GSNK is my top 5 all time fav anime so I’m so excited for this! Shen Yue is such a perfect casting choice, with her height and bubbliness i honestly couldn’t imagine anyone else playing Sakura!
The ML however i don’t think physical wise he looks like Nozaki. I’d imagine someone taller (bc he’s supposed to tower not just Sakura but even his male friends) and with thicker physique… someone like Leon Lai. But I’ve never seen this guy act before so I’m keeping my mind open. Hopefully acting wise he manages to bring Nozaki’s character to life.
So excited for the supporting casts tho they look good and flashy!!
In the drama they showed the ML/FL watching The Day Of Becoming You (scene before Xiao Wudi got a haircut) and Moonlight (cinema date scene) and it just dawned on me they specifically chose them not only bc they’re iqiyi drama but bc they’re also stories centered on book/novel author.
I hope they give him side bangs in this drama (tho it seem unlikely based on the filming ceremony photos). SOMEBODY NEED TO RECREATE HIS LOOK FROM THE BLUE WHISPER IT’S HIS BEST HAIRSTYLE PERIODTT!!
Ep46 kinda made me dislike the FL-ML a bit. They could’ve at least waited until the banquet was over to march into the Luo family home and arrest Luo Ben, instead they did it so publicly. On one hand i understand the urgency to find General Cheng, on the other hand this a family where both the FL and ML have/had a personal close relationship with (Luo Yao, Yanji and even Ben himself) so I’d probably applaud them more if they took the higher road of waiting just 2-3 hours more, or better they should’ve just done it the night before the banquet right after they arrived at the capital if the sense of urgency were that high. But of course in cdrama everything gotta be dramatic and with LLTG nothing good ever comes out during a banquet.
It's not a sequel it's just a drama with the same duo and same vibes but the two have nothing in common plot wise.…
Yeah i knew from early on it was a totally different story and not MRIAD’s sequel. Which is why i said i’m scared it will ruin MRIAD (hu yitian and zhang yunlong as a duo) for me since most of the reviews for Checkmate were quite negative ie it didn’t hold the same magic as MRIAD did.
What is the age gap gap between FL and ML? Niaoniao is 15 by the start of the first episode, will there be a time skip later where she’s 20+? (i’m currently on Ep26 and she’s still 15 going 16)
K i’m pretty dumb when it come to gaming stuffs and i’ve only watched up to Ep11. I’m pretty confused with the terminologies, so can someone help me out?
1) What’s the difference between a captain and a guild leader? And can they be the same person? 2) What’s the difference between team Excellent Era/ Blue Rain/ Tiny Herb and the guilds Excellent Dynasty/ Blue Brook/ Herb Garden? Does the guild tasked for recruiting new members when new districts open up and breaking dungeon records, while team is the one that got sent to esports tournaments?
gonna be an unpopular opinion here but i personally am really really enjoying this series! it’s a good amount of sweet (without getting too cringe), cute and angst.
The FL’s personality isn’t really likeable at the start, but I think that was intentional, bc on the surface she wasn’t supposed to be likeable. But personally she grows on me upon later episodes as we are shown more of the less mean side of her as she warms up back to Namcha.
But biggest shout out to the actress playing Namtan (Namcha’s sister) i really like her character and outfits!
I’ve been starring at Kim’s face along the first 2 episodes wondering where have I seen this guy before, until I checked mydramalist and wtf he’s the same person as Wayo from 2moons2???? I didn’t even realise they’re the same person, he used to look so smol. But i love the glow up!
I’m only at ep10 but I so badly want Gun (Kay’s character) to end up with Mind instead of Natee. Gun helped her a lot, and the person Natee feel for was Meen and whatever he sees of Mind rn is just a shadow of her. ik i’m gonna be disappointed later on but I still wanna put some hope she’ll end up with Gun. 😭
I watch pretty much all Nanon’s series even before Bad Buddy, but this really takes the longest to finish bc of how painfully terrible it is. They had a great cast ensemble consisting of almost the whole GMMTV’s maknae line, and waste it on this terrible most random plot, cringey dialogues and anti-climatic revelation scenes. lbr no one is watching it for the story. The only thing that kept me going the first few episodes were HighlightOrange bc they were kinda cute, the chemistry is there! Drake and First had far more interesting storylines and stole the show imo, compared to Nanon who’s supposedly the main lead. Nanon is a good actor (i’m sorry the director and script did you dirty), and Prim was decent for a rookie but as TrafficMelon they don’t have the chemistry i’m sorryyy. And lastly, this series got too much of the ‘almost get caught, hide behind cabinet, the bad guy about to check, suddenly there’s a phone call/noise and the bad guy just decide to leave it, crisis averted’ moments literally EVERY OTHER EPISODE.
Her outfits were fitting to the character she was playing. Why would a coroner from a background of coroners have…
I agree her costumes fit her background. I didn’t mean elegant (sorry English isn’t my first language) as in to dress rich-ly with expensive fabrics or embroideries like Leng Yue or Princess Xiping. It’s more of the colour clashing choices of her outfits, and the cardigan which is just a personal dislike of mine (makes her looks shorter than she already is esp when she stands next to ML). I in fact love the outfit on the poster which is more muted colours. But if the super bright colourful outfit is to symbolise her child-like innocence then ig they’ve reached their goal. Again, this doesn’t affect the her acting or quality of the drama which I think is superb!
The overall quality of this drama might be 8/10 but… - Chemistry between ML & FL: 10/10 - ML & FL level of likeability: 10/10 - The amount of joy and serotonin boost i got from watching this drama: 1000/10!! and as far as i’m concerned that’s all that matters <33
The ML however i don’t think physical wise he looks like Nozaki. I’d imagine someone taller (bc he’s supposed to tower not just Sakura but even his male friends) and with thicker physique… someone like Leon Lai. But I’ve never seen this guy act before so I’m keeping my mind open. Hopefully acting wise he manages to bring Nozaki’s character to life.
So excited for the supporting casts tho they look good and flashy!!
1) What’s the difference between a captain and a guild leader? And can they be the same person?
2) What’s the difference between team Excellent Era/ Blue Rain/ Tiny Herb and the guilds Excellent Dynasty/ Blue Brook/ Herb Garden? Does the guild tasked for recruiting new members when new districts open up and breaking dungeon records, while team is the one that got sent to esports tournaments?
Big thanks in advance if anyone decided to help!
The FL’s personality isn’t really likeable at the start, but I think that was intentional, bc on the surface she wasn’t supposed to be likeable. But personally she grows on me upon later episodes as we are shown more of the less mean side of her as she warms up back to Namcha.
But biggest shout out to the actress playing Namtan (Namcha’s sister) i really like her character and outfits!
- Chemistry between ML & FL: 10/10
- ML & FL level of likeability: 10/10
- The amount of joy and serotonin boost i got from watching this drama: 1000/10!! and as far as i’m concerned that’s all that matters <33