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Title: The Sleepless Princess (2020) Platform: Prime Video, Youtube (free), MGTV (Mango) MDL Rating: 8.0 Genre: Period Idol Romance/ Fantasy Episode Count: 35 Last Episode Watched: 18 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-18+ (on Prime Video): Blood, Foul Language and Violence (This is in NO WAY TV-18. I'd say TV-14 or lower. And I don't recall any foul language, or at least it didn't pop up in the 18 eps I watched.) Starring: Zheng Ye Cheng (Brocade Odyssey) Hu Yi Xuan (How Dare You?

Title: The Legend of White Snake (2019) Platform: Viki, iQIYI MDL Rating: 7.6 Genre: Xianxia/ Period Idol Fantasy/Romance Episode Count: 36 Last Episode Watched: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Blood and Violence Starring: Yu Meng Long (Eternal Love) Ju Jing Yi (Veil of Shadows) Ziao Qing (Special Lady) Tim Pei (The Legend of An Le) Feng Jian Yu (Youthful Glory) Synopsis: Spirits have walked unnoticed through the mortal world since the dawn of time. Parts of this world, y

Title: Love’s Rebellion (2024) Platform: iQIYI, MGTV (Mango), Youtube (free) MDL Rating: 7.8 Genre: Xianxia (High Fantasy) Romance Episode Count: 36 Last Episode Watched: 5 Parental Guidance Rating: PG: Blood and violence Starring: Jing Tian (Rattan) Zhang Ling He (Pursuit of Jade) Darren Chen (Shadow Love) Chang Long (New Life Begins) Synopsis: It tells the story of a young woman named Nan Yan who enters a new world of immortals to save her mother who sends her and the enigm

Title: No Boundary (2021) Platform: iQIYI MDL Rating: 7.9 Genre: Xianxia, Period Idol Fantasy/Romance Episode Count: 52 Total (32 in Season 1, 20 in Season 2) Last Episode Watched: 27 Parental Guidance Rating: PG: Very mild blood and violence Starring: Darren Chen (Shadow Love) Zhang Yi Shang (Sword Snow Stride) Wang Yi Fei (Till the End of the Moon) Gu Zi Cheng (Love Beyond the Grave) Gardner Tse (Reunion: The Sound of Providence) Han Dong (The Blossoming Love) Synopsis: Fol

Title: Immortal Samsara (Part 1& 2) (2022) Platform: Viki, Youku, Youtube (free) MDL Rating: 8.4/ 8.5 Genre: Xianxia (High Fantasy) Period Idol Romance/ Fantasy Episode Count: 59 total (38 in Part 1, 21 in Part 2) Last Episode Watched: 10 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Fake violence and blood/blood spewing Starring: Yang Zi (Lost You Forever) Cheng Yi (Love and Redemption) Zhang Rui (Love of the Divine Tree) Meng Zi Yi (Blossom) Lin Yuan (Listening Snow Tower) Synopsis: Yan

Title: Fangs of Fortune (2024) Platform: iQIYI MDL Rating: 8.6 Genre: Wuxia/ Mystery/ Period Idol Fantasy Episode Count: 34 Last Episode Watched: 10 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence and blood Starring: Hou Ming Hao (Love in the Clouds) Chen Du Ling (Veil of Shadows) Tian Jia Rui (Veil of Shadows) Cheng Xiao (Glory) Lester Lin (Blossoms of Power) Xu Zhen Xuan (Overdo) Synopsis: During the Zhenyuan era, the accidental death of the Bai Ze goddess, who governed the realm

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: Money Is Coming (2025) Platform: WeTV, Youtube MDL Rating: 8.0 Genre: Transmigration, Period Idol Romance Episode Count: 27 (18 mns per episode) Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Minor bloodshed and violence Staring: Lin Ze Hui (Secrets of the Shadow Sect) Zhi Yue (Dong Lan Xue) Wang Xing Wei (Dream of Golden Years) Quan Rui (Love in the Desert) RBTS Rating: 2.1/5 Stars (Fluffy and somewhat vampiric for a hot minute, but ultimately skippable) Synopsis: A female college

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.

Title: Moonlit Reunion (2025) 子夜归 Platform: Disney+, WeTV MDL Rating: 6.2 Genre: Period Idol Fantasy/ Romance/ Demon Hunting Episode Count: 38 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Minor violence and blood, a few innuendos Staring: Xu Kai (Wonderland of Love) Tian Xi Wei (Pursuit of Jade) Wang Jia Yi (Shadows of Desire) Wu Jun Ting (Blade of Vengence) RBTS Rating: 3.3/5 Stars (A campy Xianxia/Wuxia Hybrid with epic side characters, demon hunting, and a Male Lead who phoned it in)

Title: Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (2024) 永夜星河 Platform: WeTV, Youtube (free), Netflix, iflix, Viki MDL Rating: 8.5 Genre: Period Idol Fantasy/ Transmigration/ Romance/ Xianxia Episode Count: 32 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Fear, fake magical action, and some blood. Felt more PG. Staring: Esther Yu (Love Between Fairy and Devil) Ding Yu Xi (Romance of the Tiger and Rose) Zhu Xu Dan (Fateful Love) Yang Shi Ze (Warm On A Cold Night) RBTS Rating: 3.3/5 Stars (A pure fluff X

Title: Veil of Shadows (2026) 月鳞绮纪 Platform: Netflix, Youku, Viki, Youtube (free) MDL Rating: 8.2 Genre: Period Idol Fantasy/ Wuxia Episode Count: 29 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Violence, fear, substances, gore, alludes to intimacy Staring: Ju Jing Yi (In Blossom) Josheph Zeng (FEUD) Chen Du Ling (The Glory) Tian Jia Rui (Fangs of Fortune) RBTS Rating: 3.2/5 Stars (This was not good and I know that. In fact, it was downright ridiculous, but I watched the whole thing. It

4.1/5 Stars