Kim Yoonmi 김윤미 金潤美

The scriptwriters are: 赵玄 (Xuan Zhao) 黎欣然 (Xinran Li) 陆星璇 (Lu Xingxuan) 冷雪 (Xue Leng), but I can't find their profiles on here to add credit? There credits show up at 0:43 every episode of Anle, but also are confirmed by Douban and Wikipedia (Chinese). Are there profiles missing here? Does anyone want to add them?

It's within the first 6 episodes. But it's not a very good drama in my opinion. It's all over the place and the thing I was watching it for died when the director/writer (same person) basically told the actors to calm down. But that was the only reason I was watching. Ren Jialun acting over the top, etc. That dies by episode 6 and the cute bromance going also kind of dies. The plot doesn't really congeal at any point. The writing keeps throwing stale plot elements in because the director/writer has no clue. The psychology is 100% wrong and mostly copy-pasted from articles, without any understanding of what it means. And the first episode scene with the building jumping thing is all wrong. So I don't know if it's worth mining it for the Second leads.

Yes. It's the lead. There are no secondary relationships in that drama.

I like the plot on Wulin Heroes, but you have to have your brain turned on. It's not written linearly, which tripped up a lot of viewers, but if you've watched a ton of time travel plots then it's easy to follow. For those addicted to idol dramas and linear plots 24-7, it's more difficult. You also have to be skilled at picking up innuendo and know something about what ginseng is usually used for. The production values aren't high, but it is funny to the end.

Twilight has secondary characters falling for each other, woman falls first in that couple. But I didn't think the drama was very good.

This one and Hidden Love are the most popular C-dramas of this year (so far). But if you hate sadness and sudden change of direction, then New Life Begins is more for you.

Hidden Love had some, but it was far more muted than usual. Both secondary couples, she likes him first. Chinese dramas from this year have been backing off of secondary and third couples. I surmise because some people don't like them. I, personally, don't mind, but I think it's stronger with thematic plotting, but then I'm Korean and Koreans do that sort of thing. (Japanese too).

Divine Destiny has 2 couples running at once, but it's not very popular as a drama. It's also a lot less sugar than you're probably looking for. Depends on which you think is the secondary couple, but she likes him first, yes on one. The other it's almost mutual and at once.

Twilight also as a 40 episode drama has it, but again, not a very good drama. The Longest Promise also... but opinions are severely split on the drama due to the Female Main character's writing. If you're willing to ignore the female main character, and her general weirdness around agency and her personality (or lack thereof) then the drama is pretty good otherwise.

No. BL are currently banned by Chinese censors with their counterpart, bromances.

It's not MDL's fault. It's more the Chinese drama industry is like this. Even when it films, sometimes it never releases, such as with Love Never Fails. Or releases really late. The Longest Promise. Or gets semi canceled, but then promised with revisions such as The Golden Hairpin, which they then have to ship out to overseas to try to get enough money for the domestic production.

There's occasional dubbing in the drama to cover background sounds. But it is mostly live recorded.

It's her opinion. She's not talking about politics and asking people to go out into the streets. It's a drama, not life or death. She's not talking civil rights here. My question to you, is why does her opinion of the drama, invalidate your enjoyment of the drama and why do you think that other people are sheeple, not people? People make their own opinions. She never asks for superfan loyalty, like a lot of the people in this comment thread. "Oh no, she's ruining MY enjoyment of the drama by hating it" WTH, how is that happening? You're doing that on your own by policing what other people think. They may read reviews, but they are going to make their own opinions if you like it or not.

Not everyone agrees with why they like this drama or hate it, but are you going to go as far as to police that too?

Why enforce something so trivial as a drama to make sure EVERYONE needs to like it like you do, and have the exact same opinion? That's o boring!

Avenue X isn't the only drama reviewer in the world for Chinese dramas--there is Marcus, there is Asian Drama Update, etc. Being so upset that ONE person had a dissenting view from yours and investing that much into it, doesn't seem like it's worth it.

If avenue x allows for dissenting opinions and listens to them, then doesn't that really make her more mature, as a human being that those who are saying things like, "She has a huge platform and she's ruinng MY ENJOYMENT OF THIS DRAMA BY DISAGREEING" As if it's the end of the world that not everyone agrees.

So what? Move on. Someone disagrees. But at least she's mature enough to recognize people will disagree. The question is will everyone else also? Or are they going to try to rather than disagree with her opinion in a textual manner and thus a mature manner, try to say how horrible of a person she is? A drama isn't worth it. Save that behavior for civil rights.

Can you pull textual evidence for her to prove he's not a groomer in the drama? Because she listens to that and that shows media literacy. She respects that. Act like an adult and engage like an adult.

I can do that, but I'm not invested in trying to "convert" people. I'm more interested in dissenting opinions for the sake of them by respecting the other person who has them by trying to understand why, rather than convert them. I will like dramas everyone hates and be fine with it. I will hate dramas everyone likes and be fine with it, the question is, will you be, or are you so insecure in your own opinion of FICTION that one dissenting opinion makes you lose faith in the drama and the agency of people around you?

Believe in the agency of people to make their own opinions. People never agree on anything. The world would be a boring place if that were to happen. I do sit down and listen when it's about civil rights material. I know I'm often wrong about it. Understanding doesn't mean agreeing.

