Asian Drama

It tells the story of a down-and-out part-time talk show actress and an aloof male audience member suffering from alexithymia who get close to each other and heal each other. A love story of a woman who is funny to the end and a man who can't laugh, a love contest begins. However, what connects the romance is not just the emotions between men and women, but also the struggling urban youths living in Shanghai. On and off the stage in the play, the spicy yet observational complaints hit the pain points of life, and the humorous ridicule is light, but it is also full of optimism and open-mindedness.

Episodes: 34

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

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Despite not being biologically related, Kim San Ha, Yun Ju Won, and Kang Hae Jun share a close bond with each other. The trio spent their adolescence raised by Ju Won's father Jeong Jae and San Ha's father Dae Uk, who did their best to give them a happy childhood as they healed from past trauma. Upon reaching adulthood, however, San Ha and Hae Jun sought out their biological families, leaving Ju Won behind.

Ten years later, the five members of their found family reunite, but things aren't the same as they used to be. Ju Won holds some resentment after feeling abandoned by San Ha and Hae Jun, while the two boys are struggling with new romantic feelings for Ju Won and their own familial issues. Can these chosen siblings work out their feelings with each other, and will romance form between them?

(Source: Viki)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Wednesday, Thursday

It tells the story of a down-and-out part-time talk show actress and an aloof male audience member suffering from alexithymia who get close to each other and heal each other. A love story of a woman who is funny to the end and a man who can't laugh, a love contest begins. However, what connects the romance is not just the emotions between men and women, but also the struggling urban youths living in Shanghai. On and off the stage in the play, the spicy yet observational complaints hit the pain points of life, and the humorous ridicule is light, but it is also full of optimism and open-mindedness.

Episodes: 34

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

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Komori Hiroto is a kind young man who works at the city hall. Since losing his parents in an accident, he has been living with his younger brother Michito, who has autism spectrum disorder. Their restful days are changed when they meet a young boy called “Lion” who they decide to take in. Before long, they get caught up in an incident that changes their lives completely.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Friday

In the late 1970s, in a small alley of a cotton spinning factory's residential area in Suzhou, lived the Zhuang and Lin families. As the college entrance examination resumed, Zhuang Chao Ying, a teacher, and his wife, Huang Ling, prioritized their children's exams as the family's top priority. Their neighbor, Lin Wu Feng, and his wife, Song Ying, also began to pay attention to their son's studies due to their influence.

The Zhuang family appeared harmonious and respectable, with their son Zhuang Tu Nan being diligent and studious, and their daughter Zhuang Xiao Ting being well-behaved and sensible. However, Zhuang Chao Ying's cowardice and foolish filial piety caused harm to his family. In contrast, the Lin family seemed to live according to their own rules, with their son Lin Dong Zhe being exceptionally mischievous.

In reality, the couple supported each other, and there was mutual respect between parents and children, creating a lively and fulfilling family atmosphere. Adapting to the changes of the times, Lin Wu Feng and Song Ying moved the whole family to Guangzhou to seek new opportunities.

After separating from childhood friends Zhuang Xiao Ting and Lin Dong Zhe, they realized their feelings for each other and agreed to enroll in the same university. Upon graduation, despite facing obstacles from family and reality, they firmly chose each other. After many twists and turns, Zhuang Tu Nan and Li Jia also eventually became a couple.

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

Adapted from the web novel "Xiao Xiang Ren Jia" (小巷人家) by Da Mi (大米).

