Hi readers, it’s been a long time. I have disappeared without warning for the past few months but the irony is, I watched more dramas than I ever did during the times I was active on here. During my disappearance, I was on a drama binge, probably because I finally had time to throw myself into the world of dramas without worrying about blogging and all. Continue reading
Title: Hapimari: Happy Marriage!?
Native Title: はぴまり
Country of Origin: Japan
Airing Date: June 22, 2016-August 31, 2016
Episodes: 12
Where to watch: I watch it on kissasian.com but only 8 episodes have been uploaded as of the moment
Main Cast:
Dean Fujioka as Mamiya Hokuto
Seino Nana as Takanashi Chiwa
Shirasu Jin as Yagami Yu
Shinoda Mariko as Shirata Misaki
Fujiwara Norika as Soma Taeko
Hello, dramaland! I’m back for good 😉 Going to write about this new J-drama that I’ve just discovered after attempting to watch LoveO2O as my post-exams reward but all drama sites didn’t want me to watch it *cries* so I ended up watching “Happy Marriage” and it’s currently giving me life! I may have already watched a few J-dramas in the past but it will be my first time to write about one in full length. Read more to find out.
Hello, everyone (≧▽≦)! You could watch this on Youtube under the name Blakey, the eng subber for this web series.
Title: Against the Light/ Blacklight
Native Title: 逆光源 网络剧
Country of Origin: China
Airing date: July 7, 2016- ?
Episodes: 10 (Aprox. 10 minutes each)
Channels: LeTV, SoHu, Youku, Tudou.
Main Cast:
Ge QinHong 葛秦宏 as Fang Yuan 方源
Zhu BoYang 朱柏杨 as Ran Guang 染光
Note: Read the recaps like it’s one episode altogether.
Source: Soompi
Title: No.10 Skewed Tobacco Pouch Street / No.10 YanDaiXie Street / No.10 YanDai Byway / YanDaiXieJie No.10 / YanDaiXieJie10Hao Web Series [S1]
Native Title: 烟袋斜街10号
Genre: Drama, Romance, Boys Love
Country of Origin: China
Airing date: May 31, 2016 – July 12, 2016 [S1]
# of Episodes: 10
Channel: Youtube/Weibo
Synopsis: No.10 YanDaiXie Street is about Liang Ze’s struggle in maintaining his friendship with Hang Hang as Hang Hang develops feelings for him. In order for him to keep Hang Hang close, Liang Ze would have to enter into a romantic relationship with Hang Hang. However, Liang Ze’s definition of a great love threatens the man-to-man relationship.
Main Cast:
Luo YiHang / Alan (罗一航) asLiang Ze (梁泽)
Gong Zheng (宫政) asHang Hang (杭航)
Yang Xi / Colin (杨曦) as Hu Wei (胡蔚)
Kang Rong / Kevin (康榕) asQi Ji (齐霁)
OMG HELLO DRAMA BLOGGING WORLD!!! Drama and/or blogging hiatuses or maybe taking breaks in general from the usual habits can make people go crazy. I should know because it’s what I’m currently experiencing. Yes, I’m back but only because if I don’t blog about this, I might just explode haha! Kidding aside, I just want to reiterate my reason for staying in the Taiwanese/Chinese drama fandom: never-ending fan service!
Ady An’s Weibo post *fangirls endlessly*
My ultimate favorite Taiwanese drama, “Autumn’s Concerto” just recently had a cast reunion! All this time I thought I was in a dream until my friend pointed out that they weren’t throwback photos, but they actually reunited after 3 years (they reunited back in 2013). Hope you can join me in this fangirling madness *squeals*. WARNING: photo spamming and lots of fangirling ahead!
New drama featuring Chen Xue Dong as the main lead? Well, regardless of storyline, I’m definitely watching this drama. Alongside him, Ouyang Nana who was on the reality show, Up Idol, will star as the female lead. While I’m a bit doubtful of Ouyang Nana’s age and acting, I know I’ll sit through anything for Chen Xuedong!
Following is our very first guest post by Miss Fifi 🙂
Hello everyone, I am Miss Fifi and I’m obsessed with Kdramas, KShows and Kmovies. I don’t know what I was thinking barging in on a blog dedicated to Mainland and Taiwanese shows, but I’m super glad to have Kate and Marian be so nice and take me. 🙂 Today, I’ll be writing a first impression post on Jackpot. The first two episodes have already aired and sadly, I only got to watch the first episode today. *sighs*
Title: Jackpot (literal title)
Revised romanization: Daebak
Hangul: 대박
Country of Origin: South Korea
Airing date: March 28 – June 14, 2016
Episodes: 24
Network: SBS
Director: Nam Gun
Writer: Kwon Soon-Gyu
Cast:
Jang Keun-Suk as Baek Dae-Gil
Yeo Jin-Goo as King Yeongjo
Jun Kwang-Ryul as Lee In Jwa
Song Jong Ho as Moo-Myung
Choi Min-soo as Sook-jong
Lim Ji-yeon as Dam-seo
Dear readers who are fans of Love Me If You Dare, you are in luck! Don’t say I’m not taking good care of you guys 😛
I chanced upon Fleet of Time, the movie version of Back In Time. After watching for 20 minutes, I condemned it and decided the drama version was much better. This brought me to rewatch Back In Time and the feels overwhelmed me. While this drama might not have made it onto the list of my favourite dramas in terms of plot because the storyline is pretty overused and naggy (especially towards the back), I must admit that this is a beautiful drama with many hidden gems. This drama has a lot of noteworthy quotes. I still have them saved on a note in my laptop even though it’s been a year since I watched it – I will share them next time round!
More importantly, Back In Time was the first (and practically only) drama where I had a real problem of second-lead syndrome. Throughout the entire drama, I felt that the male lead was undeserving of the female lead. I have met my fair share of ‘perfect second leads’ but Qiao Ran from Back In Time was the only one that kept me firmly on his ship the entire drama without ever rooting for the male lead. The most amazing thing about this drama is that despite the fact that I *almost* despise the male lead, I can easily understand why the female lead chose him and would continuously disappoint my poor Qiao Ran.
I didn’t expect to go back to recapping this soon but I hope you can join me in this long journey ahead! Another Jerry Yan drama to be recapped 😉
Love the opening sequence!
Title: Because of Love aka In Love We Trust, Because Love
Native Title: 因為愛
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country of Origin: China
Airing date: February 28, 2016-?
# of Episodes: 32
Channel: HubeiTV
Main Cast:
Jerry Yan as Zhuang Dao Sheng
Hai Lu as Jiang Ke Xin
Alice Tzeng as Die Er
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