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You sound just a weeee bit like a Soompi article. Yes they are both pretty good, but I don't feel that they really have that much comfort and chemistry with each other. Just look at Soo Bin in Robot for a comparison..

I'm not that far ahead of you, but I think he is just angry and maybe indignant about something.

I started watching this yesterday and I I found the first two episodes awesome. It's been such a long time since I felt this way while watching a kdrama. Gosh I really hope they have not messed it up since then..

You would think that if anyone the Chinese government could ban malnourishment from the screen.

For real?
I'm yet to start this, but suddenly I have doubts if I should. Can you please elaborate? Do they just break up in e11 & are broken up as of e19?

From my perspective:

-The standup comedy is awful & there is a lot of it. (Shen Yue herself is not doing that well in these scenes, probably because the dialog is just too awkward. Understanding some of the Chinese does not make it better))
-FL backtracks a lot & some of her decisions or the lack thereof are just really arbitrary.
-ML's condition is not explained well & there is a lot of contradicting stuff about that not making any sense, even if we considered this a fantasy drama.
-I'm only at ep 20 right now, but I feel I've seen quite a bit of repetition already.

Not saying this is bad, but compared to `It's Okay, That's Love`, which is the same exact genre btw, this is rather weak, at most a 7, probably a bit less. (on a scale of 1 to 10, not MDL scale where 6 is trash & 9 is out of this world good)

I'm not too worried about the webtoon being bad, it's bad in a specific way that's relatively easy & plausible to fix.

>A typical grown man should typically be able to carry that much weight.

I think that's not right. A typical grown man today definitely cannot do that. Someone who does physical work and/or works out definitely can though.
The point I'm trying to make is that you will not have an effortless gait with that much extra weight, but typically even rather well built men will have heavy feet so to say. What you see in dramas/reality shows is not realistic & if you are the women being carried I doubt will notice for that 20 seconds :-D

Thank you!

Please spoil it for me, did the FL get a work promotion?

Most men are not able to walk steadily with a 50-60kg woman in their arms.

I have not started watching this yet, but I've heard some things about the plot & based on that the low-ish rating -China haters notwithstanding- is not that surprising. Sometimes the comment section on MDL becomes really circle jerkish, which is not that strange, because most people that drop a show would not waste their time with the comment section thereafter^
As for Viki ratings, everything has a ridiculously high rating there, even more so than on MDL..

Despite what I said I hope to be pleasantly surprised, this one is next on the agenda.

AASOL, LMLMV ? nm asked chatgpt

> I can't see the Chinese supporting the idea that the West is 'better' at anything, much less technology.

That is odd. Catching up to the West in various areas like Rocket Science has been a common narrative in China for the past 15 years & to an extent still is.

> China is the biggest producer of microchips, so the US isn't cutting them off from, in fact the opposite.

They literally cannot produce the latest greatest chips & want to catch up. They mass produce the cheap ancient stuff that is still very important & everyone wants them, but they are dominating the market with their cheaper prices, not the technology.

While I see your point, the first book had been written back in 2008, at the time China was still moving towards being more open the West, they have yet to enter the current dark timeline.

Don't curse it, it's not even close to finish airing. :-)

Thank you for the answer!

I'm yet to start this. Are they anywhere near getting together as of e14?
Is the comedy good? Is there a lot of stalling?

It's possible I won't be able to finish this. After e20 it went from pleasant mediocrity to garbage.

I plan to give this a rating of 7-7.5, unless the quality changes in either direction.

The audience is 80% women & as such they will cater to their perceived preferences. (they may not be able to empathize with a pure virgin 30 yo woman, but dream about getting together with such a guy)

But yeah as the other commenters have said, there are other cdramas where the ML is a former player, harem owner and such. Korean shows are probably worse in this regard at least on average.

Personally I don't very much care about this at all, I only care about the present time romance in dramas.