Falling Into Your Smile (2021)

Best and most favorite esports drama of all time

This hit me hard,this rom com esport drama made me create twitter account just to get some glimpse of the couple,thats how good the series is,their chemistry is unimaginable and unbeatable for me. From ep 1 their chemistry is deadly, you will notice that from their first eye interaction, bickering team mates like tom and jerry, those jealousy words and banters like colllecting stamps.So much good words to say despite that this is ongoing it really attracts both chinese and international fans. As a fan I am looking forward for every episodes that they reveal each day. Wishing them to be not just the best chinese drama for 2021 but be one of the best and unforgetable love couple in chinese and the whole world.

Best Drama out right now so far not just for 2021 but for the rest.
I was a bit surprised when I read that Chinese audiences disliked the show when it premiered because honestly this is a fantastic lighthearted show about a falling in love while doing what she loves. I'm so over Dramas that are melodramatic and this was perfect for people like me that just wants some happiness.

Now let me further elaborate the great things this show does.

Couple- They are visually perfect for each other, from physical up to their characters. They are also both talented. I heard that supposed to be Cheng Xiao is not the original main character it was suppose to be Esther Yang luckily she did not accepted it.
I cannot imagine myself if Cheng xiao is not the Tong Yan here.She really deserved the role so refreshing and cute but not OA.

Song/Music-the whole series did composed at least 30 songs where all the players on each team has its own song/version. See how talented they are.

Unique cast-this is my first time to see a cast that all played and unique on their own way, from the couple to their team mates, her bestfriend who is so cool, to their rival in sports, to their coach, even to their parents who is so supported in their own way.

Lessons-Although it was been criticized due to plagiarism i think it is not fair , its understandable that they just adapted it to a novel there will be a time that some looks like the rest. I will totally agree that it causes intrigues/debate on China as it reflects a slap truth to some about toxic fans. Hoping they will tried to watch it so they will understand how close it was to the reality.
I appreciate the lessons that this what the author wants, that although those people we idolize whether in sports/ television they are still just a human, not a saint who cannot commit mistakes.They have a personal life which is different unlike what they portrayed and if we truly loved them we should support them.

Favorites scenes-everytime xu Kai (Lu sicheng) are saying you are collecting stamp again, first eye interaction, first unofficial date where they buy fish, 2nd date when they are secretly go to watch movies, when lu si cheng confessed the reason why she loved/like tong yan to Little fatty, everytime cheng recite those article in law (anyway he was a political science and law graduate on the series), kiss on the bus, when they sleep together, caught by little fatty, when cheng was mad and did not talk to Tong yan due to the beating incident, when cheng said I am afraid that I will have a soft side when tong yan ask him why he was avoiding her, and most especially when li si cheng kiss tong yan as public declaration on the match

I thought after Love 020 thats the end of it, I am biased and vocal that I am an avid fan of chinese drama that I usually bragged it to my friends who usually love like Love 020, go go squid, gank your heart, skate into love, boss and me and so many more and watch korean drama. I am so happy everytime I saw and learn if someone appreciate chinese drama. This is my first time that while waiting for ongoing , i am also reading the novel to understand those episeverytimodes that is not yet out. And every episodes is really worthile to watch and read. I came to a point where I watch it everyday with or without subtitle.

Definitely , this will be placed as my number 1 tv series in chinese from the time I started watching Chinese drama.

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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!!

I started watching this yesterday so if anyone is here to check if they should watch it or not then shut this tab and GO WATCH IT RIGHT NOW!!
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I am a fan of sports dramas and no offence to Love O2O and other e-sports com romance but this is superior and as a fan of women empowerment I love this drama.
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The ML [Male lead], FL [Female Lead] and the other actors did a great job. The acting was really good including the chemistry between the characters.[ Not just romantic chemistry btw the main leads but also the friendship and everything]
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The graphics and animations are so good and from the view of Cinematography, it's really good and even the transitions.
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As a Carat [ K-pop boy group called seventeen's fanbase] I started watching the OST like mah boys did a great job. One of the best Chinese drama OST ever.
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Are you still reading this review😶!?
YOUR WASTING TIME
GO WATCH IT!!!
Thank you for reading if you are🤗.

