Great lighthearted story with good romance and real friendship. Great comedy moments as well!
The story and premise was refreshing and something you have not seen before. The leads were married in the game and the transition to real life was seamless. Fast pacing and you do not have to wait until the end of the series for them to get together. They have a great chemistry and have beautiful, adorable scenes together. They actually get together early on and it is nice to see it is not messy and they are genuinely just gushing over each other. There were thankfully not a lot of melodrama and it's just a nice lighthearted story. Not really any triangles as the leads are only interested in each other although they do have people that have crushes on them. No BS break-ups either. They even joke about normal dramas and how the leads never get together easy and always break-up LOL. The friendship was also amazing and the interactions between the brothers were hilarious. There were so many good moments. The FL will not let anyone criticize or hurt her friends/BF and she has such good moments defending them. The leads are so trusting of each other and make sure to not do anything that would hurt the other's feelings. In K-dramas you have the FL flirting with another guy even with a relationship, while here the FL is very respectful to her BF and vice-versa. In the end the antagonist tries to send a meaningful goodbye message to FL and the ML reads it with her and the ML is the one to respond back. It is a small gesture but it shows that the FL does not even want to message another dude back lol. Not like it matters but it was refreshing to see.The one thing i did not like was the side character with glasses. He is someone with literally no relation to the FL until he tried to frame her for being a slut for going into a luxury car. He has the nerve to act like the FL belongs to him. She literally showed him no affection and even told him to get lost, but he has the nerve to basically call her a slut again when the FL and ML get in a relationship. He is the one that stalked the FL and mistook her in-game character for someone else and made up a weird fantasy in his head. Complete weirdo and I did not think it was right for him to have as much screen time as he did; nor any sort of redemption. I loved how the FL met with him on episode 20 and shut his ass down after she found out though. She straight up told him he is a weirdo and bad guy and does not want anything to do with him and she said "I dont want to repeatedly waste my time clearing your world view" because he is literally nothing to her and she is just a nice person. She also straight up told him he makes weird assumptions and she does not even want to spend another minute thinking about him because he has a completely distorted, perverted mindset. He based all his misunderstanding by stalking her getting her account username and even when faced with the truth he has the nerve to say "impossible".
I guess some people did not like the kissing scenes but i don't really care about that as much as i care about the actual characters themselves. It was so adorable seeing the FL's inner monologue as she gushes over the ML and the ML acting like a complete gentlemen.
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Firstly, the cast. Thumbs up to the director who had cast Zheng Shuang and Yang Yang for this drama. I knew Zheng Shuang from this drama, and although some people say she may not be the right person for this role as she's too skiny, I think she's the perfect fit. In terms of portraying her character, I think she did a marvelous job. Yang Yang did well in acting Xiao Nai, the high and mighty male lead with a cool personality. It was extremely cute to see Zheng Shuang conversing with Yang Yang, especially when Zheng Shuang acts shy in the drama.
Secondly, the plot. The game part of the show was the only reason why I decided to give this show a go, since I do not know anything about the cast then. I find the game element was well incorporated into the show, as it developed the story well (bring the male and female lead together).
Thirdly, the music. The opening was memorable. It really fit the school-themed drama and the romance between two youths (the leads).
On a final note, I will like to add that it is definitely worth rewatching as I have re-watched twice already.
Even if you have read the chinese manhua or have watched the movie already, you should definitely give this a try!
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Lovely & Simple College Fantasy First Love Romance
Rewatched this again after I couldn't find anything I wanted to watch that's new & decided to write a review. Since this was my gateway cdrama years ago, it holds a special place in my heart but the things I remember being bothered with the first time around were more part of the fun rediscovery of the story this time around. I say this because you could be watching this the first time with similar eyes to mine. ;pThe first time around, I was constantly annoyed with the FL for any number of reasons. She's really uptight but it grows on you. She's also demure to the point of you realizing it must be some kind of cultural statement to create a FL like that. I mean, comparing her in the match to Xiao Nai would indicate that she holds some standard of perfection, right? (I kept wanting to be annoyed that they were both supposed to be gods and goddesses of the school but the teenage girl fantasy stuff was VERY strong with this one, so I let it go. Her friends only harassed about her looks occasionally but the level of attention the ML was on was just unbelievable.) The music w/the slo mo...niiiice. ;) Let's just say I liked her more knowing beforehand that she was going to reveal 75% of her character in via internal dialogue and that she was a crappy kisser. S'okay cuz Yang Yang made it up for her in those parts! :) I didn't fall for the ML until about 25% of the way in because he was also reticent and conveyed most of his emotions in subtle eyebrow movements. Again, it was much more fun on the rewatch to see it so early on; the first time, he appeared more deadpan to me because he doesn't show too much emotion early on. Once he began pursuing the FL outside the game, he had me! He started smiling more and they started smiling more and oh, it was a super sweet sticky icky love fest, lol. Also, the way he pursues her is straight-up fantasy fun and my favorite kind of ML-- one who knows what he wants and decides to go after it with determination and resolve. It's super hot!
T he video game element was weird to me the first time as well but I'm 100% okay with it now! I've gotten into Wuxia & martial arts style cdramas since then, so thought the incorporation of the game world was really fun. It was also SUPER fun seeing the boys in their game roles again. They were one of my favorite parts of this show. (It's also been fun to see so many of the actors in dramas since then, as each has continued to have a successful career!) Each of their personalities were perfect for being friends and business partners together--yes, it pulled away from the romance a bit but only a little bit, okay?! While her relationship with her friends was much stronger in the earlier parts of the drama, his kept going on throughout. I enjoyed her relationship with them as "one of the guys" and their lunch dates outside the office, though .
OST is pretty great, too! :D. Some of these songs so easily get stuck in my head!!!
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TRUST ME YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS DRAMA
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No misunderstanding between the main couple,no stupid jealousy and guess what you'll see match made in Heaven ^^
if you are a gamer or interested in IT you might also want to check this out. if we leave out the romance after alll, we see how a group of young guys start their business in gaming..
I think this kind of drama is the best to pass the time and relax ^^
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Watched it just for Yang Yang
Thus is a perfect reason why I don't like watching dramas (Chinese or Korean) before 2019. They usually have tropes that I'm not the biggest fan off 🥲PROS:
◇Yang Yang
◇Yang Yang
◇Yang Yang
CONS:
◇Acting was awkward at times, especially with hugs & kisses
◇THE CGI LOOKED OLDER THEN 2016 (more like Spy Kids 🙈)
◇So corny at times
◇The plot was okay
I can see how it can be a comfort watch to some, but sadly, it's not for me. I also watched this in 2023 and not when aired. Honestly, I picked it up just for Yang Yang & wanting to watch all his projects.
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A UNIQUE TOUCH TO COLLEGE DRAMA
it belongs to good category in my drama list I watched a gaming/college university lovestory but it's with a unique touch of game characters played as real life also this is the reason why BOTH of them fall for each other in real life fantastic 🥰Talking about actors thay asusual amazing in every thing from laugh to cry to passionate romance.
music was good
CREATE MORE SUCH DRAMAS PEOPLE WILL WATCH MORE.
personly iam big time WACHER OF THE BUSINESS ROMANCE DTAMS but this drama started a new interst in me to watch college life University romance dramas
OK IF YOU MADE IT THIS DOWN GO AND WACH IT
Hindi people-MX PLAYER
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The main cast of "power couple" where the guy live up to the expectations with a dark side and they actually acknowledge the female lead is beautiful, I was very satisfied.
Watching this is like the fresh breather I needed.
rating: 11/10
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