I’m a total goner for this cdrama Love O2O / Just one smile is very alluring from Croton mega hit. I’m so excited after finding 1 drama that finally got me these light feelings
It’s been a long long time I haven’t been interested in a romance drama to want it to watch it twice in a row and read the light novel with it (I normally give up after watching the 1st episode )
-Female lead has her flaws (lack of passion) but she’s not a pushover and has some brain
-Male lead, duality of his character: he can appear cold to others but with the main girl, ayaaaa
-Cutest couple ever, couple chemistry, their interactions.
-Game RPG theme: for once!
-Ancient Chinese / contemporary set: Characters, clothes, weapons in the game / duality with the real world
-Drama better than the novel: for once!
-Light feelings, not a serious tone drama, fresh college love story, “fluffy” feelings (I was in the mood)
-Not exaggerated drama overall, not too far-stretched in character’s reactions, actions => more realistic for me.
-A new story that we don’t find in the drama world: original and lovable
-Songs in my head
What I like less:
-not enough development of the story in game, the world in game, not many epic fighting scenes but the story in the modern world was enjoyable, these 2 main characters are so adorable that I ended up skipping scenes in the game because not enough interesting and just watched scenes in the modern world where the love story develops itself.
-RPG graphics: the monsters were… Can we compare to Lord of the Rings monsters? And scenery graphics: when we compare with some real games teasers nowadays, they could have been better.
-“lack” of love passion
-a little too westernized according to my friend
But overall, I need a S2. I’m in love with this drama
Do you have other recommendations from Croton dramas that you liked a lot until the end or dramas that give off the same vibe/feelings?
If you’re looking for a school/ youth romance and a male lead who appears cold on the outside, then maybe the currently airing “Rush to the Dead Summer” is something for you Unfortunately, it’s not in Viki, but you can easily find it subbed elsewhere.
Btw, this drama is not from Croton, but if it comes to youth/ coming-of-age dramas, I’m always recommending Back In Time (https://www.viki.com/tv/26259c-back-in-time). I totally love this drama! It was a huge hit in China, but sadly, it is not very well known among international viewers.
THAAANKS! I will try to watch Rush to the Dead Summer when it will be complete. I don’t like to wait! (I liked Decoded, a drama with the same male lead but the plot and genre are really different from Rush).
I noticed that they put English subtitles on their official Youtube channel after a while (Croton mega hit only, not other Croton channels, too bad). That’s why I could watch Love O2O on their official Youtube. They also did so many productions (looong dramas too), I don’t know what to pick XD
Thanks for your links! WOW! I think I will find my happiness here I took a look in Huace TV Youtube Channel and saw the teaser for The Taoism Grandmaster Seems promising but I don’t trust any teaser now XD I’ve been fooled before!
The actress at 1:08 looks like Andy An?? I’m a fan of her since Decoded!
My friends recommended me after Love O2O:
-My Sunshine
-Boss and Me
-Imperial Doctress (for the strong female lead)
-Legend of Lu Zhen (I forgot the reason)
For the game genre where there’s a higher probability of meeting a strong female lead, it’s not a common theme on dramas, so they recommended me anime and mangas yesterday like Sword Art Online.
If you’re interested in novels of this particular genre, here are some: http://www.books.shushengbar.com/?cat=21
However, I think only one has been translated into English.
Lol Lizz, don’t worry I made my research on Yang Yang yesterday
Yes, I saw this upcoming drama, it’s from an anime that my friend also recommended me I can watch the anime for the moment but I still prefer to watch real humans than cartoons.
Thanks for the link for novels! A relative recommended me this website: http://www.novelupdates.com/
I’m currently reading Love O2O novel, the version translated by Dreams of Jianghu on this website.
I liked that the website has different versions of translations, from one translator to another, there’s a different writing style, pick of words!
When I read the first lines of the synopsis, I was like how will they portray a monkey and a pig and still attract an audience like a young generation of nowadays (cf one version of Journey to the West). I was totally mislead!
(I normally give up after watching the 1st episode 
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I took a look in Huace TV Youtube Channel and saw the teaser for The Taoism Grandmaster 
Seems promising but I don’t trust any teaser now XD I’ve been fooled before!
(cf one version of Journey to the West). I was totally mislead!