who knew an esports drama could be this wholesome?

at first glance, i wasn't completely enticed with this genre and i thought it would be a bore. however, i was surprised when i found myself crossing my fingers whenever a conflict happened or when we're brought in to the gaming scenes. i was hooked.

the characters are not badly written as we were given a background of each of their personality, strengths and weaknesses. i could see how flawed the characters are and that's what i loved the most. a bunch of imperfect goofs in a group working their way around and not competing against each other but together. i was not sure at first how the friendship dynamics would work but the story for each character was well timed enough to convince me that there was this strong bond going on.

personally, i felt like the spiderman meme thing that happened felt redundant. it was super random but hilarious nonetheless. the reason it's redundant is because ye qiu's whole story was later revealed and we didn't really get to see his twin or any mention of him whatsoever. perhaps, there's season 2 for that?

the wholesome part of this is that characters you may seem to dislike at first will grow on you. the character development was nicely done. one more thing i absolutely loved in this drama is the ost! i haven't seen the translation yet i can feel that when one song is playing, it's a song radiating a sense of hope and obstacles being cleared out. with another song, it's when the characters are at their low or reminiscing their past. such osts make a significant difference for me in scenes like these.

to conclude, this is a character driven drama with amazing friendships presented. if i were to sum up this drama in a quote, "teamwork makes a dream work".