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Week 2 of Lost You Forever Airing Sees Arrival of Complaints and In-fighting Between Fans of Two Male Leads Played by Deng Wei and Tan Jian Ci

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So this is to be expected somewhat but is rather pointless and annoying to see happen. C-drama Lost You Forever has become summer 2023’s hottest drama and there is much love to go around, great characters and acting from all four leads and a thoughtful adaptation with well paced execution. Novel writer Tong Hua is part of the production team … Continue reading →

Fantasy Action C-drama I am Nobody with Peng Yu Chang and Hou Ming Hao Gets Abrupt Release and then Abrupt Postponed After One Day

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Talk about playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes. Like, did anyone at Youku think in this current climate this was either a good idea or that the authorities would just let it go? Fantasy action modern C-drama I am Nobody with Peng Yu Chang and Hou Ming Hao adapted from a popular manhwa The Outcast was dropped from the … Continue reading →

Kim So Hyun in Talks to Join Park Bo Gum in Police Procedural Drama Good Boy

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What great potential casting news at the right time to boot. K-actress Kim So Hyun just returned back to the small screen with tvN mystery romance My Lovely Liar (Useless Lies) with Minhyun but she’s now been offered her next project. It’s the drama Good Boy which has Park Bo Gum as the male lead so yeah this is quite … Continue reading →

C-drama Lost You Forever Part 2 May Get Shortened to 21 Episodes and Also Need to Wait 12 Months to Air

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Watching dramas for too long has turned me into Xiao Yao from Lost You Forever, rather than be disappointed I choose not expect anything or get my hopes up. Which is why I was even happier with how good LYF the drama adaptation has been, and knowing it was filmed for 73 episodes split into Part 1 with 39 episodes … Continue reading →

Jeon Jong Seo Becomes Empress Woo for New Sageuk at Script Reading with Leading Men Kim Moo Yeol, Ji Chang Wook, and Lee Soo Hyuk

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Filming has kicked up for what seems like a serious and darker sageuk drama Empress Woo (Queen Woo) and interestingly enough its purely a streaming drama airing on TVING. The drama stars primarily movie actress Jeon Jong Seo in her first sageuk role as the titular character with male leads Kim Moo Yeol, Ji Chang Wook, and Lee Soo Hyuk. … Continue reading →

Rising K-actor Lee Jong Won is Shin Mina’s Male Lead in Rom-com Because I Don’t Want to Lose

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I thought K-actor Lee Jong Won got his big leading man break already being cast opposite Honey Lee in her upcoming sageuk drama Night Blooming Flower but before that has even aired he’s getting a second A-list drama costar. He’s been cast as Shin Mina‘s leading man in the modern rom-com Because I Don’t Want to Lose from the screenwriter … Continue reading →

Tencent Celebrates Lost You Forever Crossing 33,000 on the Hot Buzz Ranking Becoming a How High Can It Go Hit C-drama

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Some folks may think I’m covering the C-drama adaptation of Lost You Forever a lot (comparatively) but those who read my novel translations know I’m probably not talking about it enough. I have so much to say still but am almost too happy with the drama version I don’t know where to start. The five leads are perfectly cast as … Continue reading →

Fireworks of My Heart Becomes Lowest Douban Rated High Profile Drama of 2023 Dropping to 3.2 as Pundits Believe Criticism of Leads Yang Yang and Wang Chu Ran will Impact Their Reputation

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The worst thing with picking a bad drama is always just getting no lift from it but to actually have a negative reputational consequence is fairly rare. The modern romance Fireworks of My Heart wrapped on July 27th the the Douban ratings opened low and has since dropped even lower to an embarrassing 3.2 I glanced at the reviews and … Continue reading →

Son Woo Hyun Joins Go Ah Sung and Chang Ryul in Risque TVING Sageuk Drama Chunhwa Love Story

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Okay this is pretty coincidentally funny but also solid casting. The trio of leads for TVING sageuk romance drama Chunhwa Love Story is set with the joining of supporting actor Son Woo Hyun. This reunites him with male lead Chang Ryul as both had breakouts in supporting roles for the drama Gold Spoon. The female lead is Go Ah Sung … Continue reading →

Blackpink’s Jisoo and Ahn Bo Hyun Confirm Relationship After Dispatch Releases Pictures of Their Personal Dates

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Thank god it’s so hot outside to immediately remind me that its the middle of summer otherwise I would have checked whether today is January 1. K-tabloid Dispatch woke South Korea up with a bang this this Thursday with the reveal that actor Ahn Bo Hyun and Blackpink superstar singer Jisoo are dating. The tabloid said they would date at … Continue reading →

ENA has Surprise Hit with Comedic Mother-Daughter Drama Not Others with Jeon Hye Jin and Sooyoung Hitting 3.623% Ratings with Episode 6

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Call this one another unexpected hit for ENA, the small cable network that’s now on the radar thanks to the mega hit Extraordinary Attorney Woo and keeping up a steady pace with that momentum. Currently airing mother-daughter drama Not Others with Jeon Hye Jin and Sooyoung just hit 3.623% ratings in episode 6 which is really high for ENA. The … Continue reading →

C-netizens Notice Tencent Each Episode of The Longest Promise has been Swapped with Re-edited Versions of Female Lead Ren Min

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I’m not sure this is necessary at this point but right after The Longest Promise finished airing, C-netizens noticed that each episode was different in running time. Don’t tell me how they know but they were right and turns out Tencent re-uploaded each episode hence the running times were all slightly different. The changes noticed by C-netizens were all on … Continue reading →

Success of Yang Zi’s Lost You Forever Adds Fuel to the Rumor of Reshooting The Golden Hairpin with Lin Geng Xin Leading New Male Leads Talking Along with Other Actors

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So the C-drama adaptation of The Golden Hairpin was a S-level project so there was a shit ton of money already spent on the drama. That it was done and just waiting airing permit with male lead Wu Yi Fan (Kris Wu) was arrested for rape and other myriad allegations meant that a completed project was about to become a … Continue reading →