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“Meet me at the Blossom“, like "Kill to Love", is a historicizing Chinese series which many viewers would call bromance rather than BL. I know that this kind of series isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but they are my cup of tea. Whatever may be said against the storyline, which is very common in Chinese (non-BL) series – the production quality of both series mentioned is overwhelming. The acting …

This was at times both very simplistic and extremely complicated, and I'll explain what I mean. First though, it is a period piece where one guy rescues what he assumes is a 'damsel in distress', but in time he discovers that the damsel is really a dude. In time a relationship develops. For the easy part, the relationships between the characters are pretty simple, while the main couple has many tw…