Top Dozen 2023 drama MLs so far
It's August, so not the end of the year, neither it is at halfway year mark, but why would I ever do anything like a normal person? Here my very very subjective list. I have limited myself to one dude per drama or LYF would be half the list. No order except alphabetical.
Chen Wende (Sun Yizhou in Gone With the Rain, China)
The epic troll lord stole the whole drama as competently as he stole the FL's heart. He was competent and adult and oh-so-amused by but also gone for the heroine.
Gu Jiusi (Bai Jing Ting in Chang Feng Du/Destined, China)
CFD lost steam for me halfway through but Jiusi's character remained a delight throughout and BJT gave a great performance as a golden boy who went through a bunch of hell and grew up but remained goodnatured at heart.
Han Dong Jin (Kim Young Kwang in Call It Love, Korea)
You know, he and Jing (from LYF1) really fit the same mold even if one is in a mellow realistic modern and another in xianxia - lovely traumatized people from monster families who win over heroine with a metric ton of baggage through sheer unswerving decency. I have a type.
Jang Uk (Lee Jae Wook in Alchemy of Souls s2, Korea)
I loved Uk in S1 and S2 continued that love - he's so intense, so grieving, so still in love with Naksu. LJW is always a good actor so it's such a pleasure to see him in a good role.
Kim Do Ha (Hwang Min Hyun, My Lovely Liar, Korea)
The year of surprises - Minhyun, who I found utterly wooden in AoS stole my heart here as this hopeful, traumatized sweetheart of a man.
Kim Moo Chan (Park Hae Jin, The Killing Vote, Korea)
Yeah, we are only one ep in but who said anything about this list was objective? PHJ brings his usual unsettling intensity to the role of a cop who breaks all the rules and teeters on the edge and now is set to catch a killer who really only differs from him in a matter of degree.
Lee Jang Hyun (Nam Goong Min in My Dearest, Korea)
If I had to pick a favorite ML from this list, it would be between him and Jing (LYF). This is basically if you took Rhett Butler and took out slavery and rape but gave him a sword. The character is complex and nuanced and NGM is giving his usual incredible performance.
Lee Rang (Kim Bum in Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938, Korea)
I was not a Rang fangirl for most of the original (even if he was well-acted; and he did win me over by the end) but I fell for him head over heels in this sequel/prequel/spin-off. I am so happy the man who believed he had nobody and was abandoned by everybody ends the story with his beloved brother and his beloved woman, both.
Moon Seo Ha (Ahn Bo Hyun in See You in My 19th Life, Korea)
A lot of MLs on this list have serious trauma and haunted by it and can't let go of their past love (I have a type) but even by those standards, Seo Ha was such a lovely, quiet person slowly healing.
Tantai Jin (Luo Yunxi in Till the End of the Moon, China)
Abuse victim/monster/praiseworthy king/xianxia saint/man on the brink - LYX portrayed a character in multiple timelines and many different complexities and did it amazingly. Tantai Jin may or may not win my favorite place on this list, but his performance was hands-down the most glorious thing this year.
Tushan Jing/Ye Shiqi (Deng Wei in Lost You Forever part 1, China)
If before LYF aired someone would have told me that a character played by Deng Wei, an actor I've always found eminently forgettable, would make it on this list and be in the running to win the whole thing actually, I'd have wondered what weird reality they came from. They somehow managed to make someone genuinely good and kind not in the least boring; I am ridiculously invested in the man who managed to keep his soul after all he's been through.
Yun Xiang (Chen Xiao in The Ingenuous One, China)
A schemer on a revenge quest, smarter than anyone else in the room but helpless in front of love. Yun Xiang was an adult in an adult story for adults and it was glorious.
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thinking about a sonic venom au...
shadow would be venom, sonic would be eddie brock, vanilla would be Mrs. Chen, silver would be cletus kasady and blaze would be frances barrison
possiblities: amy as annie? i don't like annie much but her friendship with eddie is nice
Carlton drake would 100% be eggman. Riot could be metal sonic? not sure
silver would also kinda double as carnage.
and tails would be the priest that appeared for 2 minutes
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episodes 19-22 thoughts
nah i don’t have enough brain cells for all these plots and deception. the mental gymnastics, hidden agendas and betrayals are too much to take. starting to lose track who’s with who and where what i don’t know
no one’s better at playing this political chess game than the elders, even fan xian was lost for once. i’d be so mentally exhausted if i was him. but i was right, it seems like his greatest enemy is shaping up to be the emperor. in the words of fan xian “i don’t understand him”
- i absolutely do not trust eunuch hong. i think he’s the one who switched out yang wan li name in the examination but under whose orders?? i also never trusted hong ze wei and it seems like he’s backed by the emperor
- i love fan xian’s trio of scholars. there’s a fourth one they always mention but we never see him, it seems like a running gag now lol
- i don’t really think li cheng ze wants to get rid of fan xian as much as he says he does, he’s having too much fun and would be bored without him. he’s also coming to the realization that fx is supported by the emperor and i think he’s really curious about what happened to the burned town. will this change his plans? it would be funny if he did a 180 to work with fx against crown prince
- it’s crazy how the emperor meticulously engineered the downfall of chancellor lin. (the conversation with da bao was so emotional). the emperor is scary and while i don’t think he’s evil, he’s definitely not good. i keep feeling this tension and sense of doom whenever he and chen ping ping are in scenes together. from chen ping ping’s allusion to the secret in his chair and the emperor’s growing resentment of the overwatch council, i wouldn’t be surprised if his next target is CPP and i think CPP is aware he’s walking a tight rope
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Fairy Tail - Vol. 1
Lucy, uma jovem feiticeira que tem o poder de evocar Espíritos Celestiais, sonha em um dia se juntar à famosa Guilda de Magos Fairy Tail. É na Guilda que seus integrantes encontram os trabalhos e missões que irão encarar – que podem ser desde ir em busca de um tesouro valioso, algum item raro ou até dissolver maldições de uma cidade inteira.Depois de cruzar seu caminho com Natsu e o gatinho voador Happy, seu desejo de se tornar membro da Fairy Tail pode se tornar realidade! AUTOR: Hiro Mashima No. PÁGINAS: 200
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