Where can I find myself a Yu Tu?
This drama is everything I didn't know I needed and more. Healthy relationship?... Setting boundaries when needed?... No unnecessary drama...? Realistic story...? Check, check, and check all the way!I loved it so much it's like I'm not even sure how to express how I'm feeling right now.
Now while the producers almost satisfied all my (non-chaotic) drama wishes, I feel like I'm still left wishing for something more at the end. Maybe this is what reality is supposed to feel like and life doesn't have a perfect bow-tied ending. Or maybe I just can't come to terms with the fact that it's over? Anyway, here I am in tears both in love and devastated.
I highly recommend this drama to anyone who needs a break from all those grandiose stories that might sound fresh at first but end up being a mess with too many twists.
This has deep messages, great acting, and a simple but meaningful story.
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One of my favorite couples - romance is heartwarming
8.5/10 is my rating. This is a 2021 Chinese Romantic comedy set against an e-sport backdrop. There are 32, 35 minute episodes (actual episode time ranges from from 30-45 minutes).First I will provide a synopsis then a review.
Synopsis:
Qiao Jingjing (Dilraba Dilmurat) is a model, singer and actress who is isolated from regular social contact because of her fame. As such, she is only able to keep up with what is going on with former classmates through her close friends. One former classmate in particular, the guy who got away, Yu Tu (Yang Yang), turned her down in high school but she has never forgotten him. Years have passed but he is still handsome and brilliant and broke up with a long term girlfriend Yu Tu finds out through her circle of friends. She discovers by accident that he is a very skilled player in the mobile game Honor of Kings, which is a game she is advertising for. When fans found out she had been playing the game she needs to become a master or risk loosing the sponsorship to someone else. Looking for an excuse to see her former flame, Jingjing tricks Yu Tu into a face to face meeting for the purpose of enlisting his help as a tutor on Honor of Kings.
Review: (contains spoilers)
The romance portion is one of the best I have watched. I absolutely love the couple they represents everything that comprises a good relationship. They support each other and try to understand the other person's perspective. Although both have jobs that keep them away for long periods of time they ensure they are able to be part of each other's daily lives. She is no push over. When he rejects her she doesn't beg she walks away. When he decides he wants to be in a relationship with her she doesn't immediately accept his feelings. There are scenes when they are together where it is like they are the only ones in the room. When she was out with their classmates and he found out where she was he zeroed in on her. She was the most important person to him in that room and that shifted their relationship and made it so she believed he was sincere in his feelings after having rejected her earlier. The chemistry was there between them and they represented relationship goals.
Jinjing was someone who was fun to be around and amazing beyond her fame. It made it easy to understand how he could have fallen in love with her. She was mischievous, which was enjoyable to watch and was part of her overall confidence and unwillingness to accept being treated poorly. Both of the main characters underwent a lot of character development to become the best version of themselves for each other. She became less focused on material things and he became more fun loving.
I loved the sets and scenery. I felt like I saw parts of modern China that I had not seen to date. There were some beautiful places with lights, flowers, sculptures, architecture that showed the modern aspect(s) of portions of China. As they traveled, you got to see the diverse geography from desert to more tropical landscapes and from country to city. I felt like I got a mini tour of China it was nice.
There was slice of life of her career as a Chinese idol and that aspect was interesting and there was also slice of life of his career as a aerospace engineer. I found the aerospace engineering aspect less interesting because there were these long stretches where it was just him solving various aspects of space engineering puzzles. I remember when I was younger a popular saying was "I am not a rocket scientist" which was a self effacing way of saying you weren't an expert on something. It could also mean something was simply to do "it's not rocket science." In this case he was a rocket scientist and they went pretty far into the details of what he did to provide that slice of life. For me, I found it boring and actually fast forwarded through some episodes because it didn't show her much at all and was just focused on his issues surrounding his work. They could have cut out maybe 4-6 episodes that had heavy focus on rocket science. They didn't show Jinjing's work as much and her lifestyle was, to me, the more interesting of the two.
Overall I enjoyed this a lot and this is one of my top couples now. What detracted for me was just the unnecessary depth on rocket science. I recommend this highly, may watch parts of it again but would fast forward as I did through the "dry" episodes where not much is happening between them.
