Asian Drama

The 'Universe League', which will create a boy group, will be held in a completely different format from Season 1. It is a league-style audition where the final winning team that wins the Prism Cup debuts. Three representative K-pop artists will become the managers of each club. They select team members through a trainee draft and compete against each other. This was combined with the sports element of combining the best members of each club through a trade of exchanging trainees. Through this, 'Universe League' is expected to be a differentiated audition that shows more dynamic competition.

(Source: Korean = sports.khan.co.kr)

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Airs On: Friday

During the summer in the present day, Jeon Youn Ha runs a vacation cottage located deep in the woods. His peaceful life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a mysterious woman named Yoo Sung A.

In the early 2000's, Koo Sang Joon ran the same vocation cottage as Jeon Young Ha did years later. Koo Sang Joon and his family also lived there, but, during the summer, something happened at his vacation cottage and Koo Sang Joon lost everything because of that. At that time, Yoon Bo Min worked as a police officer at the nearest police substation from the vacation cottage. 20 years later, Yoon Bo Min is transferred to the same police substation where she worked before and she begins to work there as the chief. She enjoys solving things and begins to observe Jeon Young Ha closely.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 8

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Thursday

In her final year of high school, Lee Hong Ju fell head over heels in love. But this first brush with love ended in heartbreak. Ever since, she has been deeply skeptical when it comes to everything love-related. A decade later, she has become an animation producer when fate reunites her with her former crush, Hu Yeong, in a cafe.

He has returned to South Korea from the United States and is now a 29-year-old financial planner. They are both hit by a wave of emotions. Could a fresh chance at romance be in the cards? Or has too much water passed under the bridge?

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Uyeonilkka?" (우연일까?) written by Nam Ji Eun (남지은) and illustrated by Kim In Ho (김인호).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Set in 1960s South Korea. The series follows two men through their bromance and the obstacles they face during a turbulent time in the country’s history.

It depicts the story of Park Doo Chil, who is known as Uncle Samsik, who always has three meals a day, even during the war, and Kim San, an elite man from the Korean Military Academy, who wants to create a country where everyone lives well.

(Source: Korean = Naver || Translation = Deadline.com)

Episodes: 16

Airs On: Wednesday

A year has pass and Golf and Mike are a famous duo. Pat and Ple are still their girlfriends though keeping it secret from the public is making Pat unhappy which causes a strain in Golf and Pat's relationship. Things are made worse when Pat gets into accident and doesn't remember Golf. Golf does everything possible to make Pat remember but fails cause she starts remembering the bad times only. Pat decided to start over her life and falls for a guy named March and starts dating him. Though the more she hangs out with Golf, she is becoming confused about her feelings. In addition, Mike has been having headaches and fainting so he decided to go to the hospital where he learns that he has a brain tumor. Mike hides the truth from his girlfriend Ple so she doesn't be sad, but she assumes that he is cheating on her cause he is becoming secretive and suddenly disappears a lot which causes problems in their relationship. Will Pat remember Golf and their good times together? Will Ple believe that Mike isn't cheating on her? Will the gang find out about Mike health problem?

15 years ago, a young boy is drowning in the farm. Fortunately, he is rescued by a little girl. The two children pray under the Star Apple tree together to wish for happiness for each other throughout their love lives and to meet each other again after a period of 15 years.

15 years have passed. To prove his capability, Tao Si, son of the Tao Enterprise, proposes to his father to manage the farm where the Star Apple tree resides. At the same time, he also wishes to use this opportunity to avoid his fixed marriage with Meng Xin. Fate brings him to encounter Cao Ke Rui, the young lady whom he met under the Star Apple tree 15 years ago. When Tao Si eventually finds out that she is the one whom he made the promise with 15 years ago, he confesses his feelings for her, not expecting that she has fallen for Lu Tian Qi, an orphan who grew up on the farm with her, and unexpectedly, Meng Xin's ex-boyfriend. How will these 4 people overcome the obstacles and realize that deep down, their love is not the least like what they'd thought of?

In her previous life, Angel Yuexi gave her heart to Demon Zhang Tianchen. Angel Yuexi reincarnated as heartless "playgirl" Shen Yuexi. He finally found her after 5000 years. And began the battle of wits of true love between Glamour Girl and Innocent Man

Lam Sai Wing, a butcher who makes a living with his older sister by selling pork in Guangzhou. He and his childhood friend Au Yeung Ching Ching go on to develop romantic feelings for one another. Later Sai Wing also meets Leung Foon, Buckteeth So, Wong Chun Yee and Wong's father: Grandmaster Wong Fei Hung. As a martial arts fanatic, Sai Wing have always idolized Master Wong and together with So and Foon, Sai Wing decides to formally be Wong's apprentice. After becoming Wong's apprentice, Sai Wing becomes indulged with martial arts and neglects Ching Ching. At this time, Ching Ching also meets a talented man named Nap Lan Ching Tak and they two of them fall in love. When Sai Wing tries to confess his love to Ching Ching once again, it was already too late since Ching has decided to marry Ching Tak. After some twist and turns, Sai Wing finally touches Ching Ching's heart with his sincerity but also attracting the jealousy and hatred of Ching Tak. At this time, Ching Tak plans to exact revenge on Sai Wing and the people around him.

