It's no tiger and rose and no Sizhui

This drama came up as a recommendation and I'm guessing it was either because the premise is similar to The Romance of Tiger and Rose (female lead from the real world gets transported to a fantasy world) or because the Zheng Fanxing that played Sizhui in The Untamed is in it, or a combination of both. Well, that was a mistake. Sure Zheng Fanxing is in it and he's being kinda cute and funny but not at all enough to keep my interest. And the story and acting is not even close to The Romance of Tiger and Rose or other similar shows I've seen and loved.

I do have to give props to the motivation behind why she's in this VR world and why she needs to stay there. It's smartly done. But from then on it's the same ol story of quirkiness, missions, mistakes, victories, shenanigans, misunderstandings, love, hate, friends, enemies and frenemies. Now don't get me wrong I love a classic setup like that! I don't mind using a classic recipe if the show is entertaining but this one is not.

The problem is the acting. Everyone is SO. DAMN. STIFF. all the time. It's like watching wooden dolls, and more than that it's like listening to wooden dolls. I actually think the bigger problem is the voice actors than the live actors, all the lines are said in such monotone voices and it doesn't fit at all with a drama that's supposed to be a bit quirky and over the top.

It's not that it's bad it's just bland, which for me makes it almost worse because I mean a disastrously bad show can be kind of entertaining this was just mneh. I did as recommended and stuck with it although episode 1-3 were kind of messy and it's true that it gott better after ep 3 but that doesn't mean that it became good, just less messy. At episode 8 I was still not invested, it was just like going through the motions so I decided it's better to stop than to try forcing it and Stockholm syndrome myself into liking it.

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