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great world-building. sad that it didn't hold up until the very end.
what a waste of good story. it had a very good start but quickly fell off. i started this because of lu yuxiao and stayed because of her and only her.
the start was very reminiscent of the drama Love O2O. while i didn't like the female lead there, i think it had more interesting plots not just for the main characters but also the side characters. this one struggled with that. the only plot i find interesting here is hu xiu's best friend zhao and her entire arc. the rest, i didn't care much, especially the main couple's story—which is a shame, since they're supposed to be the selling point of the drama.
i also feel like the main couple here suffered through the same syndrome i see in most contemporary dramas where they lose chemistry when they get together. as soon as they become a couple, i got bored. skipped through most of their scenes because i couldn't even stomach most of them being too cheesy. lu yuxiao was phenomenal in her character, but chen xingxu wasn't doing it for me. i keep getting same-face syndrome from him, and i struggle to see his emotions when acting.
surprisingly, i liked pei zhen a lot more. he was a very complicated and gray character that i was intrigued a lot. dare i say i even like him better with hu xiu than the male lead, and that's probably why i didn't enjoy the last 10 episodes. even the climax felt too anticlimactic.
wished they explored or incorporated rongcheng more in the main plotline. that was one of the most gripping points of the drama for me.
the start was very reminiscent of the drama Love O2O. while i didn't like the female lead there, i think it had more interesting plots not just for the main characters but also the side characters. this one struggled with that. the only plot i find interesting here is hu xiu's best friend zhao and her entire arc. the rest, i didn't care much, especially the main couple's story—which is a shame, since they're supposed to be the selling point of the drama.
i also feel like the main couple here suffered through the same syndrome i see in most contemporary dramas where they lose chemistry when they get together. as soon as they become a couple, i got bored. skipped through most of their scenes because i couldn't even stomach most of them being too cheesy. lu yuxiao was phenomenal in her character, but chen xingxu wasn't doing it for me. i keep getting same-face syndrome from him, and i struggle to see his emotions when acting.
surprisingly, i liked pei zhen a lot more. he was a very complicated and gray character that i was intrigued a lot. dare i say i even like him better with hu xiu than the male lead, and that's probably why i didn't enjoy the last 10 episodes. even the climax felt too anticlimactic.
wished they explored or incorporated rongcheng more in the main plotline. that was one of the most gripping points of the drama for me.
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