The opening music of this drama sounds like in a settler game tutorial — when they tell you to create buildings and watch for your kingdom’s food level. EPISODE 1 RECAP A wedding. When the bride gets to her in-laws’ family, the custodian rudely orders for the dowry to beContinue Reading
At this point, I have stopped trying to figure out what these translated drama titles mean. EPISODE 1 RECAP A crown prince is being forced to watch an opera. Huh, never thought of this as a form of torture, but it’s definitely effective. We drama viewers are subject to itContinue Reading
It’s not good, but it’s not bad enough to be called “bad”, either. Gosh, so many dramas fall into this category lately, I’m not sure what to do with them. EPISODE 1 RECAP A young woman — Luo Yining — is travelling home for her grandma’s birthday. In the carriage,Continue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP Miaomiao (Esther Yu) is a regular city girl who works for a busy company. She’s also a big fan of fantasy books. On a Saturday, she is listening to an audiobook when her boss calls and asks her to summon everyone for a meeting at the company.Continue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP Pearl collecting is a risky business in this world. Most divers never come back from their first plunge. The most famous pearl corporation in the land enslaves people and trains them as divers. The abuse in here is not at all subtle, there’s a lot of beating,Continue Reading
I mean… I guess it wasn’t terrible. But that’s only because I was already expecting something terrible, so “not terrible” feels like a treat. EPISODE 1 RECAP This first episode wastes no time. In the opening scene, you see a city on fire. It’s chaos everywhere. Inside a household. AContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP The episode opens with an attack on a military camp. A general is chilling inside his tent, the camera showing us his awesome clothes and his slender cheek as the soldiers outside battle the attackers. They seem to be professional bandits. At one point, The general stepsContinue Reading
This drama low-key came out at a time when I didn’t pay attention, and in it are two of the best actors C-dramaland has to offer. Sneaky. EPISODE 1 RECAP Su Xiao is a career woman. In the first sneak peek into this very intense work culture, we see herContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP As the drama begins, we see a woman (Wu Jinyan) wearing all red, running across a forest. Her husband, who is dressed all in white, chases after her while weird music plays in the background. Is this supposed to be romantic or creepy? I’m confused. Next, weContinue Reading
Sometimes, when you scroll and click often enough, you end up watching the strangest things in romance dramaland. Anyway, this is a duckling-turned-swan kind of drama, involving a rich, handsome male lead and a plain girl who just tries to catch a break in life. Things happen, they meet, weContinue Reading