Accidentally in Love

Finally finished watching Accidentally in Love, a 2018 C-Drama about Chen Qingqing (Amy Sun) who initially ran away from her family-arranged wedding but went on to stay away from her rich family. She's lost both her parents though and was raised by her maternal grandfather, whom she found to be controlling her life.

Running away from home Qingqing met idol Situ Feng (Fiction Guo) and his best friend Gu Nanxi (Ma Li), who eventually became her classmates. According to her grandpa, she already finished a degree. But she still enrolled to the same school her parents attended to find out more about them especially her father. There she displayed here versatility in arts and even Math.

Chen Qingqing was an interesting character. There's naivety in her but it wasn't annoying, which I attribute to Amy Sun's acting. I don't know if Accidentally in Love was based from a donghua or manhua, but the story and characters were pretty comical or originated from a manga. The three members of "goddess" were particularly looking like straight out of a comic book.

There were few characters whose actors I appreciate but a lot were meh. For one, I think Guo has downgraded his portrayal in the latter episodes. As he's an idol in this drama, I find it quite disturbing how his lip sync was out of synch. Another character was bland. It's a waste of potential.

Accidentally in Love reminded me of Love O2O, another Chinese drama that was heavy on endorsements, at least this one was not as overloaded as the latter. The product incorporation was not as hard-selling as those I've seen in Love O2O.

I started this one good but I "dragged" watching the middle episodes as I've began to lose interest, because it wasn't my cup of tea. I only decided to watch Accidentally in Love because I was looking for a light rom-com series. It met my criteria but I realized I prefer those with actions and adventures nowadays. I'm also watching The Lost Tomb but it doesn't count for my preferred adventure-filled drama so I haven't even watched past 5 episodes.

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