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Are You Safe chinese drama review
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Are You Safe
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by muimui94
Feb 27, 2023
31 of 31 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
Looking into the world of hackers, scammers & beyond, whats not interesting about watching cyber heroes named the “Three Musketeers” who come to the rescue to take down the bad guys in their own game?? What originally sounded like an interesting straightforward premise turned into a complicated cat & mouse game that ended up becoming more of a frustrating watch than a thrilling and exciting ride.

In the first half it was fun & humorous. I loved watching the predicaments that the 2 MLs got themselves into & the dynamics between them. Even loved the little skits at the end spreading awareness & tips on how to keep your personal info safe & secure (that was a nice touch)! But as soon as the show started progressing more to find out the truths behind Huai & Chen Mo’s past, thats where the plot started to get really messy for me. Too many characters started appearing; mostly evil and too many problems kept arising. I don't mind some good thrilling challenges here & there between good and evil to help progress the story but there was just too many one after another, over the same issues between the same people that it felt so repetitive & frustrating. It just seemed unnecessary.

I think Im in the minority but truthfully….the young kid Zhou You was soooo frustratingly annoying to watch primarily in the latter half of this show when Chen Mo; Huai’s best friend from the past reappears in his life. Zhou is just too nosy & frankly too reckless (which I guess you can argue its due to his age and him wanting to constantly learn & get better but it shouldn't be an excuse for it). However his recklessness & arrogance is what gets him into trouble which then causes Huai to be put into tough situations. His arrogance which seems to stem from an insecurity of wanting to be recognized as good; to feel validated has constantly made him make tons of mistakes throughout the show. And I partially blame Huai & Chen Mo for being too trusting and easy on him because clearly he wasn’t learning from his mistakes as he kept doing them over and over again. He’s trying to help but when you look at the bigger picture in the grand scheme of things, majority of the issues the mains go through IS BECAUSE OF HIM….Any logical person would know, especially in his field…DO NOT trust people via online so easily, don't click on suspicious links and DON'T be sharing secretive & confidential work to random strangers on the internet but clearly not Zhou….who casually shares everything online like its everyones business.

Waste of 31 episodes because really did anything get resolved?? You solve one problem (debatably)…but end up with 2 more by the end (one of them still being one of the original problems presented in the beginning of the show) Will not watch the second season because frankly…they could've solved everything in this season instead of reaching for 2 seasons…there was too many twists and turns just for an unsatisfying ending imo.
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