Asian Drama

He's perennially unemployed, his ex-girlfriend has moved on, and he's just lost all his life savings to a bitcoin scam. Burdened by societal pressures, Yijae Choi decides to take his own life. Insulted by his flippant attitude towards dying, Death comes to punish him with her game: he must experience death over and over again through 13 other lives. But if he can find a way to survive the imminent death coming for these lives, he gets to live out their lifetime. His life was a bust, but what about the lives of others?

(Source: webtoons.com)

Adapted from the webtoon "Ije God Jukseubnida" (이제 곧 죽습니다) written by Lee Won Sik (이원식) and illustrated by Gul-chan (꿀찬).

Episodes: 4

Duration: 55 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Friday

Kaseifu no Mitazono is back for a sixth season. Mr. Mitazono is a strong housekeeper who dresses as a woman and has exceptional housekeeping skills. Whenever he is sent to a client's house in order to carry out the work, he is able to pick out the deepest rooted secrets that exist among the family.

This time, he is joined by Yaguchi Miyu, a 20 year old newbie housekeeper.

(Source: DramaOtaku)

Episodes: 9

In 1999, before people left a digital trail, a fake family is born. In an effort to make his dying father proud, Pong recruits a makeshift family. His ex-girlfriend Lily will play the role of his wife and mother to their two fake children played by pager company employee Kek and video rental shop owner Bung.

Episodes: 8

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Episodes: 7

When Kim Ji Yong was a child, his mother was beaten to death in the street. The culprit only received three and half years in prison. Kim Ji Yong—now an adult—sees that his mother's killer hasn't changed at all. Ji Yong takes matters into his own hands and beats him brutally.

Subsequently, Kim Ji Yong begins living two entirely different lives. On weekdays, he's a model student at the police university. During the weekends, he punishes criminals who'd recieved light sentences and continue to commit criminal acts. Now called Vigilante, Ji Yong receives help from admirer Cho Kang Ok. Meanwhile, Detective Cho Heon chases after the man called Vigilante.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from a webtoon "Vigilante" ( 비질란테) written by CRG and illustrated by Kim Gyu Sam (김규삼)

Release dates: October 5, 2023 (Festival)

Episodes: 8

Yomogida Fujiko is an office worker with an academic complex. She works hard and becomes a full-time employee at an insurance company, but because of her diligence, she is unable to refuse the work she is asked to do and accepts it with a smile on her face. One day, an elite company employee, Nishina Soma, moves into the room next door. Fujiko is soothed by the time she spends with her very kind and gentlemanly neighbor. But why did Nishina, a supposedly elite man, move into this shabby apartment, and why is he so kind to Fujiko...? It seems that Nishina, who does not speak much, is a stranger to Fujiko...?

Adapted from the manga "Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga aru" (癒やしのお隣さんには秘密がある) written by Umezawa Natsuko (梅澤夏子) and illustrated by Shimafuku Rou (嶋伏ろう).

No hobbies, no friends, no lover. There are a lot of things that Kouki doesn’t have. The story begins when Kouki, an apathetic convenience store worker who struggles to find meaning in his daily life, is stabbed by a random thug. In his dying moments, he sees a beautiful angel with pure white wings.

Thinking he was being taken to the afterlife, he is surprised to wake up and find himself fully recovered. When he returns home, he discovers the same angel from before is already there. After learning that the angel has no memories and cannot fly, he takes pity on him and decides to let him stay with him for a while…

(Source: Japanese = Natalie.mu || Translation = Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga "One Room Angel" (ワンルームエンジェル) by Harada (はらだ).

Episodes: 6

Ban Dong Wook is suffering from chronic insomnia every night and it gets worse with the bad weather. One day in those painful days, he falls into a deep sleep next to Lee Do Hyun by chance. That’s how Do Hyun, the only shelter for Dong Wook, becomes irreplaceable to Dong Wook. Hanging out together, Do Hyun has a crush on Dong Wook and tries to confess.

However, it didn’t go well as planned. Dong Wook only receives a gift not knowing who gave it to him and Do Hyun misunderstood it as he was dumped. Stuck in a misunderstanding, they drift apart.

5 years later, on campus, they met again in the basketball game. However, they still have different feelings about each other. Their relationship, started with first love and ended in misunderstandings, continues again in campus. Will they be able to reconnect their broken ties?

