Another hectic week with announcements dropping like hot potatoes. We did try to catch them for you!
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The last week was pretty hectic with announcements dropping left and right. We were left gasping for breathe!
“Anti Reset” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 3)
“Anti Reset” is the story of Chu Yi Ping (Wu Ping Chen), is an aloof and unsociable history professor who gets into an accident at his college and injures his arm. To take care of him, his uncle, the head of a scientific company which is secretly experimenting with artificially intelligent human-like robots, sends him their latest model, Ever 9 (Huang Li Feng). The two spend time together as Ever 9 helps nurse Yi Ping back to health, and feelings develop.
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The past week was quite fast paced with new updates dropping left and right. We are excited to share the same with you!
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We are back with our weekly announcements, the past week was quite slow on uptakes.
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We are here with our weekly updates, after a week’s respite. And that too, with a never ending slew of exclusives!
“Boys Like Boys” Series Review (Ep.1 to 10)
I have been watching reality tv dating shows for as long as I can remember and no matter how much other people found it refreshing and true, I always felt every moment of it was scripted. Whether it is about their interaction, connections, fight or arguments, for me everything felt fake and too much formulaic.
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Chinese Danmei “Mou Mou” Turned into Taiwanese Adaptation “The Only One”
After months of speculation and waiting, we finally got some good news!
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“VIP Only” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
“VIP Only” is a Taiwanese BL drama that revolves around Gu Jing (Stan Huang) and Liu Li (Xuan Chen). Gu Jing is a good chef who owns a creative, retro restaurant. He opens his restaurant anytime he wants. Gu Jing finds that there is a boy who often visits his restaurant and takes the quietest seat, that’s Liu Li. Liu Li is a BL novelist who rents a room upstairs from Gu Jing’s restaurant. Gu Jing often sends Liu Li a bowl of spicy beef noodles, whenever he seems sad or resolute. Slowly, Gu Jing becomes the person that Liu confides in, the person who keeps him company. Gradually, Liu Li realizes that his fantasies may be different from reality.
“You Are Mine” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10)
“You Are Mine” started out as your typical office romance, which, although overdone, is an easy and reliable (vanilla) romance story. While the story had a strong set up, by the 3rd or 4th episode, it was clear that there was barely anything solid to the story, which undermined the chemistry between the main characters and left us with a flavorless romance. The chemistry between the leads was unfortunately not enough to carry us through the show that barely had any plot. Considering the caliber of the BL series, we have in 2023, and in Taiwan, this was a rare miss.