Young Blood 2 | Open Thread

A gang of six spies outsmarting everyone (except their fathers). 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Xin Cheng: Yuan Zhong Xin

Zhou Yu Tong: Zhao Jian

Wang You Shuo: Wang Kuan

Su Xiao Tong: Pei Jing

Director: 

Wang Fei, Zhou Nan

Scriptwriter: 

Wang Juan

Chinese Title
大宋少年志 2

Genres: Period, Romance, Team, Comedy, Mystery, Period Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2023
Episodes: 27

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Season 1

Cast

Zhang Xin Cheng: Yuan Zhong Xin

Zhou Yu Tong: Zhao Jian

Wang You Shuo: Wang Kuan

Su Xiao Tong: Pei Jing

Zheng Wei: Xue Ying

Fu Wei Lun: Wei Ya Nei

Da Xia Kingdom

Hai Yi Tian: Emperor Hao

Weng Hong: Empress Yeli

Yan Su: Zhu Ling Ge

Wu Jia Xin: Liang Man Xiang

Section 8

Yu Cheng En: Wen Wu Qi

Huang Xi Yan: Hua Ci Shu

Wang Ke: Chu Niao

Remarks

[Ending] Happy or Open (Sad). 

[Quotes] There’s a line that’s a neat pun with Zhang Xin Cheng’s name: 

髒就不能心誠嗎？
If it’s dirty, then the heart can’t be sincere? 
Zāng jiù bùnéng xīn chéng ma?

Because of the pinyin, it sounds like:
張就不能新城嗎？
If it's Zhang then it can’t be Xin Cheng? 

[Variety Shows] There's two for Season Two! Isn't that fitting. 

Young Blood 2: Team Bonding (sans Zhang Xin Cheng) 

• 4 episodes 
• Section 8 joins them in Ep3 and 4 (Yu Cheng En, Huang Xi Yan, and Wang Ke) 
• Comments Threads: [1], [2]

Young Blood Detectives (with Zhang Xin Cheng)

• Ep1: Remake opening song
• Ep2: Their missions is to treat one member with favouritism. (Aw) 
• Ep2.5: Fu Wei Lun and Su Xiao Tong kinda have chemistry! 

[Review & Rating]

For my love of Qizhai, I conquered this drama. It was tough. The plot was muddled in convoluted twists and everyone’s messed up fathers. I just wanted simple team moments. Why was that so hard? *Cries*

I'm still agonizing that S2 isn’t supposed to be like this. I think the writer wrote himself into a hole because of that cliffhanger from S1. He has to dig the characters out of that hole, go back to that hole, and fill that hole. I was also annoyed at the tone everyone speaks in: theatrical witlings. The comedy kept drumming but the comedy wasn’t funny. 

The good (scarce) stuff: 

• Qizhai (Section 7). Of course. It’s because of them I suffered. 
• Section 8 will stay in my heart. In particular Huang Xi Yan’s Hua Ci Shu. His final scene was striking. Subtle and powerful. I look forward to this actor. 
• I was going to compliment the happy ending for being superior to S1('s cliffhanger). However, Zhang Xin Cheng’s interpretation ruined it for me. Unfortunately, his explanation actually makes sense. 

The best thing the drama gave me: the variety show. And there's two! The drama stripped me of team moments, but I got it here! 

Random Recommendation: The Dark Lord

Rating: 2/5