My Rating: ★★★★
Meet You At The Blossom (ก่อนดอกไม้…บาน) is a Chinese/Thai/Taiwanese joint venture LGBTQ Wuxia TV series released in July 2024.
About
“Jin Xiao Bao, the son of the wealthiest man in the Jiangnan region, falls in love with icy, white-clothed beauty Huai En due to an unexpected meeting. This young woman he sees as his future wife, however, seems to have aroused a lot of enmity. When he comes to the rescue of an injured Huai En, who’s tainted by an aphrodisiac, the true identity of this beauty is revealed.”
via MyDramaList
Cast
Li Le, or Leslie Li (俐乐) plays Zongzheng Huai En
An actor who studied in Shanghai has been a few dramas with more to come. Instagram
Wang Yun Kai (王昀楷) plays Jin Xiao Bao
According to MyDramaList this may have been his first TV drama gig, he did quite a good job here. Instagram/YouTube
Li Jun Liang (李俊良) plays Su Yin
He has been in quite a few series, some of them “vertical” only a few minutes per episode. Instagram
Review
I came across this show, not hearing about it before, and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of it.
It appeared to be a joint Chinese, Taiwanese and Thai co-production filmed in China. I thought China would be too conservative for this type of LGBTQ production. There were some Thai actors in the show but the main cast was Chinese.
Some of the acting was quite “camp” and over the top but it kind of worked. At first there was some over the top crying [like babies] but when getting used to that style it worked in with the show.
Even though it was billed as a wuxia type show those scenes could have been choreographed in a better way.
Jin Xiao Bao was a bit of playboy with the women. He fell in love with this person who he thought was a girl, then when revealed as a man he still loved him. So I don’t know if the character was bisexual or just developing his likes. Either way, its not good to label him under any category, just gender fluid in what he liked.
The show is only 12 episodes so easily to get through. The final scenes of the last episode were cute, it was a great way to end the series.
Summary
The show had its ups and downs but all in all a good watch.
Where To Watch
We watched this on iQiyi but its now available on many streaming platforms.
