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Title: Si Jin Platform: Viki, Youtube, WeTV, iflix, IQIYI MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Period Idol Romance and Rebirth Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Nothing explicit is ever shown but there is a a storyline about a serial killer/rapist and a very murderous princess. Some violence and murder. It sounds more intense than it is. Staring: Jing Tian Zhang Wan Yi Sun Zu Jun Zhang Chi Xu Hao Bai Bing Ke RBTS Rating: Synopsis: Jiang Si, reborn after being killed by he

A dying man seeks revenge, in a Count of Monte Cristo-esque chess game for justice. Synopsis: In sixth-century China, the Emperor of Great Liang orders the unjust execution of his brother-in-law Marshal Lin Xie alongside the Lin family, his 70,000 army soldiers, and Crown Prince Qi. Secretly surviving the massacre is Lin Xie's son, Lin Shu, who undergoes medical treatment that changes his appearance entirely and leaves him in a weakened state, unable to ever perform martial a

Plastic surgery and revenge in ancient times wherin bystanders be catching too many strays. Title: Legend of Zang Hai Platform: Viki, Youtube, Youku MDL Rating: 8.4 Genre: Period Idol Mystery Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: This should at least be TV-16. Violence, bloodshed, blood spewing. Gruesome deaths including but not limited to, women, children, and the elderly. Staring: Xiao Zhan (Untamed) Zhang Jing Yi (Blossoms in Adversity) RBTS Rating: Stay tun

Title: Twelve Letters Platform: Viki, WeTV, Apple TV MDL Rating: 8.8 Genre: Contemporary Thriller with a splash of Fantasy Episode Count: 12 Parental Guidance Rating: Pg-13: Gang violence, brief torture, murder, domestic abuse, minimal swearing. On the upper end of TV-14. Staring: Zhou Yi Ran as Tang Yi Xun (Male Lead/ML) Wang Hai Tang as Ye Hai Tang (Female Lead/FL) RBTS Rating: Stay tuned for my full review! Spoiler-Free Mini Review: Twelve Letters is a surprisingly engagi

A gothic and addictive tale of revenge in which a woman wronged disguises herself as another woman wronged and systematically takes down her foes with the help her boo. Stay tuned for my full review! Title: The Double Platform: Netflix, Viki, Youku, Youtube MDL Rating: 8.8 Genre: Period Idol Romance Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Some violence and blood, murder, domestic violence, attempted assault, alludes to an intimate scene-- I'd say upper end of TV-1

Title: Ripe Town Platform: Viki, Youtube, WeTV MDL Rating: 8.1 Genre: Period Investigative Thriller/Mystery Episode Count: 12 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: This should be MA, if not for content, then at least for comprehension. The content straddles between TV-16/MA. Violence, murder, child abuse, torture, partial nudity. Staring: Bai Yu Fan as Qu San Geng Ning Li as Song Chen RBTS Rating: 4.5/5-- Highly Recommend! Stay tuned for my full review! Spoiler-Free Mini Review

Title: In the Name of Blossom (Season 2 of Flourished Peony) Platform: Viki, Youtube, WeTV, iflix MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Period Idol Romance Episode Count: 24 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: More intense than Flourished Peony w/ battles depictions, violence, some torture, and domestic violence. Still in the TV-14 realm. Staring: LYang Zi as He Wei Fang/ Mu Dan (Female Lead/FL) Li Xian as Jian Chang Yang (Male Lead/ML) Miles Wei as Liu Chang/Zi Shu (Male Lead/ML) Zhang Ya Qi

There is no situation Mudan can't girlboss her way out of. Title: Flourished Peony (Season 1) Platform: Viki, Youtube, MGTV (Mango), IQIYI, Apple TV MDL Rating: 8.6 Genre: Period Idol Romance Epiosode Count: 32 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Domestic violence, brief torture, some action violence and blood . I'd say TV-14 rating is an accurate rating. Staring: Yang Zi as He Wei Fang/ Mu Dan (Female Lead/FL) Li Xian as Jian Chang Yang (Male Lead/ML) Miles Wei as Liu Chang/Z

A story of rebirth and revenge that gets tangled in its own web, but at least manages to still look good while doing so. Starring: Chen Duling and Zhou Yi Ran

An amnesiac and his childhood crush join in platonic matrimony for government benefits in a love story set against the rosy (lolz) backdrop of the Cultural Revolution.