crayrules

I started watching this because I really like the FL and had just finished watching "Love In The Clouds". As the drama progressed though, I didn't like the fact that the FL was falling into the baby-voice, sad-puppy eyes all the time trope. I felt like she was falling into those female leads who always use a baby-voice tone and don't mature as the drama progresses. Like others have said, the drama fell into the classic cliches of role-play/cosplay/gamers, boss and employer, mentor and student, and don't forget, boss and employer living together. I'm not really a fan of when Cdramas pair up boss and subordinate relationships without really touching upon this taboo and unethical relationship. They never really once at least say, "Maybe we shouldn't date because you're my boss". Sure, they knew each other before but he gave her a helping hand to land a position at his own company. I really didn't understand how exactly did these two fall in love? Was it the role-play in VR? To me, the beginnings of their relationship wasn't authentic enough for me. As much as I love the FL as an actress, I really hope she doesn't fall into the same roles where she's almost like a damsel-in-distress all the time. I thought she was amazing in Perfect Match but in here, I almost felt like I was watching her in a highschool drama.

I found myself fast-forwarding in the later episodes past 20 as I felt like it was becoming predictable and my hunches were right. I don't particular dislike the ML either but I thought he was rather so-so and mediocre. Maybe I was expecting someone more cunning and vengeful rather than just a bore. I mean even his VR persona wasn't all that. It was really the other participants in the VR who kept gushing about him that you almost believed the hype too. The drama wasn't terrible but the love story was predictable.

I'm also not a fan of characters who bawl their eyes out over a broken relationship that barely started. Although that's just general in dramas anyways, we don’t need that kind of crying like someone died. I almost cringed. Ah well. It's okay to watch if there's nothing else but definitely not a rewatch.