EPISODE 1 RECAP Once, there was a swordsman who managed to both look like a 15-year-old kid and be the best martial artist in the world. Everyone feared him. He was so good that once, he chased after a ship into the open sea in a small fishing boat. HeContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP A young girl’s home is raided and her entire family is executed due to a crime her father may or may not have committed. The girl would have been killed too if it weren’t for the crown prince pleading for her on the ground that they areContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP My Journey to You starts out with two spies successfully infiltrating a manor. One of them is the female lead of the drama Yun Weishan (Esther Yu), and the other one seems to be her mentor. Not like “Shifu” mentor, but like an older brother figure whoContinue Reading
This drama has many of the Dream of Splendor’s cast, and it kind of starts out like Dream of Splendor too: a female lead who is determined to be financially independent; a guy who is all secretive goes on a mission with an arrogant attitude, and the next thing heContinue Reading
Wrong Carriage (or Wrong Carriage, Right Groom) is one of those dramas that all actors have to go through at least once in order to move on to the next phase in their careers. Why drama producers keep investing in these scripts, however, is something I don’t have an answerContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP (+ a bit of 2) A wedding is about to take place and the bride — Zhu Yan (Ren Min), a princess of a desert tribe — is doing her best to get out of it. And let me tell you, she is serious about it, okay?Continue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP The Heaven is a happy place and everyone has a job. The female lead Xiangyun (Yang Chaoyue) works in the matchmaking department which helps pair up people around the realms and helps them find their “destiny”. Kind of like Tinder but with a better filtering system; I’mContinue Reading
Yang Zi looks convincing enough as a boy this time. EPISODE 1 RECAP The drama starts out with two cousins enjoying another day of their peaceful and protected lives in the palace. The girl, Xiaoyao, is good at martial arts and all kinds of physical activities, while the boy, Cangxuan,Continue Reading
I keep running into Bai Jingting’s dramas, and he keeps surprising me with his considerable acting range. EPISODE 1 RECAP A girl from a noble family – Liu Yuru (Song Yi) – is painting outdoors on a beautiful snowy day. And don’t think she is fragile and weak just becauseContinue Reading
I don’t have a lot to say about the beginning of this drama except that it looks light-hearted and some minor characters are quite entertaining. It is a romance fantasy with dragons, Taoist schools, and a female protagonist with unique powers from the start. From the first few episodes, theContinue Reading