My Favorites

My first Xianxia and still my favorite easy moderately low angst and enjoyable watch. Almost dropped it because of Esther Yu, but her character truly grew on me. 

A more mature Xianxia, great production and directing. Very satisfying last episode, closest adaptation to the books that I've seen so far. Sticks in my head.

Picked up considerably in the second act and became a strong favorite.

Hooked me once the team got together where the gaming sequences had more meaning.  Seeing a goofier Yang Yang is also refreshing.

So badass. Worth watching all the way to the end. Avoided it for a while until I found out about the Liu Dao Tang characters and how awesome they were. Alen Fang's character absolutely stole the show.

This show has its flaws but it grew on me and was way better the second time around. Ding Yu Xi is excellent when it comes to his facial expressions, and Cat Demon Chu Kong was the best.

Sweet and light, OST was a strong contributor to the story and enhanced the scenes.

This show ended up spoiling every other youth drama for me. A nice, light watch, no unnecessary conflicts, wholesome and refreshing.

Guilty pleasure. Not top notch quality, but entertaining especially when they made fun of all the cliches in romance novels. This show had the most satisfying return to the real world. Real life family parts are worth skipping though.

Starts slow but picked up for me once the tennis transition happened. (Ep 10-ish?) // After a rewatch where circumstances in my personal life changed, the first few episodes were strongly relevant to me.

I never expected to laugh so much in this type of show/story. Zhao Lusi's Shaoshang role was perfect and the balance of her deadpan humor, very brief flashes of cute worked out well. Leo Wu's Ling Buyi character is my favorite out of the works I've seen him in.

Pure fluff rom com, no real conflicts. Very good production quality.

Qin Lan is so soothing in this show. Strong and practical against the workplace battle. Dylan Wang smiles a LOT here but his younger guy character has a good mature personality. Very different from his LBFAD role. 

Dilraba not being a cutesy character was a strong plus. Liu Yuning and Zhao Lusi had the best characters. Leo Wu's Ashile Sun design is one of my favorites. The animated battle scene cuts got old fast, but the pacing in general felt strong.

This is one of those shows that I had to be in the mood for. I wasn't a fan on the first watch, the romance is slow and quiet but pretty natural. This has fabulous food scenes, a bit of tourism promotion (Yangshuo/Guilin) and the fascinating world of voice acting. The VA parts and all the people involved were all fun characters and the production of their shows were spectacular.