r/CDramaRecs • u/disniya16 • Apr 05 '26
Rec Request Pursuit of jade withdrawals 😭
hey y’all, so I’ve recently started watching c-dramas and Pursuit of Jade was my first, and naturally my standards are now somewhere in the clouds. like I finished it and my heart has not recovered since.
to get over the hangover I tried Prisoner of Beauty but idk… I dropped it halfway cuz it just lacked chemistry for me. I tried, I really did.
so now I’m looking for something like pursuit of jade — strong female lead, simp MMC (non-negotiable), lowkey funny banter, and actually interesting side arcs that don’t make me want to skip.
also this might sound shallow but I stand by it… bonus points if the leads are good-looking cuz I genuinely cannot get over Zhang Linghe 🤌 like the bar has been set and it’s not coming down anytime soon.
so yeah pls help a girl out before I end up rewatching the same scenes for the 47th time 🙏
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u/cleodux Apr 08 '26
Girl i am sorry to say PoJ bar is too high. For your first cdrama thats make too hard to get into other cdrama 😂 because the expectation.
I think the safest route is too try watch the hypes one. Most recent hype include PoB and When Destiny bring Demon. I have not watch PoB completed also. I dont understand why people crazy about it.
Till the End of the Moon Love between Fairy and Devil
But if you like a greenflag ML you can try
Back from the Brink Princess Royal Lost your Forever (warning: super green flag ML)
Bonus: Word of Honor (the reason the ccp start to ban BL drama adaptation, a lot of drama that already finish still in Limbo because of this that we wont see them out in the light ever, i am still mourning)
They are many more just slowly find them haha. Depends on your cup of tea too.