What Tea Is Piping Hot? | My Current C-Drama Watchlist + August Premieres & Rumours (Ep 186)

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1:38 I hope you guys are enjoying the content that I put out on there and if you'd like to chat to me or join the community, come find me on discord, Instagram and the socials. Everything is LinkedIn. The episode notes so guys it's the end of the month, which means I take you through what my currently watching list is looking like right now.

2:01 And there's been a couple of shifts on this list and I tell you what last month I life happened and I think a lot of the dramas that I was watching I kind of hit pause on or you know, nothing really was peaking much of my attention for the longest time. So actually I think I only finished like 3 dramas in July, which is wild because you know, I've been finishing. Actually I know these numbers because I've been planning my mid year review for the podcast and I was going through all of them and I've been averaging about 7 dramas per month. So I feel like July was an anomaly. But you know, there is still stuff to talk about and there's hopefully some stuff to look forward to. Although, although August seems

2:58 quiet to me in terms of things that I'm interested in watching, but you know, we, we will see. We will see. If you are new here, you might not know that I divvy up my episode in two categories and this really helps me and you figure out what I'm, you know, pressing play on straight away. What are my priorities in drama land right now?

3:24 And I have a little announcement. So I'm playing around with some new categories and I just wanted it to feel more tea and soju. So here are the new categories. The first one up is Tea is Piping hot. That is my absolutely loving category. And these are drummers. I'm completely obsessed with. They these are the ones I'm watching like new episodes the moment they drop and I can't stop thinking about.

3:57 So this category is one of those that not often there's, you know, a drama in there, but if there is, you know, you know, I'm running for that episode. The dramas that end up on my eras, dramas of the year or that end up being, you know, my all time favorites for the year, they tend to be in this category, let's put it that way. So the next category is steeping nicely. These are dramas I'm really enjoying. So it's dramas I'm always looking forward to each week. They're close to becoming obsession, but not quite there. Something just is slightly holding them back for the time being.

4:39 And then we have the slow sips. These are like my dramas that I'm enjoying at a more relaxed pace. I may be a little behind on episodes, but I'm still having a great time with them. And then we have the left behind. These are dramas that they just don't work. They've been seeped and tried. And you know, they end up in my dropped list.

5:03 And I actually said this to the drama trio. Unfortunately, it seems like my, you know, dropped haven't been that many this year. Not unfortunately, fortunately, either I'm picking better dramas or I'm just sticking with them. But my dropped haven't been haven't really been dropping that much lately. And then we have the finished brewing. These are the dramas that I've all finished up, you know, in the sort of last month.

5:34 And I'll also just give you a very quick final thought on them and the rated rating that I gave them. And then we have on my calendar. These are dramas that have confirmed release dates and that I'm looking forward to starting. And then to wrap up the episode, we have our Rumour Corner. These are all the rumoured dramas that I've managed to accommodate for the next month. And like we said, we see dramas.

6:02 Nothing is ever guaranteed until that first episode hits your screen. You know it might not happen, so take it always, always with a pinch of salt. And I have become fairly good at knowing which rumours to believe in, which not to believe. And if there's one that I particularly think is coming then I'll let you know.

6:24 But sometimes I get it wrong too. But you know, that is our currently watching episode. So let me guide you through it. Let me, you know, let's see what tea is piping hot, what's keeping nicely and what I've left behind. This month. I'll also share everything I've finished brewing, what's on my calendar, and of course, we'll end up with the rumour corner that is our new gateway into this new episode.

6:54 So tea is piping hot? Not so much because there is nothing in this list. It is empty, empty, empty, empty. And you might be asking why is Blossoms of Power not on this list? I don't know. I don't know. Well, actually I do, but I'll get to it. And unfortunately, this list in this particular category is empty right now, which I'm very sad about.

7:21 I am a little bit sad to not have a drama to be obsessing over. And from the dramas that I've sort of collected for August, I think it's going to remain empty, guys. I think it might remain empty unless something pulls a trick out of a hat. I think I might be looking at another month with this category empty. But we, we shall see, We shall see. So, moving swiftly along to steeping nicely, these are my really enjoying dramas.

7:54 First up on this list is Teach You a Lesson. Now I said that my tears piping heart might stay empty. This might be the exception. This might be the drama that makes it into that category. I am loving this drama. I'm really really really enjoying it and the only reason why I haven't binged it is because I'm currently watching this with my partner which means that we watch like half an episode a day, which is driving me crazy because I so badly just want to sit down and binge it. We're now up to episode 4 and I, I dislike everybody and I love some of the characters as well.

8:41 I just think the case is I love, love, love, love, love the fact that every new episode we get a new sort of school to deal with and a new case to deal with. I think that makes the story so interesting to watch. So if you don't know, Teach You a Lesson is actually AK drama and it is a Netflix production starring Kim Kim, your Yul Yisong Min Jin Ki Jo and PO as well. So this is like the bulk of the show. These are the characters that you will see every single episode and then everybody else is kind of an in and out of sorts.

9:25 They come in and they go out depending on what case they're working on for that we for that specific episode, if that makes sense. So this is a 10 episodes and it actually dropped on June 5th. So I am late to the party, but once I saw that Caitlin from No Sleep for dramas gave this a 10 out of 10, I was like I'll get a press play on this.

9:47 I absolutely just have to press play on this. So it is very much an 18 plus. There is violence galore in this. It is hard to watch because it is about school violence, school, you know, bullying. And not just that, but they actually go through some like psychological bullying as well, which is quite interesting.

10:11 They show you the other side of the coin. And but the sort of plot of this is that kids have kind of gone wild in schools and this so they build a, you know, board of people that go into the school and they're allowed to do whatever they want. They are allowed to use whatever means they deem necessary to bring that school up to snuff.

10:39 Again, if that means violence, they are going to use violence. If you know, by whatever cost, if it means like hope or punishment, that is what they will use. And one of the running threads is that if if adults are afraid of children, then the world is doomed. And that kind of like sums up what the show is about.

11:03 And I'm not going to spoil, so I'm not going to say anything else. There are very other threads running through, but that is the main plot. It's about these, you know, group of people that go into schools, schools that are really, really, really bad. And, you know, they go in and they use whatever means they have to to bring those schools back up to snuff again.

11:24 So I am really, really, really, really interested in this. And actually, I think so last year we had study group and I loved study group. I think this may be study group, I don't know, but I am loving this so much. And I think it honestly is because we get, you know, that new case every single episode. It really, really keeps the story going for me. So that is teach you a lesson and I'm watching it on Netflix. Next up on this category is Blossoms of Power. Now Blossom the sense of power is by the time this episode airs it'll be done.

12:03 However, I am not paying for fastpass. I hate the fact that 10 cent basically released a fastpass and they said there's no episodes for VIP for five days or whatever, however long it is. So if you want to watch it without buying the fastpass, you need to wait like 6 days for it to be available to you. And I opened up literally within an hour of the last episodes being out through the fastpass.

12:35 I opened up my Instagram and boom I got spoiled. So I know the ending and I'm just like do you know what? It's not worth it. It is absolutely not worth me paying. Not that the ending is not worth it, that's not what I mean. I mean, I already know the ending, I can wait the six days because I've already been spoiled anyways, if that makes sense.

12:58 And I little psych tangent here, but I hate, I absolutely hate this new wave of having to spoil everything with no warning. There was like not a single like spoiler alert nothing. And I'm just like, you're just going to suck the enjoyment out of watching these dramas for a lot of people. And that is so frustrating. And as someone who does create content, I try really hard not to spoil anything because I don't usually mind spoilers. But if you're going to spoil me on the ending of something, at least give me a little warning.

13:39 But yeah, that's an aside. That's an absolute aside. So Blossoms of Power. So this is starring Mungdi and her you. And it is one of those stories where she basically dies and then comes back and, you know, is somebody else. And she has to make sure she doesn't, you know, ruin her life again, not that she ruined her first life. Somebody else kind of dictated her life for her in her first life.

14:10 And she doesn't want to go down that road. So I love the fact that she's incredibly smart. He is incredibly smart. And I love how their relationship was kind of cultivated and how it grew. I love seeing them scheme together. It is such a joy to watch them scheme together. And this is kind of like a reverse harem because at the beginning she has quite a few Princess kind of like vying for her attention. And she's very much like, I am not going to fall in love. I am just going to marry the one that I deem the fittest in terms of who's going to make my life easier, who is going to not lead me to death, those types of questions. So I really, really loved all of that aspect of it. I thought it was brilliant.

