Are You OK Chapter 1 Discussion

I'm dying..... what do I do with all these feels.....?????

This series is severely underrated and the donghua is also severely underrated..... What to do?

My Zhou Rongqi and Li Ke shipping heart will never truly find peace.....

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They got a really bittersweet end...

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The only couple in the novel that truly ended up together and had a happy ending was Long Daxia and Qian Zhenduo.

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They both became travelers in the end.

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My only issue with them is that I preferred for the author to actually write their couple arc out instead of putting it down as some kind of newspaper interview section being told from multiple "extras" perspectives.

I TAKE IT ALL BACK!!!

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Their story arc gets told in the last four extra chapters labeled "Heroes". And it was really, really cute.

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Arguably, the main couple also got a happy ending too, but...

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... their story fell at the "we'll meet again" ending trope.

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Honestly, although quite a few details were changed and omitted in the donghua, I quite prefer the flow of the donghua more. Some parts were better explained and a few of the changed scenes left a stronger impact behind compare to the novel. Some minor characters were given a spotlight in the donghua whereas in the novel they were only either briefly mentioned or never showed up again. The personality also changed for a few of the characters, but that doesn't bother me much because each version was made to impact the story outcome differently for both the donghua and the novel.

Overall, I technically wanted to give only a 4 star, but because I cried watching the donghua and cried reading the novel (especially over Zhou Rongqi and Li Ke while having the ending theme song on repeat) I felt it deserved the extra star.

.....Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh......... What to do about my heavy heart with ZRQ and LK.....??? Are there any fanfic writers out there???? Pleeeeease..... I need peace.....