Go Go Squid! (2019)

Season 1

Tong Nian is a genius 19-year-old student with high IQ and low EQ, who is also a famous anime cosplay person and sings well. She’s falls in love at first sight with Han Shang Yan, who is a game genius in the e-sports world and never pays attention to the girls.

Released July 9, 2019 Episode 44 min None+

Genres: Drama, Romance, Sport

Keywords: tmdb.romance, tmdb.roko, tmdb.love-at-first-sight, tmdb.competition, tmdb.rivalry, tmdb.older-woman-younger-man-relationship, tmdb.esports + 5 more, tmdb.gaming, tmdb.teamwork, tmdb.cold-man-warm-woman, imdb.chinese-drama, mdblist.has-trailer

Watch Providers: Rakuten Viki, Rakuten Viki

Production Companies: Huace Film & TV, GCOO Entertainment

Network: Zhejiang Television

Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

IMDb

7.6

/2256/

Trakt

/157/

TMDb

/165/

Letterboxd

3.4

/913/

Tomatoes

Xiang Xu Jing
Director

Yang Zi
Tong Nian

Li Xian
Han Shangyan 'Gun'

Lee Hong-chi
Mi Shaofei 'Xiao Mi'

Hu Yitian
Wu Bai 'DT'

Li Zefeng
Wang Hao 'Solo'

Jiang Peiyao
Sun Yaya

Wang Zhener
Ai Qing 'Appledog'

Wang Lejun
Su Cheng

S1E1 - Han Shang Yan Meets Tong Nian

Han Shang Yan’s team, K&K, has just lost the Cybersecurity Tournament (CTF) to team SP. He used to be a professional gamer and a legend in his field. Now, he is the owner of a cyber club and in charge of a group of young gamers. His task is to train them to be the best and he takes his job very seriously. Although he is strict and gives them a lot of pressure, Han also cares a lot about them. His team leader is Wu Bai, who is also his cousin.

July 9, 2019, midnight

S1E2 - Becoming Friends

When Solo also turns up, Han immediately leaves. Solo is SP’s China representative. He used to be the team leader of which Han, Shao Fei, Ou Qiang, and Ai Qing were members 10 years ago. They were very close to each other and had just won a championship when Han quit abruptly due to a disagreement with Solo. Han told Solo that he shouldn’t lead a team anymore due to a mistake that he had made and Solo agreed. With Han retiring from competition, Shao Fei also quit the team. 10 years later, Han is still unable to forgive Solo and has nothing much to say to him. But Solo is now handling team SP and has got Ai Qing and Ou Qiang onboard. He is also persuading Shao Fei to join SP. Shao Fei agrees.

July 10, 2019, midnight

S1E3 - The Gaming Competition

Han knows that Tong Nian is just a novice and assumes that she is just a kid playing the game. So, he accommodates and plays with her for a night. The next day, Tong Nian has to fly to Guangzhou for an online musical promotional event. She notices Han and his K&K team at the Guangzhou airport. They are there to attend a competition. Tong Nian tries to catch up with Han but they have already boarded a bus. But members of the team did catch sight of her.

July 10, 2019, midnight

S1E4 - Misundering

The director of the competition wants to arrange a lunch with both Solo and Han. But Han declines as he is still angry with Solo. Tong Nian is invited to go for lunch with the K&K team. On arrival at the hotel, she is told to meet Han in his room. Once inside the room, she is questioned together with Grunt if they are in a relationship. This forces Tong Nian to admit that she is actually looking for Han rather than Grunt when she turns up at the competition and that she likes him.

July 11, 2019, midnight