WZC is the hidden god character in this, which isn't really a spoiler, since you figure that out in episode 1. He's not slated to like the FL in this, just that Ruochen thwarts him. The FL converts later to a 9-tailed fox. The person paired with WZC mistakes Ruochen for Yin Feng. Ruochen, meanwhile is dedicated to the FL. That's about the summary of the plot so far.

If Ruochen admitted to everyone he wasn't the Border Patrol God, a lot of the plot would currently end, but they are trying to set up the other parts of the plot before they collapse that plot.

The only thing I can say is, Even if a person is dead, a cliff in Chinese dramas brings them back to life.

I had that prejudice going into the drama--Oh no, another groomer drama, but the director was very careful to lean away from that and not do the same mistakes of Go Go Squid. But I don't get why people are so invested in making everyone like the drama they like. So what if she doesn't like it. She doesn't particularly say to her fanship at any time, if you like what I hate I'm going to hate you. She does listen to dissenting opinions. I did rec a drama she did review and like, because I guessed at her taste.

So what if people dislike what you like. So what if people like what you dislike? Shouldn't matter. People shouldn't demand sheeple in either direction.

Actually, if you watched all her episodes she said she really likes ZLS. She said specifically, she loved the fact that Zhao Lusi has really good chemistry with her male leads and that she doesn't have any activities (at the time before Zhao Lusi learned how to sing) beyond acting. She said this of Romance of the Tiger and Rose, which she really liked for being clever. People did hate her for saying she thought that Yuxi had a crush on her during the drama because destructive super fans is a thing.

She, like me, though, isn't particular super fan or haters of any actors and more assesses them on talent rather than looks. Because as I said, she's more into looking into the production side of things, so she looks for what makes it work or not work for her. She also gives room for actors to grow and change, and gets frustrated when they don't quite get better despite being in multiple productions.

So no, not a particular hater, but does have a low tolerance of superfans. lol And you gotta respect her for that. For example, she hated when superfans chased down and harassed Xu Kai, not because she's his fan in particular, but because she thought it was total disrespect for the actor.

So as I said, you can disagree, but understand where the opinion is coming from and why.

I do disagree with her, but I can do it in a respectful manner.

She's a drama reviewer, so people want to get her opinion. She also has inside knowledge of the Chinese drama industry, so has connections. She speaks Mandarin and even when she doesn't like something, she still tries to figure out why other people like it. For those reasons, that's why I watch her videos.

I wouldn't speak badly of people because they have a different opinion than I do about a show I like--people like different things and I respect that too. That's their right to dislike a show I really like, and I'll spend time trying to understand why, because I'm a writer type and it's kinda our job to do so.

I'm not particularly putting up a defense of her, but I am saying that everyone has a right to like or dislike the things they like or dislike without being slammed that they are a terrible person or they are doing it for the views. She's truly passionate about dramas, otherwise she wouldn't have originally been in the Chinese drama industry. And I can't hate on someone who shares a passion for something I love--Chinese dramas. I can, however, forgive them for watching and investing time in a show that I like and still disliking it. I don't have the breath of her knowledge, so I'll respect her opinion. She knows more Chinese literature, more about Chinese culture, more Chinese production things, and her tastes might be more strict than mine, but I'm not going to disrespect her for liking something else than me.

Avenue X's tastes tend to run high on production values. She also tends to dislike cotton candy dramas or sweet dramas. She tends to like more wine and dine dramas--high art pieces with high production values. She tends to look less at the storyline as a reviewer. This isn't to slam her as a reviewer in the least--I like watching her, but to say that she has a very specific taste. Since she worked in Chinese production, she tends to focus a lot on production values, which is her jam and right to do.

She also tends to hate Xianxia very much.

It's much better to understand a person's taste and understand how and why they have that taste than to slam them for having a different taste than you, I think.

Personally, I think storywise, everything in this drama works well together. The acting is stellar, etc. But this opinion is coming from me, who likes to watch a stunning number of BTS, who has taken acting lessons before, and is a writer so I focus a lot more on story and how one tells it. I also tend to watch a lot of trash as well as high brow productions and prefer to try to eek out something good in the production, but keep a balanced eye on it. I also like to watch shows to recommend them to others specifically. I index shows and find people who are likely to watch them.

So don't mind what others think unless you're looking for drama recs.

I submitted it for review adding one thing from the previous synopsis so it sounds like what the translation was aiming for.

Personally, it's kind of obvious in episode 1 that he's the demon that was freed and sent to Earth in the summary.

I posted a better one based on episode 1:


There is a legend that says the god of Border Patrol helped a blue stone cultivate into a goddess. However, the Blue Stone goddess released a demon on Earth. For that they were banished to Earth to be punished for 100 lifetimes together and swore to find each other in each lifetime.


Ji Ruochen is a bandit in the outskirts of the kingdom, but he dreams of being an immortal. He meets an immortal with a blue stone and accidentally kills him and takes his blue stone. Everyone mistakes that Ruochen could be the Border Patrol God.

My guess at the spoiler based on episode 1, was also correct and you find that out by episode 5, but it's not a real spoiler because you figure it out pretty quickly.

Better synopsis after I watched episode 1.

There is a legend that says the god of Border Patrol helped a blue stone cultivate into a goddess. However, the Blue Stone goddess released a demon on Earth. For that they were banished to Earth to be punished for 100 lifetimes together and swore to find each other in each lifetime.


Ji Ruochen is a bandit in the outskirts of the kingdom, but he dreams of being an immortal. He meets an immortal with a blue stone and accidentally kills him and takes his blue stone. Everyone mistakes that Ruochen could be the Border Patrol God.