I actually haven't been able to finish the show (only went up to episode 42) but I do have to say that Eternal Love has made me love Mark Chao ever since. He's so handsome and charming. The way he looks at Bai Qian made my knees weak.

I LOVE Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms! I'm the one who always find the book is better than the drama/movie adaptation, but I can say that the drama, though I can't say better for my book lover heart can't do it, is on a par with the book, every scene and every line is exactly done by the book. The book focus more on the OTP and eliminates the unnecessary side-line story. The drama is better in putting the story in straight line for easier and better understanding, the book does many flash backs. Mark Chao is mesmerizing as Ye Hua/Mo Yuan, those cheekboes! I cried when he cried over the shattered soul-gathering lamp. LOL. But I love Bai Qian's character, she is so sassy, and somehow wise as high goddess. Sometimes and somehow I feel the drama/the book puts my life in perspective, if anything happen, bad or good, everything is just temporary, just another life-calamity, all shall pass eventually. I'll face them with patient a.k.a nurture my cultivation energy :D

Question, how do you do this bold letter? Thanks! ?

Oh I completed that drama as soon as the last two episodes were subbed. I won't spoil it though. It was a great watch and I loved it to bits, its so rare to find engaging Chinese dramas.

You are making me want to try Ten Miles again. I tried the first episode but was deterred by the CGI. It's a peculiar quirk of mine and for the same reason, I couldn't continue watching O2O. But I keep reading about how awesome this show is and it's been such a long time since I've watched Mark Chao(last saw him in TW drama Black & White) so I'm going to give it another try.

Don't how come my comment jumped to number 44, but it was meant to be under comment 1. Left fans of this show another review site to read and enjoy at Comment 44 below.

Boo, I wish i save what I wrote because when I log in to comment. What I wrote is gone. =( Regardless, I love Ten Miles of Peach Blossom and miss the drama. I also watched General and I and love it however, was really disappointed of the final episode. Also, the middle of was pretty boring due to father and daughter evil scheme.

I want to start it. Asian Maniac Reviewer said it was great and I usually trust her taste. I'm super busy though, so not for a few weeks maybe? *Sigh*

I am so glad they didn't screw up the novel. Then again the novel isn't an original piece, but the drama did elevated it.
Mark Chao/Zhao is absolutely terrific in this role despite the initial backlash over his looks. And YM is finally back to her lovable aura and acting! MC is a great husband in real life and I like his wife back when she was very popular <3 ohohoho~ I'm waiting for Ruler of the Mask too because both of the leads do melo so well and are meant for sageuk!!!

Let me tell you how TMOPB nearly ruined my life. I remember watching it until I got insomnia. I 'slept' but I realized my mind kept seeing YH and BQ in my 'dream'. I remembered the third day of my insomnia, I watched the infamous terrace scene, I cried my eyes out. My head was hurting so badly and I ended up vomit. I told to myself, I need to finish this drama or this drama will end me first. Withdrawal is not an easy task. I watched every clip on youtube, subs or no subs. I pretend I can speak Chinese. I tried to move on, and endup watching (b)Novoland the Castle in the Sky(/b). However, hell.. no.. that drama is just bad. The castle in the sky doesn't mean Nine Heavens! I moved on to (b)Tomorrow with You(/b). Gahhh.. time travel to save your wife? You know.. Ye Hua gave up his soul to be with his wife. Well.. Ye Hua won! Ok.. let's watch (b)My Shy Boss(/b).. I was like.. really, dude? you're dating an annoying kid? why don't you try somebody older.. like 70,00 years older than you, maybe? Today, I was thinking to watch (b)SWDBS(/b), please be good! Since my mind has been taken by a celestial prince, who knows probably PHS can help me solving my mental problem.

I absolutely refuse to watch it since it is a work of blatant plagiarism. The "author" of this book openly plagiarized an online authors BL novel and made it a hetero-novel so it would be accepted in mainstream china. Then the "author" went on the attack of the person she stole from in order to protect herself from being prosecuted. I will not promote or help someone profit from theft.

I want to gush about Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms too! This drama made me a fan of Mark Chao, Yangmi, Dilraba, Vengo and Zhang Binbin. I absolutely love everyone in this, they did great and it showed in the drama. Granted it 58 episodes long so it might feel a bit long for some, but it was a swift watch for me, nothing feel overdone or laggy. I absolutely adore Donghua and Fengjiu's storyline. Sad with their ending but at least they have happy ending in the novel.

OMG I just finished Ten Miles last week and I am bereft! This is my first Chinese Drama and I am obsessed! Even though I just finished watching it I want to go back and watch it all again. I have been trying to get my mom to watch it but she is hesitating over the length. I actually wished it were slightly longer.

I loved Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. I was obsessed with it for a while. Rewatched the entire drama twice and from ep 30 onwards many many times. I've finally gotten over my obsession. It was a bit unhealthy, lol. I neglected kdramas just to re-watch the same thing again and again. And yes, it made me a fan of Mark Chao too. I think his looks grew on me and find him quite handsome. He looks stunning with long hair. Not many guys can pull that off. He's the second one that I've seen looking good with loose long hair. The first I saw was Peng Guan Ying as Yuwen Yong in Princess of Lanling King.

YESSSSSSSSS!!!! I loved Ten Miles Peach Blossoms. I was intrigued by the long title and then was blown over by the absolute joyful chaos. It was the first chinese drama I watched completely.
I read the pillow book( Dong Hua& Feng Ju story) but didnt like it very much. Heard the writer had problems regarding plagiarism.
But the drama version was super. I liked how they threw in all possible drama plot devices in it. You name it and its there.

OH MY GOD Yess!!!!!!!!!! I'm still hung up on Ten Miles of Peach Blossom so bad. Let me join in on the gushing!

LOL I saw my name in bold and was like hang on....

That glorious walk of victory is what I want from the very beginning of this show. And also the side epic bromance between CEO Ahn and uptight policeman Gook-doo. (I'm not the only one who see them exchanging cheeky glance after cornering Mr. Creepy Kidnapper, right?)

Yes! This! The walk of victory is indeed epic and glorious. Love the way the recent episodes end. So epic and dramatic.

Totally adored the teamwork and the adorably petty jealousy preceding it! I wish we'd had more time to see the three of them together as friends, instead of having Gook Doo being a bit (mostly MORE than a bit) of a jerk to Bong Soon (guy can't handle his feelings) for so long. I'm madly in love with how cute the main couple is together--reminds me of the honesty and chemistry of Bok Joo and Joon Hyung--though seeing the reviews from Team Dramabeans makes me think I might just have my newly-acquired Park Hyungshik goggles on. ?

Super sad it's ending tonight! ?

Yes awesome closing scene. The 3 heroes working together: tech, strength and badge.

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I'm enjoying Chicago typewriter as well..that one and Tunnel are the two dramas that I follow.. regularly..

I am also having mixed feelings about DBS ending this week. No more Bong bong and Min min after this week.

Love Tunnel as well. I love the characters, and the subtle gestures they portray. The cases of the week are not that strong, but I am quite invested in the overarching mystery. So far, so good.

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The acting, directing, and writing in this drama isn't even bad. Not stellar, but good.

One thing I've really appreciated about this drama is the music. For once, a music-themed drama which makes me glad that the drama is a music-themed drama. Other music-themed dramas before it made me like the soundtrack, the music, the setting, but this one in particularly really showed me how the theme of music not only enrich the story, but is so much part of the story and its character, it cannot be removed.

I play bejeweled through 90% of Strong Woman. I put down my phone to watch the adorable scenes with the leads but as soon as they are off my screen, back to bejeweled I go.

I am truly confused about the obsession with the show. The writing is atrocious and the comedy is not funny and makes me cringe. I have nothing against people who really like the show but I am just confused why.

Chicago Typewriter : 1930s is a cool character. If the story only happened in the past, I would only have eyes for her (sorry Yoo Ah In).

Yes! It was just stupid - that plan of theirs to catch the serial kidnapper. More I will say, on the actual recap page.

I too, am really enjoying Chicago Typewriter. I love it when female leads are well written, and this one appears to be just that. Plus Yoo Ah In - this show is almost guaranteed to go right just because YAI has chosen it.

Thanks for reminding me about GKP's cuteness. Time to watch CT then!

