Asian Drama

Katagiri Kyosuke, who moved to Tokyo from the countryside to attend university, is in a long-distance relationship with “Sacchan.” However, by chance, he ends up having a physical relationship with the married woman who lives near to his apartment. Thus begins a story surrounding an immoral love triangle… Kyosuke, who doesn’t understand love, must choose between a girlfriend from his hometown or a married woman in the city. What is the fate of this destructive love affair?

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Dear Sa-chan" (さっちゃん、僕は。) by Asaga Iori (朝賀庵).

Tags: Extramarital Affair, Infidelity, Adapted From A Manga, Love Triangle (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Jun 11, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Komukai Riko is the family's second daughter, with an elder sister who is sturdy and a younger sister who is more free-spirited. Riko was working briefly in Tokyo when she returned to her parent's residence after her grandfather died.

While rummaging through her stuff on the roof where the family has gathered for the first time in four years, Riko comes across a half-completed plastic model. Riko was guided by Yassan to the Yajima model shop where her grandfather used to go, and she decided to make her first plastic model.

Riko, feeling that she knows a little more about her grandfather and family, resolves to spend the summer at her parent's house so she can do what her grandfather regrets.

(Source: Japanese = Natalie.mu)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Friday

This story is a mature, realistic adult love affair story that portrays people struggling between the institution of marriage and the instinctive feelings of first love, repeatedly engaging in infidelity and betrayal. Zaizen Honami, a preschool teacher living a happy life with her husband, is suddenly surprised when her friend Kaori Maria confesses to her that she is having an affair with her first love. To make matters worse, Honami is then left shocked when she discovers her husband’s infidelity. Amidst this turmoil, she meets her neighbor, Tokimatsu Chihiro, and gradually begins to develop romantic feelings for him. ~ Adapted from the manga series "Hatsukoi Furin: Kono Koi wo Hatsukoi to Yonde Ii desu ka" (初恋不倫～この恋を初恋と呼んでいいですか～) by Yokobaba Ryo (横馬場リョウ).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This drama is adapted from the manga of the same name, and tells the story of Yuya Ishida, a young editor in his 20s, who became the editor of a sports magazine because of his baseball experience, but went to a women's magazine that he was not used to due to transfer. Temporarily serving there was a culinary researcher in his 50s, Mr. Miya, who is a signature figure in the Kyoto dialect and a popular entertainer who openly gays and lesbians. Although Tomo was nervous, Mitsuya's food grabbed his stomach with ease. Staring at Tomoya's gentle gaze, cheerful character, and occasionally showing cuteness, I was helplessly attracted——!?

Adapted from the manga series "Mitsuya Sensei no Keikakutekina Ezuke." (三ツ矢先生の計画的な餌付け) by Matsumoto Ayaka (松本あやか).

Tags: Age Gap [Drama Life], Middle-Aged Male Lead, Café Owner Supporting Character, Editor-in-chief Supporting Character, Editor Supporting Character, Editor Male Lead, Researcher Male Lead, Age Gap [Real Life], Gay Male Lead, Gay Romance (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Country: Japan

Airs On: Friday

Aired: Jul 26, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The Eiryukan High School Musical Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and the annual school festival performance is coming up. Although it is a traditional club with a glorious track record, the current number of members is only four. Led by Hibino Ren, the club members work hard every day in preparation for the performance, but they all have strong personalities and are not very cohesive...

And suddenly, in their peaceful days, the club is on the verge of being disbanded! At that time, a transfer student from New York, Otowa Shoma, arrives. He invites Shoma, who seems to be interested in musicals, to join the club, but he quickly turns him down... This is a story of youth that hinges on the survival of the musical club and the success of its performances.