14:57 And I'm really enjoying, you know, like I said, their chemistry. However, my biggest gripe with this is Monzi. I'm not saying she's not a good actress, but it's like I have seen this character from Monzi for her past 3 dramas at this point. So I feel like I'm a little bit fatigued of seeing her in this sort of role. And she has gotten better towards the end. I feel like she has gotten better. So that's exciting.

15:29 I do feel like her you really, really, really, really needs a female lead that can go toe to toe with them. But that's an aside. Also, the last couple of episodes that I've watched is probably what, episodes 29 to 31, maybe because I'm like an episode behind of what is actually released, not for VIPs, not including the express pass.

15:56 So I think I'm like up to episode 31, but for a couple of episodes they lost me. They lost me for a couple of episodes. I was like, you know, when you start reaching for your phone, that's never a good sign. So they did lose me for a couple of episodes. And I think that's why this is not on my tea is Piping Hot, but it is like on my steeping nicely because I am overall really enjoying it, but I have qualms with it overall.

16:24 But that is Blossoms of Power and that can be caught on WE TV and Vicki. And if you're in the States, it's $0.10, exactly the same as WE TV. And so Next up we have the Thai BL Peach and me. Now this drama, guys, this is a full episode. Kind of like it's not really a spinoff. It's more like a continuation of last year's Me and the and I, for some reason, I just find these two so charming to watch.

17:01 So basically it stars Pond and he plays Thee and Thee is like a very dramatic, over the top character. Like he's so over the top. And in Me and Thee he meets Peach and they kind of, you know, fall in love whole situation. But obviously Peach is from a very, very modest background. He's not I wouldn't say he's like poor poor, but he's not rich.

17:30 Well, he is poor and he is very rich, like mega rich. Like I want to live in his house kind of rich. My God, that house, that house alone has me in a chokehold because it is a stunning house. So they kind of got together in the first season, which is like in 10 episodes. And it came out last year, I think last year.

17:56 So we have that. And now we have kind of like the continuation of them after marriage. And this is only four episodes. So they're kind of like almost just checking in with characters. And I'm so here for it because he's so over the top. He's so over the top. But they are so incredibly cute together that I'm like, I love this.

18:16 I really really adore this and this you know 2 cute kids now, so this is a very, very easy watch. The last episodes coming up on August 1st, so I will be tuning into that and finishing this up. This will be the first thing that I finish in August, sadly, because I do really enjoy watching these. If you just want like a turn your brain off kind of drama and you know, a fun drama to watch, then definitely check out me and the if you're into BLS and then you know, you can swiftly move straight into this one, which is peaching me. I honestly best time watching this one. It's a lot of fun and the reason why is not in tea is piping or realistically speaking, it's not, you know, the greatest story in the world.

19:08 It truly isn't. But do I have fun watching it? Absolutely I do. So that is it for my Steeping nicely category. Next up, we have the slow sips. These are dramas I'm enjoying and a more, you know, relaxed pace. I'm definitely behind an episodes, but I'm still having a great time with them. And the first one on that list is another K drama and that is spooky in love. Now, I absolutely went into this drama for one reason and one reason only, and that's Park on Bin. I see Park on bin and I'm like, yes, please and thank you because I feel like she's such a talented actress and she's very versatile to like I've seen her in such wildly different roles and because I literally just finished the one wonderfuls this month or last month.

19:59 It was either this month or last month and she was great in that and such a different character to what she's playing in this one. So I love watching her. And this also stars young SU Jung. And basically he is a public defender, I believe, and he kind of obviously investigates cases. Now she. Sees the dead so they keep bumping into each other because she's trying to solve these people's problems of all these ghosts problems and they obviously keep bumping into each other. And her thing is that she cannot touch people because she kind of curses them without, you know, meaning to especially men. There's this ghost that kind of doesn't want her to be with anybody.

20:49 Now that story I'm sure will develop as we watch more of the show, but as of right now we don't know too much about it. Um, but so far there is 4 episodes out and I have watched 3 1/2 episodes and I'm enjoying it. It's fun. Is it something that it's not mind boggling right now, but I am enjoying it.

21:11 I'm enjoying the concept. It doesn't feel like anything me you and apparently Korean original story. Apparently it is a remake of the 2011 drama Spellbound. Oh, that's interesting. I did not know that with with Sonia and Jin and Yi mean T Oh, it's a movie. It's a movie, not a show. So apparently that's what it's sort of based on. Oh, that's interesting.

