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From "Love Through Time and Space", "Gong Suo Xinyu", "Step by Step" to "Qing Yu Nian" and "Rumored Chen Qianqian", the cross-over drama has gone through more than ten years from the initial prototype to the increasing maturity.
Today's cross-over drama has long been limited to the two forms of expression of "the present through the past" or "the ancient through the present", but even rose to multiple levels such as parallel worlds and streams of consciousness.
Recently, a well-known website voted for 10 popular cross-over dramas launched in various countries and regions in Asia in the past 2 years, and the types of these episodes are also quite rich.
NO.10 "365: A Year of Reversal of Fate"
Judging from the name, it is not difficult to guess the cross-cutting routine of this drama, including the male and female protagonists, 10 people who have returned to the bad luck of 1 year ago by making deals with the "devil".
The show's success lies in the closely linked fates of the 10 main characters and the constantly reversing plot and the "truth" that simply cannot be reached until the last minute.
Multiple elements of traversal, suspense and love are intertwined and fascinating.
NO.9 The Ship of Theseus
The ship of Theseus is actually a very old philosophical question that no one has been able to answer for thousands of years: "After every piece of wood on the ship has been replaced, is it still the same ship as it was?" ”
The Japanese drama "The Ship of Theseus" also has the same magic, the male protagonist played by Ryoma Takeuchi accidentally travels back to 31 years ago to try to rehabilitate his father.
Under the efforts of the male protagonist, many "established things" have changed, but they have also triggered new chaos, and even more people have suffered misfortune.
Fortunately, in the end, the male protagonist still defeated the "black hand behind the scenes" with his own efforts, and it can be regarded as giving the answer with practical actions.
NO.8 "Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon of Heavenly Thunder"
"Tianlei A" is considered to be "the future wears the ancient", a girl from the future world in order to experience the ideal love life and crossed into the overhead era she set, with modern thinking and the "ancients" dialogue and fell into a polyamorous love.
Although the plot setting is somewhat exaggerated, it is better than the comedic effect.
As a "crossing master", Zhao Lusi's performance also adds a lot of points to this work.
NO.7 "The Hand Can Pick the Stars"
"Hand Picking Stars" tells the story of the heroine who is the game's internal beta player who accidentally falls into the game setting and cannot get out of the game setting, becomes a small palace girl in the "other dimension" world, and has an emotional entanglement with the emperor and the general.
Although it is the setting of "now through the past", the story content has become richer because of the background of the game world.
NO.6 "Dazzling"
"Dazzling" is a "cross-over drama" that constantly breaks the boundaries of time and space and even age, and the plot is constantly changing between reality and illusion, but it cannot escape the emotional topic.
In order to save her father, the heroine used the gold watch to change the timeline and returned her young appearance to time.
But many things are not transferred by time and age, it is in the process of getting along with the female protagonist that this truth is gradually understood, and the male protagonist has also been "redeemed".
This drama helped Kim Keiko win the title of Queen of Hundred Thoughts and become the "White Moonlight" in the hearts of many people.
NO.5 "Rumored Chen Qianqian"
The most popular cross-over network drama in 2020 is "Rumored Chen Qianqian", which makes the male protagonist Ding Yuxi a new "traffic student", and also helps the female protagonist Zhao Lusi improve her popularity.
"Rumored Chen Qianqian" tells the story of a small screenwriter living in a modern city who accidentally crossed into the book he created and became a "cannon fodder character", in order to let himself "go home" as soon as possible and protect himself, the female protagonist opened the mode of holding the male protagonist's thigh.
However, from the perspective of "God", she had an affair with the male protagonist, and thus changed the direction of the plot.
In the end, the male and female protagonists both "wore" back to the modern era, leaving a big suspense, but also let fans directly call out to watch the second season.
NO.4 "Romance Loses to You"
"Romance Lost to You" has similarities with "Rumored Chen Qianqian", both are "wearing books".
However, the heroine of this drama is just an ordinary white-collar worker who fantasizes about becoming the protagonist of an urban romance novel, and after accidentally crossing into the book "President You Are Bad", she finds herself a "vicious female partner".
However, in the end, under the efforts of the female protagonist, a number of high-quality male gods, including the domineering president male protagonist, were impressed by her.
NO.3 《Celebrating the Rest of the Year》
"Qing Yu Nian" as a popular costume drama in 2019 is very high in terms of word of mouth and popularity, this drama is adapted according to popular IP, and the male protagonist Fan Xian in the original work is a modern person paralyzed in bed.
By chance, he traveled to a child in the "reorganized future world".
Fan Xian used the various skills he had mastered to strategize, not only quelling the turmoil in the court but also harvesting love.
Although the crossing element was replaced after the book was rewritten, it still won the recognition of most people.
NO.2 "The Eternal Monarch"
"The Eternal Monarch" is Lee Min-ho's comeback after returning from the army, and it is also highly expected.
Because the reputation of this drama after its broadcast fell into two poles, many people could not accept that its ranking was higher than that of "Qing Yu Nian".
But only from the perspective of crossing the elements, "The Eternal Monarch" is indeed more in line with the requirements than "Qing Yu Nian".
"Eternal Monarch" involves the problem of parallel space, and the protagonists can also travel through different times and different worlds, which can be said to be very brain-burning, perhaps this is also the reason why "Eternal Monarch" can rank second.
NO.1 "I Want to See You"
"Want to See You" is definitely one of the most "brain-burning" domestic idol dramas, so it is expected that this drama can reach the top of the list of cross-over dramas.
This drama tells the story of the male and female protagonists traveling through two parallel worlds to find true love, and unlike "Eternal Monarch", "Want to See You" is a "soul wear" mode with suspense.
The sense of CP between the male and female protagonists is obviously stronger, so the reputation and popularity of this drama are very high.
After watching so many cross-genre dramas, which one is your favorite?
In fact, from the perspective of the episodes on the list, the traditional crossing mode seems to have been gradually "eliminated", and how to make new ideas under the framework of crossing is the key to winning more people's love.
But it is undeniable that many of the traditional cross-over dramas before are still classics.
Do you prefer a traditional crossover drama or a more "brain-burning" crossover drama?