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Rise of the Ragged Hero

2025 · 4 seasons

A fast, pulpy serial of small victories and narrow escapes, easy to dip into and oddly satisfying to watch.

Genres
Drama, Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring
Pan Zijian, Hu Jiarong, Zu Kaer
Overview
A modern engineer named Xu Mu wakes in the body of a street-corner layabout, in a dynasty coming apart at the seams. Everyone around him assumes he's the same worthless drifter he's always been, and the offers of a wife come as jokes at his expense. Then a daughter of wealth, fleeing the collapse with nothing left, crosses his path. Blade, bow and horse are all he has, and he means to keep the people under his roof alive.

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Genres
Drama, Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring
Pan Zijian, Hu Jiarong, Zu Kaer
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • survival
    • class
    • family
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism4
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy
    Starring
    Pan Zijian, Hu Jiarong, Zu Kaer, Zhu Minxin
    Length
    4 seasons, 396 episodes
    Network
    Hong Guo Short Drama
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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