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Please don’t spread misinformation, both Gu Yiye and Gao Liang are officially equal male leads. This is a double male lead drama, not a ml-fl one

Both Gao Liang and Gu Yiye are equal male leads. This is a double male lead drama, not a ml-fl one . According to the official announcement. And Ace Troops is not an idol romance drama so it doesn’t matter who the female character ends up with.

Bad editing and all the cuts that lead to plot holes is the biggest problems of this drama tbh

Oh, I’ve seen this movie! It’s amazing , the only Mulan I will acknowledge 😆

To be fair a great deal of “drama” in Ace Troops does come from the military setting, facing war and everything it entails. I would say that the rivalry between Gu Yiye and Gao Liang is what keeps the plot moving (the first episodes literally starts with a physical confrontation between the two). Their rivalry and constant fighting during training when there were still recruits naturally spread to their love affairs imo. All the love triangle drama really stems from Gao Liang being jealous of GuYiye and wanting to have everything he has. Or strip him of the things GL doesn’t or can’t have. Like the moment Gu Yiye broke up with JNZ, Gao Liang stopped actively pursuing her. So whatever the synopsis says they were never “friends that fail for the same girl”. They were enemies from the start, their relationship actually starts to resemble friendship only when after GL gets recognition as a soldier and GYY breaks up with JNZ. Personally I dislike watching romance but I didn’t mind it to much in the drama cause there’s plenty of military content and Gu Yiye’s love story is somewhat unconventional (if that’s why some people here hate it lol),he is a very interesting character. Gu Yiye struggles with ptsd and survivor’s guilt and I would say even depression. He tired signaling to the people around him about it in his own way “I am losing myself” , “If I’m so tired all the time l, I don’t want to be Gu Yiye “ etc. And back then no one really understood how to treat this condition, everyone is just telling him to suck it up and move on. And some even said “so k*ll yourself”, “”you shouldn’t have come back from the frontline”. So he just suffers and tries to deal with it alone. But that’s just first 25 episodes, we’ll what happens to him on the rest 15 episodes. Gu Yiye is my favorite character , I just wish he had more screentime

I would say that the drama is constantly shifting its focus from love affairs in a military set to military training and exercises. So if you aren’t into either of those things, you can just fast forward the parts you are not interested in.
The highlight of the drama to me is the portrayal of war and loss. The emotional climax falls on episodes 18-21 and believe me it is worth watching. Everyone who saw it cried their eyes out. All the important plot details have been spoilt to me already but I am still very much enjoying the drama for a few reasons 1) the acting , especially from Xiao Zhan and veteran actors 2) the portrayal of the aftermath of war in ep. 18-23 3) hot men in uniform lol

To me it’s not the deleted scenes that makes me ship them. Gu Yiye really liked A Xiu the first time he saw her. He was also already falling in love with her when he was reading those letters with Gao Liang. Out of all women in Gu Yiye’s life A Xiu also seems like the best match for him. She has similar values and understands what his job requires. That’s why I am not ally all opposed to the idea of them together and would enjoy seeing them together. The strongest marriages are are based on friendship or as you called it “companionship”. So I don’t think GYY is really a martyr for marrying A Xiu. It’s is quite common for people to fall for each other after years of being each other “companions”. I find it very romantic.
Not to mention he hasn’t been with JNZ for years, so he really isn’t sacrificing anything either here. Even though he was ready to do so.
But yeah, that’s just mi opinion, agree to disagree 😅

Looks like they are just trying to salvage his character. It’s difficult to believe now though because they only show it post-factum , we didn’t actually see him grow and change. It’s more like an unexplained leap

I think the point is that she didn’t accept his sacrifice and they are getting married now after so many years because they actually love each other and are make each other happy.
We will probably see in the upcoming episodes. If they don’t cut it too.

The thing is no matter how you feel about it, the other person in a relationship has the right to keep certain things to themselves. You don’t own your other half. Letting people share only what they are willing to share is also how you show respect. So I don’t think that Gu Yiye had an obligation to tell JNZ why he was breaking up with her, even though yeah it could have made it easier for her. Or not, who knows. JNZ mentioned it later too and she didn’t push him. Sometimes if a person won’t open up to you, there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s not wrong or right, you can’t judge people this way. Like it or not it’s a personal choice.
Also I didn’t say it was a competition, I explained why I don’t feel bad for her and why I don’t agree that GYY is somehow in the wrong here. Everyone has the right to quit a relationship on their own terms. And GYY did it in person, unlike JNZ.