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Supporting casts were better than Main Leads LOL

A light and fluffy drama about Esports, training in the team, its struggles & ups and downs; and of course falling in love. Lots of sweet moments & kisses between the two leads, but what made the show for me was the rest of the teammates, coach and manager. They each had their specific trademark and unique characters which you will grow to love.

The gaming aspect of it was great to watch. I loved how in the middle of the game, the audience would be sucked into the game and be in the midst of the battle itself. The graphics and animation is superb and out of this world and this is another highlight for me. Two thumbs up!

Now comes some blaring factors that did not sit too well with me. [SPOILER AHEAD]
1) Lu Si Cheng and how he treated the girl he likes. Just like what Jin Yang said- he’s like a kindergarten kid who likes the girl by bullying and pulling her hair. Yes that’s how I felt in the first half of the show when he was so called pursuing her. He called her names, bullied her and was rude. When he confessed, he only gave her two hours to decide because he had to know if he could get a good night’s sleep. What the?!!
2) When Tong Yao was harassed & assaulted by Xu Tai Lun in the corridor- she bit his arm in self defence to set herself free. For that, the captain scolded and punished her by locking her out of the base camp for the rest of the day. And wouldn’t let her have her dinner until she ‘realised’ her mistake. ###!%*>*!?## What the heck??? In my opinion she did the right thing and the captain shld have been protecting her instead of punishing. Stupid.
3) When Tong Yao received the threatening package from the Anti-Fan.. and the upper management of ZGDX wanted her to apologise to the perpetrator instead of finding out the truth and protecting your team members???!!! What lousy team managers and sponsors. Instead the captain had to do it himself which affected his own training and game.
[END SPOILER]

Yeah, these factors just didn’t sit well with me. As for the acting, I’m sorry to say I didn’t think the two leads were that great, especially FL Cheng Xiao. To me she couldn’t act at all. (And who wears a sweater and short shorts to an interview??) Best supporting actor goes to Chubby! :):)

Apparently the show is getting a lot of negative feedback from netizens, particularly from the esports industry. I also noticed in the show, they were drinking a lot of RIO at the beginning, (product placement), but not as much in the later half. Tsk tsk...

The last episode was very intense and I loved it!! The battle song was hilarious, and it was nice the script gave Smiling the victory end. I also loved how Ai Jia climbed to the audience to kiss Jin Yang (lovely 2nd couple). Too bad the last kiss on the stage was cut :( Generally had a feel-good ending.

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The story doesn't have anything special when it comes to its plot. But I'm glad they touched up on some issues regarding famous people and their fans. They also tried to show the life of a professional gamer and how society views them. They also addressed the gender discrimination in gaming where people think that female gamers can't be better than male gamers or on the same level as them. I'm someone who played a couple of games myself and ran across a few male gamers who would stereotype female gamers as incompetent.

In regards to the characters, I liked the relationship between the teammates(including their manager Rui and Coach Ming) of Team ZGDX. I think the story did a great job of developing their relationship as a team. I also liked the friendship between our ML and Hierophant, Jin Yang & Tong Yao.
I've seen Xu Kai in other dramas and liked his acting. I think he did a decent job here as Lu Si Cheng. At first it may seem like LSC's character is just cold and arrogant, but after watching it completely till the end you see the other sides of LSC's character.
As for the FL's character, I'm glad to see the writers did not make her an annoying or frustrating character because she is childish and has a few flaws. This is the type of flawed childish FL that won't piss me off all the time. She's not strong, but she's not completely weak either. As for Cheng Xiao's acting, she is a bit stiff. She couldn't quite bring her character into life. I also don't understand why her username was Smiling either, because she didn't smile all the time, but it didn't matter that much.
But if you're looking for a good performance from the FL, don't expect too much. I'd say the stiffness is about the same as ZS's Bei Wei Wei in Love O2O.

