Go Go Squid! (2019)

This is my favorite C-Drama!

This is such an awesome drama...about love, friendship, family, dreams, and hope! I have enjoyed every moment of this drama, in fact i have watched it twice back to back. Yang Zi is Amazing, she super cute and sweet...Li Xian is so handsome and charming. They both did a great job! I felt their love for each other, although they have misunderstandings they always protect each other. I also love the supporting actors/actresses as well...Demo and 97 are my favorites!!! This drama made me laugh and cry! I truly recommend this and I will definitely rewatch this again!

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Different But Delightful!

First, I would like to mention that I enjoyed this drama very much. As it is a 41 episode drama, I was mentally prepared to not rush watching it. One thing I do know, with 'long' dramas, not every episode will have me at the edge of my seat. Apart from an acceptable story line, the actors/actresses are very important when it comes to holding my interest. And Go Go Squid did not disappoint in both areas.

I liked the content and basis of the story. It was interesting to see how much games and hobbies have evolved from 'hop scotch', 'five stones', hide and seek to high tech e-sports through computer gaming, online singing which provides income etc. With continued efforts to improve cyber security to protect internet abuse and hacking, even games were developed and competitions were started. As the world becomes more and more reliant on internet and people interact through cyber world, China definitely has come a long way and the way of life for the young all over the world has moved to a futuristic spectrum. This drama was able to give me a general understanding of the i-tech world, which I found so fresh and informative.

I liked the characters in the story. The main leads with Tong Nian (Yang Zi) a young and intelligent computer science student and Shangyan (Li Xian) a computer genius, committed in high level e-sports, was an interesting pair. Tong Nian is reflective of how young generation in this century should behave. At 18, she is cheerful, confident, respectful to elders, good in her studies and also independent in her choice of career and direction in life. In Shang Yan, his character clears a lot of mis-conception of people in his field of computer gaming. In their own contained environment, the kids are actually well behaved, disciplined and have a healthy attitude in competing. The only downside is, they could become too introspective in their their thoughts and actions, which was portrayed very well by Shang Yan (Li Xian).

Now to the love story. I liked that Shangyan was attracted to Tong Nian almost immediately in spite of their age difference. He is around 10/11 years older than Tong Nian. As computer gaming geeks do not have much time nor opportunity to interact with the opposite sex, I found his interest in Tong Nian very entertaining. Being an introvert, I liked how he observed her, how he tried to read her thoughts and actions, as if he was trying to understand a character in a computer game. Tong Nian, being the direct opposite of him, "rocked his world", even if he did not know how to show it. When he did, he loved her with care and understanding. Made me swoon.....

This drama has a good mixture of light and fluffy. It also has a good dose of music. They even threw in a song from the band Beyond (HK) in Mandarin version!

However, at the heart of the entire drama, to me, was the deep bond of brotherhood. Shang Yan's start with Solo Team at 18, leaving to invest in K&K (after a mis-understanding a team mate who became Solo team leader) ...... and to their eventual discovery of a path divided which cannot be broken because of brotherhood love, respect and history.

This drama left me with a nice and happy feeling.

Cheers!

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What a disappointment!! :(

This has been on my radar for some time. Started watching Cdramas and Kdramas in 2020 due to lockdowns. The first few Cdramas I watched were great- PYHOMS, Love O2O, Lucky’s First Love... I’ve heard of go go squid, and heard that it’s a great one, everyone’s favourite.. but somehow never watched it until now.

My oh my... what an utter disappointment. The first few episodes had me cringing.. like what woman in her right mind would follow and stalk mindlessly someone whom she doesn’t even know?? And are venue securities that careless to allow her in? How could staff or other team mates let her in to sit with the team?? Don’t they need to prepare and get ready for the comp?

Have a crush is one thing, but this was creepy stalking and the ML’s character was so poorly written. He thinks himself so highly, so arrogant, so petty over something that happened 10 years ago, bad tantrums, pouty face, and treats her like s*%^. Yeesh... why does she even like him and behave like his puppy?

