Mandy Yang
Greater Los Angeles Area
This review may contain spoilers
Wow, just wow!
I absolutely loved this show. It was incredibly wholesome and just utterly amazing. I'll now go through each section and explain my rating, as well as other things (that include spoilers, so be warned!)
1: STORY
As I stated, I loved the story. It was simply phenomenal. The portrayal of humanity was (chef's kiss) perfection. For me, I loved how they had evil characters that were fueled by either money or greed, like Zhao Yang and Qiao Xing. At the same time, they also showed how humans are prone to change- Qiao Xing ultimately realizes how she had messed up and chooses to change herself and the way she acts. It's moving and phenomenal.
From a more literary based perspective, I love how the story comes in a circle. We start off the show with Chuan Qi, including Ji Xiang Kong, Lin Yi Xuan, and Gu Fang losing the world IConquer championships. Qiu Ying has messed up on her opportunities to interview them and has to perform her own thing in order to keep her job. All of them are at a low point (not the lowest) but certainly, they're losing what feels like everything. In the end, Qiu Ying is asked to return to her dream job, Ji Xiang Kong, Lin Yi Xuan, and Gu Fang have a realization of their greatest dreams. It's a circle and in literature and cinema, we love circles. They represent what comes around really does go around.
Besides that, the story was just wholesome in general. Luo Tian was crushing hard on Qiu Ying, but despite his own interests, he chooses not to pursue her and rather just protect her in the shadows because he sees how hard she's fallen for Ji Xiang Kong. Mi Ya (her name's honestly just Mia, the translation just offers it as Mi Ya) is still in love with Ji Xiang Kong but she ultimately puts it down and unlike a lot of other dramas, she doesn't do anything to explicitly harm Qiu Ying. Rather, she's just trying to win him back; she's not destroying Qiu Ying's reputation or ruining her career as Qiao Xing does. She's just trying to get the man she loves back. Ultimately, she puts him down, the same way Luo Tian accepted that he may never be able to get Qiu Ying, and that's what makes it so much more wholesome. Of course, there's still Qiao Xing and Zhao Yang, but Zhao Yang's utterly ruined, which is a motif (what goes around comes around) and Qiao Xing accepts her actions and moves forward in a better direction.
What I also loved is that there isn't really a Second ML. At moments, I thought it might be Pei Xi or Luo Tian, but they're not really second male leads, but rather different. What's adorable is that Pei Xi is just a Ji Xiang Kong stan and he literally will follow that man to the edge of the earth. Luo Tian is more a character that pushes them together and not really a male lead.
Xia Ling is an utter wreck; he was so adorable that it absolutely destroyed me. I loved his character so much and his relationship with his family, but also with Pei Xi. They really were each other's mirrors and they saw each other so clearly. It was so sweet to see their relationship develop.
There's a lot more I loved about this story, but I'll just leave it at that because otherwise this will get TOO long.
2. CAST
Wang Yibo was the reason I watched this TV show, but I'm in love with the rest of the cast now. They were amazing in this show and really brought the characters to life. Of course, some moments are questionable and a bit rough, but I loved them in this. Wang Yibo was amazing, as expected, especially after watching Untamed. I greatly enjoyed the cast in this and I have to say, my favorite character and actress in this is Lu Yiyi, or Lu Xiao Yu. She was amazing!
3. MUSIC
The music is phenomenal. You can find it on Youtube if you search up Gank Your Heart OST and I have to say, Wang Yibo, you really are good at everything. The song is absolutely mesmerizing and it stirred up all kinds of emotions. I loved it!
4. REWATCH VALUE
As someone who doesn't really rewatch dramas, I have to say, I think I'm going to rewatch this at some point. It's too wholesome and perfect (for me) not to. I loved it and I think I'll probably have to put it pretty high ranked on my list of completed dramas.
I absolutely loved this show. It was incredibly wholesome and just utterly amazing. I'll now go through each section and explain my rating, as well as other things (that include spoilers, so be warned!)
1: STORY
As I stated, I loved the story. It was simply phenomenal. The portrayal of humanity was (chef's kiss) perfection. For me, I loved how they had evil characters that were fueled by either money or greed, like Zhao Yang and Qiao Xing. At the same time, they also showed how humans are prone to change- Qiao Xing ultimately realizes how she had messed up and chooses to change herself and the way she acts. It's moving and phenomenal.
From a more literary based perspective, I love how the story comes in a circle. We start off the show with Chuan Qi, including Ji Xiang Kong, Lin Yi Xuan, and Gu Fang losing the world IConquer championships. Qiu Ying has messed up on her opportunities to interview them and has to perform her own thing in order to keep her job. All of them are at a low point (not the lowest) but certainly, they're losing what feels like everything. In the end, Qiu Ying is asked to return to her dream job, Ji Xiang Kong, Lin Yi Xuan, and Gu Fang have a realization of their greatest dreams. It's a circle and in literature and cinema, we love circles. They represent what comes around really does go around.
Besides that, the story was just wholesome in general. Luo Tian was crushing hard on Qiu Ying, but despite his own interests, he chooses not to pursue her and rather just protect her in the shadows because he sees how hard she's fallen for Ji Xiang Kong. Mi Ya (her name's honestly just Mia, the translation just offers it as Mi Ya) is still in love with Ji Xiang Kong but she ultimately puts it down and unlike a lot of other dramas, she doesn't do anything to explicitly harm Qiu Ying. Rather, she's just trying to win him back; she's not destroying Qiu Ying's reputation or ruining her career as Qiao Xing does. She's just trying to get the man she loves back. Ultimately, she puts him down, the same way Luo Tian accepted that he may never be able to get Qiu Ying, and that's what makes it so much more wholesome. Of course, there's still Qiao Xing and Zhao Yang, but Zhao Yang's utterly ruined, which is a motif (what goes around comes around) and Qiao Xing accepts her actions and moves forward in a better direction.
What I also loved is that there isn't really a Second ML. At moments, I thought it might be Pei Xi or Luo Tian, but they're not really second male leads, but rather different. What's adorable is that Pei Xi is just a Ji Xiang Kong stan and he literally will follow that man to the edge of the earth. Luo Tian is more a character that pushes them together and not really a male lead.
Xia Ling is an utter wreck; he was so adorable that it absolutely destroyed me. I loved his character so much and his relationship with his family, but also with Pei Xi. They really were each other's mirrors and they saw each other so clearly. It was so sweet to see their relationship develop.
There's a lot more I loved about this story, but I'll just leave it at that because otherwise this will get TOO long.
2. CAST
Wang Yibo was the reason I watched this TV show, but I'm in love with the rest of the cast now. They were amazing in this show and really brought the characters to life. Of course, some moments are questionable and a bit rough, but I loved them in this. Wang Yibo was amazing, as expected, especially after watching Untamed. I greatly enjoyed the cast in this and I have to say, my favorite character and actress in this is Lu Yiyi, or Lu Xiao Yu. She was amazing!
3. MUSIC
The music is phenomenal. You can find it on Youtube if you search up Gank Your Heart OST and I have to say, Wang Yibo, you really are good at everything. The song is absolutely mesmerizing and it stirred up all kinds of emotions. I loved it!
4. REWATCH VALUE
As someone who doesn't really rewatch dramas, I have to say, I think I'm going to rewatch this at some point. It's too wholesome and perfect (for me) not to. I loved it and I think I'll probably have to put it pretty high ranked on my list of completed dramas.
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