I think what makes up for the FL's acting is the romance. The main couple bicker a lot and LSC teases TY a lot which I found very cute. They have quite a lot of kissing scenes and good romantic moments. The kissing scenes didn't appear sloppy either (stating that for people who judge kiss scenes cause I know some people do that).

I'm glad there's no crazy love triangles in here. It's light, there is a clingy ex-bf but it doesn't matter. I pitied the ex-bf but I also know why he ended up that way. There's a bit of comedy here too and I found myself laughing over some of the lines and scenes (especially Lu Yue's scenes).

For the gaming aspect, you don't need to be a gamer to watch it or understand it. I think you can enjoy it without being knowledgeable about the game. I'm not familiar with the Onmyoji game myself, but I liked watching the action scenes of the games.

I'd say this is similar to Love O2O (if you liked that drama), but I find it better than Love O2O in most ways. I think the gaming portion is done much better here and you don't have to watch the main characters dress up in costumes for the game scenes (like it was in Love O2O). It's also less dramatic than Love O2O.
The dubbing is a bit weird but not too terrible. I've seen worse dubbing in C-dramas.

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Smiling doesn't smile

Youth story, simple and cute.
The characters aren’t very elaborate, there aren’t many background stories.
The personalities were entrusted to the actors.
The characters are good or bad depending on the acting game.
It’s full of novice actors, be forgiving, it’s a debut series.
Smiling doesn't smile. The show is based on the leading girl, each character has something to do with her. The lack of smiles and facials will become painfully striking when the male character finally releases and starts playing with emotions.
The male protagonist carries the show on his back.
From the second half of the story, they try to make up for the chemistry with kisses.
The visuals and graphics are fantastic.
I'm not talking to anyone about watching it. But I can't campaign for it either.

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A MUST WATCH!!!

I'm not really into cdrama but thanks to tiktok I saw FIYS and then my obsession with this series started.. I dunno but there's something with the leads and the story that made me hooked.. Plus Kai made me fall for him and I really love Cheng Xiao.. When you watch the drama even the simplest gestures of the male lead can give you so much butterflies.. The last time I fell in love with a drama was wayback 2010 with Playful Kiss, then FIYS came and it gave me the feeling I haven't felt for a long time the same feeling Playful Kiss gave me... And as a girl I wanna have my own man like Lu Si Cheng, hoping I could get one.. I'm a kdrama fan for so long but this year sadly I wasn't able to encounter a kdrama that can make me so hooked like FIYS.. This is a must watch... I highly recommend this drama..

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完美

One of my favorite dramas i’ve watch, maybe my top 1 as of now (from k-drama, j-drama, c-drama). I have rewatch it multiple times already but still can’t get over with their chemistry. Perfect!!! 恭喜大家！ 還有真的感謝 for giving us this masterpiece. At first i was hesitant to watch because i was not a fan of e-sport and some of the actors are new, so not expecting much from them. But, just by its first episode i was already hooked up with the story and cannot wait for the next episodes. Due to my impatience sometimes, i watch it without english subtitles cause i cannot restrain myself to wait for another week to watch it.

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I'm not afraid & I don't regret-Tong Yao

just finished watching everything and overall, I think this drama is really well done. Not perfect but for someone who didn't really play game like me, I enjoyed watching the e-sport theme(my first e-sport drama) and it didn't give me any bad light at all about e-sport. I appreciated the players' dream more now. The CGI was well done, they took 8 months to finish it.
I LOVE the chemistry of Xu Kai and Cheng Xiao! I definitely want to see them acting together again, maybe a wuxia drama since they both really have good physique imo or another modern drama would be great. I even think they look alike at times, if Tong Yao had black hair in the drama, they will look even more alike imo I think that's why I love the chemistry, their visuals really compliment each other very well, the perfect height difference too. I found their sweet scenes quite natural most of the times and damn all those kisses, one of the most satisfying skinship I had ever watched on screen😆
Overall, very worth watching and congratulations to people who discovered this drama after it finished airing, you guys don't have to wait for new episodes like us, we suffered enough😅
Shout out to whole ZGDX team, YQCB, CK, FNC etc I will miss you guys, my eye candies...blessing to my eyes. It will take some time to move on, I'm at the phase of watching YT videos of TY/LSC moments, withdrawal syndrom at its best.