(Source: Japanese = TV Tokyo)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Thursday

This is a love story about a weekend marriage between two people who are clumsy when it comes to love. Fukuyama Kenta, whose hobby is barbecuing, meets Yamaguchi Chihiro, who loves to eat, on a dating app. When he is transferred to Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, he suddenly proposes marriage to her, and the two get married after zero days of dating. Kenta and Chihiro, who live apart in Tokyo and Hamamatsu, slowly deepen their relationship by having barbecues every weekend. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Yaiteru Futari" (焼いてるふたり) by Hanatsuka Shiori (ハナツカシオリ).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This is a love story about a weekend marriage between two people who are clumsy when it comes to love. Fukuyama Kenta, whose hobby is barbecuing, meets Yamaguchi Chihiro, who loves to eat, on a dating app. When he is transferred to Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, he suddenly proposes marriage to her, and the two get married after zero days of dating. Kenta and Chihiro, who live apart in Tokyo and Hamamatsu, slowly deepen their relationship by having barbecues every weekend. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Yaiteru Futari" (焼いてるふたり) by Hanatsuka Shiori (ハナツカシオリ).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This drama is adapted from the manga of the same name, and tells the story of Yuya Ishida, a young editor in his 20s, who became the editor of a sports magazine because of his baseball experience, but went to a women's magazine that he was not used to due to transfer. Temporarily serving there was a culinary researcher in his 50s, Mr. Miya, who is a signature figure in the Kyoto dialect and a popular entertainer who openly gays and lesbians. Although Tomo was nervous, Mitsuya's food grabbed his stomach with ease. Staring at Tomoya's gentle gaze, cheerful character, and occasionally showing cuteness, I was helplessly attracted——!?

Adapted from the manga series "Mitsuya Sensei no Keikakutekina Ezuke." (三ツ矢先生の計画的な餌付け) by Matsumoto Ayaka (松本あやか).

Tags: Age Gap [Drama Life], Middle-Aged Male Lead, Café Owner Supporting Character, Editor-in-chief Supporting Character, Editor Supporting Character, Editor Male Lead, Researcher Male Lead, Age Gap [Real Life], Gay Male Lead, Gay Romance (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Country: Japan

Airs On: Friday

Aired: Jul 26, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

“No or stop, you unexpectedly say cute things.” The beauty assistant Natsume is forced to do pair sales with his junior Sahashi. Sahashi, who doesn’t take Natsume or his work seriously, overtook him in sales and annoys Natsume as he’s trying to act as a good superior…once his act is discovered and he’s threatened into becoming his sex friend?! Plus, he carelessly pushed the switch to awaken Sahashi… “Is it all right if I get serious?”.

This is a story set behind the cosmetic shop counter, with feelings of love appearing as Natsume finds his heart beating fast, although it irritates him.

(Source: MangaUpdates)

Adapted from the manga series "Cosmetic Playlover" (コスメティック・プレイラバー) by Narashima Sachi (楢島さち).

Tags: Beauty Consultant Male Lead, Cosmetic Industry, Co-workers' Relationship, Workplace Setting, Senior-Junior Relationship, Consultant Male Lead, Gay Male Lead, Gay Romance, Friends With Benefits, Forced Kiss (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 60 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Aug 6, 2024 - Aug 27, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

An original anthology drama based on the theme of live streaming, that depicts the connections between online streamers ("livers") and their listeners.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 4

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Saturday

Every day, bank branches encounter various problems like missing money, information leaks, loan problems & breach of duties. Hanasaki Mai's job is to go there and fix the problems. She is able to do so even though she is just a bank clerk without higher-level powers. Because of her character, Hanasaki Mai will not keep still when she sees a wrong. She's willing to stand up for the side of the weak, regardless of the relation between the top and bottom factions of the bank.

Kawakami Sachi is a normal second-year high school student with a peaceful family. Her parents accepted the love story between Sachi and her childhood friend Tsukishima Takara, and the two spent happy days together even though they went to different schools. Takara is a track and field club member, aiming to enter a prestigious university for track and field.

One day, Sachi noticed something strange with her body and discovered she was pregnant. From here, Sachi and Takara must face the realities of life, grappling with the question of whether they can have and raise children.

