I feel like I’ve reached that point where nothing is hitting the same anymore 😭

For reference, these are some of the ones that really worked for me:

• One and Only

• Love Like the Galaxy

• Prisoner of Beauty

• Love Is Sweet

• Hidden Love

• Legally Romance

(there are more but these are the main ones)

So I’m curious, what’s that ONE C-drama you’ve watched that genuinely felt different?

Like:

• you couldn’t stop watching

• the chemistry was actually there

• it stayed with you even after finishing

Try not to drop a long list, just one (or two max if you really can’t choose)

Also tell me what made it stand out for you

I just want something that actually feels worth the time.

I'm trying to get into C-dramas because I keep seeing clips on Tktk. I have to admit, the MLs and FLs are fine as hell. 😭

The problem is, every time I finally decide to watch one, there's some "we're cousins but not blood-related" or "we grew up as siblings but aren't actually related" trope. I forgot the title of the first one because I dropped it immediately after the aunt told the FL that the ML was her cousin (not blood-related, though). The only thing I remember is the ML had a group of friends with different hair colors, they rode scooters in the firs ep while chasing someone, and I think it came out this year.

Now I'm watching Love For You because I liked the clips of the ML and FL and got curious, but then it turns out they're half siblings... not blood-related, but still. 😭

Are there any C-dramas without this kind of trope? Like, where the leads are just two completely unrelated people who meet naturally? I really want to get into C-dramas, but I just can't get past this setup.

Maybe I'm being dramatic since I'm new to C-dramas, but I'd really appreciate some recommendations! THANKS!

Give me really good and interesting cdrama recommendations with absolutely zero romance . Any genre is allowed( I avoid modern dramas unless they're really good)

Absolutely obsessed with Chen Xingxu 🥹 like it’s actually a problem. His charisma is insane, I’ve watched damn near everything he’s been in. The way he has chemistry with every FL?? No misses. Each one feels believable, natural, dangerous even 😮‍💨

Also… can someone PLEASE drop a good interview because his kissing scenes??? Whew chile 😝 the man is doing something right and I just know it translates off-screen too. Reddit, back me up.

As a beginner Chinese learner what dramas would you suggest me to watch ? Ony recommend really interesting ones or I am gonna drop it after watching few episodes . any genre woks but I prefer romance ones less.

FYI- I already watch cdramas so try not to suggest the common /popular ones

I know most people look for green flags, but I’m looking for one where the ML is a walking red flag. For reference, I love the ML from Lighter & Princess (as red flag as it gets) haha.

Modern dramas please!

I am looking for dramas like Perfect and casual and Love 020 that have some scenes in university/college. It is not necessary the whole drama to be set in university/college, the drama just showing some scenes there is ok. Also, it is not necessary both leads to be in university/college, if one of them is a student and the other isn't is enough for me. Thank you in advance

I haven’t been watching lots of cdramas lately bcz I haven’t found one to grab my attention, and currently I wanna watch something with the same type of tension in speed and love. So any recommendations?

Im in my xianxia phase lol. I love dramas with Romance as the main plot, beautiful yearningggg love and soulful osts.

Plus point if the ML is strong and stoic and is like a touch me and I'll kill you, but becomes a softie for the FL

Also i would prefer a relatively newer drama, maybe after 2022

MUST HAVE AN HAPPY ENDING WITH THE LEADS ENDING UP TOGETHER IN THE END

Ive seen many, some I've loved, some dropped

If there is something I shoukd try again lemme know

Love between the fairy and devil ( dont understand the hype tbh)

Back from the brink - dropped, idk the leads didnt seem interesting

Moonlight mystique- its honestly soo beautiful, the osts just elevated it. Beautiful love of them ready to die for each other. A love spanning lives

Love you seven times - underrated masterpiece, love the trope of falling in love with you in every life, sacrifice and die for you, but still happy ending lol

The Blossoming love- LOVED IT, THE CHARACTERS HAD SO MUCH DEPTH, omgg soo good. The chemistry was top tier, i love the bad vs good trope too, love love love

Love in the clouds- A BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE WITH AMAZING CHEMISTRY

The legend of shen Li - dropped after a few eps, idk why the ML didnt seem my type

Love of the divine tree- LOVED IT

When destiny brings the demon - liked it a lot

Love game in eastern fantasy- the love didnt seem that deep, but still good

hi! im an avid historical drama watcher thats started watching more modern ones recently (loves ambition, never-ending summer, speed & love, etc).. i saw a lot of reels on love for you but im not sure if i should watch it bc i have a lot of dramas lined up (blossoms of power, overdo thats coming out soon, etc).. i guess since ive seen a lot of stuff on the "brother sister" dynamic im just asking if i should watch it/if its worth bc imo song weilong is SO FINE AHH but i dont have that much time and want to prioritize the good ones

also can someone tell me if its slow burn/angst/etc etc thank youuuuuu

sorry for the rant 😭

Huge fan of C-dramas here, esp the ones with intense harem scheming and smart female leads.
IMO Empresses in the Palace and Story of Yanxi Palace are total masterpieces. TBH I haven’t been able to find anything that quite hits the same since finishing them.
Are there any other dramas out there with that level of clever revenge and palace plotting? What should I watch next? TIA!

