My Dear Brothers (2021) - Final Review

Final review/rating: My Dear Brothers (2021) - Cotton candy sweet Xianxia drama with a modern twist 

This is 7.5/10 stars ✮✮✮✮✮✮✮ from Pandafan🐼

Overall rating:         7.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7.5 Stars

My Dear Brothers (2021) is cotton candy sweet and after watching it, you will probably never think of cotton candy in quite the same way😆  

A fluffy romcom that has some truly hilarious moments and a sprinkling of angst, it is a cute twist on the time-travel/inter-dimensional and xianxia genres.  It will have you wishing for a big brother Hou Chi and Shi Dong of your own, or a little sister Shi Xia to protect and love. While the drama has its flaws, it's so darn cute that you will forgive the occasional cheesiness, plot flaws, or ridiculousness. 

A very enjoyable 7.5 stars 💕     

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My Dear Brothers (2021) - Synopsis

Drama info:

Title:  My Dear Brothers 

Chinese title: 亲爱的吾兄 / 親愛的吾兄

Episodes:  35 + extra episode

Genre: Xianxia, romance, historical, fantasy

Original network: Mango TV

Release date:      15 Sept 2021

Airing schedule:  15 Sept 2021 - 22 Oct 2021

Synopsis:

Shi Xia and her older brother Shi Dong have depended on each other since the deaths of their parents while they were young.  When Shi Dong mysteriously disappears without a trace, Shi Xia becomes worried and searches for him.  

In doing so, Shi Xia teleports to a strange Xianxia world, where she meets the handsome immortal Hou Chi.  Having been tricked by the leader of the demonic sect into believing that his cultivation has not improved because he does not understand the concept of guarding/protecting (“守護”), Hou Chi adopts the reluctant Shi Xia as his little sister.  

But when Shi Xia finds her older brother Shi Dong, she discovers that he is the leader of the demonic sect in this Xianxia universe to which they have teleported. As both Shi Dong and Hou Chi vie with each other to guard and protect their little sister, hilarity ensues.  

Especially because the clueless Hou Chi's feelings for Shi Xia are anything but brotherly... 

  

Your Sensibility, My Destiny (2021) - Final Review

Final review/rating: Your Sensibility, My Destiny (2021) - A sweet and satisfying drama that engages the senses  

This is 7/10 stars ✮✮✮✮✮✮✮ from Pandafan🐼

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

Your Sensibility, My Destiny has a bit of everything (romance, comedy, mystery, palace intrigue, revenge etc) and balances sweetness with angst particularly well. Not too heavy, not too light - just right for a 24 episode drama in my view.  

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Your Sensibility My Destiny (2021) - Synopsis

 

Drama info:

Title:  Your Sensibility, My Destiny 

Chinese title: 公子倾城 (Translation: "A Prince who topples cities")

Episodes:  24

Genre: Romcom, historical, mystery, palace 

Original network: iQiyi

Release date:      16 Sept 2021

Airing schedule:  16 Sept - 2 Oct 2021

Synopsis:

A prophecy began circulating in the palace that a demon with the ability to destroy the kingdom will be born to the Emperor.  When Prince Ji Ding Lan is born, the Empress discovers that her son is unable to taste, smell, or feel. To protect his life and to keep his secret, she sends him far away from the palace. Prince Ji Ding Lan adopts the name Mo Qing Chen, and grows up in a lonely manor, far away from the palace and its intrigues.   

When quirky trickster Lin Chi accidentally gets into the wrong getaway carriage, she meets Mo Qing Chen.  Destiny has clearly brought them together, because when Mo Qing Chen touches Lin Chi, he can feel everything she feels.  Intrigued by the possibility of being able to perceive the world through her senses, Mo Qing Chen contracts to keep Lin Chi by his side.