What’s going on? Releasing over 10 dramas in the last ten days of the year?!
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! Stay warm and healthy!
=======> ♦ Accidentally Meow on You (一不小心喵上你) with Xing Zhao Lin and Hu Bing Qing began airing on 12/20.
=======> ♦ On The Scent (闻香识心) with Yang Ye Ming and Li Jia Jia began airing on 12/20.
=======> ♦ Homesick (回来的女儿) with Zhang Zi Feng, Wang Yan Hui, and Mei Ting began airing 12/21.
Synopsis per Qiyi: A family named Li missing for many years daughter suddenly appeared, this sudden reunion instead let the town waves constantly. Accident and the truth comes one after another, the family deep secret also gradually surfaced…
=======> ♦ Springs of Life (青春正好) with Wang Yi Zhe, He Lan Dou, and Ye Zu Xin began airing 12/22.
=======> ♦ Sisterhood (家有姐妹) with Yang Chao Yue, Liu Yan, and Fan Ming began airing on 12/23. This looks like a sitcom.
=======> ♦ Catch Up My Prince (公子不可求) with Liu Yi Chang abd Xu Ruo Han to air on 12/24. Sorry, just read that it has been postponed to 1/8/2023.
=======> ♦ Time and Him are Just Right (时光与他,恰是正好) with Lu Yu Xiao and Wu Jun Ting began airing on 12/25.
Synopsis per Tencent: The stubborn, adorable Lin Xi approaches the crafty top student Ji Junxing on purpose. Throughout their “opportunistic” friendship, feelings bloom between two as they are always there for each other. Not only do they make friends, but they also make their own dreams and goals come true in the end.
Episode 1.
=======> ♦ Chinese remake of Kdrama Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo called So It’s You (原来是你) with Derek Chang and Luo Yu Tong began airing on 12/25.
=======> ♦ Gu Yuan Shan Shang You Shu Yuan (谷远山上有书院) with Cheng Lei, Wang Ya Jia, and Chen Huan to air 12/26.
=======> ♦ Flight To You (向风而行) with Wang Kai and Tan Song Yun to air 12/26.
Synopsis per Qiyi: Gu Nanting, the vice minister of passenger flight department of Lu Airlines, is a strict and self-disciplined man, who is known as a mean boss and a devil instructor. The female cargo pilot, Cheng Xiao, is brave and unrestrained. She was about to be promoted to captain when she got transferred to the passenger department due to the company’s restructuring. Gu Nanting becomes Cheng Xiao’s direct supervisor and mentor, and the two are at odds with each other. Gu Nanting, who has always pursued stability and order, is disrupted time and again by Cheng Xiao, who does not follow the usual rules. The two pilots and their mentor, who have always pursued stability and order, are disrupted time and again by the unorthodox Cheng Xiao. How can they deal with this situation?
=======> ♦ Never Grow Old (你好昨天) with Ren Min, Guo Jun Chen, Sun Yi Han, and Zhang Zhi Hao to air 12/26.
=======> ♦ The Blood of Youth (少年歌行) with Li Hong Yi, Liu Xue Yi, Lin Bo Yang, and Ao Rui Peng to air 12/26.
=======> ♦ Unchained Love (浮图缘) with Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi to air 12/27.
5 thoughts on “Cdramas Airing This Week: Homesick, The Blood of Youth, Never Grow Old, Unchained Love, Flight To You, and more!”
“The Blood of Youth” is not a good name because for a wuxia-xianxia, drama (as well as donghua), depending on fighting style and skill level, not much blood shown.
Two seasons of donghua came out earlier. English subbed versions should be around. Above average story-telling and production value.
Drama production appeared to have closely collaborated with donghua production. It’s pretty close to a live-action duplicate of animation. Unfortunately, drama made changes to and deletions of potentially censor-sensitive content, such as keeping just one Buddhist monk and turning the rest into secular people as well as stuff that could be construed as more than bromance. Thus, some humor was removed.
Looks like about the first half should follow closely to donghua. Then… It remains to be seen whether drama script will begin butchering the source novel to arrive at a very clichéd outcome.
5 thoughts on “Cdramas Airing This Week: Homesick, The Blood of Youth, Never Grow Old, Unchained Love, Flight To You, and more!”
i agreed, watched the first 3 episodes, the blood of youth is too intense and dark for this drama unless they go killing people at the end of the drama.
its entertaining so far, similar to young blood vibes.
do you like it so far keekeepod?
5 thoughts on “Cdramas Airing This Week: Homesick, The Blood of Youth, Never Grow Old, Unchained Love, Flight To You, and more!”
Chinese censors frown upon excessive violence and bloodshed so most donghuas and dramas have minimized the presence of (fake) blood, which also looks to be this production’s choice. Donghua’s title “The Great Journey of Teenagers” is also not quite right.
Drama’s casting was flawed but I’m much more a story person than pretty people person. It is good enough for me. It also answers a few questions that donghua and its comments didn’t address.
According to novel fans, there will be bloodbaths once the fight over the throne gets serious. Don’t know whether the ordinary masses will be adversely affected. Donghua portrays real jianghu people as perhaps following a code of honor or ethics such that they, including the professional killers/assassins, don’t randomly harm ordinary people or inflict acts of cruelty on pets/animals. Emperors, princes, aristocrats, military generals, and such might the worst of all.
5 thoughts on “Cdramas Airing This Week: Homesick, The Blood of Youth, Never Grow Old, Unchained Love, Flight To You, and more!”
I love Blood of Youth! I haven’t read source novel nor seen the donghua, so I have nothing to compare. I think the cast is fine. I love the trio. I love the humour. I love the action. Blood of Youth is currently my top drama that I look forward to everyday.
5 thoughts on “Cdramas Airing This Week: Homesick, The Blood of Youth, Never Grow Old, Unchained Love, Flight To You, and more!”
I guess I’m in the minority. I really enjoy the donghua, especially the back and forth bantering between the three male leads and the fantastic and often embellished fight scenes, but I find the live adaption a little corny and awkward. The fight scenes don’t impress me either. It also probably doesn’t help that the voice actor for Wu Xin is the same as the donghua, but it really doesn’t go with Liu Xue Yi’s face (or I’m just used to his other voice actors).
I haven’t read the source novel, so I can’t compare how it follow that, but I think it’s nice to see that it follows the animation timeline, and it does answer some questions I had while watching the donghua, as keekeepod mentioned above.