(Source: IQIYI)

Adapted from the webtoon "Weather Forecast Love" (일기예보적연애) written by Gwendolyn (그웬돌린) and illustrated by Samyoung (삼영).

Episodes: 8

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Episodes: 10

In an experiment gone wrong, a humble but clumsy college student teleports to a male only alternate universe.

(Source: Dramaqueen)

Episodes: 6

Over the past 3 years, both of them had grown apart. Venus decided to quit his job. He planned to return to his hometown to take a career break until his passion for work was reignited. In the meantime, he killed boredom through helping his older brother Janus who just opened a 24-hr. convenience store in a suburb. In the evenings, he would be responsible for small tasks such as delivering items to regular customers whose residences were located on his way home.

One day, Venus met a new customer,Sky. Sky became an incessantly good-humoured, highly energetic young doctor despite mountains of work at the hospital. Upon seeing each other again, they couldn’t resist the feelings.

(Source: iQIYI)

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

This anthology series set during the pandemic follows 10 unique love stories of passion and heartache.

(Source: Netflix)

Episodes: 10

Watanabe Tatsuya, the falsely accused newspaper reporter decides to run for State Governor to change Tokyo. The Democratic Liberal Party Headquarters, which wants to clear its name in the next gubernatorial election, recommends political commentator Kawamoto Eita as an official candidate.

Meanwhile, Saki, the daughter of Ujihara Takumi, the president of Hamashio Construction, a major general contractor, is kidnapped. The culprit's request is to cancel the land reclamation project in Tokyo Bay, which is being promoted by Hamashio Construction under the leadership of Suzuki Ichiro, the secretary-general of the Democratic Liberal Party. Kenichi becomes a negotiator with the criminal, in order to make a hostage exchange to save Saki. Who is the culprit of the kidnapping case and what is its purpose?

(Source: DramaOtaku)

Episodes: 5

Kozono Yohei, secretary general of Shoto University, was found stabbed to death in his home. Hoshino Naoto, a detective at Fujimi Police Station, rushes to the scene and sees the scene of the murder in the living room. Tanimura Kaho, a lecturer at Shoto University's Department of International Studies, is trying to get ahead in life at any cost, and has been having an affair with Kozono, who holds the right to personnel affairs, for half a year. Kozono is murdered, and Kaho is arrested as a murderer. On the other hand, reporter Maruyama Sota receives information about the affair via anonymous email, and realizes that someone is trying to manipulate the impression of the incident, and begins his own investigation. In the midst of this, Hoshino feels uncomfortable with the investigative policy of the upper-level police, which concludes that Kaho is the culprit in a half-baked investigation, and eventually realizes that Kaho may have been framed by someone.

(Source: U-NEXT SQUARE)

Episodes: 8

The main character, Yuzo Jumonji (Tozuka Junki), a struggling actor, has a part-time job at a supermarket, but he can't seem to put any effort into his job, which he doesn't like.

One day, when he told his workplace that he wanted to retire to concentrate on his acting career, the chief cashier told him, "You can see the person's life from the contents of the basket."

Follow Yuzo as he fantasizes about the lives of the customers from the ingredients in their baskets!

Episodes: 10

"Himawari" is a comedy that focuses on the main character, Akiko, who works in the same company as her father, Kenichi No.1 and wants to become a manga artist. Akiko's love interest is Kenichi No.2.

Adapted from the manga "Himawari: Kenichi Legend" (ひまわりっ 健一レジェンド) by Higashimura Akiko (東村 アキコ).

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Episodes: 5

Karasawa Toshiaki stars as Shitara Kyoichi, a mysterious fixer who can resolve any disputes and problems in the political and corporate world which the law and the police cannot handle. The story begins from the point when Kyoichi has finished serving his prison sentence.

One night, a car carrying the prime minister is involved in an accident, falling off a cliff. The deceased driver is suspected of drunk driving….. Furthermore, suspicion begins to mount that there is a connection to a secret scandal surrounding the approval of a new drug. Meanwhile, a man approaches the prime minister’s secretary, who is busy dealing with the accident. His name is Shitara Kyoichi, also known as the “fixer”. Kyoichi had covered up the PM’s misconduct in the past and had talked with the PM on the phone just before the accident. Was this an accident or was this a set-up in the political world? The prime minister, who has not regained consciousness, is forced to resign and an election for a new leader begins. Kyoichi then takes on the role of kingsmaker with the ruling party’s presidential candidates.

