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Episodes 1 thru 6 of Affinity now streaming on YOUKU
The Chinese short length romance series Affinity premieres today with the first six episodes, plus an extra one for those willing to pay for TVOD.
Affinity stars Cui Yu Xin and Fang Jin and is scheduled for 40 episodes of 18 minutes each.
So yep, if you’re looking for a romance drama that won’t take up your entire night, you can watch all six episodes in under two hours.
Two new posters featuring the leads also dropped, along with a comment from YOUKU and confirmation of the drama’s main cast.
YOUKU commented:
The web drama “Affinity” premieres
A hunt in the name of love, two destinies intertwined in intense conflict!
Xie Xin Xu (played by Cui Yu Xin) displays a crazy, obsessive protectiveness, while Wu Nong Yu (Fang Jin) discerns true feelings amidst the power struggle.
Meanwhile, Wu Si Yuan (Wang Yi Jun) shows possessiveness beneath his gentleness, and Li Xiang (Gao Wei Man) reveals her sharp edge within the constraints.
Underneath the mystery, the bond between the hunter and the hunted, and the intertwining of love and hate, intensifies.
Tune in to @Youku today to witness the mutual descent into two passionate love affairs!
Affinity production details
The Chinese romance drama is directed by Chen Jia Jie (Embrace in the Dark Night), and with a plot described by Baidu Baike like this.
In 2051, a space exploration robot discovers an object containing a record of a love story between a girl named Wu Nongyu and a sociopathic madman named Xie Xinxu, from an Earth-like civilization on a planet designated as Planet Y.
Wu Nongyu, a 23-year-old second-year graduate student in biological genetic engineering, went to a crime scene with her brother Wu Siyuan five years prior, where she crossed paths with Xie Xinxu, a man who was suspected of being the murderer and had been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder.
Her body seemed to possess a natural, inexplicable attraction to him; a single glance was enough to drive him mad with the desire to possess her.
Five years later, in order to win Wu Nongyu’s affection, Xie Xinxu disguises himself as a cold and aloof medical professor, meticulously plotting to get close to her and manipulate her into falling in love with him. A madman with naturally weak empathy skills gradually learning to understand normal human emotions through his daily interactions with the bright and sunny girl!
Wu Nongyu also unexpectedly discovers a secret about her own body. She is different from ordinary people as she has carried the A virus since birth, which naturally creates a strong instinctive attraction to people carrying another subtype, the B virus, and Xie Xinxu happens to be one of those carrying the B virus.
Unwilling to be bound together for life solely by this physical attraction, the two embark on a journey together to find a way to eliminate the viruses.
Episodes 1 through 6 of Affinity are streaming on YOUKU now. Give it a shot as it at least sounds more unique than the typical romance series we get coming out of China, doesn’t it?
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