Asian Drama

Are you still able to recall those nostalgic days when you'd anxiously anticipate that much-awaited reply from the one you loved?

Handwritten letters. MSN Messenger. Blackberry. LINE. Even though times have changed, messages have always allowed us to convey our feelings of love. But while communication helps bring us closer, does it also somehow deepen the distance between our hearts?

Shiino Tomoyo has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko’s life—and Tomoyo’s too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko’s death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko’s ashes for one final journey together to set free her dear, broken Mariko.

Adapted from the manga series "My Broken Mariko” (マイ・ブロークン・マリコ) by Hirako Waka (平庫ワカ).

Goo Yeo Reum is a television producer in the tenth year of her professional career. Although she works harder than most producers, the shows she makes all seem to flop. Then she's selected to produce a new dating-themed reality TV show called “Kingdom of Love.” Her neighbour and best friend of twenty years is Park Jae Hoon, a plastic surgeon who has lost all his passion for work. Their relationship is close but purely platonic. Park Jae Hoon is jaded by his experiences and has also essentially given up on love. As such, he only ever pursues casual relationships.

In the planning stage of the show’s production, Goo Yeo Reum runs into struggles, having difficulty finding suitable bachelors to appear on the programme. She eventually turns to Park Jae Hoon in desperation. To help her, he agrees to become a contestant on the show. But in this unfamiliar new dynamic—as a producer and a cast member—they unexpectedly begin developing never-felt-before romantic feelings.

Will “Kingdom of Love” turn friends into lovers?

For Mamoru Nekoyashiki, a doujinshi artist, the only thing that satisfies his need for approval is to sell his original BL manga at the popular Kabesa section (a section for popular doujinshi circles on the wall side of the venue) and be recognized by readers at the event. But then one day, something happens to him!

He meets Kazama Issei, a childhood friend he once had a crush on who is now a popular up-and-coming idol. Their lives in distant worlds should never have crossed paths, but you can't take your eyes off this story of two young men growing up in each other's presence!

Adapted from the manga "Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru" (壁サー同人作家の猫屋敷くんは承認欲求をこじらせている) by Minamoto Kazuki (ミナモトカズキ).

A story of love and friendship between five high school students from Seoyeon High School.

Lee Ha Min appears like a bright person, but there is also darkness within his mind. Han So Mang is a warm-hearted person, but she is also quite timid. Lee Jae Min is a popular student with a painful past. He is kind to everyone around him. Yoon Bo Mi is a sweet, model student. Choi Jin Young loves playing games. He can seem unfriendly and has a delicate personality.

Adapted from the webtoon "Seasons of Blossom" (청춘 블라썸) by HONGDUCK and NEMONE.

The story of a girl who was violated when she was studying in middle school. Originally, she was a girl full of expectations and dreams for her future. But due to that incident, she was pushed into the endless abyss of trauma.

Yuuri Kariya is an airhead who falls head-over-heels in love with Ryuuhei Aono after their very first meeting. Yuuri's happiness knows no bounds when Aono surprisingly ends up agreeing to go out with her, and thus she starts to enjoy her perfect relationship with her perfect boyfriend. Alas, misfortune strikes when only two weeks into their relationship, Aono tragically dies in an accident. But is something as simple as death really enough to keep the two lovers apart?

Adapted from a manga of the same name by Shiina Umi.

Jae Woo is a young man who lives with childhood trauma and finds himself traveling to the past where he meets Ji Hoon, a law student preparing for a bar exam and the person Jae Woo admires the most. As he travels to the past, will he be able to change each other's fate?

Ji Qiu a young writer-director, and Zhou Zi Qian, a shooter who recently returned to China, meet at a shooting gallery due to a misunderstanding. What she didn't realize is this tall boy in front of her was the little boy that used to hide behind her, and just treated him like a stranger. Later on, Ji Qiu's team's new variety show "Let's Meet Now" gave the two an opportunity to interact in their work and life, and this pair of love-hate couple gradually get to know each other more This drama takes a variety show "Let's Meet Now" as its entry point, and uses the reunion of a pair of childhood friends as a clue to build a wonderful modern love story.

Both Xu Yi and Gao Xiao Nan left their small town with misunderstandings and unanswered questions for each other. They reunite later in college. As a result, they made up with each other and resulted in a bond that spanned multiple years. Xu Yi and Gao Xiao Nan unraveled their old knots in their friendship, from friends to best friends, from young students to rookies in the working industry. They accompany each other and grow together. They are not lovers, they're actually far from being lovers.

However, the boundaries that they've made of not touching each other breaks due to an accident. Will the friendship between Xu Yi and Gao Xiao Nan change? Will they part away or stay together?

