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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

poll is closed. congratulations to Legend of the Female General.

bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

GRAND FINAL TODAY a legendary clash to finish out our inaugural #CdramaCup ...drum roll please... Legend of the Female General v. Legend of Zang Hai (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Legend of the Female General》featuring Cheng Lei in black armour, holding a sword, looking battle worn and fierce, and in front of him Zhou Ye in white fur, holding a sword, looking battle worn and even fiercer.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

poll is now closed. congratulations to Legend of Zang Hai, continuing on to the final.

screenshot of standing at the end of voting for SF2, showing Legend of Zang Hai with 53 votes or 59.6%, and Justice in the Dark with 36 votes or 40.4%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

SF2 Justice in the Dark v. Legend of Zang Hai (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Justice in the Dark》featuring Zhang Xincheng in drapey black, with glasses and just-short-of chin length hair, and Fu Xinbo in a black leather jacket over a crumpled blue shirt, surrounded by creepy red and white bits and pieces.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

poll is now closed! congratulations to Legend of the Female General, going through to the GRAND FINAL.

screenshot of final results for SF1, showing Legend of the Female General with 35 votes or 56.5% and Love in the Clouds with 27 votes or 43.5%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

SF1 Legend of the Female General v. Love in the Clouds (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《The Legend of the Female General》featuring Cheng Lei in black armour, holding a sword, looking battle worn and fierce, and in front of him Zhou Ye in white fur, holding a sword, looking battle worn and even fiercer.

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Love in the Clouds》featuring Lu Yuxiao (left) in an embrace with Hou Minghao.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

poll is now closed. Congratulations to Legend of Zang Hai, progressing into the finals.

screenshot of poll results for R3M4, showing Legend of Zang Hai with 52 votes, or 65%, and When Destiny Brings the Demon with 28 votes or 35%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

R3M4 Legend of Zang Hai v. When Destiny Brings the Demon a charming and cunning ML with an ass kicking FL and a contemplation of the price of vengeance OR an isekai-ed office drone FL with a cold, powerful ML who finds she's the only one he can trust. (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《When Destiny Brings the Demon》featuring Wang Yinglu (left) in aqua robes, and Arthur Chen Feiyu in red robes with their foreheads pressed together.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

thank you to whoever voted in the literal last minute saving me from having to break this tie. poll is now closed. commiserations to Team Shadow Love, Love in the Clouds has secured a place in the semi finals.

screenshot of final standings for R3M3 showing Love in the Clouds with 37 votes or 50.7% of the vote and Shadow Love with 36 votes or 49.3%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

R3M3 Shadow Love v. Love in the Clouds a general and her accidental blood slave who happens to be an enemy prince v. deception and attraction between sworn enemies in a quirky fantasy world. (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Shadow Love》featuring Song Yi in black armour and a flowing red cape, and Cheng Lei in blue and black robes standing behind her, reaching out to put a hair pin in her hair.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

poll now closed. congratulations to Justice in the Dark, progressing to the finals.

screenshot of results for end of R3M2, showing Justice in the Dark with 34 votes or 61.8%, and Flourished Peony with 21 votes or 38.2%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

R3M2 Justice in the Dark v. Flourished Peony The only contemporary styled drama to make it this far v. Tang Dynasty exquisiteness. (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

poll is closed! commiserations to team A Dream Within a Dream, Legend of the Female General is through to the semi finals.

screenshot of final result for R3M1, showing Legend of the Female General with 60 votes or 55%, A Dream Within a Dream with 49 votes or 45%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

still 14 hours remaining in our first Round 3 vote. for anyone wondering about how the bracket is looking at the end of round 2:

#Cdramacup2025 bracket after round two showing remaining match ups are:

R3M1 : Legend of the Female General v. A Dream Within a Dream
R3M2: Justice in the Dark v. Flourished Peony
R3M3: Shadow Love v. Love in the Clouds
R3M4: Legend of Zang Hai v. When Destiny Brings the Demon.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

