Shiguang Dailiren (Link Click)

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Synonyms: 時光代理人, Jikou Dairinin, Shi Guang Dai Li Ren

Japanese: 时光代理人

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Type: ONA

Episodes: 11

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 30, 2021 to Jul 9, 2021

Producers: bilibili, BeDream

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: LAN Studio

Source: Original

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense

Themes: Adult Cast, Time Travel

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.68¹ (scored by 136,668 users)

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Ranked: #60²

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Popularity: #647

Members: 363,129

Favorites: 11,533

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It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, it holds an infinite amount of secrets. These are secrets that only Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang are able to find. In a small shop called "Time Photo Studio," the two friends provide a special service: using their extraordinary powers that let them enter photographs, they jump into pictures brought to them by clients in order to grant their wishes. Through the eyes of the photographer, they live through the events surrounding the picture and try to decipher how to solve their client's request.

But every time they jump into a picture, they take a great risk. One wrong move and they could alter the future of the person who took the picture... and possibly countless other events too. So when the events they are forced to live through in these pictures start to become personal, it will take the utmost strength to push their feelings aside and focus on accomplishing the task they were paid to do.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Cheng, Xiaoshi

Main

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Lu, Guang

Main

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Qiao, Ling

Supporting

Koga, Aoi
Japanese

Wu, Lihua

Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami
Japanese

Liu, Min

Supporting

Kawanishi, Kengo
Japanese

Xu, Shanshan

Supporting

Lynn
Japanese

Chen, Bin

Supporting

Morita, Ryousuke
Japanese

Li, Xiao

Supporting

Sakaguchi, Shuuhei
Japanese

Lin, Zhen

Supporting

Toyoguchi, Megumi
Japanese

Yu, Xia

Supporting

Nabatame, Hitomi
Japanese

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Li, Haoling

Director, Script

LAN

Episode Director, Character Design, Animation Director, Chief Animation Director

Nolan, Diana

Script

Tenmon

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Opening Theme

	"Dive Back In Time" by Bai Sha JAWS (白鲨JAWS)
	J1: "Dive Back In Time" by bicaso feat. Gen Kakon

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Ending Theme

	"OverThink" by Fan Ka (饭卡)
	J1: "OverThink" by bicaso feat. EAERAN

Reviews

Jul 9, 2021

bellfruit

Recommended

There's action, there's mystery, there's this captivating concept of time travel.

It draws me in so much just in the first episode that im just dumbfounded. Its cleverly crafted mysteries don't lack anything: it keeps me curious, and always somehow end up catching me off guard. It's a donghua capable of tears too, and isn't emotionally lacking either.

Well, to start off, it’s the first thing you notice about this donghua: the art. It’s refreshing unique art style I can’t find anywhere else. It gives me a new sense of originality that’s important in these animes and donghuas, in both story and art.

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Aug 28, 2022

Fotsuan

Mixed Feelings

While it was airing, Shiguang Dailiren was considered the hidden gem of Spring 2021 by many fans. Now, with its strong finale and its pass to a second season, its insanely positive response by the audience will make more people watch it and discuss it. But is it really worth the hype?

First of all, let's state the obvious and answer this question to a certain audience. People with an interest in non sci-fi time traveling shows could easily enjoy this. Flashy and with style, the protagonists use photographs to enter a past moment of the same world's timeline, and control others' bodies and minds there ... for a few hours with their main objective being the solution of criminal cases. Using that power, they must be careful not to change the flow of events because the butterfly effect may lead the world to a completely different future. How do they handle situations like these?

Well, Cheng Xiaoshi's character is heavily inspired by the mad scientist from Steins;Gate, Okabe Rintarou. In his "diving operations", he gets emotional when he faces hardships and he feels the urge to help other people. He never puts the blame in others and tries to take full responsibility, and that's what could make him a tragic character or... a hero. His partner, Lu Guang is more grounded and that makes sense because he is an observer when they use their special power. Sadly, in these 11 episodes all the other characters are shallow and forgettable, so in the end, only Cheng matters.
The dialogue and character interactions are a big minus in this show. There's sometimes fan service, while at times there are just tragic events happening and people acting immaturely. Of course, not everyone views this as a flaw.

The animation and art show almost no similarity to those of common anime, and that's because Shiguang Dailiren is a donghua. Their style is closer to a live webtoon than a japanese anime. As for the soundtrack, it's a good reason to watch the show; the beautiful and romantic opening song, the dynamic and mysterious ending song that makes you want to watch more, but most of the insert songs too; all of them are praiseworthy.

In my point of view, to really answer the question I set in my prologue, Link Click is neither innovative nor brilliant. Its selling points are either easy to use or already popular in fiction: simple time travel with no sci-fi approach, a compassionate main character, simple life lessons and morals that say no to greed, attractive looking characters and shallow drama that stems from bad life choices. It's like a failed attempt to make a crossover of Sherlock Holmes and Steins;Gate.

Thank you for reading.

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Jan 2, 2023

Ghrln

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (3/11 eps)

The only mystery that's worth discussing when talking about this anime is how the hell did it trick people into giving positive reviews. I have never seen a work of art so self absorbed in its mysteries to the point that it forgets to TELL the audience the mystery. It keeps showing me stuff that means nothing to me and thinks that that's a good way of building a mystery.

The main characters are uninteresting and underdeveloped with no interesting chemistry. (They have a chemistry, it's called being annoying to each other and it's very irritating to watch.) The side characters that ...

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