Love O2O (2016)

Sweet and simple love story

Sweet and simple love story. A bit unrealistic but it doesn't matter, it's still good entertainment. No muss, no fuss. Skipped a lot of the gaming part except the part where they met and married.

ML is the typical, dominant male. Good looking, intelligent and athletic achiever. FL is your typical pretty looking, sweet girl next door material. A bit submissive and innocent at times. Every girl wants the ML but he only liked the FL. He showed interest and swept her off her feet.

The fun fact with this one is how FL become ML's girlfriend even before they've met. How she becomes his fiancee even before he proposed.

If you're looking for a profound story to watch then this might not be for you.

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Some people might be confused by the headline and think "This isn't Meteor Garden." Well sis, i'll take any opportunity to bring that JOKE of a drama into this. (Yes my hate for Meteor Garden is apparent).

But the headline is just a reflection of why I love this drama so much. To start off.. It makes Meteor Garden seem like even more of a joke in terms of chinese dramas.. Like honestly. I disliked Meteor Garden so much but this outshines it like crazy.

As a gamer myself, the idea of a drama with gaming as the key point to their love is WONDERFUL. And I know it's probably already been done before.. but oh my LORD they executed this so well. I absolutely LOVE this drama. I love it to absolute BITS. But as the judgmental person I am, I can sadly say that I will not be giving it a 10/10 because of it's lack of good music and emotion.

It has the "in-game" music which is nice and all.. and maybe some music in scenes that would be quiet. But not any super hard hitting tracks that make you feel the emotion of the scene through the screen aswell as a clear lack of super emotional moments. It also kind of lacks character backstories with things that make them unique which kind of bothers me.

There are many other dramas that I would score higher than this just because it had emotion and character individuality that maybe weren't better. Emotion is a big part in dramas for me to be honest, and this one lacked it. There weren't really any cry worthy moments and it felt a bit dry. (not as dry as Meteor Garden though)

All jokes aside, I rate it a sold 7/10 and definitely think it's much better than it's movie adaptation.

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The cast is chosen so perfectly. I watched the whole show when it first came out. I watched it again in the middle of watching Meteor Garden, and wow. I forgot how amazing it was and how different it is from other dramas. For those who've watched Meteor Garden, you know how much drama is in it. Love 020 is so refreshing after trying to follow all the drama in Meteor Garden. Love 020 is just amazing. I love how simple it is and how it focuses more on the main love instead of giving each supporting love story the same attention as the main one. I could probably watch it 2,000 times and I'll still be excited. It has to be my all time favorite drama but I was so sad that it ended. In all honesty, there needs to be more guys like Xiao Nai. I super recommend this and I hope that "Falling in Love with You is The Best Thing I've Ever Done" comes out and will be just as amazing as this. Anyways, this drama is AWESOME and you should totally watch it. You won't regret it.<33

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First let me say that I really enjoyed this drama. The acting is pretty good overall and the characters are all well done. I especially liked the relationships between the 4 guys. The four girls are not given as much time together on screen so it's harder to be fully invested in that group. Though the FL and her BFF are great together.

It's not angsty and I LOVE that. I was not a fan of the "game" aspect of the show. I understood why it was there and it is an important part of the story, it just wasn't a part that I enjoyed much. I often found myself fast forwarding the game sequences. The romance in the drama is sweet and the main couple is great together.

If you're in the mood for a sweet romance...this is just the ticket.

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Is it possible to fall in absolute love with two characters? Absolutely. This show lays a special place in my heart because I'm a gamer myself and I adore that this is an aspect and that's how the two bonded and how everyone in general bonded in this show actually. The friends were absolutely hilarious; it's kind of nice to see that the guy is wonderful and sweet and just completely in love with the main female lead and she was the same way back and got their connection was just all around wonderful. Plus can we say the nerdy gamer side is AMAZING. God, the two together is just complete fluff and they make your heart flutter until no end. This show is absolutely amazing, you'll binge watch it until no end, even though some don't. It's okay if you don't but man, these two are just cute together. It must be a ship thing at this point because I'm obsessed.

