#Love o2o

[imja-thedoctordramawatcher]

watching a drama with Yang Yang is having to constantly rewind (for once) because you keep getting distracted by his BEAUTIFUL face omfg

[twinklingstrawberries]

Watching dramas about esports, coding, etc. just hits different when you're a compsci student and on your third cup of coffee

[lemonsourcrisis]

Love O2O 微微一笑很倾城 (2016)

[mysteriousboo]

Why I prefer cdramas over kdramas(as an international fan)

kdramas ive watched - business proposal, sweet home, rookie historian goo hae-ryung, mr queen, link: eat, love, kill , the glory , crash landing on you, what's wrong with secretary kim, true beauty, romance is a bonus book, goblin, meow-the secret boy, hometown cha cha cha, see you in my 19th life

cdramas ive watched - the untamed, word of honor, blood of youth, ten miles of peach blossom(i regret watching this one), love between fairy and devil, the starry love, till the end of the moon, put your head on my shoulder, mr honesty, the romance of tiger and rose, love o2o, go go squid!, love and destiny, currently watching back from the brink

1) Cdramas tend to have more developed side characters

ive seen a good variety of kdramas, and i always find the side characters to be lacking! they are often treated as props or only used for comical purposes. meanwhile, in cdramas, they tend to have more personality and are important to the plot as well rather than just being a plot device! (i agree that not all cdramas do it well, but the ones that do leave behind a good impression)

2) Cdramas make the characters interact well

one thing that i have noticed in cdramas is that they make character interactions to be deep and meaningful! personally, i prefer consuming media where both the main characters and side characters stand out, and while it's hard to create something like that, cdramas do it better than kdramas! side characters often don't get enough screen time or are too one-dimensional to make an impact on the viewers! im not saying that kdramas don't do it at all, im saying that a lot of times, it just doesn't hit as hard as in cdramas.

3)The angst hits harder in cdramas!!

now, don't get me wrong, im not saying that kdramas can't be angsty! it's just that a lot of angst in kdramas tends to be more romance related, and as an aroace person, i don't care much for romance and that's why the angst in cdramas(not just romance related) feels and hits way harder! yes, i absolutely adored the angst in the glory freaking loved it! i live for it, but angst in cdramas tends to focus a lot more on familial and platonic relationships, and my lil heart just loves it too much!!

4) kdramas have a lot more filler than cdramas

yes, ik that cdramas are longer, but just hear me out! i have noticed that a lot of times, if you remove a couple of episodes from a kdrama, it makes no impact on the plot whatsoever! or a lot of arcs just feel like they don't deserve as much screen time, and some arcs don't make much sense either after being dragged on for so long!! meanwhile, cdramas are definitely longer, but most of them, if not all of them, are adapted from a webnovel, and that, in general, leads to them being super long! yes, it feels like they are dragging some parts out, but it all seems significant to the plot and is not just filler!

5) relationships between females are better portrayed in cdramas!!

i absolutely adore female friendships or just respectful relationships between females. and cdramas definitely do it better than kdramas! look at li susu and pian ran from TTEOTM or jiele and xiao lan hua from LBFAD or WOH or back from the brink! female connections are better portrayed in cdramas!

6) cdramas tend to be more fantasy focused than kdramas

i enjoy fantasy as a genre a lot, and cdramas tend to be more fantasy based! chinese fantasy is so interesting, and i absolutely adore wuxia/xianxia as a genre! kdramas don't have something similar, and while i adore a lot of historical kdramas, fantasy just hits differently! especially cause there is just so much to explore in chinese fantasy! look at the blood of youth, i had so much fun watching that show. and the fight scenes were so well done!

