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I thought of one. A short drama format, historical, titled Familiar Stranger. It has short episodes, with a touch of rebirth magic but no heavenly realms, a mystery, only a mention of royalty and a few good twists. Let me know if you choose to watch it. I really enjoyed this one.

Oh, that's a tough one. Xianxia is always about the heavenly realms' conflict and quxia is mostly about avenging one's sect or political agenda. I'll have to think about this a bit.

You can read it in English in the Other Topics discussion.

That was just too much fun! I really really really really wish for our Lu Si and Anyu in a modern drama.

It did follow the book main arcs closely, though. Only thing missing was the very humorous and satisfying epilogue. I wish they had chosen to film that.

They said, copyright because different production companies.

It was very engaging later, with a lot of emotional impact, but the romance is very nuanced. The ML held back a lot because his situation was much like Yuan Qi--he was the sole protector of the realms, etc., but this was an old immortal, not an unsure youth, and his demeanor and reaction to those bullying his OTLove was entirely different. It's a different perspective, which I enjoyed, especially the adult humor. BUT TLI entertained me a lot more because of the true innocence of the silly youths and their sacrifices, and the later echoes of actions and scenes were just amazing the more I rewatch.

You too? LOL. I enjoyed Shen Li, I really did but people were saying TLI was slow...gosh, then Shen Li was doubly so! Both were charming, but I needed Lu Si's manic youth so went to watch many of the first scenes.

I finished Shen Li and....went back for a TLI rewatch of my favorite scenes, LOLOLOL. It seems to engage my emotions more, so...I'm starting it again, ha!

I love her green one, the one she dressed up for her marriage just before he lost his love threads.

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I really enjoyed it. If you like I can post a link to my review, which gives an overview of the plot, and you can decide.

She was delightfully spiteful!

If you like to rewatch and also analyze the characters and incidents, please do put in your thoughts in the subforum in Other Discussions under the topic Episode 35 and Feng Yin ‘s dream. We saved a few of our thoughts there.

Many of us here love it too and discussed it a lot during its run. Some of us have rewatched it several times!

The characters are very rounded, with their own flaws. The main four were so young and had so much to learn and that's why this xianxia was refreshing to me.

Also, I check out my favorite reviewers to see what they wrote.

Yes, it is a really well-written script, with very nuanced acting. Every scene had an echo-scene and all the little details shown was picked up again at the end, hardly any loose ends. I usually go to the Special Topics to see if there are any specific discussions before I go to the main forum. This is especially true if I come into a drama late because all the enthusiastic discussions have already been buried in earlier pages. In the Special Topics board, everything starts from Page One and I can scroll to my heart's content. Anyway, glad you enjoyed this excellent drama!

I have no idea. But I had wanted it to air in Jan because I wanted LuSi to show she had a drama for 2024. But it lapped over to 2024, with all those days off for New Year, so....I'm surprised it did as well as it did, with people celebrating all those weekends off, but it still rose to #1 three weeks in a row on VLinkage, plus all the other good #s from different formats.

Very cool. Thanks for the post!