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This is the very first review I'm writing after, idk, 6 years of watching dramas? English isn't my first language so I have always been a little scared of writing a review but I decided to give it a try today bc I love rating and analysing shows that I like. So here we go.

More often than not, I really like more sweet, light romances type of dramas. Some of them are among my favorites. But this time I did not find it so great. I felt like after the main two characters got together, there wasn't really anything to make me want to keep watching besides the accomplishment of finishing it. And I'll explain why I think that happened.

Story: the plot, or actually the synopsis, is very nice! I thought it was unusual to see a gamers as more than just the nerd side characters, and giving them normal personalities and actually making the whole drama about a game in a very natural way. Now, the whole exciting part was about them getting together in real life. What doesn't take too long to happen. AND I don't think that's a problem, I like when there's not too much unnecessary drama about getting together when two characters clearly like each other. But there wasn't any other goal good enough to make me keep watching.

Cast/Acting/Characters: So I don't have any problem with the cast. Both main leads are very beautiful, what I think fits the characters description. (besides the fact that there's supposed to be something awesome and maybe sexy? about WeiWei's body and I didn't find anything besides ULTRA THINNESS in Zheng Shuang's body -- but that was very easy to ignore and I wouldn't call it a problem). But then I thought the characters are too... bidimensional? Like, they are too much of only one thing. Too correct, too pretty, too perfect. There was only barely 2 moments when WeiWei actually felt legit sad. And Xiao Nai is, again, just too handsome, too smart, too confident. And basically never had mood swings in the entire drama. He only showed when he was happy or concerned. And that's it. There wasn't more to them. And even if the drama wouldn't explore their past or give them situations to show their other faces, if they were a more fun couple then maybe I'd still be happy just watching them together without facing any obstacle for 20 eps. Xiao Nai never does anything wrong, he always says the right thing and does what you expect him to do. The most "fun" thing about watching them together is the fact that Weiwei is shy and she is often relucitant about Xiao Nai straight forwardness. But it isn't fun and honestly I couldn't relate at all. I mostly thought she was being unnecessarly shy bc there wasn't really anything that embarassing? But well, for this part maybe that was just me. I was having more fun with the side characters relationship actually but it's not given enough attention and it wasn't given anything more than "okay" resolves.

Music: It was okay I guess. Yep.

Rewatch Value: With a few exceptions, I don't usually rewatch dramas, but this one is definitely a nope for me.

Overall: I don't regret watching it. It was good, they picked a good theme and very pretty actors. I'll compliment it for not having unnecessary and tiring drama, and the fact that the antagonists were never even close to affect the trust the main couple had for each other, which is nice to see. It's a sweet romance but I wouldn't say it is exciting type of sweet like a cake? More like water with sugar or maybe cotton candy. Not too much flavor besides the sugar, dissolves quickly but you eat it until it's over without much problem.

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I've watched this drama back in 2016. I can tell you that based on my opinion, there wasn't a lot of dramas that fall under the same type/category as this one, and I'm guessing that was one of the many reasons it was popular. This is gaming related drama, that provided a little bit of fantasy because it shows them playing the game and being in the game. There will be a lot of cliches and cringe moments, but the storyline is fluffy and cute as a little refreshment from all your melodrama, etc. Overall, all I can say is watch it as your own risk, some of you might like it, or some of you might dislike it, and I don't recommend this to first-timer since this drama have a lot of mix feelings, and it can change your way of understanding or in the progress of getting to know Chinese drama.

