Avançar Bravamente (2017)

One expects a certain degree of melodrama and cheesiness with any formulaic romance /action/bl/whatever. But this goes overboard without a life preserver. Yes the actors are handsome and the teasing genuine, the comstuming adequate as are the sets, but if you're looking for a three dimensional character, forget it. After 20 episodes I thought finally we had something interesting. Could we be touching the human condition in the character of Wang Zhi Shui, whose background story was full of pathos? But no sooner had I fallen under the charm of a rich kid taking a poor suffering kid into his home and heart, than we see the wretch throwing eggs at the co-stars sister in a silly motivation that came off more like misogyny . In fact the way the sister character is treated throughout the entire production simply screams, "China!? Get into the 20th century at least on women's issues!" The characters are one dimensional and border on the offensive. You'll find more depth in a swimming pool.

Leia Mais

This was so sweet and thankfully did not have a sad ending. I thought that reading comments from here...sorry :P
It was really cute, sweet and brought a lot of smiles throughout. loved the journey although ended a bit too hastily (I guess the Chinese Control is to be blamed for that) and our heroes didn't get a chance to confess face to face.
You will know when the time comes...he said...but that didn't ever come but the feeling of mutual understanding and consent was throughout there.
Wasn't steamy but really sweet.
But beware, at times it might really seem stupid execution of scenes which will seem like plot convenience (what was the shouting about in that episode...just...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...............LOL)
But really a must watch for fujoshis ;)
And whoever loves BL.
Really nice but unfortunately it was created in China where the future for such stuff seems really grim.
Enjoy the moment :)

Leia Mais

Even with that nitirious ban this was a really great show!

Casting was perfect, leading actors are just wow! I m surprised that they are not superstars already, cuz they are better looking than 90 % of other chinese actors i ve seen. And the girls were also good looking and with great acting skills.

Production was much better than expected, for me even better than some mainstream dramas from China, with that creepy polished voices and stuff.

The story was fun to watch, without the ban would be perfect. For me the biggest problem was the ending. Unneccessary problem and situation, totally not for an ending. I was expecting their coming out to sister or mother, not this. From this story Beijing would be burnt down if firefoghters were this slow, but somehow even guys from company from another part of town were able to come. And the guy XY saved looked old, so that cartoon part was a bit..wtf. And the toes thing. Like...whaaat? I expected some romance :(

Leia Mais

This would have been a 10

This started out absolutely fantastic. I loved the whole cast. I binged almost 20 episodes in one night. As more and more episodes went by, I’m thinking why are these guys sleeping in the same bed together? Are these guys together? what’s going on? Is this a BL or not? Unfortunately, I found out that the Viki version is chopped and cut so much the whole thing makes no sense. This definitely would have been a 10 for me but I’m still confused about a lot of things and no closure at the end. And what an ending it was. It was like the ending of an episode expecting more in the next. Sorry to the cast that the censures did you so wrong.

I can’t say enough about the cast though. The leads were super hot and very fit. What a great idea to have a bodyguard training facility. They are all very talented actors.

Leia Mais

Worth watching

Well this was CUTE! Beside that "ending" this drama doesn't have many flaws.
Love the leads in this, their chemistry is amazing, the acting is wonderful and the affection is lovely.
Still wonder how this passed all that China banning but I'm glad that it did.
This is such a lovely drama that ends without an ending. But that doesn't mean that you should give up on this.
Would like to recommend this to those who like: easy, light hearted and romantic drama, with gorgeous leads and without unnecessary drama from the other characters. The second couple is amazing and it's nice to see their progress as a couple from enemies to lovers. That can also be said for the lead couple.
Definitely recommend this !!!!

Leia Mais

Most likely each episode lost 10-15 minutes from cuts, resulting in half-assed Bromance story with lots of plot holes. However, transition between the scenes aren't hard to imagine. I'm guessing main couple's relationship was established somewhere in epi 19.