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Amazing Leads and Story
I knew it was going to be good going into it I was amazed by how much I loved it. I wasn't sure because of the gaming element of the synopsis but when watching I quickly got over it. The story really fleshes out and develops the leads as individual characters and as a mature relationship between them. I loved the cast so much and hope to watch more of their other works. They have amazing chemistry together and really made me care for their characters. This show was a gem for those who enjoy real romance over pointless drama.Was this review helpful to you?
Not as exciting as I thought it would be, but still great.
Perhaps it's because of the high expectations I had before starting this, but this was not the masterpiece I expected it to be because of the reviews. It is definitely a perfectly romantic and heart-fluttering drama but not for those who prefer something more fast-paced.It started out with the story of him helping her out for a game tournament during his break, which is a unique and sort of engaging storyline but after that not much was going on besides their romantic life, which i found cute but overdone as it went on for the full last quarter of the drama. The first half did have my attention, but i had to skip a lot of boring scenes (including most of the male lead's work), which made me wonder if i should keep watching. Overall not a bad drama, just wish it didnt entirely revolve around their romance.
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doubted this at first but then..
I finished watching love 020 but then saw this drama which absolutely broke my heart because I really liked yang yang and Zheng Shuang. I really much doubted that this drama wouldn't be as good as Love 020. BUT THEN->>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I ran out of drama options to watch :((( so I started watching you are my glory but little did I know THIS SHOW IS SO GOOD AND CUTEEEE. you should have no regrets while watching this dramaaaaaaa, there are no misunderstandings when the ML and FL got together! just a super duper cute and romantic relationship !Was this review helpful to you?
No stretchy plot, no extreme jealousy, and void of ex-relationships ruckus....????
Started this drama on 22nd Feb 2022 and was so hooked to it that competed on 24th Feb 2022....??Most importantly, this drama portrayed a relationship between two vastly different professionals so perfectly., that it's obvious for the viewers to binge watch it....?
A drama with strong cast, power packed performance, promising story, some steamy scenes(but not much), and much more.....
Apart from that , struggle behind every successful launch for any space project is wonderfully shown.?
YangReba fans should definitely watch this drama without any hesitations.
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A SWEET BREATH OF FRESH AIR!!!!
This drama has the right balance of sweetness, laughter and romance. It was absolutely perfect.. Great cast, the lead couple couldn't be any cuter together!!!!!! They're stunning together. Dilraba is truly an amazing actress, First saw her in Love Designer and lover her!! she is the perfect romantic lead, what a perfect pairing with Jang Jang!!! I first saw him in The King's Avatar loved him ever since. This is added to my top favorite Chinese Romance drama. Great acting, the chemistry between the leads was on point. I was scared for a second, that there would be a love triangle... Thankfully no unnecessary relationship drama, just a smooth, beautiful flow. This is definitely high on the re-watch scale... I will be re- watching for sure. Whenever I love a drama soon after my first watch, I immediately watch and re=watch and this definitely. fit the category.Was this review helpful to you?
Although this review seem new oh well I even pay to watch advance ep with vip user n watch this drama many times as I can't move on till now.
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Beautiful chemistry-filled, healthy, adult relationship
I struggled with rating this show, based on how well-acquainted I became with my FF button on my remote. I'll get this out of the way first thing: 32 episodes was too long. There was WAY too much time spent on gaming and space exploration. Normally, my rating would be a lot lower, since I, in actuality, probably only watched 50% of the show. But that 50% was golden!Actors: Yang Yang as Yu Tu. There is no doubt about it, the man is gorgeous. And put a pair of glasses on him? He's at another level. He has very expressive eyes and his acting felt natural in this. I think he's grown a lot as an actor since Love O2O, plus his more mature looks are a plus. Dilraba Dilmurat at Jing Jing. She is absolutely stunning. I thought she was excellent here. I loved watching her face every time she saw YuTu - the love she had for him shone through, even back in their high school days.
