All those fluffy numbers are also on my fave list, although loveo2o did not stay with me as re-watchable as much as You Are My Glory or Falling into your smile, or The King's Avatar ;)
If you are in for some change of focus, try Filter (absolutely delightful, very unpredictable at first, and the Looney Tune references were adding smiles and laughs from me, fluffy end);
and if you are willing to go to realistic slice of life, try Northward (praised by no less than a Nobel prize winner, good end), still the talk of the town in China.
Here is a selection of other dramas in different genres that I liked : * To The Wonder (2024 short, different, realistic with food for thought) * Reset (2022 short, thrilling time loop with no dull moment and Bai Jingting + Zhao Jinmai); * Drifting away (2025 short, but it's a very dark crime story, Zhao Jinmai again) ; * The First Shot (2024 police story with Huang Jingyu..., also Lin Boyang), * Love Song In Winter (2024 Huang Jingyu and Sun Qian) -you saw it, hope you liked it too? * The Tale of Rose (2024 for mature audience, Liu Yifei as the titular Meigui, from her 20s to late 40s + awesome Lin Gengxin. Respect to one excellent and independent minded actor, who got his statue in Madame Tussaud Shanghai last month, as God Xing Zhi from The Legend of Shen Li xianxia drama of last year; Lin Yi gushed his admiration and thanks to fellow actor, in parting message for The Tale of Rose at the time, back in 2024) * A Journey to Love (2023 long, sad end wuxia, all in cast very individual and memorable) * One and Only + Forever and Ever (2021 tragic historical + reincarnation modern story), * Love Like The Galaxy (2022 very long historical, good end, hot fluff, battles, comedy, addictive Wu Lei and Zhao Lusi). * Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022 beautiful fluffy xianxia, Dylan Wang and Esther Yu) * Arsenal Military Academy (2019 impressive cross dressing Bai Lu and Xu Kai) * As Beautiful as You (2024 business romance, Seven Tan and Xu Kai) * Joy of Life (2019 classic now, far-future "historical", with a long list of memorable actors and actresses and Zhang Ruoyun, whose "banned" historical drama The fated general may get to screen sometime this year or next). Season 2 last year was also worth watching.
I am probably forgetting to quote the names of dozens more interesting ones. I wrote a few long "companion pieces" with background details and pictures, maps.... for some of the above (I do that whimsically, usually when I think I could add facts and views about what is there, so it does not mean those I wrote for are all favorites of mine, nor that those I did not write companion pieces for are not on my favorite list). Link through my personal page.
Adding that among the first c-dramas I liked after being mostly a movie watcher, were *2017 The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Huang Rong, Guo Jing, Yang Kang... - Li Yitong, Yang Xuwen, Chen Xingxu...) *2017-2021 The Eternal Love 1-2-3 (Qu XiaoTan, 8th Prince - Liang Jie and Xing Zhaolin) *2018 Ashes of Love (for Runyu and Jinmi - Luo Yunxi and Yang Zi) *2019 The King's Avatar (Yang Yang as Glory game master) *2022 The Imperial Coroner (for ChuChu and Prince An - Wang Ziqi)
I have added this in the concluding part of the companion piece, after Bai Lu's farewell to her role, from her…
Thank you for your tireless watch for news about Bai Lu ! (from which I was happy to copy some info into the "piece" :) Two days till release of KRS13 pilot? I receive a lot of shorts on YT about Bai Lu and KR now. Hope it will be up on the subtitled channel speedily for all those interested. I looks like there is a bunch of them.
Why is the profile of the animation version not on MDL?
because there is an alternate site for animation, on which MDL drew to set up their version for movies, tv series, and tv shows. -- I too looked up MDL to get info about Nezha2, but ended up looking at the Wikipedia page instead, before remembering that MDL is not for animes, donghua and the like. Not really interested in the movie version on this page, anyway. But not being a hardcore anime or donghua fan, I don't visit the other site, which my son is more familiar with, lol
Yes, but let's wish for her to reap internationally recognized big awards now, personally, that she can add to her Weibo and iQiyi trophies. It's time she gets clearly recognized after having been named iQIYI Global ambassador since last year. Northward is still not enough recognized in my opinion. Of course, c-drama watchers often prefer simple love stories or "historical"/fantasy costume dramas, instead of realistic, slice-of-life, very true to time and places dramas such as that one. It's good to know such wide Chinese audiences did enjoy Northward!
I’m confused about Siyi’s parentage. Was Siyi’s grandfather Italian?
Actually, since the family line of Siyi is probably something many wonder about, I added a full explanation with "bloodline" in the last part of the characters and cast details, here, at the end : https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139272-companion-piece-for-northward-beishang?pid=3281750&page=1#p3281750 But since this is part of the mystery that gets unraveled only in the end, it is better not to read that information before having reached episode 35 or 38, unless you don't mind spoilers.
I have now completed my long Companion piece. It has everything about the drama: dates, music, crew, characters, actors, places, times, reception and appreciation by no less than the Nobel prize winner Mo Yan, ... with lavish illustrations, microbios, and links, systematic list of characters by order of appearance, introduction to the Grand Canal geography and history, and to the towns of Bacheng ("Flower Street"), Kunshan/Suzhou, Beijing, Tongzhou, the period, etc. The sections are linked together and have been checked to be watched both in white and black mode. https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139272-companion-piece-for-northward-beishang
Minrui(he is a famous make up artist in china) shares his thoughts about Northward "Finally I've finished watching…
That was a very nice and heartfelt testimony to which I can also relate, very personally, on many counts for that period experience. The evolution of the character, growth, carefree laughs, challenges, hurdles, disappointments, changes of focus, despair and delights, are so well portrayed, in tune and music with the vibrant times (not only because of the frantic hammering and drilling of construction everywhere) which still maintained an optimist outlook to the radiant future.... I too, hope for yet more radiant times for Bai Lu.
BUT The description of the live action from the Sword and Fairy shows that neither authors of this guide nor editor watched the drama.... Only the GIF is correct. The title should have been Sword and Fairy 4 (emphasize 4). The description in this guide does not refer at all to that drama. And yes, describing Duan Jiaxu as a middle school student in Hidden Love also reveals the writers did not really watch it - since DJX had finished middle and high school in another city before ever flying hundreds of kilometers away to attend college in Nanwu, and becoming Sang Yan's dorm mate and friend... Otherwise, some pictures have already disappeared for some reasons (bugs?) in some places. Nevertheless, it's nice to see that there is an interest in Chen Zheyuan.
You can also look up more info on my ongoing illustrated "Profile" of him, started almost three years ago: https://kisskh.at/discussions/an-ye-yu-li-ming/119875-profile-of-chen-zhe-yuan (I will move the profile again with some more additions or paring down what's not accessible in links any longer, when Chasing Dreams land on screen, or perhaps Fateful Hearts, if that one comes earlier; it was (moved from HL page to be) "housed" under DNAD discussions only for convenience sakes, and not moved to TWOT because a link in my Companion piece there allowed to find it easily. Since it is already long and I only rely on myself to maintain the column at times, bear with that every new tidbit is not included - for that, please go to the lively "actor page" https://kisskh.at/people/14352-chen-zhe-yuan where many fans post the latest news. Anyway, I hope that the "profile" I crafted will allow newcomers to sample highlights like his first audition, and his latest performance singing Forever Star - quite well for someone who has trouble with tones. He likes to sing... under the shower - check my preserved GIF of what he once posted about the "shuai gege" look : he's got tons of humor and expressions, and if he was an emerging/rising star, he is now fairly comfortably established... Not number one yet, but far from unknown. What was the meaning with 'up-and-coming'? not very clear to me - and no way will he be "gone tomorrow", lol ! Despite the noxious work of some haters who target him, but so many Chinese artists have to go through that pit of snakes... He has managed to keep his calm, mostly, and keep on with his work, despite naysayers, and earned a faithful fandom at home and abroad, in South East Asian countries, but also further away, where his name is shining too.
