Be Your Knight | Recap and Review

A woman hires her "brother-in-law" to be her husband.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Fan Zhi Xin: Ye Ran / Xiang Ting Dong 

Yang Yu Xi: Cheng Che 

Director

Du Hao

Screenwriter

Zhao Lin

Chinese Title
他似火

He Resembles Fire

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance 

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 29 (Mini)

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2.99/5

Embrace in the Dark Night | Recap and Review

A woman falls in love with her hot rescuer traitor. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Ren Yun Jie: Xu Zhe Qing

Gao Rong Fang: Wen Xi

Chinese Title
我們在黑夜中相擁

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku  

Year: 2024
Episodes: 24 + 2 Specials (Mini)

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: B
First Impression: -

Back to Seventeen | Recap and Review

A 27yo girl is 17 again and redos her first love.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Fang Xiao Dong: Xu Yang

Zhang Miao Yi: Zhong Xiao Xiao

Director: 

Jiang Hao

Producer: 

Mao De Shu (Cat Tree)

Chinese Title

我回到十七歲的理由

The Reason I Returned to 17 Years Old

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, School, Fantasy, Contemporary Romcom

Year: 2023
Episodes: 25 (Mini)

Recap Grade: C
First Impression: 3/5

A Familiar Stranger | Recap and Review

A face-swapped painter and a general get married and soon realize they're already deeply in love.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ke Ying: Shi Qi

Cheng Lei: Xiao Han Sheng

Song Zhao Yi: Shen Qin

Wang Ze Xuan: Prince Ning

Director: 

Zeng Qing Jie, Du Hao

Screenwriter

Zhao Lin

Chinese Title
虛顏

The Evil Face

Genres: Period, Romance, Fantasy, Period Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2022
Episodes: 18 (Mini)

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: A
First Impression: -

Forever Love | Open Thread + Reviews

A rich girl falls in love with her bodyguard.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Dai Gao Zheng: Qin Mo Yao

Chen Fang Tong: Lin Xin Tong

Chinese Title

盲心千金

Blind (Rich) Daughter

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2023
Episodes: 30 (Mini)

Extremely Perilous Love | Recap and Review

A devilish general in love with his doctor wife who is more keen on killing him. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Li Mu Chen: Xu Yin / Xu Qing Qing / Xu Ying Ying

Wang Zu Yi: Gu Sheng Han 

Scriptwriter: 

An Ji Er

Chinese Title
君心難逑

Difficult to Win His Heart

Genres: Period, Romance, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2023
Episodes: 24 (Mini)

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: A 
First Impression: 2.33/5

Confess Your Love | Open Thread

A girl ends up on a dating show with her high school crush.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Zheng Nai Xin (Nene): Lin Chen/Lin Wan

Song Ji Yang: Lu Xun

Scriptwriter:

An Ji Er

Chinese Title
麻煩請你先告白

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, Contemporary Romcom 

Network:  Tencent Video

Year: 2023
Episodes: 24 (Mini)

Circle of Love | Open Thread

An amnesiac woman keeps falling in love with the man she hates.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Li Jiu Lin: Xiao Hong Ye

Guan Chang: Gu Meng

Director: 

He Jia Nan

Chinese Title
鎖愛三生

Locked in Love for Three Lives

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2023
Episodes:  24 (Mini)

Provoke | Open Thread

A singer seeks revenge on her husband with the help of his son. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Li Mu Chen: Jiang Ying

Zhao Yi Qin: Du Xun Yu 

Director: 

Zeng Qing Jie, Du Hao

Screenwriter

Zhao Lin

Chinese Title
 招惹

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2023
Episodes: 25 (Mini)

Dear Liar | Open Thread + Reviews

A woman is married to a man with many secrets.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Fan Zhi Xin: Qin Li 

Qu Meng Ru: Song Yi Fei

Chinese Title
婚事

Marriage

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Suspense

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2023
Episodes: 27 (Mini)

Bride’s Revenge | Open Thread

A bride’s revenge with minimal exposure of Mr. Abs’ abs. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Wei Tian Hao: Mu An Cheng 

Qu Meng Ru: Ye Qing Lan

Dai Gao Zheng: Mu An He / Tang Zi Feng

Chinese Title
步步為陷

Traps at Every Step

Genres: Historical Era, Romance, Republican Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2023
Episodes: 30 (Mini)

Never Too Late | Recap and Review

An underwear designer meets her middle school crush again.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Cao En Qi: Ding Ran

Xiao Yu: Jiang Xi Le

Wang Jun Hao: Qi Fei

Xiao Ran Xin: Jiang Xi Le

Director: 

Zeng Qing Jie

Chinese Title
我迟到了那么多年

I Was Late For So Many Years

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, Contemporary Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2022
Episodes: 22 (Mini)

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: A
First Impression: 3/5

Destined to Meet You | Recap and Review

A jiejie heiress falls in love at first sight with a didi.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Yang Ze: Gu Cong Bei

Lu Yan Qi: Jin Rong Rong

Director: 

Zeng Qing Jie

Screenwriter

Zhao Lin

Chinese Title
別跟姐姐撒野

Don’t be wicked with jiejie

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, OWYM, CEO, Contemporary Romcom

Network: Youku

Year: 2022
Episodes: 20 (Mini)

Recap Grade: A
First Impression: 3.3/5

Definitely Not Today | Recap and Review

A young man with crippling social anxiety saves a young woman from drowning in a river, even though he was there to commit suicide.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Liang Jing Kang: Mi Chong

Wei Wei: Zhi Liao
Chinese Title
今天不是最后一天定

Today Isn't The Last Day

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video, Youku

Year: 2021
Episodes: 8 (Mini)

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: A/B
First Impression: 3/5

Hold On, My Lady | Recap and Review

A female bandit gets caught trying to hijack a birthday gift but ends up getting caught by General Huang Fu who gives her two options: Be executed or get married to his second son under the pseudonym Lu Wan Er.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Peng Ya Qi: Bai Yun Feng / Lu Wan'er 

Gao Zi Tian: Huang Fu Yao

Han Qing: Zhou Yuan Jun

Zhao Yi Ming: Huang Fu Mu
Chinese Title
夫人，大可不必
Lady, No Need

Genres: Period, Romcom, Period Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2021
Episodes: 4 (~1 hour in length each) (Mini)

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: A/B
First Impression: 3/5

By Stealth Like You | Recap and Review

A university girl's simple crush on the boy she liked since high school. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Guo Jia Nan: Guo Jia Nan

Zhang Mu Xi: Zhang Mu Xi
Chinese Title
悄悄地喜歡你

Stealthily Liking You 

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, School, Contemporary Romcom

Network: Youku

Year: 2021
Episodes: 15 (Mini)

Recap Grade: A
First Impression: 3/5

Reset Life | Recap and Review

A girl gets a second chance at life to save her mother and her career. Will she also find love along the way?

Notable Actors/Actresses
Ding Yu Xi: Cai Tian Mu
Li Ying Ying: Yun Xiao Xi

Chinese Title
未来的秘密
Future's Secret

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, School, Fantasy, Contemporary Romcom

Year: 2019
Episodes: 5 (Mini)

Dim Light In The Shadow | Recap and Review

A youth, suspense drama about four friends deciphering who locked them in a room-sized closet. But they’ve bullied too many people to narrow it down to one.
Notable Actors/Actress:
Yang Lin: Yuan Wei
Chen Yi Fan: Chen Qing

Chinese Title:

那年夏天的秘密
That Summer's Secret

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Suspense

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2020

Episodes: 16 (Mini)