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Episodes: 5

Gohara Aura, a scout for the Yokohama Bay Golds, is caustic and self righteous but generally regarded as a hotshot. He flies around the country in search of hidden talent to pick the Draft King – the no. 1 among the players chosen for this year’s draft. Kamiki Ryosuke, a former professional player who is now a rookie scout, and the members of the scout division led by the empathetic Shimobe Rikuo engage in a heated discussion with Gohara in their effort to strengthen the team. Gohara’s arch-enemy Busujima Ryuji, a veteran scout for the Osaka White Tigers who would do anything to accomplish his goals, is also fired up to secure talented players and makes a secret move. Can Gohara and his colleagues find a diamond in the rough and pick the Draft King?

Adapted from the manga series "Draft King" (ドラフトキング) by Kuromatsu Tetsuro (クロマツテツロウ).

When a deadly infectious disease resembling the Ebola virus ravages a small village, a team of epidemiologists led by Doctor Khunkhao races against time to investigate the source of the outbreak and contain the spread.

(Source: BEC World)

Episodes: 18

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Episodes: 4

It tells the story of Hamaoka Taeko, a 52-year-old ordinary housewife who lives with her older husband and their son. She doesn't have any particular hobbies and has just been living her life while juggling child-rearing and part-time work. Despite working hard as a housewife and a part-time worker, she finds herself being looked down upon by her family, who tell her “You know nothing about society.” However, amidst this, she begins to feel as though someone is following her or watching her with strange, suspicious glances both at her workplace and in her daily life. The beginning of a startling change in her life...

(Source: FUJI TV)

When a next door neighbor mysteriously dies one day, the next day a puzzling box has been placed in front of everyone's room. The innocent ones are blamed. Because the sender listed on the box is their dead neighbor, they each have to investigate who sent these boxes to everyone and what is inside each of them.

(Sources: Thai = Bearcave Studio Twitter || Translation = Pasit0612)

Episodes: 10

Depicts the unequal marriage between Shinohara Kanon, a sloppy woman in her mid-thirties, and Shirosaki Makoto, a handsome company president who is younger than her.

(Source: LGBT & Asian Drama Update YouTube)

Adapted from the manga series "Sono Kekkon, Shouki desu ka?" (その結婚、正気ですか？) by Akira (アキラ).

Episodes: 10

Eden, who is about to debut in a boyband, encounters Ji Hoon, an over-the-hill celebrity from the same agency as his. Not long after seeing Ji Hoon and determining that he would become a more popular star than Ji Hoon, Eden is told that he can make his debut only by doing a “business gay performance (BGP)” as a team with Ji Hoon. Eden wants to reject such a reality, but he follows what his agency wants him to do for his long-cherished dream of debuting. Eden feels averse to “BGP” while working in a boy band called “BoK”, and Ji Hoon naturally approaches and teases him. The two continue to squabble, but as they spend more time together, they begin to grow closer. In the meantime, with the appearance of top stars Hyun Bin and Jay, misunderstandings between Eden and Ji Hoon build up… Will they be able to clear up the misunderstanding and find out their true feelings for each other?

(Source: BLUPDATE2022 Twitter)

Adapted from the webtoon "Bump Up Business" (범프 업 비즈니스) by RK Studio.

Episodes: 8

Doo Na, a member of the girl group Dream Sweet, suddenly left the group one day and end up living in the same share house as Won Jun, a college student. Doo Na mistake him for being her sasaeng fan, and Won Jun does not know who she is. They become curious about each other.

(Source: Korean = Netflix Korea)

Adapted from the webtoon "The Girl Downstairs" (이두나!) by Min Song Ah (민송아).

Episodes: 9

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Episodes: 8

Xie Ya Zhen is a high school student who is born with psychic abilities. At night, she works at the temple as a Xian Gu to help believers.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Episodes: 8

"The Future Handbook" is a collection of multi-universe sci-fi films directed by young Chinese directors. The collection combines many of B-station users' favourite actors to perform six single stories in six sci-fi styles with six kinds of emotional resonance.

(Source: Chinese = bilibili.com)

Episodes: 7