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Title: A Journey to Love (2023) Platform: iQIYI MDL Rating: 8.7 Genre: Period Idol Romance/ Wuxia Episode Count: 40 Last Episode Watched: 7 Parental Guidance Rating: PG (I'd give it PG-13): Violence, Blood, Torture Starring: Liu Shi Shi (Love in Pavillion) Liu Yu Ning (Prisoner of Beauty) Alen Fang (Zhan Zhao Adventures) He Lan Dou (Tower of Whispers) Chen You Wei (Love in Pavilion) Synopsis: Female assassin Ren Ru Yi, the former left envoy of the Scarlet Guards, becomes a me

Title: The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019) Platform: Viki, Apple TV, Youtube (free) MDL Rating: 8.5 Genre: Period (Tang Dynasty) Thriller/ Action Episode Count: 24 (at least on Viki...) Last Episode Watched: 6 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: This should be MA. Very gritty. More violence and gore than usual due to the director taking a more realistic approach. Starring: Lei Jia Yin (The Litchi Road) Jackson Yee (Better Days) Zhou Yi Wei (Riverside Code at Qingming Festival) L

Title: Coroner's Diary (2025) Platform: iQIYI MDL Rating: 8.6 Genre: Period Idol Romance/ Case Breaking/ Investigative/ Mystery Episode Count: 38 Last Episode Watched: 21 Parental Guidance Rating: PG: (IQIYI sure do have them jokes, this is def TV-16 to MA fr). Mature themes, violence against women and children, corpses, severed heads and organs shown. I DNF'd so there could be more? Starring: Landy Li (Starry Love) Ao Rui Peng (Moonlight Mystique) Shen Yu Jie (Legend of Fei)

Title: Legend of the Magnate (2025) Platform: iQIYI MDL Rating: 8.2 Genre: Period (Qing) Business Episode Count: 40 Last Episode Watched: 5 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence and Blood Starring: Chen Xiao (Dream of Splendor) Sun Qian (Love Story in the 1970's) Luo Yi Zhou (Gen Z) Cheng Tai Shen (The Vendetta of An) Haung Zhi Zhong (The Long River) Li Chun (Joy of Life S2) Synopsis: In the late Qing Dynasty, a passionate young man named Gu Ping Yuan came from a family o

Title: The Glory (2025) 雁回时 Platform: WeTV, Viki MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Period (Ming) Idol Romance (ha) Episode Count: 30 Last Episode Watched: 17 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence, Blood, Brief Torture Starring: Chen Du Ling (Ashes to Crown) Xin Yun Lai (Legend of Shen Li) He Hong Shan (The Double) Yun En Tai (New Life Begins) Wen Zheng Rong (Love's Ambition) Synopsis: Abandoned as a child, Zhuang Han Yan grows up in the southern countryside before returning to her

Title: The Vendetta of An (2025) Platform: Youku, Netflix MDL Rating: 8.5 Genre: Period Action/ Mystery Episode Count: 28 Last Episode Watched: 3 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Violence, suicide, fear ( I dunno Netflix, based on the first three eps, I'd give this a TV-16) Starring: Cheng Yi (Sword and Beloved) Liu Yi Jun (Nirvana in Fire) Wang Jin Song (Nirvana in Fire) Zhou Qi (Legend of Zang Hai) Tong Meng Shi (Joy of Life) Synopsis: During the Wude reign, the Huben Dark

Title: Guardians of the Dafeng (2024) Platform: Disney+, Viki, Youtube (free), WeTV MDL Rating: 8.6 Genre: Wuxia/ Comedy/ Romance/ Transmigration Episode Count: 40 Last Episode Watched: 10 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence, alcohol use (it is listed as TV-18+ on Prime (w/ purchase), but that is NOT accurate lol) Starring: Dylan Wang (Love Between Fairy and Devil) Tian Xi Wei (Pursuit of Jade) Liu Yi Jun (Reset) Yan Zi Dong (Dazzling) Synopsis: Yang Ling, a modern offi