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Tag Archives: Forbidden Love

C-drama Unchained Love with Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi Head into Final Stretch of Airing with Reviews Getting Better

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 9, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 10, 2023
Couple in embroidered Chinese period costumes embracing

C-drama Unchained Love has aired 22-episodes out of the total 36 so it’s into the final stretch of airing and I thought to check in. Surprisingly the reviews and audience feedback is getting better, I noticed since about episode 14 the chatter has turned positive and not just from the diehard fandom. I think it’s much too long for a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chen Yu Qi, Dylan Wang, Forbidden Love, Peter Ho, Unchained Love, Zeng Li

Unchained Love with Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi Debuts to 7.3 on Douban Ranking Surprisingly High for the Mostly Poor Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 3, 2023 by ockoalaJanuary 3, 2023
Traditional Chinese characters in a scenic landscape.

It’s been a week since period romance C-drama Unchained Love (Forbidden Love) premiered and the first Douban audience ratings are out of a decent 7.3. It seems high to be since the reviews have been more negative but then again male lead Dylan Wang has an extraordinary level of popularity and fandom loyalty and this drama isn’t that bad, The … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chen Yu Qi, Dylan Wang, Forbidden Love, Unchained Love

C-drama Forbidden Love Pours Cold Water on the Warm Early Excitement with Terrible Reviews on the Acting of Both Leads Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 29, 2022
Couple in embroidered Chinese period costumes embracing

The last C-drama to premiere before year end 2022 is unfortunately an early reviews dud. Sure it can get better but Forbidden Love (also called Unchained Love) with Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi (Yukee Chen) takes the former back to the poorly reviews days prior to his hit drama Love Before Fairy and Devil and puts the latter squarely … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Yu Qi, Dylan Wang, Forbidden Love, Unchained Love

Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi Fall into a Forbidden Love as C-drama Premieres Today December 27th on iQiyi

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 27, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 28, 2022
Epic landscape with figures in flowing robes.

The reception for this C-drama will confirm whether 2022 is the year of the Dylan in C-drama land. Right as I thought no new big C-dramas would air before year end then wham bam thank you ma’am here comes Forbidden Love released today on December 27th right in time to call itself a 2022 drama. Starring Dylan Wang and Chen … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Yu Qi, Dylan Wang, Forbidden Love, Unchained Love

High Profile Period C-dramas Forbidden Love and Back From the Brink are Supposedly on Deck for December 2022 Airing

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 6, 2022 by ockoalaDecember 5, 2022
Romantic scene from a historical drama.

I continue to believe it when I see it with upcoming C-drama airings but it’s useful to check in occasionally. For December 2022, there are a slew of on deck dramas both period and modern, more modern ones but for the higher profile period C-dramas there are Forbidden Love with Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi as well as Back … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Back From the Brink, Chen Yu Qi, Dylan Wang, Forbidden Love, Hou Ming Hao, Zhou Ye

First Preview and Many Pretty Stills for Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi’s Upcoming Court Intrigue Drama Forbidden Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 17, 2022 by ockoalaSeptember 17, 2022
Couple watching lanterns from wooden balcony

I’ve written off Thousand Years for You as quickly as I got excited about it so let’s take the next batch of C-dramas that interest me a bit slower. One is Forbidden Love (浮图缘 Fu Tu Yuan) a court intrigue romance adapted from the same name novel by writer You Si Jie. She has a lot of novels under her … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Yu Qi, Dylan Wang, Forbidden Love, Peter Ho, Zheng Li

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