Asian Drama

Although Aoshima and Yukino work at the same company, they have never spoken to each other. One day, they happen to meet at a bar that Yukino frequents, and they end up sitting next to each other! When she receives a call from a friend, Yukino remembers that she had made a promise to attend a wedding "with her boyfriend" and panics, saying, "Oh no, we broke up six months ago...!" The wedding is next week, and Yukino is worried about what to do. She asks Aoshima to pretend to be her boyfriend for just one day and attend her friend's wedding. To her surprise, he agrees! Yukino is relieved, but in fact, Aoshima has a plan... As they pretend to be together, Aoshima somehow starts to become interested in Yukino, who she had no interest in at all, and Yukino is at the mercy of a mean, younger tsundere boy. What will become of their "contract love"?. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Aoshima-kun wa Ijiwaru " (青島くんはいじわる) by Yoshii Yuu (吉井ユウ).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

When clouds in the sky and falling rain tease the two close friends in trouble, Rei and Kai, it takes them to meet Arashi and Fuma, who are not only cunning saviors but also guys making storms in the two best friends’ hearts. The war of love is about to take place in the warm spring, hot summer, lonely autumn, and cold winter. How would the atmosphere of love be? Which way would their hearts wave and the air full of love take them to?

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Sunday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Although Itsuki and Fuyu were once separated despite their feelings for each other, they successfully reunite with the understanding of Fuyu’s husband and their daughter. They spend happy times together, filling the gap from the period they couldn’t meet, talking a lot, and embracing each other.

However, Fuyu’s first love appears before Itsuki, and Fuyu’s mother, who disapproves of their relationship, continues to monitor them, creating a tense atmosphere between the two. How will they overcome the trials that come their way after finally being together?

(Source: Japanese = TV Tokyo || Translation = BLtai.com)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 23 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Friday

~~ Adapted from the picture diary "Tibodase! Tsuzui-san" (とびだせ! つづ井さん) by Tsuzui (つづ井).

Episodes: 12

Aired On: Friday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Occhan no Kitchen (2024)

Yuki Rio, the daughter of an old, prestigious family in Kyoto with over 1,000 years of history, enters into an arranged marriage at the age of 16 with a man she’s never met. Her husband is Takamine Masatomo, a handsome CEO in the IT industry. Every year on her birthday, she would receive 50 million yen, making their relationship one based solely on money. One day, after ten years had passed with no contact, Rio decided to move to Tokyo. She asks her husband, whom she’s meeting for the first time, for a divorce. On the other hand, Takamine finds himself unexpectedly attracted to Rio and doesn’t want a divorce. Thus begins a romantic battle between a wife who wants a divorce and a husband who refuses to let her go.

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 24 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Mishima, a student living in a remote countryside, was being bullied by the boys in his class. The reason? Because Mishima “seemed gay.” In reality, Mishima did like men, but he had no way to resist, and secretly dressing up as a woman was his only solace. One day, as Mishima was enjoying his usual alone time on the rooftop, he happened to witness Kirino, the leader of the bullying group, holding the lipstick Mishima thought he had lost. Kirino was secretly trying to apply the lipstick that Mishima had used to his own lips. A youth story that boys who sought a place where they could be their ‘true selves’ somewhere in this world want to convey the most right now. (Source: bltai.com) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Smells Like Green Spirit" (スメルズライクグリーンスピリット) by Nagai Saburo (永井三郎).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

It revolves around a pair of former high school girls who are assassins that struggle to fit into a “normal” society.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Tags: Assassin Female Lead (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 12

Country: Japan

Airs On: Thursday

Aired: Sep 5, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 55 min.

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

~~ Adapted from the novel "Informa" (インフォーマ) by Okita Garyo (沖田臥竜).

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The newest installment in Fuji TV's "Ooku" series is about the women linked to the Tokugawa shogun line. This time, the focus is on Isonomiya Tomoko and her political marriage to the 10th shogun, Tokugawa Ieharu.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

In Tamio-R, the story unfolds from the moment Prime Minister Muto Taizan who is considering retiring from politics, receives an unexpected offer to return to the position of Prime Minister. Each episode features a wildly imaginative storyline where Taizan and someone else randomly swap bodies.