R3M1 Legend of the Female General v. A Dream Within a Dream Third round, every match a heart breaker. Cast your votes wisely! (vote link in post below) Note: THIS PARTICULAR poll will last for 2 days, so you can vote today or tomorrow. #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《A Dream Within a Dream》featuring Li Yitong, smiling, in red robes, holding some sort of magic artifact which is making a golden whirlpool around her and Liu Yuning in princely dark blue and gold robes, standing next to her, looking handsome, and maybe a little confused.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

poll has now closed! congratulations to When Destiny Brings the Demon, completing our pool of third round contestants!

screenshot of final results for R2M8 showing When Destiny Brings the Demon with 31 votes or 56.4%, and Whispers of Fate with 24 votes or 43.6%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

R2M8 When Destiny Brings the Demon v. Whispers of Fate Will you choose the slacker office drone who falls into a xianxia plot and the love of her life, or the morally grey OP protagonist whose journey through jianghu leads him towards enlightenment? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Whispers of Fate》featuring Luo Yunxi with magnificently flowing robes and a red bandage around his hand.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

poll now closed. congratulations to Love in the Clouds, going through to the third round.

screenshot showing R2M7 results, Love in the Clouds has 30 votes or 68.2%, Twelve Letters has 14 votes or 31.8%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

R2M7 Twelve Letters v. Love in the Clouds Another Contemp v Costume match up today. On the one hand we have time shenanigans, on the other we have identity shenanigans. Which will you choose? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Twelve Letters》featuring an illustration of letters falling through space, a cat and a mailbox, and at the bottom left Wang Yinglu and Zhou Yiran sitting together on top of one of the letters, and at the top right another couple (the same couple?) smaller, sitting in a similar way.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

poll is now closed. congratulations to Legend of Zang Hai, progressing to the third round.

screenshot of final results for R2M6, showing Legend of Zang Hai with 40 votes, or 67.8%, and Filter with 19 votes, or 32.2%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

R2M6 Filter v. Legend of Zang Hai Which will you choose: the body swapping reflection on beauty with one chaotic twist after another, or the face swapping revenge tale with one betrayal after another? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Filter》featuring Tan Jianci in a suit and glasses holding a poster showing a jigsaw puzzle image of Li Landi .

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

poll closed. Congratulations Shadow Love, heading into the third round.

screenshot of final results for R2M5 showing Shadow Love with 27 votes or 60%, and Coroner's Diary with 18 votes or 40%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

R2M5 Coroner's Diary v. Shadow Love Which will you choose: the autopsy prodigal seeking justice for her late father under a false identity, or the adopted daughter of a general who unwittingly becomes blood master of an enemy prince? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Coroner's Diary》featuring a background level with ten characters in a throne room, and a foreground with the four main character pictured somewhat larger, including the central couple played by Landi Li (left) and Ao Ruipeng, all in period costume. Landi Li (the titular coroner) is holding a scroll and Ao Ruipeng is holding a folding fan.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

poll now closed. congratulations to Flourished Peony, going through to the third round.

screenshot showing final result for R2M4, Flourished Peony won with 30 votes or 56.6%. The First Frost received 23 votes, or 43.4%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

R2M4 The First Frost v. Flourished Peony Which will you choose: the seven thousand torments of Wen Yifan and the high school desk mate who loved her, or the Tang Dynasty divorcee girl boss and her friendly neighbourhood official? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《The First Frost》featuring Bai Jingting, in black, smiling, giving a piggy back to Zhang Ruonan, who has long lose hair and is wearing a white tee shirt and smiling.

