Asian Drama

"G-Men" follows the story of Shouta Kadomatsu, who transfers to an all boys school in hopes of finding a girlfriend, as the school is surrounded by four all-girls schools. A rumor at his school states that there is a 120% of losing your virginity before graduation, however, Shouta finds himself in class G, which is the lowest ranked class in the entire school, and is filled with delinquents, nerds and losers - the types of guys girls aren't interested in.

(Source: anilist)

Adapted from the manga series "G Men" (Gメン) by Ozawa Toshio (小沢としお).

Duration: 2 hr. 0 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

In a world where popularity turns into social class, and not receiving hearts makes you a loser, a high-teen drama depicts the anxious concerns of students at the Han Arts High School. Centered around the students, the drama unfolds a bold and diverse story about their social status, desires and growth in a society where they yearn for love.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 8

Airs On: Wednesday, Friday

Once a top lecturer, Lei Ming who has experienced repeated failures in his attempts to start a business applies for a high school teaching job. Lei Ming's plan is to recruit students with potential and transform them from under-performers to sought after students.

A special class headed by English teacher Lei Ming and psychology teacher Sang Xia has been established as a way to help students reach their potential. Li Ran is an ordinary student who was orphaned at a young age. Despite being sick, his grandmother has been working hard to ensure that he will be able to go to university to realize his dream in robotics. Meanwhile, the filial Li Ran plans to drop out of school so he can earn money to cure his grandmother.

Lei Ming is a teacher who won't give up on any student, so he tries his best to prevent Li Ran from dropping out. He also brings together Cheng Yushan and other problems students into his class. Lei Ming and Sang Xia work hand in hand from their respective expertise in education and psychological counselling to help each student face many difficulties. In the end, the students work hard to get into the university of their choice and start the next journey in their lives.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Adapted from the manga "Dragon Zakura" (ドラゴン桜) by Mita Norifusa (三田 紀房).

Episodes: 30

Duration: 45 min.

Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Tsuda Rintaro is a high school student with the capacity to predict the lifespan of living things. However, he has struggled with his abilities since he was a child, and he can only gradually observe the people around him without being able to assist them. He discovers one day that Kanzaki Umi, his childhood buddy and the one who has feelings for him, has less than 100 days to live.

(Source: Wikipedia)

~~ Adapted from the web manga series "Kimi ga Shinu Made Ato 100Nichi" (君が死ぬまであと100日) by Migihara (右腹).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Release Dates: May 17, 2023 (Festival) || June 2, 2023 (Cinema)

Duration: 2 hr. 6 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

So Utsumi doesn't have many friend. After school and before going to a private institute, he kills time by doing nothing on the riverside. One day, Shokichi Seto appears in front of him. Shokichi quit the soccer team and has nothing to do. They spend time together.

In front of the two guys, Ichigo Kashimura and Hatsumi, from the same high school, appear.

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Asai Kei is a high school student and is able to remember everything. Haruki Misora is also a high school student and she has the power to reset the world by 3 days. If they use both of their powers together, they can go back in time by 3 days and retain their memory. They are watched by the administrative bureau.

Shiratama Sayako has never experienced much good luck. Since she was a child, she dreamed of becoming an architect. She studied hard, but she repeatedly failed her university entrance exams. Now, she is 30 years old and works in a field far away from her ideal job. One day, she happens to meet mysterious university student Ogasawara Taku. She tells him about her past dream of becoming an architect. Ogasawara Taku tells her that it is never too late and that she can still get accepted into a university. Inspired by their talk, Shiratama Sayako decides to study once again for her university entrance exams. After she studies so hard, she finally gets accepted into a university. There, Shiratama Sayako meets Ogasawara Taku again, who is a senior in the architecture department.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

A pair of childhood friends Chen Mu Guang and Shi Fan Tuan roast and support each other throughout their youth. They end up together after twenty years of twists and turns.

Chen Muguang has led a difficult life, yet remains to be an honest and upright young man. He may seem cold on the outside, but he is actually sensitive and affectionate. His childhood friend Shi Fan Tuan is a natural ditz. Two contrasting personalities growing up together is bound to lead to a lot of oolong incidents.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Adapted from Lian Lian Bu Wang (恋恋不忘) by Bing Lan Sha (冰蓝纱)

Episodes: 20

Duration: 35 min.

Aired On: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Set in the backdrop of the mid-to-late 1980s, “The Hidden Dragon” is a suspense drama that tells the story of students at an agricultural high school in Chungcheong Province. Jang Byung Tae is a small and weak boy living in Onyang in South Chungcheong Province. He is at the bottom of the school’s social ladder so he transfers to the neighboring Buyeo Agricultural High School. There, he faces an unexpected incident that becomes a turning point in his life.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 10

The story is set in the private senior high school Minami Gakuen which boasts of an unusually high proportion of good-looking students and aims to win at the National Ikemen Contest for senior high school students.

It tells the story of four hot-blooded senior boys from Pingjing First High School who pursue their dreams with fervor and grow up together through thick and thin.

