Picked up my first Cdrama and its surprisingly not bad. The dubbing keeps throwing me off though.

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    The dubbing might be the most annoying thing about cdramas..
    But you’ll probably get used to it 😉

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      I’m trying. It doesn’t get better at any point but the cute keeps me going. Any idea why they dub? Its awful and I’m sure the actors have better voices.

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        I know of two reasons they so frequently use voice actors: to even out accents, and to avoid having to deal with background noises (this is more often a problem for historical dramas) since certain sets can be pretty busy with multiple projects being filmed at the same time.
        That’s what I’ve gathered, at least.
        Though I feel like money and profit play a big part in this too 👀

        In my experience modern dramas are dubbed less often, though, so you probably got a little unlucky with the one you’re watching (or was it me the one who got lucky? ahah) 😅

        Hope you can still enjoy the cute, though!! ^^

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        It’s often because of the accents. It’s hard when a TW actor plays in a Cdrama because I’m used to his voice and suddenly it’s another one.

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    The dubbing made it impossible for me to ever get into Cdramas. It literally makes me shudder

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    Cdramas get a bad reputation (things of the past, i guess), but honestly there are some really good dramas. And they’re improving on them.

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      Any recommendations? I’m only the mood for cute fluff these days and thankfully this one offers just that but I’m always up for more cute.

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        Legally Romance, Day of Becoming you and My Fated Boy are total cute fluff shows. Though all of them have a substantial story to keep you invested as well.

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          Plus in all of these shows the actors use their own voice so that’s a plus. I don’t mind dubbing as much now, in fact spme actors are better dibbed. But for the sake of the overall project, those dubbed in the actors voice or not dubbed at all feel better somehow. You can also You Are My Glory to the list. That’s cute, fluff too.

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        The evolution of our love is a good friends to lovers drama. It has had several remakes since the original Taiwanese version and I prefer the Chinese version over the K drama. I tend to use subtitles is that an option? Then you could lower the spoken words.

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        Go ahead is my favourite Chinese drama it’s a slice of life romance. Single dad raising his daughter while running a restaurant. He is a great dad and a loyal friend to the dad upstairs. You see the family grow as new members join and the children grow up.

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    The dubbing turns me off so many times… I always get the impression, it’s the same actors who are dubbing. The woman are always given the same kind of voice like cute and “obedient”. It’s why I don’t watch many Cdramas, I can’t overcome it.

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      I’m only on my first drama so its probably too early to say this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they really were using the same actors to dub everyone.

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      I agree there was a spate of dramas with the same girly voice that wound me up and I had to stop watching because it got on my last nerve. I like listening to the language while I read the subtitles to familiarise myself with the language but I could not do that so that’s why I stopped watching. The dramas I watched before that trend were really good. A watched a mix of modern and some historical fantasy so I was gutted that I couldn’t continue.

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