Characters: I loved both of the main characters and their relationship. The progression from friendship to love was VERY slow, but made sense, and once they were together there were no stupid misunderstandings or breakups. There were two time skips, but they were together the whole time. I could see why they fell in love, and their love was believable and palpable. This was a perfect example of a healthy relationship, with lots of cute interactions and jokes between them, as well as them trying to make their relationship work when one person is extremely famous, and both people in the relationship are extremely busy. Yu Tu makes a comment that in the past year Jing Jing had been in Shanghai for only a little over a month, but they were both understanding of the other's career and the time demands that were involved. They continued to carve out time for one another as best they could. I loved Yu Tu's intelligence and love for his career, which caused him problems in the first few episodes, trying to decide between doing what you love, and what your family expects. Jing Jing could have been a spoiled brat of a character, but she wasn't, thankfully. She was a dedicated actress, but she was nice to everyone around her. She didn't act like she was entitled. I loved her fascination with Yu Tu's work - her wanting to go to his workplace to see what he does and to eat in the canteen. She had such joie de vivre - she didn't try to temper her excitement of things and that was really cute. She seemed to run everywhere, running from room to room in the house, running to him when she sees him, running to explore something new.
I also really enjoyed the characters of her manager and her assistant. They took such good care of Jing Jing, and them watching Yu Tu and Jing Jing being loving was so cute.
Chemistry: Oh, my goodness. This show was full of chemistry between the leads, from the looks they exchanged, when they saw each other after being apart, and their kisses were on fire! This couple was a lot of fun to watch. I rewound and re-watched multiple scenes, just to see their micro-expressions and their interactions. I smiled A LOT, while watching this, they were just wonderful together.
I also loved what this show DIDN'T have:
-as mentioned before, no stupid misunderstandings. No multiple break-ups. No long separations.
-No evil exes trying to get back together with them or working to separate the main couple. To be honest, an ex showed up for each of them, but they could have been left out completely, they served no purpose to further the story.
-No multiple couples to keep track of. This show focused on the main couple and gave them the time that they deserved for their story.
-No rushed ending. Nothing frustrates me more than watching something that takes forever to get the couple together and then rushes getting them together in the last 15 minutes. Here, we got to see dating, wedding, and married life.
Speaking of endings: I was extremely touched by the way this show ended. It was Yu Tu's time to shine and Jing Jing supported him all the way. The national pride that was displayed by everyone in what they accomplished brought tears to my eyes.
Music: I thought the music was good and the one song that talked about not feeling good enough for the other person went really well with Yu Tu's feelings. What did he really have to offer to this relationship?
Re-watch value: I will TOTALLY be re-watching this, just the way I did this time, fast forwarding through all the boring stuff to enjoy their relationship.
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Romcoms should be like this
Romcoms should be sweet just like this. Impressed by Yang yang once again, he is good-looking but how is every of his role so exceptionally attractive really amazes me.The topics of true love, adulthood, marriage, acceptance that everyone has their flaws were well portrayed. I must admit the first half was a bit slow, but it gets better.
If you're looking for a drama with no angst conflics or mistrust or exasperating anatagonist plotline, I would recommend this together with Hidden love and Who rules the world.
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This might be not so call as "a review"
Just wanna share a lil about this drama for me.
I was once dramas lover (kdrama). But stop watching any kind of drama since 3 years ago. But this wonderful drama awake my drama sense's side. The story plot is interesting, the characters are amazing, YY and DD really suit this drama perfectly. And I can't believe that I attached to this drama like no way out. I watched this over and over again. Planning to watch it again next week for the nth times. Big thanks to the writter of the novel, Gu Man, you are really amazing. And also to all the crews for making this as a great drama as well, thank you so much.
If you guys haven't watch this drama, go watch it, you won't regret it. Big recommended.
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It's simple, I liked it.
I am usually a skipper when i watch dramas. I'll skip any scene that I find boring. In this drama the only thing i skipped would be the aerospace work discussions and stuff like that. It was a simple developing story with no overbearing CEO vibes. Just a sweet understanding couple, working in different fields working together to maintain a healthy relationship. The main couple is an example of an extremely healthy and loving relationship. TBH i read what some people in the reviews said about inexplicable kisses. But to me it felt like that was to depict their longing for each other. As an actor and a scientist, their jobs require time and they do not have the same amount of time to spend on each other, while they both understand it, they long for each other. I think those might be a way to make Yu Tu and Qiao Jing Jing feel secure in their relationship. It gets hard for people in a relationship that are unable to meet, maybe the kisses are what made them feel whether the passion they once had for their relationship still exists. Like I said gives them a sense of security.Was this review helpful to you?
