Asian Drama

First-year students draw lots to determine their peer mentors and, by a stroke of fate, Arm lands himself in the exclusive circle of "Perfect 10 Liners," a group comprising extraordinary students from various years, with Yipun as his second-year peer mentor. Yipun entrusts him with the formidable task of managing the Engineer Cute Boy page, a widely popular online platform. Despite his reluctance, Arm performs admirably as the page's administrator. In response to many fan requests, he uploads a photo of third-year civil engineering student Arc, unaware of the prohibition against doing so. Not knowing the admin's identity, Arc sends a harsh message demanding the photo's deletion. Detesting Arc's rudeness, he develops a dislike for Arc before learning that Arc is his third-year mentor. Despite his reservations, Arm finds himself interacting with Arc with some frequency, for mentorship and otherwise. What Arm doesn't know is that he's been let into Arc's inner circle because Arc was smitten with him at first sight. On his first day of university, disaster strikes Gun hard. Hapless as he is, Gun manages to break a bathroom faucet. Fortunately, a classmate comes to his rescue. Amidst the chaos, however, Gun doesn't get a look at his saviour's face, just catching a glimpse of their shoes. Eventually, he tracks the shoes to Faifa and expresses his gratitude. As they get to know each other, Gun realises it was actually Yotha, Faifa's older Irish twin who he should be thanking.

Episodes: 24

Aired On: Sunday

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Episodes: 20

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

Okitama Miyabi is the director of Zenryoiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu (known as Zenketsu). The company is the oldest investigation agency that tries to solve mysterious cases. Miyabi exudes an elegant aura and he possesses extraordinary knowledge, memory, and insight. With his abilities, he solves inexplicable abnormal cases that can’t be solved by even cutting-edge scientific investigations. His cases often involve the paranormal and the occult. He visits the scene and investigates in detail, putting all the facts together and deducing a hypothesis that everyone can understand. The words that he speaks are mysterious and he is a person who doesn't show people what he is in his mind.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Wednesday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This work is a human mystery entertainment story that follows two detectives from different eras: Hidaka Senju, a warm-hearted “Showa-era detective,” and Fuwa Toshiki, a cool-headed “Reiwa-era detective.” Together, they tackle long-standing, unresolved cold cases that have been shelved for years. In a department known as “Okura” where misfits assemble, a pair of detectives with a generational gap work together, using the slightest clues to get closer to the truth behind each case.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Tuesday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Twenty years ago, two pediatric interns had a falling out due to a surgical operation. As time passed, Kuang Cong Xin has become a pediatric surgeon at the highly prestigious Annie Hospital while Xu Gan Feng who believes in protecting life above all else works at a second-rate hospital. They meet again because of a liver transplant.

Cong Xin schemes to get Gan Feng to join him at Annie Hospital. He also finds his former colleague, cardiothoracic surgeon Zhang Yi Xin. Mai Hai Qi who heads the surgery department aims to create the perfect team to pave the way for the construction of Hong Kong's first pediatric center. Helping young patients face life and death situations time and again enables Cong Xin and Gan Feng to overcome the bad blood between them. At this time, specialist Wen Bo Xi and intern Lian Zhuo Ying discover that a major medical error was committed during the operation twenty years ago. Everyone decides to uncover the truth.

Set in a post-COVID world, Sawai Ryuichi (Ikuta Toma) is one half of a comedy duo Orenchi and plays the funny man. However, he causes a scandal and Orenchi is dropped from a television programme where they are regulars. Sawai cuts ties with his partner Sakane Akira (Emoto Tokio), quits their agency and shuts himself at home. Nevertheless, he continues to be an entertainer with an improvised comedy programme called Orenchi Channel that he streams live online. He has an AI robot that does everything it is asked from ordering meals to cleaning. In addition, it learns Sawai’s funny man routine and grows into the role of his partner for the programme. The rapid-fire comic dialogue with his AI robot goes down well with netizens and Sawai is very pleased. He is able to earn income to support his wife Rinko (Matsumoto Marika) and their young daughter, and is already over Orenchi. But one day, Sawai receives a strange phone call while live streaming. Because of that, he gets entangled in a preposterous situation beyond his wildest imagination. Can the programme end without any trouble and will his wife and daughter be safe?

The story is set in the world of television drama production, and revolves around three main characters: a haughty drama PD, an assistant director who’s still waiting to catch her big break, and a frustrated actor who still hasn’t debuted after seven years in the industry.

Dokuryu Town, the town of the One-Eyed Dragon, Date Masamune, near Sendai City, has an ageing population and large outlets line the national highway. The shopping street that flourished has now become shuttered. Residents are anxious about the fate of the town. Meanwhile, Ono Kozo, the mayor of the town, solicits ideas to revitalise the town from young people such as 30-year-old Ito Tojiro (Watanabe Dai), who is the successor of a sake brewer. The usually timid Tojiro’s trump card is his suggestion that the town hold a bridal procession. They will reenact the bridal procession when Masamune’s lawful wife, Mego-hime married into the family. All those present get excited as they imagine a historical procession of Miyagi’s hero, Masamune, and the beautiful Mego-hime, wearing gorgeous clothes. But Tojiro has another objective. He will play the role of Masamune and take advantage of this opportunity to propose to his childhood friend, Otokozawa Miki (Kuriyama Chiaki). However, strangely dressed men who idolise the One-Eyed Dragon apply to participate. They brandish swords and intimidate their surroundings. This outrageous behaviour infuriates the few women around who end up leaving. It develops into an emergency situation where it becomes necessary for the men to dress as women for the roles of the bride and her attendants to pull off the bridal procession. Many men get cold feet and flee when Ono appears with make-up, urging them that they have no choice but to do this in order to revive the town. There are a mere five remaining members including Ono and Tojiro. They learn Masamune’s teachings on fortitude as they start rigorous domestic training such as make-up, feminine behaviour and dance. However, contrary to Tojiro’s wishes, the male bridal procession gets thrown into extreme chaos …

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?

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

Episodes: 8

Okuyama Keisuke is a successful lawyer with a dark past. He suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder due to abuse and betrayal as a young boy. One day, Keisuke is asked to defend his distant relative and psychopath “friend”, Ando Tatsuya, who is a suspect in a murder case. Tatsuya had robbed him of his own parents and happiness one after another. After that, he was repeatedly mistreated by Tatsuya’s family who adopted him. Keisuke takes a risky gamble to bury Tatsuya from society. Their reunion is the start of a battle with a new nightmare.

A clashing of historical events and science fiction take place towards the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Han and revolves around historical figures like Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang, Han Xin, Zhang Liang and Xiang Yu. Han Xin is a young man with insurmountable abilities, but his talents are not appreciated in his time and he endures the abuse and humiliation of others. One day, a mysterious manin black offers Han Xin a change to change his fate. Through the power of the gods, the man in black will help Han Xin in exchange for a deal. As Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, and Zhang Liang walk towards the eye of the storm, Han Xin realizes that a hidden force has been controlling the shifting of dynasties.

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.