Ok,here it is, my attempt to write the letter. Input please or rewrite it entirely. I think it would be nice to…
Dear Cheng Yi, Xiao Shun Yao, Zeng Sunxi, and the whole Mysterious Lotus Casebook (MLC) casts and crew too many to mention individually. Director Guo Hu and Ren Hai Tao. Screenwriter Liu Fang and last but not least Novelist Teng Ping.
We are MLC international fans and we would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for MLC. We have smiled, frowned, were saddened, angry, happy, we cried, and laughed while watching MLC. We may not contribute to the over 10 billion views. But we can assure you, we are avid viewers just like the Chinese fans.
We rooted for our beloved trio. The unlikeliest team forged through the highs and lows of life. We were glued to our screens and waited impatiently for new episodes. Then gushed about it in forums after every airing.
We were surprised by the so many layers of each character in MLC. Nothing was like what it seemed and yet they stayed true to each character's development.
After a masterfully choreographed opening fighting scene, we were introduced to our hero after ten years have passed. Bit by bit, through flashbacks, we learned why he is what he is now. A once youthful arrogant hero, whose life turned upside down. Learning that his arrogance has cost the lives of his friends and commoners who he thought he was protecting, ended up suffering. He believed the world would be better off if he stayed dead, so he did.
10 years later, Li Lianhua (LLH) emerges as a traveling doctor, in search of his brother's body. The struggle, pain, and suffering felt by Li Xiang Yi were conveyed so beautifully by Cheng Yi's expressive acting. It wasn't through grand gestures, but through Li Xiang Yi's teary eyes, trembling lips, his facial expression. We felt his pain, our heart was bleeding along with his. Cheng Yi's characters, be it the arogance and full of confident Li Xiang Yi to witty, manipulative, resourceful Li Lian Hua. A glance, a small hand gesture, a slight smirk, with just his eyes, he tooks us trough an emotional roller coaster. "Awesome" performance as many of us repeatedly says. We ❤️ it!
Zeng Shunxi's portrayal of our young hero was spot on. Growing with each case, from a newbie, who is eager to face the world. He learns the world is not just black and white. He mature up as the hero, before our very eyes. We cheered, we laughed, and we embraced his character development. Zeng Shunxi holds his ground well amongst more senior actors.
Di Feisheng (DFS), the villain in the story, or what we are to believe. He turns out to be one of the most lovable characters. Xiao Shun Yao nailed his part. While DFS's answer to most situations is to kill everybody in his path, we see him blossoming as a strong righteous character. After he met LLH and FDB, the unlikeliest friendship is being developed - two confidants he can trust and rely on.
The trio navigates through evil schemes and solves mysteries together. We crave the witty banter between the 3 of them. LLH ability to notoriously lie with a straight face impresses us more than his swordsman skill. With even straighter face DFS instinctively refuses to believes his lies during his brief amnesiac period – as if he still remembers Li Xiang Yi. Yet, our lovable young hero, fell for it again and again. We are madly in love with our dysfunctional trio!
Most of us expected somewhat of the usual Wuxia drama. Heroes against a group of villains. But MLC gives us so much more. We are obsessed to put it lightly. Rewinding every little detail not to miss any clues – trying to guess whodunit. We had so much fun!
The writing of the mysteries kept us guessing. The comedic dialogues during serious scenes, literally had us laughing our socks off. We owe our gratitude for it to screen writer and novelist for it. For our directors, we bow to the great production you have created. The stellar acting of the cast ensemble and the impressive stages/ sceneries are done superbly.
And to top things further the great fighting scenes, the choreography, the artistic stunts - it was just beautifully executed. MLC rose to our top Wuxia drama of 2023, to some even the best of the decade.
We are also grateful for the bonus ending scene. It allows us to be happy knowing that whatever Li Lian Hua has to face in life, he has his two best friends by his side as well as his loyal companion Fox Spirit.
We read that MLC breakthrough 10.000 iQiyi heat index and was on hot search on Weibo. This is an achievement as well as an acknowledgment by all the fans. We international fans, unfortunately, cannot contribute to it. Hence, we are writing this letter, hopefully, it can reach everybody who dedicated his part to this production. We would like to let you know, how gratefull we are for such a rare gem of a production. Kudos again to everybody involved in the production, thank you for the emotional ride. It has been fun!
MLC International fans at Mydramalist 🪷 Just to note some of the countries we are from: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Germany and other countries in Europe, USA, Australia, Canada, Morocco amd countries in Africa.
Ok,here it is, my attempt to write the letter. Input please or rewrite it entirely.
I think it would be nice to add to the bottom. The countries we are from?
Here are some I notice from the posts. Not on any particular order: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Europe. USA, Australia. Please add your country 🙏
Letter now have been edited to include changes by @chen lu
That Ep 39 smack down was nice. They unleashed a can of whoop ass on those villains. All secrets revealed and…
It was basically resolved in ep 39. Ep 40 was tying up all the loose ends. Everything given appropriate time. Not rushed. It's good planning to perfectly fit the 40 eps.
