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Finally finished watching The Flame's Daughter, a cdrama I started watching in 2020. I took a large gap in the middle because, to be honest, it's not very good. But I'm glad I finished it because there's a few cdrama and kdrama I started watching which I never finished watching (Story Yanxi Palace, The Goblin, and The Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People mainly).

Now that means I want to find a new asian drama to watch. Preferably historical or fantasy. I'm thinking maybe of the Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty, but I'd like to take recs. Anything good people want to recommend to me?

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profiterole_reads

Si tu ne l'as pas déjà vu, je recommande Word of Honor (sur Viki). J'entends de bonnes choses sur Ancient Detective, mais je n'ai pas encore essayé.

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salinea

Déjà vu! J'ai bien aimé même si je suis pas du tout dans le fandom (et j'ai pas du tout aimé la fin avec la mort de tous les personnages féminins).

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lessonsinescapology

I remember that one. Didn't finish it^^

What do you like in c-dramas? So I can rec.

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salinea

hahaha, yeah I wouldn't recommend getting back to it ^^

I've enjoyed Nirvana in Fire a lot (though more for the secondary characters than the main two guys). I liked Word of Honor but wasn't really into the main romance either. I've watched half of Story of Yanxli Palace and I first I liked the story and the main character being very tough and clever but after a while all the melodrama started being too much for me. In the Flame's Daughter, I mostly liked some of secondary cast but found the story pretty dreadful (and the LI was horrid).

So mostly well told stories is the big draw, I think? And likeable characters but that's a bit hard to tell what works and doesn't. I don't much like the characters who are smugly controlling because they know best and we're supposed to find that cool and tragic.

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lessonsinescapology

That doesn't narrow it down! XD

I'll give a few recs and you can try and see what you like.

Modern/romance: You are My Glory

Modern/supernatural: Rattan

Historical (yet heavily censored): The Long Ballad

Modern/gaming: Crossfire

Classic Wuxia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKCDL7jjHqg

Modern/Cop: Under The Skin

China's warlord era/chinese opera/BL: Winter Begonia

Xianxia/epic romance:

- Love and Destiny starring Ni Ni and Chang Chen

- Eternal Love starring Mark Chao and Yang Mi

- Ashes of Love: watch this solely for the drama of the Heavenly Imperial Family. The main couple are idiotic.

Edited Date: 5 June 2022 04:27 pm (UTC)

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salinea

thank you!!!

I forgot to repeat that I was mostly interested in historical/fantasy. Maybe I'll watch the Long Ballad.

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lessonsinescapology

You're welcome ^_^

Xianxia is Chinese high fantasy but it tends to focus on epic love. The Long Ballad has real historical figures in it hence the heavy censorship.

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