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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

Title: Nirvana in Fire Season 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin (2017) Platform: Youtube (free) MDL Rating: 8.6 Genre: Period Political Wuxia (some brief splashes of romance) Episode Count: 50 Last Episode Watched: 34 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence and blood (battle sequences) Starring: Huang Xiao Ming (Winter Begonia) Liu Hao Run (Novoland: Eagle Flag) Zhang Hui Wen (Legend of Fei) Tong Li Ya (Fearless Blood) Wu Hao Chen (Swords into Plowshares) Synopsis: Xiao Ping Z

The plot of Undercover High School is so unserious. It's meant to be a pure action comedy, wasn't ever actually that funny...

Summer Strike follows introverts falling in love, with the similar vibes of daily life and burn out found in We Are All Trying Here and My Liberation Notes (but less heavy). The drama is very quiet and VERY slow paced...

So I'm torn... because the first chunk of episodes were so funny, but the plot lost it's flavor the longer it went on. ..

Strong Girl Bong Soon was the role that shot both Park Hyung Sik and Park Bo Young into superstardom, and is the 2nd most popular drama of all time on MDL. The premise was a fun twist on a superhero tale that thankfully stays grounded and contained, adding fun to an already enjoyable romance. The cancelled Kim Ji Soo makes an appearance as the 2ML and I honestly forgot he was in this lol. I really liked certain aspects of the drama...

No, the title is not a typo; the drama is in fact called "W". The premise was fun and felt very 2010's CW with a Female Lead who transmigrates into the comic book her father created, only to end up falling in love with its fictional protagonist...

King the Land is a fluffy, no stakes rom com about the "king" (aka Chaebol) of a hotel who falls in love with a capable employee. It gave hallmark and 2010's rom com energy, but I still wanted more from it...

Strong Girl Nam Soon is quite the deviation from Strong Girl Bong Soon (Also Known as: Strong Woman Bong Soon). The drama is a spin off that was looking to capitalize on the popularity of the originator with a bigger budget, shiny cast, and Marvel aspirations. Alas. ..

My Liberation Notes is an incredibly slow and thoughtful drama, packed to the brim with amazing dialogue that explores the mundane and downright depressing of everyday life in a way that doesn't sugar coat things, but treats it to its best angle. The drama is written by the same screenwriter as We Are All Trying Here and My Mister, so the vibes are indeed depressing, and much second hand embarrassment will be thrust on your eyeballs. ...

Gyeongseong Creature is set in Japanese Occupied Korea during the 1940's, and has a very similar vibe to Stranger Things. But it is MUCH more graphic. Blood and gore everywhere lol. The drama takes a look at a Japanese experimental prison camp inspired by the real life Unit 731...

Okay, so these actors are only 2 years apart, but why does she look so much younger!!!! Lee Hye Ri has been gifted eternal youth and it just threw me off. I think it was made worse by the fact that Shin Woo Yeo (ML) is a professor at her University, and serves up "Edward Cullen" energy by being 1000 years old...

Youtube's Ms. Rachel and a reformed gangster fall in love.

I fear my decision to drop may be on me. Nine Tailed promised a cool modern fantasy romance and it delivered, but there was just something missing...