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(2024)

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10/10
I'm not surprised it was banned in China
WilaFox16 February 2024
Ok... Now, few hours after finishing, I think I'm ready to write this review. When I heard it was banned but Chinese fans were smart enough to download all episodes, I was really excited to watch this. In the end, not dissapointed.

I totally loved all main characters, even tho I was kinda lost in their names, but that is fault of not official subtitles, which I truly hope will get better. LJS and RZM were amazing and their chemistry really did spark. To be honest, I'm not surprised Chinese government had to ban this drama, but it's pitty, because the story was just perfect. In the first place, this is drama about dangoerous deadly game and few people trying to survive. BL aspect was just part of it. I'm about to read novel, so I 'm looking forward the scenes which didn't make it up the drama.

I don't really like horrors so I was asking myself: "Am I really watch this just bcs is censored BL?" The answer was clear, to be honest... But I really loved the story. Sometimes it was really scary, sometimes not. Sometimes I felt butterflies in my belly, sometimes I fet like I'm about cry the whole night.

Every single doors containes different story and characters have to find clues and find our what's goin on. It's not easy, but when they work together, it's not even hard. The story is full of tension which made me watch whole drama in few days and I really recommend this one.

But I have some reservations towards the ending. I mean, I can't say I didn't like, but neither that I did. The last scene just doesn't make sense to me. Overall. I really enjoy this. If you are afraid it's just bromance and you want BL, don't care. Yes, it is bromance, but as I said before, I'm not surprised China bannes it.

SPOILER ALERT >>> I haven't read novel yet, so maybe I just didn't get it correctly, but why did he have to make whole new world? Why not just new NPC? I mean, it was possible for his friend to create NPC which is able to come out of game, so why not do it again? I know it's not easy, but this is supernatural or rather kind of scifi show and it was possible one time. Why not again? And I would like to know who was that friend from high school.
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10/10
Long time no see
dellair2 June 2024
Warning: Spoilers
As the glass door opened at the end, faces filled with smiles greeted him back. They were not only the world he had been searching for over the past 50 years, but he was also the person they had been waiting for all this time. When he reached out his hand, his face turned to youth, as it should be.

Ruan Lanzhu said he didn't understand love or friendship, but he seemed heartbroke when saying goodbye to Li Dongyuan, or when the bracelet slipped out of the envelope left by Zao Zao. He was no long just a NPC.

None of the sub-stories had a completely happy ending, but almost every sub-story's end showed the warmth of human nature. Time could not be reversed, and the pain endured would not disappear because of anyone's reflection or apology. These main characters brought lights to each door. Respecting each person's story might be the reason why Lingling gained the recognition of so many NPCs.

Ruan Lanzhu's calm, Lingling's sentiment and intelligence, made the stories of the door exceptionally wonderful, presenting the door's charm at its fullest. Additionally, the vivid experiences of closed friendship like Li Dongyuan, Zao Zao, and Qianli made the different facets of the door more dimensional.

People who connected through the door also had their lives changed because of the door. Xiao Ke to Xiong Qi, Yan Balang to Sister Xia, perhaps also Ruan Bai Jie to Li Dongyuan, or Yi Manman to Chen Fei. For those who are persistent about their feelings, a door only opens something, but does not separate anything. For those driven by desire and greed, a door is more risky. The door transcends life and death, so the consequences of their choices are magnified by the dimension of life.

Thus, when one person spent almost his entire life looking for a few people he lost in his youth. It's like a mission impossible. Yet he made it in the end, when his body aged uncontrollably, with trembling hands raised, their eyes should still hold a glimmer of the precious fortune of finding what was once lost.

No need to say "I love you." A simple "long time no see" is enough.
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