In an antique shop, the value of each item is the story behind them. People who sell their belongings here can reminisce on their lives, and buyers see their value hidden within. Six stories about memories, love, dreams and separation are linked to six items.

Eight men and women, who ended their first love for various reasons, meet their old-time sweetheart in First Love Once Again. For nine days, they live in the same house and contemplate two options: whether they resume the relationship or set to find another love.

Inheriting from her uncle an old gogo boy bar named Papa Gogo, the former 90s famous singer Annie renovates the bar and hunts for gogo boy. But on the way to making the bar as famous as Mama Gogo, she faces obstacles like Chen, the mafia, and Tina, her frenemy who intentionally opens a bar to compete with her.

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Sawada Kyoka works as a yoga instructor. Her mother died two years ago and she moved in with her father Sawada Rintaro afterwards. Sawada Rintaro works as a Japanese language scholar. His only interest now is in the study of the Japanese language. After his wife died, his life seems to have no energy.

Sawada Kyoka gets into arguments with her father Sawada Rintaro constantly and she is also burdened with taking care of him. Sawada Kyoka wants to have a life where she can focus on herself. Due to everything around her, Sawada Kyoka doesn't care about getting married. But, one day, Sawada Rintaro finds a divorce document among his late wife's belongings. This pushes Sawada Rintaro into wanting to remarry. He also pushes his daughter Sawada Kyoka to find a marriage partner. The father and daughter begin to look for a person to marry. At this time, Sawada Kyoka meets Higashimura Seita, who is single father with a 7-year-old son.

The up-and-coming painter Wen Qian was surprised by Bai Jiran, the lead singer of the bar resident band, and invited Bai Jiran to be her model. She tried both hard and soft but was repeatedly rejected. At the order of her father, Wen Qian went to Wenshu Monastery in Chengdu to collect a piece of his mother's collection and sent it back to the UK.

After receiving a brocade bag with meteorites, she met Bai Ji Ran again by accident. Bai Ji Ran recognized Wen Qian as the little girl he had met in England as a child, but Wen Qian did not remember him. The two ran into each other accidentally, one because she lost her backpack, no certificate, money, and mobile phone, and the other wanted to avoid the pursuit of fanatical fans and embarked on a journey of "protecting treasure" together.

The brocade bag that Wen Qian was ordered to escort was related to the family's jewelry business, was coveted by competitors at home, and encountered many crises along the way. Wen Qian and Bai Ji Ran were in distress and escaped witty several times. The two people are right and wrong. On the surface, they are incompatible with each other. In fact, they have fallen in love with each other unknowingly.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 35 min.

Aired On: Thursday

Cinematographer: Gao Bin [高斌]

Adapted from the novel "Mon Kammatep" by "Orasa Tossanut".

Jiang Mei Shan and Tian Chuan had been good friends since the third grade cram school. All kinds of mistakes have kept them from being able to express their feelings, so they have maintained a good relationship for five years. Finally one day the two of them boldly express their love, and change from good friends to lovers. After falling in love, Jiang Mei Shan and Tian Chuan, like other young couples, also faced various problems: Shi Bao Lian's girlfriend, ex-boyfriend's phone number, ex-girlfriend's taunts, how should they deal with this problem?

Kisara Hanae, a girl who retired from karate due to an accidental injury and was at the bottom of her life, meets Ashida Haruki, the songwriter of a song she used to listen to before every match. But he is now a failed musician, a one-hit wonder, and a weirdo with a lot of problems! Hanae's childhood friend, Natsukawa Shingo, who is always watching over her gets involved and a love triangle develops. Hanae has a "secret" that she can't tell anyone, and decides that "this is the last love of her life".

Tells the rich and interesting high school life of five senior high school students before the college entrance examination covering their sweet daily school life, emotional development and the true friendships formed.

At the Keyakidai High School, which there'll be a graduation ceremony in three days, have encountered a kidnapping incident in which their popular English teacher, Risako Mizuguchi, has been abducted. Yoshiki Kurokawa receives a challenge letter from an unknown sender. The letter says "Solve the mystery of the kidnapping. Only you can understand the truth."

The same challenge was received by Junpei Ogita, who is a sports enthusiast in the soccer club. Mio Komatsu, a beautiful girl at the school's beauty pageant grand Prix, and Kurokawa's childhood friend. One of the best talents, Ayane Takahata.

The four were wondering why this member was gathered, but gradually another face of Mizuguchi became clear. And again, the students who were gathered had problems.

The youth mystery of young people who are sprinting and tied together with bonds.

Adapted from the novel “GRADUATION TIME LIMIT” (卒業タイムリミット) by Tsujido Yume (辻堂ゆめ).

Wu Xiao Xue's world is turned upside-down by her artist father's affair and makes her mother hate anything to do with art. A fairy character she had drawn on the day her world flipped upside-down comes to life and acts as her imaginary companion and mentor. She secretly draws despite her mother's disapproval and joins an advertising company where she hopes to use her skills. Wu Xiao Xue tries to navigate the adulthood pressures of work, pleasing her mother, and her childhood crush Xu Zhao Chen with the help of her fairy friend. Will she be able to make her dreams come true?

Bossy and self-centered Nawee is an heir to a fortune. He suffers from serious social phobia due to his childhood trauma. But that was before he met the gentleman designer Aioun. As the two get to know each other, the mutual attraction becomes undeniable. A romance tailored for a lifetime hence begins.

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Ever since his parents passed away, Hae Bom has been living in Tae Sung’s house. And now, being a 12th grader, he enters the same class as Tae Sung, which makes the whole situation way more awkward. Living together 24/7, Tae Sung and Hae Bom's relationship is bound to change.

Adapted from the webtoon "Cherry Blossoms After Winter" (겨울 지나 벚꽃) by Bam Woo (밤우).

A web drama about a dark history that you were embarrassed about resurfacing with the arrival of a new recruit.

About a group of friends who were born in the early 90s, and later focuses on their career in the automobile industry.

When Chen Yi duo was nine, a young boy named Bi Lai fu suddenly appeared in her home for a short stay. The two initially did get along, competing on everything at home and in school. At the same time, Lai Fu befriends a group of loyal friends, but their playful and chaotic nature worries the adults. With the upcoming high school examinations, the youths each pursue their onward journey. Lai Fu and Yi Duo also faces the problem of work, love and life.

As the year 1998 arrives, the automobile industry also undergoes a rapid development and change. The old bicycles are no longer in trend, and continue to see a decline in business and sales. In order to preserve their generation's memory, Lai Fu decided to rent an assembly workshop, and think of new ways to innovate and revive the product. He gathers again with his former friends, working together on the business idea. They use new ideas and concepts, making the "old" bicycles "young" (in trend) again.

Clumsy Luckkana has always considered herself unlucky. In the hopes of bettering her life, the deeply superstitious Luckkana often seeks fortune tellers. And she believes them unquestioningly. So when a fortuneteller insists that her ex will change her bad luck, Luckkana is determined to find Chokebordee, her nerdy school love. But the ugly duckling became a swan—or in this case a handsome, smart man. He is so transformed that Luckkana almost doesn’t recognize him. When she does, how will their love story continue?

One day Nozomi attends a middle school reunion and is reunited with her first love, Shuichi. Her love is rekindled when she the guy approaches her, but they get caught up in an incident where members of the reunion start dying one after another.

Adapted from the manga "Itoshii Uso: Yasashii Yami" (愛しい嘘～優しい闇～) Aimoto Mizuho.

Inside the Beijing hutongs where professionals who engage in art conservation and restoration live is a story between a museum conservator and a translator. Shao Xue, Zheng Sunian, and Zhang Qi are children of museum conservators. They share many experiences growing up having lived through the SARS epidemic, the death of their loved ones, and the old city being demolished to forge a deep friendship with each other.

As they grow up, everyone starts to choose different paths. Influenced by Zheng Sunian's mother, Shao Xue is unwilling to give up the infinite possibilities of the future for the sake of love and leaves home to search for greener pastures. Zheng Sunian inherits the legacy left by his mother to become a conservator-restorer and finds meaning through the preservation of cultural artifacts. Zhang Qi earns the opportunity to study abroad due to his mathematical skills. Before leaving, he decides to bury his feelings for Shao Xue. In spite of their feelings for each other, Shao Xue and Zheng Sunian part ways due to their respective pursuits. They meet again after a long time, giving a chance for the seeds planted in their youth to sprout once more.

Adapted from a novel of the same name written by author Bei Feng San Bai Li.

Shiro has died temporarily but is told by a mysterious person called "Kanrinin" that he can do a "homestay" i.e. his soul to reside in another dead person's body so as to find the reason for the latter's death. However, Shiro has to do this within 100 days or else his true form will be exposed and he will die for real. As such, Shiro enters the body of another dead high school student Kobayashi Shin and tries to investigate his death with Shin's childhood friend Fujieda Akira and his senior Takasaka Mizuki who Shin was in love with.

Adapted from the novel "Colorful" (カラフル) by Mori Eto (森絵都).

Sequel to Radiation House.