Falling Into Your Smile (2021)

Like a shiny new game but as time goes on you eventually end up frustrated and bored

First 20-25 episodes were great and engaging, as someone who likes gaming dramas I was curious to see what this one would bring to the table. Bottom line it didn't bring much. The last about 10 episodes, the writing started falling out and there were random plot lines brought in to create drama which I was not a fan and was got completely bored of. The cracks were definitely showing and the story dragged.

Cheng Xiao is not an actress and it definitely shows in this. Her costars outdo her by a mile, her best friend was an outstanding personality (she was my favorite hands down), xu kai was great, even the teammates I had more laughs with and enjoyed a lot.
And I just wanna say that Cheng Xiao is a beautiful girl but that haircut is NOT IT. I get she's supposed to be a normal girl and not as outstanding in looks but damn when her and xu kai stand next to each other, she looks boring and stiff. They couldn't even dress her up a little more for interviews or events?

Story was fine, I like competition of esports and it's obvious what this drama has to say about idol and fan relationships, especially with the new law in china about fans interacting on the internet. But definitely a downgrade in the last few episodes and totally could've been a 24 ep drama.

Anyways I enjoyed most of it but I would def say it's not on my list of top gaming dramas, definitely would pick king's avatar or gank your heart over this.

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Overrated

I could watch this only becoz of Xu kai. I had to take few breaks before i could finish this. Portrayal and popularity of e-sport was again the subject. There was nothing new about this drama, its the same old same old but has many sweet moments. I would have liked this drama little more if the FL had an ability to show different expressions. Her face was totally a poker face or deadpan. There was a scene in drama where ML and FL are on the either side of the door and FL is trying to talk some sense into the ML and ML comments i can totally see your expression from this side of the door and i thought there are no expressions so yes it wouldn't be hard to imagine.
They could have done a better job with FL she came across as a strong character in the beginning with independent girl but then she was doubting herself, her BF, creating trouble everywhere and wash more of a not cute looking FL. I would say if not for Xu Kai this would have been a full flop at least from where i see.

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You will never regret watching FIYS ❤️

Iam not into games..but now i became interested in what is esport and wanted to play omyogi(but this is my 5th esport drama that j actually watch) And my ultimate hobby is to watch. Ive watch like a hundred drama. And this will be in my top3(not 3rd but one of the top3)). This drama is so addicting ❤️.. This is the only drama in my entire 26years life that i hesitate to watch the last episode instead of looking forward to it. Its hard to let go 💔... Every single cast is the perfect fit... Like literally thats the best part in here all the characters are lovable. Still wishing and praying for season 2 or at least a new drama with the same cast 🙏🙏
Super highly recommended.. 101% 😘😘❤️❤️

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Fluff meets gaming

This drama has allot of sweetness, cute animals and some interesting issues. The characters seem to grasp the notion of consent, the only toxic people are some mild side characters, fans and the media it is pretty low conflict with allot of interesting fun moments great one liners. this drama also deals with some interesting issues so why only 8 stars?

I was actually debating 8,5 but decided to give it 8 stars because well it did not really excite me, do not get me wrong I found myself looking forward towards every episode something in the female leads character bothered me she is not annoying or overly stupid or anything like that but there is something about her that kept me from falling for Smiley ;) the male leads actions where at times odd, being in desperate need of a lesson in communication as well as ownership... but he did redeem himself and had this great charm to him that definitely left me wanting more of him. He also seemed to have had allot of bottled up sexuall frustration seeing once he started kissing he never seemed to want to stop,,,,

When it comes to side characters the second couple was adorable! The the male leads brother was annoying in the beginning but grew on me. A side character named Fatty was way to stereotypical and though he was very sweet there was quite a bit of fat shaming in this drama. Yes that is common in may dramas and yes it bothers me. Fat people are people too and more thaan snack eating punchlines. The teammates where allot of fun and did a great job assisting the couple as well as lighten the mood with some great singing. And then wee have thc pets! Sweet, fluffy adorable pets that definitely stole the show and where allot of fun to watch,

So all in all worth a watch but not WOOOW this is the beast thing I have ever seen...

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Falling Into Your Smile my beloved

This drama omg, what a ride. Let me begin by saying I was SO invested in this cdrama. It’s been a while since I’ve watched a gaming drama (my last being Love O2O) and I was not disappointed.

I did have my doubts going into it, eps 1-2 seemed to really enjoy emphasising ‘omg it’s a GiRL GaMeR????’ with so much sexism from both males AND females. Like funnily enough, a girl can also use a mouse and press keys.

I will also add that there is a lot of secondhand embarrassment you have to endure from the FL at times, mainly in the beginning.

But other than that, this show is so fluffy and wholesome. ZGDX (in fact nearly all the teams) have such strong found family vibes, they support each other and the team means everything to them <33

Plus you get to enjoy the group living together (hello roommates/university vibes) and the team’s priceless reactions to Tong Yao and Si Cheng’s budding romance. Truly one of the best parts of the show

Tong Yao and Si Cheng are one of my new favourite couples now, their chemistry is just on fire. You get to see them dating but not dating for 3/4 of the show until they become a REAL couple and omg, they are adorable. And may I also add, no stupid breakups - so refreshing.

In fact I think it’s safe to say I love nearly every character on this show. Jin Yang and Tong Yao’s friendship is SO pure and honestly goals. Even Jian Yang (Tong Yao’s ex) is SUCH a good guy. He may have been sexist at the beginning but even as he stayed in love with her, he never pressured her or made her uncomfortable. He did try hard for them to get back together in the beginning, but when Tong Yao said that they are well and truly over, he did accept it with grace (heartbreaking as it was for him). Then even past that point, he never held it against her! He defended her against netizens slandering her, was in constant awe of her gaming skills, and just, what a guy. Even during the final episode he was like “:D :D I taught her!! I taught her!! :D” omg I was melting.

But of course, Si Cheng is still number 1 in my heart. One of my new fav male leads! His type is ‘someone who can beat him in gaming’ - we stan. He supported Tong Yao from beginning to end and once they started dating, omg if you thought he was Mr. Hearteyes before, my gosh you won’t even recognise him when they date for real. Seriously, I can’t even remember the last time I saw a boyfriend so PDA <3

On the whole, this show is such a gem and I’ll miss it so very much. I already know that I’ll be rewatching this many times in the future

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Started good, then it just went down the wrong path.

This review is a bit of a rant. Some spoilers, so if you don't want that, don't read it. Also, I'm writing this from episode 28, and will finish the series before posting this review.









The show started good, and did many things really well, but all those things get overshadowed by the end story, and things that just didn't make sense.

Character Lu Si Cheng is my main problem. He did so many things at the end half of the series that just made no sense to me, and the way he treated Tong Yao by making her feel like she did something wrong just really ticked me off.

Also, how the storyline was blaming Tong Yao for what happened, instead of the girl that did it. How they made the internet seem to be calling to punish Tong Yao when she never said anything, or did anything wrong, just made no sense. I don't know why Tong Yao was still on the team, she was suppose to have to sit it out, and make a public apology, for something that was done against her, and she was going to be punished for it, yet, she was still on the team, with no explanation why, and none of the other members of the team found it odd. smh.

Then blaming Tong Yao for how others react to her, while she did nothing wrong, but defend herself, her team, and play professionally.

They were doing Esports really well in this series, then they had to throw in all this drama, and based it on things that just didn't hold water to me. So of the matches at the end were sort of pointless. Because of sudden lack of communication in strategy. This doesn't make any sense at all. They are suppose to be a professional team. Strategy is something that should have been drummed into them for each coming match. It was just frustrating to watch.

The animated fights were cool and all, but the fact that they didn't really bother telling you, who was who, it made is just about impossible to follow who was winning. You didn't know till after the fight was over. Hard to cheer on a character when you don't know which one is winning or losing. Jeez.

Ep. 28 is just full of bs drama. Lu Si Cheng character becomes really unlikeable to me. Tong Yao treats him like this big deal, but he so doesn't feel like he earned that. The whole episode they are trying to get your to feel for the characters, and it just feels to unearned, the whole thing falls flat.

I'm sure there will be a magically turn of events that will make everything right again in the next episode, but for me, the damage is done, and anything after this will feel unearned. I don't see myself watching this series again. What a waste of what was such a good show, all for needless drama sake. smh

Lu Si Cheng is suppose to be such a strong character, that can take anything, and then he crumbles over nothing. They made a mountain out of nothing. It's just so Irritating. The breakdown of his character makes no sense. He doesn't earn it at all. The drama was so badly done, it damage the whole series. smh

Jeez, the girl says she didn't mean it, of course she meant it, that's why she did it. To excuse her actions without her being seriously punished for it is just wrong, and the fact that her parents are trying to act like it was just a game, and not a serious issue tells you all you need to know, and why this girl thought she could do what she did. The girl didn't even try to give a heart felt apology. Wow, the Judgment for the crime is so weak. That's like a slap on the wrist. That's not going to discourage anyone from doing that in the future. smh.