Aired On: Tuesday

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

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Watashitachi ga Koisuru Riyu" (私たちが恋する理由) by ma2.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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

A part-time high school in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Students with all sorts of circumstances attend the school. Yanagida Gakuto (21 years old) is a delinquent who can't escape a negative spiral. Koshikawa Angela (43 years old), whose mother is Filipino and father is Japanese, has almost given up on keeping up with her classes. Natori Kasumi (16 years old) has orthostatic intolerance and continues to attend school in the nurse's office. Nagamine Shozo (76 years old) was unable to attend high school as a young man and had no choice but to work.

Fujitake Kanae, an enigmatic science teacher, is assigned to teach these students, who are all different in age and background. With Fujitake's guidance, they aim to present their results at an academic conference based on an experiment to recreate a "crater on Mars" in the classroom, but various difficulties stand in their way, including their own disabilities, family problems, and unbreakable relationships...

(Source: Japanese = NHK || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the novel "Sora Wataru Kyoshitsu" (宙わたる教室) by Iyohara Shin (イヨハラ シン).

Tags: Student Supporting Character, School Setting, Teacher Male Lead, Miniseries (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Oct 8, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A part-time high school in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Students with all sorts of circumstances attend the school. Yanagida Gakuto (21 years old) is a delinquent who can't escape a negative spiral. Koshikawa Angela (43 years old), whose mother is Filipino and father is Japanese, has almost given up on keeping up with her classes. Natori Kasumi (16 years old) has orthostatic intolerance and continues to attend school in the nurse's office. Nagamine Shozo (76 years old) was unable to attend high school as a young man and had no choice but to work.

Fujitake Kanae, an enigmatic science teacher, is assigned to teach these students, who are all different in age and background. With Fujitake's guidance, they aim to present their results at an academic conference based on an experiment to recreate a "crater on Mars" in the classroom, but various difficulties stand in their way, including their own disabilities, family problems, and unbreakable relationships...

(Source: Japanese = NHK || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the novel "Sora Wataru Kyoshitsu" (宙わたる教室) by Iyohara Shin (イヨハラ シン).

Tags: Student Supporting Character, School Setting, Teacher Male Lead, Miniseries (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Oct 8, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

It revolves around a pair of former high school girls who are assassins that struggle to fit into a “normal” society.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Tags: Assassin Female Lead (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 12

Country: Japan

Airs On: Thursday

Aired: Sep 5, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Onodera Machi, a 27-year-old high school teacher who teaches at her former alma mater, is engaged in calculating love, judging partners by their occupations, annual incomes, and other specs with an eye on marriage. One day, a transfer student, Chiba Yuto, arrives in her class. The handsome high school student is the younger brother of Machi's first love in high school, Chiba Yuichi, and is the spitting image of him in high school! Machi can't take her eyes off Yuto as she sees her first love in a student 10 years younger than her. Meanwhile, she happens to meet her first love, Yuichi, at a drinking party... Yuto, the younger brother, is so sexy that she can't take her eyes off him, you wouldn't believe he's a high school student, and Yuichi, his older brother, is still as good-looking and handsome as he was in high school. A thrilling triangle love story that sways between "instinctive love" and "promised love"! (Source: DramaWiki) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Watashi no Machi no Chiba-kun wa." (私の町の千葉くんは。) by Okamoto Tokasa (おかもととかさ).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Sono Bisque Doll Wa Koi Wo Suru" (その着せ替え人形は恋をする) by Fukuda Shinichi (福田晋一).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Wednesday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Mishima, a student living in a remote countryside, was being bullied by the boys in his class. The reason? Because Mishima “seemed gay.” In reality, Mishima did like men, but he had no way to resist, and secretly dressing up as a woman was his only solace. One day, as Mishima was enjoying his usual alone time on the rooftop, he happened to witness Kirino, the leader of the bullying group, holding the lipstick Mishima thought he had lost. Kirino was secretly trying to apply the lipstick that Mishima had used to his own lips. A youth story that boys who sought a place where they could be their ‘true selves’ somewhere in this world want to convey the most right now. (Source: bltai.com) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Smells Like Green Spirit" (スメルズライクグリーンスピリット) by Nagai Saburo (永井三郎).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A diverse group of singles aged 35 and over move to a rural home for a new chance at love. Will they find the one or be left alone?

