Hi guys! So instead of the annual Cdrama Awards I usually do, we found a fun way to make it less formal and more fun? Lol. The AVV community on discord came together to have a battle of less-words-is-more for the dramas they watched in 2022 by coming up with only one line to describe their feelings for the whole drama. It was fun to see how creative everyone got! Please note, not all dramas aired has a review so these are the ones that did!
Feel free to join in the comments with your own one-liner! Looking forward to reading them.
Have fun roasting or boasting! 🔥
Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are solely and subjectively of the individual.
A ROMANCE OF THE LITTLE FOREST
❤️ 2CP has a leg up over the OTP – Jen
❤️ It would have been nicer if 2nd CP didn’t exist – Anonymous
❤️ A romance as slow growing as a dead forest – Trinity
❤️ Cutes – PB
ARE YOU SAFE
❤️ The PSAs will make you paranoid about your electronic devices – Jen
❤️ Watch to keep your devices safe! – PB
❤️ Great for educating public on safeguarding your devices and personal info but as a story it is uneven and weak – Becky
A DREAM OF SPLENDOUR
❤️ Such beautiful people in such a beautiful costume drama 😍 – Becky
❤️ I fell for Chen Xiao and got interested in Liu Yifei. – PB
❤️ Started well, but fell flat, even Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nu couldn’t save it. – Wuxiarocks
❤️ Splendid tea and Chen Xiao – Trinity
❤️ Dreamy Chen Xiao, Splendid LYF – Outie
A FAMILIAR STRANGER
❤️ Hot Damn! – Sers
❤️ A mini webdrama that condensed all the good stuff, logic be damned – Maymay
❤️ A mini web drama done right! – Trinity
❤️ Generally HOT and CUTE! – Outie
❤️ Best mini costume drama of the Year! Has an intriguing and tight story, and such sexy memorable opening ep – Becky
BEING A HERO
❤️ There are puppies, dogs, llamas and wolves – PB
❤️ Best show to try 4x speed – Maymay
❤️ Chase Chenyu Paw Patrol “Woof!” – Outie
❤️ There was a bratty dog, battered cat and a llama. – Sers
BOILING LIFE
❤️ ‘Tis the truck drama where I fell for Elvis – PB
CHECKMATE
❤️ The half solved cases in the beginning of the drama were disappointing – Jen
❤️ Very beautiful sets and costumes but weak script – Becky
DRAW THE LINE
❤️ I admitted Cheng Yi into my palace – PB
❤️ Cheng Yi makes me draw the lines to others – Vivi
DISAPPEARING CHILD
❤️ A neighborhood that is trying to live life the best way they thought possible – Becky
❤️ The Chronicles of Mo mo – Outie
DINE WITH LOVE
❤️ Came for the food, there wasn’t enough food. – Sers
❤️ It was good, until it became annoying – Maymay
❤️ It was really good as fluffy romance and slice-of-life but unnecessary makjang in the last arc – Becky
DECREED BY FATE
❤️ Ewww, why are you the ML? Huge 2ML syndrome. – Sers
DOUBLE LOVE
❤️ A cute fluff drama with a hot ML that was sabotaged by awful editing – Trinity
❤️ The teeth. The cutes. The editing. – PB
FALLING INTO YOU
❤️ Look past the terrible filters to find a super cute fluffy jiedi romance – Trinity
❤️ I fell out of you. – PB
HEROES
❤️ I had to defend my Heroes babies against gege’s harsh words – Lenje
❤️ I kept thinking it’ll get better which is why I kept watching – Jen
❤️ I basically clicked the drama away, click click click, fastest drama I’ve watched – Kyun
❤️ This is the perfect example of how to do a bad Wuxia drama. – Wuxiarocks
❤️ Beautiful cinematography & intriguing beginning but let down by the bad dialogues (did a high schooler wrote the dialogues?) – Becky