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Flourished Peony》featuring Yang Zi in Tang dynasty costume with a potted Peony plant, standing next to Li Xian, smiling, wearing an embroidered official's robes with a black futuo head wrap.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

poll is now closed. Congratulations to A Dream Within a Dream, going on to the third round. (total votes: nice.)

screenshot of final results for R2M3 showing A Dream Within a Dream with 40 votes or 58%, and Revenged Love with 29 votes or 42%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

R2M3 A Dream Within a Dream v. Revenged Love Which will you choose: the actress who fell into a script and falls for the dude trying to kill her, or the genius who falls for the dude he's trying to honeytrap to get back at him for stealing his girlfriend? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Revenged Love》featuring Tian Xuning (left) and Zi Yu about to kiss.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

poll closed. I don't understand why the poll results are not showing as closed, but the time limit has passed, and admin is declaring Justice in the Dark as the winner for this round. Commiserations to Prisoner of Beauty, a hard fought match.

Screenshot of vote tally as at end of poll for R2M2.

Justice in the Dark 54 votes or 50.9%, Prisoner of Beauty 52 votes or 49.1%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

R2M2 Justice in the Dark v. The Prisoner of Beauty Which will you choose: a BL on the DL, scifi-esque setting crime drama or political machinations with rom-com vibes and grump to simp transformation? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Prisoner of Beauty》featuring a close up of the faces of Song Zu'er (left) and Liu Yuning, both looking calculatingly at the camera.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

poll now closed. Congratulations to Legend of the Female General, moving into the third round, and commiserations to Blood River, retiring from the competition here.

screenshot of final results of R2M1, showing Legend of the Female General with 30 votes or 62.5% and Blood River with 18 votes or 37.5%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

full results for round one, and match ups for round two: (full names of dramas in the ALT, if you're looking for them.)

voting bracket showing that the match ups for round two are:

R2M1 Dec 16 Legend of the Female General v. Blood River
R2M2 Dec 17 Justice in the Dark v. Prisoner of Beauty
R2M3 Dec 18 Dream Within a Dream v. Revenged Love
R2M4 Dec 19 First Frost v. Flourished Peony
R2M5 Dec 20 Coroner's Diary v. Shadow Love
R2M6 Dec 21 Filter v. Legend of Zang Hai
R2M7 Dec 22 Twelve Letters v. Love in the Clouds
R2M8 Dec 23 When Destiny Brings the Demon v. Whispers of Fate

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

R2M1 SECOND ROUND OF VOTING BEGINS Legend of the Female General v. Blood River Which will you choose: the daughter forced to impersonate her brother or the Jianghu Assassins yearning to be free? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Blood River》featuring Gong Jun in the centre position, in white, holding a sword, surrounded by four other characters.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

POLL HAS CLOSED WHISPERS OF FATE VICTORIOUS thank you to everyone who voted, and especially to those last couple of votes that saved admin from a hernia. Commiserations to the nobly defeated Desire the Series

screenshot of final voting position for R1M16 showing Whispers of Fate with 33 votes or 51.6%, and Desire the Series with 31 votes, or 48.4%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

R1M16 -final vote of the opening round- Whispers of Fate v. Desire the Series Will you choose the jianghu journey of a thousand tribulations, or the omegaverse tale of manipulation and obsession? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Desire the Series》featuring
Qiu Dingjie in a black suit jacket with no shirt, lying down, eyes closed, his head resting on the shoulder of Huang XIng, who is also lying down, reversed, head on Dingjie's shoulder, his face turned towards the other man.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Poll now closed. Congratulations to Love in the Clouds which continues through to round 2.

screenshot of final vote for R1M15, showing Love in the Clouds with 28 votes, 63.6%, and Moonlit Reunion with 16 votes or 36.4%

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

R1M15 Love in the Clouds v. Moonlit Reunion Will you choose the enemies to lovers xianxia tale of a one time prisoner and the warrior goddess he defeats, or the historical romance between a pampered noble lady with a hidden identity and a daoist prodigy? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Moonlit Reunion》featuring Xu Kai (left) with a purple robe and a high pony tale, standing with Tian Xiwei, in a red robe, cats ears and a tail, and seven smaller figures in the foreground, in "historical" dress, and a cat.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Poll is now closed. Congratulations to When Destiny Brings the Demon, moving on to the second round!

screenshot of final results for R1M14, showing When Destiny Brings the Demon with 27 votes or 71.1%, and Guardians of the Dafeng with 11 votes, or 28.9%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

