So, what shall my next wuxia be?

[dangermousie]

Yes, I am only halfway through LOCH but as you can tell, I am obsessed.

If you need to gauge my tastes, I've seen and loved (in addition to LOCH), Return of the Condor Heroes 2006, Handsome Siblings (the Nic Tse parts, the Dicky Cheung ones were horrifying), Da Ren Wu, Red Dust. Did not care for Chinese Palladin.

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[walkwithheroes]

How about The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber the third and final series/book in the Condor Trilogy. I've never seen it, but it's bound to have the same type of elements from the first two series and you liked those.

There is also The Myth which stared Hu Ge. A 2000 year-old artifact transported Yi Xiao Chuan and Gao Yao from the year 2010 to the Qin dynasty. They traveled the ancient kingdom trying to find their way back to the modern day, or at least die trying. Back in 2010, their family, Yi Da Chuan and Gao Lan, were piecing together clues from ancient artifacts that could help bring them back while avoiding attacks from mysterious masked men. - I've heard good things.

[dangermousie]

I've heard the hero of Dragon Saber doesn't have one otp but a series of gf which is a bit of a turnoff but not sure how accurate that is. I am going t check it out.

The Myth sounds awesome. Off to locate!

[walkwithheroes]

I don't think Dragon Sabre will be your cup of tea. It's focus more on the "politic" with all the sects fighting each other to get the Dragon Sabre. As you know that the hero has 5 girlfriends, he came off as a bit of a wishy-washy to me, rather uncharismatic. I prefer the story of his parents actually which started the story.

The Myth is based on a Jackie Chan's movie (he produced this drama). Of course since it's a Jackie Chan movie it's a bit of a comedy so I was rather surprised they turn this into a wuxia drama, but I have to admit the hero (in the ancient time) is pretty badass and awesome.

I of course still recommend Wind and Cloud but maybe it's too long for you (70+ episodes coz it's 2 seasons).

Ai

[dangermousie]

Thanks!

70 eps OMG. But if it has subs, I am in for W&C.

Cannot wait to watch The Myth. I am preliminarily obsessed.

[walkwithheroes]

The Myth is one I really want to watch. It's streaming with subs at the usual place, I do know that.

[slashedsilver]

I don't know if you found what you were looking for already, but Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre is one of my favourite wuxia dramas ever :) He has four girls who love him a lot, whom he kind of likes as well, but there's only one person he truly loves, and it really shows as the series progresses. I tend to start watching from the second half, after he's grown up and all the girls are finally in the picture. You can tell right off the bat the girl he has chemistry with, and it's awesome to watch her finally win his heart (and to watch our adorable lead realise who he's loved all along -- which has been entirely obvious to the audience, of course).

I like the 2003 version, because it has some of my favourite actors (it's a Singapore-Mainland-Taiwan production with Alec Su, Alyssa Zhao and Gao Yuanyuan as the leads), but I heard the 2009 version was good too.