21:42 So far I'm enjoying it. I'm having fun with it. So that is spooky in love. Next up we have the prosecutors proposal. Another BL. I feel like I've been dipping back into BL so much more right now and I'm not bad about it. So this is actually finished. So I feel like I just need to sit down and binge the rest of it, which I probably will be doing over like the weekend.

22:09 And so I'm watching this on I Chi and it stars Paxi Wu and Kim Yongsi as the main couple. And the reason is so the story kind of revolves around another public defender. And he, his father was murdered. And he kind of gets, it's not an apprentice, but it's kind of like a helper. Oh, what's the word I'm looking for?

22:34 That is annoying. I cannot remember the name that Anyways, somebody who helps him, an investigator of sorts. Yeah. So a prosecutor and an investigator. And so the prosecutor had somebody in his very, very close proximity. I think it was his father, I believe, murdered and the investigator, his father was the murder.

23:00 So they kind of bring forces together to solve cases. My concern is, I think I've watched like 3 episodes right now. My concern is this is very short. They're trying to do a lot in not a lot of time. So I feel like I, I'll leave it here now. I feel like I'll think it'll be too rushed, but we shall see. So that is the prosecutor's proposal and I'm watching that on IG.

23:28 Next up, we have cases between us. This is another one that I just randomly press play on and it is on WE TV and it is set in Republican era and it's follows the story of Zhao Xiao, Xiao Xiang, a young man with the love for traditional culture, and Yuan Hong, a talented police officer. And they kind of joined forces to solve cases. That is the bare bones of this.

23:55 This is one of those where it's 36 episodes, but it's only 20 minutes an episode, so technically it's really not that. It's a lot, lot shorter than it seems. And it stars Zai Zi Liu and Kiddo Ma as you know, the two main guys. It is not a BL though. It's nothing like that. They really do just sort of solve cases together.

24:20 So I'm enjoying it. It's fun. It's set in Republican era. They get to handle a lot of antiques and stuff like that that I'm finding very, very interesting to watch. This does feel, you know, a bit of a cheaper budget, but it works for what it is. And so overall I'm enjoying it. So that is cases between US and I am currently watching that on WE TV.

24:45 I believe it's only available on WE TV and $0.10. So that is cases between US now. Next up is overdue. I am still watching overdo. I know not everybody is. I do feel like it's getting better, but that's relative because it wasn't that great to start with. So overdue. I mean, if you've been living under a rock right now, you you you won't know what overdo is, but it stars Zhang Wing her and Wang Churan.

25:17 It is a Republican set drama where Zangling her plays Chingy and Wang Churan plays Rensu. And they met, they fell in love, and then he thought she died, and then she comes back as his sister-in-law. So that is the setup. I was expecting this to be crazy. I was expecting this to be badly directed because this director is honestly just not that good. So I was expecting all of that.

25:49 The story feels a little bit disjointed, and that's not necessarily good. It feels like a soap opera or a telenovela. That's literally what it feels like. And if you're into that, you may enjoy this. And I honestly do think it's getting slightly better as the show goes on. They're kind of like hitting their stride.

26:09 I feel like a lot of people have just dropped it though, because first of all, there was a big commotion, rightfully so in my opinion, about the opening credits and the ending credits being completely AI. That was unnecessary. They had and then people rose up about it and they changed it so that no longer is AI. There was no need for it.

26:32 There was no need for it at all, in my opinion. But here we are. So that was like the main thing that was happening and then people were like, this is just not that good. The acting feels a little bit off, the chemistry feels a little bit off. So I will say it's not great, but I'm just having fun with it.

26:56 It's not something that I'm rushing towards. In fact, I am actually quite behind. I'm still like on episode 13 or something like that and I think there's already 20 episodes out. So I am behind, but I'm just having fun with it and I think I probably really will finish. We shall see. It just depends if like other shiny dramas take my attention. But you know, I didn't think this was going to be as bad as it is, but I'm also just having fun with it, if that makes sense.

27:28 So that is overdue. And then lastly on this category and for what I'm currently watching is something that actually I don't think many people know about and it is Wear Colors Dream. Now, the annoyance about this is that this is only three episodes and it stars Dai Lu Hua and Tang Shi as the two female leads. And it is again set in, you know, report in 1930s, a Republican era.

