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and people STILL saying his acting had no emotions, he can’t physically emote, and is wooden. 🤦‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️

They couldn’t have watched this with both eyes, saying this!! Yang Yang’s acting completely embodied the aura of Yu Tu from the novel. He said he read it 2x, and it showed. He WAS Yu Tu. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🙇‍♀️

and not JUST the guy…BOTH. 😜

Yeah, in terms of modern dramas, most C-Dramas have a standard template of tropes they check off. So, I agree with suggesting ‘You Are My Hero’ because it most aligns with someone who liked YAMG.

To take YAMG, and Gu Man’s novel writing as a Chinese standard would be wrong. There’s a reason why this is so popular. Besides, her other 3 novel drama adaptations, she was part of the screen writing team. Here she was the lone, sole scriptwriter and it shows. It was actually 100% a perfect adaptation of her novel. That’s hard to come by. If she was part of a team, likely the ex’s would have gotten more screen time and made more trouble. !!

Simply put, this is not a usual type of Chinese Modern Romance Drama. You’re lucky if you get 2-3 kiss scenes after 20+ episodes of waiting, and maybe holding hands once or twice. But you’ll definitely get quite a few awkward hugs where the lower half of the actor’s body is miles apart, and the girl will reject the guy constantly because, you know, what g/f would ever be interested in simply kissing her boyfriend, let alone anything further. Then add the usual day after the couple gets together, they break up for *reasons*, usually not logical ones at that…and if you haven’t gone bald for pulling out all your hair in frustration, you’ve joined the ranks like me who probably watch the stuff anyway, because you’re just addicted to more content. lol.

YAMG is a RARE gem, ngl.

That’s not fish lips, and open eye kisses either. They’re all valid, legit, real kisses. 😜

From the bts I know they had at least 3 if not 4 takes on their supposed FIRST kiss and the KTV they had 3 because the first time was TOO LONG and everyone was making fun of YangYang! Desert, which were their REAL. 1st kisses, was multiple takes as well. That’s DEFINITELY more than 60x. hahaha. 😚🤤

No wonder when they saw each other after months from finishing filming the drama, during their 1st promotions, they were so demurely shy, especially YangYang. That’s legit like seeing an ex-g/f because in 3 months of production shooting they kissed more than a lot of real couples do. !!! And no wonder it feels like a true and real relationship because how do you kiss someone that often and that well and not feel anything? Even for an actor, that’s got to be hard. 🤭
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Are the rest of the Top 10 BB cp?

I wonder if anyone has done the math and confirmed how many full kisses, not cheeks, that this couple actually had put into the drama. Then I wonder how many they had that made the cutting room floor. hahahaha.

I saw an IG post where someone mashed together bts, interview, and promo photoshoots of both HyunBin/SonYeJin from CLOY and YangYang/Reba from YAMG. It was amazing how many various shoots they had of both couples that actually almost perfectly match up with the way the couples react to each other.

The GloryCouple really has a lot of fans pushing for them, ngl. You can't avoid seeing any of it around social media right now. hahaha.

LOL. I love all the comments. There are so many that are happy/surprised about the footage they left in the drama, where Yu Tu scares JingJing while watching the iPad. The bts show that it wasn't really an "act" but realistically intentional of YangYang pranking Reba.

I understand why all the commenters are pointing out that specific part of the footage. Because it just really bolsters the idea that these 2 had such great tacit chemistry all the way around. What would normally be considered a "blooper" for others, is included as a show of how "loving" the OTP are with each other. lol.

I edited the above comment with a link to the incident on YouTube. That should work fine. ;)

Weird. It still works for me.

I found a YouTube version of it, and the incident happens around @0:25 of the video clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLOsIwzcJSw

It happens about around @1:20 mark of the video clip. His reaction is priceless:

https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4671322526253074?from=old_pc_videoshow

#13 currently on the Weibo Hot Search:
"Qiao Jingjing was punished for lying" 😂
They're also talking about how Yang Yang had promotional event with Sephora and while they were doing the photo op, one of the cameramen there yelled out, "Yu Tu Ah~!" And he turned and gave them a 3sec stare down and shook his head, "no" with a smirk. lol.

I already said this about the aerospace time because a lot of Reba fans were upset that those episodes focused more solely on Yang Yang's character. I explained that it comes with the novel and all Gu Man's novels have a point and are always focused on character development/maturity and relationship parity.

For those who think that's a big word and don't quite understand my meaning: "Parity = the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay." Most of her stories revolve around these issues. SO.... We already understood QJJ's dilemma and emotional hurt in all the episodes prior to Yu Tu go either to Xi'an or the desert. We didn't need to see wasted drama footage on her acting and doing cf's while miserable. The focus of the aerospace episodes are to show Yu Tu's emotional growth and the process of him coming to terms with who he loves and his career choices. The PARITY is that, in order for QJJ to have JUSTICE and EQUALITY in the relationship, had nothing to do with money, because Yu Tu could always stop and do something else. We see that in the interactions he has with his ex-g/f. The PARITY comes from the amount of love, consideration, and attention he gives the person he loves. Before, we all know, he was arrogant and selfish. He's anything BUT this with QJJ.