This pure love story follows Iori, a third-year university student who is the heir to a large corporation, as he experiences his first love after meeting a café regular named Kaho, who is fresh out of a troubled marriage.

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu)

Adapted from the web manga series "Rikon Koya" (離婚後夜).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 24 min.

Airs On: Sunday

Work, love, marriage, dreams...Four sisters face the inevitable challenges of life and go through trial and error while searching for their own happiness. What will be the four different happy endings they each reach...

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Sunday

Duration: 10 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The story depicts the relationship between five female and male college students… and where the main character, Onomura Yuki will look back on precious memories of her past as she enters the workforce.

(Source: Japanese = ABC || Translation = MyDramaList)

Tags: College To Working Life (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Oct, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Set immediately after movie "Golden Kamuy," the hunt for the escaped prisoners with the tattoos that collectively reveal the location of hidden gold is in full swing. Retired war veteran Sugimoto Saichi and Ainu native Asirpa are in the hunt to find the gold before others do so and their journey to find the gold nuggets enters a new phase.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the manga "Golden Kamuy" (ゴールデンカムイ) by Noda Satoru (野田サトル).

Tags: Veteran Male Lead, Treasure Hunting, Prison Escape, Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 60 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Oct 6, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Set in Hashima and modern Tokyo, Nagasaki Prefecture, where the coal industry grew rapidly in 1955, this drama tells the story of love, friendship, and family history spanning 70 years, outlining the family bonds and human beings, youth and love in the post-war reconstruction period to the period of rapid economic growth, and depicting the modern era of "an era that seems to have everything but young people have no dreams".

Tags: Post World War 2, Family Relationship, Friendship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Oct, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

~~ Adapted from the webtoon "Our Youth" (미성년) by Hi Nun (히눈).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Tuesday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This drama is adapted from the manga of the same name, telling the story of the genius lawyer · Zhibo Lingzhen, as the youngest elite of the firm, who is regarded as a legal adviser by many large clients. One day, Shiba meets · Hart, a mysterious genius fraudster, at a bar. Halt expressed his intention to cooperate with Zhibo, who was looking for a capable work partner, and Zhibo took a fancy to Halt's talent for disguising himself as someone else, so he "raised" him in his own home. From then on, cohabitation with an absolutely secret partner began! Hart, who is good at coquettishness and does his best for his master no matter what kind of danger he encounters, Shiba, a novice in love, is gradually "poisoned" and finally falls into "love"...!? Two people who are completely opposite to each other form a team and solve problems happily! Soon the two confront the great evil...

Adapted from the novel "Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru" (毒恋～毒もすぎれば恋となる～) Makino Keisuke (牧野圭祐)

Tags: Lawyer Male Lead, Gay Romance, LGBTQ+, Adapted From A Novel (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Sep 17, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

There is an old, but special hospital in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Because of the surrounding entertainment district, the hospital receives people that are different than the average Japanese person. The patients that visit the hospital include homeless people, foreign residents, hosts, and sex workers. One day, a mysterious woman named Nishi Freeman Yoko appears at the hospital. She is a doctor with a U.S. citizenship and military medical experience from the U.S. She begins to work at the hospital and becomes a presence that brightens up everything around her. Meanwhile, Takamine Toru is a beauty dermatologist, but he studies anesthesia at his uncle’s hospital where Nishi Freeman Yoko begins to work. Takamine Toru dreams of remodeling his uncle's hospital and opening a cosmetic surgery hospital, but, after he meets he meets Nishi Freeman Yoko, his life changes.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Tags: Hospital Setting, Dermatologist Male Lead, Doctor Female Lead, Emergency Service (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Wednesday

Aired: Jul 3, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated