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When the Phone Rings (2024) is a great romantic thriller with Yoo Yeon Seok as Baek Sa Eon and Chae Soo Bin as Hong Hui Ju in the lead couple’s role. This drama is a fantastic thriller with an impassioned relationship between Sa Eon and Hui Ju. Sa Eon and Hui Ju spent the first part of the drama discovering each other and trying to accept and bring about the amorous feelings for each other. Once the relationship is established, they both become stronger and developed a loving, respectful, and steadfast relation that pulls on your heartstrings. The thriller portion of the plot is well developed and, in a little bit more than 13 hours, there are many secrets thrown in very direction in order to keep the audience interested in the story. The cast did an amazing job bringing their characters to life and offer the viewer an intense drama that keeps the audience entertained. Enjoy it!
This drama can be found on Netflix.

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Dawn Is Breaking (2024) is a short drama with a great revenge plot and a beautiful romance set in a historical era. The drama has Richard Li (as Dongfang Zui / Na Ji Ci) and He Xuan Lin (as Xie Wan Yin) on the leading couple role. The cast did a very good job bringing their characters to life. Richard Li and He Xuan Lin have a fantastic chemistry; from their bickering moments to fall deeply and steadfastly in love to the more mundane interactions, both leads were excellent portraying their characters.
The drama can be found on YouTube under the caption: 【ENG SUB】Dawn is Breaking EP01 | He Xuanlin / Li Fei / Wang Xingwei | YOUKU

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This is a great revenge romantic drama set in a historical era. It is well written and the cast did a very good job bringing their characters to life. Li Zong Lin (as Su Jing Yuan / Cheng Yu Yang / Xiao Shu Shu) and Jiang Zhi Nan as Cheng Xi Nian gave a wonderful performance as the leading couple. They were both smart, strategic thinkers, intense and have a fantastic chemistry, whether they are planning their revenge, being childish, or just expressing their romantic feelings , they were really natural and lovely; during conflict of interests or when one thought the other will be in danger, they showed empathy and steadfast support while trying to reason about their actions. This is a wonderful and entertaining miniseries, enjoy it!
The drama can be found on YouTube under the caption: Full Version | The sweet and painful forbidden love with fake uncle | [Rise From the Ashes 小亭台] or Full Version|Cinderella want revenge, but she accidentally got pregnant with her uncle's child- on this one, the beginning is taken from a scene that happens later on but it is the same drama.

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Mistaken Love (2024) is a great romance revenge miniseries set in historical times. The leading couple, Mo Jin (played by Li Dai Kun) and Li Cong Huan (played by Shao Yu Qi), did a wonderful job bringing their characters to life. Their story is as beautiful as heart wrenching; they both loved each other dearly and became estranged and hurt deeply by the conniving antagonist which carefully planned to frame Mo Jin and make him Li Cong Huan’s object of revenge. Mo Jin and Li cong Huan are both passionate, whether it is loving or hating someone, so the drama is full of murder attempts and palace antics, but everything is done for a reason and the leading couple was a force to be reckon with. This is a well written and casted miniseries. The cast did a great job carrying out their characters and the leading couple had great chemistry. Both Li Dai Kun (Mo JIN) and Shao Yu Qi ( Li Cong Huan) masterfully displayed the use of gestures, facial expressions, and eye gaze to communicate their emotions and intentions. Overall, this drama is excellent and very entertaining. Enjoy it!

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Thousands Of Years Of Love is a great historical miniseries! As other reviews have said, it’s a bit rushed but, taking into consideration that the plot has the Xuanming, Immortal, and Mortal Realms’ settings, everything was done properly; from locations, cinematography, costumes, makeup, OST, and the selection of a well casted leading couple. The supporting cast had some good acting moments but the leading couple remained steady with good acting skill from beginning to end. The drama is a romantic wuxia with good CGI’s and some dramatic and comedic elements. The leading couple, very well performed by Yu Xuan Chen as leading man Mo Chen Yuan / Yin Mo Ting and Tu Zhi Ying as leading lady Feng Ruo Yao / Lu Chen X, has great chemistry and very well done believable romantic scenes. Overall, this drama is well done and entertaining.

