Cdramas that beat Kdramas
Rare eye-openers. Cdramas that gave me hangovers where no kdramas manage to. The leads look ordinary at first but very quickly become supremely handsome and beautiful. Superb production, amazing cast and impressive storytelling. No downtime, no fast forwarding and absolutely bingeworthy. I hope to grow this outstanding list of 10/10.
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1. Nirvana in Fire
Chinese Drama - 2015, 54 episodes
Addictive! NIF was like my dracula love affair for reading Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. Another metaphore is like watching the entire first season of 24 in 24 hours. Totally different genres and feels. But what it did was turn me into a zombie after binging the whole series straight. I watched 54 eps of non-romantic cleverly intriguing imperial politics without sleep. That says a lot for someone who only enjoys modern dramas.
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2. Go Ahead
Chinese Drama - 2020, 46 episodes
Wow! Loved My Unfamiliar Family and wanted something similar. Go Ahead is madly good and relatable family drama. Down to earth and different kind of love, a very realistic family love. Fantastic OST kinda like Reply series vibes. A rare one where I wanted them to stay in their youth and delay growing up into adulthood. Hang in there for first 4eps. The best 2 dads ever.
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3. You Are My Hero
Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes
Doctor + Swat = Daebak! China has perfected the ordinary adult romance without love triangles or extravagant courtships into a highly entertaining drama. No chaebol, no makjang and no bad people. Just explosive chemistry of 2 awesome leads in professions that serve the citizens ahead of theirs. Be captivated within the first 10 mins of ep 1.