Yuan Zong is like a mama bird, and Xia Yao & Yuan Ru his chicks. He obviously has a soft spot for spoiled selfish bratty type. He has sis-complex for Yuan Ru who's much younger, spoiled and kinda clueless with worst taste in man. Approaches Xia Yao, another spoiled and narcissistic rich boy at his sister's request, and ends up taking him under his wings. Xia Yao has his moments, but he's a easily likable with full blown charms and so very pretty. ^^ Hard to imagine him as kickboxing champion. Some of the plot holes include Xia Yao's buddy Xuan Dayu with questionable mentality. One miniute he's desperately seeking Xia Yao's attention, jealous of everyone around him; next minute, he practically becomes a sugar daddy to an orphan thief with tragic story. Third coupling of an ass of another buddy and his androgynous 'friend' is even more uncertain. I even liked Xia Yao's mom, who has taste for good food, good looking man, and flattery from talking bird. Yuan Ru also has her charms: determination and easy going attitude. With interesting story, fair action, and charming characters, I bet this drama would've been a mega hit if they left it at BL. Why couldn't Taiwan produced this drama? ^^;

Leia Mais

The kind of bromance we love.

YouTube just randomly recommended this show to me and I'm not mad about it.
I never heard of it before, neither did I know what it was about.

Due to the chinese ban we didn't see those intimate moments (like in the novel) and I saw many comments criticizing that. It didn't bother be at all tbh. The main leads did an exellent job of showing the emotions and feelings through their eyes and they way they acted around each other. You could feel how much they cared about each other. The chemistry was top tier.
The only thing that bothered me was the ending....it felt more rushed than anything. Thats why I rated it 9 stars.

The story of the side couple was kinda weird to me. What was that scene with that chicken, and how did everybody else laugh about it in the comments? Did I miss something? He legit murdered that animal wth.

In general I really liked the story itself. I dig the Ifellinlovewithmysisterscrush - trope.

Cute show, without a heavy storyline. :) Would watch again.

Leia Mais

So I just made a list of dramas and movies I've watched so far, and it's this dramas turn to be rated :D and it brought me some really good memories :D

This is one of the first Chinese BL's I've watched, and as we know due to China's censorship I wasn't even expecting there to be spicy scenes. But even tho this was more like a bromance it was really good in my opinion, the actors understood their roles pretty good and carried on like that until the end.

Oh and, since y'all saw that there's a a bodyguard training company I can mention it, and I won't spoil anything, I just wangted to say that since I used to train kickboxing for around 5 years, bodyguard training center was one of the things that made me wanna watch this drama even more lol

I hope you find my review kinds helpful and not so boring

For me there were lots of funny and cute scenes! So I really loved this drama. I'm a sensitive. All in all this drama is interesting and worth watching :D

Leia Mais

At first, while watching the first episode I thought that i wouldn't stick to this Bl and thunk that I would give up on in about the 3rd our 4th episode but I sticked around and ended watching the entire thing in one day. I must say the story over all is amazing and the characters had great chemistry and especially love the way Yao acted with Yuan and how the went back and fourth teasing each other. They have sort of a hate relationship at first but that eventually changed to the point were they slept together multiple times (as in sleeping on the same bed together) I especially like the development on both the main characters especially Yao and there are some bl were that one female is just so annoying, but yuan's sister wasn't that bad And I like the fact that it had other characters dealing with relationships too

Everything's great and all especially the opening until the last few episode. Am pretty sure every one was hoping for either Yuan or Yao to confess there love or even kiss but that wasn't the case it didn't have a bad ending just not a satisfying ending. like this was one of the first bl drama I ever watched besides Guardian were they didn't confess and have a satisfying ending. Its definitely worth watching thoe and I would most definitely re-watch it just for Yuan and Yao chemistry. The only thing That was not great about this bl was the ending

again not a bad ending just not a satisfying one

Leia Mais

Advance Bravely

As someone who read the book right before I watched the show, I was quite pleased with the way it was executed. Sure the book was a total romance while this was a total bromance (though it gets quite obvious that they're in a relationship), but most of the dialogues and the story stayed true to the novel and I'm so glad that they made it work despite the censor board blocking their path.

Now I must say, this show is VERY flawed. The acting was average, at times the storyline got boring, and the editing could have been better. But what won me over is that they used the exact same dialogues from the novel most of the time and I was so glad. I went in to watch the show with absolutely no expectations, and I was left satisfied.

As a fan of the book, I think they did a very decent job. The casting was great! And there was a lot of fluff XD so that's a plus.

It is worth a watch if you are bored and need some slice of life.

Leia Mais