Love 020 / Your Smile is Very Alluring / Just One Smile is Very Alluring is Chinese novel by Gu Man. On this post, I only reviewed the comparison between movie and 30 episodes TV series since I don't read the novel. Anyway, if you're interested on reading the novel, it has been translated until complete here. This is my comeback to Chinese movie / TV series after the long serial Bu Bu Jing Xin season 1 in my campus life. I couldn't bear watching the 50+ episodes from season 2 though. And now, I have done watching Love 020 movie, but not yet with the drama.

I won't review the story, but this is basic taken from wikipedia:

Bei Wei Wei is the campus goddess, who also excels in her studies. She aspires to be a game designer/engineer, and goes by the alias of Luwei Weiwei in the online role-playing game Dreaming of Jianghu. After she gets dumped by her online husband Zhenshui Wuxiang, she gets approached by the number one player Yixiao Naihe, who suggested that they enter into a marriage so they can both level up in game. The newly formed couple instantly hit it off, and undergoes many adventures together in game.
However, Wei Wei never expected the identity of her gaming husband to be her college senior, Xiao Nai, who is described as the cream of the crop in both sports and academics. When Wei Wei discovers his real identity, they have already fallen in love with each other. Together, they face many obstacles as due to their good looks, many are jealous of them. What would happen to their relationship then?



Of course that is from the drama. Meanwhile, the story in the movie is quite similar, except that Wei Wei's former husband in game. In the movie, it is the same as the newspaper jerk. But in the drama, it is the campus' beauty's cousin, Zhen Shao Xiang. I think Shao Xiang's actor looks very similar sometimes with Miyazawa Aya's actor in "Seisei Suru Hodo Aishiteru", Nakamura Aoi. Look:


The story is quite enjoyable. Even though the basic is the same as any romantic stories out there. But here, the relationships between Wei Wei and Xiao Nai really made me think "Please let them meet and know each other quickly". The CG is also good, thinking it's a romance theme.

And then, let's see the comparison picture from the movie and drama itself:



Okay, back to the pictures.








Romance stills and comparison between movie and series :







Still more picture :





All movie CGs, because I haven't finish watching 30 episodes of TV series (still on ep 4) :






Now, let's see more picture from the TV series:








Overall, this series has decent story. But the CG helps it to stand. It's only a heart-warming romance story so don't expect something big, like war in online game etc. They both played the game in order to become a game company leaders. It will be good if it happen to us gamers.

What I'm surprised is, it has been a long time since I watched a Chinese drama. And the male actors' style look up to Korean. They are really stylish and cute right now. As for the heroine, I might pick the drama's heroine, Zheng Shuang, because she looks more mature than Angela Baby. Their acting is decent and I don't have complaint. But I don't think I like their face. If I must pick, I'll pick Meng Yi Ran's actress, Ma Chunrui. I think she's really the prettiest. It's just my opinion.

Anyway, I'm sorry this looks more like a photo album rather than a review. Since I haven't watch the series until the end and there is nothing new to the basic story, I can't say much. But I'll keep watching as this series is enjoyable and the balance of comedy and seriousness is good.


UPDATE! After watching 11 episodes of TV series, I chose Yang Yang from the series as my favorite Chinese actor. His stare is piercing my heart! Even though he doesn't talk or smile, his eyes can flirt. And Zheng Shuang is very pretty. I love the TV series story more than the movie. It goes on too quick so I can't tell the relationships between Xiao Nai and his male friends. They're very funny. Be sure to watch the series too!

Already watched all of 30 episodes in 2 weeks!