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a-fantasy-lover-surfing-the-net · 3 months

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Modern Cdramas I watched in 2023

This was my first year in Dramaland (both Chinese and Korean). And I have to say that for the most part I have enjoyed my journey in discovering the dramas. This list includes dramas that were released before 2023 as well.

9. Love of Replica

This one of those dramas with lookalikes where the female lead impersonates her lookalike and solves the mystery about her backstory. Also, it's a bodyguard romance so I definitely expected some things going in. It's full of cliches and tropes some enjoyable and some irritating. I have to praise Yu Yue (actress portraying the female lead), she really made me believe that lookalikes were two completely different people. The chemistry between the main couple is fire. I did not enjoy the secondary characters' romance. However the overall squad energy and their team dynamic was great. I kinda guessed the twist but was surprised by how dark the drama went. Overall, I liked most of it and I was disappointed how some of the characters ended up. If you want a bodyguard romance with kinda obvious twists with very good cast chemistry then you'll probably like it.

8. Parallel Love

This is a time travel drama (you'll see more of these in this list) where Lin Miao, the female lead travels from 2020 to 2010 and she must help Jiao Yang, who is the Vice President of Hong Yu, become the president of the company within 3 months otherwise she will disappear forever. What I liked most about is that Lin Miao is very competant and smart, even if she is not experienced for the task she will still try her best and give it her all. I enjoyed the romance and the dynamic of the main leads. It definitely has plot holes regarding time travel and the rules were not properly explained. They also did not really focus much on the time travel part and did use the potential things that they could do with time travel. However, the interaction between the present and the future Lin Miao was very well done and something that many people would be able to relate to. The business plot was medium and not very interesting. The main leads' personalities and character arcs was the reason why I enjoyed the drama. However, they left the ending ambiguous so if you don't mind open endings then you'll enjoy this time travel/corporate romance drama.

7. Love under the Full Moon

Another time travel drama with a twist that Lei Chu Xia (female lead), who has time travelled 10 years into the future can't leave Xu Xiao Dong side beyond a certain distance. Together they work to recover her memory to unravel the mysteries of the past decade. This drama has great romance, unique time travel premises further in the series, good character development for the main and secondary cast, an antagonist that seems like a real person which makes it seem like we could meet someone like them in real life and a plot with unexpected paths. However, it does have a bittersweet open ending which could make some people hate the drama. Despite that I really liked the drama.

6. Mr. Bad

One day, Nan Xing, an online novel writer makes a wish for an "unforgettable love" in a wishing pool. Then, Xiao Wu Di, the villain of her story, suddenly appears before her! She tries to avoid him, but Xiao Wu Di finds her and threatens her into taking care of him. Unfortunately for him, Nan Xing's wish comes with a special power: whenever she needs help, Xiao Wu Di teleports next to her to fulfill her wish. It's fun, fluffy and sweet with not much angst. The romance is cute and the dynamic with the secondary cast is enjoyable. The ending frustrated me but I assume they did it to pass the censors so I just pretend the last 7 mins don't exist. This is one of those shows you can watch when you just want to turn your brain off and watch a sweet story.

5. My Lethal Man

It's premise is similar to Love of Replica however here Shen Man Ning, an art student takes the place of Zhuang Xin Yan, granddaughter of a business tycoon. Yan Xing Cheng, the mysterious male lead is ruthless in pursuing the mastermind behind the threats and is not really sympathetic to Xin Yan but as they face the difficulties together they fall in love. The romance is so good and their dynamic is very different from typical ones. I found the secondary characters' romance weird and poorly done. The plot was really good and the pace kept moving along nicely. Except for the secondary romance, I had a great time watching it, I really recommend this one if you want a drama that balances mystery/thriller and romance and does a good job at both aspects.

4. Love in Time

A time travel drama again ! This is the last one though. This one is unique because the appartment in which He Zhen Yu has recently moved into merges with it's past one. This is how he meets a rookie reporter Chen Jia Lan who is a former tenant from four months ago, and through some miracle, they are able to see each other. When they attempt to prevent future misfortunes by changing the past together, their romance blossoms. Their romance was so good that I really ended up hardcore rooting for them to get their happy ending. I don't want to give away too much so all I'll say is that the time travel and its consequences were handled very well for the most part and the plot was interesting and took surprising turns. He Zhen Yu's character arc was very well portrayed on the other hand while in the beginning I related to Chen Jia Lan, in the latter part of the drama I was frustrated with her choices and how she didn't have a character growth moment. All the actors did a good job but I have to say that the main leads' acting was very good and made me very immersed in their story. All in all, I had a very good time watching it as the ending brought it all together for me.

3. Lucky's First Love

It's one of those office romances which has a light tone for the most part. Xing Yun is competent and hardworking who was there with Xia Ke when he started the company. They have been working together for years and have deep understanding of each other and work well together. Thankfully, Xia Ke is not one of those CEOs who are jerks and cold hearted. He may be reserved but he is quite caring (not in an overt way) not only towards Xing Yun but also his employees. Xing Yun does go out with someone else in the start but it doesn't last long and love triangle shenanigans are not long drawn out. The main leads' romance is sweet and depicts their daily interactions and they have great kiss scenes. The secondary couples are also great. This drama has character development for main and secondary characters, wholesome workplace and family dynamics, no over the top melodrama, lifelike workplace and relationship issues, slice of life interactions and very little angst. This is a great watch for when you need something short and sweet that's not too heavy.