(Source: cpophome)

Adapted from the novel "Nan Xiao Dou Fu Dian" (男校豆腐店) by Guo Wang Bi Xia (国王陛下).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Step into the thrilling world of high school student Kang Jin as he fights against debt collectors and the oppressive harassment of Nam Young, who masquerades as a model student. With each day feeling hopeless and bleak, Kang Jin's life takes a dramatic turn when he stumbles upon a lost envelope of money belonging to Rang.

Using this newfound wealth, he takes a stand against Nam Young's girlfriend Da Young. But when Nam Young discovers Kang Jin's actions, he strikes back by stealing his money and issuing dangerous threats. With nowhere to turn, Kang Jin confides in Rang, who reveals a secret knowledge of the debt-collecting world.

Together, they embark on a thrilling journey of power and control, as Kang Jin takes his first steps into the world of loan sharks.

(Source: HanCinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.

High school student Li Er crushes on her outstanding classmate, Xu Yi. However, Xu Yi is mesmerized by Li Ba La, who's somehow involved with his rival, Zhang Yang. After a series of events, Li Er becomes good friends with Ba La. The story examines the relationships and misunderstandings between their families and friends. After graduation, the news of Ba La's death changes everything.

Episodes: 36

Duration: 45 min.

A mystery teen drama that takes place when a class of second-year high school students is suddenly forced to play mafia games in real life during their retreat. The drama will draw out the intense psychological warfare between the students as they go into survival mode.

Students in the 2nd grade 3 class at Yooil High School go on a field trip. There they are forced to participate in a mafia game of death, and they struggle to survive. Lee Yoon Seo has excellent observation and reasoning abilities, which she uses to try to escape. Kim Jun Hee is the class president with a strong sense of justice and responsibility. Oh Jung Won ranks first at school academically, but she is an outcast and a loner. To survive, she must work with the other students.

(Source: Soompi)

Episodes: 12

A university student has another identity - online she is "Sheng Sheng Man" who does music for the historical genre. Although she is still a nobody, it doesn't stop her from dreaming of the day she can collaborate with her favorite voice dubbing god "Qing Qing Ci."

Driven by her passion, Gu Sheng who is in her senior year is diligent in composing and creating music. Meanwhile, Mo Qing Cheng is the famous voice actor known as "Qing Qing Ci." Gu Sheng has never told anyone that her greatest wish is to be able to work with "Qing Qing Ci," yet one day, she unexpectedly encounters his voice. Mo Qing Cheng reads a recipe out loud to her, which stirs her heartstrings.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Adapted from the novel “Really, Really Miss You” (很想很想你) by Mo Bao Fei Bao (墨宝非宝).

Episodes: 33

Han Joon Oh is a leading South Korean celebrity. He is stunningly good-looking and tall, but is secretly plagued by an inferiority complex that leaves him permanently insecure. One day he is hired to appear in a public service video. But the shoot goes horribly wrong, and Han Joon Oh is involved in a potentially fatal car collision. He is only saved by the quick thinking of a female firefighter named Kang Young Hwa, who pulls off a heroic rescue.

Han Joon Oh’s representatives hire Kang Young Hwa to work as the star’s personal bodyguard, recognizing her incredible talents. But when Han Joon Oh awakes from his stupor in hospital, he has changed completely – as his body has now been possessed by the spirit of a nobleman from ancient Korea. This nobleman, named Do Ha, was killed by his beloved wife Han Ri Ta – and the vengeful spirit is on a single-minded quest for retribution…

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the webtoon "The Moon that Rises in the Day" (낮에 뜨는 달) by Hye Yoom (헤윰).

Episodes: 14

Story follows the challenges that young parents face when they become determined to buy a new house so that their son can attend the top elementary school. The couple's different attitudes caused a series of family conflicts.

(Source: Baidu)

Episodes: 40

In 1999, Dan's in grade eleven when he transfers to Saint Lawrence’s, an all-boys catholic school. His father is being treated at a nearby hospital for end-stage brain cancer; his mother died when he was only seven.

Dan is close to Brother Anurak, the school's dean and a psychologist. Brother Anurak tries to cure Dan of his sleep paralysis. In his dreams, Dan sees a shadow that suffocates him and it only gets worse when he transfers. Brother Anurak searches for meaning in the dreams; he believes Dan has some sort of complex pertaining to his father.

Dan causes a panic on his first day when he chooses a seat at the desk of Trin, a senior who mysteriously vanished at the lake behind the school a year prior. No one dares to sit at that desk, and no one dares throw it away. He gets to know his classmate Nai and roommate Josh as well as Cha-aim, a student from Saint Mary's who comes to perform in the annual play. As the four of them grow closer, they begin to look into Trin's disappearance while helping Dan evade the shadow that's plaguing him.