Those not paying aren't getting the final episodes. Tencent is definitely racking in the cash for people who are impatient to see the end.

Reba & Yang Yang should get bonuses! =)

The entire scene is from @10:19 ~ 13:20 of Ep. 9.

Yu Tu's process of internalizing his emotions without words is from @11:35 ~ 12:35 of that scene.

I think I could re-watch the entire drama 1,000x and not get bored with it...

Also, for those who say that Yang Yang's acting isn't expressive, BS! Not this time. Sorry.. uhm... no...

When you understand the context of the entire drama, and aren't spending all your time pausing rewinding and starting again to catch any dialogue that comes up, and just WATCH you see so MANY little details. So, many sighs, looks, expressions, hand gestures... HELL even the billboard signs SPEAK to you.

This is a fully esthetic masterpiece of drama production! No detail is left out! It's a drama that's meant to be FELT more than just watched. That doesn't come out or come across unless you have two lead actors who say more by say nothing than they do with their dialogue.

Simply put, Yang Yang couldn't be a block of wood and carry this off. NO ACTOR COULD. The fact that it works PROVES he's anything BUT wooden and expressionless.... Just watch him after QJJ leaves him at the restaurant for 1 minute where his professor was eating. I'VE READ THE NOVEL.... Yang Yang expressed EVERYTHING Yu Tu's character is supposed to just like the novel... actually, truth be told, Yang Yang did it better!! Yang Yang and Reba have owned these characters. It's gonna take me a while to see them as something OTHER than Yu Tu and Qiao Jing Jing they did such a dang good job of it. =)

OMG! The Douban rating has risen to 7.0 with over 8K more reviewers in 24 hours! We're on the rise, folks!!!

Around Ep. 19-20 you understand. When her BFF from high school, Pei Pei tells her Yu Tu has gotten together with Xia Qing in his 2nd year of college, she had just gotten her first offer as an actress. She cried her eyes out over it and deleted all their old QQ chat history and all the photos she had taken of him. The fact that Yu Tu rejected her but accepted a scholar like Xia Qing as a girlfriend had her convinced that she'd never be with him, let alone see him again.

So, when Yu Tu gets into his relationship it's 3 years into the 10 years he hasn't seen Qiao Jing Jing. Qiao Jing Jing doesn't get involved with her ex-b/f until 4 years later, or 7 years after she thinks Yu Tu is in a relationship where he's likely gonna marry the girl. It's not like it was RIGHT after she learns he's with someone else and decides to give up on him.

Qiao Jing Jing is only in her relationship with him 6 months. Although she started the relationship sincerely, she realized, by his actions, that he didn't. So, Jing Jing creates a situation in which they have to breakup. Later, when her ex-b/f approaches her at a party, she tells him how she saw it after he accused her of dumping him over her feelings for Yu Tu she never got over. He suggested that because he felt she never looked at him as lovingly as she did at Yu Tu and they're both still single and not dating each other. Jing Jing confesses, AT THE TIME SHE DATED HIM, she was truly sincere because she had moved on and her reasons for breaking up with him had to do with the fact that they weren't meant for each other, and nothing more.

Does that satisfy your question? ;)

I can now say that this is the best, most absolutely 100% realistic display of a romantic couple simply living their life I have ever watched in an Asian drama. It's not even close with any other drama, including those I've loved and repeat watched over the years.

They are THE Best Asian Drama Couple ever. There's not even a close 2nd.

I'll just add that, knowing that those kisses and hugs, and interactions in the desert scenes were only their 3rd day of filming together just floors me. In fact, all their intimate scenes floor me because it's more than simply a kiss then a guy on top of a girl, and we move on. They even side hug and continue holding onto each other walking around the kitchen, or give pecks on the cheek or forehead goodbye for crying out loud. It's all these little details about how a couple NORMALLY acts when in a relationship and in love that every OTHER drama has missed and this drama gives it to the viewers in spades.

Thank God for the chemistry, willingness and dedication to making this happen by our leading co-stars. I saw the bts that Tencent put out, and seeing the discussions with the writer, director, and crew the leading actors had proves that they were given the right to have a lot of input into how the script was acted out. THAT'S THE KEY HERE. The actors were absolutely invested in doing a good job and giving this script justice and it shows and shines right through every single scene!

TYVM everyone for sharing this wonderful moment together with me. We now have a drama we can cherish, and go to for a re-watch when other scripts fail and let us down. We can feel good knowing that at least once, they got it right!

Episodes 25 & 26 hit so much harder with translated dialogue. I feel it in my ovaries. 🔥💖💞😍