28:03 And it's a thriller, historical mystery drama. Again, only three episodes. What's annoying about this? You can only rent it. I this is the first time I've come across this. So even if you are a VIP member on we TV where where this is airing, you can only rent this show. And I think they give you, I think it's like they give you 120 days or something like that, you to watch it once you rent it.

28:30 And I believe it's $2.99 to rent all three episodes, which is not that bad. Now, am I annoyed that I had to pay to rent this? Yes. But I kept seeing bits for it around and I looked it up and I was like, I'm so intrigued by this that I really want to watch it. And then I said then I thought, oh, I have Google credits that, you know, Google Play credits that I don't really use. And I was like, great, I'll use that. And then I won't feel as bad giving $0.10 even more money. I have gripes with $0.10 overall. But the story basically MDL just says the story revolves around the mystery of a fake painting in 1930s Shanghai, financial intrigues and intricate schemes among the women. So it's quite interesting.

29:22 Dailuwa plays a character that is so she basically like fakes paintings. She copies them and makes really, really, really, really good fakes. And then Tang Shi Yi plays a character who is like head of this bank and they she finds Daily Dai Lua's character to basically make a fake painting that she needs.

29:48 And that's kind of like the basic setup for this. But again, it's only three episodes and I've watched the first episode. I need to watch two and three before my rent runs out. Cannot believe we're renting things on. OK, I'm gonna I'm gonna get off this soap opera boat, but yeah, so that is where colors dream again, only available on we TV and 10 cent.

30:14 Apparently it's available on something else, but I don't think it's available to us. Oh on YouTube. Oh my God, if this opens up and tells me I could have watched it on YouTube and I didn't, I'm going to be so frustrated. OK, no you can watch it on YouTube as well but if it's members only as well, so you'd still have to pay and I believe if it's more expensive on the YouTube channel that MDL says is available on than it is just paying the 299.

30:44 I'm not encouraging you to pay the 299. OK, if this is the best thing I've ever watched all year then yes I will come back and I'll tell you pay the 299 and watch it. But if it isn't I'll report back next month. So and that completes everything that I'm currently watching. You know, it's not too long, but it's a fairly good list right now.

31:09 Like I said, I'm not obsessed with anything. I hope something does come along that makes me obsessed with it. But as of right now, nothing so much. So let's move on to the next category, which is the left behind or the dropped category. Nothing. I dropped nothing in the last month. To be honest, I also didn't finish much, but I dropped to nothing, which makes me quite happy because it means that I'm probably picking things that I truly do want to watch.

31:40 So it's a good thing to for this category to be empty. So that means we can swiftly move along to the next category, which is the finished brewing. This is everything I've completed over sort of the past month and along with some final thoughts and some very quick ratings. So I there's only three things in this list.

32:05 Only three things in this list. The first one is the first, Jasmine. I finally completed this. I really, really enjoyed it overall. I thought it was a good drama. Not going to say much more on it because I do intend to review this on the podcast. So I'm not even going to give you my rating for this one because I feel like, you know, I want to fully express everything properly about it on the review. So that is the first Jasmine.

32:33 I really did enjoy that one. Then Next up is something that came out of left field for me and I sat down and I binged it and it's probably going to end up on my top dramas for this year and that is the C drama Bloom Life. Now this is only available on I Chi, but it stars Landy Lee and Guju Chen. It also stars Chu Tian and MU Kurem Kaiser. So this is kind of like your main cast. It's set in Kashgar in the Xinjiang province. So it is very, very different to anything you sort of watched before.

33:16 If you guys have watched last year's to the wonder, this is very reminiscent of that because it's so different in terms of setting, in terms of, you know, language, everything. It's quite different to what we're used to seeing. So this kind of like the, I don't know how to explain it very much, but it's three women kind of finding their own way back, not just to each other, but you know, finding themselves again in a sense. And it's only 8 episodes, which to me, I wanted it to be longer. That's how much I enjoyed this drama that I wanted it to be longer.