(Source: Thai = madan.fun)

Episodes: 14

In 1999, a robber breaks into a supermarket in small town, killing an elderly woman and running away. The police identify three boys as the culprits and quickly close the investigation. Soon after, Hwang Jun Cheol, who is newly appointed as the chief of the squad, is convinced that Choi Woo Sung, a high-ranking police officer, and his team manipulated the case for a quick result. Hwang attempts a reinvestigation and retrial with his unique persistent and robust investigation capacity.

(Source: BIFF)

A teen fantasy thriller drama that tells the story of people attempting to get out of the quicksand caused by a dangerous and harmful cookie that makes their wishes into reality with just one bite.

After losing her parents in an unfortunate accident, Choi Soo Young has to take care of her three years younger sister. When she became 18 years old, she become the breadwinner of her family. She gave up on high school and began working at a factory, taking up several odd part-time jobs to provide for herself and her younger sister. However, one day her sister gets into trouble cause by a homemade cookie, and she risks everything to protect her.

Seo Ho Su is a 3rd year student at Junghan High School, the best private school in South Korea. His mother is battling cancer, while his father disappeared a long time ago. Despite his personal problems, he tries to focus only on his studies, but often becomes a victim of his rich classmates whom think of him as a pushover who is at their disposal.

Yoo Seong Pil is a mysterious underground college admissions consultant. He uses any means necessary, even illegal, to help his students enter the university they wish for. Although nobody asked him to, he goes to Junghan High School to take a consultant position for the entire 3rd grade class, and he slowly starts to reveal his true intentions after entering the said school...

(Source: Korean = Namu.Wiki)

Episodes: 20

An ordinary 24-year-old college student, Han Joo. On the surface, she appears to be a hardworking job seeker facing the harsh reality, but secretly, she nurtures her dream of becoming a singer by operating a cover song SNS account called 'Plii,' all while keeping her identity hidden.

On the other hand, there's a member of the popular idol group S.E.Z., Do Gook. Approaching the end of his contract, he decides to seek out Plii, whom he has admired, for a collaboration project as he prepares to go solo. However, it turns out that the two were classmates in college! Han Joo, who must conceal her identity as Plii, and Do Gook, who needs to find Plii. Can they really uncover each other's true identities?

(Source: Korean = TVING)

Adapted from the webtoon "Secret Playlist" (플레이,플리) by 2F (이에프).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 55 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Saturday

"No matter how much time we spend together, I’ll never become special to you."

Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. The cool, smart one who’s good at almost everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles to do anything right­—Yamato and Kakeru. Always by the other’s side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other…

(Source: bato.to)

Adapted from the manga series "Kimi ni wa Todokanai." (君には届かない。) by Mika (みか).

Episodes: 8

The story of hero So Si Min, who once ruled the nation with her top-tier hapkido skills as a high school athlete. Seven years later, after becoming a part-time teacher, So Si Min finds herself the target of the evil student Han Soo Kang.

(Source: Soompi)

Adapted from a webtoon of the same name.

Four youths who dream of studying in the capital end up in a vocational school as they spelled their school's name wrong on the application. At the school, however, a girl they meet dramatically changes their lives.

(Source: WeTV)

Episodes: 10

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Episodes: 10

At the end of the first year of high school, Yoshioka Futaba meets Tanaka Kou who was her first love. In their middle school days, they attended the same school, but he suddenly transferred to another school. Three years later, he appears in front of her again with the different last name of Mabuchi Kou. His personality also seems to have changed from warm to cold. He is like a totally different person from three years ago. Yoshioka Futaba slowly learns what happened to Mabuchi Kou for the past three years and she become to have feelings for him again.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the manga "Ao Haru Ride" (アオハライド) by Sakisaka Io (咲坂伊緒).

Episodes: 8

Kilimanjaro is the highest peak an amateur climber can conquer. Here, Yoon Eun Hye, Uee, Hyo Jung and Son Ho Jun, four young people, are challenged to climb! Will Kilimanjaro allow those who are beginner mountain climbers but are willing at least to reach the top? The Dream Challenge of Sincere Mountain-climbing Youth.

(Source: Korean = tvN Entertainment on YouTube)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.

Aired On: Saturday

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Episodes: 51

Sailom, a poor and studious student, has worked several odd jobs along with his elder brother in an effort to keep them afloat. One day, a misunderstanding causes him to hate school bully Kanghan. However, fate plays its hand when Sailom, offered a sum of money too great to refuse, takes on the role of Kanghan's private tutor. Despite their difference, the two develop an irrefutable connection.

Episodes: 12

Thanks to a past trauma, Amane, a high school student, has given up on the idea of seriously loving anyone.

On the first day of his new life in Enoshima, he met Ryuuji, a boy his age. Ryuuji happened to be Amane's type, and he'd also like to hang out with him more. But what started out with light feelings is now beginning to change into something unexpected...

(Source: MyAnimeList)

Adapted from the manga series "Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo" (君となら恋をしてみても) by Kubota Maru (窪田マル).

Adapted from the novel "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" (那些年，我們一起追的女孩) by Jiu Ba Dao (九把刀).