7) cdramas have beautiful platonic relationships, and i adore the found family arc a lot more in cdaramas

there is definitely a found family arc going on in most of the cdramas ive watched, and i live for it! a lot of time, the characters might not have as much screen time, but they all seem to have depth, and that makes the drama so much fun! yes, kdramas also have found family arcs, but a lot of times, the characters are purely used for comical purposes and have no back stories! they are mostly just used to fill screetime! whether it's the untamed or the starry love, the found family arc would make my heart go so soft cause all those characters have back stories and depth and i am so in love with all of them and even losing one of them can make me go feral and that's exactly why i adore cdramas!!!!!!

shortcomings of cdramas:-

a) the re-dubbing in cdarams- as you all know that China re-dubs their drama, and that can be annoying cause it's always the same va!!

b) the chinese censorship is so strict, and a lot of times, some scenes don't make it into the final cut which can be frustrating or a lot of time even getting past the censorship can be impossible!!

c) i feel that fans seem to be more critical towards cdramas! people behind the scenes put way too much effort so that we can watch their work, but how the drama changes after the censorship is not in their control! they try their best, and adapting novels is not easy!! yet the fans are less understanding towards them! i just wish the audience was a little more understanding!!

d) another problem that's persistent with most cdramas are the poorly translated subtitles! sometimes, the subtitles can be very unclear, or the translation is not accurate at and that can create a disconnect with the international fans in general!!

this is just my opinion! im not saying that cdramas are better than kdramas. i adore them both a lot! im just saying that i PREFER cdramas more! please be understanding and try to be polite when interacting with this post!! that being said, feel free to leave recommendations cause i WILL check em out ;))

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[lyselkatz]

Hào Méi and K.O.

I'm still thinking about them years later. 美人師兄!!!

🖌Commission

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

Zhèng YèChéng 鄭業成

As Liáng ShàoPíng 梁少平 from 紙嫁衣 Paper Bride 2.

Ft coser artist Lín YoùChí 林又遲 as Zhù XiâoHóng 祝小紅.

Dà-Chéng majored in Chinese opera and is doing a lot of work promoting and inviting people to discover theatre arts.

With 10+ years of Chinese opera martial character 武生 training, he's the PERFECT ML if there's ever a screen adaptation of the game!

[satyrsatire]

So I've been keeping track of all the dramas i watch in my notes and rating them but i figured I'd do it here as well.

Love O2O, 30 Episodes.

Ok so i finished Love O2O and,, eh? it wasn't bad but there were no real obstacles. The schools hottest guy and girl meet and fall in love, oh and surprise- they're gamers. Sadly it fell victim to the C-drama trope of "FL looks wholly uninterested in any form of physical contact" I'd give it 3/5 stars. (an extra star simply just for K.O and Hao Mei and whatever subtextual homosexual shit they got going on off screen)

[letsbeoutoftouch]

yang yang in you are my glory >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yang yang in love O2O

[reinedeslys-central]

when one of them has an arguably higher social status (like, they're both well-known and respected but one is just COMPLETELY on another level)

but the canon makes it so very crackingly clear that they are BOTH so incredibly whipped for each other, there is zero one-sidedness in this relationship lol

love 020 (denounce the cringe all you want (and also the scandals oml), but you can't deny they do really go for the both-these-characters-are-SO-whipped-for-each-other angle)

solangelo (well-liked camp medic vs Literally The Hero, and make of that dynamic what you will ig)

wangxian. just. them. yeah

there IS another example I just can't think of it right now I'll come back to this

[qiaojingjing]