❤️ The ending was awesome! Left me wanting to join them on their next journey. – Wuxiadrama_Lover
IMMORTAL SAMSARA
❤️ Daddy Cheng Yi rocks! – Maymay
❤️ Cheng Yi + Pain = Joy – Trinity
❤️ Cheng Yi, flip my heart – Vivi
❤️ The xianxia that I gave up within 15 mins of ep 1 – Becky
❤️ Where Yang Zi is immortalized to play the same role 30x lols – Frea
❤️ Not enough scenes of hot daddy, woah mama, I mean daddy – Lin
LIGHTER AND PRINCESS
❤️ Arthur and Jingyi’s chemistry ignites the screen; their (French) kisses burn everyone! – Lenje
❤️ Forget 10 minutes, I couldn’t even do 5 minutes of this. – Wuxiarocks
❤️ Li Xun’s white hair vs black hair vs military hair – Vivi
❤️ I wish I could flip the lighter as cool as Li Xun – Amy
❤️ The chemistry and kisses between the leads will light you up! – Trinity
LOVE BETWEEN FAIRY & DEVIL
❤️ DFQC has my heart, body and soul – Maymay
❤️ Please step on me, DFQC – Trinity
❤️ I called it best xianxia in recent times and I was right, told ya so 🤞 – Becky
❤️ DFQC forever is Xiao Lan Hua’s !!!! – Vivi
❤️ My DFQC and Chang Heng CP T_T – Amy
❤️ Major SLS for me, but fantastic CGI! – Lin
❤️ When forbidden love is the sweetest and cutest of all – Outie
❤️ I signed a drama exchange deal to watch this, but stayed for the 3 leads. – Wuxiarocks
LOVE IN TIME
❤️ Time for everyone to watch this drama – Trinity
❤️ When she dumped him 4 times for no reason, that’s dumb. – Wuxiarocks
❤️ Such a sweet and romantic adaptation of the original – Becky
❤️ Fantastic time travel drama, but FL can get annoying – Lin
❤️ Love of all times – Outie
LOST TRACK OF TIME
❤️ The Girl, The Bad and The Puppy – Outie
❤️ SML is a charismatic scene stealer who you really shouldn’t ship – Maymay
❤️ Toxic relationship alert, please, for the love of cdrama gods, stay away from such – Lin
❤️ A sweet puppy, charismatic baddie and revenge driven FL – Trinity
LOVE LIKE THE GALAXY
❤️ Ling Buyi swoon me with his deep voice! – Vivi
❤️ Where ZLS solidified her status as rom-com queen for me – Frea
❤️ Ling Buyi!!! Take me, I’m yours!! – Sers
❤️ Leo proved he can pull off The Tough General – Lin
❤️ The romance, comedy, action and actors Leo and Lusi made this drama amazing – Trinity
LEGALLY ROMANCE
❤️ The fluff you didn’t know you need, but stop at ep29. – Sers
❤️ A legal drama that made me not hate legal dramas – Trinity
❤️ A time travel drama I did not not like – PB
LOVE BEHIND THE MELODY
❤️ Hot Digity Damn!! I need more kisses. – Sers
LORD OF LOSERS
❤️ A mix bag of characters stuck to each other due to work, and find friendship and life’s meaning together – Becky
MY DEEPEST DREAM
❤️ A time traveling story on ecstasy – Becky
MIRROR: A TALE OF TWIN CITIES
❤️ When will she stop pondering and get on with life? – Lin
❤️ It really is a mirror, bored face FL stares into equally bored face ML – Frea
❤️ Whattt? Why?? – Sers
❤️ Twin wooden lead actors in a terrible drama – Trinity
MY SASSY PRINCESS
❤️ I rooted for the pig and it didn’t end well. – Sers
❤️ Fun first half and swoony ML, but not very good second half – Trinity
❤️ Really fun & fluffy first half, love Zheng Yecheng’s fight scenes unfortunately he fought too less, & let down by a weak 2nd half – Becky
MAIDS REVENGE
❤️ Drama was trash in the best way that will make you look at tattoos differently afterwards – Trinity
❤️ Drama seduced viewers with abs, then got stingy as drama progresses – Maymay
❤️ It introduced Dai Gao Zheng and his six pack! – Becky
NOBODY KNOWS
❤️ Nobody knows this drama – Outie (Kappy: I felt the burn for this one, Lol, giving it a visual for others like me!)
