I love me a good melon and especially one that gives me a sliver of hope in something I am looking forward to. Over the weekend a melon was circulating broadly in C-ent that period xianxia romance drama Lost You Forever would air Part 2 not next summer 2024 but instead follow closing to the just finished Part 1 and … Continue reading →
With Lost You Forever Part 1 ending its 39-episode run this week, it’s time for the gradual decompression as a fan who loved the drama adaptation to take account of the good and the bad. That post will come but this one is solely about a standard public matrix of C-drama viewer judgment. The Douban ratings are out and LYF … Continue reading →
Hold your horses peeps because it’s time to binge your brains out, as the final 9-episodes to mark the conclusion of Lost You Forever Part 1 just dropped by Tencent. This was a surprise announced on Monday morning before the episodes dropped that evening so fans were in for a real treat to be able to finish Part 1 in … Continue reading →
I can’t believe it’s already week three in Lost You Forever drama airing, the time has flown by with the only slowdown when there is a break in new episode drops. Thankfully Tencent hasn’t done the 3 days drop 4 days break schedule and instead swapped it which means this Thursday got us all the way to episode 30. It’s … Continue reading →
So Lost You Forever male lead Tan Jian Ci is a regular cast member of variety show Hello Saturday so it’s only fitting that last month in mid July the drama cast went on to promote their show alongside. Also Dylan Wang is a regular cast member and seeing him with Yang Zi makes me think C-ent is overdue for … Continue reading →
I explained clearly in my book translations that the story of Lost You Forever is Xiao Yao’s story and the male lead of her story is Cang Xuan/Zhuan Xu, her older brother cousin. The growth and evolution of his path to ruling the entire world mirrors Xiao Yao’s return and her trials and tribulations, so the male lead designation is … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
It’s probably good that Lost You Forever is the last or one of the last of the 2023 summer season C-dramas to air otherwise all else would be compared to it and found to be less compelling. This drama brings the expansive and detailed drama to life almost to a T, with with only slight changes in scenes added or … Continue reading →
So the biggest summer 2023 C-drama is now Lost You Forever, and I don’t see anything else on the horizon as this was the last of the big budget big star big hype C-dramas for this summer season to premiere after Till the End of the Moon, Back From the Brink, The Longest Promise, Snow Eagle Lord, Hidden Love, Fireworks … Continue reading →
The success of Lost You Forever is all but guaranteed now, mere two days into its premiere. The reviews are excellent and the buzz is record topping, and with top liuliang Yang Zi as the female lead the continued online interest will only continue even if the drama story peters out. WHICH IT WON’T. Haha, I can guarantee it as … Continue reading →
Well this is great news for Tencent and the production/cast of period xianxia C-drama Lost You Forever that it’s a hit out of the gate in terms of buzz and views. Even better are the first impression commentary from viewers is near universally positive and THAT’S BECAUSE THIS DRAMA IS EVERYTHING I CAN HOPE FOR. Sorry for yelling but folks … Continue reading →
I’m still a bit bloated from watching too many C-dramas recently, even with the ones I dropped it’s still A LOT of dramas to be binging thanks to the glut of releases in the past month. Since mid-June 2023 it’s been nonstop releases from all the major streaming platforms and Tencent has the recent successful The Longest Promise and will … Continue reading →
