My Girlfriend Is an Alien Episode 25

Sigh ... plot firmly in the grip of the Noble Idiocy trope

Typical of bad c-dramas (& k-dramas) the plot right now is held captive by the dreaded "noble idiocy" drama trope, as Xiao Qi becomes determined to "protect Fang Leng" from the pain of losing her by ... deleting all his memories of her and disappearing before she either dies or somehow escapes the planet. There have been undercurrents of this trope used all along in this show but now it is what the writers are leaning into full force. This is one of the most hated lazy drama tropes for a reason. If they extend it past one more episode I will probably drop this series. The way the writers keep using one cheap trope after another to contrive restarting the attraction / misunderstanding / breakup / pursuit cycle is just exhausting.

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