Lu Guo Wo Nian Shao Shi Guang De Lan Se (2024)

a real bl from China, and so far so cute!

Of course the censorship gods got to the series and we only have 4 episodes instead of the full 12, news is theyre trying hard to find a workaround, but for now I'll just review what they released. In an attempt to avoid censorship by airing this as a webseries outside of China, they started off strong by pushing out the first 4 episodes together, and I'm already loving it.

The story so far is a good mix of character building/back story and a nice simmering chemistry between the 2 leads. Qi Lu is a rich student artist desperate to get out from underneath his father's abusive thumb, one day he coincidentally meets his muse, a poor student artist Qin Xiao who's rough around the edges. After some back and forth they end up becoming close and deep feelings start to form. The friendships and family dynamics are messy and realistic, but the romance brewing is sweet and wholesome, and yes--already slowly developing past censorship lines. This plays like a slice of life bromance that naturally developed into a romance and its absolutely beautifully done.

On top of the tension between them, the actors really do a great job making you fall in love with the characters, no over the top acting or cringe dramatics. The side couple is okay, I like that there's deaf representation, but the couple is more of a one sided love story so far and I'm not sold on it.

Overall production is good too, edits and shots are artistic and well done.

So far everything about the show is pretty great, can't wait to watch the rest, will update as more (fingers crossed) episodes air!

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(on hold) First Impression: Blue Canvas of Youthful Days

update - less than 24 hours from when it aired, iQIYI removed the 4 episodes that were available. Apparently the creators are trying to make it available but TBD as Justice in the Dark & Addicted have never aired their remaining episodes...

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Overall: although I'm bracing myself for angst later on, the first four episodes were very well done. 12 episodes about 30 minutes each. Airing on iQIYI https://www.iq.com/play/blue-canvas-of-youthful-days-episode-1-13q46jpfxvc?lang=en_us

Content Warnings: there are several, I'll put them under a spoiler comment

What I Liked
- characters and their dynamics
- sweet moments
- a hard of hearing character (though some things related to this didn't make sense to me)
- clear premise

Room For Improvement
- some nonsense plot things
- not sure the ages of two characters
- a character should have first asked/talked to another character about what he wanted
- not a fan of a flash forward and then going back to the past to start a series
- too much blur effect in scenes

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