Tags: Neighbors' Relationship, Family Relationship, 1970s, Multiple Mains, Coming Of Age, Youth, Friendship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 40

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Oct 28, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Takasugi Harumi is a 31-year-old man. Even though he has a college degree, he is unable to find a job. One day Miya, Harumi's aunt who is like a sister to him, suddenly dies. Harumi's 12-year-old daughter, Kururi, has no one to rely on now that her mother is dead. Harumi has to take care of Kururi now but her heart is kept closed. "Obentou," a lunch box, gives them a reason to get closer to each other. Each lunch box has their feelings, love and heart in it. (Source: MangaUpdates) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Takasugi-san Chi no Obento" (高杉さん家のおべんとう) by Yanahara Nozomi (柳原望).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 25 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kishibe Midori is a 25-year-old woman who works in the editorial department of a fashion magazine that belongs to a large publishing company. However, the fashion magazine was cancelled by its parent company. Kishibe Midori then gets transferred to the editing department for a dictionary. What awaits Kishibe Midori is that there are people filled with personality, including the head of the editorial department, Majime Mitsuya. Initially, Kishibe Midori had a hard time in her new workplace.

As time goes by, she becomes inspired by the persistence and enthusiasm of those who work around her. They have spent over a decade working on one dictionary. Kishibe Midori finds attractiveness in the words she works with. She also develops pride and self-fulfilment over her work.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Fune wo Amu" by Shion Miura.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 49 min.

Airs On: Sunday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

In the late 1970s, in a small alley of a cotton spinning factory's residential area in Suzhou, lived the Zhuang and Lin families. As the college entrance examination resumed, Zhuang Chao Ying, a teacher, and his wife, Huang Ling, prioritized their children's exams as the family's top priority. Their neighbor, Lin Wu Feng, and his wife, Song Ying, also began to pay attention to their son's studies due to their influence.

The Zhuang family appeared harmonious and respectable, with their son Zhuang Tu Nan being diligent and studious, and their daughter Zhuang Xiao Ting being well-behaved and sensible. However, Zhuang Chao Ying's cowardice and foolish filial piety caused harm to his family. In contrast, the Lin family seemed to live according to their own rules, with their son Lin Dong Zhe being exceptionally mischievous.

In reality, the couple supported each other, and there was mutual respect between parents and children, creating a lively and fulfilling family atmosphere. Adapting to the changes of the times, Lin Wu Feng and Song Ying moved the whole family to Guangzhou to seek new opportunities.

After separating from childhood friends Zhuang Xiao Ting and Lin Dong Zhe, they realized their feelings for each other and agreed to enroll in the same university. Upon graduation, despite facing obstacles from family and reality, they firmly chose each other. After many twists and turns, Zhuang Tu Nan and Li Jia also eventually became a couple.

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

Adapted from the web novel "Xiao Xiang Ren Jia" (小巷人家) by Da Mi (大米).

Tags: Neighbors' Relationship, Family Relationship, 1970s, Multiple Mains, Coming Of Age, Youth, Friendship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 40

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

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

Aired: Oct 28, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

About the independence, growth, and friendship of the 'Bangpan Sisters', four women who started selling adult products door-to-door in a rural village in 1992, a time when “sex” was still taboo. It's a story of women who were ahead of their time when it was hard even to say the word 'sex', who somehow managed to bring a healthy dose of energy into the secretive world of couples and thrive on their own.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Remake of the British drama "Brief Encounters" [2016].

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

In the new season, camping expert Ra Mi Ran is joined by Kwak Sun Young, Lee Joo Bin, and Lee Se Young, as they leave for the Adriatic Sea. This season, they plan to enjoy camping in Europe's hidden gems, which are rapidly emerging as attractive travel destinations, from the Adriatic Sea to the Dolomites.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Aired On: Thursday

This program is to recollect the daily lives of celebrities and form its unique sympathies among the singles within South Korea by showing celebrities' lives without significant filtering.

A man with autistic disorder and a savant syndrome overcomes bias and discrimination by the society and becomes a paediatrician by utilizing his exceptional abilities that the disorder brings.

Celebrity dads are left to care for their kids alone for 48 hours without the help of anyone, while their wives leave the home to enjoy some relaxing time off. The wives are shown leaving the home before the 48 hours begins and coming back to greet their family once the 48 hours have ended. During the 48 hours, the dads and children are either doing a task the wives have written out for the dads to complete or the dads exploring new activities with their kids. Occasionally celebrity friends of the dads will stop by to interact with the kids.