Definitely NOT RECOMMENDED.

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Tried watching as so many were saying how good it was. Dropped a few times after 2-3 episodes (fast forwarding flashbacks etc..) and tried picking up again only to drop it as the storyline seems repetitious and draggy.
Thought the e-sports would be as interesting as in King's Avatar or Love O2O but sadly not much on the e-sports game they're playing except the fact that it has got to do with security and hacking.
Character wise it seems over the top for the female lead to be so obsessed with the male lead after the first time seeing him despite him going around looking like an angry emo boy most of the time. And can never understand the clothes she's wearing. Show is trying too hard to show she's a much younger girl than the male lead.
May be interesting to others but definitely not my cup of tea.

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Like Milk and Bread, Squid and Gun falls in love

In the beginning, I had a hard time starting this drama. I actually struggled for the first 5 episodes because there is nothing interesting to rope me into it. I even wondered why it got high ratings, and also wondered why my friend highly recommended me to watch this. However, I kept watching and then I slowly warm up to the ML (he's so handsome and sexy in black outfits, anyway... hehehe).
I like the character development of the ML, from cold distant man and strict team leader to warm and firm boss as well as a loving and adorable lover because of his deep first love for the FL. I understood that his past that made him the way he is. , and delighted in him slowly falling in love with the FL. I love how much he cared for his team and friends. I think the best part of the drama is the brotherhood between the team members, both the Solo team and K&K team. There is not much angst (except for the FL's mum non-approval of the love relationship).
Overall, very surprisingly, I got to like the drama and fell in crush with Li Xian (the ML).
As for rewatch value, I will watch this drama again but only for the cute and funny moments between the ML & FL, as well as the K&K boy teams.

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Lo recomiendo 100% el drama.
Se ve super rápido y se hace super ameno además la historia es demasiado bonita y los personajes (todos) son adorables!!!
Los que no lo habéis visto aún tenéis la suerte dr que el drama ya está completo, yo tube que sufrir cada día esperando los capitulos ikbviroub menos mal que lo subían rápido sino me daba algo.
También gracias a este drama he conocido al principal actor que me ha encantado, es guapisimo y es exactamente mi tipo de actor por la personalidad! (seguro que os enamoráis)
Se ha colocado en el puesto nº1 de mis dramas chinos favoritos y no creo que vaya a bajar pronto!!! *-*
LO AMO !

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It’s probably not everyone’s “ideal” drama - the female lead appears to be just a slave of her feelings and of the male lead. The male lead can be quite arrogant but he’s really a warm person. People who gave negative reviews about this show were focused on the female’s character, being someone who does not seem to have self-respect. But if you’re watching closely, she’s like that because the guy was not really completely “disrespecting” or disregarding her, unlike our guys on Playful Kiss or A Love So Beautiful (you know that kind of guy who knows the girls like them and just straight out insulting them at times, you know what I mean!). But our guy here, Han Shangyan is unlike those guys... he respects Tong Nian and he’s a gentleman to her most of the time, which doesn’t seem like it as he doesn’t smile too often, and just looks so cold on the outside.

For me, it was a cute drama! It’s getting better and better! Only reason I am taking a star off is that there are a bit boring parts, especially when they’re showing some flashbacks. But definitely not too bad!

It’s entertaining enough for me, it makes my heart flutter, it makes me happy. Those are really just my criteria to say that a drama is really good! So yes, I recommend this drama!

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I've dropped this title because it was really too much.
It started as something good and fresh, with a simple story so it was perfect for that I am not a fan of C-Dramas.
But just a few episodes in, the story gets boring. I appreciate the competition scenes since they started to being too much, as the flashback in each episode, really long and sometimes had really nothing to do with the course of the story.
I can say that my favorite was Hu YiTian, even if he had like three lines and five minutes of screentime in the entire 22 episodes that I watched, I also really liked the team members, really funny but sadly neither they helped to resurface my interest in this show...