33:55 And if you want my full review of this, I actually reviewed it on Patreon. So that is already up and you know, I did a non spoiler review for it up there and I ended up giving this a 9.5 out of 10. That's how much I loved it. I really, really, really enjoyed this. And if you want like a slice of life drama with you know, a little twist and with something a little bit different, I highly recommend you check out this one if you have IG, unfortunately, that's the only place you can watch it, but definitely definitely worth your time. So that is Bloom Life and then the other drama that I finished was Xiao Fung.

34:39 Now this stars Wanking Glue and Shin Yoon Lai. It also stars Ying R Fang Ming, Heidi Wang as you know, the main cast and basically wanking glues character finds a not finds a guy, falls in love with somebody, falls pregnant and goes back to her hometown and the two people that do fall in love. So her character and shiny and lies character, they're from opposite families and the families kind of really, really dislike each other.

35:09 Now a lot of these characters are very unlikable. So I understand why the drama only has a 7.9 on MDL because it's not going to be for everybody. But I loved seeing the women and I loved seeing the found family aspect of it. And not even just found family, just a family itself growing and developing and the women finding themselves. There's a theme, there's clearly a theme to dramas that I'm enjoying right now.

35:35 And but yeah, I ended up really, really enjoying it. I think I gave it an 8.5 out of 10. So, you know, overall it was a good drama for me and for the mood that I'm currently in. It just seemed to work perfectly. So that is Xiao Fong and that is all the things that I completed in July. It's been a, it's been a quiet month, clearly.

35:59 Let's hope next month is better. So on my calendar, that is dramas with confirmed release dates that I'm looking forward to watching in the coming weeks. And as of right now, there's nothing because I have not found confirmed dates for any dramas that I kind of do want to watch. So it is empty. So let's move on to the last part of today's episode.

36:21 And that is our rumour corner. This is the latest rumoured premiere day scheduling updates for, you know, to be releasing soon. Now, I always say take this with a pinch of salt until that drama is playing on your screen. Nothing's nothing's given, nothing's a given. But these are the kind of dramas that you know, are rumage to premiere. So we have the first one that we have is Jung Shan Wei Pin. It doesn't have an English title currently. So I should have actually put this into Google. Oh, I'm going to regret it if I put this into Google. Will it, you know, give me a good translation? I don't know.

37:14 I don't know. But let's see what Google says. Google says that it translates to the land slash empire as a betrothal gift. So that's like the literal translation according to Google. But the reason why I'm excited for this. So it stars Wujin Yan, who is famously known for her role, her main role in the double.

37:39 And then this also stars Chen Zu Yan. So this is our main, you know, characters in this. It also stars Liang Yong Chi, who funnily enough played the husband to Wujin Yang's character in the double. So very interesting. It'll be interesting to see them play off each other in this again. And then we have Zao Zao, Zao He and Zhang Nan in this as well.

38:09 This is tagged as a historical romance and it is going to be 36 episodes. It is a Hunan TV, Mango TV drama, which means hopefully Vicki will get it because otherwise I'm not going to watch it. But this is also why I don't think we're getting Chasing Dreams in August. I honestly think Chasing Dreams is probably going to be September time possibly.

38:35 I don't think they'll push it to quarter 4, but I do honestly think it'll be September, possibly October now for Chasing Dreams, and I think they'll want to ride the coats of Chen Zhuyang's hopeful success with this drama. So we shall see. This is apparently rumoured for the 28th of July. Now you guys will know because by the time this episode comes out, it'll be the 29th of July.

39:06 So you will know whether this is confirmed or not. But as of right now, when I'm recording, I do not know. And now the next one is the Mystic Nine against the Mystic Nine against the coming storm. This one I truly do think we will get. And this is rumoured for July 30th. This one is looking very, very likely that it will, you know, become a reality.

39:32 This is Republican era and it is adventure, thriller, historical mystery. It's going to be 36 episodes, Yoko production. And it's going to start William Chan. He's I think he's one of his roles that he's, you know, more known for recently is Love's Ambition with Zalu Sheen. We also have Joseph Zhang and Sabrina Chen as the main cast for this.

40:00 But I might check this out. I don't know. It depends if I have to watch anything else before drum jumping into this or not, because this is there is a prequel called the Mystic 9. Now I don't know if I'd have to watch that first. I'll have to ask Caitlin whether, you know, I actually have to watch Mystic 9 before watching this one. Because if that's the case, then I'm not going to be, you know, having time to do both.

