# Love Once Again (2021)

> A young woman who has sworn off love chases her career while her childhood friend quietly supports her dreams and then must choose his own path.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/116106

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 18
- Episode runtime: 10 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: romance, drama
- Network: Tencent Video
- Cast: You Jingru, Ryan Zhao, Ariel Ann, Hong Yike, Xu Xiaohan, Liu Xu
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22767166/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: gentle, wistful, sincere, hopeful, warm

## What critics say

Audiences gave the series a mixed-to-middling reception, with its romance and friendship storylines landing unevenly across its short run.

## Synopsis

Love Once Again (2021-2022) is a Chinese web romance drama created for Tencent Video, a short-form series of eighteen roughly ten-minute episodes. Its protagonist Lin Nuannuan, played by You Jingru, has been left by a failed relationship and turns her energy toward her career, pushing love aside. Her childhood friend Shi Guang, played by Ryan Zhao, backs her dream while wrestling with a choice about his own path, even if it means leaving her behind. Around them, friends Flora (Ariel Ann), Mei Jing (Hong Yike), Yu Xiao (Xu Xiaohan) and Liang Cheng (Liu Xu) face their own struggles with love and identity. The engine of the series is the small, concrete friction of workplace ambition, unspoken feelings, and the decisions friends make about where they want to be. Each short episode moves a single thread forward, and the eighteen episodes form one continuing season of heartbreak, self-discovery and gradual warmth. The tone is gentle, wistful and sincere, with a youthful urban glow. Fans of Sex and the City, Younger and Meteor Garden will find resonance in its mix of career ambition, close friendship and slow-burning romance.

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