Asian Drama

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

Nineteen years after being dismissed over a national security leak, former officer Wu Yu has lived on the fringes, relentlessly pursuing the truth behind the betrayal that ruined his life. As he uncovers hidden layers of deception, a new officer, Guo Wei Jie, inspired by Wu Yu’s determination, grows into a leader in national security. Together, they face mounting dangers to reveal the true traitor.

Episodes: 16

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

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The story tells the story of the heroine Zhang Ya Nan, once a student at the police training school. Due to health issues, she had to abandon her training and later married a police officer. Together, they had a son named Xiao Qian. Tragically, after several years of marriage, Ya Nan’s husband passed away suddenly. Forced to support her family, Ya Nan had to work as a cleaning staff member handling special cases at Sunshine Cleaning Company. Unexpectedly, this job brings her into contact with a group of colleagues, leading to workplace relationships that, although appearing on the fringe, contain warm human connections.

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Sunday

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Pony, along with her college friends Leslie (gay) and Xuan (lesbian), explores the romantic relationships each of them desires. Through interactions with different partners, they gradually understand their own bottom lines and genuine emotional needs. They often gather at Mama’s AS Bistro bar to share their relationship frustrations and seek advice from Mama. Despite their different sexual orientations, they sincerely share their longings and frustrations in love, striving to overcome their personal flaws to find relationships that make them feel comfortable. No label, no tag, just love is the key spirit in this show.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Edwin Siu is a poor scholar whose goal is to ace the imperial exam, but he has failed every time. He is temporarily staying at his sister-in-law Joyce Tang's lantern store and making a living as an artist. His eldest brother Evergreen Mak is a penny-pincher, while second brother Oscar Leung is illiterate and henpecked by his wife. His childhood sweetheart, Jinny Ng, is constantly pushing him for marriage. In addition, his father, Yu Yang, falls sick. Becoming desperate, Edwin unwillingly participates in Joyce's fraudulent tactics to sell lanterns. It leads to a huge battle between Taoist master Angela Tong and con-artist Ricky Fan. There isn't a quiet day in the household with bizarre things happening every day and everyone acting oddly. Edwin starts to notice that there is a female spirit (Nancy Sit) secretly protecting him. Unfortunately, her powers are not strong enough and often causes things to backfire, resulting in many comedic moments...

In the not-too-distant future, humans relying on bionics for emotional support triggers a series of cascading crises.

(Source: ChineseDrama)

Episodes: 12

Gosei School has a long history. The principal of the school is highly ambitious and he tries to achieve his goals by using supernatural majin powers. Six students go up against the principal. The students are Taisei Manaka (Taisho Iwasaki), Ryuhei Domon (Ryuga Sato), Yusuke Takigawa (Yuto Nasu), Hyuma Oura (Hidaka Ukisho), Naoya Morimura (Naoki Fujii) and Ichika Sakurai (Issei Kanasashi).

Jin Qian has constantly failed her examinations to become a civil employee. Feeling frustrated, she wants to use the broken time machine her friend made to cheat. However, the machine malfunctioned and sends her back to the Northern Song Dynasty. She disguised as a man and becomes a constable at Kai Feng Manor, and comes under the lead of the renowned Bao Qingtian. Thus begins her career as civil employee in the Northern Song Dynasty, where she meets many famed historical figures, and also the final boss Prince Xiang Yang...

Yang Yi-ru, as a workaholic never had time for a holiday. After Yang Yi-ru was conned by her family and friends that she had been diagnosed with cancer and had only six months to live, she was sent aboard for a holiday to help her take a break from her job, before she even had time to respond to the shocking news she had just discovered. Still a state of shock from discovering she only had six months left, Yi-ru met Lan Shi-de, who was on a business trip. When Yi-ru told Shi-de that she only has six months left to live and that one of her dream was to get married and have kids, Shi-de proposed to Yi-ru. Not knowing that Shi-de actually had met her years ago and had fallen in love with her since that time, Yi-ru accepted his proposal. Under the blue skies and on the white sandy beach with a red carpet covered in rose petals, Shi-de helped Yi-ru fulfilled her dream of getting married and also given her the dream wedding that she would want if she got married. From there on, Shi-de decided to accompany Yi-ru for the number of days she had left and when Yi-ru disappeared, Shi-de swore to find Yi-ru no matter what, because this time, he doesn't want to miss this chance like he did years ago when he met Yi-ru, not knowing the fact that Yi-ru had only six months to live was a lie that Yi-ru herself did not even know at first. 

There is an old proverb saying, “An evil may sometimes turn out to be a blessing in disguise.” It means tragedy could bring a reversal at the end. Just like the case of ugly duckling, which turned out to be a beautiful swan, there are always ups and downs in life and everything just goes through after all… This drama brings you the story of Jae-in and Young-gwang. Warm-hearted Yoon Jae-in is a cheery, bright girl who always maintains a positive attitude despite her poor background. Kim Younggwang, former 4th hitter of the major league team, now a minor leaguer, is an innocently confident man who never stops trying his best to re-live past glories. This drama will show you how these young adults deal with life’s hardship and grow older to achieve their dreams.

Zhang Peng is a playboy who hits his head as he falls into a pool when he's trying to run away from an ex-girlfriend. He wakes up to find that he's traveled a thousand years into the past. But, that's not even the biggest problem, he also wakes up as the crown princess of the dynasty - Zhang Peng Peng. Hilarity ensues as Zhang Peng weighs between trying to get back to his time and leveraging his new female identity to seduce all the concubines and women he can.

Duan Yucheng is a high-spirited young man who loves high jump but is limited by his height, met his talent scout, the experienced athletics assistant Luo Na. In order to get more professional guidance and help, Duan Yucheng made every effort to enroll at the university where Luo Na coaches, and became a member of Luo Na's team, started to pursue his dream of high jumping.

Pursuing dream is a very cruel thing, you have to experience injuries, failures, and loneliness that none can understand. But pursuing dream is also very sweet, because every bit of joy of improvement can transcend the pain of the body and the doubts of others. Starting from the school-level competition, then to the municipal, provincial, National University Games, and the National Athletics Championships, Duan Yucheng climbed step by step. No matter how far he goes, there is only one thing that will never change - the blazing track is his only belief.

Adapted from the novel "Blazing Trail" (炽道) by Twentine.