Justifiable Defence | Review

A prosecutor pleads self-defence – 14 years after denying it to someone else for the same crime.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Gao Ye: Fang Ling Yuan

Zhang Lu Yi: Duan Hong Shan

Bai Jing Ting: Li Mu Feng

Director

Li Yun Liang

Screenwriter

Jia Dong Yan

Chinese Title

正當防衛

Justifiable Defence (China)

Self-Defence (Intl)

Genres: Contemporary, No Romance, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 15

Rose Finch | Review

A neurodiverse ML coroner and a stone-faced triad FL boss are forced to work together when her girls turn up dead one after another. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wan Qian: Gao Ying

Qin Jun Jie: Xia Mo

Chinese Title

朱雀堂

Rosefinch Hall

Genres: Era, No Romance, Team, Mystery

Network: iQIYI, Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30 (Mini)

Flourished Peony & In the Name of Blossom | Recap and Review

A merchant girl's divorce from her "noble" husband brings her a better match: an "ignoble" peacock of profit.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yang Zi: He Wei Fang

Li Xian: Jiang Chang Yang

Wei Zhe Ming: Liu Chang

Zhang Ya Qin: Li You Zhen

Director

Ding Zi Guang

Screenwriter

Zhang Yuan Ang

Chinese Title

國色芳華

Peerless Beauty and Graceful Splendour

Genres: Period, Romance, Period Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2025
Episodes: 32

July Dramas

Period: July

Picture Details: A Dream Within a Dream | Liu Yu Ning

A Dream Within a Dream | Open Thread

An actress stuck in her own script ends up chasing a masked hero and dodging her villain fiancé – too bad they’re the same guy.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Liu Yu Ning: Li Shi Liu / Nan Heng

Li Yi Tong: Song Yi Meng / Song Xiao Yu

Director

Guo Hu

Chinese Title

書卷一夢

A Dream Within a Book

Genres: Period, Romance, Period Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

The Princess's Gambit | Open Thread

A princess becomes a concubine of an ever-skeptical chancellor to survive.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Liu Xue Yi: Shen Zai Ye

Meng Zi Yi: Jiang Tao Hua

Director

Yi Jun

Screenwriter

(Author: Bai Lu Cheng Shuang)

Chinese Title

桃花映江山

Peach Blossoms Reflecting Over Jiangshan (= Country)

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 36

Our Unwritten Seoul | Recap and Review

A burnt-out corporate perfectionist and her free-spirited twin trade identities to fix each other’s failing lives

Notable Actors/Actresses

Park Bo-young: Yoo Mi-ji / Yoo Mi-rae

Park Jin-young: Lee Ho-su

Ryu Kyung-soo: Han Se-jin

Director: Park Shin-woo

Hangul Title Translation
Unknown Seoul [= Mi-ji] 

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Family, Contemporary Romance, Melodrama

Year: 2025
Episodes: 12/12

Recapper: FanFanX

Recap Grade: D-
First Impression: 4/5

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

Resident Playbook | Open Thread

A hospital slice-of-life featuring an overwhelmed first-year OB/GYN resident

Notable Actors/Actresses

Go Youn-jung: O I-yeong

Shin Shi-ah: Pyo Nam-gyeong

Kang You-seok: Um Jae-il

Han Ye-ji: Kim Sa-bi

Jung Jun-won: Koo Do-won

Creators: Shin Won-ho, Lee Woo-jung

Screenwriter: Kim Song-hee

Hangul Title Translation
Wise Resident Life

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Team, Family, Contemporary Romance, 

Year: 2025
Episodes: 12  [+ Special]

Feud | Open Thread

A wife is very, very committed into killing her husband and yet he's still in love with her.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Bai Lu: Li Qing Yue / Hua Ru Yue

Zeng Shun Xi: Bai Jiu Si

Director

Zhi Lei

Screenwriter

Zhao Na

Producer

Yu Zheng (Huanyu Film)

Chinese Title

臨江仙

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 32