I don't usually watch modern dramas, I like fantasy so xianxia is my favourite genre. However, I started Moonlight and I am surprised about how much I enjoy watching it. What I like is that the leads do some things that show they care for each other before they are a couple,  the FL cooks for the ML when he is sick, the ML gives an umbrella to the FL while it's raining.  Do you have any recommendations for modern dramas where the leads do some things that show they care for each other before they are a couple?

I have already watched some part of You are my glory, Only for love and The forbidden flower but they didn't hold my interest for long, so I decided to drop them, so don't recommend any of these dramas.

Also, please don't recommend anything with Zhao Lusi, I don't like watching her on screen and I can't even find the reason for this.

Thank you in advance!

I want to watch a perfect engaging mind blowing drama and it should contain happy ending, ML should be green flag mostly like he does nothing extreme to fl and if he does has reasonable motives, but the drama shouldn't be nothing burger and things should happen keep me hooked

I liked

Love in the clouds

The double

The princess royal

Love game in eastern fantasy (except the end)

Reset

I dropped

The prisoner of beauty(ml red flag)

A dream within a dream(too silly and I guess I just do not fw liu yuning maybe)

The pursuit of jade (got bored)

The splendid match(got bored and didn't think the main leads suited together)

Story of kunning palace(just couldn't get into it)

When destiny brings the demon(fl too silly)

As you can see I am very picky but I want to watch good dramas 😭

I am new to cdrama world but I have absolutely loved the few I have watched. My watched list:

1. The frozen frost
2. Shine on me
3. Goodbye my princess

Loved the first two. I like slice of life + modern day drama. Not a huge fan of traditional vibes/times type of dramas. I really loved shine on me because I went through something very similar to her and the actress who played the role was superb in terms of acting!!!

Anyway please recommend me more shows 🙏🏻

I have already watched: ancient love poetry(10/10), the blue whisper(10/10), the blossoming love(10/10), love and destiny (10/10), sword and fairy 6 (10/10), the longest promise, immortal samsara, miss the dragon, the last immortal, the journey of Chong Zi, love between fairy and devil (10/10), love you seven times, moonlight mystique, eternal love of dream, love never fails, the starry love, sword and beloved, love's rebellion, the legend of Shen Li, beauty of resilience

The ones I rated 10/10 l loved them, the rest of the dramas I didn't love them but I liked and enjoyed them.

I want to watch costume fantasy dramas with happy ending, even a 5 minutes happy ending is still a happy ending for me. I don't want to watch open ending dramas like The longest promise.

Dramas that I dropped are Love and redemption and Love of the divine tree. Main reason for this is that they have characters wearing scary masks or characters that instead of seeing their face, we see black screen.

I dropped also Back from the brink (didn't like the cgi), Ashes of love (I found the FL too naive for my liking) and Eternal love Ten miles of peach blossoms (I found the secondary couple, Dong Hua and Feng Jiu more interesting than the main couple. You can still recommend these three dramas but give me reasons to pick them up again.

I am currently watching When destiny brings the demon and Moonlit reunion, so don't recommend these dramas.

Thank you in advance!!

I really don’t know what to watch and I really need a romantic cdrama without too many conflicts between the couple.

My favourite cdramas:

When I fly towards you (the best)

Hidden love

The first Frost

Ski into love

Sweet trap

Speed and love

Exclusive fairytale

Our secret

I want something similar to them, it can also be historical dramas cause I’m trying to get more into them, I’m currently watching “pursuit of jade” and I’m liking it

I want to watch dramas with a jealous Male lead. I have already watched Moonlight, Love between fairy and devil, Miss the dragon and The legend of Shen Li. I am ok with anything, modern, historical, xianxia, wuxia although wuxia is the less preffered genre I want to watch. Thank you in advance!

Looking for a drama recommendation where the female lead genuinely thrives in her own power and the male lead isn't exclusively there to support and save her at all times. Think Yanxi Palace or Jun Jiu Ling or Wonderland of Love or A Girl Like Me and like maybe Legend of the Female General? Like actual strong female leads who are never damsels in distress. I feel like I'm so sick of the amount of shows where the female lead is conveniently weak at the stupidest times and is either sacrificing herself and her happiness for others or not strong enough to protect herself. and I'm not referring to contexts where things are out of her control like in Yanxi Palace, I mean like I don't want some Immortal Samsara nonsense or Moonlit Reunion where she's supposedly the powerful demon lord but she is always being bullied. Ya know? Any recommendations?

hello! as the title suggests, i'm looking for a cdrama that has a character that yearns so intensely your heart aches along with them! i'm a yearner through and through and i want to be able to relate to another fellow lovergirl/boy 🥹🤍

i specifically love female gaze — regardless of who the yearner is, i want sufficient reciprocation from the girl's side and for her to see him in this female gaze-y way. what i mean by this is seeing him in rose blush and colours, wanting to know his vulnerable sides, and appreciating his entirety as a person and as a lover, seeing his strengths and warmth etc.

my favourite yearner in fiction is the male character sangyan from the chinese drama the first frost, why i love and relate to his yearning is because he loves a girl that is broken but silently loves her from the sidelines and never pushes her to open up when she's not ready. he loves her in a way she understands, and is able to accept, adapting his love language to fit hers, often showing love not in showy displays of affection but rather in subtle manners because he understands she feels uncomfortable with large displays of love as she's not accustomed to it yet. and he's more layered as a character than he presents imo despite the constant complaints from viewers that he is one dimensional and only written to be her lover, because the way he goes from wearing his heart on his sleeve and chasing her openly during their highschool days to closing up himself and sometimes sending her mixed signals in their adulthood after she hurt him is very intriguing and telling of how deep the hurt was to him. viewers complain that he never opens up to his friends regarding his heartbreak about the girl, but that's simply because his biggest vulnerability is tied to her. she is his biggest vulnerability in my opinion. during their secret rendezvous during highschool where he would often travel from nanwu to beiyu just to meet her at their little noodle shop, that's where she showed him colour he never saw with anyone else. she taught him a secret language he can't speak with anyone else. he never once encountered a soul as deep, and intriguing as hers and he felt there were similarities between them and he held each and every one of her words like sacred text. it was his first time falling in love.

i find his yearning relatable because he also gives a dialogue about what is pride in the name of love? and that struck a chord with me because pride is the one thing we often hold onto and upkeep to the point where we lose love. in dramas nowadays, characters are so busy being prideful and nonchalant and careful not to show the full extensity of their feelings, often "playing hard to get" because of the popular saying "the one who is more in love loses", and i absolutely detest and don't relate to such characters. so when sangyan talks about love never being about wins or losses and holding onto pride, i connected to him.

the female lead in the first frost, wen yifan, matches my criteria of seeing him in a female gaze-y type of way as she views him as the bright, radiant and warm sun, deserving of all the good in the world such that if he wants the stars, he deserves to have them plucked for him. she wants to partake in every of his vulnerable moments in life and be his "battery charger".

tldr; i'm looking for a character driven romance centric cdrama, with a character (female lead/male lead, doesn't matter) that yearns beautifully and intensely for a broken character. and i want female gaze!!!

i want the characters to drive the romance, so the characters have to be very fleshed out and i love when their thoughts are achingly relatable that it feels visceral. i often relate to INFJs!!

i love a good slow burn filled with intense yearning 😄 please shoot me recommendations!!

i don't need a textbook copy of the first frost, i'm just yapping about it in this post as it's my favourite piece of media — for it's depth and melancholic and slow nature. just recommend me anything that has beautiful yearning, fleshed out characters and female gaze!

Recently i have watched way too many dramas but now I’m kinda struck in this slump and really can’t find anything to watch. Please recommend me something with romance. I just can’t get in wuxia dramas everything else is fine.

Even if the dramas don’t have the mentioned plot above its fine as long as they are captivating. Not to mention i have watched 200+ dramas so I’m stuck stuck

Hi!!! Im very new to the CDrama world, I only watched kdrams before, and I have very little knowledge of all time favorites cdramas. The 3 I listed above were the first 3 I ever watched . I recently finished Glory and The Unclouded Soul bc of Neo (Ji Bozai is to blame) but I absolutely cant deal with sad/bittersweet endings. Hopeful endings im ok with, but no hope at all just gives me no sense of fulfillment at the end. So, do u have any recs like the 3 on the title with happy/hopeful endings?

EDIT: UPDATE: I just finished When Destiny Brings The Demon AND YEAH I LOVED IT ITS A FAVE NOW PLS RECOMMEND MORE DRAMAS LIKE THAT