Yup, Ep 29, everything is back to normal, and the team is working as a well oiled machine again. smh Of course I wouldn't want it any other way.

It ends well.

You probably could just skip episode 27, and on episode 28, jump till you see the police station. That would pretty much remove most of the problems.

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Hard to grasp and overhyped

I haven't properly watched any asian dramas since the start of the year and finally after getting some free time I thought might as well because the reviews were good. I do like romance dramas and e-sports dramas, so technically I should have loved this but honestly I did not.
While I do understand why people liked it i.e. because of the great soundtrack, the hot male lead, the cute female lead and their adorable height difference, that is it. That's where the pros end.
From the start the main issue for me was I did not understand the game. I get games like counterstrike or halo or the concept of capture the flag. So I knew the gaming parts were not going to be that interesting especially when the episode jumped from people playing games to inside the game in full animation but I appreciated the effort.
Secondly any and all conflicts were too hyped up. Are people in China that fickle that one post on the internet can change their opinions that fast or are they that hateful that they immediately start criticizing and cyberbullying the subject of any controversy. I don't believe that's true, so to show something like that just so that it looks like your MCs are struggling and having a hard time is not cool.
To add to this they dragged the series too long. 31 episodes of Tong Yao getting criticized for being a girl in the e-sports industry, losing a game, dating someone, being rude, hitting someone, going shopping, shaking hands with a guy, BEING SARCASTIC. Like oh my god the longer the series went the stupider the reasons became, half of which were either untrue or blown out of proportion by the media. Not to mention that they started dating after the 21st episode. I was snoozing by episode 20.
All the side characters were wasted as none of their storylines were deeply explored, most of them having conflicts for half or at max one episode. And the nail to the coffin was all those damn monologue. The creators should understand that us foreign audiences actually have to read the subtitles which takes all the impact out of any and all long drawn speeches making it super cringe and boring.
The FL literally said this in her MVP speech "it's ok even if he has thistles and thorns draped around his shoulders or treads on the burning hot sands. As the Captain of ZGDX everyone expects too much from him" Like WHAT. No one in the whole wide world expects sh*t like that from an E-Sports player or from any player and who talks like that. I get that e-sports like any other job in the world has its own struggles but don't make it sound like it's a selfless and thankless job (most jobs aren't). Not to mention it's very offensive and ignorant towards fans of any sports. I love tennis and yes I've idolized a player for the past decade or so, who is not doing so great now because he's older and has sustained injuries lately. But I'd rather he take a break than expect him to push himself even when he's not well just to win a trophy. No one has such unrealistic expectations from their idols.
Anyway the bottom line is this drama is not worth wasting 20+ hours on it and I definitely will not re-watch it.

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A must watch ❤️

It is for sure the best romance e- sport drama till date. A must watch beautiful story with amazing characters and presentation. I just loved watching them. My view's on the various parts of the drama are as following:
STORY : Beautiful story with all sorts of emotions in it. In simple words great plot. I won't talk much about the plot as it is already mentioned in the description but please do give it a chance . Don't feel unsatisfied with the drama just because of the few lines mentioned in the description. Give it a chance you will love it ❤️
ACTING: Everybody has presented their characters amazingly. It's filled with humour. Great acting.I really cannot name a favourite. I just loved them ❤️
The chemistry between the lead characters are marvellous. They will cause you daibetics.
MUSIC : I loved all the OST. Especially the '' Heroes''. It gives a different experience while watching the drama❤️
I have already starting downloading the episodes. I will never ever get tired of watching them. Unlike other e-sports drama that I've watched their visual effects are far more better and attractive. It is so far the best e-sports drama ever released ❤️

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IF YOU'RE INTO GENRES LIKE YOUTH, ROMANCE, AND GAMING THEN THIS IS THE SIGN FOR YOU TO WATCH THIS!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! XU KAI AND CHENG XIAO'S CHEMISTRY IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL. BEST CDRAMA THAT I'VE WATCHED SO FAR!

THE PLOT, THE CASTS, THE CHEMISTRY, THE STORY AND ALSO THE PRODUCTION IS SO ON POINT! I DARE NOT COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO PERFECT AND REFRESHING! EVEN THE BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE ARE WORTH WATCHING. THE ANIMATION WHERE THEY'VE SHOWN SCENES OF ONMYOJI ARENA IS JUST AMAZING, LIKE THEY DID PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN MAKING IT SO HIGH QUALITY! IT MADE ME DOWNLOAD THE GAME TOO! THE INFLUENCE THIS DRAMA HAS GOTTEN ME AND I'M NOT EVEN COMPLAINING.

