Anne: Whats up Drama Lovers! Hope everyone seems to be having fun with the previous couple of days in 2023. Now…I do know Chinese language New 12 months is not till February tenth (so late!), 2024, however I’m very excited for the subsequent 12 months…as a result of it is again to the 12 months of the dragon. Unsure if the 12 months can be good or not, however I am hoping that subsequent 12 months will open up some new paths in my life that can convey these round me what they are going to want probably the most. And me some higher dramas and get me out of this stoop! As a result of what I ended up doing lots the second half of this 12 months is getting deep into crafting. I do know… I am at all times late…I am two years handed the Covid restrictions the place most individuals choose up initiatives. I find yourself stepping into this stuff throughout 2023. I’m at the moment constructing a greenhouse, and all of the little “issues” which may go inside it.
I am solely a 3rd of the way in which by means of…I’ve like 20 extra plates to make…and clearly the “constructing”. I am battling the 7 12 months previous as to who will get to maintain this when it is accomplished. That is nonetheless unresolved…
Now, since we’re on the finish of the 12 months, I assumed we must also take the time to debate a few of the highs and lows and what we loved probably the most out of this 12 months in drama-land. If I miss something fascinating that anybody has come throughout this 12 months, please suggest within the remark part.
Let’s begin with what I watched within the final two weeks…
The Reality Season 2
I used to be scrolling by means of the apps once I got here throughout this crime drama. As a result of this was season 2, and since Liu Yi Tong can be on this one, I questioned if season 1 is a few how linked. So I spent a day watching season 1 (which is barely 12 episodes)…however they don’t seem to be linked. It is a Chinese language crime drama so it is suffering from smaller tales linked to a much bigger arching plot and unhealthy guys. Season 2 revolves round Xiao Yi and his crew. Xiao Yi is trying to find a watch that used to belong to his useless girlfriend, which might result in the identification of the person he was in search of from a couple of years in the past.
I am solely on episode 7 so I don’t know what position Bai Zhe is enjoying right here. Bai Zhe is at the moment a mysterious determine who apparently planted a bunch of hidden digicam in particular characters homes. I am nonetheless determining what all of the related items are however am actually having fun with the properly drawn-out characters, even those who solely seem for his or her small arc of the general story.
I extremely suggest this if anybody likes crime dramas. Season 2 is best then season 1.
Derailment
I actually favored the synopsis of this drama once I learn it on MDL And I’ve loved the previous couple of exhibits that have been tailored from Priest’s novels. Now, I will not suggest you studying the novel if you have not, and simply take the drama as is. The drama begins with a really thrilling and complicated sequence.
Episode 1 begins in 2025 we see a pink sports activities automobile rushing by means of the a bridge, and ending in an accident that brought about the woman (Jiang Xiao Yuan) and her automobile to dive off the bridge. As she and the automobile heads into the water, a wierd mobile phone all of the sudden pronounces welcoming her to some system and that they’re opening a “tunnel”. The following scene is Qi Lian in 2012, accompanying his greatest pal into the hospital, after his pal fell from a building web site throughout a some form of combat. His pal’s life is saved, however is now in a wheel chair on the roof of a constructing (presuming the hospital), as Qi Lian is speaking to his father on the mobile phone. When he returns again to his pal, he has disappeared, with that very same unusual mobile phone sitting within the empty wheel chair.
The story then jumps again to 2025, and we witness the occasions main as much as Jiang Xiao Yuan’s plunge over the bridge. The story then begins again in 2018, the place Jiang Xiao Yuan ended up in the midst of what appeared like a stone yard. She leads to a unique time, the place her dad died earlier than she was born. Her father’s mobile phone quantity now belongs to Qi Lian. And Qi Lian, who clearly is aware of her different self in 2018 retains following her round.
The story is intriguing, I simply have one little criticism. The actress who performs the FL…I see that she is in her early 20s, however she appears to be like a lot youthful on display. I really feel like I am watching a teen making an attempt to be an grownup with creepy males in every single place. Anyway, I’m nonetheless going to proceed. However I am unsure I will eliminate the creep issue between the leads.
Highlights of 2023
Now on to this 12 months in reflection. Let’s begin on the optimistic finish first.
My favourite present of the 12 months continues to be My Uncanny Future, which really aired on the very starting of 2023. The story is a romantic comedy set in a fictional historic time interval and it entails the 2 warlords of neighboring cities, who hated one another to the core of their beings. I liked every part about this drama, from the foolish comedy of errors, to that well-known “bathtub tub”, the oddball off the wall side-characters, the romance, and the music! That is actually a comedy, so don’t watch this present with any expectations of actuality.
Below the Microscope, was by far probably the most thrilling drama (it was additionally fairly brief at solely 14 episodes) about probably the most boring subject (taxes) I’ve very seen. The story was about Jia Mo, who is clearly on the autism spectrum, and his discovery of an error in accounting. All the things was carried out fairly properly on this, and I’ve at all times like watching Zhang Ruo Yun. And I believe they made the appropriate resolution to maintain it at 14 episodes, any longer and it could have dragged.
And considered one of my most anticipated sequels…Taxi Driver Season 2, the place we may all watch new adventures of Kim Do Gi (so scorching!) and his crew convey justice to the unhealthy guys. However his resurrection of his alter ego Wang Tao Chi was the BEST scene ever!
Now, I do know that this COULD have been higher, however the one full size fantasy drama I actually loved this 12 months was Until the Finish of the Moon. Sure, I do know this primarily because of the truth that I’ve a factor for Luo Yun Xi and Bai Lu, however I additionally liked the novel. For probably the most half, the story was fairly on level, and he was simply SO fairly, and so a tragic character.
The perfect remake that corrected the abrupt pull of a BL drama was Stick with Me. This was a remake of Addicted, and anybody who tells you otherwise is barely wanting on the floor. This was the proper completion of what ought to have been, advised in a approach that was in a position to move censorship and nonetheless saved sufficient of issues “prompt” that anybody who is aware of the unique story may learn between the strains. The principle actors are a fairly a bit youthful than the unique, however provided that this was speculated to occur in highschool, I believe this remake had the right ages depicted of the 2 most important characters. I actually hope they make a season 2 and proceed the story.
My obsessions this 12 months have been the brief internet dramas, and ended up watching fairly a bit of those, together with those airing on YouTube. Out of all of this, Eternally Love, launched me to my new crush Dai Gao Zheng…sigh…such a hottie. And my YouTube story watching gave me my different obsession, Shen Hao Nan. Check out these brief dramas if you need a set interval the place every part within the room is only a bit hotter than it must be (and no, I’m not having scorching flashes…a minimum of not the age associated type…)
Lowlights of 2023
A lot of the BL dramas, besides the one talked about above. Not even the Taiwanese BL dramas labored very properly this 12 months. All the things was simply so so, with plots that made nearly no sense…or not lots of sense anyway.
A lot of the full size options, each Korean and Chinese language. I’ve began extra exhibits than I’ve managed to complete this 12 months, and I nearly at all times cease as a result of I needed to FF by means of the scenes that simply dragged. I am not saying that I agree that we must always by no means have a present past 40 episodes, however come on! Give me one thing that makes me need to proceed! Possibly I simply do not to spend the time invested within the journey. It is simply not value my emotional time.
And that is it for 2023! I haven’t got specifics for the lowlights as a result of there actually hasn’t been something that I remorse devoting a lot time to, principally as a result of I did not… hahaha. Wanting ahead to what 2024 will usher in each drama land and in on a regular basis life.