately in spite of their age difference. He is around 10/11 years older than Tong Nian. As computer gaming geeks do not have much time nor opportunity to interact with the opposite sex, I found his interest in Tong Nian very entertaining. Being an introvert, I liked how he observed her, how he tried to read her thoughts and actions, as if he was trying to understand a character in a computer game. Tong Nian, being the direct opposite of him, "rocked his world", even if he did not know how to show it. When he did, he loved her with care and understanding. Made me swoon.....

This drama has a good mixture of light and fluffy. It also has a good dose of music. They even threw in a song from the band Beyond (HK) in Mandarin version!

However, at the heart of the entire drama, to me, was the deep bond of brotherhood. Shang Yan's start with Solo Team at 18, leaving to invest in K&K (after a mis-understanding a team mate who became Solo team leader) ...... and to their eventual discovery of a path divided which cannot be broken because of brotherhood love, respect and history.

This drama left me with a nice and happy feeling.

Cheers!

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What a disappointment!! :(

This has been on my radar for some time. Started watching Cdramas and Kdramas in 2020 due to lockdowns. The first few Cdramas I watched were great- PYHOMS, Love O2O, Lucky’s First Love... I’ve heard of go go squid, and heard that it’s a great one, everyone’s favourite.. but somehow never watched it until now.

My oh my... what an utter disappointment. The first few episodes had me cringing.. like what woman in her right mind would follow and stalk mindlessly someone whom she doesn’t even know?? And are venue securities that careless to allow her in? How could staff or other team mates let her in to sit with the team?? Don’t they need to prepare and get ready for the comp?

Have a crush is one thing, but this was creepy stalking and the ML’s character was so poorly written. He thinks himself so highly, so arrogant, so petty over something that happened 10 years ago, bad tantrums, pouty face, and treats her like s*%^. Yeesh... why does she even like him and behave like his puppy?

Definitely NOT RECOMMENDED.

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Tried watching as so many were saying how good it was. Dropped a few times after 2-3 episodes (fast forwarding flashbacks etc..) and tried picking up again only to drop it as the storyline seems repetitious and draggy.
Thought the e-sports would be as interesting as in King's Avatar or Love O2O but sadly not much on the e-sports game they're playing except the fact that it has got to do with security and hacking.
Character wise it seems over the top for the female lead to be so obsessed with the male lead after the first time seeing him despite him going around looking like an angry emo boy most of the time. And can never understand the clothes she's wearing. Show is trying too hard to show she's a much younger girl than the male lead.
May be interesting to others but definitely not my cup of tea.

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