R1M14 When Destiny Brings the Demon v. Guardians of the Dafeng Will you choose the falling into a xianxia world romance, or the falling into a wuxia world adventure? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Guardians of the Dafeng》featuring Dylan Wang Hedi in armour over blue robes holding a crossbow, pointed straight at you, the viewer, and behind the main figure a spiral with smaller images of Wang Hedi placed within it.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

voting has now ended. Congratulations to Twelve Letters, progressing to round two!

screenshot of final results for voting in R1M13, showing Twelve Letters with 23 votes, or 74.2%, and Love's Ambition with 8 votes, or 25.8%

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

R1M13 Twelve Letters v. Love's Ambition Will you choose the magical postbox, dual timeline, romance mystery, or the modern tale of a couple who seemed to have it all breaking and then finding their way back to each other? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Love's Ambition》featuring a close up of a moment before a kiss between WIlliam Chan Weiting and Zhao Lusi.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

poll closed! Commiserations to all those devoted to Dominion and Devotion, Legend of Zanghai will go forwards into round two.

screenshot of final results of poll R1M12, showing Legend of Zanghai with 34 votes, or 77.3%, and Dominion and Devotion with 10 votes or 22.7%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

R1M12 Legend of Zanghai v. Dominion and Devotion Will you choose the revenge tale of the Imperial Astronomer's son, or the story of the Eunuch and his Empress who refused to remain a puppet? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Dominion and Devotion》featuring Li Geyang in red clasping hands with Huang Haoyue.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

poll is closed! lots of voting today! Shadow Love has conquered, and will be going through to round two!

screenshot of final results for R1M11, showing Shadow Love with 31 votes or 68.9%, and Kill to Love with 14 votes, or 31.1%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

R1M11 Shadow Love v. Kill to Love Will you choose the amnesiac prince / enemy female general romance, or the assassin / prince-turned-emperor, love in a time of war BL? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Kill to Love》featuring Zhang Zhexu in dark robes standing behind Mi Jin in pale robes with long hair and a folded fan (I think) in hand. There is a painted backdrop with trees, rocks, swallows and pagodas, and a third character in the top left.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

poll is closed!!! despite a late surge for Mobius, Filter is victorious, and will be going through to round two.

screenshot of final results from R1M10, showing Filter with 20 votes, or 66.7% and Mobius with 10 votes, or 33.3%

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

R1M10 Filter v. Mobius Will you choose LLAMA, i.e. the quirky hidden identity magic object romance, or SQUID, i.e. the time loop DNA manipulation murder mystery? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

ALT1: a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Filter》featuring Tan Jianci in a suit and glasses holding a poster showing a jigsaw puzzle image of Li Landi .

ALT2: a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Mobius》featuring Janice Man/Wen Yongshan (left) in a dark suit with her arms crossed, standing separated by a glass wall from Bai Jingling, also in a dark suit, with his arm lifted as if to look at his watch.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

poll has closed! Coroner's Diary is through to round two.

screenshot of final result for R1M9, showing Coroner's Diary with 26 votes, or 83.9%, and Time Raiders with 5 votes, or 16.1%.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

half way through round one, our first eight eliminations have occurred, some interesting round two clashes shaping up...

#CdramaCup2025 match up bracket showing four impending round two matches: R2M1 Legend of the Female General v. Blood River; R2M2 Justice in the Dark v. Prisoner of Beauty; R2M3 Dream within a Dream v. Revenged Love; R2M4 The First Frost v. Flourished Peony.

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bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

R1M9 Coroner's Diary v. Time Raiders Will you choose the daughter of a wrongly eliminated court official who takes on autopsies and a false identity to pursue justice, or the supernatural treasure hunting adventure tale which is part of the DMBJ universe? (vote link in post below) #CdramaCup2025

a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Time Raiders》featuring Cheng Xiang (left) looking brooding and Xu Zhenxuan wearing glasses, listening to a mobile phone.

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