I also have a quibble about introducing him with a Korean pop song now; it was OK when he was younger and a Panda EXO fan enough to attempt dancing Growl with his two left feet, lol. He is more graceful now, but still not an expert dancer, despite his attempt with Cheng Xiao for New year's eve. Singing and dancing are just not his specialty, and should not be his definition. He is a real actor who only used the idol tag to move to where he wants to be, and totally aware of his shortcomings and gifts (he is a champion archer, and a good ball player), but always trying his best to please when he accepts a challenge outside his comfort zone. Respect is due.
yes, the cuts in sound can be annoying on unofficial YT channels that are also marred by impermanence. Now bilibili is free too, and I checked cursorily that episode 1 and final 20 both had English subtitles :) If more is needed, it can also -still- be --cooled (dot sr extension) or kissed with clean sound and pictures... But let's be careful to protect these treasure troves by only hinting to them in spoilers...
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If you are in for some change of focus, try Filter (absolutely delightful, very unpredictable at first, and the Looney Tune references were adding smiles and laughs from me, fluffy end);
and if you are willing to go to realistic slice of life, try Northward (praised by no less than a Nobel prize winner, good end), still the talk of the town in China.
Here is a selection of other dramas in different genres that I liked :
* To The Wonder (2024 short, different, realistic with food for thought)
* Reset (2022 short, thrilling time loop with no dull moment and Bai Jingting + Zhao Jinmai);
* Drifting away (2025 short, but it's a very dark crime story, Zhao Jinmai again) ;
* The First Shot (2024 police story with Huang Jingyu..., also Lin Boyang),
* Love Song In Winter (2024 Huang Jingyu and Sun Qian) -you saw it, hope you liked it too?
* The Tale of Rose (2024 for mature audience, Liu Yifei as the titular Meigui, from her 20s to late 40s + awesome Lin Gengxin. Respect to one excellent and independent minded actor, who got his statue in Madame Tussaud Shanghai last month, as God Xing Zhi from The Legend of Shen Li xianxia drama of last year; Lin Yi gushed his admiration and thanks to fellow actor, in parting message for The Tale of Rose at the time, back in 2024)
* A Journey to Love (2023 long, sad end wuxia, all in cast very individual and memorable)
* One and Only + Forever and Ever (2021 tragic historical + reincarnation modern story),
* Love Like The Galaxy (2022 very long historical, good end, hot fluff, battles, comedy, addictive Wu Lei and Zhao Lusi).
* Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022 beautiful fluffy xianxia, Dylan Wang and Esther Yu)
* Arsenal Military Academy (2019 impressive cross dressing Bai Lu and Xu Kai)
* As Beautiful as You (2024 business romance, Seven Tan and Xu Kai)
* Joy of Life (2019 classic now, far-future "historical", with a long list of memorable actors and actresses and Zhang Ruoyun, whose "banned" historical drama The fated general may get to screen sometime this year or next). Season 2 last year was also worth watching.
I am probably forgetting to quote the names of dozens more interesting ones.
I wrote a few long "companion pieces" with background details and pictures, maps.... for some of the above (I do that whimsically, usually when I think I could add facts and views about what is there, so it does not mean those I wrote for are all favorites of mine, nor that those I did not write companion pieces for are not on my favorite list). Link through my personal page.
Adding that among the first c-dramas I liked after being mostly a movie watcher, were
*2017 The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Huang Rong, Guo Jing, Yang Kang... - Li Yitong, Yang Xuwen, Chen Xingxu...)
*2017-2021 The Eternal Love 1-2-3 (Qu XiaoTan, 8th Prince - Liang Jie and Xing Zhaolin)
*2018 Ashes of Love (for Runyu and Jinmi - Luo Yunxi and Yang Zi)
*2019 The King's Avatar (Yang Yang as Glory game master)
*2022 The Imperial Coroner (for ChuChu and Prince An - Wang Ziqi)
Two days till release of KRS13 pilot? I receive a lot of shorts on YT about Bai Lu and KR now. Hope it will be up on the subtitled channel speedily for all those interested. I looks like there is a bunch of them.
