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

South Wind Knows | Open Thread

An angsty melodrama, reuniting lovers after a car accident. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Cheng Yi: Fu Yun Shen

Zhang Yu Xi: Zhu Jiu

Director: 

Li Ang, Liu Hong Yuan

Chinese Title

南風知我意

The South Wind Knows My Meaning 

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2023
Episodes: 39 

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 | Review

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)

I Am Nobody | Review

A shameless outcast beating all outcasts. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Peng Yu Chang: Zhang Chu Lan

Hou Ming Hao: Wang Ye

Director: 

Xu Hong Yu

Scriptwriter: 

(Author: Mi Er)

Chinese Title
異人之下

Under the Outcasts

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Bromance, Action, Comedy 

Network: Youku

Year: 2023
Episodes: 27

My Journey to You | Open Thread

A pair of female assassins marry a pair of princes.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yu Shu Xin: Yun Wei Shan

Zhang Ling He: Gong Zi Yu

Director: 

Guo Jing Ming

Chinese Title

雲之羽

Yun Zhi Yu

Cloud's Feather

Yu's Yun

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Suspense, Period Romance

Network: iQIYI 

Year: 2023
Episodes: 24 

September Dramas

Period: September

Picture Details: Fake It Till You Make It | Han Dong Jun

A Long Way Home | Open Thread

A family's bond is more than blood. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Guo Tao: Gu Chang Shan

Zhang Wan Yi: Chen Xing Jie

Liu Lin: Cun Hua

Zhang Yue: Lin Xiao Qing

Director: 

Kang Hong Lei

Liu Han Xuan

Scriptwriter: 

Zhao Dong Ling

Chinese Title

父輩的榮耀 

The Glory of [Our] Father's Generation

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Family, History, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2023
Episodes: 30

Fake It Till You Make It | Open Thread

A courtship between masters of flirts.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Han Dong Jun: Xu Zi Quan

Cai Wen Jing: Tang Ying

Director: 

Li Mo

Screenwriter: 

(Author: Liu Cui Hu)

Chinese Title

裝腔啟示錄 

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2023
Episodes: 14

You Are Desire | Open Thread

A bad boy attracts a girl from a broken family. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhou Yi Ran: Shen Juan

Zhuang Da Fei: Lin Yu Jing

Director: 

Deng Ke

Scriptwriter: 

(Author: Qi Jian)

Chinese Title

白日夢我 

Daydream Me

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, School, Contemporary Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2023
Episodes: 30