The series starts off strong with the game play and reality stories mixing things up. After a while, the focus shifts more towards the real world and some of the fun and novelty wear off. The characters prize looks waaaaaaayyyyyy too much and the secondary love story was completely not interesting once the girl turned overly cutesy and obnoxious.
So very strong start, but things sputter a bit later on. Thankfully it stays away from some tropes which redeems back some stars.
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My opinion which everyone don't need to agree with
1. StoryLets talk about story in two parts. Story line and the way it is potrayed.
a. Story line: Love o2o is basically a story where two almost perfect human beings fall in love through online game. Their relationship grows without any misunderstanding and leads to a perfect end.
b. How it is potrayed: There are too many artificial things in the drama which is unnecessary, for example the scene in which student fill the whole classroom to take pictures of male lead(xiao nai). There are many more scenes that are unrealistic and far from being natural. Another example is female lead joining internship in male lead's company and does nothing but finding phones,blankets and bringing lunch.
2.Acting
Okay now I'm gonna vent a lot, so anyone who can't take criticism please don't read further.
a. Firstly let's talk about female lead, I really dont know why she is chosen for this role( no offense) . In some scenes you wont even know if she is blushing, nervous or crushing on male lead.
Eg.1 During the scene in which wei wei leaves the class taught by xiao nai's dad. She gives an expression before going out of room, which I dont in if she is shy or whatever.
Eg.2 In the scene where she waits for xiao nai near willow tree, her inner voice doesn't match with her expressions which bring down the entire mood.
b. Male lead did pretty well compared to actress. His acting during romantic scenes is convincing. He could have shown a little variation in expression from scene to scene.
c. Romantic scenes: I know people love their chemistry but sorry, I didn't find any. Keeping aside their intimate scenes. Their conversations bring me second hand embarrassment on the next level. Coming to intimate scenes they are only watchable because of male lead. Actress does nothing but to stand idle blush a little. Even the scenes which have chance to put their chemistry on fire were also huge turn off due to her. You get no butterflies.
d. Supporting roles did much better to be honest including the antagonist, especially wei wei's bestfriend, xiao nai's roommates, the workers in nai's office and the girls who played negative role in university.
3. Music
Not wonderful but good enough to match with scenes.
Overall view and rewatch value :
There are to many scenes that are not necessary which made it a little bad. Acting is bad, I can't sugarcoat my opinion, coz it's really bad. Story is good but not potrayed good enough. Didn't do enough justice to given ratings. I rewatched it once with my sister once again but my opinion didn't change.
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Definitely my favorite drama by far. The 30 episodes were written well since the writers knew what they were doing. If you need a break from frustration, then this drama is for you.
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Enjoy!
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Overall, the show was tacky, cheesy, cliche, ridiculous, silly that it was absolutely entertaining.
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But having said that, let's get back to bussiness to discuss the rest of the drama.
Story:
The pacing of the story was very good. It gave itself the time to explore the virtual world and develop the characters there before focusing on their real lives. This choice shows that the drama places the same importance on both worlds. Another thing that I liked was that the story did not rely on over-the-top drama to continue its story. It was confident enough in the characters and the relationships they built to just let them flow instead of placing them in stupid misunderstandings. The main focus of the story was the characters and their relationships, not the other way around.
Characters:
Since the focus of the drama is the characters and not the story, they need to be well written to be able to pull it off. This is something that drama accomplishes in some cases but fails in other cases. My main complain in this department is definitely the development of the main female lead, Bei Wei Wei. She starts out as a very strong character with her own set of beliefs and dreams. She is also established as being very intelligent and good at playing videogames. However, as the story goes own, she completely loses agency in her story and her choices, and her life starts being all about the people she loves; she is also only praised for her beauty and her other traits are completely forgotten.
As for the male lead, Xiao Nai, he's a good character but he's also you're typical male lead. He is basically handsome, rich, successful, intelligent and good at everything. This is even brought up at some time in the drama and the only defect they come up with is that he can't cook, which is not a character flaw. This also makes him predictable, since we know he will always win.
The good thing is that they form a really good couple, and you can really see how they fit together. They are always incredibly supportive of each other, and have great communication. Neither of them are jealous and they trust their partner completely. The conflicts and dramas throughout the whole story are never between them, but something external that they need to face together, which was really refreshing in a sea of drama clichés about love triangles, secret deceases and stupid sacrifices.
This drama also has a great bench of supporting characters. The characters in the game, Xiao Nai's friends and Bei Wei Wei were a great addition. The standouts for me definitely were Old Yu and Er Xi. They are such great and funny characters and they stole every scene that they were in. I also liked the development of the relationship between KO and Hao Mei, even if it is never explicit.
Acting
I really liked the acting in this, it was really well-lived and natural. The chemistry between the leads was very good and also between all different friends. None of the performances stuck out in a bad way, even if some of the mwere slightly exaggerated for comic relief.
Overall thoughts
I really enjoyed this drama a lot, and never found it boring. Even though it lacks the usual conflicts and dramas, it never stops showing this characters relating to each other, and that's fascinating in itself. I recommend it if you have ever been part of an online community, or if you are in the mood for something fluffy and cute.
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Watch because: Yang Yang!
I was struck by the title of the show because I’m a sucker for ‘love’ and so, I decided to watch this.No regrets because I met Yang Yang through this drama. He’s so very handsome and he has such a deep and attractive voice. I love hearing him speak.