Anyway, I have put in the details announced for S13 in the new Profile
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139996-mini-profile-and-filmography-of-bai-lu-illustrated
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139272-companion-piece-for-northward-beishang?pid=3281760&page=1#p3281760
And added some color and stuff for the Bai Lu illustrated Profile :
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139996-mini-profile-and-filmography-of-bai-lu-illustrated
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139272-companion-piece-for-northward-beishang?pid=3281750&page=1#p3281750 But since this is part of the mystery that gets unraveled only in the end, it is better not to read that information before having reached episode 35 or 38, unless you don't mind spoilers.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139272-companion-piece-for-northward-beishang
I also added a new Mini Profile for Bai Lu (in addition to the previous short one for Li Wanda) illustrated too with links to watch the movies and to listen to the songs, and more.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139996-mini-profile-and-filmography-of-bai-lu-illustrated
Hoping the newcomers here will enjoy the drama as well, of course !
The evolution of the character, growth, carefree laughs, challenges, hurdles, disappointments, changes of focus, despair and delights, are so well portrayed, in tune and music with the vibrant times (not only because of the frantic hammering and drilling of construction everywhere) which still maintained an optimist outlook to the radiant future.... I too, hope for yet more radiant times for Bai Lu.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139272-companion-piece-for-northward-beishang?pid=3281744&page=1#p3281744
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139272-companion-piece-for-northward-beishang?pid=3281740&page=1#p3281740
https://kisskh.at/discussions/740015-bei-shang/139272-companion-piece-for-northward-beishang?pid=3281732&page=1#p3281732
BUT The description of the live action from the Sword and Fairy shows that neither authors of this guide nor editor watched the drama.... Only the GIF is correct. The title should have been Sword and Fairy 4 (emphasize 4). The description in this guide does not refer at all to that drama.
And yes, describing Duan Jiaxu as a middle school student in Hidden Love also reveals the writers did not really watch it - since DJX had finished middle and high school in another city before ever flying hundreds of kilometers away to attend college in Nanwu, and becoming Sang Yan's dorm mate and friend...
Otherwise, some pictures have already disappeared for some reasons (bugs?) in some places.
Nevertheless, it's nice to see that there is an interest in Chen Zheyuan.
You can also look up more info on my ongoing illustrated "Profile" of him, started almost three years ago: https://kisskh.at/discussions/an-ye-yu-li-ming/119875-profile-of-chen-zhe-yuan
(I will move the profile again with some more additions or paring down what's not accessible in links any longer, when Chasing Dreams land on screen, or perhaps Fateful Hearts, if that one comes earlier; it was (moved from HL page to be) "housed" under DNAD discussions only for convenience sakes, and not moved to TWOT because a link in my Companion piece there allowed to find it easily. Since it is already long and I only rely on myself to maintain the column at times, bear with that every new tidbit is not included - for that, please go to the lively "actor page" https://kisskh.at/people/14352-chen-zhe-yuan where many fans post the latest news. Anyway, I hope that the "profile" I crafted will allow newcomers to sample highlights like his first audition, and his latest performance singing Forever Star - quite well for someone who has trouble with tones. He likes to sing... under the shower - check my preserved GIF of what he once posted about the "shuai gege" look : he's got tons of humor and expressions, and if he was an emerging/rising star, he is now fairly comfortably established... Not number one yet, but far from unknown. What was the meaning with 'up-and-coming'? not very clear to me - and no way will he be "gone tomorrow", lol ! Despite the noxious work of some haters who target him, but so many Chinese artists have to go through that pit of snakes... He has managed to keep his calm, mostly, and keep on with his work, despite naysayers, and earned a faithful fandom at home and abroad, in South East Asian countries, but also further away, where his name is shining too.
I also have a quibble about introducing him with a Korean pop song now; it was OK when he was younger and a Panda EXO fan enough to attempt dancing Growl with his two left feet, lol. He is more graceful now, but still not an expert dancer, despite his attempt with Cheng Xiao for New year's eve. Singing and dancing are just not his specialty, and should not be his definition. He is a real actor who only used the idol tag to move to where he wants to be, and totally aware of his shortcomings and gifts (he is a champion archer, and a good ball player), but always trying his best to please when he accepts a challenge outside his comfort zone. Respect is due.
Now bilibili is free too, and I checked cursorily that episode 1 and final 20 both had English subtitles :)
If more is needed, it can also -still- be --cooled (dot sr extension) or kissed with clean sound and pictures... But let's be careful to protect these treasure troves by only hinting to them in spoilers...