#Chen Yi-wen

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

三人显眼包的对戏日常，果然搞笑是会传染的！ | Mysterious Lotus Casebook | iQIYI Romance#shorts

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UOCE6JjpRtI

[nutcasewithaknife]

Chen Duling as Wen Xiao has me fascinated the same way Cheng Yi as Li Lianhua does. They both tapped into very specific mannerisms, expressions, ways of speaking, and it makes the characters feel so incredibly real. like I could run into them at a grocery store any day. obsessed

[gabrielokun]

[mondstalgia]

Just a reminder that Chen Yi's palm is as big as Ai Di's whole face. Ok.

[stellarflex]

[movielosophy]

Destined | Look, look

[lostinmac]

A Sun (2019)

Dir. Chung Mong-hong

[spades4cards]

°º⋆ 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 ⋆º°

💋Ana Huang💋 ♙Twisted Series♙ * Twisted Love * Twisted Games * Twisted Hate * Twisted Lies

♕King of Sin Series♕ * King of Wrath * King of Pride * King of Greed * King of Sloth ✶ Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ✶ « Tian Guan Ci Fu » * Mount Yujun (Bride) Arc * Ban Yue Arc * Ghost City Arc * Fang Xin Guoshi Arc

☠ Deadpool ☠ * Deadpool x Wolverine * Deadpool x Spider-man

๑ You ๑

* Season One * Season Two * Season Three * Season Four or... * You * Hidden Bodies * You Love Me * For You and Only You

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Fangs of Fortune (2024)

20240423 #HouMinghao's Upcoming Drama #FangOfFortune Teaser #neohou #侯明昊 #大梦归离

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9xD_sDGlsZM

[nicolekaptan]

A Confucian Confusion (1994) dir. Edward Yang

[staydandy]

HIStory 5: Love in the Future (2022) - HIStory5 遇見未來的你 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Tai Che Ni is a cheerful and diligent delivery worker in the year 2000. Something very strange happens to him – and he suddenly finds himself transported into the future … to the year 2022! There he finds Hai Yi, the young heir to a massively lucrative business group empire. At first, Tai Che Ni is utterly distraught by the fact that he has been brought to the year 2022 – and longs to return home to 2000. But as he begins to spend time with Hai Yi, he starts to discovers a tender side to the business heir that many of his acquaintances have never seen before. Could he find happiness here in 2022? Or will the pull of the past separate this duo? Meanwhile, love could also be set to bloom between a seemingly cold-hearted company manager Liang Wen Hsen, and the office’s newest recruit – a tender-hearted orphan named Lin Huai En. (MDL) AKA : Meeting the Future You

Whumpee : Tai Che Ni "Johnny" played by Sean Chang (middle left) • Hai Yi played by Linus Wang (far left) • Lin Huai En "Wynn" played by Jason Tauh (far right) • Liang Wen Hsen "Vincent" played by Anson Chen (middle right)

Country : 🇹🇼 Taiwan Genres : Romance, Sci-Fi, Business, BL / Boys Love

Notes : This is a Full Whump List • Is this one of the weirder HIStory dramas? Yes, definitely! Idk what they were smokin to come up with this storyline .. BUT .. I do still think there's something there, under all that strangeness, that makes it worth watching. • Liang Wen Hsen has such a cute smile!! • Two versions available: 20 eps ~25 min long, or 10 eps ~50 min long. On my list I will use the 20 eps numbers first, but include the 10 eps number in parenthesis : 00 (00)

Related Lists : HIStory 2: Boundary Crossing (2018) - Partial List • HIStory 3: Trapped (2019) - Partial List • HIStory 4: Close to You (2021) - Partial List

Episodes on List : 9 Total Episodes : 20

*Spoilers below*

01 (1) : Tai Che Ni (Johnny) wakes on the ground, evidentially fell off his motor-scooter, scraped knee

03 (2) : Wakes with a hangover

04 (2) : Hai Yi has a nightmare … (Liang Wen Hsen's little spazz moment over how cute Lin Huai En is is adorable!!)

05 (3) : Scared of the dark, hyperventilating … Johnny is beat up in a boxing ring

06 (3) : … continued from previous ep. ... Sore from being beat up, helped to walk

08 (4) : Johnny & Hai Yi are scared during a quick earthquake … Lin Huai En is trapped in a refrigerated room.. passes out

09 (5) : … continued from previous ep. ... Trapped in a refrigerated room, passed out

15 (8) : Liang Wen Hsen has a sore throat … Hai Yi is unsteady, headache, sick

16 (8) : Huai En passes out drunk

[mondstalgia]

NatLouis reacting to their like count rising. Apparently Dian expected around 10,000 viewers MAYBE and they exceeded that by far!

[dramasauce]

Warm On a Cold Night (2023)-Obliviously “watching the girl you like go off with her boyfriend”

[scorbleeo]

Drama Gossip: Kiseki: Dear to Me (奇蹟)

Source: Google Images

Bai Zong Yi, an exemplary student with dreams of becoming a doctor, is unexpectedly drawn into the world of an injured gangster named Fan Ze Rui. This unexpected encounter disrupts their tranquil routines and sends their lives into a whirlwind. Their initial awkwardness gradually gives way to familiarity and eventually blossoms into a heartfelt connection.

Just as their love story begins to unfold, Fan Ze Rui's criminal past catches up with him.

Source: MyDramaList (2023)

It's Been A While, Taiwan BLs

I haven't enjoyed a Taiwan BL drama as much as I did with Kiseki in so long. Seriously, this drama scratched the itch that has been around for a very long time. The last time I wholeheartedly loved a Taiwan BL drama was when I watched History3: Trapped, so you can imagine how long that metaphorical itch has been around. Hell, I've rewatched Trapped multiple times just because no Taiwan BL came close to how Trapped made me feel.

Anyhow, lets get on with Kiseki. I might have enjoyed it and maybe I love it, but it is not a perfectly well-done drama. If Kiseki had been given more episodes, or full-length episodes, the flow of the plot could have been much better and smoother. There were times when I thought the drama felt like it was rushing through key plotlines. For example, the whole Aidi going into jail to protect Zongyi from being attacked again and that event that happened right before Aidi went in, it could have had more light shone on it. Additionally, I had hoped for at least one more episode of angst and separation with both couples after the time jump. Of course, because Kiseki was only given 13 30-minutes episodes, I will applaud the writer(s) for how the story played out. It was not perfect but it was not unacceptably bad either.

Moving on to the characters themselves. I will honest here, I decided to follow the release of each episode weekly for Aidi and Chenyi. Going into this drama, I always knew the second lead couple was going to be my favourite. However, what surprised me was how invested I was with Zerui and Zongyi too. I liked the way their relationship developed before the time jump. It was after the time jump that the vibe fell off a little. That part felt rushed, even though it was beautiful, it was rushed. Likewise, I was enjoying the pining and undiscovered feelings between Aidi and Chenyi. Despite absolutely loving this couple, I thought the way the writer(s) wrote Chenyi's feelings for his adoptive father/boss and Aidi was weak. We should have been allowed to see Chenyi's struggle with his feelings. Also, I didn't like how Chenyi explained the difference in what he felt for his adoptive father/boss and Aidi, it was as if the writing became lazy near the end.

Like I said, if only Kiseki was given more time or at least more episodes. Many problems I had with this drama was tied to the lack of development due to the shortage of time. Regardless, the plot holes were not obvious or huge so the show still went on seamlessly.

2023 seem to be the year for Taiwan productions and I am living for it.

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5)

P.S.: So many cameos and I couldn't get any History3: Trapped ones? This might be my roman empire.

More production(s) from Taiwan here: Marry My Dead Body (關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事) | Oh No! Here Comes Trouble (不良執念清除師) |

[laserpinksteam]

Film after film: Eat Drink Man Woman (dir. Ang Lee, 1994)

A sprawling family drama about a widowed and soon-to-retire father with three adult daughters, neither of whom is married. Lee went on to direct Sense and Sensibility, which is more or less the same story (minus food, plus horses).