Watch because:
- Yang Yang. I’m a sucker for good-looking male leads and wow, he is good-looking. He lights up the screen.
- he speaks well - I love hearing his deep voice.
- he’s a dream kind of boyfriend in this drama - how swoon worthy.
- plot is interesting enough
As you can see, it’s all about Yang Yang.
The female lead is much better in this particular drama. (She sucked big time in the others that I have chanced upon. And, I don’t want to watch her ever again.) She has one wide-eyed expression and can hardly act. She is, frankly, quite annoying and super painful to watch on the screen. She is no actress. She’s a stick insect.
Anyway, back to Show.
Watch because of Handsome Yang Yang.
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Great Watch
I absolutely loved this drama...its a sweet romance story. There are no fighting, in-laws issues, love triangles, misunderstandings that drags on for episodes, break up's...it's a straightforward soft real like drama...if you prefer this kind of drama's where you want to feel good at the end of the series - this is one of the best C- drama's to watch.The highlight of the drama is the handsome Yang Yang (Male Lead) his acting was great, he seemed like a good kisser too (LOL) he's absolutely gorgeous in some scenes - at times the female lead come across a bit forced, though overall she did a good job too. The main theme song was sung by the Main Lead his voice & lyrics are beautiful (the english translation).
I noticed in lot of Chinese Drama's the female leads are timid. I like the fact that Female Lead in this drama excelled in the particular game and was good at studies (often in drama's we find the female lead being average). Of course in this drama too Male Lead is near genius level, the character was beautiful- calm composed and knows what he wants, trusts his girlfriend, his choices even though at times he is bossy and wants his way.
I would recommend to watch if you are in to sweet soft romantic drama's with happy endings.
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Meh.
I didn't love or hate this one. It was just kind of bland. Not much of anything happened. What I did like was that there really isn't much drama or angst bettween the characters. There's no break ups or misunderstandings (not counting the best friends drama). All the characters are pretty likeable and I liked the bromance. The only scene I felt any emotions from was one when his friends were talking about how much they admired him for the kind of person he was.It was a fine one time watch for me.
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I recommend this drama to everyone. If you're thinking whether to watch it or not, I suggest don't waste your time and just start watching. 30 maybe long for someone but trust once you start watching, you'll ask for more.
*STORY-10/10*
this drama is actually very simple yet unique. It has simple plot. A sweet romance and friendship story. So for the thriller/suspense lover, this drama may not be for you. But the plot is actually good, not boring one. I didn't find any scene boring in it. Someone may find all the gaming world scene boring, but for the gamers it'll not. So overall the story is very good.
*ACTING-9/10*
The main male lead's (yang yang) acting was very charming. He is very perfect like he is only made for this role. Id give his acting 10/10. He was that perfect for this role. (yang yang is also very handsome????) the main female lead's (Zheng shuang) acting was good too though it lacked something. It was cringey sometimes but it's fine you can manage it when there's a gorgeous and hot men ;) the supporting cast was actually good.
*MUSIC -9.5/10*
Actually a song was sung by the main male lead (yang yang) and his voice is so heavenly. My favourite song from the drama. This song is actually my happy pill, whenever Im sad or something, I'd always listen to this song and it brings smile on my face. Other OST are very dreamy and good too. As this drama is soft-simple story, the music is like that too.
*REWATCH VALUE - 10/10
IVE ACTUALLY WATCHED THIS DRAMA 5+ TIMES. MY MOST FAVOURITE CHINESE DRAMA OUT THERE. I STILL CAN'T GET OVER IT. ITS THAT GOOD.
I'm so picky about dramas whether it is kdrama or cdrama. My genre is action-thriller-suspense-fantasy-romance with of course handsome male lead. If a drama has all the good things and not handsome man, I don't hesitate to drop it. I'm really so PICKY about dramas. So when I say you gotta watch this, you need to believe me.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Love o2o is a must watch Chinese drama
After re-watching this drama I decided to write a review.Dislikes:
I have two small complaints.
1. The supporting character Nana who is Meng YiRan's best friend is just a horrible person and she causes most of the drama in the show. This is her job because she is an antagonist but the other antagonist were interesting and she was just annoying. Meng YiRan and her cousin Zhen XiaoShang were both good people overall and therefore made their drama interesting.
2. This is a very very minor issue but the first kiss between the main leads was awkward but only the first one.
Likes:
I can easily say this is one of the best Chinese romance drama that exist.
1. The main leads relationship was mature throughout the show. They weren't petty or childish when there were issues or rumors but instead they had trust in each other.
2. The female lead didn't act or talk in a childish voice. A common trend in Chinese drama is for the female lead to act childish or be super naive and though that not the worst thing it can be annoying. Bei WeiWei was a smart girl and she had her own opinion and Xiao Nai respected her.
3. The third and final reason this drama is great and a must watch is because out of all the romance drama that i have seen their chemistry is the best. In many dramas the ending is rushed but in this drama the ending is very satisfactory. Wei Wei and Xiao Nai are one of the only couples from the Chinese dramas i have seen that i could actually imagine having kids.
If you like dramas where there isn't too much drama between the main couple and there are aspects of business, gaming, and youth this one is a must watch.
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There's more to write but I can only say that they all did a very good job. Although there were scenes where there were minor flaws (like same dresses in different scenes and episodes), they can be overlooked. Overall, it is my favorite drama of all time. :)
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