Huh? Gu Yiye is the main lead (or well, at least technically). There’s no reason for us not to learn about his love life as well. Especially when we are already seeing too much of GL and JNZ’s love life. And why is it messed up if GYY actually loves A Xiu? I do want to see more career GYY but I don’t think just because he ends up with someone you didn’t expect him to we shouldn’t be able to see what’s happening in his personal life. He’s a beloved character so anything about his life is interesting to the audience.

It’s actually less than a minute even 😭 Yes, Xiao Zhan spent the most time on set, at least a month more that the other lead if I remember correctly

No, I am sure they will never release extra footage. It would be the same as admitting they butchered it themselves. Who knows maybe some other actors will post about other plot holes 🥴

Lots of scenes were sadly cut from the drama. They would have explained the deep relationship between Gu Yiye, Zhang Fei and his widow much better. But oh well, I’m still enjoying the drama as it is

Some thoughts on episodes 25&25.
My favorite part of episode 24 was when GL explained A Xiu’s letters to Gu Yiye. I still have no idea where Gao Liang got all that love expertise but that scene was really good. Also Gu Yiye is so cute being clueless about how to conquer A Xiu, she makes him nervous, she makes him feel new things and he’s afraid she’ll reject him to his face. I think this is the start of some big feeling for both of them.
Also when JNZ’s father talked about the difference between the two men he was absolutely right , probably for the first time in this drama lol Gu Yiye is a brooding young man with a tortured soul striving for greatness. Man like him are indeed difficult to be with, he and JNZ were not good for each other.
The one scene I absolutely didn’t buy was where Gao Liang beat up Gu Yiye for breaking up with JNZ. He had no reason to do that and the scenes was really unnecessary and was probably only added for dramatics.The way none of the punches looked real or actually painful also didn’t help. Like who watches a military drama to see soldier barely touch each other’s faces while fighting. I don’t understand why they could at least stage the fight better, they did it for other combat scenes quite well.
And the melodramatic sequence by the river was just too cheesy. Who edited that? They really didn’t have to show all those flashbacks, should have just focused on Gu Yiye’s face, that was enough to know how he feels.

Really looking forward to the next episodes to see more of Gu Yiye as the Night Tigers Commander and his relationship with A Xiu. I hope he gets more than one minute of screentime 😑

Maybe we should petition iqiyi to release the full uncut drama how it was supposed to air 😑 The drama team also knows who is the center of the story, they keep releasing clips with Gu Yiye for promo. The problem is they often turned out to be his ONLY scenes in the episodes! GYY is such an interesting and conflicted character, so well acted by Xiao Zhan, I will forever be bitter for how they robbed viewers of his screen time

Ugh it pisses me off so much! They waste so much screentime showing on useless scenes that don’t move the plot and don’t show anything except for the nepotism that runs in the army. But they won’t bother showing us scenes that actually explain main character’s motivation and we are just left wondering … what’s happening with Gu Yiye? Is he married? What’s his relationship with A Xiu now? Why do we only see him for 1 minute out of 45?! The only reason we are even able to emphasize with Gu Yiye is Xiao Zhan’s brilliant acting. We makes us feel for Gu despite all the cuts of his storyline and butchered editing. They really did everything to stop Gu Yiye from shining but they still failed cause Xiao Zhan is just so good and understands his character well

Other reasons aside… Didn’t she do the same thing to Gu Yiye? Only she didn’t even bother to break up with him personally - she did it in a letter and then hung up on him when he called her trying to understand why. She got a taste of her own medicine , so I just can’t bring myself to feel sorry for her

Yeah I don’t think they can actually become close friends. I am getting this vibe from GYY that he simply tolerates GL for now. But who knows, let’s see

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Looks like a lot of footage of GYY with A Xiu and the baby was cut. So it may be difficult to connect with the idea of them getting together. I hope they haven’t cut everything and will actually show us their interactions and relationship in the upcoming episodes 😑