Yes. Slow paced but some of the early scenes are very intense. You need to read all the dialogues. There are so many clever dialogues with hidden meaning or hint for something. Twist after twist with unpredictable plots. This drama is good until ep 20.
Unfortunately the pace become slower after they killed the "main antagonist". There are too many dialogues with boring scenes after ep 20.
Don't spreading false rumours, dude. Who said that? There are still MANY CHINESE ROMANCE COSTUME DRAMAS IN 2026. Wanna examples?
- Zhang Ling He and Tian Xi Wei "Zhu Yu" - Zhang Ling He and Wang Chu Ran "Overdo" - Cheng Lei and Bai Lu drama "Mo Li" - Cheng Lei and Wang Chu Ran drama "How Dare You?!" - Joseph Zeng and Li Yi Tong drama "Legend of The Rosy Clouds" - Joseph Zeng and Ju Jing Yi "Veil of Shadows" - Li Hong Yi and Wang Chu Ran "Hidden Shadow" - Li Hong Yi and Sun Zen Ni "Blossom in Darkness" - He Yu and Meng Zi Yi "Blossoms of Power" - Li Yun Rui and Meng Zi Yi "Tigers sniff The Rose" - Bai Lu and Wang Xing Yue "Unveil : Jadewind" - Neo Hou and Guli Nazha "Glory" - Neo Hou and Seven Tan "The Unclouded Soul" - Xu Kai and Zhou Ye "Yi Ou Chun" - Ju Jing Yi and Song Wei Long "The Eternal Fragrance" - Ju Jing Yi and Zhang Yun Long "Lai Zhan" - Chen Fei Yu and Dilraba drama "Love Beyond The Grave" - and etc MANY MORE
There are still more ROMANCE COSTUME DRAMAS that need to be mentioned but it's too many already.
Actually 2022 is not outdated. It's all about BUDGET. You can compare this drama to big budget costume dramas…
No. Even though I watch Story of Kunning Palace, Love Like The Galaxy, The Prisoner of Beauty, Wonderland of Love, Who Rules The World, etc in 2025, they are not outdated. They were produced around 2021 - 2023 and their high quality in many aspects are still on par with big costume dramas that were produced in 2024-2025. From costumes, sets, cinematography, production designs, etc are still super great. Nobody complained about quality when they released TPOB in 2025, even though TPOB was produced around 2022 or 2023.
Like I said before = it's all about BUDGET.
The Blood of Youth was released in 2022. The production was around 2021. And they are still great until now.
Till The End of The Moon, LBFAD were produced in 2021-2022 and they are still great!
This series was filmed from June 11, 2022 to September 12, 2022. Unfortunately, the rapidly developing Chinese…
Actually 2022 is not outdated. It's all about BUDGET. You can compare this drama to big budget costume dramas from 2022-2023 era like Love Like The Galaxy, Story of Kunning Palace, Wonderland of Love, The Prisoner of Beauty, Who Rules The World, and etc. From costumes, sets, make up, hairstyling, cinematography, camera works, fighting scenes, etc, you can see that those high budget dramas are super GREAT in everything.
Although some of the love scenes shots are a bit weird with the angle and cut, the fight and war scenes are really…
Have you seen many Chinese costume dramas? Actually, there are SO MANY Chinese dramas that had grand vibes and high quality war and battle scenes like Fight for Love. For example The Prisoner of Beauty, Legend of The Female General, Qin Dynasty Epic, Destined, A Journey to Love, Love Like The Galaxy, Who Rules The World, The Long Ballad, Wonderland of Love, Kill Me Love Me, Fated Hearts, and etc many more. Their war scenes + battle scenes + fighting scenes are also very well made. All of them also had more beautiful love scenes with great chemistry.
I also want to mention another Chinese dramas with great fighting scenes and beautiful love scenes such as Story of Kunning Palace, Blossom, The Double, Coroner's Diary, The Princess Gambit, A Dream Within A Dream, etc many more.
Its sad because the costume and lighting and everything else is ok. Just the sound and the vertical showing sucks.
If you watch it in youtube, then the channel/uploader remove some sounds to avoid copyrights. If you watch it in legal platform, the sound will be VERY NORMAL.
Unfortunately SAB is sad ending. When will we get a “Love and Redemption” ending from Cheng Yi or even an…
Finally, someone who understood my point.
Like, girl, don't worry, Cheng Yi will have many projects in the future. And i am sure he will accept romance dramas again someday. He was so excellent in heavy romance dramas like Love & Redemption and Immortal samsara. His kissing scenes are also very good.
I don't want people to keep digging his personal life and asking something that can be fake/wild rumours in the future. Just enjoy his dramas and appreciate him as an actor.
Why do I feel like those staff behind the reviewer board are pulling their hair trying to reduce those intense…
No. Short dramas (15-20 mins) still need to pass review from censorship to obtain distribution license. The censorship even watched all the verticals nowadays. Both of them become very popular day by day. So they need to review those things as well.
It means all steamy kisses + hot bed scenes are allowed in both short and long dramas.
Why do I feel like those staff behind the reviewer board are pulling their hair trying to reduce those intense…
No need to worry about that. I am sure they will keep all kissing scenes. Go check Kill Me Love Me ep 1 forced hot bath kiss, Moonlit Reunion ep 25 n 27 steamy kisses, The Prisoner of Beauty ep 29 and 32 hot kisses with bed scenes, Flourished Peony S2 ep 17 - 24 passionate kisses, etc many more. Those hot kissing scenes are shown in the dramas. All of them are full length dramas and the censorship still allow all steamy kisses there.