In the mid-fourth century BC during the Warring States period, groundbreaking political changes occur in the Qin state in western China. Qin, weakened by poverty and internal conflict, is in peril of being annexed by the six other states in the east. Duke Xiao, the young new ruler of Qin, seeks to restore his state to its former glory and retake the territories lost by Qin in its earlier humiliating defeats by rival states. Duke Xiao recruits several talents to help him in his ambitious plans. The most outstanding one, a statesman called Shang Yang, cooperates closely with Duke Xiao on massive political and economic reforms in Qin that lasted two decades. The changes transform Qin into a powerful state, with legal and military systems that helped to lay the foundation for Qin's eventual unification of China under the Qin dynasty nearly 200 years later in 221 BC.

Snagging a new job at Heart Sports' sales department, Kanji transfers to the Tokyo office, where he meets his new colleague Rika and is reunited with his best friends from home—Mikami and Satomi. Mikami, Kanji, and Satomi have been friends since they were children, having grown up in the same small town. Mikami is Kanji's best male friend and Satomi is their platonic female friend whom both Mikami and Kanji have had a crush on since high school. After seeing Mikami forcedly kissing Satomi, Kanji felt despair, however, then quickly developed strong affection for Rika who was always energetic, funny, encouraging and caring. Their relationship was rather unstable to begin with, given Kanji's history with Satomi as well as Rika's (not so) secret affair with her and Kanji's boss Sendo [this affair was much more of a determinant in the original manga than in the drama, when Rika got pregnant bearing Sendo's child (not shown in the drama version), which was one of the reasons why Kanji chose Satomi over Rika]. In the meantime, denied by Satomi who thought Mikami was just playing with her, Mikami's attempts on pursuing his med school classmate Nagasaki had also been with much frustration.

Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first round KO. He is talented, but he has no guts. His uncontrollable appetite is an even bigger problem. He can't put himself in the right weight class, he runs out of energy because of hunger, and he gets knocked out while his eyes are set on food at the ringside. However, Kosaku's life changed when he met Sister Angela, a novice nun in the convent near his boxing gym. She became the source of his power, and Kosaku fights only to win her heart. ~ NTV

Su Xiao Xiao was born in a single-parent family. After giving birth to her at 18 years old, her mother abandoned her in the care of her maternal grandparents. She never knew who her father was. Her grandparents love her very much, yet they do not know how to discipline her. She has never liked studying, but she has a strange interest in hair-cutting. She was often unable to hold back from cutting the hair of female classmates sitting in front of her in class, making the girls cry. She received many warnings, yet she does as she pleases. None of her classmates dared to sit in front of her. Without her grandparents’ knowledge, she secretly begs the lady boss of the nearby hair salon to take her in. The lady boss Monica thinks this is ridiculous, but says yes just to oblige her. Xiao Xiao is dedicated to her craft, even saving up her pocket money to buy practice wigs. She ends up dropping out of school, so her grandparents give in. During Xiao Xiao’s days as an apprentice, Monica treats her as cheap labour and does not teach her any hairstyling techniques. Before she can pick up any skills, she gets to know an idle young man, Li Fei Long (Edwin Goh), a righteous street gangster. Fei Long sees her being bullied by Monica’s sleazy husband Ken, who ‘teaches’ her massage techniques only to take advantage of her. Fei Long stands up for her and gives Ken a good beating. Xiao Xiao starts to get closer to Fei Long and his bunch of gangster friends. She later takes a stab for Fei Long unintentionally during a gang fight. Fei Long regards her as his benefactor after that. During this incident, she witnesses her good friend being killed, and sees the family of the victim crying in mourning. Due to her involvement in this incident, she is sentenced to jail for three years. She completely changes, and works hard to improve herself. She begins to put her heart into hairdressing. During her trying to do well in the hairdressing business, she meets Oscar Yang Yuan Shuai (Xu Bin) and they both fell in love. After her release from jail, she decides to start afresh. But Fei Long and the gang refuse to leave her alone. Fei Long is either trying to repay her for saving him, or expressing his feelings for her, but she wants to distance herself from her errant past. Unable to avoid them completely, she decides to tries her best to guide them positively. With a criminal record, she finds it difficult to reenter society and find a job, until she meets the hairstylist, Liu Ah Man (Bryan Wong). Ah Man is a famous hairstylist with a notoriously bad temper. Many apprentices and staff have left the salon, unable to tolerate his temper. When Ah Man first sees Xiao Xiao, he can tell she has a passion for hairdressing and decides to accept her as his disciple. Ah Man is very strict with her, and puts her under rigid training starting with the most menial chores. She goes from misunderstanding him, to clashing with him countless times, to finally building a strong mentor-and-student relationship with him. Ah Man passes away and leaves the salon to Xiao Xiao in his will. The condition is she must never sell the salon, no matter how bad the situation is. Oscar Yang Yuan Shuai (Xu Bin) was born in a family of doting aunts & female cousins. As the only son of the Yangs’, he is spoilt by the women in his life. On top of that, he has always excelled in everything. This causes him to be extremely self-confident. His only weakness is an acute fear of escalators, stemming from a horrific accident in his childhood. After returning from his studies in the US, Oscar’s aunts want him to takeover operating their hair salon business. He decides to revamp the business, and develop a one-stop beauty service. As the two clash with each other, they begin to admire each other, and slowly fall for each other. Xiao Xiao, Fei Long, Oscar and his infatuated cousin Zhang Wen Ya (Ya Hui) become tangled up in a complicated love quadrangle...