Asian Drama

A coming-of-age drama about the friendship, rivalries and love of three best friends: Mana, Shin and Tawan. They spent almost all their lives together, growing up alongside one another. Tawan is the centre of their universe, both men in love with her. As close as they are, Mana and Shin don't want to hurt each other's feelings.

(Source: CH3+; edited by MyDramaList)

Tags: Coming Of Age, Love Triangle, Friendship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 22

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Country: Thailand

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Aired: Jul 22, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Breaking the traditional youth drama model, it is a campus story focusing on friendship, family love, and inspiration. The plot focuses on a 17-year-old protagonist and shows the audience the growth process of a group of young people living their campus life.

Episodes: 32

Duration: 35 min.

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

Aired: Jul 6, 2024 - Jul 28, 2024

Xu Mu, a planner at Shangxin Advertising Company, has just failed at her sixth blind date. But in her words, finding a partner is not like buying things. It is inevitable to be materialistic when looking at conditions alone. Even when facing parents' urging for marriage, she is still neither humble nor arrogant. Although her relationship has been frustrated repeatedly, her work has been quite successful.

Once, at a proposal meeting with Party A, Xu Mu met her high school classmate Xie Shi again. After many years, the other party became the cold-faced and black-bellied director of Party A, and the gears of fate turned. Because of a drunken oolong, Xie Shi became the official boyfriend of Xu Mu's circle of friends. Faced with the blessings of relatives and friends who did not know the truth, Xu Mu was in a dilemma.

The two made a mistake, became a contracted couple, and started a cohabitation life. As they got along day after day, the embarrassment gradually disappeared, and heartbeats happened quietly. However, what Xu Mu did not know was that it turned out that all this was related to the boy's long-forgotten crush.

(Source: Chinese = Youku || Translation = MyDramaList)

Tags: Web Series (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 14

Country: China

Airs On: Thursday

Aired: Jul 25, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Muyang Technology's Tan Mu, to make up for the regret of his father's death, returned to the university era in 2010 through memory. As Qi Mu, a student of Ningzhou University, he met Su Cheng Cheng, who was also a student. They experienced university life together and finally reaped friendship and love.

Baili Dong Jun, the young master of the Marquis of Zhenxi's mansion, has been stubborn since he was a child. He is not interested in poetry, books, military strategies, or martial arts, but he excels at brewing wine because he had an agreement with Ye Yun, a friend who was murdered when he was young, to become a "Liquor Deity."

However, his destiny could not be left to his choice. In the end, he went to the school of Li Chang Sheng, the number one in the world, and began to learn martial arts. In the process, he got acquainted with Yue Yao and reunited with Ye Yun, who had now been renamed as Ye Ding Zhi. Under their influence and encouragement, he began to re-examine his own identity and responsibilities.

Many years later, Ye Ding Zhi was manipulated by others to launch a war against the Central Plains and Baili Dong Jun led a group of heroes to resist. Facing his best friend, he did not back down at this time. He wanted to save the common people as well as his own friend!

(Source: DramaWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Shao Nian Bai Ma Zui Chun Feng" (少年白马醉春风) by Zhou Mu Nan (周木楠).

Tags: Action, Swordsman Male Lead, Slight Romance, Sword-fight, Adapted From A Novel, Martial Arts, Friendship, Adventure, Web Series, Childhood Friends' Relationship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 40

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Jul 19, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Due to his hearing disability, Sugihara Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus; as such, he keeps his distance. That all changes when he meets the outspoken and cheerful Sagawa Taichi. He comforts Kohei and assures him that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi's kind words cut through Kōhei 's usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. Now, they are more than friends and less than lovers. Even so, this relationship changes Kohei forever.

(Source: fandom.com)

Adapted from the manga series "Hidamari ga Kikoeru" (ひだまりが聴こえる) by Yuki Fumino (文乃千).

Tags: Student Male Lead, School Setting, Classmates' Relationship, Young Adult Male Lead, Hearing Impaired Male Lead, Gay Male Lead, Disabled Male Lead, Gay Romance, University, Deafness (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Wednesday

Aired: Jun 26, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

Breaking the traditional youth drama model, it is a campus story focusing on friendship, family love, and inspiration. The plot focuses on a 17-year-old protagonist and shows the audience the growth process of a group of young people living their campus life.

Episodes: 32

Duration: 35 min.

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

Aired: Jul 6, 2024 - Jul 28, 2024

Mitsuki Aya, who entered Kuromi Girls' High School, one of the best girls' schools in Japan, witnesses the most popular girl in the school, Shirayuri-sama, enthusiastically playing a fighting game in an empty classroom. Gaming is never allowed at a girls' school... Aya is firmly shut down, but she finds out that she's a gamer of the same rank and wants a match...?!

Adapted from the manga series "Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games" (対ありでした。 ～お嬢さまは格闘ゲームなんてしない～) by Ejima Eri (江島絵理).

