After falling in love with Ever Night as my first Chinese historical drama, I have  finished over three hundred chinese dramas. Yeah, I'm a dramaholic with nothing better to do. ??  My weakness when watching dramas is that I'm impatient and get bored easily, even if the drama is good I can have problems finishing it. I also often get ending fright and instead I am constantly  looking for new and more interesting characters. 

I cry easily and historical mystery is my favorite genre, closely followed by wuxia and historical romance. I don’t like Historical dramas that have women bullying women as a theme. Less of that please! (Bloody Romance and Yanxi Palace at the  exceptions. Those dramas really works!)

Favorite Dramas 2023: 

Story Of Kunning Palace, Lost You Forever, Till The End of The Moon, I am Nobody, My Journey to You, Scent of Time

Favorite actors 2023:  

 Tan Jian Ci, Neo Hou, Ryan Cheng, Bai Lu, Zhou Ye

Biggest surprise of 2023:

Zhang Ling He’s portrayal of Xie Wei in Kunning Palace

My View on Chinese Historical Dramas of 2024 so far

Favorite male characters of 2024
Duke Su (Wang Xing Yue) - The Double
Shen Du (Ding Yu Xi) - Melody of the Golden Age
Zhao Yuan Zhou (Neo Hou) - Fangs of Fortune

Best Male actor or 2024

Wang Xing Yue

Most Successful Male Actor of the year
Ding Yu Xi

Favorite Female characters of 2024
Duanwu (Zhao Lusi) - Story of Pearl Girl

Best Female Actress of the year

Best Female supporting actress
Lu Yu Xiao as Shao Yao - Blossoms in Adversity

Best Male supporting actor


Best on-screen chemistry 2024
Wang Xing Yue (Duke Su) & Wu Jin Yan (Jiang Li) - The Double
Neo Hou (Zhao Yuanzhou) & Tian Jia Rui (Zhuo Yichen) - Fangs of Fortune
Zhao Lusi (Duanwu) & Liu Yi Ning (Yan Zijing)  -Story of Pearl girl

Favorite couple
Xiao Yao & Xiang Liu - Lost You Forever 2

My Favorite side-kicks/maids of 2024
Xiao Xiami (Duanwu’s little brother)
Kang Ju (Yan Zijing’s sidekick)
Wen Ji & Lu Ji ( Duke Su’s sidekicks)
Wang Qi Nian ( Fan Xian’s sidekick) Joy of Life 2
Tong Er (Jiang Li’s maid)

Most despicable characters of 2024
Princess Wan Ning (Li Meng) - The Double

Villains to love 2024
Li Lun (Yan An) - Fangs of Fortune
Ye Ding Zhi (He Yu) - Dashing Youth
Li Cheng Ze, Second Prince (Liu Duan Duan) - Joy of Life 2

The Hero of 2024
Xiao Wuxia (Ren Jia Lun) - Love of nirvana

Funniest character


Visual of the year
Neo Hou as Zhao Yuan Zhou

Micro expression ability of the year
Wang Xing Yue as Duke Su

White hair of 2024


Characters that deserved more screen-time
Li Lun - Fangs of Fortune
Duke Su - The Double
Ye Dingzhi - Dashing Youth

Best Mini drama
Hard Noble Lady

For more info on what I like check out my lists. 

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