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Un bien joli drama chinois

C'est un joli drama qui nous fait passer un bien bon moment.

Déjà l'histoire et l'environnement : L'univers de l'e-sport, totalement inconnu jusque là pour moi. Déjà c'est dépaysant et bien sympa.
Les personnages : Elle assez colorée, qui vit un vrai coup de foudre et en reste d'ailleurs assez maladroite.
Lui très froid et distant. Et pourtant… On voit les circonstances, puis leurs sentiments les pousser l'un vers l'autre.

Je tire mon chapeau particulièrement à l'acteur principal, Li Xian, qui arrive à faire évoluer son personnage tout du long, de manière authentique. Et pourtant, qu'est-ce qu'il change entre le premier épisode, et le dernier !

Ce drama est frais, coloré, et les personnages secondaires sont très attachants. C'était mon premier drama chinois, et j'ai beaucoup aimé, j'ai vraiment passer un bon moment à le regarder.

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I don't understand why people like this show.
Maybe the love story is cute but hear me out :

First Of All it was for an FPS "First Person Shooter game", a gaming competition.
And they change it, for a CTF "Capture the flag", which is a Hacking competition, which is a much need job that nearly every company want to hire. In every scene when they are competing they use their keyboard to play, as in CTF you don't even need a mouse, since you are mostly programming. Look at Valorant or Counter-Stike player playing and then go watch a CTF one. You wil be able to tell the difference a mile away. This point is very importante since it makes the whole show hust dumb.

Le't's talk about the Female Lead Char : She is studying IT, and nearly got the first place at a programming competition.
So Capture The Flag is mainly programming competition so she should be able to understand every part of it. And more she could be good enought to compete too. Mainly because they change it at the very last minute but it's painfull to watch.
Everyone in the show talk about the Male lead Char not having a realy job and only playing. But again, because they change the main competition it doesn't make any sens because hacking and security is a real job. And everyone look down on him for no reason. Every competition they are using their mouse to program. It's painfull to watch...

This show could be good if the main activity was gaming, but because is it not, It's just painfull. And they are just taking us for dumb sheep. I won't even talk about the annoying personnality of the FM.

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Go Go Squid é um drama tão gostoso e divertido de assistir que eu consegui ver todos os capítulos duas vezes, sim duas vezes, em um único mês. E confesso, pretendo ver novamente.

A história se inicia com o encontro de Tong Nian com Han Shangyan em um cyber café dos tios dela, na verdade Tong Nian não tinha nada para fazer, já que estava de férias, resolveu ajudar o primo e acabou encontrando o amor da sua vida (infelizmente ainda não tive essa sorte, sempre que vou ajudar alguém da família essas coincidências não acontecem). Depois desse encontro Tong Nian tenta entrar em contato com Han por diversas formas, sem êxito. Entretanto por obra do destino ela consegue encontrá-lo em um aeroporto e a história irá desenrolar.

Tong Nian é uma nerd de 19 anos que está fazendo pós-graduação e além de inteligente ela é uma "celebridade" na internet, bem comunicativa e com bastante iniciativa. O engraçado é que todas essas qualidades somem quando ela encontra o Han, ela faz algumas trapalhadas, mas tenho certeza que foi um dos motivos que fez nosso emburrado se apaixonar. Nian é uma personagem que aparenta ser bobinha, mas tem muita personalidade e protege o que é seu. Eu não sei quem foi e nem o que tinha na cabeça quando fez o figurino da Nian, não teve uma roupa que salvasse (um dos pontos negativos do drama, não que isso influencie na história, mas eu amo a "classe" das roupas orientais, então acabou sendo uma decepção o guarda-roupa da protagonista).

Han Shangyan (Gun/o "deus das armas") de 29 anos, foi um famoso jogador de Capture The Flag - CTF ("no âmbito da tecnologia CTF é uma modalidade de competição entre hackers desafiados a desvendar problemas sobre Segurança da Informação". ~sim eu pesquisei) e por alguns problemas, que no decorrer do drama irá sendo explicado, seu grupo acaba se desfazendo e ele se aposenta. Anos depois ele funda um clube de CTF e seu maior sonho/objetivo é ganhar o campeonato mundial para a China. Ele é um cara meio antissocial e de acordo com suas palavras, "ele não estava interessado em mulheres e nem em homens" (hahaha). De início fiquei um pouco cismada com ele pela sua, constante e amarrada, cara e o medo dele ser um boy lixo foi grande (ultimamente não estou com paciência para personagens do gênero), a minha surpresa foi que o personagem "frio" era um amorzinho quando ninguém via, ele era bastante exigente, mas cuidava dos seus. Eu realmente gostei dessa personalidade "paizão" que ele tinha com as pessoas, mesmo sendo apenas nos bastidores, tirando algumas decisões idiotas que todo ser humano faz, Han Shangyan foi um personagem admirável.

Os meninos do KK, clube do Han, foram o motivo da maioria das minhas gargalhadas, apesar de ser um grupo grande, apenas cinco eram mais participativos. Demo e 97 são meus preferidos por serem indiscretos, fofoqueiros e empata beijo.

Grupo SOLO, o ex grupo do Han, não vou dizer nada sobre eles porque posso acabar soltando algum spoiler, contudo a amizade dos cinco é bonita de se ver. Confesso que no desenrolar da trama acabei tendo um crush pelo Solo (o líder) e achei que o final dele poderia ter sido melhor trabalhado.

Ainda temos a família do Han composta por seu avô, sua madrasta (que é uma verdadeira mãezona) e seu primo Wu Bai (que é o líder dos meninos do KK, apesar de gostar do ator, achei o personagem bem sem graça, mas consegui captar o objetivo). O avô e a madrasta querem, de qualquer maneira, que Han case e depois de muita confusão Tong Nian acaba se tornando a namorada de mentira do Han. Enquanto a família Han super apoia a "união", a família da Tong Nian, mas precisamente a mãe, a tia e a prima rejeitada, não aceitam Han e esse plot é a parte que todo um drama acontece. Uma conversa entre a mãe da Tong Nian e o Han foi a cena mais pesada da história e acabei pegando uma raiva da mãe, porque nenhum cuidado com a filha justificaria as palavras ditas para o Han.

Apesar dos problemas, o casal teve muitos momentos fofos e poucos conflitos. Os beijos não foram os melhores, entretanto teve mais contato físico do que o esperado. Mesmo com a diferença de idade e personalidade, ambos foram respeitosos sem querer a mudança forçada do outro. O desenvolver do relacionamento, de fictício para real, foi interessante e bem natural.

Go Go Squid foi uma bela surpresa não só pelo enredo, mas pelo elenco e fotografia (eu ando abismada com a melhora gritante que a China tem tido com a fotografia em dramas que não envolve a fantasia, até um tempo atrás a Coreia ganhava em relação ao tópico, mas a China tem dado passos largos e está alcançado a Coreia), claro sem falar do nome. Deus! Quem foi a pessoa audaciosa que colocou o nome de um drama de "Vai, cara de lula", tudo bem que no decorrer da trama entendemos o porquê do nome, mas ainda continua sendo ridículo.

Sem muitas falhas no enredo Go Go Squid é um ótimo drama para assistir.

Atualização (um dia após a postagem da resenha): Ainda estou no meu momento obsessivo por Go Go Squid e por obra do destino encontrei a novel Stewed Squid With Honey da autora Mo Bao Fei Bao, que inspirou o dorama (encontrei a tradução no site doramas24horas). Minha recomendação é que assim que terminarem de assistir a série corram para ler a novel, todas as cenas quentes que faltam no drama (até entendo o porquê) você encontra no livro, além dos pensamentos do Han sobre a Nian (que são bem divertidos). Neste caso não há o livro ou o drama sendo "o melhor", eles se complementam.

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