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the manga series "Ano Ko no Kodomo" (あの子の子ども) by Aoi Mamoru (蒼井まもる)

Tags: Student Supporting Character, Student Female Lead, Student Male Lead, School Setting, Teammates' Relationship, Classmates' Relationship, Caregiver Supporting Character, Housewife/Househusband Supporting Character, Teenager Supporting Character, Teenager Female Lead (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Jun 25, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Oba Nana is the middle child among three sisters. She is 29 years old, single, and works hard at her job. She receives a promotion at her job to become the youngest assistant manager, but she feels anxious due to her friends getting married and having children. Her two sisters are 39-year-old Narusawa Mutsuki and 19-year-old Oba Hatsumi. Narusawa Mutsuki works as a certified accountant. She is currently separated from her husband due to her husband's infidelity. Oba Hatsumi feels unease with people her age who have their own life goals and pursue their goals. In order to comfort her feelings, she meets a man from a dating app.

One day, these 3 sisters face a big situation when their father suddenly goes missing. Due to that incident, they gather together.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Friday

"Alchemy" is a pseudo-science that attempts to create "gold" from various different combinations. One experiment to do so artificially brings to life a race of creatures, and the story revolves around an era where these experiments were being conducted in secret.

In the story, the artificial lifeforms known as the "Chemies", made to imitate things that exist in the world such as grasshoppers, were created from the art of the best alchemy techniques. Each and every one of them were carefully stored in "Ride Chemie Cards' until they were accidentally released all at once into the wild.

Our main protagonist, Houtarou Ichinose, is entrusted with the Gotcha Driver and the mission to recollect the Chemies that have been released into the world. Some are well suited for human companionship and if resonated with a good heart, Houtarou can fuse with them and transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard. However those that are influenced by human malice, there is a danger of them birthing monsters known as the Malgam. This is a story that explores the nature of good and evil, which are two sides of the same coin.

Will Gotchard be able to "collect them all", or will he let his carelessness mark the destruction of the world?

(Source: Kamen Rider Wiki Fandom)

Episodes: 50

Haruko was born and raised in Kagoshima Prefecture, but now lives in Kyoto. To become a maiko (apprentice geisha) in the entertainment district of Kyoto, Haruko struggles to learn the Kyoto dialect, songs and dances.

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Soft and bubbly office lady Ayaka is madly in love with her senior at work, Hiroko! Two lovestruck coworkers who both think the other is straight totally crush on each other...~~ Adapted from the web manga series "Ayaka Is in Love X Love X Love with Hiroko"(彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる) by Sal Jiang (サルチャン)

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

At midnight, in a residential area of Osaka, a middle-aged man is murdered. The person who killed the man is a high school student. En is a 2nd-grade high school student. She spends her boring days with her friend Kotoko, who tends to change boyfriends frequently. Kotoko falls in love with Narihira at first sight. Narihira is a soccer player at their high school. Since then, the relationship between En and Kotoko changes.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member turned high-school teacher is assigned to a private academy full of troubled students. The issue at this high school revolves around an exposé-style influencer who has nearly 2 million followers who specializes in exposing and spreading rumors, causing controversies and uproar, regardless of whether the individuals involved are celebrities or ordinary people. Several teachers and students from the academy have been exposed so far, and due to being targeted so frequently, there are rumors circulating within the school that there might be a culprit impersonating the influencer. As a result, students live their school lives while constantly observing each other’s expressions, becoming increasingly suspicious and paranoid.

