So I really loved My Journey to You especially Yu Shu Xin completely changing her onscreen image, acting, voice, and performance from her cute image. I know she can do it so it was a bit frustrating to see her take on the C-drama adaptation of the novel The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus. The drama is titled Love Game in Eastern Fantasy and the new previews are actually…….entertaining and charming. She’s playing a modern woman sucked into a fantasy role player game as the villainous second female lead and needs to survive by aligning herself and leveling up by slaying monsters. It’s basically a xianxia twist on Extraordinary You. I kinda wish the male lead was not Ding Yu Xi and an actor I liked more but he’s serviceable here as the stoic and capable warrior playing the straight man to Yu Shu Xin as the comedic foil.
Preview for Love Game in Eastern Fantasy:
Esther is good at playing over-the-top character because it won’t come out annoying but still funny. So I will try to watch it because I love the first trailer. This new trailer kinda dampen my excitement because it has adventure plot which is not my type
You put into words exactly how I feel about her! I can’t find her annoying even when she’s supposed to be annoying because she just seems so fun. She’s definitely capable of more serious acting but I really enjoy her in this kind of silly cute role.
Never like DYX. But Melody of Golden Age change my mind
I have sort of read the novel before, didn’t finish it and it was a long time ago. There seems to be major changes to the female lead’s character, but i think the changes made the role fit Yu Shuxin better. Since the original novel didn’t leave any particularly strong impressions on me, I’ll be able to enjoy this drama as a new story when it comes out.
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Esther does look cute in this drama… I like having double pairing with different personalities.
Not really my cup of tea but I think I will watch if the script is not bad. I do need about of cuteness in my life now since my son left home for Uni… No more kid to joke with and make me laugh…
You put into words exactly how I feel about her! I can’t find her annoying even when she’s supposed to be annoying because she just seems so fun. She’s definitely capable of more serious acting but I really enjoy her in this kind of silly cute role.
Esther is not bad but imho she really needs to tone down her voice from doing too much cutesy like anime voice because tbh it can be annoying sometimes. It also could make her stuck doing one type of role. I heard her normal voice while she trying not to make it cutesy and it sounds lovely so I guess she change it to suit her character but still wish she use her normal tone though. I’m still gonna check this out since the premise interests me, hope the script is not bad like a few other novel adaptations.