Asian Drama

A drama about the interactions between the owner/chef of a gourmet restaurant that is tucked away in a back alley, and the customers who visit with their various concerns. However, although he is warm-hearted and listens with the intent to help them, he misunderstands their problems and as a result gives misguided advice which confuses his customers…

A variety of mouthwatering dishes are also a highlight of each episode.

Adapted from the manga series "Meshi wo Kurahite Hana to Tsugu" (飯を喰らひて華と告ぐ) by Adachi Wahei (足立和平).

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Tags: Restaurateur Male Lead, Chef Male Lead, Middle-Aged Male Lead, Short Length Series, Miniseries, Misunderstanding, Cooking, Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 12

Aired On: Tuesday

Aired: Jul 9, 2024 - ?

Duration: 12 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Two sisters are engaged in a fierce battle for dominance over happiness; Keiko, a beautiful but ordinary housewife who desires a simple happy life and her younger sister Shiho, who finds the greatest pleasure from seeing Keiko unhappy. The story begins when Keiko begins to suspect her husband of infidelity due to his behavior and actions. Her best friend Yuka's cryptic warning that "The first year of marriage is dangerous" only fuels her doubts. One day, Keiko casually looks at her husband's phone and discovers a message from Yuka. Furthermore, Shiho witnesses a secret meeting between Shinichi and Yuka! Is Yuka the "other woman?!" Shocked by her friend's betrayal, Keiko starts to feel increasingly lonely. However, it turns out the true mastermind is someone else entirely - her sister Shiho had been cheating repeatedly with her husband. With Keiko finding happiness, Shiho's ugly plan to plunge her sister into the depths of despair has begun. It becomes increasingly evident that Keiko's true enemy is her younger sister. What will become of this twisted drama of a messy affair between sisters?

(Source: Drama-Otaku.com)

Adapted from the web manga series "Doka Watashi Yori Fuko de Ite Kudasai" (どうか私より不幸でいて下さい) written by Saimasa (さいマサ) and illustrated by Takeno Takenoko (竹野筍).

Tags: Former Nutritionist Female Lead, Adapted From A Web Manga, Co-workers' Relationship, Banker Supporting Character, Married Supporting Character, Married Female Lead, Housewife Female Lead, Young Adult Female Lead, Sisters' Relationship, Infidelity (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 11

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Wednesday

Aired: Jul 10, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A former underworld crime boss now runs a company that cleans up death scenes, which requires him and his assistant to visit accident sites and witness the many facets of human life. Things becomes complicated when his daughter returns to their hometown.

(Source: screendaily.com)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 46 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Aired: Sep 7, 2024 - Oct 5, 2024

Airs On: Saturday

Ratings: 8.1

Hero, the general's son, had run away from home because his father was about to remarry and take in his stepson to live with them in the house. He then met Pop, a poor boy and classmate at school, and Hero pretended to be poor in order to get close to Pop.

But then, he found out that Pop was his stepmother's son. Problems lined up to get in their way, and both must use love to overcome class barriers and obstacles from those around them. Finally, both of them learned that teenage love is as addictive as heroin. They become addicted to each other without class and all conditions.

(Source: WeTV)

Adapted from the novel "Are You Addicted?" (你丫上瘾了) by Chai Ji Dan (柴鸡蛋).

Tags: Age Gap [Real Life], Gay Romance, LGBTQ+, Adapted From A Novel (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Country: Thailand

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Aug 13, 2024 - ?

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

Uji and Sabae, both university students, are good friends from the same club.Uji has feelings for Sakurai, who is both popular in their club and Sabae’s best friend, but he hasn’t been able to talk to her much. Uji often seeks Sabae’s advice about his love life, but he frequently gets distracted by her large chest and risqué jokes. This makes him start seeing Sabae as a woman, leading to many moments where they share a good vibe, making his heart race.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the web manga series "Sabae to Yattara Owaru" (サバエとヤッたら終わる) by Hayasaka Keigo (早坂啓吾).

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A secret love story begins the night before summer holidays when high school nobody Lune gets together with school princess Star. It has to stay secret because school prince White, the one who invited Lune into their friend group where he got to know Star, also likes her. The events of that summer night become the starting point of a chaotic story of friendship, love, and hate.

(Source: Thai = GMMTV || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the webtoon "Summer Night ความลับในคืนฤดูร้อน" written by Boran and illustrated by Jormungan.

Tags: Love Triangle, Student Supporting Character, Student Female Lead, Student Male Lead, School Setting, Teenager Supporting Character, Teenager Female Lead, Teenager Male Lead, Gay Supporting Character, Loner Male Lead (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 35 min.

