been an year and am still obsessed with this, could someone recommend any similar drama? (i have already read…
As always... The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty (also based on a danmei novel). Less romantic innuendoes, more bromance, but great energy and characters.
There are quite a lot more bromance stories (some based on danmei, some not) you could try. China will never make an out-in-the-open danmei drama anyway. We're all waiting for Immortality (it's been a long time), and for Heaven Official's Blessing (by the same author of Mo Dao Zu Shi), it'll also take a lot of time, most likely. There are novels for both, by the way.
But there are some you could try. Like The Devil Judge (kdrama), Under the Skin (cdrama), A League of Nobleman (costume cdrama), Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (true slash feeling, LOL, a Taiwan drama).
Even some wuxia where there's no bromance overtone, but still I'd include them for the general tone of brotherhood - like The Blood of Youth (excellent costume cdrama) and Nirvana in Fire (costume cdrama).
And for the sake of intense, passionate love and hate affair - definitely Till the End of the Moon. IMHO it's one of the best xianxia of the past few years. Definitely worth a try(no danmei though).
Felicia got her comeuppance; she actually made it sound like XCS broke up with her when its vice versa. He should…
Well, he did break it off cleanly, while she just left him there in suspense when he asked her if she would wait for her. I'm glad they played the flashbacks, it reminded everyone he WANTED her to stay, very, very much, and she walked away from him.
You don't go back to first fresh love after someone betrays you like that, even if you understand their point of view.
Yeah, that's the way to shoot down anyone's expectations. I loved the flashbacks - first puppy love, then sweet first love, then complete heartbreak - and what, does she expect him to just forgive, forget, and get back with her?!
And then the sweet times (if you're diabetic, keep away, LOL).
XCS: I thought you could skate well. TXM: Because you were holding my hand. Also TXM: I should learn how to skate well, will you teach me? XCS: Never in this life. TXM: *surprised Pikachu face* But, why?!
Girl. He wants to hold your hand, LOL. He's telegraphing it so hard, it's like he's drawing you a picture :D
Also: "I'm glad it was you". Swoon.
I loved ep 27. That's how a man gets over his first crush and reaches the serious business of getting a soulmate.
And I love how HHL finally realizes what she had and let go of. Especially when the demobb gets to her and she sees that all that she cut off was worth way more than what she's left holding hahaha. And is this basically the first time YGH stands up to her? Oh well. Anyway :D
HeiZi, if you get XCS into trouble, I'll send XiaoHui's friends to give you another beating.
This clip is from a bts but pay close attention to Zhen Ni on the right, as the well as the expressions of the…
They're so comfortable with each other, LOL. And then there's that guy on the left smiling about it like a fool (I can say this because nobody's seeing me smile from behind the screen and the whole internet :D).
Ye Fang telling as it is (as always): He (XCS) is your man now. You got that right :DHHL: shows upXCS: naturally…
CHJ is going to be a bastard about everything right? YF read him right - he's not fit to be in a clerical position, he tends to bend to the trend way too easily. And he would start hating XCS for not being XCS himself (a charismatic leader).
Also, LOL, XCS taking the world by storm :D YAAAAS :D
I just love TXM calm demeanor but underneath is a very strong woman that stands up to her convictions.
I loved how she was a pillar of strength for XCS and when she finally has a moment of self-doubt, he simply returns the favour. These two will definitely be together for a lifetime.
Okay, that was SO FREAKING CUTE!XCS (pretending he doesn't care one bit): I'm eager to be with you. (smallest…
And her SMILE when he stood up (well, mostly stood up) to come to her defense. She didn't even care about the apparatus any more. She just wanted to see him stand up.
They do have great chemistry together, I want them in another historical - can we re-do The Wolf but this time Ji Chong gets the girl? And not the other princess, but the one he actually fell for and freaking married, too. (Because yeah, Ji Chong and his long legs are another set of saved gifs LOL)
I know many here are devoted fans of Xiao Zhan, actually this is my first completed drama with him as lead because…
Li Qin has came into her role mostly in these latest few eps. Before it was all HHL this, HHL that. I guess we'll see her TXM to the fullest til the end of the series. But I did notice her voice from the very first, and the character is really strong. I like her.
XCS (pretending he doesn't care one bit): I'm eager to be with you. (smallest voice) For the rest of my life. TXM (pretending she didn't hear a thing). XCS (cheekily now and wanting confirmation): Did you hear what I just said? TXM (quietly smiling): I heard you.
Hehehe how can they both be so stinking cute together? I just knew he'd be all over her once he saw himself as a man again. And hey, is it me or was this an ep completely free of the dreaded pair? LOL
Re: the part about remembering everything he ever did say (wrong, mostly). I had such a flashback to LZ telling WWX he could never remember what he had said (while LZ was saving it to his HDD memory for all eternity LOL). XCS has the same reaction - ~what, what did I say? Stop remembering it!~ LOL
99% of the problem would’ve been avoided if they used guns 😭
They don't usually get easy access to guns, not even illegal ones. And if there were any illegal guns around, people would definitely know and snitch.
But then, I wonder how nobody ever questions where all the freaking metal baseball bats come from and why would certain people need SO MANY of them, LOL. Every drama that has gangs and hooligans shows them stepping out of every orifice already armed with a bat (that they immediately don't use or just wave around waiting for the MC to beat the daylights out of them hahaha). It must be a lucrative business, selling those bats in bad neighbourhoods :D
I came to see the boxing and ended up loving the knife fights. Though I looked away at the most bloody parts, LOL.
I don't know about everybody else, but Choi Si Won (Min-Beom) was the scene-stealer in this one, IMHO.
Oh well, this doesn't satisfy my WDH craving, so I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and watch Joseon Attorney after all (I HATE the kind of clothes and the freaking HATS they used to wear in that period, I usually keep away from anything Joseon-with-the-hats if I can).
An honest 8/10 (not much character development, but good action scenes, well, impossible physics but it's based on a webtoon and they don't mind ignoring it anyway LOL). And WDH and at least two or three support charas that actually kept in character throughout.
If anyone's in doubt yet - watch it for the binge drinking scene LOL. That was amazing. In fact, I'll just go back and rewatch it now :D
PS I have zero idea why the girl / women charas were in it at all. The only one who stood out didn't even have much to say (KMG's trashy/madam girlfriend, she had a certain presence). The other girls... not so much.
I actually liked the business scenes, LOL. I mean, these are totally inexperienced, mostly uneducated low-class…
They're not actually swindling the foreigners. The foreign people pay in equivalent money bought 1-for-1 in the exchange (just not RMB), and the locals who get those money certificates or whatever they are sell them at a profit for RMB to other locals (just a small increase, not too much anyway). And the profiteers get the certificates and use them in foreign-oriented shops to get imported goods that would be too pricey when bought in regular stores. Basically nobody actually gets swindled, it's just a regular customs-area type exchange economy that always springs up when there's a market for such things.
The only round-about is that foreigners aren't allowed to buy RMB directly so they have to get those certificates, but they are actually paying asking price, not special prices.
I bet we'll see Qi Tian either going into small business soon, or becoming a money changer or something, LOL. He has the instincts :D
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There are quite a lot more bromance stories (some based on danmei, some not) you could try. China will never make an out-in-the-open danmei drama anyway. We're all waiting for Immortality (it's been a long time), and for Heaven Official's Blessing (by the same author of Mo Dao Zu Shi), it'll also take a lot of time, most likely. There are novels for both, by the way.
But there are some you could try. Like The Devil Judge (kdrama), Under the Skin (cdrama), A League of Nobleman (costume cdrama), Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (true slash feeling, LOL, a Taiwan drama).