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This drama can be consider a fantasy drama if the fact that a young woman that was locked in a mental institution and lived in the country throughout her teenage and into adulthood years, with little to no supposed exposure to high level education, can be rich, can master Technology, Arts, Music, and have her own genetics based laboratory. Besides this “fantastic element”, the plot is interesting and the leading couple has nice chemistry. The premise is that leading lady is a genius but still, in a miniseries with little time for plot or character development, it was overstretched given the fact that she was institutionalized! : ( If the viewer can put all of that aside, the drama can be consider comedic and cute.)

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This drama is a masterpiece! It tells the story of Xue Fang Fei, a woman that, after undergoing betrayal at the hands of her beloved, gets a second chance in life as she is saved by Jiang Li, a woman who suffers a wrongful death after been abandoned by her family. After impersonating Jian Li, Xue Fei, together with Tong Er ([Jiang Li's maid), embarks on a journey towards revenge and seeks justice for her and Jian Li. This drama is a suspenseful story of second chances, revenge, justice, and a steadfast love that grows out of respect and mutual understanding. This is also a star studded drama in which the cast masterfully brings forward complex characters and situations. The leading lady, Wu Jin Yan as Jiang Li / Xue Fang Fei / Xue Li and the leading male, Wang Xing Yue as Xiao Heng / Duke Su, are a force to be reckoned with. Both have smart, powerful, passionate, and influential personalities that make this riveting drama so entertaining to watch. Although there are not many intimate romantic scenes between the leading couple, their romance and the way they interacted with each other was soulfully satisfying and mesmerizing as they teased each other and worked together to exact revenge, help stabilized their country, and find a great love at the end.
As mentioned before, the performances by the cast, main and supporting, was stellar. Apart from the leading couple, there is the flawless representation of the cold blooded, selfish, eccentric antagonist Princess Wan Ning adeptly played by Li Meng.
There are many lengthy and detailed reviews about this drama that could give away some details as spoilers. Read as many as you want but the viewers only need to know that this drama has it all, action, revenge, great costumes, beautiful cinematography, a well written story, and a love that will definitely leave the audience completely satisfied. Enjoy it!

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Destined is a great historical romantic “comedy”. It is a drama with stellar actors that did a great job bringing their characters to life. There are usual twisted palace antic, great action scenes, striking cinematography, remarkable friendships, and a strong, beautiful and steadfast slow burned romance for the leading couple. Although their great romantic scenes are at episodes 27 and 28 only, the leading couple oozed phenomenal chemistry every time they were together, even when they were bickering, just looking at each other, or planning their next strategic move. This drama might seem not well done for individuals that were looking for a great factual based historical drama with no plot holes, but for those looking for a drama on a leading couple who are perfect match in mind and spirit with great values and deep love for family, friends, and their countryman, this drama offers all of that in a very satisfying way and entertaining way, Enjoy it!

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Night of Love with You is a great miniseries about the always antagonist manga character Qi Qi/ Luo Qing (played by Liu Xie Ning) that by a glitch enters the new comic "Night of Love With You" and becomes the heroine Luo Qing. The comic’s male lead suffers an accident at the hands of Luo Qing and get into a comatose state that gives way to the story between Luo Qing and the male antagonist Leng Ye Han (played by Guan Yue). The former leading lady, Song Ruo Yun (played by Pu Yu Tong), becomes the antagonist who does everything possible to get rid of QiQi to be able to be with the comic’s main lead Mu Nan Chen (played by Liu Ya Kun). The drama is well written and the cast did a great job bringing their characters to life. Mu Nan Chen’s demeanor is quite passive and stoic which is well done by the writer because that way the character of the antagonist Leng Ye Han takes center stage. Song Ruo Yun (played by Pu Yu Tong), the character that Qi Qi was supposed to play, really nails the antagonist role, she is selfish and vicious trying to get Qi Qi/ Luo Qing out of the way. The plot is well developed, there’s great character growth, and the lead couple has great chemistry, Even Luo Qing brother, Luo Cheng (played by Zheng Peng) nails his character as he is constantly used as a pawn to by the antagonist to get Luo Qing. He provides a comical relief to the drama as well as Luo Qing constant monologues that provide insight into the factual aspects of the comic’s plot. Overall, this miniseries provides an interesting story and it is entertaining, enjoy it.

