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‘Breeze of Love’ is on iQiYI
Ban Dong Wook returns to college after a hiatus caused by chronic insomnia, with little interest in making new friends. However, he decides to join the basketball team to spend time with the captain, Lee Do Hyun, the only person around whom Dong Wook can fall asleep. Despite the team’s need for a new member to compete in tournaments, the usually friendly Do Hyun is hesitant about keeping Dong Wook on the team. A series of flashbacks unveil their turbulent high-school history.
Adapted from a webtoon called “Weather Forecast Love” by Gwendolyn and Samyoung, Korean series “A Breeze of Love” stars Shin Jeong You and Woo Ji Han as protagonists Ban Dong Wook and Lee Do Hyun respectively. While the story seems to be a typical “enemies to lovers” romance at first, there is more to the tale than just that. The primary plot, where the lead can only sleep in peace when Lee Do Hyun is near him, might remind some fans of the Korean series ‘Color Rush,’ which explored the idea of people seeing colors only when they are around their ‘soulmates’.
True to its title, the cinematography of ‘A Breeze of Love’ is bright, peachy, and boasts a palette befitting a summer romance. In contrast to many similar shows produced on a modest budget, where students participating in any kind of game often seem rehearsed and artificial, this series impressively showcases meticulously choreographed basketball scenes. The basketball subplot feels convincingly executed, though Ban Dong Wook and Lee Do Hyun appear more like glistening models than sweaty, exhausted young college students after a hectic match.
Shin Jeong You’s character Ban Dong Wook is the typical handsome, serious, broody protagonist, however, Woo Ji Han is a lot more endearing as basketball fanatic Do Hyun, whose character is first introduced as a lively, confident athlete, but is shown to be a lot more timid, nervous in the high-school flashbacks. Woo Ji Haan smoothly shifts between the high-school and older personas of Do Hyun, while Ban Dong Wook’s character doesn’t see a lot of change or growth through the show.
The school settings were a lot like “A Shoulder To Cry On”, another webtoon turned drama, however, “A Breeze of Love” is a lot less angst-y in its tone. Shin Jeong You and Woo Ji Han make an incredibly good-looking onscreen couple and their chemistry is cozy-cute, convincing, and Dong Wook really does look at ease around the sweet Do Hyun.
Kim Hyun Jae plays Yang Seung Joo, a basketball player who has a crush on Do Hyun, but his subplot wasn’t fully fleshed out, and it seems like the actor could have used more screen time. Lee Seo Bin portrays the cheery Kim Hye In, who convinces Ban Dong Wook to join the college basketball team, unwittingly acting as a catalyst for the reunion between him and Do Hyun. The climactic conflict was predictable and quite unnecessary. The show could have been an outright ‘feel-good’ love story, given that the leads had already experienced their share of heartache in the past. Nevertheless, all’s well that ends well.
“A Breeze of Love” is only eight episodes long, with each edition lasting about 16 minutes and is evenly paced, so it’s pretty easy to binge-watch the entire show in one go. If you enjoy watching campus romances with good-looking leads, definitely add this show on your watch-list.
Rating: 7 on 10. You can stream “Breeze of Love” on iQIYI.
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