Edamatsu Shino, who is 37, aspires to be a novelist and whose main source of income is a part-time job as a pest exterminator, one day he plagiarizes a novel written in a notebook he happened to come into possession of and ends up winning a literary award. Edamatsu Shino, who has suddenly become a popular author, sets out to find the true author of the novel with his editor, Miharu Katayama, who is 34. The key to this is the female classmates that Edamatsu Shino fell in love with in middle school. While reminiscing about his memories with them, he approaches the truth behind the "true author." A lot of bittersweet, beautiful, and quirky memories are brought back together with super unique girls. ~~ Adapted from the essay "Classmate no Joshi, Zenin Sukideshita" (クラスメイトの女子、全員好きでした) by Tsumeki Otoko (爪切男).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 55 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

39-year-old Yuko is a high-achieving and proud woman whose career ambitions took her from a sleepy part of Amagasaki City, to Tokyo. When she loses her job due to her “high standards” attitude, she loses her drive to do anything and ends up retreating to her family home where she lives as a NEET with her laidback joker of a father, Ryutaro. For years, the two get along until her 70-something old man brings home Saki, his 20-year-old bride-to-be. When the younger woman shacks up with the two, a comedy of manners based, quite understandably, on a scandalised Yuko’s “you’re not my mom!” attitude ensues as the younger woman takes to mothering her but when crises occur, Yuko truly begins to evaluate just what a family can be.

Sakuraba Mio, a newcomer assigned to the Department of General Surgery at the prestigious Seirei Medical University Hospital, is neither a doctor nor a nurse but her job as a nurse aide makes her the closest person to the patients. Mio is not only a caring person but also a medical geek, so she often sticks her nose into the doctor's examination and gets into trouble with other hospital staff.

Meanwhile, the skilled handsome surgeon Ryuzaki Taiga thinks that a doctor's skill is everything to make a successful surgery. Taiga's complete opposite belief from Mio makes them often clash with each other.

(Source: Japanese = NTV)

Adapted from the novel "Tonari no Nurse Aide" (となりのナースエイド) by Chinen Mikito.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 60 min.

Airs On: Wednesday

Sayama Miyabi is a talented salesperson working at Celeste Real Estate. After being dumped by her boyfriend on their 6th anniversary, she decides to focus more on her career rather than romance. By chance, she meets Donose Tsukasa, a high-spec company president who is looking for a marriage without emotional attachment. Seeing how Miyabi prioritizes work, he proposes the idea of a business marriage to her.

Despite feeling bewildered by the sudden proposal, the two, who share common interests, decide to move in together. The sole condition of this marriage is that if either one of them develops romantic feelings, they must divorce immediately! However, the days leading up to marriage are filled with an ideal lifestyle and continuous excitement… Even if they fall in love, they mustn’t let it be known! What will happen to the business marriage...!?

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga "Business Marriage" (ビジネス結婚) written and illustrated by Kirato Ruka (キラト瑠香).

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Friday

Azusa and Narumi are 2nd grade high school students who lack confidence and also any kind of ambitions. Hazuki, Tamaki and Mika are also unnoticed students at the same high school. These five girls form a dance club and begin to dance to get credits. They soon learn the joys of dancing and also learn to express themselves.

Duration: 1 hr. 55 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

A love story unfolds about 7 people, including Kume Masakazu. They are in their 30's, live in Tokyo, and have their own views on love and friendship. Kume Masakazu is single and 33-years-old. He works as a struggling screenwriter. He doesn't have a girlfriend, because he has decided to cut off contact with a woman after meeting them 3 times. Because of his tendency to run away from love, his friends call him the "Man Without Love."

(Souce: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

This story follows the sweet and “overprotective” newly-wed life between Someya Yukito, a young master of an established inn in Asakusa, and Tsuruoka Io, a pure-hearted female apprentice training to be a chef. Tsuruoka was in the depths of despair until she found solace in the sweet konpeito candy given to her by Someya. Since then, she has earnestly cherished her feelings while training as a chef. Yukito’s affectionate words and actions reserved only Tsuruoka, along with his excessively cute jealousy, create an irresistibly heart-fluttering devotion with a charming gap that’s impossible to resist!

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Kahogona Wakadanna-sama no Amayakashi Kon" (過保護な若旦那様の甘やかし婚) by Kodachi (こだち).

Episodes: 6

Aired On: Thursday

Hagino, along with her husband, daughter Moeka, and the three of them, moved into a pre-owned detached house. For someone who wasn't blessed with her own family, this was the happy family she dreamed of.