Country: Thailand

Airs On: Monday

Aired: Aug 5, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Raya who comes from an aristocratic family was married to womanizer Phraya Wisut. She seems to be a saint who is kind and giving but is actually evil and merciless. When she finds a new girl who has caught the attention of her husband, she plans to get rid of the other wife, Juan, who was born as a slave in Wisut house.

(Source: Thaidramatic_update on Instagram; edited by Soju at MyDramaList)

Tags: MDL Remake, Rattanakosin Kingdom, Historical Fiction (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 38

Duration: 41 min.

Country: Thailand

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Aired: May 27, 2024 - Oct 1, 2024

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

The story begins with the creation of two quantum AIs: Kuro and Shiro. Dr. Ke builds them with the intention of having these two AIs accompany and grow alongside his cryogenically frozen son, forging a unique friendship. After going through the five episodes of Q18, Kuro and Shiro gradually learn about human nature, evolving consciousness and emotions.

Simultaneously, by connecting the quantum computer with the human brain, they assist the young boy with cryogenic syndrome in capturing love and friendship. Just as this utopian existence takes shape, Dr. Ke believes that technology has spiraled out of control. He decides to personally destroy Kuro and Shiro, leading to an intense conflict with his son.

(Source: pavilion.taicca.tw)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 45 min.

Airs On: Friday

It tells the story of Lin Hao, a Han youth who grew up in Xinjiang, and Halik, a Uyghur youth who met in the uninhabited area of ​​Dahaidao, Xinjiang, in 2013. The two people with different personalities but equally persistent learned from each other and became brothers in the constant competition.

In order to realize their common dream of becoming professional motorcycle racers, the two participated in rally after rally to accumulate experience. In the process, they experienced the psychological trauma of losing friends and the devastating blow of physical pain, but neither of them stopped the two people's determination to pursue their dreams.

(Source: Chinese = Baidu)

Episodes: 24

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

Ratings: 7.0

So Jin, a genetic researcher who loves DNA, decides to end her relationship with a playboy boyfriend and sets out to find a genetically compatible partner for a happy relationship. Whom among the two men that So Jin meets, obstetrician-gynecologist Yeon Woo and firefighter Kang Hoon, will be the perfect match for her? A captivating story intertwined with genetics! This story portrays the struggles, love, and everyday lives of young friends.

(Source: WelCon.kocca.kr)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Airs On: Saturday, Sunday

A program where you live 'the real life of that person' for 72 hours under the name of one of the world’s 8 billion people in a place where no one knows you.

(Source: Korean = NamuWiki)

The story revolves around two detectives who dig into mysterious incidents that happen in a village. The drama will reinterpret those events and the characters in the book to match Korean sentiments, and it will show the ugly side of human nature.

Go Jung Woo when was younger, he was smart enough to be on the early admission list to medical school. He went on a trip after taking his SAT (scholastic ability test) but became a murderer ever since that day. He returns to his hometown after being released from prison and comes across what happened 11 years ago.

Adapted from the novel "Snow White Must Die" by Nele Neuhaus.

Release dates: April 10, 2024 (Episode 1 premiere | Festival).

Episodes: 16

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Duration: 50 min.

Airs On: Friday, Saturday

Jin Soo Ji is a psychiatrist at Haedeul Hospital and a celebrity who is considered the most sought-after for variety shows. In addition to medical treatment, she is a hot shot who has never slept more than three hours a day due to tight schedules such as broadcasts, book concerts, and fan signing events. However, her perfect life, which seemed to be on a roll forever, starts to fall apart.

It all begins with Chae Woo Ri, the new doctor. He is talented, humorous, and full of justice. Therefore, in the eyes of a doctor who believes understanding and trust of patients are the top priority, Soo Ji seems to be a selfish person who only cares about her own success, and they naturally become enemies in the hospital.

However, when Soo Ji disappears due to various scandals, he starts to understand her pain. What will happen between Soo Ji and Woo Ri, who were at each other's throats from the beginning?

(Source: KOCOWA+)

Episodes: 120

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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

Matoba Yosuke is s a salaryman who just lost his job. Matoba Hikaru, his wife, is a dancer who gave up her career when they got married. In the middle of a family crisis, Matoba Hikaru leaves to pursue her dream. Matoba Yosuke is stuck with their only son. Chikako, his old flame -turn jet-set career woman- is forced to take care of them. Will the romance spark again, now that Matoba Yosuke already has family, and Chikako has a younger man, Kikuta Jun, beside her?

(Source: Fuji TV)

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Episodes: 12

Duration: 54min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Thursday

Aired: Jul 5, 2001 - Sep 20, 2001

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kisaragi Minori, who thought she had a happy family with her pure love since they were students and was married to her husband Yudai, was blessed with children, but the story begins when she finds out that her husband Yudai has been cheating on her for 15 years. Minori, who has vowed to take revenge on Yudai, who has another family, and on his lover, Riko Miyake, plots her revenge using Riko's son, Wataru.

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

Adapted from the manga "Otto no Katei wo Kowasu made" (夫の家庭を壊すまで) by Akaishi Mana (赤石真菜)

Tags: Student Supporting Character, Hairdresser Supporting Character, Married Female Lead, Housewife Female Lead, Single Mother/Father Supporting Character, Secret Second Family, Extramarital Affair, Infidelity, Revenge, Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 49 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Monday

Aired: Jul 8, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Adapted from the manga series "Kanpeki Wife ni Yoru Kanpeki na Fukushu Keikaku" (完璧ワイフによる完璧な復讐計画) by Yukimura Koharu (雪村こはる).

Tags: Co-workers' Relationship, Senior-Junior Relationship, Housewife Female Lead, Nurse Supporting Character, Married Life, Infidelity, Revenge, Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Wednesday

Aired: Aug 14, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Episodes: 20

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Aired: Jan 1, 2001 - Feb 2, 2001

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

Ratings: 6.4

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

A rash decision resulted in Gao Zhi Lei being a “shut-in”. He didn’t anticipate how his story would go in a completely different direction in the near future. A sequence of unfortunate events led Gao Zhi Lei to take on the responsibility of eldership in the family. The pressure of the world really struck him, and it was time to confront his own demons and begin with a fresh start.

Duration: 2 hr. 1 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Mita Sakura is considered to be weird by her colleagues at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, because she voluntarily works in the unidentified bodies department. About 20,000 unidentified bodies exist in the country and Mita Sakura works on returning these unknown deceased people to their families.

She has a colleague, Tsukimoto Makoto, who works in the same department. They are totally opposite in terms of their personalities and interests. Mita Sakura is bright and warm-hearted, but Tsukimoto Makoto is calm and cold-hearted. They do share the same desire to return these unidentified bodies to their families. To find the identities of these deceased people, they rely on the few clues that are left behind on them.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Tags: Co-workers' Relationship, Senior-Junior Relationship, Investigator Supporting Character, Researcher Supporting Character, Young Adult Female Lead, Detective Supporting Character, Investigator Female Lead, Eccentric Female Lead, Death, Investigation (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Aired: Jul 13, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Son Ha Young is the type of person who doesn't want to lose money under any circumstance. While growing up, she had to share her mother's love with others. She often found her partners in relationships below her break even point. Now, Ha Young faces the possibility of missing out on a job promotion at her workplace. To avoid such a loss, she makes a plan for a fake wedding. She recruits Kim Ji Wook to be her fiance.

Ji Wook works part-time as a cashier at a convenience store. He is the type of person who can't ignore people in need and tries to do the right thing. He is smooth with every customer at the convenience store, except for one person. That person is Ha Young. When she suddenly asks him to become the fake groom at her wedding, he somehow accepts her offer.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Kiyosumi is a live in manger of an apartment building. He spends most of his time composing & playing music in his apartment. He doesn’t relate well with people and his life is simple. One day, Ushio who lives upstairs from him, greets him. She tells him that she broke up with her boyfriend and she listens to his music every day. Ushio then posts online a video of Kiyoshumi playing his music. Since then, Kiyosumi faces a big change in his life.

For as long as Ichika could remember, her family home has followed some strange “rules.” Her mother, Kazumi, decided that her father, Reitaro, must not cross the tape that has been placed all over the house. Her parents have not conversed for as far back as Ichika could recall, and her father is forbidden from talking to Ichika or Kazumi, instead forced to live in a dark, cramped room, while eating and sleeping in isolation. Although Ichika finds her family’s situation strange, she’s unable to talk to her father due to her mother’s strict control. As her 18th birthday approaches, she decides to solve “the family quiz” and start to converse with Reitaro. Her father than confides in her, revealing the reason for the tape around the home might be because something he had said had hurt Kazumi. Meanwhile, he attempts to communicate with Kazumi in order to change the family’s situation, but when he crosses the tape, Kazumi reacts in an unbelievable way.

After confiding to Kurashiki Sayako about his situation, who had saved him from being hit by a car, she gently advises him that it seemed like “domestic violence.” Ichika tries her best to stop Reitaro drifting away from Kazumi, in a wish to reconcile her family. But as she delves deeper into the mystery of the tape, she uncovers an unbelievable “lie” that her parents have been hiding all along.

(Source: Drama-Otaku.com)

Adapted from the manga series "Sonna Kazoku nara Sute Chaeba?" (そんな家族なら捨てちゃえば？) by Murayama Wataru (村山渉).

Tags: Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Country: Japan

Airs On: Friday

Aired: Jul 19, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This work is an ensemble drama in which three cleaners who specialize in erasing the dirt of the past, and a reporter who exposes the mistakes of the past. In Kinshicho, Sumida Ward, Tokyo, at the house cleaning shop “Seiriseiton,” three childhood friends work together: Kaku Kento portrays the president Kinomoto, Emoto Tokio as the wheelchair bound Yu-chan, and their junior colleague. They clean places with complicated backgrounds, such as the company ruined by a young enterpeuner who was seen as “The Emperor’s New Clothes;” the home of a couple who lost their daughter to bullying ten years ago, and the Filipino pub where a childhood friend worked. Meanwhile, an investigative reporter was posting QR codes around town that, when scanned, would reveal the truth about unsolved cases and scandals.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

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Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Saturday

Aired: Jul 13, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Tags: Short Length Series, Web Series (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 19 min.

Country: China

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Apr 21, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The drama depicts a pure and feel-good love story between Kla and Cake, where their story begins through live streaming and gradually develops into love.

(Source: Thai = Studio on Fire Facebook || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the novel "Live in Love" (Live in Love .. รักผ่านไลฟ์) by Yeonim (ยอนิม).

Tags: Gay Male Lead, Gay Romance, LGBTQ+, Miniseries, Adapted From A Novel (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 5

Country: Thailand

Airs On: Saturday

Aired: Sep 1, 2024 - Sep 29, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

"Gyeongseong Creature" returns, extending its narrative from the tumultuous spring of 1945 to the bustling streets of 2024 Seoul. This continuation, set against the backdrop of monstrous creations born from human greed, further entwines the fates of Jang Tae Sang and Yoon Chae Ok.

(Source: about.netfilx.com)

Episodes: 7

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

The 63rd work of NHK Taiga Drama depicts the life of Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese female poet who wrote "Tale of Hikaru Genji". This story is set in the mid-Heian period.

(Source: nhk.or.jp)

Episodes: 40

Tsukioka Natsu is 28 years old and single. He works for a printing company in Tokyo. One day, Tsukioka Natsu hears that Nagumo Mizuki died. They were in a romantic relationship when they attended the same university. They broke up after Nagumo Mizuki suddenly told him that she wanted to end their relationship, and she disappeared afterwards. He didn't hear anything about her for the past 7 years after their breakup. Tsukioka Natsu attends Nagumo Mizuki’s funeral, where he meets a young child named Umi. He is surprised to learn that Umi is Mizuki Nagumo’s daughter. Nagumo Mizuki’s mother talks to him and tells him that Umi is his daughter.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Monday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

On the first day, when Sheng Wang transferred to the attached high school, he "will not get acquainted without fighting" with Jiang Tian. What made him feel most magical was that Jiang Tian was certified as his brother that night.

In the process of defending the face and territory of Sheng Wang, a period of arrogant and arbitrary life began, and the two also went from not dealing with each other from the beginning to later cherishing each other. They thought this time was only a short period of life until they became indispensable to each other.

(Source: goodreads)

Adapted from the novel "Mou Mou" (某某) by Mu Su Li (木苏里).

Episodes: 12

Duration: 49 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Aired: Aug 22, 2024 - Oct 2, 2024

Airs On: Wednesday, Thursday

Ratings: 8.3

Yuzuhara Miku is a temporary employee who works for a reception desk at a department store. She has low self-confidence and worries about what others think of her, but she is clueless when it comes to makeup. Her elite lawyer boyfriend, Haruhisa, however, constantly tells her he prefers seeing her that way, so she wears minimal makeup because he favours her “modest” look. One day, she meets Takakura Eve, a guy with a special love for makeup. When he applied red lipstick to her lips, Miku felt a sense of exhilaration. However, when Haruhisa found out about this, he transformed into an emotionally abusive man…. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Kao ni Doro wo Nuru" (顔に泥を塗る) by Yoshikazu (ヨシカズ).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated