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Liu Yu Ning Becomes First C-actor to Have Three Hot Heat Index Period C-dramas Across All Three Major Platforms Youku, Tencent, and iQiyi

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The success of airdropped Tencent period romance C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty has immensely benefited male lead Liu Yu Ning in addition to cementing the return of female lead Song Zu Er. Her back-to-back airdropped dramas TPoB and the earlier The Demon Hunter’s Romance all got strong buzz and reportedly she’s back to the same level as before with her … Continue reading →

Linmon Pictures to Produce a Follow Up Drama to A Journey to Love with Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning

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The production company Linmon Pictures will be producing a sequel of sorts to 2023 wuxia period C-drama A Journey to Love (一念关山 Yi Nian Guan Shan or A Remembrance of the Mountains). The sequel’s title is 一念江南 Yi Nian Jiang Nan which means A Remembrance of the South and will get a English title later. It will not be a … Continue reading →

Wuxia C-drama A Journey to Love Ends with a Less than Satisfying Ending But Still a Worth Watching Series

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So C-drama A Journey to Love has been airing for 3 weeks and for VIP viewers of iQiyi the streaming platform released the final 6-episodes this Monday with exclusive access. It helps with keeping the interest level high as honestly the last ten episodes have been slowly flagging for me. Overall I found the drama solidly written, a great supporting … Continue reading →

C-actress He Lan Dou Becomes the Breakout Star Among the Supporting Cast of Hit Drama A Journey to Love

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So the leads of A Journey to Love are getting plenty of deserved buzz all their own, Liu Yu Ning as Ning Yuan Zhou trending a bit higher than Liu Shi Shi as Ren Ru Yi. But the drama is doing well also because of the strong supporting cast and well developed side characters, when I saw the first promo … Continue reading →

C-drama A Journey to Love Faced with Negative Criticism from Netizens Over Liu Yu Ning’s Not Leading Man Looks and More Screen Time then Female Lead Liu Shi Shi

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Like all C-dramas nowadays, the bigger the hit the more likely there is criticism, blowback, and nitpicking. I try to cover it even if I like the drama, this year the ones I liked My Journey to You, and Till the End of the Moon had plenty of naysayers, and the ones I didn’t The Longest Promise, Legend of Anle, … Continue reading →

Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning Promote Current Hit Drama A Journey to Love with 10,000 Heat Index and Opening to 7.5 Douban Ratings

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The solid success of A Journey to Love is both a surprise and a true happiness for me. I love leads Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning separate and now together in this drama but neither are top liuliangs to drive traffic. This drama is succeeding on the quality of the script, acting, and directing and in one week … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning’s Male Lead Ning Yuan Zhou Rockets Up to Top VLinkage Character Buzz Chart Immediately Upon Premiere of A Journey to Love

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Man, I wish this news was all rainbows and roses but alas it’s mostly that but still has some negativity. The premiere of A Journey to Love has been nearly all praised by critics and netizens alike so yay for the cast and crew. Liu Shi Shi as Ren Ru Yi returns to the small screen in her first period … Continue reading →

A Journey to Love is a Fantastic C-drama Right Off the Bat with Perfect Two Leads Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning

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So iQiyi decided to roll one well received C-drama Story of Kunning Palace into another anticipated drama A Journey to Love and has now hit the double jacket. I just finished Wonderland of Love and was planning to finally start Kunning Palace but decided to sneak a peek at A Journey to Love and now I’m a goner. This drama … Continue reading →

iQiyi Premieres Wuxia C-drama A Journey to Love with Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning on November 28th

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So last week was Thanksgiving in the US and as expected the amount of food consumed was pants splitting. It feels the same with the amount of dramas consumed because there are so many drams premiering recently that I can barely keep but have FOMO and want to watch them all. iQiyi decided to follow up Story of Kunning Palace … Continue reading →

A Journey to Love with Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning Reportedly to Air on iQiyi After Story of Kunning Palace

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So it looks like many of the on deck period C-dramas from 2023 will air before year ends, likely in a scrum like last week or in succession with what appears to be the timing for A Journey to Love. The spy and politics wuxia drama with Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning has received its airing permit already … Continue reading →

Upcoming Late 2023 Through 2024 C-dramas Release OTP Hanging Out New Posters for Mid-autumn Festival

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So today September 29th is Mid-autumn Zhong Qiu in Mandarin Chinese or Chuseok in Korean and it’s basically Asian Thanksgiving. Family gathering together to eat and hang out, plus drinking and watching TV together. C-dramas usually release new posters for all the major holidays such as Chinese Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year and of course Mid-autumn Festival. This year’s … Continue reading →

Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning Attend Media Event for C-drama A Journey to Love and New Action Packed Trailer Released

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The awesomeness of slow burn mystery period C-drama My Journey to You has me fully back on the wuxia train and there’s a finished filming wuxia drama on deck to air in A Journey to Love. Starring Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning, the two leads were at a press event this week promoting the drama and also released … Continue reading →

Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning Pair Up for Wuxia and Political Conspiracy C-drama A Journey to Love in First Preview and New Posters

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So I missed the first preview for A Journey to Love when it came out recently but watching it now for the first time is actually better timing. It gives off My Journey to You vibes (a good thing!) and I’m also super sad that Liu Yu Ning‘s other drama Prisoner of Beauty is likely kaput to never see the … Continue reading →