The Spirealm | Recap and Review

A man enters a deadly game with a deadly flirt. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Huang Jun Jie: Lin Jiu Shi

Xia Zhi Guang: Ruan Lan Zhu

Chinese Title
致命遊戲

Deadly Game

Genres: Contemporary, BL, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2024
Episodes: 78 (20 minute eps)

Recap Grade: A/B

A League of Nobleman | Open Thread

A nobleman with not so noblemen uncover the secrets of the past.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Jing Bo Ran: Lan Jue / Pei Zhi

Song Wei Long: Zhang Ping

Chinese Title
君子盟

Network: Tencent Video

Genres: Period, BL/Bromance, Mystery, Suspense

Year: 2023
Episodes: 29

The Untamed | Recap and Review

Notable Actors/Actresses
Xiao Zhan: Wei Wu Xian / Wei Ying
Wang Yi Bo: Lan Wang Ji / Lan Zhang / Han Guang Jun

Director: 

Zheng Wei Wen, Chen Jia Lin

Scriptwriter: 

(Author: Priest)

Chinese Title:

陈情令

Genres: Qihuan, BL

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2019
Episodes: 50

Qihuan

Criteria: 

✓ Fantasy World-Building 

✓ Costumes

✓ Includes Xuanhuan

✓ NOT Xianxia or Wuxia

**Qihuan is a broad genre that means Fantasy and should include contemporary dramas, but I'm only using it for fantasy costume dramas that are not xianxia and wuxia. 

Genres (but not all-inclusive): 

✓ Qihuan / Historical Era (e.g. Republican Fantasies)

✓ All variations of romances: Romcom, Romance, Slight Romance, No Romance, BL

Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:

𐄂 Wuxia 

𐄂 Xianxia

Action | Thriller | Sports

Criteria: 

✓ Action (+ Desert)

✓ Sports

✓ Thriller

✓ Sci-fi

Genres (but not all-inclusive): 

✓ Contemporary, Action, Sports, Team 

✓ All variations of romances: Romcom, Romance, Slight Romance, No Romance, BL

Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:

𐄂 Police / Mafia

𐄂 Crime / Suspense

Investigative / Procedurals

Criteria: 

✓ MC is a professional who investigates crimes (constables, PSPs, forensic scientists)

✓ Police Procedurals and Police vs. Mafia 

✓ Two/Many-Men-on-Poster-Dramas

✓ Detective Fiction (Periods)

✓ Minimal Romance or BL

Genres (but not all-inclusive): 

✓ Period and Contemporary 

✓ Mostly Slight Romance / No Romance / BL 

Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:

𐄂 Crime / Suspense

𐄂 Republican (Era Dramas)

𐄂 Contemporary ones with more romance is in Work/Life/Family ≥ Romance

𐄂 Period ones with more romances is in Period Mystery Romances

BL & Ambiguous Bromance

Criteria: 

✓ Romance between men 

✓ Ambiguous BL

Terms

Brotherhood: Pure friends. [Not included in this list]
Bromance: Boy friendship with chemistry. Still friends. 
Ambiguous Bromance: We can interpret them as in love. 

BL: They're in love. 

Genres (but not all-inclusive): 

✓ All time periods: Contemporary, Period, Wuxia, Xianxia, Qihuan, Era

✓ BL

✓ Bromance (but not all bromances are ambiguous BL)