Short dramas kissing scenes are even wilder. And they keep all of them.
Why did you say that? I hope there is romance between Cheng Yi and Xu Lu 😭From your watching list, you watched…
No. You are wrong. Chinese women still keep their original family surnames after marriage. If you watch many Chinese dramas, you will know that even after Chinese women got married, they still keep their original family surname in her name. It's Chinese cultures.
It applied to Korean women as well. Korean women also still keep their original surnames after marriage. That's because Korean people followed Chinese cultures since ancient times.
So, you are totally wrong if you say that Xu Lu character change surname because she got married. Nope. BiG NO.
Japanese culture is the one where women change their original surnames into husband family.
Why do I feel like those staff behind the reviewer board are pulling their hair trying to reduce those intense…
What do you mean? They will keep all the steamy kissing scenes.
Have you seen Story of Kunning Palace, The Prisoner of Beauty, Kill Me Love Me, Moonlit Reunion, etc? Those dramas have many passionate and steamy kissing scenes between main leads. All of them can be aired without problem. It also means the censorship allowed STEAMY KISSING SCENES.
Why do I feel like those staff behind the reviewer board are pulling their hair trying to reduce those intense…
What do you mean? They will keep all the steamy kissing scenes.
Have you seen Story of Kunning Palace, The Prisoner of Beauty, Kill Me Love Me, Moonlit Reunion, etc? Those dramas have many passionate and steamy kissing scenes between main leads. All of them can be aired without problem. It also means the censorship allowed STEAMY KISSING SCENES.
I know Zhu Yu hasn't even aired yet, but what are the chances we are getting Blu-Ray for this drama later? I need…
What do you mean? They will keep all the steamy kissing scenes.
Have you seen Story of Kunning Palace, The Prisoner of Beauty, Kill Me Love Me, Moonlit Reunion, etc? Those dramas have many passionate and steamy kissing scenes between main leads. All of them can be aired without problem. It also means the censorship allowed STEAMY KISSING SCENES.
Unfortunately the pace become slower after they killed the "main antagonist". There are too many dialogues with boring scenes after ep 20.
- Zhang Ling He and Tian Xi Wei "Zhu Yu"
- Zhang Ling He and Wang Chu Ran "Overdo"
- Cheng Lei and Bai Lu drama "Mo Li"
- Cheng Lei and Wang Chu Ran drama "How Dare You?!"
- Joseph Zeng and Li Yi Tong drama "Legend of The Rosy Clouds"
- Joseph Zeng and Ju Jing Yi "Veil of Shadows"
- Li Hong Yi and Wang Chu Ran "Hidden Shadow"
- Li Hong Yi and Sun Zen Ni "Blossom in Darkness"
- He Yu and Meng Zi Yi "Blossoms of Power"
- Li Yun Rui and Meng Zi Yi "Tigers sniff The Rose"
- Bai Lu and Wang Xing Yue "Unveil : Jadewind"
- Neo Hou and Guli Nazha "Glory"
- Neo Hou and Seven Tan "The Unclouded Soul"
- Xu Kai and Zhou Ye "Yi Ou Chun"
- Ju Jing Yi and Song Wei Long "The Eternal Fragrance"
- Ju Jing Yi and Zhang Yun Long "Lai Zhan"
- Chen Fei Yu and Dilraba drama "Love Beyond The Grave"
- and etc MANY MORE
There are still more ROMANCE COSTUME DRAMAS that need to be mentioned but it's too many already.
Like I said before = it's all about BUDGET.
The Blood of Youth was released in 2022. The production was around 2021. And they are still great until now.
Till The End of The Moon, LBFAD were produced in 2021-2022 and they are still great!
So, it's all about BUDGET.
I also want to mention another Chinese dramas with great fighting scenes and beautiful love scenes such as Story of Kunning Palace, Blossom, The Double, Coroner's Diary, The Princess Gambit, A Dream Within A Dream, etc many more.
Just wanna sharing. 😊
Like, girl, don't worry, Cheng Yi will have many projects in the future. And i am sure he will accept romance dramas again someday. He was so excellent in heavy romance dramas like Love & Redemption and Immortal samsara. His kissing scenes are also very good.
I don't want people to keep digging his personal life and asking something that can be fake/wild rumours in the future. Just enjoy his dramas and appreciate him as an actor.
It means all steamy kisses + hot bed scenes are allowed in both short and long dramas.
Short dramas kissing scenes are even wilder. And they keep all of them.
It applied to Korean women as well. Korean women also still keep their original surnames after marriage. That's because Korean people followed Chinese cultures since ancient times.
So, you are totally wrong if you say that Xu Lu character change surname because she got married. Nope. BiG NO.
Japanese culture is the one where women change their original surnames into husband family.
Have you seen Story of Kunning Palace, The Prisoner of Beauty, Kill Me Love Me, Moonlit Reunion, etc? Those dramas have many passionate and steamy kissing scenes between main leads. All of them can be aired without problem. It also means the censorship allowed STEAMY KISSING SCENES.
Have you seen Story of Kunning Palace, The Prisoner of Beauty, Kill Me Love Me, Moonlit Reunion, etc? Those dramas have many passionate and steamy kissing scenes between main leads. All of them can be aired without problem. It also means the censorship allowed STEAMY KISSING SCENES.
Have you seen Story of Kunning Palace, The Prisoner of Beauty, Kill Me Love Me, Moonlit Reunion, etc? Those dramas have many passionate and steamy kissing scenes between main leads. All of them can be aired without problem. It also means the censorship allowed STEAMY KISSING SCENES.