Never watched C-Drama before. Would you recommend Pursuit of Jade as the first C-Drama?
Why not? At least you will start with something decent.
A few years ago, I started my C-Drama Tour with "Princess Agents", and it was a decent choice as well, despite the strong candidate for the worst ending ever :)
Pursuit of Jade is only the second Chinese drama I’ve ever rewatched since getting into C-dramas the first being…
Well, you are picking your C-dramas well - Who rules the world was another solid drama with above-average Power Couple (ML was stronger, but not to the point of making the FL look silly).
Among the ones I watched, I would probably recommend "Sword Snow Stride", unless you want to go into a more challenging territory of "Nirvana in Fire" and other top-notch stuff.
guys I'm on ep22 and I'm struggling to keep going, it was more interesting when they were frenemies😭😭icl…
Yeah, I was trying to watch it a few times, and every time it got me too. But that's how the supposedly Power Couples are typically portrayed - the FL is closer to "Damsel in Distress" in reality, so the writers/director can use the most generic way of pushing the Romance forward by making the ML save the FL (or outplaying her when they fight).
I really like this one - Man Ning Xi is playing a 2FL role there, but it's all about Yuan Qi Ying (why doesn't she have an MDL profile?) as the scheming and ruthless FL.
good acting, but its too much plot armor bs, the villains are really clear, they do mind-bending bs every episode.…
Heh. Don't forget about the super-hiper-duper female agent who somehow thought getting pregnant would be a good idea during the most important mission of her life.
And, million other things which didn't make sense :).
I didn't watch JOL (and don't plan to), so it seems he will stay #1 at my personal Emperor list for a long time ;).
A few years ago, I started my C-Drama Tour with "Princess Agents", and it was a decent choice as well, despite the strong candidate for the worst ending ever :)
Super disappointing.
Personally, I watched it a couple of months ago.
Btw, for Romance Hater like me #6 sounds awful to read/watch :)
That part of "PoJ" is like preselection, unless someone can clearly difference reality from fantasy...
"Love", lol :)
Among the ones I watched, I would probably recommend "Sword Snow Stride", unless you want to go into a more challenging territory of "Nirvana in Fire" and other top-notch stuff.
Did she even have a 3 episodes in a row without ML saving or outplaying her? How did she stay alive before meeting him, lol? :)
Typical "Power Couple", when in reality the FL is closer to "Damsel in distress".
But that's how the supposedly Power Couples are typically portrayed - the FL is closer to "Damsel in Distress" in reality, so the writers/director can use the most generic way of pushing the Romance forward by making the ML save the FL (or outplaying her when they fight).
Over and over and over again.
It brought me a step closer to give the Drama a real shot.
I really like this one - Man Ning Xi is playing a 2FL role there, but it's all about Yuan Qi Ying (why doesn't she have an MDL profile?) as the scheming and ruthless FL.
And, million other things which didn't make sense :).