All I have to say, as far as release dates for c-dramas are concerned- is that there are a lot of behind the scenes factors that the networks releasing the dramas don’t even have control over, kind of like us. They turn the product over to the authorities and then they have to wait to get the okay. I don’t know how many of you have had to deal with Bureaucracy in your own countries, but the wheels of government in my country tend to spin very slowly. I don’t have the privilege to know how those wheels spin precisely when it comes to media release decision making in China, but I do know there are strict rules and that things have been particularly sensitive this year due to some issues that came up concerning alleged cultural appropriation in costume dramas. So now every drama that either has a historical setting or features period inspired clothing has to go through a special review process to ensure it is free from any cultural appropriation. The point is what used to be a long, unpredictable process of getting c-dramas released is now a longer, more unpredictable process, and all we fans can do is wait patiently on the outside and know what sources can be trusted when it comes to accurate release dates. Unfortunately those sources are few and they almost always don’t give us very much advance notice at all. We may know for two to five years that a show is coming, but we’ll only know for two weeks to three days when the precise date is that the show is going to drop. That is the price we pay as c-drama fans, the characters we love may wait hundreds or thousands of years for their beloved to be reincarnated, never knowing exactly the date, we too have to wait hundreds or thousands of hours for our next favorite show to air. (Was that last line cheesy enough for you? I really got into it at the end. Like I’m writing my own Xianxia. Haha)
I wore a hoodie almost every day in 9th grade until one of my teachers pointed it out. I was so embarrassed(because middle school) that I cut back to once a week. Haha To be young again and to have a hoodie for every day of the week. ***Sigh***
This drama is okay, the English subs that are available are done by AI so you have to do some mental gymnastics to figure out what they’re saying sometimes. But the story is cute and easy to follow.
Just finishing episode 12 and ready to drop because of the female lead. She is being so unreasonable and rude placing the blame for her mistakes everywhere but on herself. I was ready, given things in the setup for this season, to be patient with her. But I am fed up. If I stick around with this show it will only be for the secondary couples.
My only love song was the first drama I ever finished. It was probably 2018ish when I saw it. I DNF’d a bunch after that and gave up on k-drama until late 2021 when I discovered Viki and have watched many many (probably too many) dramas since.
The point is what used to be a long, unpredictable process of getting c-dramas released is now a longer, more unpredictable process, and all we fans can do is wait patiently on the outside and know what sources can be trusted when it comes to accurate release dates. Unfortunately those sources are few and they almost always don’t give us very much advance notice at all. We may know for two to five years that a show is coming, but we’ll only know for two weeks to three days when the precise date is that the show is going to drop.
That is the price we pay as c-drama fans, the characters we love may wait hundreds or thousands of years for their beloved to be reincarnated, never knowing exactly the date, we too have to wait hundreds or thousands of hours for our next favorite show to air. (Was that last line cheesy enough for you? I really got into it at the end. Like I’m writing my own Xianxia. Haha)
To be young again and to have a hoodie for every day of the week. ***Sigh***