Chapters: 13/13 Fandom: 你是我的荣耀 | You Are My Glory (TV), 微微一笑很倾城 | Love O2O (TV), 微微一笑很倾城 - 顾漫 | A Smile is Beautiful Series - Gu Man Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Xiao Nai | Yi Xiao Nai He & Yu Tu, Qiao Jingjing/Yu Tu, Bei Weiwei | Lu Wei Wei Wei/Xiao Nai | Yi Xiao Nai He, Bei Weiwei | Lu Wei Wei Wei & Qiao Jingjing, Bei Weiwei | Lu Wei Wei Wei & Yu Tu, Xiao Nai | Yi Xiao Nai He & Qiao Jingjing, Xiao Mingcong & Yu Tu & Xiao Mingyue, Xiao Mingcong & Qiao Jingjing & Xiao Mingyue Characters: Yu Tu (You Are My Glory), Xiao Nai | Yi Xiao Nai He, Qiao Jingjing, Bei Weiwei | Lu Wei Wei Wei, Xiao Mingcong, Xiao Mingyue, Yang Yang (Actor) Additional Tags: Crossover, Alternate Universe – Twins, Family, Twins, Brothers, Snark, Banter, Bickering, Slice of Life, Family Dynamics, Developing Relationship, Developing Friendships, Friendship, Parent-Child Relationship, Married Couple, Married Life, Wei Wei actually having a life away from Xiao Nai, Canon Compliant, POV Multiple, POV Outsider, Time Skips, Gu Man Dramatic Universe Series: Part 10 of if alternate universes exist (YAMG AUs) Summary:

All of it had always been normal facts of their lives, but people were always so predictably baffled that for many years now Xiao Nai and Yu Tu could practically give the answers in their sleep.

Yes, they were really brothers. Twins, in fact. No, really, despite the fact that they had different surnames.

[incompetentcompetence]

… one of the the directors for Mysterious Lotus Casebook also worked for Love O2O, in which resides one Hao Mei and K.O. Let’s just say this man ain’t afraid to queer code a bit, even around the demon known as chinese censorships.

ADDITIONALLY, Guo Hu is also directing Tiger and Crane (which I’m very excited for). Let’s see if this man strikes again.

[wordsbyher]

(via Review: ‘Love O2O’ C-drama (2016))

"Love is all about trusting and believing in your partner. That is the magic that helps in creating forever moments with your soulmate." - wordsbyher

Source: mblognation.wordpress.com

[jcs-singular-slut-strand]

Love O2O really just said "Oh yeah the male lead is her professors super smart son who is also really good at/on the basketball team and who has his own successful tech/video game development company and is coincidently also the top male player on this really popular video game. Oh yeah and he's rich. And on the swim team (which he is also really good at btw). And he's a computer major. Also he got into a car crash that we'll never mention again as it actually developed a side character way more than it did the male lead so 🤷‍♀️"

[xiaoshengnu]

Love O2O final review

overview: episode no. -  30 episodes, genre - romance

released in 2016, Love O2O follows the romance between two star computer science students in beijing's qing university. bei weiwei is both an ace pupil and a star gamer, being the only woman gamer on her server to reach the top ten. however being perfect at everything (and a woman) doesn't come without it's troubles. after a series of unexpected events she meets computer science genius xiao nai, and the two fall in love.

l⃣e⃣ t⃣’ s⃣    b⃣e⃣g⃣i⃣n⃣

honestly, I won't deny it, the drama is a classic and it will forever hold a special place in my heart. bei weiwei and xiao nai were literally written to be the ideal couple- they have it all, they're smart, beautiful and sensible which I guess is such a breath of fresh air from all those dramas where the lead couple have you pulling your hair out in frustration due to the ridiculous misunderstandings that occur between them.

however, it definitely still has its merits and its flaws, but I don't hate it as much as I did when I watched it for the second time back when I was 15. seeing it for the third time I can definitely see why it's considered a classic- so. lets get into it!

o⃣u⃣t⃣     o⃣ f⃣     t⃣ e⃣ n⃣

𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 - 7/10

𝖕𝖑𝖔𝖙 - 6/10

𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 - 7/10

𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 - 7/10

𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖 - 6.75/𝟙𝟘

o⃣u⃣t⃣    o⃣ f⃣    f⃣ i⃣v⃣ e⃣

𝖍𝖎𝖉𝖉𝖊𝖓 𝖌𝖊𝖒 𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖚𝖊 - 💎💎

[ even though in my mind it is a classic, I think the only really unique thing about it is how mature (lmao) the main characters are. the tropes and the arguments it presents are pretty standard. I'm also not the biggest fan of the drama's messages ] 

𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍 𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖚𝖊 - ✨✨ ✨✨ 

[ it's very easy to rewatch- so simple and a good length but I think if I rewatched it too many times it would get kind of boring for me ]

‘keep reading’ for detailed review

𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 - 7/10

the characters in this drama were all pretty good. I liked them all quite a bit. rewatching the drama for the third time, and with a much better understanding of mandarin in comparison to when I was 12 and 15 really made me appreciate how witty the writing was for some of these characters? I really liked the humour they had, even though sometimes it was a little stylised in true cdrama style. I loved the banter between bei weiwei and xiao nai and also the dynamics of their respective friend groups- I actually found myself laughing along.

however, the drama definitely careened a little bit too much into wish fulfilment which limited how well written their characters could be. most of the characters were pretty one-note, ESPECIALLY the two main leads. neither bei weiwei or xiao nai change much over the course of the drama and neither undergo any character development to speak of. it was also rather unrealistic and hard to believe how much the drama seemed to orbit around the two main leads unconditionally, in particular xiao nai. despite the female lead being presented as similarly intelligent and capable, her skills and abilities were kind of thrown aside to favour xiao nai's story. although it wasn't badly written and it did make sense for the direction the narrative was moving, it still kind of sucks and does feel pretty gendered in my opinion.

𝖕𝖑𝖔𝖙 - 6/10

moving on to plot, I feel like this situation is rather recurrent in the drama- this situation where things work out almost too ideally for the main characters that it feels almost unrealistic, but within the set up of the drama it makes sense. which makes it a fairly well written wish fulfilment kind of drama- and I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it, because I did T-T. but the plot was pretty solid.

however, the drama's narrative never really sat well with me even as a 15 year old, mainly because how traditionalist it was. sure, the plot did shed light on the treatment of women in corporate culture, women in gaming and in stem, as well as the struggles of being a conventionally attractive woman and also homosexuality; it doesn't really challenge the traditionalist mindset that produced this problems in the first place- even encouraging them. like when bei weiwei is consistently slandered throughout the drama for being sexually promiscuous, the drama resolves this with her beating these allegations by proving her sexual purity and demonising the sexually promiscuous xiao yu qingqing. I also really despised the lack of voice weiwei had during her more intimate moments with xiao nai. every kiss throughout the drama and every move towards something more was always initiated by xiao nai, with weiwei being the passive, slightly wary yet pleased receiver.

nevertheless tho, it's not a bad drama. it makes sense, it's just some things it- sigh. lets leave it here. if I open up the homophobia box as well I will never stop. Love O2O and I... it's a love-hate relationship y'all.

𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 - 7/10

overall, the acting was pretty decent and believable. I really liked the chemistry between the friend groups in the drama in particular, it all felt rather natural and easy. however some scenes were pretty stylised and over the top, in true romance-idol-cdrama style, which I can watch, just not the biggest fan of. in terms the the lead couples, yang yang and zheng shuang are literally the prettiest two people you can put on screen together- I'll give them that lol- though I kind of got this feeling that both of them were very very very aware of the camera that was watching them. their expressions and actions often didn't really feel like real people but felt very calculated to look good on camera. yang yang also wasn't the most expressive, though I suppose that might of just been xiao nai's character.

𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 - 7/10

the production on the whole was fairly decent, and I appreciate the work done used to create the gamescape. for an idol drama the sets were fairly okay, and just about believable though it definitely doesn't have a lived-in feel in comparison to some better quality productions and sometimes the luxuriousness of the places like xiao nai's office and bei weiwei's university dormitory felt slightly ridiculous. the ost on the other hand tho, slaps.

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𝖇𝖔𝖓𝖚𝖘!!

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favourite characters

hao mei (resident gay)

𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖜 (source mydramalist)

lead actors : zheng shuang, yang yang, mao xiaotong, bai yu

directors : lin yufen, guo hu

screenwriters : gu man, scarlett ouyang, shen fei xuan

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Harper's Bazaar Men China - November 2023