❤️ Collectively: crickets chirp – Maymay
❤️ One of the best mysteries of the year! – PB
NEW LIFE BEGINS
❤️ Best costume drama of the year until ep 30s – Becky
❤️ Rising new face Tian Xi Wei proves again why she’s adorable – Frea
❤️ Drama palette cleanser – Sers
❤️ Refreshing at the start, but easily buried by new dramas – Lin
RESET
❤️ Screw the loveline, but watching them die repeatedly was awesome. – Maymay
❤️ The most heart stopping and on-the-edge-of-my-seat bus ride I’ve ever taken, multiple times. – Lin
❤️ It kept resetting my heart – Becky
❤️ Awesome action and mystery drama that validated why I don’t ride buses – Trinity
❤️ The OTP with Nine Lives – Outie
❤️ A unique time-loop drama that doesn’t feel repetitive. – Wuxiarocks
RECORD OF STRANGE THINGS
❤️ The drama with the most creative plot this year! – Becky
❤️ Low budget, power rangers style, but interesting supernatural based story – Maymay
ROCK IT, MOM
❤️ An absurd comedy between a pair of unconventional (and unlikeable) mother-daughter – Skibbies
SIDE STORY OF FOX VOLANT
❤️ Swoon over Miao Renfeng, enuff said. – Maymay
❤️ The title sucks, just like Peter Ho’s character and his wife, but the drama is sweet. – Wuxiarocks
❤️ Cool and awesome fight choreo almost every few episodes is what I live for. – Lin
❤️ Best fighting scenes in recent years, great cinematography and direction, fantastic FLs — a decent tribute to Jin Yong – Lenje
❤️ Miao Daxia!!! – Outie
SHINING JUST FOR YOU
❤️ Sexy, shiny, swoony Uncle – Trinity
❤️ Uncle forced us to watch him – Vivi
❤️ I thought I won’t like this, but swoony uncle and the plot made me! – Becky
SHINING FOR ONE THING
❤️ I thought I am past school romances, but I love this! – Becky
❤️ The male lead got me through this time travel. ♥ – Lin
❤️ Time travel + female lead growth + perfect boyfriend material = Loved it. – Maymay
SEE YOU TOMORROW
❤️ Fluffy fluff. WHAT WAS THAT SCENE CUT?! – Sers
❤️ Fluffs – PB
SHE AND HER PERFECT HUSBAND
❤️ Love Yang Mi’s dresses and her coquettish behavior 🧡 – Becky
❤️ YANG HUA is my househusband, shoo! – PB
❤️ Is Yang Hua for hire to be my personal house husband?? – Trinity
STRANGE TALES OF TANG DYNASTY
❤️ Welcome back, Yang Xuwen! – Lenje
❤️ Come and fall in love with a quirky crew that solves quirky cases – Lin
❤️ Good ensemble chemistry + fascinating tales – Maymay
❤️ A great spooky tale of mystery suspense, with a good ensemble cast of characters – Becky
SONG OF LIFE
❤️ You’d think this is depressing, but it is very meaningfully & poignantly told with a tone of optimism on the meaning of life for all ages – Becky
❤️ Plenty of tears and smiles for a macabre topic – Maymay
❤️ A journey of finding’s one purpose and appreciating life through facing death upfront – Skibbies
THANK YOU, DOCTOR
❤️ Thank you, Doctor, but no thanks, pass! – Outie
❤️ Watch for cool Yang Mi and smirking Bai Yu – Becky
❤️ Season 2 when? – Jen
THE BLUE WHISPER
❤️ RUBBER! The drama that we wait for Yun He to die – Vivi
❤️ I remember this more for the failed delayed official subs than the plot – Lin
❤️ Whispering of official subs… remains whispering for months – Frea
❤️ Fake strong female lead that did nothing – Sers
❤️ I subbed the first season, but finished the second season months later, go figure! – Maymay
❤️ Beautiful Dilireba and her never ending sickness and awesome Christy Guo – Trinity
THE OATH OF LOVE
❤️ Another dumb role for Yang Zi – Sers
❤️ Dumb and Dumber – Outie
THE AUTUMN BALLAD
❤️ The wannabe MingLan. – Sers
❤️ I liked it enough for a non conventional female lead, but male lead cries so dramatically sometimes – Maymay
❤️ ML has a super sexy voice that I could listen to all day – Trinity
THE STORY OF XINGFU
❤️ Only 4 people watched it at AVV — other people’s loss! – Lenje
❤️ Watch Xing Fu fight the system – Maymay
❤️ More like the Story of Frustrations without a satisfying punch – Frea