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Dong Lan Xue (found on YouTube as “East Column Snow”) is a great revenge miniseries with the right amount of romance. Even if it is a miniseries, the plot and the leading couple did a fantastic job bringing their characters to life. The tale of revenge is well thought out on this drama and the leading couple has a slow developing mesmerizing chemistry that is sensual and beautiful to watch. There is a good amount of decently done action and bloody killings as they exact revenge and protect themselves or others in their quest to bring light to the injustice suffered by both leads and impose punishment on the vicious powerful antagonists. This is a well done miniseries and is very entertaining. Enjoy it!

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Review for Season 1 & 2 together!

This review is for seasons 1 and 2. Both seasons are fantastic. The cast did a great job bringing their characters to life and the leading couple has a splendid relationship that develops into a beautiful, steadfast, and heartwarming romance with very good chemistry. It is refreshing to see He Lian Xuan (played by Wang Zu Yi) and Leng Li/A Qi (played by Wen Mo Yan), two very intelligent characters, as they get closer and stronger to become a devoted power couple. Since it is a miniseries divided into two seasons, it is best to see one right after the other to appreciate that, although the production is not perfect, the both seasons are well done in matters of production value. These miniseries have a substantial plot that could have been better served if turned into a long format drama. Overall, both seasons are worth watching and entertaining. Enjoy it!

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This is a fantastic romance/revenge miniseries in a historical era setting. The series is fast paced with a well developed plot, great cinematography and choreography, The OST is nice and it complements the drama well. The cast did a great job bringing their characters to life and the leading couple complemented each other very well and had passionate, tender chemistry that got better and better as the drama progressed. Although minidramas have the tendency to show marked jumps from one episode to another, this drama did quite well in trying to maintain the flow within its complicated plot. Overall, the drama is great and entertaining. Enjoy it!

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This is my third rewatch since I saw this drama in 2015 and I decided to write a review now. This is a very good romance drama that, although not perfect, it has a beautiful romantic story that started in college, suffers a 7 year hiatus, but remains strong and steadfast in the hearts and souls of the leading couple. The cast did a great job bringing their characters to life and the leading couple has great chemistry. I must say that the leading young couple [Luo Yun Xi (as He Yi Chen) and Janice Wu (as Zhao Mo Sheng)] at the beginning of the drama did a phenomenal job playing the leading characters and beautifully paved the path for Wallace Chung (as He Yi Chen) and Tiffany Tang (as Zhao Mo Sheng) to continue the wonderfully played love story. The supporting cast did well also and Viola Mi (as Xiao Xiao) and Eric Le Yang (as Lu Yuan Feng) were fun and refreshing to watch. The OST is great! Overall, although there are some annoying and not so well develop issues in the drama, mostly the invalid divorce and English “speaking” characters, the drama excel in the romance plot execution. Enjoy it!

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This drama is fantastic; a more realistic interpretation of modern perspectives on relationships and marriage. This is a star studded drama that is not only well written but also excellently executed by the main and supporting cast. The drama is full of insightful and meaningful conversations that harmonize perfectly with the raw and thoughtful emotions of the three main couples in the drama. Each couple handled and performed their story in a very realistic and emotional way even when the real emotions were not easily perceived by their loved ones. The drama has a lot of wounded souls that got together, loved together, and healed together to become a strong support for each other. The development of each couple’s journey was sometimes heartbreaking to see but it was also the process that culminated in a better understanding of each other and a more profound and steadfast love. One character that is insightfully written and fantastically performed is Kim Hyun Ja [Ji Ho's mother] played by Kim Sun Young. Overall, this drama is insanely great and entertaining, enjoy it!

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