Focuses on two insomniac schoolmates, a boy named Ganta and a girl named Isaki. Both worry about their constant lack of sleep. After a chance meeting in the school's observatory-turned-storage room, the two share secrets, and begin having an unusual connection.

Muyang Technology's Tan Mu, to make up for the regret of his father's death, returned to the university era in 2010 through memory. As Qi Mu, a student of Ningzhou University, he met Su Cheng Cheng, who was also a student. They experienced university life together and finally reaped friendship and love.

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

Kim Deuk Pal is a 47-year-old gangster, who is the #2 guy in his gang. He doesn't have an educational background due to his poor parents, but he has a dream of attending a university. He has been studying to achieve his dream, but it's not easy. One day, he sees a young man, Song Yi Heon, about to kill himself. At that time, Deuk Pal's spirit possessed the body of the suicidal 19-year-old high school student. Deuk Pal soon learns that Yi Heon is a victim of bullying, which has caused him to want to take his own life.

Now, Deuk Pal, in the body of Yi Heon, takes on the bullies to punish them and becomes friends with classmate Choi Se Kyung. Se Kyung is a model student who appears to be in a perfect situation, but he suffers from domestic violence at home by his father.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the web novel "I, a Gangster, Became a High Schooler" (조폭인 내가 고등학생이 되었습니다) by Ho Rol (호롤).

Release dates: Feb 22, 2024 (Ep. 1-2 Special screening)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Hiroshige Akihisa works for a karaoke company. When he is interviewed about the past 30 years of Japanese music industry, he gets confused when he is asked about his high school student days. An incident happened 29 years ago that caused him to suppress his memories that have now come back.

On March 20, 1995, the Tokyo subway sarin attack took place. At that time, Akihisa was a high school student who got good grades and was well mannered, but the Tokyo subway sarin attack led him to face the death of someone he knew and shook his world. Around that time, he was suddenly called out by his classmate Suzuki Shotaro, whom he wasn't very close to. Shotaro asked him if he wanted to live vacantly into his adulthood and then die? Would he be happy living that type of life? Akihisa then joined Shotaro’s group and hanged out with them in Shibuya. One day, Shotaro is attacked by someone. Akihisa decides to take revenge on the attacker and begins to search for him.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "95" by Hayami Kazuma (早見和真).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 49 min.

Airs On: Monday

Jooshin High School is the most prestigious school in South Korea. The school was established by the conglomerate Jooshin Group. Normally, only students who are chosen at birth to attend Jooshin High School are allowed. Those students include Jeong Jae Yi, who is the first daughter of the family that runs the Jaeyool Group; Kim Ri An, who is the successor of the Jooshin Group; Yoon He Ra, who is the youngest daughter of the trading company International Yoon, and Lee Woo Jin who is the second son of a powerful politician family.

Meanwhile, Kang Ha is transferred to Jooshin High School. He possesses a pure and innocent smile, but he holds a secret. Due to him, the concrete world of Jooshin High School begins to crack.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 7

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

A delinquent 2nd year student becomes the chairman of the board of a prestigious high school left behind by his father.

Na Yi Soo may have grown up in an environment that others would envy, but he harbors hatred for his father and heads to Balhae High School, which his father cherished, in order to seek revenge. The process of change between Yi Soo, who has lived a rougher life than anyone else, and the nation's most elite students who have lived upright lives, as they get to know each other, and the love that blooms in the process, will be dynamically unfolded.

(Source: Korean = Daum)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Monday

Ratings: 8.3

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Episodes: 30

Duration: 45 min.

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

Xu Niannian and Yang Yi met at the most beautiful age and experienced the most memorable moments of youth. It's also a period of their lives that will eventually be forgotten...

(Source: ChineseDrama)

Adapted from the novel “Just for Meeting You” (我与世界只差一个你) by Zhang Hao Chen.

Duration: 1 hr. 48 min.

Ratings: 8.0

Ongsa's high school life will never be the same when she carelessly tells her cute and cheerful classmate Sun "sweet dreams" using the Instagram name Earth. Unfortunately, the masculine name leads Sun to believe she's talking to a guy, but Ongsa doesn't want to lose the opportunity to talk to her. She chooses to keep it a secret and go on talking to Sun as Earth.

(Source: Thai = GMMTV)

Adapted from the novel "23.5 When the Earth Is Spinning Around" (องศาที่โลกเอียง) by everY (เอเวอร์วาย).

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Airs On: Friday

Two neighbors in a small town, Zhou Yu and Cheng Yuzhou, a rich young master returning from the big city to prepare for an exam, met by chance and fell in love. But despite their feelings for each other, they were forced to separate because of their families. Many years later, they meet again and all the love they felt for each other has returned.

As punishment for playing a prank, the class troublemaker has to be supervised by the model student—but soon they catch feelings for each other.

The drama depicts Kim Min Jae, a transfer student majoring in Practical Music and working part-time at the library, and Lee Kyu Ho, a Taekwondo major who helped him. Since their first meeting, the two have become entangled and closer, leading them to develop a romantic relationship.

