Crying and Sad (2024) is a “romance” drama that can be found on YouTube under the heading: “To escape her parents, the girl seduced a ruthless CEO, who ended up pampering her.” This is a nice lighthearted drama but the heading’s description is misleading. There’s no seduction done from the female lead Yu Sheng (played by Lin Zi Rong). Yu Sheng was drugged and ended up in an intimate encounter with the male lead Wen Zhu Qing (played by Zhao Guan Yu). This event is not seen in the drama and the miniseries starts on the day she finds out she’s pregnant. The leading couple is great and fun together planning on getting back at the antagonists but there’s no sparkling romantic chemistry between them. This is just a cute “romantic” drama with an unintended pregnancy, marriage of convenience, and a nice supportive male lead.

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Zheng Ge Yu Le Quan Dou Zai Deng Wo Men Li Hun (2024)/ The Entire Entertainment Industry Is Waiting for Our Divorce (2024) is a web series with Shen Hao Nan (Fu Gong Ming) and Dai Feng Yi (Shen Shu Li | Li LI) as the leading couple. The series can be found on YouTube under the captions: “After a Face Swap, She Discovers Her Husband Is Her Ex Who Once Abandoned Her”. The short format for this drama that has the face swapping fantasy element does not allow enough time to the actors to get into the different characterizations of the swapping, but the cast did a decent job bringing their characters to life. The romance lacks passion on the romantic scenes and there’s not much chemistry between the leading couple.

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Ji Zong Nin De Ma Jia Ruo Diao Le (2023), with the leading couple Sun Yue as Ji Ming Xiu and Xu Yi Zhen as Xia Yan, is supposed to be a romantic drama but it is more a romantic comedy with some really funny moments and an insipid romance. The leading couple has a nice playful chemistry but there are no sparks in the relationship. The leading male has liked her for a long time and, although they have an intimate night together already, once they get married, she keeps him at bay for most of the drama even when he is constantly helping her and showing his love in many ways. The story is one that has been played many times but in this one, to make matters worse, the female lead has an incurable disease, forces him to divorce, and leaves him so he will not suffer but he spends five years suffering from loving and missing her. Her friends, thinking that he has moved on, are accusative and dare to say that she has always wanted to come back to him and, on the long run, it turns out that it is up to him to get her back. Overall, the drama is not really romantic, the pace, even though the drama is short, seems like an eternity to get to a “happy” ending with a boring and bland ending.

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Wo Bang Ding Le Ai Qing Xi Tong (2023)
(YouTube title: He bought her just to torture her, but he fell in love with her day by day)
FL: Yang Mie Mie as Lu Miam Miam
This more or less 38 minutes super mini drama is lightly based on the magnificent Korean drama Secret (2013) with Ji Sung as Jo Min-hyuk and Hwang Jung-eum as Kang Yoo-jung. The revenge of Xiao Anyu and falling in love with his prey was very well written and performed by the leading couple but the romantic scenes were block by body positioning taking away from the strength of Xiao Anyu’s conflicting feelings toward Lu Miam Miam. With these main actors, it’s a shame that this adaptation was not done into a longer duration drama because the actors performed quite well on this fast mini rendition.

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Fallen Rule is a nice and lighthearted romantic comedy, The male lead goes all the way to make sure that he gets the girl whom he has been in love for 10 years and his family and friends are all aboard making sure that they have a smooth sailing into pleasantly developed love story with a happy ending. Since it is a miniseries, it is fast paced and sometimes it feels as everything is rushed but the leading couple is really cute and, even though their romantic scenes are not memorable, the drama delivers a good laugh and tenderness from the main couple and friends. Overall, this miniseries is entertaining.

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Cheng Wei E Du Nv Pei Zhi Hou Na Xia Nan Zhu (2023) is a miniseries with a good plot of transmigration and moderate romance for the leading couple. The supporting cast is numerous and, with the time limits of a short drama, it feels like they were just popping their heads in and out of many scenes. The leading lady, Tao Wei Wei / Gu Zhi Zhi played by Shi Xue Jing is really cute and playful with the leading male, Bo Yan Chen played by Gu Ming Han. Once the couple got together, their chemistry got much better and the male lead’s facial expressions got warm and loving which made their interactions quite heartwarming. The drama was nice but the main couple’s romance didn’t get enough time on screen once they got together.

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Tao Qi Xiao Qin Qin (2023) is a very nice and heartwarming romance drama. The main cast did a very good job bringing their characters to life even though a few of the supporting cast were not up to par, but the leading couple and older generation made up for that and, at the end, the drama is entertaining. The leading couple has good chemistry and they make a lovely pair. Although there are some annoying antagonists, problems are resolved quickly and the leading man was always ready to solve problems and save his damsel in distress. This miniseries is a good watch while waiting for a great one to come. Enjoy it!

