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I've reached that point in my drama career where I'm starting to venture into unknown territory. Meaning I've started to look for dramas that don't have a lot of English information on them, but nevertheless exist. One interesting thing I've found is that a lot of dramas popular in the English-speaking world outside of China… Continue reading Drama Review: Stand by Me
Where to start with Shuttle Love Millennium? I started to do episode reviews but fell off once I started skipping through a lot of the episodes (oops, that's probably a bad sign!) I loved the cinematography and little quirks, but really could not stand some of the characters. Overall, a large bag of mixed feelings with this one.… Continue reading Drama Review: Shuttle Love Millennium
Our main couple After wasting a day trying to find a new drama to watch, I decided to give Super Star Academy (超星星学园) a try and wow, I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did. Super Star Academy is a super quick watch and pretty well-paced. It features a lot of wacky humor… Continue reading Drama Review: Super Star Academy (超星星学园)
A Smile is Beautiful (微微一笑很倾城) aka Love O2O and some other variations of how smiles can be beautiful and alluring, is the Chinese drama that took mainland China by storm this summer. I saw countless ads for it in the Beijing subway stations when I visited this past summer, just before it started airing. I'm probably part… Continue reading Dramas: A Smile is Beautiful
Just You is kind of ridiculous, but is also one of my new favorite dramas, solely because of our lovely lead couple up there, who are now one of my all-time-favorite couples. There are a lot of caveats to liking Just You. For one, you have to understand and be able to endure the exaggeration that… Continue reading Drama Review: Just You (就是要你愛上我)
Zhang Han & Zanilia Zhao So many mixed feelings about this drama. There has been a lot of hype about how it's so good, but I didn't feel it. It didn't have an immediate addictive hook, and I couldn't get emotionally invested in any of the characters, but both Shan Shan and the show have a… Continue reading Drama Review: Boss & Me (杉杉來了)
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