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Historical k-dramas with older looking or/and hotter male characters in my opinion: Jumong, Dae Jo Yeong (have only found some episodes on youtube till now but looks good), The Kingdom of the Winds, Chuno (hot shirtless guys!), Rebel (not the protagonist, but all the other guys), Six Flying Dragons (Ddang Sae is the hottest one imo, but there are others), Warrior Baek Dong Soo (the older guys/mentors are good, but the two boys are so beautiful that you'll forget you're not supposed to like boyish leads), Queen In Hyun's Man, Queen Seon Duk, Faith.

Haechi (I hope it is a long episode sageuk, it's been a while), Kingdom and The Crowned Clown.

Since you like Chinese historical dramas, you should start with some of the classic sageuks like Jumong, Queen Seonduk, Empress Ki, etc., or the modern instant classic sageuk Six Flying Dragons (one of the best tv-shows of all time imho)!

Why don't you make this a feature of kisskh?? I think it would be a brilliant idea!!
Just start by enabling voting for "moods" for each drama/movie listed (that would work similarly to rating). Then after enough opinions were gathered for database purposes, a "mood ring" would appear on everyone's profile, where we could get suggestions for what show to watch according to our current mood!!
...Or it could simply be another meter on each show, next to "Genres" and "Tags": "Moods" popularly associated with each drama/movie entry.

That sounds interesting!! Any place to watch it with english subs?

They're on their way on Viki https://www.viki.com/tv/36448c-i-will-never-let-you-go

I like most of your points, but I totally disagree about the many-episodes dramas not binge-worthy!! In fact, I don't like binge-watching -20 ep dramas, cause they end way too soon (and usually they're not that engaging to me). I like watching around 10 episodes a day and most of the dramas take me 3-6 days to finish, less than that and I would feel the loss in my bones, lol! Especially if it's a drama I enjoyed thouroughly, when they finish I feel like nothing can replace them (do I need therapy? lol)!!

Just use an adblocker, I recommend "uBlock Origin" for Firefox!!

Bloody Romance and The Rise of Phoenixes should be in first couple category, the chemistry between the leads was sizzling in both of these dramas!!!

That's exactly my point!! I get it that people love Ashes of Love, and I feel it's a great romantic drama, but people should stop voting it first in ALL categories just for the sake of it winning, even though a category may be irrelevant for it!! (For example, Wuxia/Xianxia category. Ashes of Love is a good Romance, but definitely not a good Wuxia/XianXia, especially when there are dramas like Ever Night out there!! Heck, even Flame's Daughter was a very good Wuxia despite the kind of lousy writing & casting choices, but it never made it into the category, but AoL did?!)

Indeed!!

I saw my first Korean drama on Netflix, too, it was Love In The Moonlight!

Yun Xi=Legend of Yun Xi (the one with the female doctor), whereas Yan Xi=Story of Yanxi Palace (the one with the harem), right? Because the called them with different names in different categories and it's confusing...

The fangirls of Ashes of Love should relax a bit. I mean, it's ok for it to win in e.g. Best Couple category, but for AoL to be ahead in Every Single Category (including best Chinese drama of 2018 (!?!)), I find it a bit ridiculous imho... ;)

This is the definition of "Slice of Life" genre drama. Usually not my cup of tea, but in this particular case, I love it (so far)! It's so well done, production-wise, acting-wise and writing-wise, that I just relax and enjoy its slow pace along with a cup of tea...
If I were to descibe it, I'd say it's like a combination of a Jane Austen novel with Oliver Twist, but Song Chinese instead.

I'd say, imo, it's more similar to Empress Ki and Jumong. NOTHING is similar to the exquisiteness that is Six Flying Dragons, lol!! ...Though this is made by the same writers as Six Flying Dragons, and they reference QSD in 2-3 episodes of SFD.

Definitely worth mentioning: Liu Xiu & Yin Li Hua on Singing All Along!!! https://kisskh.at/8109-singing-all-along This chinese drama is often passed over by many because of its (silly?) title (including me until recently). Let me tell you, it's worth it, it's one of the best historical dramas with EVERYTHING in it & never boring for a second!! And one of my best female characters in a drama & also one of the strongest female characters ever!!

What??? Queen Seon Duk is on Netflix???? :o

Best Chinese Drama of 2018: Bloody Romance

Best Chinese Movie of 2018: -

Best Historical Drama: The Rise of Phoenixes

Best Wuxia/Xianxia Drama: Legend of Fu Yao

Best Romance/Comedy Drama: 1)Legend of Fu Yao 2)Bloody Romance

Best School/Youth Drama: - (I don't watch school dramas..)

Best Novel/Manhua/Webtoon Adaptation: Legend of Fu Yao

Best Chinese Actor(and for which role?): Qu Chu Xiao, for Chang An/Xie Huan in Bloody Romance

Best Chinese Actress(and for which role?): Ni Ni, for Feng Zhi Wei in The Rise of Phoenixes

Best Chinese Supporting Actor(and for which role?): Lai Yi, for Zong Yue (Heavenly Doctor) in Legend of Fu Yao

Best Chinese Supporting Actress(and for which role?): Dai Si, for Dao Lie Xiang in The Flame's Daughter

Best Couple: 1)Ning Yi & Feng Zhi Wei in The Rise of Phoenixes 2)Su Qi Xue/Wan Mei & Chang An/Xie Huan in Bloody Romance

Best Bromance: Zhang Sun Wu Ji & Yuan Bao (does that count? :D )

Best OST(and for which drama?): A Lifetime Waiting For You (Yi Sheng Deng Ni), Bloody Romance OST (Seriously this is THE BEST Chinese song for me, still can't get it out of my mind, the drama wouldn't be that good without it!!)

It remains to be seen, cause less than 2 of the 7 volumes of the book have been translated (I can't read Chinese!). It's probably still a McGuffin, too, but with an extra purpose to destroy any sexual tension between the leads (to delay the romance, maybe?)..