Where did you watch the BTS clip?

Yes agree! that moment when she cried into the pillow really spoke to me too.

I don't think Miyoung will make her life miserable but the others two are more likely. If it weren't for the baby, they could end up breaking up after everyone learns about Yuju and Miyoung's past.

Because I usually love the underdog dramas, I'm now off to binge-watch Radiant Office. Thanks @invixxible! :)

Eun Jang Do Fighting!

So far, I agree. I put off starting Radiant for quite a while, mainly because the description sounded so cheesy. But so far (only up to ep3) better than I expected.

I totally love Radiant Office. Some people found it boring, but I am perfectly fine with its tone. Looking forward to next week.

I'm keeping my eye on that one! Definitely planning to marathon it soon ;)

Dramas these days offer such good female characters and new girl crushes !

The more I watch this drama, the more Joy's casting makes sense. When she's on stage, I believe that she's a singer. Because she is one. Actors could imitate the stage manners and presence of a singer, but watching Joy act in her stage scenes showed me it would be something hard to re-create so convincingly. She's displaying an energy and presence when Sorim is on stage which doesn't give doubt that Sorim is indeed a singer made to sing on stage. Don't get me wrong, I've seen actors portraying singers in a perfectly serviceable way that I wasn't distracted by their scenes, or had to suspend disbelief. But I've not, as far as I remember, seen actors in music-themed dramas make me feel like they were genuinely singers the way Joy is doing with Sorim.

Yes! I just realised how much potential was wasted - instead of the non-Indian monk, and the gay/sexual identity jokes, they could have had an awesome crime fighting trio and some bromine!

'it has all the ingredients but none of them mixed right' -- exactly! When it gets good it really does, but sometimes it just completely drops the ball. Imagining what could have been makes me sad.

SAAAAAAAAAAAAME MAN, SAME. That scene when they caught the bad guy pissed me off as much as it delighted me, because all I could think of was all the episodes and time wasted when we could've had our crime fighting trio kicking ass and taking names in exactly that awesome style (with Bong Soon and Min Hyuk being adorable on the side, of course!)

I feel like just two changes to the story could've helped things go so much smoother - i) if the story was more episodic and concentrating on napping bad guys, and ii) in that same vein, if the love triangle hadn't been dragged out so much.

I mean, we could've had the main power couple get together early on, Gook Du in on the secret earlier on, Gook Du and Min Hyuk could've actually built up a sorta snarky friendship instead of their HEAVY on the grudging respect situation, we'd have dozens of mini plotlines with them taking down baddies and covering for Bong Soon's shows of strength (which would've worked so well, e.g Min Hyuk and Gook Du both lifting up the edge of a car together sounds so much more plausible than just Min Hyuk taking the blame all the time) all throughout the series - we could've had more training sequences, more friendship, more lovey dovey couple scenes, and just plain more badassery.

Not to mention how it would've opened up a much more natural avenue to themes like using her strength to help people, Min-Min getting used to her being in danger, Gook Du learning to work together with them and then with his police team, Min Hyuk learning to trust the police - and taking out all the gag plotlines could've also left room for more on everyone's backstories because I swear that felt the most lacking!

Ughhhhhhhs honestly we had such good casting and such a good concept and just... [breathes deeply and therapeutically listens to Rolling in the Deep].

Oh, I've seen it. His reactions are so cute in a cringed way, ha. My YouTube suggestions are full of PHS and some loop now...

One of my favorite videos of PHS. His array of expressions are so on point.

The first time I saw this, I was way too shocked to react and had to hide my face in secondhand embarrassment, lol.
But overtime it has become my favorite. He is such a dork! I can see how he tells Ahn Min Hyuk is me and am Ahn Min Hyuk. He is exactly as dorky and crazy-out-there in real life as well!

I really hope he goes places, he definitely deserves the hallyu fame.

Not everything is predictable and that's what I like too !

Oohh, a mention of Missing Noir M. Deserves a like and a reply. Missing Noir M, the reason I don't watch many police procedural dramas. They just fail in comparison.
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You going to watch Circle? The lead actor is going to be in it.

I miss LJS, too. I also miss Kim Soo-hyun. Please come back to dramaland?