Even some wuxia where there's no bromance overtone, but still I'd include them for the general tone of brotherhood - like The Blood of Youth (excellent costume cdrama) and Nirvana in Fire (costume cdrama).
And for the sake of intense, passionate love and hate affair - definitely Till the End of the Moon. IMHO it's one of the best xianxia of the past few years. Definitely worth a try(no danmei though).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jryg9juelEw
You don't go back to first fresh love after someone betrays you like that, even if you understand their point of view.
And then the sweet times (if you're diabetic, keep away, LOL).
XCS: I thought you could skate well.
TXM: Because you were holding my hand.
Also TXM: I should learn how to skate well, will you teach me?
XCS: Never in this life.
TXM: *surprised Pikachu face* But, why?!
Girl. He wants to hold your hand, LOL. He's telegraphing it so hard, it's like he's drawing you a picture :D
Also: "I'm glad it was you". Swoon.
I loved ep 27. That's how a man gets over his first crush and reaches the serious business of getting a soulmate.
And I love how HHL finally realizes what she had and let go of. Especially when the demobb gets to her and she sees that all that she cut off was worth way more than what she's left holding hahaha. And is this basically the first time YGH stands up to her? Oh well. Anyway :D
HeiZi, if you get XCS into trouble, I'll send XiaoHui's friends to give you another beating.
Also, LOL, XCS taking the world by storm :D YAAAAS :D
You got that right :D
HHL: shows up
XCS: naturally takes TXM's hand in front of her.
How does that vinegar taste, sweetheart? :D
They do have great chemistry together, I want them in another historical - can we re-do The Wolf but this time Ji Chong gets the girl? And not the other princess, but the one he actually fell for and freaking married, too. (Because yeah, Ji Chong and his long legs are another set of saved gifs LOL)
XCS (pretending he doesn't care one bit): I'm eager to be with you. (smallest voice) For the rest of my life.
TXM (pretending she didn't hear a thing).
XCS (cheekily now and wanting confirmation): Did you hear what I just said?
TXM (quietly smiling): I heard you.
Hehehe how can they both be so stinking cute together? I just knew he'd be all over her once he saw himself as a man again. And hey, is it me or was this an ep completely free of the dreaded pair? LOL
Re: the part about remembering everything he ever did say (wrong, mostly). I had such a flashback to LZ telling WWX he could never remember what he had said (while LZ was saving it to his HDD memory for all eternity LOL). XCS has the same reaction - ~what, what did I say? Stop remembering it!~ LOL
But then, I wonder how nobody ever questions where all the freaking metal baseball bats come from and why would certain people need SO MANY of them, LOL. Every drama that has gangs and hooligans shows them stepping out of every orifice already armed with a bat (that they immediately don't use or just wave around waiting for the MC to beat the daylights out of them hahaha). It must be a lucrative business, selling those bats in bad neighbourhoods :D
I don't know about everybody else, but Choi Si Won (Min-Beom) was the scene-stealer in this one, IMHO.
Oh well, this doesn't satisfy my WDH craving, so I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and watch Joseon Attorney after all (I HATE the kind of clothes and the freaking HATS they used to wear in that period, I usually keep away from anything Joseon-with-the-hats if I can).
An honest 8/10 (not much character development, but good action scenes, well, impossible physics but it's based on a webtoon and they don't mind ignoring it anyway LOL). And WDH and at least two or three support charas that actually kept in character throughout.
If anyone's in doubt yet - watch it for the binge drinking scene LOL. That was amazing. In fact, I'll just go back and rewatch it now :D
PS I have zero idea why the girl / women charas were in it at all. The only one who stood out didn't even have much to say (KMG's trashy/madam girlfriend, she had a certain presence). The other girls... not so much.
The only round-about is that foreigners aren't allowed to buy RMB directly so they have to get those certificates, but they are actually paying asking price, not special prices.
I bet we'll see Qi Tian either going into small business soon, or becoming a money changer or something, LOL. He has the instincts :D