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Aaaand, finished! It wasn't as addicting as TBOY but it was great in other ways - all the characters were memorable and the fighting scenes were amazing.
I wished we could see more of Sikong Changfeng, he was such a diva I loved him! XD

Maybe it was a bit too much on the romantic side for my taste, but as often happens the "tragic love" storyline is one that moves wars, heroes and legends, as it was the case here, and I loved how all the characters moved according to their principles right to the end.

Now, question for the donghua watchers: are the donghua more faithful to the novels? Because I'm really addicted to this universe and after watching all three series I was thinking about watching the donghuas as we wait for TBOY S2...

8.8 - I'm so happy for this series, it is no masterpiece for sure, but it's such a satisfying watch that it deserves every possible recognition!

Hope you'll enjoy it, fellow Genshin player! :D

Do we know already who's the young ghost girl that helps Thup from time to time, suggesting him things? Like here in ep7 when she was mumbling to his ears while he was jailed.... because I'm starting to think that maybe she might be P'Singha dead sister

*same!*

Yes, there is a main couple and also few secondary couples, although the series is not centered on that. As for the worth watching, I personally loved it and it's aesthetically amazing (beautiful costumes, actors, sceneries...) although among the ZMN's stories trilogy is the one I probably liked less (but still loved it!)

Holy moly I totally forgot this was planned for 2025! *starts to watch*

XD then we both misunderstood eo, sorry if that happened :)

I was actually genuinely interested in this series, but have way too many dramas on the witchlist so I need to select which ones to start (I don't like dropping series that I started, so I only start things that I'm at least about 85% sure I'm going to like). XD

I'm european but I've been watching asian dramas for more than 20 years now, from any corner of asia (including malaysia, mongolia, indonesia, vietnam, singapore... so not only the "major distributed ones" like thailand or japan or china) - I studied asian languages in uni and i teach japanese poetry, plus play two chinese musical instruments and a japanese musical instrument. :D

That to say: I definitely wouldn't see how that was a racist comment because the question was not cultural-related but simply PLOT related.

The plot looks similar: a shaman protecting a haunted/targeted person. I loved Khemjira (also because the romance wasn't covering the main storyline but was very well integrated in it), so my question was meant to understand if the concept is similar, and the vibes too, so I can enjoy it (or not, on the contrary).

If that sounded racist to you, than I'm sorry, but it wasn't meant to be.

So, I'm at ep22 rn so right in the middle - I'm loving the characters although I can understand those who say there are just too many... this was quite an issue with my first wuxia/xianxia dramas but somehow now I find it's part of the charm. i mean it's just like real life, there are always about too many people XD

Anyway, Dongjun was definitely one memorable character in TBOY so i'm happy to know his background and also where does the friendship among the guardians and Ruofeng stem from... also, ironically the CGI is better than more modern series, although I miss human movements in fights (I get the superpowers, but I'd love to see more swords and spears and qinggong and jumps and so on).

I LOVED the very brief guest appearance from Lee Hong Yi as the Founder Emperor Xiao!
He looks astonishing in red armor <3

But probably the most huge thing I'm loving in both Dashing Youth and TBOY is the female characters: as did Sikong Qianluo and Ye RuoYi in TBOY, also here the female lead is smart and active which is I thing I personally love! I'm still waiting for the second female character in the poster, fingers crossed for her too!

This was very simple, but very real and heartfelt. Loved it.
ZZH is so precious, and for as much as he loves singing, I hope he can also get his acting career back, his resilience and inner strenght are an example - also for so many other chinese artists and personalities who underwent cenesorship or boycott of any sort (and are still undergoing it).

Keep standing up, keep fighting - there are people listening and caring. <3

Zhang Zhe Han, hope to see you soon on screen, shining once again.

I still watch at least a fanvid every day with the two of them, they are unforgettable - I've been watching asian dramas for more than 20 years now, and I had never been so addicted to a couple. <3

This needed more time for character development, because the plot was pretty full and the themes heavy... all the four actors did a good job (especially the teens), so I got attached to them pretty fast.
Still, it was very good and those few minor flaws (like some audio issues here and there) weren't enough to distract from the overall product. 8.5/10, basically my biggest complain is that it was over too soon.

Music was GREAT, the soundtrack has some amazing songs that I'm sure I'm goint to listen to a lot.

Oh, and thankfully... after the storm we get the start of a sunny day - not for a happy ending, but for a happy new life. <3

I started, then dropped it. Then tried again whilewaiting for something else, but dropped it again. Then gave it another possibility, because BounPrem are BounPrem and I wanted to support them... but no, dropped it again.

Now I just watched ep4 of "Me and Thee" (which was one hell of a ride!) and said: ok got a free evening, let's finish Revamp I have it on hold since ages... but no I just can't. I reached ep6. Put it on 1.5x but still the dialogues are so damn trivial I can't stand it.

I'm sorry Boun & Prem but I'll have to let this one go.

I though the person Peach was on the phone with was Thee (or Mok), when he said "you'll need to take a U-turn there, I'll walk over"

I know this will probably be unpopular, but I kinda had some issues with Peach trying to force everything "normal/poor" on Thee. I loved how, at the beginning, he said some things and then realized it wasn't the right wording so he went back on his words and talked it out with Thee, and then tried for the whole episode to make him realize the real value of money, which is important and deep and it will definitely change Thee for the better. BUT like for example... Thee lived in a house full of comforts and you leave him to shower outside in a common/shared shower laughing because he doesn't understand the hows and whys of the real world?

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(yes yes, no, I'm just sad because we didn't get a "can you help me shower" moment, let's be real XD)

First 45 minutges: laughing like crazy (this episode really made me cry, the musical moment was SO great!) and giggling

Last 30 seconds: *jumping and screaming at William's appearance*

You HAVE to watch their series! ThamePo.
Aside from that, they are also overly cute and lovely off-stage :)

Oh - and this is NOT a BL.
It's a queer movie with adult characters living in the shitty world of real life: no princes, no ships and no clichèed moments. So, if you're looking for that, maybe it's not the movie for you.

Wow - this Japanese movie was so... so Japanese! It was such a raw, deep intake on a fragment of existence, a moment that somehow becomes one whole life.

I already appreciated Miyazawa Hio in other roles, he's such a talented young actor that never holds back and fully commits to his character... same we can say for Suzuki-san, he has managed to cover almost all shades of humanity with all his performances throughout his long career (Hanakimi was almost 20 years ago, omg!!) - that to say, the acting is so ALIVE, detailed and heartfelt.

While watching this I felt as if I was sharing the protagonist's turmoils, be it good vibes or be it dramatic moments - it was like intruding in their thoughts and lives. And when they reached happiness, from that point onward I felt like watching a horror movie and I was expecting everything to break, to explode, one second or the other. That happines, for both of them, felt too beautiful to be real.

When you live your whole life without being whole, as they both did, finally finding your dimension is such a dream come true, that you can't believe it - Kosuke found his first happiness, but somehow without freedom and covered in layers of facades and politeness. The final moment, though, the final scene... despite all the trauma and the sadness and the sorrow, he managed to "become whole".

9/10 for me.