I gave it a 10 out of 10. First time ever rating a drama.
Please if you have anything you want to add, change, rewrite?
We are MLC international fans and we would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for MLC.
We have smiled, frowned, were saddened, angry, happy, we cried, and laughed while watching MLC. We may not contribute to the over 10 billion views. But we can assure you, we are avid viewers just like the Chinese fans.
We rooted for our beloved trio. The unlikeliest team forged through the highs and lows of life. We were glued to our screens and waited impatiently for new episodes. Then gushed about it in forums after every airing.
We were surprised by the so many layers of each character in MLC. Nothing was like what it seemed and yet they stayed true to each character's development.
After a masterfully choreographed opening fighting scene, we were introduced to our hero after ten years have passed. Bit by bit, through flashbacks, we learned why he is what he is now. A once youthful arrogant hero, whose life turned upside down. Learning that his arrogance has cost the lives of his friends and commoners who he thought he was protecting, ended up suffering. He believed the world would be better off if he stayed dead, so he did.
10 years later, Li Lianhua (LLH) emerges as a traveling doctor, in search of his brother's body. The struggle, pain, and suffering felt by Li Xiang Yi were conveyed so beautifully by Cheng Yi's expressive acting. It wasn't through grand gestures, but through Li Xiang Yi's teary eyes, trembling lips, his facial expression. We felt his pain, our heart was bleeding along with his. Cheng Yi's characters, be it the arogance and full of confident Li Xiang Yi to witty, manipulative, resourceful Li Lian Hua. A glance, a small hand gesture, a slight smirk, with just his eyes, he tooks us trough an emotional roller coaster. "Awesome" performance as many of us repeatedly says. We ❤️ it!
Zeng Shunxi's portrayal of our young hero was spot on. Growing with each case, from a newbie, who is eager to face the world. He learns the world is not just black and white. He mature up as the hero, before our very eyes. We cheered, we laughed, and we embraced his character development. Zeng Shunxi holds his ground well amongst more senior actors.
Di Feisheng (DFS), the villain in the story, or what we are to believe. He turns out to be one of the most lovable characters. Xiao Shun Yao nailed his part. While DFS's answer to most situations is to kill everybody in his path, we see him blossoming as a strong righteous character. After he met LLH and FDB, the unlikeliest friendship is being developed - two confidants he can trust and rely on.
The trio navigates through evil schemes and solves mysteries together. We crave the witty banter between the 3 of them. LLH ability to notoriously lie with a straight face impresses us more than his swordsman skill. With even straighter face DFS instinctively refuses to believes his lies during his brief amnesiac period – as if he still remembers Li Xiang Yi. Yet, our lovable young hero, fell for it again and again. We are madly in love with our dysfunctional trio!
Most of us expected somewhat of the usual Wuxia drama. Heroes against a group of villains. But MLC gives us so much more. We are obsessed to put it lightly. Rewinding every little detail not to miss any clues – trying to guess whodunit. We had so much fun!
The writing of the mysteries kept us guessing. The comedic dialogues during serious scenes, literally had us laughing our socks off. We owe our gratitude for it to screen writer and novelist for it. For our directors, we bow to the great production you have created. The stellar acting of the cast ensemble and the impressive stages/ sceneries are done superbly.
And to top things further the great fighting scenes, the choreography, the artistic stunts - it was just beautifully executed. MLC rose to our top Wuxia drama of 2023, to some even the best of the decade.
We are also grateful for the bonus ending scene. It allows us to be happy knowing that whatever Li Lian Hua has to face in life, he has his two best friends by his side as well as his loyal companion Fox Spirit.
We read that MLC breakthrough 10.000 iQiyi heat index and was on hot search on Weibo. This is an achievement as well as an acknowledgment by all the fans. We international fans, unfortunately, cannot contribute to it. Hence, we are writing this letter, hopefully, it can reach everybody who dedicated his part to this production.
We would like to let you know, how gratefull we are for such a rare gem of a production. Kudos again to everybody involved in the production, thank you for the emotional ride. It has been fun!
MLC International fans at Mydramalist 🪷
Just to note some of the countries we are from:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Germany and other countries in Europe, USA, Australia, Canada, Morocco amd countries in Africa.
https://kisskh.at/713331-the-lotus-casebook
I think it would be nice to add to the bottom. The countries we are from?
Here are some I notice from the posts. Not on any particular order:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Europe. USA, Australia. Please add your country 🙏
Letter now have been edited to include changes by @chen lu
I will post it here, for everybody to chime in.
Fox spirit dances. CY is the only one pending
LXY was unbeatable, no one came close to him, not even DFS.
So. It couldn't be it.
JLQ quite possibly poison him too.
So, one taker. Anyone else?
Their bickering is what i am missing most 😂
I've seen bad 2nd season out there that ruin the whole thing
I gave it a 10 out of 10. First time ever rating a drama.