The movie made the storytelling work within the two hours or something that they were given to summarize the 30 episode series. I liked the New Year scene when he faked eating at a restaurant by reading a ramen label. They picked the right scenes to depict and used great transition to hover from Xiao Nai’s romantic and professional pursuits. Love 020 the movie had the disadvantage of limited time so they had to make adjustments by combining some of the characters from the series. The series had an overall feeling of romance which was definitely a good thing for the genre. I loved the sweet scenes though and the development of the secondary characters, especially Xiao Nai’s posse and the pairing Cao Guang and Erxi. I love Yang Yang and think he’s one of the most gorgeous actors in China but the beauty shots and the extreme close ups were an overkill. There were times that the script was redundant and focused too much on how amazing Weiwei and Xiao Nai were in their respective fields that it got a bit uncomfortable at times, especially when the beauty shots of both characters could fill about three episodes.

I must admit that I felt like 30 episodes to tell the story of Love 020 was a tad too long since the plot wasn’t overly complex.

Xiao Nai pursues Weiwei in the game and eventually wins her heart in real life as well. Unknown to Weiwei, she has caught the eye of campus heartthrob Xiao Nai, who is known in the game as the master Yixiao Naihe. Unknown to the community, she is the fierce Luwei Weiwei who holds overall seventh rank in their game server. Synopsis: Sophomore Computer Science student Bei Weiwei is known as a campus beauty with mad skills in gaming. I briefly lock down on how they pit against each other. I found each medium had their own strengths and appeals. I found that there were two versions of this adaptation - a 30 episode series (which I dutifully finished) and a movie starring Angelbaby and Jing Boran. After watching Meteor Garden 2018 last year, as well as A Love So Beautiful, I stumbled across Love 020 which is a Chinese adaptation of a novel by Gu Man.

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