TGCF donghua Episode 6 Thoughts (SPOILERS!)
This episode felt like a constant one-upmanship of cuteness and romance: just when I thought things can't get any cuter or more romantic, the donghua team was pretty much like, hold my beer.
First there was this:
I love that Dianxia answered simply, not bothering to explain the situation further to avoid any misunderstanding, as if it was the most normal and casual thing in the world, when in more tropey scenarios he would've overexplained with fits and stammers. That reassuring smile he directed at San Lang at the end there was especially sweet. Fu Yao seemed a bit jealous though or maybe he's just being overprotective... can't wait to find out what that's all about.
Ok first of all San Lang looked so damn good with the hood, but then even better with Dianxia's hat because it's so adorable!
Although once again his reaction puzzles me: is it sadness, discomfort or horniness that he's trying to control and hence he has to immediately break contact with Xie Lian all the time? But then we have moments like this:
A total indirect kiss that San Lang couldn't wait to reciprocate. 😂 And also, I can't say this enough: I love watching San Lang watch Xie Lian. He's just so enamored; it's mesmerizing.
And finally as if all of these adorable and sweet moments weren't already enough, this happened:
That was seriously such freaking romantic moment I actually teared up. Good God. It was so unbelievably beautiful and perfect!! Won the episode as far as I'm concerned.
Strangely enough, for an episode that features so many winning moments, the episode itself was probably the most imperfect so far since there were a number of technical gaffes. There were a couple of times where the dialogue obviously didn't match the characters' lips or even the character moving their lips wasn't even the one speaking.
Nan Feng's lips were still moving even though Dianxia was the one speaking.
Same thing happened here, Dianxia was the one asking the question even though it was San Lang's mouth that was moving. Actually in that same scene Dianxia's mouth kept on opening and closing like a little fish. It was bizarre. I guess they might have rewritten dialogue while the dubbing was being done so that's why some of the words didn't match the characters' lip movements, but these weren't even spicey or necessarily important lines so why would there even be a need for last minute rewrites?
These errors didn't take away from my enjoyment of the episode at all, all the romance aside, the Crescent mystery is interesting and I can't wait to meet those two new characters in the dust storm (I think I can guess who they are even if I don't actually KNOW them yet). Still, I do hope this will be the only episode featuring so many blatant mistakes. HuaLian deserves perfection.
