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Forgot to keep watching
For the first 15 episodes or so I was really enjoying this drama. I really loved the premise and the switching between the video game world and real life. I also really liked the main couple, they are super cure together and their story for the most part didn't feel overdramatised. The pacing of the show is a bit all over the place, they spend AGES on things that really only needed one scene while plots that could have been an entire 5 episode arc, were half an episode? Like the whole car accident and the hacker plot lines were both over wayyyyy too fast. On top of that, the thing that made the show interesting (to me at least) was the use of the video game world and this gets used less and less after the couple get together in real life, so the drama became rather dull to watch by the mid-way point.
I also found that they loved to talk about how independent and intelligent Wei Wei is but in practice, she largely depends on Xiao Nai. I felt she was rather infantilised at times, like when she does chores to get money from her parents for a new phone, while he's off starting a whole damn company. (even though they are only one year apart at the same university). And when she eventually comes to work at the company with him...she's just an intern?? Like?? She's supposed to be one of the best in her department. Even the chef from the cafeteria got more to do than that! It would have been a lot more interesting had she helped them found the company/develop the game they were making.
Finally, I found the secondary couple's guy (Cao Guang) extremely unlikeable to the point where I was yelling at the TV for Er Xi to PLEASE find someone better. I have no desire to watch them fall in love, I'll be honest.
I dunno, I eventually just forgot to continue watching because I didn't particularly care anymore. The show is cute and has a strong cast and premise but kinda lost itself in the middle. Maybe I'll eventually come back and finish it, but at this point I've left it so long that I don't really feel motivated to.
I also found that they loved to talk about how independent and intelligent Wei Wei is but in practice, she largely depends on Xiao Nai. I felt she was rather infantilised at times, like when she does chores to get money from her parents for a new phone, while he's off starting a whole damn company. (even though they are only one year apart at the same university). And when she eventually comes to work at the company with him...she's just an intern?? Like?? She's supposed to be one of the best in her department. Even the chef from the cafeteria got more to do than that! It would have been a lot more interesting had she helped them found the company/develop the game they were making.
Finally, I found the secondary couple's guy (Cao Guang) extremely unlikeable to the point where I was yelling at the TV for Er Xi to PLEASE find someone better. I have no desire to watch them fall in love, I'll be honest.
I dunno, I eventually just forgot to continue watching because I didn't particularly care anymore. The show is cute and has a strong cast and premise but kinda lost itself in the middle. Maybe I'll eventually come back and finish it, but at this point I've left it so long that I don't really feel motivated to.
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