Ties between people are at the core of love. Two people are tied together when they meet, and as their love deepens, their ties tighten until one of them can't take it anymore and asks for a breakup. But even after they are separated, there's still a thin tie dangling between them.

After breaking up with Margaret, David returns to his old life and continues driving a taxi. He tells himself everything is back to normal. But fate blesses him with something new in his overly quiet single life. While Margaret ventures out and exits from his mundane life, Diamond returns after travelling overseas for a long time.

This time, David and Diamond become more than close friends. They become business partners in running a small dumpling shop called 'Dai Man Ho'. Diamond works in the kitchen making dumplings, while David manages the front and serves customers. The two complement each other.

Besides being work partners, the two also try to find joy in their mundane lives. They become neighbours and decide to learn bowling together. The two lonely souls who have just experienced heartbreak are supporting each other and relying on each other to find the strength to go on...

(Source: makerville.hk)

Episodes: 15

Duration: 60 min.

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

A variety show that gives you luck in the small gaps in your daily life.

Drag Race Thailand returns with eleven new drag stars, competing in a glowed up Werkroom on a brand-new stage. So get those Thai teas ready, because you’ll need something to sip on while living for every moment of this drag spectacle!

(Source: wowpresentsplus.com)

Tags: Drag Queen, Reality Show (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 13

Duration: 1 hr. 11 min.

Country: Thailand

Airs On: Wednesday

Aired: Oct 16, 2024 - Jan 8, 2025

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Komori Hiroto is a kind young man who works at the city hall. Since losing his parents in an accident, he has been living with his younger brother Michito, who has autism spectrum disorder. Their restful days are changed when they meet a young boy called “Lion” who they decide to take in. Before long, they get caught up in an incident that changes their lives completely.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Friday

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Yowai Konosuke is a psychiatrist and he runs his own small psychiatric clinic in a back alley in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. He listens to his patients carefully and faces their symptoms patiently. He can identify the names of illnesses that other doctors fail to do, and he gives hope to his patients. He has a staff nurse, Amamiya Yuri, who is working in the psychiatry department for the first time. She is fascinated by the depth of the psychiatric treatments administered by Yowai Konosuke, but she is unaware of Yowai Konosuke's own tragic past.

Episodes: 3

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 49 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Everyone has their own secrets; Do you dare to reveal them? Leading a busy life, office worker Mo has been indifferent to things around him. But after getting tongue-lashing by the chairperson of the Owners' Corporation, Mo uses a drone to spy on the life of the chairperson and ends up finding out secrets of different households.

The sunny and energetic fitness coach, the promiscuous dance instructor, the kindergarten teacher with a lovely smile, the loving couple who are professors, the quiet and reserved Indonesian domestic helper, the chairperson of the Owners' Corporation who monitors the housing estate around the clock... Everyone has a story.

While he spies on his neighbours, Mo spots his wife Ling in his neighbour's flat, and all hell breaks loose. The couple's tranquil life becomes full of turmoil. As Mo learns more about his neighbours, he finds himself knowing less and less about his wife. While the city's night is brightened by the countless lights from homes, there's darkness lurking in every household.

(Source: makerville.hk/en)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

Saizo Yui is a single, 29-year-old woman who works in the crime laboratory at the Takanashi Police Station as a forensics examiner. She does her job well, due to her excellent memory and analytical mind. She prioritizes efficiency at her work. She also eschews the old-fashioned and traditional ways at the police station, like, working overtime or being liked by colleagues. She does have two close female colleagues at the police station. They are Kira Masumi and Motoyama Iori.

