irmar

I found her quite rough. Not so much physically, but she has a strong and assertive personality, and she has a lot of depth. If I had to choose between someone who looked like a real boxer and someone who is a good actress, I'd definitely prefer the second. Because it's a drama, not a real-life ring. And as we've seen in the first 4 episodes (I don't know what will come next), the drama is around boxing, but it doesn't have so much boxing, but also a lot of other scenes depicting the relationships among the various characters, and in these you do need a strong actress to deliver. I can understand that you, as a boxer, don't enjoy the drama because you would like more realism in that respect. It's like the youtuber couple Two Violins, who cannot enjoy any film about music because they cring with the fake violin playing. As if every actor could know all the skills in the world, be a proficient violinist, pianist, swimmer, rider, soccer player or whatever else his role needs. They do train for a while, but they can never look exactly like the real thing to a professional or an advanced amateur. They look good enough for the rest of us, though. I don't know if I make my point understood clearly.

Awww...

Yes! The moral dilemmas that are about to surface and the feelings which will complicated the already made choices are interesting, and the two leads are fantastic, so well-chosen for their roles. The male lead oozes charm so much that you feel you want to faint, the girl is super-good too, the "pretty-boy" 2nd ML just enough slimy and fake. The casting agent did a great job!

This one started as wooden, but as the drama progresed he got better and better. By the end of the drama you wouldn't think he's a first-timer. I think he is smart and sensitive and he has potential in acting. Others, in contrast, stay exactly the same for years, never improved, but he improved in the arc of shooting 24 shortish episodes, which is commendable.

A year ahead in university. The actual age gap is 6 years. Which, of course, is nothing!

I think they meant a year ahead in college. Because later on, when the mothers ask, it's clearly said that their age difference is six years.

Sadly not available anymore.

It will shortly come to Viki.

I think, let's wait until it's finished. Twice a week is bad enough but only one? Come on!

What "finally"? She was calling him "Little brother" and "kiddo" (I don't know how it was in the original) and "You young ones don't concern yourselves with adults' business". He was super-pissed about it. And, when things became romantic, she confided in her friend about her misgivings regarding the "huge age gap" of six years. The friend is the only one who said "ok", the others (the co-workers) weren't even asked for their opinion, they were just excited about the office romance and no one made any comments. And I think the parents handled it in a rather normal way. Concerned at first (ridiculous to me, as the gap is so small, but it may be a cultural thing in Asian countries), then convinced.

At ep.15 now. The story hasn't got any better, you can predict exactly what will go on, written "by numbers". But I must say that WinWin's acting has got better and better with each episode, now he is much more comfortable and natural, and I'm happy for him. I thought I should leave this here, for fairness' sake.

One wonders, is it acceptable in China to go meet future business partners in large companies dressed in what looks like beachwear?

The FL too, she wears tops and jackets not one but three sizes larger, and long enough to cover her shorts or rare skirts. So ridiculous.

I have trouble sleeping these days, I wake up in the middle of the night because of the heat, I stay about an hour awake, watch an episode and then fall asleep again. For that purpose it is ideal, because even a sleepy brain can follow, and it's relaxing.

She may not be silly but she sure acts silly all the time. Remember when she said "I am the child" to convince him? I wanted to gag at that point, only there was enough vomiting in the show already. I'm now in episode 6, where she does a whole Charlie-Chaplinesque pantomime in the supermarket, ducking, running, tiptoeing and hiding behind a plushie, to avoid the ML seeing her. Is that supposed to be funny or what?

I'm not posting this as a review because it's not fair to write a review after only 7 episodes.
It's very cliché. ALL the tired old tropes of k-drama and c-drama mashed together.
- Clumsy female lead who makes a fool of herself. She tells lies or pretends to be something and is exposed; she drinks too much and vomits all over the main lead who finds this okay and adorable; she adopts a whiny voice and childish demeanour/behaviour to be cute and obtain what she wants; her wardrobe a sorry mess. CHECK
- Aloof and seemingly cold male lead with childhood trauma. CHECK
- Male and female lead who start off badly but become next-door neighbours by chance and, also by chance, have to work together. CHECK
- Jerk ex-boyfriend who comes again to claim FL. CHECK
- Group of friends with a dream of making a successful online game company but struggle at first. CHECK
And I've only watched five episodes. Seriously thinking of dropping it.
The male lead is promising, for a newcomer to acting: he's not embarrassing, but surely he's inexperienced and it shows, his interpretation won't certainly blow you away. He has a lovely voice, though. I think he will get better and better - but not there yet.
By the way, it's a misunderstanding that playing an aloof and introvert character doesn't require acting. It's actually a trap for rookie actors, and they fall into it head first. Acting is not about big dramatic gestures, laughing and crying etc. Even when playing a "mysterious and cold" character, one has to show the little details that the other characters might not catch but the audience will notice, to convey what is behind the aloofness. Aloof people are good at conceiling their true feelings, so it's actually MORE difficult to act those characters, because it's all about subtlety.
The female lead is okay but nothing to write home about. Like all the other Chinese actresses out there, and not in the league of the outstanding ones.
This show might have been made ten years ago and - apart from the fashion and the technology shown - you wouldn't know it. It's lighthearted, you don't hate it, but it's like a zillion others we've already seen, it brings nothing fresh.

So you think that playing an introvert character who doesn't show his emotions to others doesn't require much acting? On the contrary, it requires an even better actor.

So he ends up being 2nd male lead?

It's extremely cliché, all the tired old tropes are there. If you have any other option, choose the other option.

She said she felt fatigue and nausea, so it's natural that they wanted to get that possibility out of the way.