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3.1/5 Stars: A Contemporary Fantasy that tries too hard to feel like a Marvel show with a sky high budget, on location shoots, and a great cast that struggled with their inconsistent characters trapped in a convoluted plot like a Genie in a bottle. I would like to make a wish that this was better.

3.1/5 Stars: A Robin Hood-esque Joeson tale of body swapping and romance that suffers from severe miscasting and inconsistent story telling, but is still a mostly pleasant watch.

3.2/5 Stars: A middle of the road period fantasy drama without high highs or low lows.

3.2/5 Stars: A slow, creeping mystery that leads to nowhere, but kept me guessing until the bitter end.

Title: Oh! My Sweet Liar! (2020) Platform: Youtube (free), Youku MDL Rating: 8.0 Genre: Period Idol Romance/Comedy Episode Count: 29 Parental Guidance Rating: G: I'd give it a PG at least. More swearing than usual, although most of it was done by a parrot, minor violence and blood. An undressed man shown briefly, but nothing explicit shown. Staring: Xia Ning Jun (The Eternal Fragrance) Xi Zi (Plastic Brothers) Lan Bo (The Epoch of Miyu) Kang Ke Ren (Overdo) RBTS Rating: 3/5 S

Title: Feud (2025) Platform: Viki, iQIYI, TVING MDL Rating: 8.4 Genre: Xianxia Episode Count: 32 Parental Guidance Rating: PG: Blood and violence (I'd say maybe a lite PG-13) Staring: Bai Lu (Moonlight Mystique) Joseph Zeng (Veil of Shadows ) He Rui Xian (Warm On A Cold Night) Chen Xin Hai (The Double) Liang Yong Qi(The Double) RBTS Rating: 3/5 Stars (A twisty, complex Xianxia, whose story is wasted on a high school theatre level production, bland acting, and too many episode

Title: Back from the Brink (2023) 护心 Platform: Viki, Youtube (free), Youku MDL Rating: 8.4 Genre: Xianxia Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: PG: Minor violence and blood Staring: Hou Ming Hao (Love in the Clouds) Zhou Ye (Legend of the Female General) Yang Rong (Three-Body) Riley Wang (A Dream Within A Dream) Chen Xin Yu (Princess Silver) Zou Ye (Fated Hearts) RBTS Rating: 3/5 Stars (A silly Xianxia that embraces absurdity over angst, in a somewhat bumpy, but fun rid

Title: Snowy Night Timeless Love (2024) Platform: Youtube (free), iQIYI MDL Rating: 7.8 Genre: Wuxia/ Romance Episode Count: 32 Parental Guidance Rating: PG: I'd say PG-13 for sure. Depictions of an abusive relationship (alludes to rape), violence, much blood splitting (lol), general Wuxia mayhem Staring: Le Qin (Joy of Life) Joseph Zeng (Veil of Shadows) Wang Hong Yi (Sword and Beloved) Edward Chen (The First Frost) RBTS Rating: 3.1/5 Stars (A slow, quiet drama starring a Fe

Title: The Legend of Shen Li (2024) Platform: Youtube (free), Viki, WeTV MDL Rating: 8.6 Genre: Xianxia (High Fantasy)/ Romance Episode Count: 39 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Violence, Blood, Alludes to intimacy. Rating is accurate, but less kid friendly. Staring: Zhao Li Ying (Story of Ming Lan) Lin Geng Xin (Princess Agents) Xin Yun Lai (The Glory) He Yu (Blossoms of Power) Zeng Li (Love Like the Galaxy) RBTS Rating: 3.1/5 Stars (A Xianxia that tells the same old story

Title: The First Frost (2025) Platform: Netflix, Youku MDL Rating: 8.8 Genre: Contemporary Idol Romance/ Melodrama Episode Count: 32 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: This is between TV-16 and MA in my mind. More geared towards adults for sure. MULTIPLE rape attempts, inferred intimate scenes (nothing more than making out is shown), discussion of intimacy, minor violence, Language (including F words) Staring: Bai Jing Ting (Reset) Zhang Ruo Nan (Zhan Zhao Adventures) Edward Ch

Title: Are You the One (2024) 柳舟记 Platform: Youtube (free), WeTV, Viki MDL Rating: 8.5 Genre: Period Idol Romance Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Minor violence and blood Staring: Zhang Wan Yi (Si Jin) Wang Chu Ran (Overdo) Chang Hua Sen (Moonlight Mystique) Lui Ling Zi (New Life Begins) Zhang Chi (Si Jin) Yuan Yu Xuan (Novoland: Pearl Eclipse) RBTS Rating: 3.2/5 Stars (A perfectly blasé idol drama that was underwhelming in its flat acting and predictable s

3.3/5 Stars: This tragically not about ping pong, but instead is a fantasy drama intermingled with a mystery that brings our somewhat lifeless funeral directer female lead and a Jack of All trades together. A fine watch if you have time.

3.3/5 Stars: A melancholy look at the aftermath of a failed inter-cultural relationship, where former lovers reunite by chance and must reexamine the past to determine the future they truly want.

3.4/5 Stars: A Masquerade (2012) and Prince and the Pauper retelling that nails the duality of the role with an excellent performance by Yeo Jin Goo, but muddies the water with slow moving politics and a need to be beholden to the original storyline.

3.4/5 Stars: Check in at the Hotel Del Luna to help out a ghost of the week in a drama with a promising premise that drags, and doesn't let its stars reach their full potential.

3.4/5 Stars: Amazing performances and a stellar, thought provoking concept make Move to Heaven worth the watch, but the lack of character development and emotional follow through stop it from becoming a masterpiece.

3.5/5 Stars: Half romance/half family drama, Family By Choice is a better choice than the original, with strong chemistry between leads, but nothing groundbreaking.

Title: Listening Snow Tower (2019) 听雪楼 Platform: WeTV, Youtube (free) MDL Rating: 7.7 Genre: Wuxia/ Romance Episode Count: 56 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence, Blood, and angst (should be criminal) Staring: Qin Jun Jie (Heroes) (Crystal) Yuan Bing Yan (Love and Redemption) Han Cheng Yu (Melody of Golden Age) Angela Yuen (Killing Procedures) Lin Yuan (A Splendid Match) Zhao Dong Ze (Lost Tomb 2) RBTS Rating: 3.2/5 Stars (A Wuxia with a cool story that gets tripped up

Title: Love in Between (2020) 少年游之一寸相思 Platform: WeTV, Youtube (free) MDL Rating: 7.8 Genre: Wuxia/ Romance Episode Count: 43 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Fade to black scene, Violence, much spitting of blood Staring: Gala Zhang (Blossoms of Power) Zhang Ya Qin (Flourished Peony) Zou Ting Wei (Ashes of Love) Deng Yu Li (My Little Happiness) Sean Zheng (The Sword and the Brocade) Shi Yung Peng (Love Story in the 1970's) RBTS Rating: 3.3/5 Stars (A brilliant and authentic

Title: Legend of Fu Yao (2018) 扶摇 Platform: Viki, Prime, iQIYI MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Wuxia/ Romantasy Episode Count: 66 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-18(?): Violence, Alcohol Use, Foul Language, SA Note: The drama is PG-13 on iQIYI and Viki, but 18+ on prime. I would say the themes warrant an MA rating. It was all so intense for some reason lol. Staring: Yang Mi (Eternal Love) Ethan Juan (Cupid's Kitchen) Gao Wei Guang (Eternal Love) Liu Yi Jun (Reset) Leon Lai (Who Rules the