AurumCalendula

It looks like it's on iQIYI international now: https://www.iq.com/play/duet-of-shadows-episode-1-2ec8kte36io?lang=en_us

It's a bit shorter than I expected (a little longer than the side stories were), but I really liked it and it was nice to see more of Bell and Claire! I'm looking forward to the next two!

I assumed Natty didn't tell anyone earlier in part because because she was traumatized and ashamed (and also had no way to unlock the phone). imho it seemed like she was thinking about turning it into the police just before she lost it.

Mint didn't have her brother's phone until Natty left it in her car and presumably was unaware there might be any evidence on it. She also couldn't open at first because she didn't have the passcode either.

Considering Tsuge and Minato kiss in episode 9 and their special, I would be surprised if the issue was with the production

Episodes can be watched officially and for free on Youtube and OneD.

Youtube has the cut/TV versions of the episodes. OneD has the uncut versions. OneD has an app, but episodes can also be watched on their website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JA-UdAJFns

https://www.oned.net/video/6377113365112

I didn't catch the year in the old newspapers, but the timestamps on social media posts Cream is looking her phone at the end of episode 5 have the current year as 2568 BE (2025).

I honestly don't feel like Bell and Claire's relationship was rushed, especially considering the series only has eight episodes.

Yay! Thanks for the heads up!

It looks like the first few episodes (it seems like the twelve ~24 minute episodes were combined into six ~45 minute ones) now have subtitles, although they might be MTL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyuqA5DnLe8dg7mwRRon2h6wXz4jYz_Il

ETA: And it also looks like there's footage from other sources edited into at least the first and last episodes for some reason.

Any idea why episode 15 seems to be missing on iQIYI's international website?

I don't think the tag sismance is supposed to exclusively indicate a platonic relationship? I've frequently seen it used for relationships between women that are ambiguous or subtextal romances.

I think a different drama might be more to your taste.

Wasn't 'Meet You at the Blossom' (a co-production between China and Thailand) uncensored?

Viki's request form is here: https://support.viki.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034633713-Request-a-TV-Show-or-Movie

https://www.iq.com/album/soul-sisters-2024-1obsq5zt7np?lang=en_us
https://www.iqiyi.com/a_1obsq5zt7np.html

There's a trailer for it here: https://www.iqiyi.com/v_1oe9pp5r8d8.html

I found this article about drama and its adaptions really interesting: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10304312.2024.2385664

...in this case the drama was an original script and the manhua was adapted from it.

I think the manhua and novel are actually adaptions of the drama (even though they were released before the drama)

I totally get why Earn broke up with Fahlada, but imho she should probably try apologizing/explaining first before jumping directly to 'let's date again!'

All four parts are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Mw3B7_AASm4U0KX-PH78Y3s20g_TzlS