A princess and a wolf man; a beauty and a beast.
Notable Actors/Actresses
Notable Actors/Actresses
Li Qin: Ma Zhai Xing
Wang Da Lu: Chu You Wen / Lang Zai
Xiao Zhan: Ji Chong
Showing posts sorted by relevance for query Zhai Xiao Wen. Sort by date Show all posts
Showing posts sorted by relevance for query Zhai Xiao Wen. Sort by date Show all posts
November 21, 2020
January 1, 2019
Costume Qihuan
Criteria:
✓ Fantasy World-Building
✓ Costumes
✓ Includes Xuanhuan
✓ Includes Xianxia with little romance
✓ NOT 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)
Contemporary Romance Central
Criteria:
✓ Love story is front and centre.
✓ Balanced ML vs FL screen-time
Genres (but not all-inclusive):
Excluding overlapping dramas (which will be its own category):
๐ CEO romances
๐ Campus romances
๐ Female ensembles
๐ Female ensembles
๐ Work++ / Family++
January 23, 2025
January 1, 2019
Scheming/Palace Romances
Criteria:
✓ A degree of seriousness in the plot
✓ Scheming / Revenges / Palace Politics
✓ Romance
Genres (but not all-inclusive):
Genres (but not all-inclusive):
✓ Transmigration
Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:
๐ Mystery
๐ Wuxia
๐ Wuxia
February 15, 2025
Always Home | Open Thread
A small-town girl makes lifelong friends.
Notable Actors/Actresses
Director
Screenwriter
Chinese Title
There Is a Red House Under the Tree
Network: Tencent Video
February 18, 2025
The First Frost | Recap and Review
January 1, 2019
Campus Romances / Coming of Age
Criteria:
✓ Campus Romances
✓ Coming of Age
Genres (but not all-inclusive):
Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:
๐ Students / Teachers who actually study/work more than love are in Work/Life/Family ≥ Romance.
Work/Family/Life (Medium Romance)
Hey there, you're in Contemporary Romances with 6 subsections:
(★ = You are here):
Campus Romances (We go to school)
✓ High school or university – love blossoms under fluorescent lights and midterm pressure.
CEO Romances (We don't work)
✓ Billionaire bosses and fantasy jobs where no one actually works, but everyone falls in love.
Contemporary Romance Central (We pretend to work)
✓ General modern romances where jobs exist but mainly as backdrops to kissing and falling
★ Work/Life/Family ≥ Romance (We work and love)
✓ Where "real" life meets love
Life First, Love Second (We mainly work and slightly love at most)
✓ Not even the passenger seat, but the back seat of a packed van. Or not even. Slice-of-life dramas where the career grind, family, and friendships take center stage – romance may or may not tag along.
Ladies Ensemble [Overlapping section]
✓ Female-led stories featuring a group of women navigating love, life, careers, and each other.
February 12, 2025
July 31, 2022
August 31, 2022
January 1, 2019
Life First (Low Romance)
Hey there, you're in Contemporary Romances with 6 subsections:
(★ = You are here):
Campus Romances (We go to school)
✓ High school or university – love blossoms under fluorescent lights and midterm pressure.
CEO Romances (We don't work)
✓ Billionaire bosses and fantasy jobs where no one actually works, but everyone falls in love.
Contemporary Romance Central (We pretend to work)
✓ General modern romances where jobs exist but mainly as backdrops to kissing and falling
Work/Life/Family ≥ Romance (We work and love)
✓ Where "real" life meets love
★ Life First (Love Maybe Second) (We mainly work and slightly love at most)
✓ Not even the passenger seat, but the back seat of a packed van. Or not even. Slice-of-life dramas where the career grind, family, and friendships take center stage – romance may or may not tag along.
Ladies Ensemble [Overlapping section]
✓ Female-led stories featuring a group of women navigating love, life, careers, and each other.
April 28, 2025
Love in Pavilion | Review
Notable Actors/Actresses
Director
Chinese Title
Bamboo Pavilion by the Huai River
Network: iQIYI
January 15, 2024
January 1, 2019
Ladies (+ Ensemble)
✓ Screentime: FLs >>> MLs
✓ Balance of Work / Family / Romance
Genres (but not all-inclusive):
✓ Occasional CEOs
Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:
๐ Balanced in ML & FL screen time (e.g. Contemporary Romance, Work/Life/Family ≥ Romance)
Period Mystery Romances
Criteria:
✓ Period
✓ Mystery (Procedural)
✓ Romance
Excluding overlapping dramas that are mainly:
๐ Republican (Era Dramas)
๐ Non-romantic period mysteries are in Investigative / Procedurals or Crime / Suspense
January 2, 2024
Special Lady | Open Thread + Reviews
Stranger as Jade
October 29, 2020
Hikaru no Go | Recap and Review
For the love of Go.
Notable Actors/Actresses
Notable Actors/Actresses
Hu Xian Xu: Shi Guang
Zhang Chao: Chu Ying
Hao Fu Shen: Yu Liang
Director:
Screenwriter
Chinese Title
ๆฃ้ญ
ๆฃ้ญ
March 1, 2022
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)