Second Chance Romance | Open Thread

[Coming soon]

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wallace Chung: Feng Rui

Qin Lan: Tan Si Ting

Director

Liu Jun Jie

Chinese Title

亦舞之城

A City That Also Dances

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Family, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 28

Love & Crown | Open Thread

[Coming soon]

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ren Jia Lun: Xiao Huan

Peng Xiao Ran: Ling Cang Cang

Director

Lin Feng

Screenwriter

Miu Wen Jing

Chinese Title

鳳凰台上

On the Phoenix Terrace

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 35

Blood River | Review

A group of warm-blooded assassins find retirement complicated.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Gong Jun: Su Mu Yu

Peng Xiao Ran: Mu Yu Mo

Chang Hua Sen: Su Chang He

Director

Yin Tao

Screenwriter

Zhou Mu Nan (author)

Chinese Title

暗河傳

The Tale of Dark River

Genres: Wuxia, BL, Palace

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 38

When Destiny Brings the Demon | Recap and Review

A corporatp slacker yeeted into a hardcore xianxia-survival-game.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Fei Yu: Sima Jiao

Wang Ying Lu: Liao Ting Yan

Director

Wen De Guang

Screenwriter

Fu Hua

Chinese Title

獻魚

Offering Fish (as tribute)

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025

Episodes: 33

Recap Grade: D

First Impression: N/A

Summit of Our Youth | Open Thread

A 30-year-old woman travels back to her high school years for a second chance at life, and no chance at romance, or so she thinks. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Jing Ke: Lin Zhi Hua

Sun Zhen Ni: Gu Xue Jiao

Director

Cai Cong

Chinese Title

我在頂峰等你

I Will Wait for You at the Summit

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, School, "Fantasy", CEO, Contemporary Romcom

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24

The Immortal Ascension | Review

A whole show where ML is minding his own business, living in a cave, running away from chicks, and running away from a certain man cultivating.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yang Yang: Han Li

Jin Chen: Nangong Wan

Director

Yang Yang

Screenwriter

Wang Yu Ren, Jia Dong Yan

Chinese Title

凡人修仙傳

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Genres: Xianxia, Slight Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30

Our Generation | Review

A girl fiercely and unconditionally in love since they were childhood friends.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Ling He: Jiang Qiao Xi

Zhao Jin Mai: Lin Qi Le

Director

Zhang Kai Zhou

Screenwriter

Zeng Lu

Chinese Title

櫻桃琥珀

Cherry Amber

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, School, Family, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24

The Seven Relics of Ill Omen | Review

A wuxia-meets-western action team come together to fight evil.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Song Wei Long: Luo Ren

Liu Hao Cun: Mu Dai

Ao Rui Peng: Yi Wan San

Director

Cai Yue Xin

Screenwriter

Wei Yu (Author)

Chinese Title

七根心簡

Seven Heart Threads

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Team, Action, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 32

Wanna Be | Open Thread

A man rises from fishmonger to fashion icon, conquering the catwalk alongside a supermodel FL.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Zi Xuan: Han Yi Jing

Tang Xiao Tian: Jia Fan

Director

Sun Cheng Zhi

Screenwriter

Hu Meng

Chinese Title

白日夢與她

Daydream With Her

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 29

Legend of Zang Hai | Review

A boy avenges his casanova father by first seducing a marquis. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Xiao Zhan: Zang Hai

Zhang Jing Yi: Xiang An Tu

Director

Zheng Xiao Long

Screenwriter

(Author: Xu Lei)

Chinese Title

藏海傳

Legend of Zang Hai

Genres: Period, (Romance, Slight Romance), Palace, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

Eat Run Love | Open Thread

A boy successfully "runs" after a girl, but why did they break up?

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Fei Yu: Gan Yang

Zhuang Da Fei: Ding Zhi Tong

Director

Yu Zhong Zhong

Screenwriter

Jin Yuan Yuan

Chinese Title

吃飯跑步和戀愛

Eat, Run, and Love

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 28

Game of True Love | Review

A pair of foster siblings become each other's undoing in a game of fatal attraction.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Fan Zhi Xin: Shen Jia He

He Rui Xian: Xu Nuo

Director

Xi Dao

Chinese Title

摯愛遊戲

A Game of True Love

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, CEO, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 56 (Mini)

Ski Into Love | Open Thread

A manhua artist makes a young, retired snowboarding pro as her male lead.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yu Shu Xin: Wei Zhi

Lin Yi: Shan Chong

Director

Li Qing Rong

Chinese Title

噓，國王在冬眠

Shh, The King Is Hibernating

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, Contemporary Romcom

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 23

The First Frost | Recap and Review

A cocky fool hiding his shambled heart and a guarded girl traumatized by the past finally free their repressed love.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Bai Jing Ting: Sang Yan

Zhang Ruo Nan: Wen Yi Fan

Director

Qu You Ning

Screenwriter

Zhu Yi (Author)

Chinese Title

難哄

Hard to Coax

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, School, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 32

Recap Grade: C
First Impression: 3.7/5

Kill My Sins | Open Thread

A “sorceress” carefully lays her game of revenge.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Liu Shi Shi: Ye Ping An

Dou Xiao: Yuan Shao Cheng

Director

Bai Shan

Chinese Title

掌心

Center of the Palm

Genres: Period, (Romance, Slight Romance, No Romance), Palace, Mystery

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30

I Am Nobody 2: The Showdown Between Yin & Yang | Review

A murder-suspect Outsider is on the loose.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Peng Yu Chang: Zhang Chu Lan

Wang Ying Lu: Feng Bao Bao

Hou Ming Hao: Wang Ye

Director: 

Xu Hong Yu

Scriptwriter: 

(Author: Mi Er)

Chinese Title

異人之下之決戰碧游村

The Outcast: The Final Battle at Bijou Village

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Team, Action 

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 13

Under the Moonlight | Review

An ex-brothel-performer and a “fuerdai” pursue justice together.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Hu Bing Qing: Luo Shu

Zhai Zi Lu: Qi Meng Lin

Director

Gu Qi Ming

Chinese Title

錦囊妙錄

A Brocade Pouch of Brilliant Records

Genres: Period, Romance, Mystery, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 36

The Blossoming Love | Review

A seductive demon in love with her target and has nothing to do with blossoming.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Bin Bin: Xie Xue Chen

Sun Zhen Ni: Mu Xuan Ling

Director

He Shu Pei

Chinese Title

千朵桃花一世開

Thousands of Peach Blossoms Bloom Forever

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

Legend of Taotie | Open Thread

A mystical girl cooks mythical dishes with an artist who is against her cannibalizing cooking.

Notable Actors/Actresses

An Yue Xi: Zhu Cheng Bi

Wang You Shuo: Chang Qing

Director

Ke Zheng Ming

Chinese Title

饕餮記

Genres: Period, Romcom, Fantasy, Period Romcom

Network: Youku

Year: 2024
Episodes: 40

Brocade Odyssey | Open Thread

A girl’s red brocade is interwoven with a man’s quest to unravel the trade’s bloodstained secrets.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Tan Song Yun: Ji Ying Ying

Zheng Ye Cheng: Yang Jing Lan

Director

Liu Hai Bo, Shen Yang, Ben Fang

Screenwriter

Wang Hong

Chinese Title

蜀錦人家

A Brocade Household

Genres: Period, Romance, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2024
Episodes: 40