2. Ordinary Greatness

The show mainly focuses on novice police officers that are starting their one year long mentorship. They soon discover that the grass-roots work is different from what they imagined, and, after some struggles, they're gradually moved by the sense of achievement and honour gained in their work. Throughout the show we explore their characters, their comraderie with each other, with their mentors and with other police officers at their station. We also get to know their mentors and other police officers at the station which immerses the audience in the show deeply. It is a slice of life type drama, where most of the cases are not major crimes. All actors knock it out of the park with their emotional as well as subtle portrayals. This show depicts how even small acts and seemingly tedious and insignificant work really have great impact on people's lives and that the people doing such grassroots work contribute just as much and are just as important to the society if not more as the people doing big acts like taking down criminal gangs. While some situations and cases are specific to China, everyone will be able to relate to majority of them. I must say this is a must watch drama.

1. Arsenal Military Academy

This is a Republican era drama in which Xie Xiang assumes her brother's identity to join the Chinese army and is accepted in the Arsenal Military Academy. While she is the main lead the story also follows Gu Yan Zheng(main lead) - a spoilt quarrelsome rich kid, the gentle and introverted Shen Jun San, Qu Man Ting - a famous actress and singer and secondarily other cadets, their teachers and other locals. It has great comedy, really good romance (including their hilarious bickering), enjoyable action and entertaining dynamic of the cast. All the actors did an excellent job here, the standouts being Bai Lu, for portraying being able to convincingly play the female role and the female disguised as male role all while knocking out her emotional and comedic scenes and Xu Kai, who can forget his electrifying performance as a lovable troublemaker. I have to warn you that the story gets serious in the last 10ish episodes and that the love triangle does drag out a little bit longer than it should but it's resolution is still good. To me the drama didn't seem overly patriotic so I didn't have a problem rooting for the characters and their goals of protecting and improving their country. This ranked first because it's romance, characters and their comraderie won me over completely.

You can also check out my costumed cdrama rankings.

As I'm still a newbie to cdramas and kdramas, I welcome your recommendations.

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dandelionfairywish · 11 months

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program into your heart

i'm programmed into your heart.

1 .viki dramas and movies

2. Netflix original dramas and movies

3. viki take of dramas and movie sometimes without warning and you might not see them depending on where you live so enjoy while you can and I'm going to keep them on the list if they do get removie because sometimes they put them back on.

Cute Programmer

Go Go Squid!

Go Go Squid 2: Dt. Appledog's Time

Falling Into Your Smile

You Are My Glory

Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge Season 2

Switch On

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

Lucky's First Love

Beyond Light Years

Semantic Error

Love Crossed

The App from Heaven

Love Cells

Love Cells Season 2

User Not Found

Dear.M

Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte

My Absolute Boyfriend

Zettai Kareshi

I'm Not a Robot

A Robot in the Orange Orchard

Are You Human Too?

Why Women Love

Blade Man

Unique Lady Season 2

Search: WWW

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

Love the Way You Are

Close Friend

Close Friend Season 2

Consummation

Oshi no Oujisama

Level Up

Almost Human

Yumi's Cells Season 2

Ghost

Unlock My Boss

Rich Man

Lighter & Princess Extra

Risky

Piple: AI to Kekkon Seikatsu Hajimemashita

Live On

Let's Go Crazy on LIVE

I Told Sunset About You

I Promised You the Moon

I Picked Up a Star on the Road

Shadow Beauty

See You After Quarantine?

The Coolest World

A Piece of Your Mind

Eight Hours

Forever Love

My Girlfriend Is an Alien

My Girlfriend Is an Alien Season 2

Because This Is My First Life

Start-Up

Unforgettable Love

Mr. Fox and Miss Rose

Catch Up My Prince

Our Dating Sim

Die Now

Love Alarm

Love Alarm Season 2

My Holo Love

Something in the Rain

Gank Your Heart

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storytellergirl · 1 year

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Lucky's First Love (cdrama, 2019) - final thoughts

A solid feel-good drama with a great OTP.

After being disapponted with another fluffy modern cdrama, Intense Love (review here), I hoped that Lucky's First Love would be better - and it didn't disappoint :).

The premise is that the ML, Xia Ke, is a CEO of a company that makes online dating games and the FL, Xing Yun (aka "Lucky"), is the first employee he hired. They've been working closely together for two years and they both live and breathe for the company. They are also often bickering with each other which is a lot of fun to watch.

When the ML appoints the FL to be in charge of the new dungeon project, he suggests to her that she should gain some dating experience to help her develop a better game. To his surprise, she takes him for his word and goes to a blind date that her cousin arranges for her. While she slowly discovers what being in a relationship means, Xia Ke realizes that pushing her into the arms of another was a huge mistake because the one who's supposed to be with Xing Yun is….him.

The dynamics is actually similar to What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, but Lucky's First Love is more juvenile. It does deliver the optimistic, good feels though: it doesn't have any huge misunderstandings or a break-up, the second and third leads are actually nice people and there is no-one who actively plots against the OTP.

Ok, there is an unfortunate crazy ex girlfriend trope in the last four episodes, but while she makes the leads uncomfortable, they trust each other and don't break up. It just sucks because it's an overdone stereotype and it took away screen time from the leads who only just got together. So the last episodes are rather weak, with badly written mild "crisis", but the leads get their HEA anyway, so I am not too mad. (just skip the crazy ex scenes and you're good)

The majority of the show is actually great and fun: I would say that eps 7 to 19 are the strongest. There is a lot of build up/slow burn, the leads only get officially together in ep 19 and the pay off is not as great as one would hope.

8/10 - This is a solid fluffy drama with good chemistry between the leads but it has some weaker plot moments towards the end.

#lucky's first love #the world owes me a first love #ela watches dramas #cdrama #asian drama

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