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To be honest, this is the most light hearted, easy to watch, feel good drama I've ever seen! The plot is so good, the acting is super good, yeah the kissing scenes are a bit awkward but what amazes me the most is the GRAPHICS! I am super awed and super wowed with the graphics! I rarely use the word beautiful but damn! The game graphics are BEAUTIFUL! Story wise, it's really not hard to fall inlove with the story. Personally, it's really hard to watch dramas that has heavy plots thats why i try to stay away from heavy dramas. Though this drama got some conflicts, it's pretty easy to take. Their character growth is also.something that i applaud. Both characters are smart. Also, one is a masochist and the other is a sadist, so both compliments each other. I've been rewatching this drama a lot of times already to the point that its hard for me to watch other dramas of Zheng Shuang and Yang Yang.

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This drama was filled with squeals and fluff for me. It’s actually a really good drama when you get invested in it, even though many many people hate the cliche details.

Story - I honestly thought the story was fun and exciting. The computer effects for the gaming parts were overall ok, but the movie version was better. By no means am I saying that this is unique in any way so if you’re looking for something different, this isn’t not the drama for you. I personally just like Tom reminisce on the cliches. Fortunately, there are many parts in this drama where I laughed my butt off. Especially with the friends of Xiao Yang. Unfortunately, there are many unlikable characters in this drama and I absolutely can’t stand them talking shit about the main character so I tend to skip many of those parts.

Acting/Cast - As much as I would love to say the cast was absolutely amazing, I can’t bring myself to do so. It felt like the chemistry between the two main leads were super awkward while all the supporting roles acted more natural. It didn’t feel like the chemistry built up enough. There were many parts with cute romance scene though, but you will occasionally get that awkward tension.

Music - Music was average to me. Good melody, nice beat.

Rewatch Value - Quite frankly, I barely ever rewatch dramas even if they were super good. Just a personal preference.

Overall - Nice story, fluffy romance, main leads are hot, supporting roles are funny as hell. Not much could go wrong.

Until we meet again!

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You find a pic of this drama under the word FLUFF in the dictonary

This is a slow I mean SLOW drama. If you want to know how much social media has damaged your attention span you should really try this Cdrama.
All jokes aside. This drama is probably one of the most uncomplicated dramas of all time, it is no drama that drives you to the edge of your seat.
Both of the leads are pretty much green flags and the only thing annoying in this drama is the story line of the FLs friend.
I fell in love with Yu Banshan (A friend of the ML) and even though the costumes were meh and the cgi looked funny I really enjoyed that they included some fighting scenes.
A few years ago I would rewatch this drama regularly and I think it is a really good drama to start with. I hope you give it a try because this drama (even though it is a really slow built up) is really good.

Bonus: Banger music

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My first Chinese drama! And it could be described in one word: soul cleansing. This is the second drama I've seen that has succeeded in the impossible: no insider couple melodrama. It is smooth sailing from beginning to end. I was still on the edge of my seat throughout the whole thing, just waiting for it. I’m so used to internal conflict that since it had been so peaceful, I was just anticipating it and wanted to get it over and done with. But I was pleasantly surprised to find the show continued its fluffy and relaxed pace throughout the show.


Did Love O2O say healthy relationship™ rights or what? I can’t even begin to explain all the reasons I love Xiao Nai and Bei Weiwei, both as individual characters and as a couple.

- 100% trust and faith in one another
- Communication!!!
- Support one another
- Actual soulmates??
- Crossed every item off the couple bucket list!!!!
- Stand-up for each other always

And can we talk about the fact we did NOT have to deal with the following:

- Disapproving in-laws
- Misunderstandings
- Unnecessary love triangles (technically we did have Cao Guang [foreign languages genius] & Zhen Shao Xiang [her in-game ex] interested in Weiwei and Meng Yiran [the campus beauty] interested in Xiao Nai [I mean who wouldn’t be interested in the literal university campus prince/lord] but the relationship literally did not even sway a tad)


I feel like I need to write an essay on the perfection that is Xiao Nai. How can the perfect human male exist???

