CAST: Yang Yang, Zheng Schuang,
DIRECTOR: Lin Yufen
| Written by | Gu Man ,Shen Feixuan, Wen Ting ,Ou Yang, Good Story Workshop |
Wei Wei (Zheng Schuang) gets jilted by her online husband in the online game of Chinese Ghost only to attract the attention of the top player on their server Xaio Nai (Yang Yang).
Xiao Nai is a gaming expert who, courtesy of his basketball skills, academic excellence, swimming talent and game company presidency, also happens to be the most popular student on campus.
Xiao Nai becomes interested in Wei Wei in real life when he sees her skillfully playing the online game he loves. If Love 020 is not on your radar, time to bring it on because this cute, clean, villain- free show is really something you can watch over and over again.
Its a comfort show with amazing gaming VFX and some romance ( though Zheng Schuang in playing a naive college kid in love; messes up the vibe by being rigid to a amazingly expert kisser like Yang Yang).
The drama is quick and fun as we follow the relationships of students on a college campus. Each episode is very light and passes by in a breeze. There’s not a whole lot of story, but the characters are all very likable and humorous.
The drama is absolutely stunning to look at with beautiful and vibrant cinematography full of really good looking people on screen.
A lot of the first episodes of the show happen in the game with the characters interacting through their online personalities and sorting their issues and conflicts online – the friendships are set here and later as the characters start interacting with each other IRL- the dynamics comes to fruition.
Erxi (Wei Wei’s best friend) was perhaps the most irritating to watch on screen – not because she is a dumb character but her high pitched, very energizer mode acting. It was difficult to hear her and most of her scenes are meant for FF. The girl realizes that all her self worth was defined by Wei Wei – including her crush and her job and fights with Wei Wei in a rant blaming Wei Wei for her situation whereas it was Erxi who made the choices- she was the one who was not qualified for the job but used Wei Wei’s identity to get it- it was she who made Wei Wei impersonate as her on an online game with a character she liked in the game. No sympathy for her.
But it was the bromance in Love O2O was truly wonderful! Xiao Nai’s three friends are an absolute delight, and they bring so much humor and fun to the drama. There is never a dull moment with these guys! You feel that you are in college dorms when the boys hit the screen.
The show might have homophobic elements surrounding the effeminate character Hao Mei. And then the Vin Zhang playing the mostly mute hacker K.O.—who most definitely had a crush on Hao Mei enters the scene- the sub-plot does not get carried forward.
The ladies outside of Wei Wei’s circle were utterly jealous and devious. The blind hatred was just too unbelievable as the show went on. The show had a mature love angle between the leads who were young yet trusted each other a lot in their relationship. There was no significant friction between the two and the story remains heart break free and enjoyable till the end.
Streams on both Viki and Netflix
