Good for those who like conflict-free romances...
If you want a romance free of silly clichés and conflicts, this is the one for you. In terms of storyline it is similar to Love O2O in that once the main leads get together, the only thing keeping them apart is their jobs.
Yu Tu and Qiao Jing Jing are old high school classmates who reconnect several years after graduation. He is an aeronautics engineer facing crossroads in his career and she is a famous actress. The pair meet up when our FL is forced to to improve her gaming skills when it is determined that she is a mediocre player by Netizens. Faced with the possibility of losing her contract with said gaming company, JingJing employs her former classmate, Yu Tu, to help her become a better player by the next gaming contest proving her skill.
The drama is not bad, but it suffers in terms of pacing. Because there is virtually 20 percent conflict between the pair and not much of a storyline, the bulk of the plot is taken up by gaming showcases in the first half and the Chinese aeronautics program in the second. In between, we have their co-workers fawning over them as they date each other. It's almost like a rehash of Love 020, but with older actors. Once in a while you will see a jilted ex-girlfriend, an ill colleague, or a semi-meddling mother added to the story to spice things up a bit, but those conflicts are wrapped up in one to two episodes, with the bulk of the conflict squarely on our ML's lap as he tries to navigate his own inadequacies on his way to love. Once that is resolved, the only thing left is watching a lot of playful and adorable banter between our main leads and a lot of filler that stops the pacing of the the drama in its tracks.
The acting is good, particularly on Reba's part. She is always a joy to watch, but her character as an unaffected-by-her-career celebrity seems a bit of a stretch. One would expect her to be just a little more spoiled and self-absorbed given her career choice and success, but she is completely sweet and likable as the day she graduated high school. I guess the writers wanted to make her as sweet as can be, but it doesn't make for a more compelling drama. I would have liked to see a celebrity changed by love, but that's just me. The plot is neatly wrapped up and implausible in terms of how the couple is able to juggle going long stints without seeing each other. Both are well-adjusted and incredibly accepting of the months apart from each other that their careers demand of them. It is quite an ideal situation and perhaps this drama was only interested in showing the ideal aspects of a conflict-free romance than a more realistic portrayal of two people working to compromise in order to make their relationship work. The storyline here makes it look much too easy. The last episodes were complete filler and did not add anything to the story except in terms of giving the ML his much anticipated dream.
OST was completely forgettable. Nothing stood out to warrant a search on Spotify.
Yu Tu and Qiao Jing Jing are old high school classmates who reconnect several years after graduation. He is an aeronautics engineer facing crossroads in his career and she is a famous actress. The pair meet up when our FL is forced to to improve her gaming skills when it is determined that she is a mediocre player by Netizens. Faced with the possibility of losing her contract with said gaming company, JingJing employs her former classmate, Yu Tu, to help her become a better player by the next gaming contest proving her skill.
The drama is not bad, but it suffers in terms of pacing. Because there is virtually 20 percent conflict between the pair and not much of a storyline, the bulk of the plot is taken up by gaming showcases in the first half and the Chinese aeronautics program in the second. In between, we have their co-workers fawning over them as they date each other. It's almost like a rehash of Love 020, but with older actors. Once in a while you will see a jilted ex-girlfriend, an ill colleague, or a semi-meddling mother added to the story to spice things up a bit, but those conflicts are wrapped up in one to two episodes, with the bulk of the conflict squarely on our ML's lap as he tries to navigate his own inadequacies on his way to love. Once that is resolved, the only thing left is watching a lot of playful and adorable banter between our main leads and a lot of filler that stops the pacing of the the drama in its tracks.
The acting is good, particularly on Reba's part. She is always a joy to watch, but her character as an unaffected-by-her-career celebrity seems a bit of a stretch. One would expect her to be just a little more spoiled and self-absorbed given her career choice and success, but she is completely sweet and likable as the day she graduated high school. I guess the writers wanted to make her as sweet as can be, but it doesn't make for a more compelling drama. I would have liked to see a celebrity changed by love, but that's just me. The plot is neatly wrapped up and implausible in terms of how the couple is able to juggle going long stints without seeing each other. Both are well-adjusted and incredibly accepting of the months apart from each other that their careers demand of them. It is quite an ideal situation and perhaps this drama was only interested in showing the ideal aspects of a conflict-free romance than a more realistic portrayal of two people working to compromise in order to make their relationship work. The storyline here makes it look much too easy. The last episodes were complete filler and did not add anything to the story except in terms of giving the ML his much anticipated dream.
OST was completely forgettable. Nothing stood out to warrant a search on Spotify.
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