May 2025 is on fire with C-dramas dropping, first with The Prisoner of Beauty then Legend of Zang Hai, and now add a light hearted period drama Youthful Glory (Shao Hua Ruo Jin 韶华若锦) to the mix. Hunan TV and streaming on Mango platform C-drama Youthful Glory dropped this week on May 19th and stars Song Wei Long, Bao Shang … Continue reading →
The casting is going fast for this drama which makes sense if it is reportedly going to start filming next month in March 2025. Industry insiders are saying Dai Lu Wa will be the female lead in period C-drama Live Long and Prosper, which is a big male lead IP project that has inked Dylan Wang as his next leading … Continue reading →
So xianxia C-drama Moonlight Mystique is winding down its run and will go down as not a flop but not a hit either, got some buzz, heat, and viewership, but not enough considering the draw female lead Bai Lu was supposed to bring in. TBH the story is derivative and the lead couple don’t have strong chemistry, the male lead … Continue reading →
So soon was supposed to be this month in December 2024, but could be in January or even February of next year in 2025. I’m talking about Moonlight Mystique, the xianxia C-drama starring Bai Lu and Ao Rui Peng with supporting leads Dai Lu Wa and Chang Hua Sen. The next two weeks feels like an open period with no … Continue reading →
The only two characters and stars to emerge unscathed from the hot mess that is Lost You Forever Part 2 has to be Yang Zi and Tan Jian Ci and their characters of Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu. The entire Part 2 run was ruinous for me in terms of adapting the second half of the LYF novel but at … Continue reading →
I feel like Lost You Forever Part 2 arrived almost breathlessly but then took deep breaths to calm down. The first 6 episodes released so far have been motoring through plot points but also quite emotionally downer for everyone involved, other than spoiled her brains out but sweet little chirpy Ah Nian. Cang Xuan gets the throne and a shit … Continue reading →
I feel like everything I read and translated in Lost You Forever the novel came to life in Part 1 and now is poised to do the same in Part 2. It helps that the drama was filming in one swoop as it was never intended to be a two part-er initially. The novel is split into three books with … Continue reading →
My relationship with Lost You Forever will always remain the first and most memorable love, what with how much I lived and breathed the novel during the years of translation. Three whole books people! Which sadly is only going to become a 60 episode drama, with Part 1 airing last summer with 39 episodes and Part 2 reportedly only have … Continue reading →