40:25 But yeah. So that is rumoured for July 30th. And then Next up we have The Genius of Girlfriend. That is just such a title. I don't like the title. So this is going to be 28 episodes. It is going to be an IT production and it is Tian Shi Wei and Ho Yi Tian and it is a romance youth drama. I don't know about this because it's it seems like there was a slight difference because the male lead isn't the genius. Apparently the female lead is the genius girl. She is straightforward and socially awkward. So they're doing a little bit of a role reversal. I'm going to see what I feel like because I feel like Chiang Shiwe is always just so adorable that it's going to be really hard for me to see her as

41:18 anything else. So we shall see whether you know this this works out or not. I think I may check this out. You know, they're going to be solving a scam and participating in club activities. So it's them sort of getting to know each other and whatnot. So that is the genius of Girlfriend and that is rumoured for August 5th.

41:42 So Next up you're going to see a pattern. The front half of August seems very loaded because the next one we have is August Rummage for August 8th and that is The Road to Splendor. So this is going to be 36 episodes, it's going to be historical romance drama and it's going to be a $0.10 We TV and it stars Ding Yushi and Ansi Dong, as you know, the main main couple.

42:14 So we shall see. We shall see how this one goes. I'm intrigued by this one. I do really like Dingushi. I just don't think I've really vibed with a lot of his dramas. But we shall see how this one goes. So Next up is Fate. This drama has the worst title, so the title for it is Fated a Master and disciple.

42:43 I mean, that is just not a title. That just does not entice me to want to watch this right? It just doesn't. But to be fair, I it wasn't one that was going to call to me anyways. So this is going to be a 36 episodes romance Russia fantasy war. It's going to be airing. It's a multi platform. So it's Tencent I Chi and we TV, and it stars Jujing Yi and Zhang Yun Long as the main, you know, main couple. I've seen some of the Primo and it kind of like just doesn't call to me.

43:20 So this is unless somebody's like, Oh my God, this is really, really good. I don't think I'll be pressing play. It's not one that you know, I personally look forward to checking out. So that is rumoured for August 9th then we have Against the Current. Now this I'm looking forward to. Against the Current is going to be a historical romance drama 40 episodes. We TV Tencent Video and it stars Tan Song Yun and Liu Shee Yi as the main couple.

43:54 I have seen a lot of program for this and and I'm excited. I'm excited. I love tansong Yun and I haven't seen Tansong Yun in historical in such a long time. So I'm very, very excited for this see. You know where this kind of goes and hopefully we will see it, but this is rumoured for August 24th.

44:19 Now we have one that is just rumoured for August in general, so I don't know when it'll be coming out. And that is it doesn't even have an English title yet, but it's Xiao Chang Liangfong and that is 30 episodes. It's going to be a life drama medical and it stars Xiao Zhan. So we will be seeing Xiao Zhan on our screens hopefully, hopefully in August, we don't know, but hopefully in August.

44:48 It also stars Nida Hong and Zhang Yan, as well as Shi Pang Yuan, Jian Renzi and Zhang Guan Qing. So this is quite a good cost, but it is a medical drama. It is a medical drama. I don't tend to go for those, but I do wanna check out a Shao Zan drama because he's so rarely does dramas nowadays. So I probably will.

45:18 If this is confirmed, I probably will check it out just to see what it is about and to see if it's something that I'll, you know, enjoy watching. So that is Xiao Chong, Liang Fong and that is it. That is all the rumors I've sort of collected for the month of August. Not many are really, really jumping out at me, probably against the current and you know, the road to splendor maybe those are kind of the ones that are and you know, Jiang Shan, Wei Ping, those are kind of the ones that are jumping to me.

45:56 Mind you, those are all the historicals. Those are all the historicals that are kind of like jumping at me. So, you know, we shall see. We shall see what comes at us, but that is it. That concludes my currently watching episode. I hope you guys have enjoyed it and come and tell me what are you currently watching? Is there something that I need to be pressing play on because this is the time to do it.

46:19 Not only is the podcast kind of like ramping down for not ramping down, slowing down for the end of season 4. And but then it means I'm also going to go on hiatus for a month so I actually get more time to watch dramas. So like I said, if there's something I need to be watching, this is the time to tell me. Thank you so much guys for hanging out with me. I hope you guys have enjoyed this episode and come and chat to me on all the socials and I shall catch you in the next one. Bye.