Kira Masumi works as a physician in the medical office and Motoyama Iori works in the traffic department. Every Friday night, these 3 women gather at an izakaya pub and chat about everything including work and relationships. One Friday night, during the course of their normal conversation, they talk about a case that detectives at the police station are having trouble solving. Since then, they have talked about difficult cases and tried to solve the cases using their respective talents.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

A disaster-stricken area in southwest China welcomed a rescue medical team and volunteers, with actress Qin Fei accompanying the team. Everyone said that Qin Fei's volunteering was merely for show, but Qin Fei was earnestly committed and even risked her life to save others in a critical moment. During their time together day and night, the team leader of the medical team, Xing Zhi Zhi, saw the resilience and kindness in Qin Fei's heart, deepening their mutual understanding. Qin Fei also discovered that many years ago, the young doctor who saved her life and reignited her hope during a dance competition accident was Xing Zhi Zhi. Their fate was already intertwined long ago.

Episodes: 36

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

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

It follows a group of close friends in their seventies, still chasing their dreams and love lives to the fullest.

Lee Sun Jae used to be a big star but now lives a simple life. Despite challenges, he handles neighborhood problems with humour and wisdom. Kim Yong Gun, another former star turned director, adds fun with his playful arguments. Lim Chae Mu, dreaming of YouTube fame after a career in lighting, completes the trio. Together, they show that friendship and adventure never get old and that age is just a number.

(Source: Korean = JoyNews24.com)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Wednesday, Thursday

Kagami Rei, a newly assigned teacher to the 3rd year group of students at the private Eto Gakuen, where students with "zero motivation, zero talent, and zero future potential" are gathered. Handsome and mischievous, Mr. Kagami has an unusual teaching style that does not follow the academy's framework. In fact, he is the Chairman of the leading Japanese giant corporation Kagami with almost endless resources. Coming to this place with a hidden identity and grows with his students while facing various problems.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 58 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A real-life "hipster" variety show where Gen-Z celebrities from the city become country Z by living in the countryside.

(Source: Korean = ENA)

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Sunday

Kawakami Sachi is a normal second-year high school student with a peaceful family. Her parents accepted the love story between Sachi and her childhood friend Tsukishima Takara, and the two spent happy days together even though they went to different schools. Takara is a track and field club member, aiming to enter a prestigious university for track and field.

One day, Sachi noticed something strange with her body and discovered she was pregnant. From here, Sachi and Takara must face the realities of life, grappling with the question of whether they can have and raise children.

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

Adapted from the manga series "Ano Ko no Kodomo" (あの子の子ども) by Aoi Mamoru (蒼井まもる)

Tags: Student Supporting Character, Student Female Lead, Student Male Lead, School Setting, Teammates' Relationship, Classmates' Relationship, Caregiver Supporting Character, Housewife/Househusband Supporting Character, Teenager Supporting Character, Teenager Female Lead (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Jun 25, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The drama tells the story of young people in modern urban life who, in their search for love and self-discovery, are unafraid of setbacks and failures, ultimately achieving different kinds of growth. He Zhi Nan seeks love, while Han Su seeks a livelihood. The collision between emotion and reason creates a unique twist in the plot. Qu Yi Peng is focused on making a living, while Gao Peng is a wealthy second-generation character who bravely pursues self-discovery. Gao Peng has money but also hopes to gain the superpower of shouldering life’s responsibilities. (Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the web novel "Zhe Li Mei You Shan Nan Xin Nv" (这里没有善男信女) by Liu Cui Hu (柳翠虎).

Episodes: 27

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

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The story follows Miyuki Izawa, a real estate company employee who pursues "how to make the last drink of the day taste better." Until now, she has mainly sourced ingredients for her evening drink at the supermarket Tsur Mart, but this time, she will expand her food source to include shopping districts.

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Saturday

'Sister’s Direct Delivery' is a salty fishing village reality show about Yeom Jung Ah, Ahn Eun Jin, Park Joon Myun, and Dex, who start living in a seaside village for 3 days and 2 nights. It contains a variety of journeys, including various jobs by the sea and seasonal meals that can only be tasted there.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Airs On: Thursday

A story of a child who has the right to decide the choice of gender and decides his future as he goes through adolescence.

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