Will vent out my frustrations on the drama on a response on this comment. Please note what I'll be commenting…
Okay, so I'll be voicing things out here.
- I seriously dislike how so many people have looked down on Xu Tan during his journey throughout the series. His mom, people from the management of the national team, teammates from the regional and national team, and it's sad seeing some bullies him throughout the whole series (Like he's already bullied at the start, why must he still be bullied by near the end of the show? Also frustrating that there are characters from the older episode and that still bullies him after meeting him several years, like where is the character growth? Like please move on and focus on ping pong instead!). There was a punishment that Xu Tan goes through, that he gets bullied just to fire him up and have a change in attitude which was upsetting to see.
- There were so many unanswered questions and plot holes throughout the series. Like the unpaid debt Xu Tan's parent have? Or what was the shady businessman and Jia Yu's main goal in the series?
- Teammates that don't own up to their mistakes, and it would end up with Xu Tan stepping out to admitting something he did not do. Due to this, he gets punished several times because of them. Honestly Xu Tan never deserves to be punished and it was upsetting to watch.
- I felt the storyline was over the placed. As mentioned there were so many filler arcs that did not contribute to the main plot especially Lei Lei (Xu Tan's childhood friend). What was so important or needed to be shown with her situation with her family?
- I'm not so sure if the timeline was all correct or if I'm stupid, but I felt the timeline was just confusing and did not piece well together.
- Romance, I was so upset on this. It was not needed, especially for Xu Tan. What was the point on focusing on Lei Lei and then later she rejects him before she disappears from the series. What's the point of showing her again and her calling Xu Tan near the end of the series, when they made it clear as day that she wasn't interested with Xu Tan and her having a boyfriend? -Another point for romance, why did they abruptly have Xu Tan and Si Heng have a relationship? When later on Si Heng would end up breaking up with Xu Tan. We already have the same situation with Yu Ke Nan and Cai Wei in the early episode, and I think their relationship already shown the point of these ping pong players unable to juggle their relationship and part ways to strive for their own goal. Why need to do the same for Xu Tan? - If I were to choose between Lei Lei and Si Heng, I would still go for Si Heng. Despite me getting annoyed with her, we all know that she loved Xu Tan for who he is. Honestly their break up shouldn't have happened as Xu Tan have only a couple of years before retiring, she could have waited it out while she aimed for her goal. To be honest, she should have been more inspired to strive, while being in a relationship. Also she knew what she was getting into, Xu Tan is a first team national ping pong player and should have been more patient and understanding. Honestly I was so worried the break up affected Xu Tan but luckily it didn't do much.
- Coach Zheng (the villain) should have been punished for his doings, but we only hear he resigned.
- I was upset when Xu Tan came back to the first national team after his university arc. Xu Tan wanted to compete for a big international competition when he came back, but he was not allowed to because he lacked international competition experience. He was already at his peak form and age, what was the point in bringing him back when they wouldn't let him at first? Let me tell you it was frustrating, how could he get an experience when they couldn't send him out and it became more frustrating when they send out Su Shen and Song Min later on with no problems to the WTTC when they did not have any experience beforehand. How come Xu Tan is getting the end of the stick?
- The way Song Min (a junior in the first national team) became cold and angry with Xu Tan. Xu Tan is already captain, and he gave the pointers out to Song Min on how to defeat Su Shen. Now, Xu Tan made it clear before the match, it was his decision to follow or not to follow his advise. He followed it and won the match, despite not knowing it was a fight between Su Shen and Xu Tan to enter the big intl competition. Like why would you get mad, in the end it was you who followed the advise and you still won by skill.
- We weren't able to see a complete match between Yu Ke Nan and Xu Tan in their healthiest form, but them in their injured state.
I think I have more frustrations, and might jot them down here when I remember them.
- I seriously dislike how so many people have looked down on Xu Tan during his journey throughout the series. His mom, people from the management of the national team, teammates from the regional and national team, and it's sad seeing some bullies him throughout the whole series (Like he's already bullied at the start, why must he still be bullied by near the end of the show? Also frustrating that there are characters from the older episode and that still bullies him after meeting him several years, like where is the character growth? Like please move on and focus on ping pong instead!). There was a punishment that Xu Tan goes through, that he gets bullied just to fire him up and have a change in attitude which was upsetting to see.
- There were so many unanswered questions and plot holes throughout the series. Like the unpaid debt Xu Tan's parent have? Or what was the shady businessman and Jia Yu's main goal in the series?
- Teammates that don't own up to their mistakes, and it would end up with Xu Tan stepping out to admitting something he did not do. Due to this, he gets punished several times because of them. Honestly Xu Tan never deserves to be punished and it was upsetting to watch.
- I felt the storyline was over the placed. As mentioned there were so many filler arcs that did not contribute to the main plot especially Lei Lei (Xu Tan's childhood friend). What was so important or needed to be shown with her situation with her family?
- I'm not so sure if the timeline was all correct or if I'm stupid, but I felt the timeline was just confusing and did not piece well together.
- Romance, I was so upset on this. It was not needed, especially for Xu Tan. What was the point on focusing on Lei Lei and then later she rejects him before she disappears from the series. What's the point of showing her again and her calling Xu Tan near the end of the series, when they made it clear as day that she wasn't interested with Xu Tan and her having a boyfriend?
-Another point for romance, why did they abruptly have Xu Tan and Si Heng have a relationship? When later on Si Heng would end up breaking up with Xu Tan. We already have the same situation with Yu Ke Nan and Cai Wei in the early episode, and I think their relationship already shown the point of these ping pong players unable to juggle their relationship and part ways to strive for their own goal. Why need to do the same for Xu Tan?
- If I were to choose between Lei Lei and Si Heng, I would still go for Si Heng. Despite me getting annoyed with her, we all know that she loved Xu Tan for who he is. Honestly their break up shouldn't have happened as Xu Tan have only a couple of years before retiring, she could have waited it out while she aimed for her goal. To be honest, she should have been more inspired to strive, while being in a relationship. Also she knew what she was getting into, Xu Tan is a first team national ping pong player and should have been more patient and understanding. Honestly I was so worried the break up affected Xu Tan but luckily it didn't do much.
- Coach Zheng (the villain) should have been punished for his doings, but we only hear he resigned.
- I was upset when Xu Tan came back to the first national team after his university arc. Xu Tan wanted to compete for a big international competition when he came back, but he was not allowed to because he lacked international competition experience. He was already at his peak form and age, what was the point in bringing him back when they wouldn't let him at first? Let me tell you it was frustrating, how could he get an experience when they couldn't send him out and it became more frustrating when they send out Su Shen and Song Min later on with no problems to the WTTC when they did not have any experience beforehand. How come Xu Tan is getting the end of the stick?
- The way Song Min (a junior in the first national team) became cold and angry with Xu Tan. Xu Tan is already captain, and he gave the pointers out to Song Min on how to defeat Su Shen. Now, Xu Tan made it clear before the match, it was his decision to follow or not to follow his advise. He followed it and won the match, despite not knowing it was a fight between Su Shen and Xu Tan to enter the big intl competition. Like why would you get mad, in the end it was you who followed the advise and you still won by skill.
- We weren't able to see a complete match between Yu Ke Nan and Xu Tan in their healthiest form, but them in their injured state.
I think I have more frustrations, and might jot them down here when I remember them.