Category Archives: TW & C dramas

Modern Romance C-drama Sniper Butterfly with Michelle Chen and Zhou Ke Yu End Popular Run with Satisfying Ending and Opening Douban Ratings of 6.9

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The unexpected success of Sniper Butterfly, a small budget no big leads C-drama, feels like the budget version of this past summer’s unexpected hit with Love’s Ambition. Story and set up isn’t very interesting on paper and the leads don’t seem well-cast opposite each other, but the execution and chemistry end up being so good that viewers enjoy the ride. … Continue reading →

Zhao Li Ying Steals the Premiere Buzz with Guest Starring Role in Xianxia C-drama The Unclouded Soul with Tan Song Yun and Hou Ming Hao

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This is totally a win-win for all involved but does take away a bit from the drama leads on premiere day. Top drama C-actress Zhao Li Ying has a guest starring role in the just premiered iQiyi xianxia C-drama The Unclouded Soul and immediately she’s rocketed up the search and buzz charts above leads Tan Song Yun and Hou Ming … Continue reading →

Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Jing Ke Start Filming Modern Romance C-drama On My Way But Netizens are Displeased with Her Character’s Hair and Costuming

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So filming has been underway for modern romance C-drama On My Way, which has a much cuter but quite a mouthful original Chinese title of č‡“ęˆ‘é‚£čœåø‚åœŗēš„ē™½ęœˆå…‰ or Zhi Wo Na Cai Shi Chang De Bai Yue Guang. The original titles translates as “To My Marketplace White Moonlight” which means he’s her ideal guy that she met in a marketplace with … Continue reading →

Wang Xing Yue and Deng En Xi Confirmed to Start Filming Modern Romance C-drama Confession in January 2026

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The filming kick off for this drama slipped by a month from December now into January next month, making it a nice way to start off the new year in 2026. C-ent insiders are saying that filming is confirmed to kick off mid-January in a few weeks for romance modern C-drama Confession (or Gao Bai) starring Wang Xing Yue and … Continue reading →

Youku Schedules December 27th Premiere for Xianxia Romance C-drama The Unclouded Soul with Tan Song Yun and Hou Ming Hao

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So I think this will be the last big C-drama release for 2025, arriving just after Christmas and in time for a New Year’s holiday break binge. Youku has confirmed the release of xianxia romance C-drama The Unclouded Soul (逍遄 Xiao Yao) starring Tan Song Yun and Hou Ming Hao for December 27th which is this coming weekend. Tan Song … Continue reading →

Song Zu Er’s Next C-drama Most Likely Big Budget Tencent Production The Palace Stewardess with Potential Male Lead Xu Kai

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The return of C-actress Song Zu Er is definitely one of the big stories out of C-ent this year in 2025 and one of the positive ones with so many negative things that happened in the industry. Her two aired drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance and The Prisoner of Beauty were both hits and her performance garnered solid reviews for … Continue reading →

Allen Ren’s New Drama Silent Tides Gets Moved Midway Through Broadcast on CCTV for Big Name Ensemble Anthology Drama The Miracles

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It was supposed to erase the hot mess that was period C-drama Love and Crown from viewers minds of male lead Allen Ren, as that drama finished airing earlier this month and timing wise it seemed like a good thing that one of his other finished dramas Silent Tides then started airing. It’s a WWII drama set in Macau and … Continue reading →

Modern Romance C-drama Shine on Me with Song Wei Long and Zhao Jin Mai to Premiere on December 22nd

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There’s only less than two weeks left before year end caps this interesting 2025 year and in terms of dramas there may still be one that will premiere that I’m interested in. C-ent scheduling rumor the last few weeks had it that Tencent will air Shine on Me (éŖ„é˜³ä¼¼ęˆ‘ Jiao Yang Si Wo) at the end of December, and then … Continue reading →

Im Shi Wan and Seol In Ah Confirmed for tvN Mystery Romance Cross-dressing K-drama My Guilty Person

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There is a new K-drama cast this week and it’s sounds cute in that hybrid mystery-romance-comedy thing that K-dramas like to do. It’s a tvN drama has the literal title My Guilty Person and is adapted from the webtoon Why Don’t You Know He’s a Girl (or also called That Guy is Pretty), and will star Im Shi Wan and … Continue reading →

Youku Premieres Period Strategy Thriller The Vendetta of An with Cheng Yi to Positive First Reviews

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So it appears to be third time is the charm this year for Cheng Yi, who has had a C-drama premiere near back-to-back-to-back for the past few months. First came The Journey of Legend then Sword and Beloved and now a surprise near airdrop of The Vendetta of An. The weird thing is that his visuals, costuming and hair, are … Continue reading →

Modern C-drama Sniper Butterfly with Michelle Chen and Zhou Ke Yu Reportedly Doing Very Well in the Older Woman-Younger Man Romance Genre

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So I like to think this was all plotted and planned. That Tencent would release relatively lower budget romance modern C-drama Sniper Butterfly with Michelle Chen and Zhou Ke Yu at basically the same overlapping run as big budget period C-drama Legend of the Magnate with Chen Xiao airing in iQiyi as some sort of ex-spouses showdown. I’ve got zero … Continue reading →

iQiyi Airdrops Speed and Love with Yu Shu Xin and He Yu This Week as Expected Delivering an Old School Idol Romance Tableau

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Whether this drama or the leads are up your alley will determine if it’s a miss or you’re speed walking to check out the first episode lol. This Friday December 12th iQiyi airdropped Speed and Love with Yu Shu Xin and He Yu, though a few days later than the rumor, it’s still here to either appeal to your inner … Continue reading →

Dylan Wang and Wang Chu Ran Courted by Hunan TV for Period Romance C-drama Xiang Chu Shang Wu

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If feels like Dylan Wang‘s name is attached to every third C-drama big budget project in development and that’s not too far off from the reality. He’s just a buzzy star and still bankable and has his pick of many high profile scripts. This week there is casting news that Hunan TV is looking to sign him paired with Wang … Continue reading →