Asian Drama

Anata no Koibito, Godatsu Shimasu (2024)

Mochizuki Seitaro was full of enthusiasm as a pyrotechnist, but 1 year later (after the season one finale), his enthusiasm for his work has gone away. He hardly goes out, and he lives like a recluse. His fireworks store, which has been passed down for generations in his family, is still open but in danger of going out of business. Meanwhile, Mizumori Hikari works part-time as a pyrotechnist at a different fireworks store. In the midst of all this, for the first time in a while - a quarrel breaks out between Wataru and Seitaro. Then, a mysterious woman, Fumiko Noguchi, suddenly visits the shop and not only asks to become Seitaro's apprentice but also suddenly proposes to him. Seitaro, Hikari, Fumika, and Wataru will live under one roof.

The story is set in a small Italian restaurant. Half-brothers Fuyuuma Amazuki and Haruyo Amatsuki, Haruyo's childhood friend, Torataro, and his friend, Sora, manage the restaurant, which is small but secretly popular but has a "secret menu" that solves the problems of customers who visit the restaurant.

In fact, the younger brother, Haruyo, is the heir to the large company Amazuki Holdings, and according to his promise to his father, he has to inherit the family when he turns 30. As the deadline passes and his father's secretary, Kaede Kusumi, urges him to return to work, it becomes clear that her father is ill and has only a short time left to live.

As if to coincide with his father's death, a mysterious man, Tsukasa Nitta, comes into contact with Fuyuma, and Fuyuma gradually changes from his previous role as an older brother. What is Touma's true purpose?

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Airs On: Monday

Kawauchi Miyabi was once a promising neurosurgeon, but an accident caused damage to Miyabi's brain. She is unable to remember the past 2 years of her life and she will forget everything that happened today when she wakes up the next day. She has all but given up on becoming a doctor and works as an assistant nurse. One day, Neurosurgeon Sanpei Tomoharu appears in front of her. He is known as an eccentric person. Sanpei Tomoharu guides Kawauchi Miyabi at his own pace, regardless of her will. This actually helps Kawauchi Miyabi as a doctor and a patient. The mystery hidden in her missing memories is gradually revealed, which contains a secret.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the manga series "Unmet" (アンメット) written by Kojika Yuzuru (子鹿ゆずる) and illustrated by Ootsuki Kanto (大槻閑人).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Monday

Legend has it that God created the world named Yun Huang which is a dreamlike paradise. Na Sheng, a Miao girl from the Central Regions, travels to this paradise to escape the chaos which left her home destroyed. But Yun Huang isn't exactly like the legends say.

This tale tells the story of Prince Su Mo of Hai Guo and the Crown Princess Bai Ying of Kong Sang, whom met a hundred years ago on the White Tower. Su Mo, then a slave, was sent to relieve Bai Ying, then a bride to the Crown Prince Zhen Lan of Kong Sang, of her boredom. In these three years they accompanied each other, Bai Ying fell in love with Su Mo. But fate was cruel, and it led to Bai Ying jumping off the 22-km White Tower to embrace the wind. After emerging from a slumber of ten years, as Kong Sang is on the brink of destruction, she finally takes up her responsibility as the Crown Princess.

Now a hundred years later, Cang Liu dominates Yun Huang, and Su Mo, who now possesses great powers, has returned in search for his old love Bai Ying. With both facing a mutual threat, will his love for Bai Ying and the burden of bringing his people back to Hai Guo make him overcome his hatred towards Kong Sang?

Adapted from the novel "Jing - Shuang Cheng" (镜·双城) by Cang Yue (沧月).

A bank, that the Korean government holds equity in, is on the verge of bankruptcy. The country is worried that they will soon face another financial criss similar to what happened in 1997. People in the Financial Services Commission struggle to prevent another similar incident.

Chae Yi Heon is a chief in the Economic Policy Bureau at the Financial Services Commission. He does his best as an economic bureaucrat. His father is the best economist in South Korea, but Chae Yi-Hun hides the identity of his father.

Heo Jae is the chairman of the Financial Services Commission. He is an ambitious man. He experienced the Korean Financial Crisis in 1997. At that time, he became disillusioned with the powerless Korean financial infrastructure. His objective is to improve the country's financial infrastructure at any cost.

Lee Hye Joon begins work at the International Finance Bureau of Ministry of Economy and Finance. During the Korean Financial Crisis, she was a kid and her family struggled through that time. She dreams of owning a building.

The Earth has descended into a new ice age of -45 degrees Celsius. At the evacuation center, dozens of people who have fled live on the edge of their lives. In a world where civilization has collapsed, money and status have no meaning, and every blanket and canned food is sought after, values have changed drastically. Humanity is faced with an extreme situation where only those with a strong desire to live will survive. Kimura Shoko, a genius con artist with two previous criminal convictions, is determined to do whatever it takes to survive in this new world. For some reason, the shelter she arrives at values family over everything. As the "mother" of a "masquerade family", she faces harsh days. Behind Shoko's explosive desire to survive is a desire to see her son again

Ayamecho Complex is a public housing complex that was built in the suburbs of Tokyo in the 1970s. Back then, it was a lively place and a desirable address for people. But now the number of residents have declined and both the building and people have steadily aged. One day, 62-year-old Terauchi Seiji and his 6-year-old granddaughter Honoka move to Ayamecho Complex. Terauchi tells residents curious to know why he has relocated here now, that he adopted Honoka after his son and daughter-in-law died in a fire a year ago. He believes it will be good for her to live in the place where he spent a happy childhood. Terauchi’s elderly father Hitoshi also lives with him. The arrival of the family of three stirs the stagnant air of the complex. Terauchi immediately visits housewife Sakurai Eriko and her husband Takashi who live next to him, to give his greetings and enthusiastically declares, “We’re starting a new chapter of our lives in this “dream new town” from today”. He politely goes around to every unit in the complex and even proactively shows up at a gathering of the residents association where he seeks interactions within the place. However, it does not work out as intended with an unmotivated chairman, Kaneda Teppei, and residents who show no regard for rules and greetings. Terauchi gets into action in an attempt to steer Ayamecho Complex back to the good old times for the sake of his granddaughter. However, is he a savior who will save the public housing complex? Or is he a devil?

This is the story of Mork, a grade 11 mischievous boy who sells porn DVDs at his father's barber shop. When his father leaves a handsome boy, Tee, in the middle of a haircut, Mork attempts his first haircut, which ended in Tee having a terrible hair and leaving extremely mad. Thus begun rounds of revenge between the two boys. One day, when Tee is with his girlfriend, Bambi, Mork hands gay porn DVDs to Tee, leading Bambi and the rest of the boy's school to believe that Tee is gay, resulting in Bambi leaving Tee. Mork is then asked by Tee to "take responsibility" and asks him to be a make-believe boyfriend to make Bambi jealous and get back together with him. But during the course of their make-believe relationship, they start to develop real feelings for each other.

Adapted from the manga series "What Did You Eat Yesterday?" (きのう何食べた?) by Yoshinaga Fumi (よしなが ふみ).

Episodes: 10

Tells the story of Yang Tao a 30 year old who does not want to get married. Guo Ran works as a civil servant and also hates marriage. When the two of them come together, they hate each other due to a misunderstanding. However overtime their relationship becomes stronger. Their parents are dissatisfied with each other but this becomes a major obstacle to their relationship. Will love overcome this obstacle?

Botanist Fu Yun Shen and Zhu Yang who works with Doctors Without Borders travel deep into underdeveloped regions to offer humanitarian relief while searching for a special medicinal plant that can save many lives.

Fu Yun Shen returns to China to develop medicine but soon discovers that his half-brother Fu Xi Zhou seeks to maximize profits by turning the medicinal plants into a series of Chinese herbal cosmetics. A car crash suddenly occurs and leaves Fu Yun Shen seriously injured. The drug development comes to a halt which results in a misunderstanding with Zhu Jiu who remains unaware of what happened.

After half a year, Zhu Jiu and Fu Yun Shen have overcome many disappointments and heartaches to become a couple again. With their wedding date approaching, Zhu Jiu inadvertently finds clues about the death of her parents. Fate has played a cruel joke on them as the grievances of the previous generation has thrown a wrench in their relationship. This time around, Fu Yun Shen is determined to protect their hard-earned romance.

(Source: ChineseDrama)

Adapted from the novel "South Wind Knows My Mood" (南风知我意) by Qi Wei (七微).

Episodes: 39