So this is the second big Republic era C-drama to arrive in just the span of a few months so let’s see if The Lament of Autumn (Yu Zhao Qiu 玉簟秋) will manage to be better than Overdo. Lucky for it the bar isn’t high at all to be better, but unfortunately from the previews it looks like the same toxic warlord-pretty young student romance, and this time with like 99% chance of actually being rapey. Starring Cheng Lei and Xu Ruo Han, he’s leaning hard into the My Journey to You level of crazy eyes staring and intensity and she’s just…..there. She’s forever pretty enough to be but between her truly distracting huge veneers and limited acting range I’ve yet to find a drama or role of hers that interesting enough to overlook the shortcomings. But I’m always game for a toxic romance and viewers are already calling Cheng Lei’s character the Republic era warlord version of Jing Bo Ran’s Luke/Luan Nian in The Early Spring. Kinda not amused the burning red flag level male lead seems to be “in” lately.

Preview for The Lament of Autumn: