The Romance of Hua Rong | Recap and Review

Summary:
A pirate kidnaps a princess and proposes to her.
A masked hero she admires
A noble idiot doing noble things because he may die

Really loved the beginning (Eps 1-5):
His gazes; his undying love
Her cleverness in trying to escape from his grasp
His ability to outsmart her every time

The rest of the drama:
He clumsily tries to win her over with his barbaric ways
Turns out he's got one more secret up his sleeve to make her his
The rest of the way is them simply adoring each other and saving the world
With one little hiccup towards a near perfect ending.

Notable Actors/Actresses:
Yuan Hao: Qin Shang Cheng
Zhao Zhao Yi: Hua Rong
Chinese Title:
一夜新娘
One Night Bride

Genres: Period, Romcom, Period Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2019
Episodes: 24

Under The Power | Recap and Review

A cold jinyiwei thawing in love for a street officer.

Notable Actors/Actresses: 
Ren Jia Lun: Lu Yi
Tan Song Yun: Yuan Jin Xia
Couple Nicknames: 
一下夫妇 = Yi Xia Fu Fu = Instantly a couple

六元一斤虾 = Liu Yuan Yi Jin Xia = 6 RMB per gram of shrimp (pretty genius)

尽(晶)忠报国 = Jing Zhong Bao Guo = Loyalty to the country

Chinese Title:
锦衣之下

Genres: Period, Romance, Mystery, Period Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2019
Episodes: 55

Find Yourself | Recap and Review

Noona romance of ten years. 
Notable Actors/Actresses
Song Qian: He Fan Xing
Song Wei Long: Yuan Song
Zhang Yu Jian: He Can Yang
Yu Shu Xin: Cai Min Min (Cai Gua)
Wang Yao Qing: Ye Lu Ming

Director: 

Ding Zhi Guang

Scriptwriter: 

Wang Xiong Cheng, Shui Qian Mo

Chinese Title

下一站是幸福
Next Stop is Happiness

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Team, Family, Comedy, OWYM, Contemporary Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2020
Episodes: 42

First Impression: 4/5

Eternal Love of Dream | Recap and Review

A hot white-haired god falls for a nine-tailed fox in a sequel where you don't have to care about the prequel. 
Notable Actors/Actresses
Dilraba Dilmurat: Bai Feng Jiu
Gao Wei Guang: Dong Hua Di Jun

Director

Yang Xuan

Chinese Title:
三生三世枕上書
Three Lives, Three Worlds, The Pillow Book

Network: Tencent Video
Year: 2020
Episodes: 56

Sweet Tai Chi | Recap and Review

Notable Actors/Actresses:
Sun Qian: Feng Piao Piao
Bi Wen Jun: Wei Chu
Zhang Xin Yue: Xiao Xiao
Chinese Title:
淑女飘飘拳
A Virtuous Lady's Fist

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

Network: Youku

Year: 2019
Episodes: 24

First Impression: 2.85/5

Dreaming Back to Qing Dynasty | Recap and Review

Notable Actors/Actresses:
Li Lan Di: Ming Wei
Wang An Yu: Yin Xiang (13th Prince)

Director: 

Xu Hui Kang

Chinese Title:
梦回

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Fantasy ,Period Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2019
Episodes: 40

Fairyland Lovers | Recap and Review

Notable Actors/Actresses
Bai Yu: Bai Qi
Zheng Qiu Hong: Lin Xia
Li Ming De: Ah Li
Chen Yi Han: Xiao Xiao
Ji Xiao Bing: Yang Jian

Scriptwriter: 

Han Lu

Chinese Title:
蓬莱间

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, Fantasy, Contemporary Romcom

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2020
Episodes: 35

First Impression: 4/5

Love The Way You Are | Review

She turns fat once she consumes greater than 1000 calories lol.  Wonder how her fat suit works....(apparently she puts on hand gloves as well. No wonder her hands were so chubby too).

I feel as though Chinese dramas are trying to recreate Love O2O CP. These two are another perfect couple with tiny bits of flaw only the other can fix. Cute. Lovely. The secondary couple are also adorable. Best to watch it in one go. Ren Dong Shen has this undying love for her whether she's skinny or fat. She's pampered by his love but is still insecure. It'a a drama where she learns to love herself and allow him to love her. A drama for girls to envy her and love Ren Dong Shen, mmhm.

Notable Actors/Actresses:
Derek Chang: Ren Dong Shen
Qi Yan Di: Zheng Yuan Yuan
Chinese Title:
身為一個胖子
As a Fatty

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, CEO, Contemporary Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2019
Episodes: 24

Rating: 4/5 ♥

Crocodile And Plover Bird | Review

How much better it would have been had it only had 24 instead of 50 episodes. Really liked the beginning when the setting was in France. Everything was pretty there including all the actors and actresses. Plot was strong. Style was on point. Chemistry was fresh. Everything fell apart for me when they returned to China, too many overused tropes, overly dramatic schemes without a strong chemistry to keep me focused.

Notable Actors/Actresses
Zhang Tian Ai: Li Nan En
Chen Bo Lin: Zhou Er Wen
Huang Yi Lin: Wang Wai (Vivian)
Luo Yu Tong: Chen You
Chinese Title:
鱷魚與牙籤鳥

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Year: 2019
Episodes: 50

Kdrama Korner 2020