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2.6/5 Stars: An adaptation of the famous legend of On Dal that was beset by production issues of mythic proportion.

Title: Love in the Clouds (2025) 入青云 Platform: Viki, Youku, Youtube (free), MDL Rating: 8.8 Genre: Xianxia, Romance, Fantasy Episode Count: 36 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Violence, Bloodshed, Fade to Black scene. A bit spicier in the romance department than usual, but nothing explicit and still within the TV-14 realm. Staring: Ji Bo Zai (Glory) Lu Yu Xiao (My Journey to You) Yu Cheng En (Coroner's Diary) He Nan (Unchained Love) RBTS Rating: 3.6/5 Stars (Less crazy than

A hybrid of Kingdom and The Haunted Palace with visual traits of Stranger Things, The East Palace is light on frights, heavy on squelching, and filled with vengeful spirits-- both living and dead.

Title: Duoluo Continent (2021) 斗罗大陆 Platform: WeTV, Viki, Prime Video, Youtube (free) MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Wuxia/ Fantasy/ Comedy/ Romance Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Some very fake looking violence and blood. I'd say this leans more PG. Staring: Xiao Zhang (Legend of Zang Hai) Wu Xuan Yi (Perfect Match) GaoTai Yu (Sword Snow Stride) Liu Mei Tong (Blossom) RBTS Rating: 3.6/5 Stars Synopsis: Having lost his mother at a very young age, Tang San grew up

Title: The Imperial Coroner (2021) 御赐小仵作 Platform: Viki, Youtube, WeTV MDL Rating: 8.4 Genre: Period Mystery/Investigative, Romance Episode Count: 36 (64 eps total for both S1 and S2) Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Some blood, violence, and autopsies, but nothing is really shown. Staring: Su Xiao Tong (Treasure at Dawn) Wang Zi Qi (Serendipity's Embrace) Zhao Yao Ke (The Moment I Met You) Yang Ting Dong (The Glory) RBTS Rating: 3.75/5 Stars (This rating is based purely on

4.1/5 Stars

Title: Faithful 九义人 (Also known as: The Nine) Platform: Viki, WeTV MDL Rating: 8.1 Genre: Period Mystery/Thriller Episode Count: 25 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Minor violence and blood, suicide, sexual assault (nothing explicit shown). Staring: Wu Qian (Meet Yourself) Li Jia Hang (The Bond) Qiao Zhen Yu (Blood River) Hu Yi Xuan (How Dare You?!) RBTS Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Seven years after the tragic death of Ru Lan, who sacrificed her reputation to seek justice for hers

4.25/5 Stars

4.7/5 Stars: A Gone With the Wind retelling done to perfection!

4.3/5 Stars: A dying man seeks revenge, in a Count of Monte Cristo-esque chess game for justice.