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Once Upon a Dream

2025 · 1 season

A tense, emotionally charged costume drama about escaping a suffocating adoptive family and a dangerous bond, with a slow build toward self-determination.

Created by
Dai Qi
Genres
Drama
Overview
After losing her family, Shen Qingtang is taken in by the powerful Pei family and raised as the heir Pei Congzhi’s adopted sister. Enduring years of mistreatment and emotional manipulation, she decides to escape the oppressive household and the dangerous bond with Pei Congzhi, determined to take control of her own fate.
How it feels
Melancholic, tense, romantic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, family, identity, obsession
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Created by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Dai Qi
Starring
Hu Yiyao, Zhang Jingyun, Deng Zhihao, Jiang Pengyu, Ma Kaiwei, Wang Mize, Wang Yulin, Huang Ying
Length
1 seasons, 24 episodes
Network
Tencent Video
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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