- Kindhearted
- Effortlessly cool
- Body of a greek god
- Handsome as HELL (I could look at him all day)
- Intelligent
- Good at everything (except cooking, teehee - but hey he didn’t say he was a bad cook, he just said he only knew how to cook noodles lol)
- A good friend, boyfriend, boss
- Looks out for others
- A feminist icon
- Told Weiwei that they would never fight, he would never doubt her, would still be with her even if she were unfaithful and would work to turn her around… like damn. What a MAN
- Following on from that, like can we replay that iconic scene where campus beauty Yiran calls him up to meet to talk about Weiwei (more like spread false rumours) and he responds “Not interested” and just hangs up on her???! I was liVING
- Or when Cao Guang says “After watching the video, you never doubted Weiwei? You trust her that much?” and the prince of my heart replies “Why wouldn’t I trust my girlfriend?” like sWOON - that’s exactly the way it should be!!!
- I just love him a lot okay

And Bei Weiwei? Also a queen

- Super nice
- Pretty
- Doesn’t let others walk all over her, stands up for herself (and others!)
- Smart af
- Also an amazing gamer (like her husband)
- Can you tell that they both have almost identical great character traits?? And that’s why they are perfect for each other

And can we also just talk about how Xiao Nai was the Qing University’s prince with every girl falling to their knees around him, he was so famous it was crazy - and Weiwei is a bit shy at first with their relationship being on show but she never has insecurities about her not being good enough for Mr. Perfection Incarnate which was SO refreshing. She can stand on her own two feet and they behave like a normal couple around campus. And even better, people (girls) were never like ‘omg how did she land a guy like him’ or ‘she doesn’t deserve him’ or any crap like that. In fact, the boyz were even saying ‘Nai, you landed the department beauty within 5 mins!! mad respect bro’ like they were on a somewhat equal playing field! Everybody (minus Yiran’s posse) supported their relationship, how nice is that!!

They were honestly married throughout the whole thing, with terms like ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ being thrown around by their friends always (since they are married in the game). Like they were That™ couple. THE couple. When she was first brought to their office, all the guys were like “omgomgomg it’s Nai’s future wife guys!!!1!” amazing.


And another thing I loved was Weiwei’s friendship with the squad: the boyz. Aka Nai’s 3 roommates; later co-workers. I just realised that dramas never show the male lead’s girlfriend interacting much with his friends??? Why is that? Why are there always a million second male leads, but never any healthy interaction between the female lead’s boyfriend’s guy friends? It was so wholesome! They have such a fun dynamic, she teases them - from the one who can’t use idioms properly, to Mr. Girly, etc.

She has such fun with them and they also defend her!! When her name was being dragged through the mud, they posted her results to prove how smart she was. Or when Nai made his and Weiwei’s relationship official and friend Hao Mei was the only one who wasn’t filled in that Luwei Weiwei was Bei Weiwei (even though it should be obvious with that identical name lmao) but Mei was ready to fight and ran to Nai saying “what about your gAME WIFE?!? what would she say you m*therfu-“
hilarious. but also, such pure intentions, we stan.

It’s also such a simple thing, but my heart skips a beat whenever Nai introduces Weiwei to people and naturally says “this is my girlfriend Bei Weiwei”, so underrated. It’s the little things!!!


I was also a fan of how the trope of the ‘bitchy’ popular girl who’s out to get the male lead wasn’t taken to the extreme? She honestly was a pretty nice girl. She just had shitty friends who gave her terrible advice and she was swayed by them because of her crush. And then at the end, she apologised to Weiwei for her actions, aw. Nice. That’s how it SHOULD be done.

I could probably go into more things from the plot to the secondary relationships and the soundtrack but I’m content with just going over the important things. But I will mention that I liked the addition of the ‘game world’, as it added another dimension to the drama. Although the CGI was trash, it was still a good addition and it mixed it up.


Overall, this show is everything I love. I wish more shows could be like this. Drama-free, easygoing with loads of cute moments and healthy relationships. This drama was a 10 from me, how could it not be.

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