Miss the Dragon (2021) - Final Review

Final review/rating: Miss the Dragon (2021) - Xianxia lite, which does not quite hit the right emotional notes 

This is 6.5/10 stars ✮✮✮✮✮✮ from Pandafan🐼

Overall rating:         6.5 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            6.5 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6 Stars

Miss the Dragon (2021) is what I would call Xianxia lite in that it does not quite hit the right emotional notes.  There are some gorgeous set piece scenes and the usual themes (eg undying love through many lifetimes) that you would expect in the Xianxia genre. But because Miss the Dragon seems to have just copied and pasted iconic moments from other notable Xianxia dramas in a mishmash fashion and ambitiously tried to give us four lifetimes worth of the romance of the main leads in a 36 episode drama, it is difficult to get emotionally invested in the story.  

That said, there are moments of genuine humour, and the outstanding chemistry between the loveable second lead couple is delightful. If you are in the mood for Xianxia lite, then give Miss the Dragon a go. A solid 6.5 stars from Pandafan🐼  

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Miss the Dragon (2021) - Synopsis

Drama info:

Title:  Miss the Dragon

Chinese title: 遇龍 / 遇龙 (Translation: "Meeting a Dragon")

Episodes:  36

Genre: Xianxia, Fantasy, Romance

Original network: Tencent 

Release date:      10 May 2021

Airing schedule:  10 May 2021 - 31 May 2021

Synopsis:

When the immortal Dragon King Yuchi Lonyan is saved by a young mortal maidservant Liu Ying, he falls deeply in love and promises to marry her.  However, when a wolf demon endangers the life of Liu Ying's mistress, Yuchi Lonyan saves her at Liu Ying's request and at the cost of their happiness in the first lifetime and the next three lifetimes...    

  

Love like White Jade (2021) - Final Review

Final review/rating: Love like White Jade (2021) - Cute romcom that needed to be about 10 episodes shorter 

This is 6.0/10 stars ✮✮✮✮✮✮ from Pandafan🐼

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      4 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6 Stars

Love like White Jade (2021) is a bit of a mixed bag - there are some hilarious romcom moments that will have you laughing out loud, but the drama also drags out too long with some not terribly memorable middle episodes and a mystery so obvious that the final denouncement is anti-climatic at best.  That said, it is easy on the eye and and one of those frothy dramas that can be fun to watch when you want some mindless eye candy. 

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Love like White Jade (2021) - Synopsis

Drama info:

Title:  Love like White Jade

Chinese title:  白玉思无瑕 (Translation: "White Jade thinks of Flawless")

Episodes:  32

Genre: Romcom, historical, mystery

Original network: MangoTV

Release date:      11 April 2021

Airing schedule:  11 April 2021 - 11 May 2021

Synopsis:

When Shui Wu Xia, a prestigious maid from Langya Pavilion, is hired by the Jiang Manor to assist young master Jiang Bai Yu with his studies and martial arts training, sparks fly (and not the good kind).  She despises his lazy good for nothing attitude, while he finds her an inconvenient addition to his life. 

Both harbour secrets - Wu Xia is trying to find her long lost older brother, while Bai Yu is investigating his father's murder under cover of being a wastrel by day, and as the masked vigilante Shen Qing Li by night.  

  

Qing Luo (2021) - Final Review

Final review/rating: Qing Luo (2021) - An average romcom that's a bit hit and miss 

This is 6/10 stars ✮✮✮✮✮✮ from Pandafan🐼

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       5 Stars Acting/cast:            6.5 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      4 Stars Enjoyment factor:   5 Stars

Qing Luo (2021) looked promising. An original set up not usually seen in Chinese historical drama land (a single mom heroine!) with a very cute, precocious kiddo in tow.  That and Liu Xiu Ye in his first starring role, ready to flex some comic muscles (and real muscles) had me giving this one a go.  

Alas, the script and the comedy is largely hit and miss, and the eye candy that is Liu Xiu Ye (and the rather adorable father and son dynamic he had with Nan Nan) were the only reasons I managed to finish this one. It's not a complete train wreck but don't watch Qing Luo with too many expectations.  

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Qing Luo (2021) - Synopsis

Drama info:

Title:  Qing Luo

Chinese title: 清落

Episodes:  24

Genre: Romcom, historical, wuxia, mystery

Original network: Youku

Release date:      19 May 2021

Airing schedule:  19 May 2021 - 3 June 2021

Synopsis:

Yu Qing Luo is a skilled "ghost" doctor, who uses poisons to heal.  She is also an amnesiac single mother, who wants to find her missing memories and a father for her precocious 7 year old son Nan Nan, who decidedly does not want any father but his real one.       

On her journey, Qing Luo meets Prince Ye Xiu Du, and sparks fly (not all the right kinds). She mistakes him for a notorious Casanova, while he is both annoyed and intrigued by the feisty doctor who may be able to cure his brother. Nan Nan, takes a liking to Ye Xiu Du though, and takes him on as a 'disciple' in exchange for endless supplies of fried chicken.

Despite their bumpy beginning, Qing Luo and Ye Xiu Du fall in love. But when there is amnesia involved and enemies left and right from the past and also the present, the path to happiness is not exactly smooth...