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oh ok, lol... well, keep writing on historical Cdramas then, we need more like that. By the way did you read parts of my conversation with NotThatHisa? The parts with spoilers. I thought it's kinda interesting, especially since you wrote about the drama. Not sure if you watched the video linked or not ;D

Wow... I just finished watching it. I'm familiar with AvenueX only just a few months ago so of course I didn't see that video. I am aware with the framing but I thought it was the subbing/reproducing process covered the upper part. I also aware that the drama is kinda low budget, compare with The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty for example. The cinematography in the fighting parts in AD were really good though. Thanks for sharing the link, cos as usual if a story is odd we blame the scriptwriter in every drama no matter what country is. I'm pretty sure the writers want to work with other director for S2, even already have continuation of the story. It's a matter of which company will pick it up ;D

Me, too! Still curious to know the ML mysterious past ;D

Don't worry about it. I started watching dramas in the middle on 2019, so while I'm quite up-to-date with 2020 dramas, I'm also far behind dramas of 2019 and older. Yeah, you'll like MPUB, it has a Hotel del Luna vibe, but the trio is delightful to watch. I didn't know that you wrote the article on AD, lol. You changed your user name ;D

Yeah I watched it a few days ago though I don't understand Cantonese, lol. No pretty faces and not familiar with the whole cast, but the acting is natural, great friendship and practice/match, and it tells about the background stories of the coach and players. I like/understand volleyball game so it helps a lot ;D

You're right! I covered it too here ;D
https://mydramalist.com/article/my-favorite-drama-friendships-of-2020-youth-and-beyond-011015993

Thanks for the recommendation! Young Blood (2019) has been in my PTW list but since my goal last year was watching as many as 2020 releases, dramas 2019 and older got somewhat neglected, lol. Sadly I fell asleep on TMN so I dropped it.

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since you already watched it, I have a question: do we have to watch the other dramas related to it first? (The Grave Chronicles series) I tried it and watched The Mystic Nine (it's supposed to start with this one if you want to watch chronologically) but I fell asleep so I dropped it, lol.

Do you understand Cantonese by any chance? If yes you may want to try We Are the Littles. It's a Hong Kong drama so it's in Cantonese with Mandarin sub.

If you liked Ancient Detective, The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty is similar to AD. It has tons of investigation stuff but the difference is a bit political as the cases gradually involve to larger scope (this is not spoiler, it's in the synopsis). But not in annoying way cos I hate dramas with political intrigues ;D

Thanks for the recommendations ;D

Yes I haven't watched Ultimate Note yet, it's in my CW list somewhere. I think when I was writing this article, UN was not completely subbed yet as it finished on January 2 and I finished writing by the end of Dec. I only watched completed sub as one go. Definitely I will watch it for Joseph Zeng whom I watched in The Journey Across the Night. Actually WandereR and I wrote recap articles for both TJATN and Psych Hunter, just waiting to be published.
I wrote articles on CF in the other segment of this article here:
https://mydramalist.com/article/my-favorite-drama-friendships-of-2020-youth-and-beyond-011015993
and stand-alone CF drama recap here:
https://mydramalist.com/article/cross-fire-a-gaming-e-sport-drama-everyone-can-enjoy-011015503

thank you, too!

Probably you were not into watching historical/costume dramas, that's why. But once you venture into it and like it, you won't go back. Historical/costume dramas have their own charm that are not in modern dramas ;D

That's good! Many don't like her as she picked up roles in the past that lots of screaming/screeching lol. But I have solution for that: just lower up turn of the volume ;D.

oh lol sorry I didn't check the date. Thanks for replying!

Congratulation on watching your first ever Chinese drama! Usually first dramas give special experience no matter what they are. You still have more to watch tho, lol. There are still many great Cdramas out there, modern and historical/costume ;D

Then you should watch The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty ;D

If you love friendship theme, Crossfire definitely has a strong one. That drama actually made me start writing articles cos I thought a mere review was not enough I took lots of screenshots, lol!