(Source: BLUPDATE2022 Twitter)

Episodes: 6

Duration: 25 min.

Aired On: Thursday

Ratings: 7.1

Jung Ki Sub is Kim Jin Woo's slacker friend - and secret crush. So when Ki Sub asks to crash at his place, his heart tingles to be near him everyday. But as the short stay turns into permanent mooch, how long can Jin Woo keep his true feelings under wraps and hold back from confessing?

(Source: tappytoon.com)

Adapted from the webtoon "Can't Confess" (고백을 못하고) by Seok Young (석영).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 28 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Thursday

Knowing nothing more than the working-class life he is born into, headstrong Lu Xiao Lu reluctantly starts down the path he is expected to follow. At age nineteen in 1990s China, he feels pressure to follow suit with those around him and takes a job at the town’s saccharin factory. Slowly, he adjusts to the bureaucratic factory routine, making the best of the situation by bonding with coworkers, flirting with girls, and refusing to give in completely to the expectations of those around him.

As Lu Xiao Lu finds his way, a startling portrait of an economically expanding China comes into view; the propaganda of a common goal gives way to a bottom-line system that he sees as indifferent to individual happiness. But thanks to the relationships he develops, Lu Xiao Lu decides to fight for the life he wants.

(Source: Goodreads)

Adapted from the novel "Young Babylon" (少年巴比伦) by Lu Nei (路内).

Episodes: 26

Duration: 45 min.

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

Ratings: 8.3

The drama follows the lives of seven boys navigating their school years and personal growth, each grappling with family obligations, loss, poverty, abandonment, violence, and rejection.

After an unwanted return to Songju-si, Kim Hwan meets six boys. As an outsider and the son of Kim Chang Jun, the boys sometimes find him suspicious and misunderstand his actions, leading to conflicts. Despite these initial difficulties, they eventually become friends. It seemed awkward at first, but over time, they grow closer and open their hearts. They travel and play together, sharing their problems to help each other heal. Realizing they all have similar family issues, they become even closer. Hwan confronts his own feelings by staying with the other boys. As he spends time with them, he starts to like Songju-si and genuinely wishes for these days to continue forever.

However, Chang Jun notices the other boys and considers them useless, insisting that Hwan stay away from them. Hwan, who has always lived an obedient life, raises his voice for the first time and confronts his emotions.

(Source: youth.toy.devhand.net; edited by NAY)

Adapted from the webtoon "Save Me". The series is inspired by BU (BTS Universe). It expands on the storyline fans have seen throughout BTS' music videos and Save Me webtoon.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Tuesday

Ratings: 8.4

Hana is a high school student. Her parents suddenly died in an accident. Since then, Hana doesn't have any hope to live. One day, a man introduces himself to Hana as an agent from a special government agency. He asks Hana to talk about a dream she. She is confused by what he talked about. On that night, Hana has a strange dream.

Jenkhwan, an architecture freshman who loves competition, loses a bet with his good friend Pod. Consequently, Jenkhwan has to dress as a woman for high school graduation. By chance, Jenkhwan comes to save comm arts freshy Pin from a drunk. Jenkhwan likes her immediately but the two part before they can get to know one another. Fate, however, brings them together again under confusing circumstances: Jenkhwan's name ends up on the girls' dorm list and his roommate is none other than Pin.

At first, Jenkhwan intends to clear things up and have his name moved to the men's dorm list. Then Pod proposes a new wager; he thinks Jenkhwan has no chance of successfully hitting on Pin. As someone who never surrenders, Jenkhwan's next move is to become Jenny and take up his place in the women's dorm.

(Source: Thai = TrueID)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Thursday

Our Memories (2024)

When the honor of his family is tarnished, Go Gun is faced with a difficult decision. The son of a professional poker player, Gun knows just how damaging the profession can be, yet joining the Korean Poker League may be the only way to save his family. Encouraged by transfer student Cha Se Young, Gun finds the strength to put his fears aside and tackle his problems head-on. With Se Young by his side, will his skill and determination ultimately bring him victory?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 6

Duration: 22 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Aired On: Friday

Ratings: 7.6

A family drama is born that depicts the youth of the heroine, who dreamed of working at an expo with the desire to connect with people all over the world, and her family, with a heartwarming touch.

Ma Zhuo was born in Ya'an, Yucheng. At the age of eight, She was taken to Chengdu by her mother Lin Guoguo to live together. She grew up with Xia Gang's son Xia Ze. The two childhood sweethearts became each other's first love. Lin Guoguo and Xia Gang were accidentally involved in a strange murder. From then on, Ma Zhuo and Xia Ze were emotionally displaced, and their fate was tortuous, pursuing the truth of their fathers in danger and thorns.

(Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = Sher1264)

Adapted from the novel "Li Ge" (离歌) by Rao Xue Man (饶雪漫).

Episodes: 24

Duration: 35 min.

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