Cruel Romance: Episode 1 Recap

Hey everyone! Please welcome Vanilladreamcream from Dramadreamland to our ship! She has graciously offered to help with recaps, alternating with another volunteer, which you will soon meet. Recapping is a tough job so do give her lots of love as this will be a long journey full of abs and ice-creams and she’s relatively new. – Kappy

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The wait for Cruel Romance is over…mark your calendar!

Yesh. I have resorted to begging now because the people behind this are clearly enjoying the pain inflicted on us!! Lordy. I know the name of the game is Cruel Romance, but no need to extract the cruelty from it and give it to us. I have plenty of drama pains, thank-you very much. This morning, a little bird told me, the date has been pushed forward. February 28th. DUN. DUN. DUN.

Have some stills while we charge through another month… of agony.

NOTE: More stills added 1.28.15 Will be doing so until it airs in this post.

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Terror reigns in Cruel Romance’s second trailer

I appreciate Shanghai TV Festival. All the upcoming dramas upping the anticipation and roping in sponsors and broadcast stations with lavish stills and unseen footage. It’s been awhile since I last talked about Cruel Romance, the period drama starring Huang Xiao Ming, Joe Chen Qiao En, Kimi Liang, and Qi Ji. A lot of torturing scenes and forceful kisses in this one. Everyone is trying to terrorize another person. But no one is allowed to put fear in the female lead because her man runs a gang and owns more than one gun. And he’s not afraid to use them. Maybe even two at a time. 😛

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Huang Xiao Ming and Joe Chen master the waltz in Cruel Romance

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I’m no expert in dancing so if I’m wrong, forgive. But judging from the latest stills, one’s guess of Huang Xiao Ming‘s profession isn’t the mobster prince of Shanghai, but instead a dreamy dance teacher. Anyway, there’s no doubt this drama is gorgeous to look at….but let’s join my mantra, shall we?

pleasebegood! pleasebegood!! youmustbegood!!

I cannot stress this enough.

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