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MUST WATCH

I actually rarely watch on going dramas since i am very impatient, sometimes i get bored as i wait and ends up with me putting the drama on-hold. But surprisingly, this isn't the case for fiys! i am into cdrama these days so i decided to try fiys plus it's an esports drama! i am a sucker for dramas like this as i like playing games myself. I can’t exactly find any words to describe this drama, it’s funny cute, sweet and inspiring, a mixed of it all!

To be honest, It can't really be considered as the most unique or special drama for a lot of people but one thing that made me think of how special this is, is how inspirational it is! I love how it's breaking gender stereotypes, as someone who plays game myself, getting misogynist comments from people often happens bc they think it does not suit me although i did not really care about it still gets on me, in the earlier eps people doubt Tong Yao just bc of her gender and i loved how she proved them wrong and showed them her worth. I also loved her speech when she talked about women playing games and all, i couldn't remember the whole thing she said but it warmed my heart. I also loved when Lu Si Cheng talked about their fans, "If you really like a player, please come closer to his competition stage, but stay a bit further away from his personal life." How i wish i could tell this to every obsessed weird fans out there.


The female lead (Tong Yao) is competitive and hard working. She has good gaming skills, no. 1 tamamo mae player for a reason. She's a sweet and a really good team player. She cares not just for her teammates but also for her opponents, she doesn’t look down on them and geniunely wishes them the best. She might come off as childish and impulsive sometimes but she knows and reflects on it. It's my first time seeing Cheng Xiao in a drama and i kinda find her acting stiff at first but i got used to it after awhile and even found her adorable. Not that she's bad, just maybe the lack of expression but she's actually doing pretty good for someone who just started acting.

The male lead (Lu Si Cheng) is the type of guy who seems cold and quiet to everyone but has a soft spot for the fl. He's also a really great captain. He geniunely cares for his teammates. Like the fl, he also got good gaming skills, he's an awesome gamer. He might come off as cold but he's honestly not, he's just really too honest and calm lol. I have never seen Xu Kai before and i am glad he's the ml, he did really well in portraying the character. I even became a fan! i watched arsenal military academy while waiting for new eps and now im currently planning to watch more of his past works. Will surely wait for his future works too.

More than anyone in the esports field, i believe that the one who understands and trusts Tong Yao the most is Lu Si Cheng. He sees her as someone who's capable of being a great professional gamer, regardless of her gender and what people think of her. He believes in her but he is also always right beside her when she's upset or unhappy, tong yao’s overcoming her fear and cheng ge’s comfort and support for her, he is so supportive. The way he’s always the first one to push and support tong yao just warms my heart.


This chemistry is really great, they look so good together!I i can't help but scream everytime i see them together. XK and CX really succeeded in making my heart flutter whenever i see the both of them together.

Ofc, let's talk about the supporting characters, Falling Into Your Smile would never be the same without them! Y'all should really look forward to the relationship between the cps, the wholesome bromance and friendships. There were some team conflicts but I liked how they sort things out. Behind all those wins is a team with amazing teammates.


Overall, it's a great drama! I will for sure rewatch it once i had the time. I like how it covered different life aspects like relationships, friendships and teamwork.

If you're hesitant to watch it bc you know nothing about esports then dw, it's okay if you don't know much about gaming, you can watch it and you'll still understand how things works since they also explained some of the things related to the game/esports. Even if they did not explained it, ig you'll still understand how it works the more you watch it.

Please do not take things too seriously, a drama is called a drama for a reason, it's all for entertainment purposes. Some may love fiys and some may not. It has its flaws.

