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

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

Best Choice Ever | Open Thread

A girl needs a new mama and a new boyfriend who's not a mama's boy.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Xu Kai: Yao Zhi Ming

Yang Zi: Mai Cheng Huan

Director

Tian Yu

Scriptwriter:

Li Jing Ling (Author: Yi Shu)

Chinese Title

承歡記

Cheng Huan's Story

(承歡 = Cater to sb (esp parents) to make them happy)

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Family, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 37

Love Like White Jade | Recap and Review

A girl falls in love with a masked man who is actually her annoying slacking student
Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Yao: Jiang Bai Yu / Shen Qing Li

Wan Peng: Shui Wu Xia
Chinese Title
白玉思無瑕 

Genres: Period, Romcom, Period Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2021
Episodes: 10/32

Recap Grade: C
First Impression: 2.3/5

[Dropped]

[2020] Breakout Stars: Male ed.

cynlynn's choices of actors who have made a splash in 2020

Love in Between | Recap and Review

A mission to retrieve a painting reunites a man with his first love.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Yao: Zuo Qing Ci

Zhang Ya Qin: Su Yun Luo / Fei Kou Er

Director: 

Mao Kun Yu

Scriptwriter: 

Wu Tong, Zhao Yang, Liu Rui

Chinese Title
少年游之一寸相思

Genres: Wuxia, Romance, Bromance, Team, Mystery

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2020
Episodes: 43
First Impression: 5/5

The Best of You in My Mind | Reviews

Childhood friends meet again in university. She had always bullied him in high school but now it's his glorious turn. Or is it?
Chinese Title
全世界最好的你

The Best of You in the Whole World

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, School, Sports, Contemporary Romcom

Network: Youku

Year: 2020
Episodes: 24

[Recaps]

The Best of You in My Mind | Recap and Review

Childhood friends meet again in university. She had always bullied him in high school but now it's his glorious turn. Or is it?
Notable Actors/Actresses
Song Yi Ren: Lin Xi Chi
Zhang Yao: Xu Fang

Director: 

Su Hao Qi

Scriptwriter: 

Zhao Xia Ying (Author: Zhu Yi)

Producer: 

Li Zheng

Chinese Title
全世界最好的你

The Best of You in the Whole World

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, School, Sports, Contemporary Romcom

Network: Youku

Year: 2020
Episodes: 24
First Impression: 4.5/5

🐮 Zhang Yao 張耀

张	張	Zhāng
耀	耀	Yào	= Glorious

˚₊⋅─── /ᐠ - ˕ -マ ───⋅ ˚₊

🎂	1997 Apr 29 || 🐮 || 95'er || 95生🥜
🏠	Shenyang, Liaoning
💼	M.Y. Entertainment (萌樣影視)

1. [2025] Love & Crown
2. [2025] The Immortal Ascension (cameo)
3. [2025] Live or Love
4. [2024] Riverside Code at Qingming Festival
5. [2024] The Double
6. [2024] Insect Detective 2
7. [2024] Best Choice Ever
8. [2023] Ten Years
9. [2023] Fish Show You
10. [2022] Medical Examiner Dr. Qin: The Mind Reader
11. [2021] Reset in July
12. [2021] Love Like White Jade
13. [2020] Insect Detective
14. [2020] Love in Between
15. [2020] The Best of You in My Mind
16. [2020] Love the Chef Next Door
17. [2019] Boyfriend Playlist
18. [2018] When We Were Young