Offline Love

Aaawww..if I could, I would watch this Japanese series again and again. There is just something so heart warming about the contestants in this series.

Compared to other Western reality shows, like Love Is Blind and Love Island with their blatant sexuality, and contestants scheming behind each other's backs, the 10 participants here are so wholesome and supportive of each other. The furthest they went was to hold hands and a kiss on the forehead. Haha.

They are always decently dressed, many in beautiful vintage wear and are just so stylish and beautiful. There is no need for any of them to be sexily dressed to be likeable and attractive.

The gorgeous background of Nice and it's neighbouring communes of Cannes, Grasse , Eze etc just made this series all the more attractive and watchable. Photography was top notch and picture perfect, it made me want to savour all the food they ate, visit the vintage stores and amazing cafes and walk the cobblestone streets of Nice. Well done on promoting the South of France as a beautiful tourist destination!

And now to the 10 contestants - basically, they are all attractive people. None oozing sex appeal but so adorable in their own way. Of course, they all have their own strengths and weaknesses, and some are unfortunately more irritating and attention seeking than others but it's all in good fun.. I have my firm favourites - Kanaka, Nanami, Kensuke, Sho and Yudai.

Do watch it and enjoy! I didn't think I would love it that much, but I was hooked from the start! It's one of those series that saw me laughing out loud many times with the funny commentaries by the 3 joyfully funny commentators, despite totally relying on subtitles..the humour is not lost!

I wish the best for all the participants - for those who paired up and those who didn't, and I really look forward to a Part 2!!

10 strangers on a foreign land in the city of nice, france. The characters are well oriented and if u want a real reality about knowing each other for 10days it is not enough but with out using mobile phones it will really make them intimate on each other but the catch is this, most of them are actors & model some have well established career but their main goal I think is about exposure. All of them didn't end up continuing their relationship after the show which only means that they were just there for exposure nonetheless they just went becoming friends. It feels like scripted but maybe 50% of it was they know that participating into a dating show would just exposed them more to be popular because they were just actor/model and social media influencers.

Do you believe in fate?

Ten strangers gather in the picturesque city of Nice in France without any mobile devices.

The strength of this show definitely lies in its premise. While other dating shows have a more structured approach, Offline Love allows the participants to freely roam around the city and act according to their desires. This not only allows us to develop a more personal attachment to the participants, but also evokes the excitement of travel. Offline Love includes beautiful shots of Nice's streets, squares and beaches.

Another strength is found in the cast for Offline Love. We find a variety of attitudes towards love, and approaches to communicate it. Offline Love allows us to discover more about the participants' hobbies and interests than shows like Single's Inferno, which does not reveal a lot about its participants beyond the surface level, making it more difficult to form a connection. I have regularly found myself relating to, or being intrigued by cast members of Offline Love, however.

I hope to see a continuation of this show with the same premise, in another city. This show has not only allowed me to reflect on my own strengths and weakness by watching the participants' developments, but has also stimulated me to live more in the moment and be more aware of my surroundings. Perhaps, someday, I will find my own Offline Love that way.

Terrace house fans should really check this out

if you missed Terrace House this will be perfect for you - the vibe, editing, style, the characters, the commentators - everything about it reminds me of Terrace House.

You will fall in love with some characters, and you will definitely hate some of them.

In some ways this is a more 'refined' & 'fulfilling' show minus the unnecessary nonsense & drama in Terrace House. 10 episode feels just nice - and complete.

I really hope they have a season 2.

One of the best reality tv show out there, and definitely better n more REAL than other average reality dating shows.

The unique aspect of this dating show is that the 10 singles must lockup their cellphones and communicate 100% through either meeting organically while roaming the seaside of Nice, or writing letters and checking the mailboxes at the central location. At first, in episode 1 I thought they would never run into each other, but it doesn't take too long to get started and for a brave few to drop basically incognito invites in the mailbox which gets things started. The guys ate cute and some more innocent than others it appears. One thing guys should learn is don't make a date and then cancel it for another girl!!! Red flag!

I did not give a 10 for the reason that as always in these types of shows, the singles consist of actors, models, business owner with own brand, comedian, retired olympian starting a new business and a good dancer that possibly might need a newer career due to getting older. It's always in the back of my mind are they here to promote their future, or are they really here to find love? Are the tears real or are they acting? So took one star off. Was nice to see the travel part and tourist things to do in NiCE, and the businesses featured.