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A drama that's cute and funny. A light but a fun watch!!

This drama is really good. As someone who is too much into esports, I found that aspect of the drama to be quite fun. It is cute and fluffy. The bickering of the leads as well the team members is just so funny and also cute at times.

Lu su cheng is portrayed as a cold but caring character and Tong yao feels somewhat like a realistic character. What I liked the most is both the leads have a lot of bickering scenes and they are just so funny. Lu su Cheng loves pulling Tong yao's leg and the reaction of their other teammates when they bicker, that makes the scene even more funnier.

Also I love the scenes between lu yue (lu su cheng's brother) and Tong yao. They quarrel and compete like siblings.

Moreover ZGDX other members K, fatty, cat, god ming and the manager, they are like cherries on top of the cake. And also the second ml jian yang , he is just so cute. He makes me feel bad at times but then he surely was at fault and he missed his chance.

Also FL's best friend, Jin yang and her boyfriend, Ai ji a, they have a great chemistry. They are just so cute.

It's really been a while since I have enjoyed a cdrama so much. I just love this drama.

P.S: It's already been more than a year since it ended. I tried rewatching this again and I found it a bit cringy but nevertheless funny. Also, I really do love the esports aspect. The acting is a little stiff but honestly if you ask me it's still worth a watch!! And now I would say it's a 8-8.5 rather than a 9 but based on what I felt then I don't wanna change the rating.

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This whole entire drama was problematic. I don't even know where to start. Can't explain my frustration.
Story. Well. . .No comment.
Acting/Cast. It just wasn't par to my expectations. Either that or cutesy stuff really isn't my thing. It wasn't that great of a chemistry and their chemistry just seems stiff. Honestly, I didn't love the characters either.
Music. I liked certain tracks.
Rewatch value. I personally, would not rewatch it, I couldn't even get through most of the show without skipping most of it.
Overall. I do not recommend it, but whatever floats your boat.

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This was an enjoyable watch that got me into E-Sports!

I got into watching this because of Xu Kai, since he's become one of my favourite actors, and I wanted to watch something while waiting for Ancient Love Poetry episodes to be uploaded. So I decided to watch this one. The story did started off slow at first for me, and the romance takes a bit slow to build into the story, but the characters/story is really loveable. I love ZGDX and the members in there are all very loveable to me. The second couple story, is quite enjoyable too.

Once again, Xu Kai acting on his character, Lu Si Cheng does not disappoint, I love how he leads his team and give advises when they are doing playing E-sports against other players, he can be quite intimating at times hahaha XDD But when he smiles, and when he acts sweets, he's very adorable to me. He have a very nice smile IMO. I also love the way he expresses his love for Tong Yao, like he is really good at showing me, that when he starts to love her (which you can evidently see it), he really does these little things to show his love, which is nice, and honestly I don't have any complaints about his love for her.

But for Tong Yao, I don't know, I feel like she lacks something for me, I feel like the way she shows me her 'in love' with Lu Si Cheng, I don't really feel the chemistry, well aside from the story says that they're together and she loves him, I don't get that from the actress, Cheng Xiao, in expressing her love. So that's something I don't quite enjoy. But ignoring that, I don't mind the pair, they are still enjoyable to me, thanks to Xu Kai's great acting, and his ability to show his emotions/love when portraying his character.

The ending finale, of the Esports game, against YQCB in the finals championships, have me at the edge of my seat, in terms of how the game ended, it was done beautifully, no complaints there! But in terms of the main cp ending, it is more of an happy open ending, so that was not very satisfying if I was fan to that pair, but since I am not, then it's okay for me, no hard feelings (lol), since I know that they will be together, if I was a fan to the pair Lu Si Cheng and Tong Yao, then I would have wanted a closure for them since that's a must when it comes to my favourite pairing. But the second couple got their happy ending since they got their wedding, so that was nice.

Rewatch Value: I will be rewatching this again from time to time, since it's an enjoyable watch for me. If you're interested in giving something light-hearted to watch, you can check out this drama!

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