Cho Na

https://chonawrites.com/

I'm glad she changed her hairstyle in Ep 2. That curly hair looked horrible on her.

https://news.mydramalist.com/article/2024-chinese-short-length-series-worth-watching-part-1
This is Part 1 of 2 and only covered Chinese short dramas released Jan-Jun 2024, besides introduction to C shorts. I was about to make a series of articles on them and already wrote Part 2 (that will also cover Sugarfree Culture besides the rest of dramas released Jul-Dec 2024), but unfortunately MDL doesn't publish voluntary writers' articles anymore, so I stop writing for them and write for my own website.

I wrote an article on Chinese short dramas on MDL before. I researched about this production company.

I finished "Legend of Zang Hai". It was very good! If you happen to forget the earlier episodes, or you got stuck in an episode, I wrote episode recaps on my website. You can check it out there! 😊

Eun Seo is Se Hyeon sister (her surname is Yun, dad's surname), but Idk if they have the same mother or not (Se Hyeon's mother ran away but her dad killed her).

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Yeah, after I watched a few episodes, the style looks familiar so I looked up the director. I read an interview with him a while ago. He found the Sugarfree Culture to make short but good quality dramas.

Yes, 20 minutes per episode.

Hi! Nice to meet you again! Modern dramas can be emotionally draining, too. The last C modern drama that drained me was Reborn, but the story was very touching! What costume drama are you watching rn? I just finished A Dream Within A Dream. It's tense but not losing the comedy till the end.

Oh ok... the Tencent video makes more sense.

It's common for Chinese short-length series (< 20 minutes) to get rating below 8.0 on MDL because people unfairly compare them with the regular-length Chinese dramas that have way bigger budget, thus can hire top actors, better screenwriters/directors, spend more in visuals and promo. But if you depend on MDL rating to watch dramas, you might overlook many hidden gems...

It's called double standard, lol... 😉😉😉
In most dramas the ML is a virgin tho he's in their late 20s or even 30s, while the FL get guys around pining for her... reverse-harem is female audience's favorite trope, but harem trope is shunned...

They have crowded poster, too. Not sure if MDL will change it with this one:
https://movie.douban.com/photos/photo/2923389803/

This company makes risky romance dramas, lol... romancing your stepmother (Provoke), romancing the doppelganger of your fiance (Be Your Knight), now romancing your late sister's husband...

Lu Ye flees abroad to escape a family debt and returns to Tang City years later to investigate her sister’s mysterious death. Teaming up with her former brother-in-law, Yin Zhuo Feng, she joins a secret resistance group to uncover the truth behind a powerful underground organization. As they face danger and uncover long-buried family secrets, an unexpected romance begins to blossom.

The synopsis is confusing... the president of the swimming club cannot swim???
"accidentally pushed Han Yan Sheng , the president of the swimming club, into the swimming pool. "
"At the same time, Jian Dan discovered the secret behind Han Yan Sheng's inability to swim"

Omg... no wonder the cinematography is amazing!... It's produced by Sugarfree Culture! (Provoke, Familiar Stranger, Butterflied Lover, Be Your Knight)

Yes, but in raw version. It's HE

I hope it's not as dark as Reborn...