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I Don't Want to Be the Princess (2023) is a great romantic comedy miniseries set within a historical period. The leading couple were truly made for each other; both are clever, wily, and subtle with a heart of gold! There are people trying to get(killed) them and they each became the other strongest support. The cast did very well bringing their character to life and the drama has some nice action, ridiculously funny scenes, and a well developed romantic storyline. The lead couple has very good chemistry and awesome facial expressions. Overall, a very enjoyable, lighthearted, funny, and entertaining comedy, enjoy it!

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Detective Husband I've Never Met is a nice and cute miniseries about a princess Chonghua/Gongyi Yin (played by Liao Hui Jia) who was neglected on her wedding night and she goes to Tanwei Court to work as an official. Her consort husband Qin Mo (played by Wang Hao Ge) is the Minister of Tanwei Court who recognizes his wife even when she is dressed as a man. Gongyi Yin is very smart and has an extremely sensitive sense of smell and knowledge of different fragrances from herbs; Qin Mo allows her to join him in investigating a case and she offers a helping hand in solving the case while at the same time, by spending time together, they get to know more of each other and clear misunderstandings. The drama is funny and lighthearted but, even though the leading couple’s interactions are playful and often boisterous, their romantic moments were reduced to just one intimate moments at the end. Overall, the drama is one to watch while waiting for a great one to come; enjoy it!

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The Rebel Princess is a fantasy historical miniseries about betrayal, transmigration, romance, and getting the opportunity to find the right person in the midst of death and treachery. Although there is a romance plot of missed opportunities and steadfast support, the story is really about Empress Wang Yun Ci. Once betrayed and killed by her beloved Emperor Da Yuan (Xiao Mo) played by Zeng Xi Tang, her soul transmigrated into the body of the Emperor’s lover and (Xiao Che )Prince Duan’s consort Jiang Jin Li played by Shao Yu Qi. Empress Wang Yun Ci’s character is mostly brilliantly played by Shao Yu Qi once the transmigration takes placed, but it is also shortly played by Wu Qian Xin which did a very good job giving the viewer highlight of the Empress’s real self. This drama is well written with a good OST, some action scenes, good cinematography, and a well chosen cast. There are no passionate romantic scenes but the leading couple truly conveyed their deep affection and devotion through great body language and facial expressions. The ending is truly fitted for these star crossed lovers and it gives justice to the leading couple. Overall, this drama has a well developed revenge storyline and a very good romance plot, enjoy it!

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This drama has a nice plot but it needed more episodes to flesh out the main characters. The female lead’s different skills are overly exceptional and how she acquired them is not properly explained; also, her personality, at some point toward the end, becomes childish and foolish. The male lead’s character is consistent and he truly shows his love, but the leading couple lacks chemistry and their romantic scenes are either constantly interrupted or lacked intimacy. There are some twists and turns that get better explain toward the end but it was not enough to save the drama from been overly ridiculous which, if it was an attempt to provide a comedic relief, it only served to leave the viewers scratching their heads.

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This drama is a comedy with a good blend of action, suspense, thrilling moments, and a very slow burned romance that ends up been cute for the most part with a few nice romantic moments. The cast, for the most part, did a good job bringing their characters to life and the transmigration story with the female lead trying to change the story but losing control of the plot was well written. The male lead, Ji Chu (played by Ding Ze Ren), did a great job portraying the antihero that has an excellent character growth and did very well showing his feelings toward the female lead, but the leading lady, Hua Qing Ge (played by Ireine Song), was written as a modern woman that transmigrates to the past but behaves like a teenager with some serious mistrusting issues, almost all the way to the end. She did well with her comedic lines but she was too stiff and feeble as a woman in love. Overall, the drama is quite enjoyable and entertaining; it has great cinematography and a beautiful and well suited OST.

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Poisoned Love (2020) is a nice romantic comedy that can have one laughing at one moment, been annoyed at certain characters sometimes, and it definitely warms your heart as the leading’s couple relationship progresses and they get together. There is a causatory incident for each of the main characters that explains the almost fantastical soothing effect that the leading male has on the female lead that is revealed little by little throughout the drama and it is consider the mysterious aspect of the plot. Although the supporting actors have an important role in the lives of the leading couple and also their own stories and even when their advise was taken into consideration by the male lead and female lead respectively, it is nice to see that the leading couple remained loyal and unwavering toward each other even before they became a couple. Overall, even if the drama is not perfect, it is entertaining and the leading couple has great playful and romantic chemistry with very natural and realistic interactions. Enjoy it!

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Dang Xi Jing Ying Hou Zai Ba Zong Nue Lian Zhong Bai Lan (2024) is a miniseries with a good premise but fails in acting and chemistry. The leading couple is strong together and apart, they truly fall in love and supported each other against antagonists’ continuous plotting to bring them down but they lack romantic chemistry and their amorous scenes were covered up meticulously shifting the body from the camera. Overall, although there are some parts of the drama that are interesting, the actors didn’t perform with the intensity that the plot needed to bring this drama to a higher standing.

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