THE HEART OF GENIUS
❤️ Wish the drama borrowed some of the ML genius to write a better script – Trinity
❤️ Got too hung up on the kids arc that I rejected the adults, sorry – Lin
❤️ Don’t miss Lei Jia Yin’s hair flips! – Maymay
THE KILLER IS ALSO ROMANTIC
❤️ A super fun mini costume cdrama like Mr and Mrs Smith – Trinity
❤️ They broke the bed. – Maymay
THOUSAND YEARS FOR YOU
❤️ This drama felt like it was a Thousand years long with one of RJL worst performances – Trinity
UNDER THE SKIN
❤️ I’ll attend Shen Yi’s art class. – Sers
❤️ The arts were beautiful, so was Tan Jian Ci. – Maymay
❤️ Sweet art boy got under my skin with this awesome and visually stunning drama – Trinity
❤️ Captain Du got under my skin… in a good way. – PB
❤️ Well balance crime investigation drama with a pair of actors I never thought could have such good chemistry together – Becky
WHO RULES THE WORLD
❤️ Story was boring, fights were on steroids. – Maymay
❤️ You call this wuxia? More like wusnore! – Lin
❤️ Yang Yang and Lusi Rules!!!!! – Vivi
❤️ It is entertaining with very cool leads, but I’ve seen better – Becky
❤️ Can Yang Yang’s back be any more straight? Does his neck work? – Sers
❤️ I’ll let Yang Yang Rule me – Trinity
❤️ The Back Which Rules The World – Outie
❤️ I swear I’m the only one who genuinely enjoyed this. – Wuxiarocks
WILD BLOOM
❤️ Watch for ZLY’s 200 outfits – Jen
❤️ All she wants is money – Maymay
❤️ Zhao Li Ying is wild in here, watch for her fight scenes Lol – Frea
8 thoughts on “Cdramas Review Challenge 2022: One-Liner Review to fangirl, roast, throw shade, and/or admire!”
HHAHAHA LOVE it!
8 thoughts on “Cdramas Review Challenge 2022: One-Liner Review to fangirl, roast, throw shade, and/or admire!”
These are so much fun! Thanks for getting these together!
8 thoughts on “Cdramas Review Challenge 2022: One-Liner Review to fangirl, roast, throw shade, and/or admire!”
Nice!
8 thoughts on “Cdramas Review Challenge 2022: One-Liner Review to fangirl, roast, throw shade, and/or admire!”
I am late, as usual. Last year I managed to finish a record number of dramas. And I have actually seen some of these.
WHO RULES THE WORLD – ZLS deserves some kind of award for making YY show some actual human reactions to her character more than once. Respect!
THE BLUE WHISPER – Everything looks so fake at one point I began doubting that the actors are real.
STRANGE TALES OF TANG DYNASTY – Please, arrest me, Yang Xu Wen .
SHE AND HER PERFECT HUSBAND – Dream of splendor but in real life. Everything is so pretty.
NEW LIFE BEGINS – A very cute slice of royal (imperial?) life.
MAIDS REVENGE – I was not aware abs could act.
LOVE IN TIME – Seriosly, Yang Xu Wen can look snobby on my screen any time.
LOVE BETWEEN FAIRY & DEVIL – Xianxia dramas are not dead.
FALLING INTO YOU – Any more filters and they will turn into cartoons.
A DREAM OF SPLENDOUR – The title is accurate. You will fall asleep.
8 thoughts on “Cdramas Review Challenge 2022: One-Liner Review to fangirl, roast, throw shade, and/or admire!”
LOL Nell! Thanks for participating with some savage one-liners!! XD
Hoping you have a good year in 2023!
8 thoughts on “Cdramas Review Challenge 2022: One-Liner Review to fangirl, roast, throw shade, and/or admire!”
Thank you, Kappy!I hope 2023 will be better than 2022 for everyone.
8 thoughts on “Cdramas Review Challenge 2022: One-Liner Review to fangirl, roast, throw shade, and/or admire!”
HAHAHA! Your one-liners are great! SO FUNNY! I especially love Maid’s Revenge one-liner, teehee. I didn’t watch, but I did youtube cuts of the abs scenes. Gotta watch the abs act!
8 thoughts on “Cdramas Review Challenge 2022: One-Liner Review to fangirl, roast, throw shade, and/or admire!”
This was so fun to read and write for hehe although I didn’t watch many dramas, some of these reviews have certainly made me rethink my to-be-watched options. Happy New Year!!