Cinderella is Online: Japanese Version of Love O2O

The post title is self-explanatory. If you want to watch the Japanese adaptation of “Love O2O,” it’s called “Cinderella is Online.” This blog is subbing it s .l.o.w.l.y. but hey! I’m just grateful somebody’s doing it. Cinderella is Online ep1 Thank you, subbers! Caveat: This dorama isn’t as good as the original. Obviously. We all know that […]

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You Are My Glory: Yang Yang and Dilraba

The first promotional trailer is out!! Woohoo!! Doing my Snoopy happy dance…. It’s official because it’s from “Tencent Video.” There’s no English translation but a kind YouTube poster named Billie Zhang translated it. PLEASE if you go on YouTube, please give his/her post a “Thumbs Up” to show our appreciation. Thanks!!! Yang Yang plays an […]

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Bitch Talk: My Imaginary Daughter’s Boyfriends

If you’ve lurked here long enough, you should know these two truths about me: one, not having a daughter is one of the biggest regrets in my life, and two, I watch a lot of Cdrama that I never finish reviewing. Thanks to my old friend nonski who happened to drop by, I’m now inspired […]

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Love O2O: Episode 30 Highlights, part 2

For the ending, I’m doing something a bit different. I’ll still write the highlights of the show, but I’ll also refer to the translation of the Final Episode for comparison. Here’s the source of the translation I’m using: A Slight Smile is Very Charming (微微一笑很倾城) : Part 48 (Final) I think it’s uploaded by the […]

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Love O2O: Episode 30 Highlights, part 1

So we’ve reached the end. The premise of Love O2O is very simple. It talks about love that began online gradually developing into love offline. Hence, the title: Love O2O or Love Online to Offline. Its original title, One Smile is Very Alluring, is also interesting. But since I’m not Chinese, somebody else will have […]

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Love O2O: Episode 29 Highlights

Happy birthday to Yang Yang! This Episode 29 post is my gift to fellow Xiao Nai fans. 1. Picking up Weiwei At the company dinner, Xiao Nai promised the guys a company excursion as reward for all their hard work and for winning the Fengteng contract. On the day of the company trip, Nai told […]

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Happy Birthday, Sheep Sheep!

errr… Yang Yang, also known as Xiao Nai. Happy Birthday to our one-and-only “Best Drama Boyfriend”!   Thanks @weizi for alerting us. I didn’t know his birthday was on Sept 9. He turned 28 already!! *************** From the Yang Yang Overseas Fan Club 杨洋海外后援会官页 Yang Yang updated his weibo Wish me, Happy Birthday #YangYang #杨洋 #楊洋 Some […]

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Love O2O: The Movie vs the TV Drama

Hands down, the drama version is better. I’ll give you one example of the glaring difference in movie and drama version. Their first meeting at the bridge. In the movie version, Weiwei finishes the test early. She raises her hand to submit her work but the test proctor doesn’t permit her to turn it prior […]

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Love O2O: Ep 28 Highlights

For my slavedriver, @agaragarjelly, who reminded me that I must continue till the end. Two more episodes after this!!! 1.  Talk nerdy to me! I’ll be the first one to admit this. When most people talk in computerese, my mind turns into an error code. So I was surprised when Nai’s demo made perfect sense […]

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Love O2O: The List of Posts

This is an ongoing project. There are 30 episodes and I KNOW I’m still missing highlights for the last 3 episodes. And a comparison of the movie, drama and novel. I’m obsessive. Just hang it there. Don’t whack me for being a slacker. 🙂 These are the posts for Love O2O in chronological order. Love […]

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Love O2O: Episode 27 Highlights

I’m back with my highlights. Three more episodes to go. 1. Mate poaching Yiran and her evil sidekick Nana invite Erxi to dinner, expecting Erxi to spill the dirt on Weiwei. When Weiwei accidentally joins them at the table, Yiran and Nana are confused by the excellent camarederie between Erxi and Weiwei. Erxi declares Weiwei […]

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