HOPING FOR A SEASON 2 WITH THE SAME CASTS! BECAUSE I KNOW I A LOT OF FANS ARE WAITING FOR IT.

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10% of the writing and 90% of fluff.

It's the most digestible show I have ever seen with close to zero stakes, almost none evil or mean characters, no long term conflicts, every character starts more or less already good so you don't get stressed out by how bad they are and how much they have to improve and since their flaws are so inconsistent, they don’t create much tension either.

That said, it does have a lot of truly good elements. First of all, the relationship between the leads evolve in a really natural and entertaining manner. The bickering is always lighthearted and Lu Si Cheng is for sure not one of the mean main leads. The interactions between the team members are heartwarming at times, and even the relations between different teams made me smile more than once. I also loved the female friendship between Tong Yao and Jin Yang.

One of my favorite things about the show was how it truly did address the toxic fans culture - the idolizing people fans don’t know, seeing them as flawless, trying to control their private lives, living in a delulu land they created in their heads and then getting paranoid and angry when the unrealistic bubble shatters. But, and it’s a big but - I truly disliked how they did not present the same stance towards all public figures. Lines that went similar to: I’m not an idol, I can date, gave the message that idols do not deserve the same level of privacy and personal life as, in this case professional gamers do.

Another straightforward, but fairly well presented issue was the discrimination of women in certain jobs and social groups. They did not shy from showing the unfair treatment Tong Yao had to face especially in terms of the public's opinions and reactions.

Production value was great. The game scenes looked amazing and I loved the design for the in game characters. On a technical aspect, I think they did a perfect job with opening each new episode - added enough scenes from the previous one to make a proper set up, but not long enough that you want to just skip it all.

Performances were… questionable. I was slowly losing my mind with each and every Korean scene. The dubbing was so awful I wanted to cry. The fact that Chinese characters spoke better Korean than Korean characters was just the cherry on top. Cheng Xiao had a few glimpses of potential in a few scenes, but overall the whole performance was mostly a surprised hamster.
Xu Kai was honestly not much better and there was only one scene when I went: oh, acting! That said, I still enjoyed his handsome face in each and every scene.

Overall, the only thing this show had to offer was cute fluff, but sometimes this is all one needs to be happy.

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watch this make me wanna try play mobile legend ^_^

So excited I finally can watch this drama. One of the drama that I really can't wait for this to finish all the episode, turn out this drama not disappoint me at all. Really satisfied with this drama.

This drama really make me wanna try play mobile legend, because I really don't understand the game at all so I really can't excited enough about the game in this drama. But I really satisfied with CGI inside the game.

Xu Kai really handsome here, especially when he is smile... OMG my heart is melting.... Really love how the couple here treat their girl, Lu Si Cheng (SC) & also Ai Jia (AJ). Love the way SC became so soft with Tong Yao (TY), in his expression or in his action, how he love teasing TY until how he protect TY. Really love how AJ protect Chen Jin Yang (JY) from his fans & impressed how mature & sarcasm JY attitude when she's being harass by AJ fans

Really glad in the end this still mostly about game drama, so no silly love rival or jealousy or romance more than necessary. Really funny how every time it must be Xiao Pang who became the first eyewitness of every step of SC & TY relationship.

Yeah sometimes we really don't understand what is e-sport, we only see it as a game, if like go go squid (CTF) maybe we can still see it can be useful, but if e-sport totally about game like this really hard to see as a profession, yeah yeah I know I have old school mind. But in here we can see e-sport like other sportsman, dedication is a must & we must appreciate the people in it.

Overall: This is really one good game & romance drama. But yeah the ending really make us want to scream SECOND SEASON PLEASEEEEE!!!!! ^_^ Cross my finger if there will be really second season it's gonna about them conquer the world championship, not like go go squid & their second season :P.

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All in one! GO WATCH IT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!

This drama has to be one of my favourites! It has everything that you need. It feels so fulfilling.. Romace, comedy and friendship are the 3 aspects that I loved the most!
Its hard for me to watch long dramas but I finished this one in 2days >.< it seems short now that I have finished it. xD
I didn’t wanted it to end.

The support roles were done so nicely that FL’s acting seems a bit bland compared to them. I loved loved loved the teammates and their scenes were soo funny if you pay attention to their expressions, you’ll feel that they are not acting and all of it is just real!

The romance surpassed everything!! It’s difficult to explain because so many scenes touched my heart and gave me butterflies like no other. Simply awesome x 100

Overall this drama is a must watch! I have watched more than 75+ dramas but this one is soulful for me.
I really hope that they make a season 2.

DON’T WAIT JUST WATCH IT!!!

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