However, one day, while Hagino is out, she receives a phone call from Moeka, with a desperate voice, seeking help. "Buy some shortcake and coke." Hagino rushes home and sees her house in ruins, Moeka's clothes torn to shreds, and a strange girl straddling Moeka, gripping a large pair of scissors.

The name of that girl is "Chi-chan." She used to live in this house, but she was supposed to have left town after causing a certain incident. Her presence exposes the "poison" that the seemingly happy Hagino family was trying to hide, heralding the beginning of nightmarish days...

(Source: Japanese = dokumusume.com)

Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Due to family circumstances, high school student Miko Sonoda is forced to live at her uncle's boarding house. However, before she can arrive there, Miko is already met with a bad omen: while trying to find the place, she suspects that someone is following her! When her uncle comes to her rescue, the assumed stalker happens to be one of his tenants, leaving Miko embarrassed on her first day.

Miko learns that she will be living with five unique adults, including the accused man. Additionally, it turns out that he is Jun Matsunaga, a 29-year-old designer who seems to lose his temper easily. Having made such a humiliating first impression, Miko believes that only a miserable life awaits her. But in the presence of Jun, she comes to realize that living with adults is not so difficult after all—and there may even be enough room for romance.

(Source: MyAnimeList)

Adapted from the manga series "Living no Matsunaga-san" (リビングの松永さん) by Iwashita Keiko (岩下慶子).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

Minamimaru Yoji, nicknamed Nanmaru. He is a college student who has the supernatural ability that allows him to "create small holes in anything." With this seemingly useless ability, he must confront a crisis threatening the entire world. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Tanabata no Kuni" (七夕の国) by Iwaaki Hitoshi (岩明均).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Thursday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kitazawa Tatsunosuke works as an elite bodyguard for a small bodyguard protection company. He is the ace of the company, with excellent athletic abilities, and is always able to see two or three steps ahead of a situation. When he takes action, he usually manages to stay calm and collected with his judgment. His father, who was a police officer, was stabbed to death.

Tatsunosuke, who is currently trying to pursue the killer, receives a request from the law firm to protect a new client. The client happens to be Kishimura Rika, a lawyer who is potentially being targeted due to a grudge against her in regard to a case she was in charge of. Because of this, she has to be under strict security 24 hours a day. Tatsunosuke, who is serious and stoic in nature, is largely inflexible and, naturally, not a good match for Rika, who hates being restricted. However, as they start to live together, their feelings toward each other begin to change.

(Source: Drama-Okatu)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Saturday

Ami, a backpacker from Japan who is four years older than high school student Jimmy, shows up at his part-time job. The two end up spending the summer working at the same store, but Jimmy gradually develops a faint crush on Ami. The two of them grew closer as they rode motorcycles together at night and went to the movies, but suddenly, Ami decided to return to Japan. Ami proposes her "one promise" to Jimmy, who can't sort out his feelings.

As time passes, Jimmy visits his parents' house for the first time in a while and finds a postcard that Ami sent him 18 years ago when she returned to Japan. Jimmy's memories of his first love come back to him, and he takes his first solo trip to Japan to confront his past and examine his present. Jimmy rides the train while listening to songs that remind him of his memories with Ami, and he heads to her hometown. Will Jimmy be able to reunite with Ami?

(Source: Japanese = happinet-phantom.com)

Adapted from the travel essay "Qing Chun 18×2: Riben Manche Liulang Ji" (青春18×2 日本慢車流浪記) by Bluefoxing (藍狐) [2014].

Co-production with Taiwan.

Duration: 2 hr. 3 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Ratings: 7.9

The story revolves around a company called “Office AIR Cleaning” that specializes in providing a unique break-up service for those who cause trouble to others due to their selfish in-house extramarital affairs.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the web comic "Onsha no Furin no Kudan: Zettai ni Wakare Sasemasu" (御社の不倫の件～絶対に別れさせます～) by Tatsuki Yuuma (樹ユウマ).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday