Category: China

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “Maybe I was destined to forever fall in love with people I could not have.” – Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell The Wolves I’m Home Just plain incomprehensible. Yet completely absorbing from the beginning and never let go. Although the story itself is notably out of reach, the characters were so compelling; I…

BLISS RATING: ★ “The best smell in the world is the scent of the person you love.” – Paulo Coelho I must confess that I knew nothing, and I mean nothing, about the world of Omegaverse especially as it pertains to the BL genre. Honestly, the hierarchical society that it creates is not just novel,…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “The bottom line is we never fall for the person we’re supposed to.” –  Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper I found this to be full of dark humor with a good sprinkling of sadness to puncture its levity. It is a story about two astonishingly handsome yet despondent young men. Full of…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★ “Your words as true and tender as autumn waters. My thousand-mile journey ends in emptiness.” – Quote from Lost In Kyoto This is yet another brilliant art film from China that is misunderstood. Because it is so cryptic, its message does not consistently flow and so therefore, it feels a bit uneven.…

BLISS RATING: ★+ “…just focus on loving the world, and I’ll focus on loving you.” – Quote from Revenged Love Watching this series is an experience. An inviting one. While it never felt deep and presented somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it is far more veiled than its flippant appearance. It has hidden messages everywhere, often disguised and…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “You showed me love is not a weapon but armor.” – Quote from The Sparkle In Your Eye This is a surprisingly effective series that is deeply rooted in the realms of movie making and BL specifically. The more light that is shed on who represents characters in movies, specifically in the…

BLISS RATING: ★★ “Bitter always follows the sweet, especially when it comes to love. Especially when it comes to forbidden love.” – Karina Halle Just plain weird. Honestly, there are not many instances that give me the ‘willies’, but watching this series frankly did. Everything about this story left me disquiet. And the way the…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “Life should be lived with purpose, and death should be meaningful.” – Quote from Jian Hun I downright fall under the spell of certain themes in either movies or series. This series had two of my favorites. Time travel and swashbuckling epic times full of exotic and romantic lore, legends, and traditions.…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★ “SALUTE to the unsung heroes who silently contributes to society. SALUTE to you and me who never give up in adversity.” – Quote from Golden Platform You can say a lot about series that come from China but the two noteworthy standouts in all of them are one, is that they have…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “The sea of suffering is endless.  As long as you return to the shore in time, there will still be a brilliant sunset waiting for you.” – Quote from Fangs of Fortune Epic. Clear and simple, this is in a class all by itself. Granted, it might not be for everyone, and…