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Could anyone be more excited to reach her 26th birthday? Pi Ya Nuo (Megan Lai) had an inauspicious start to her life. When she was born 25 years ago, her parents and extended family – along with their fortuneteller – eagerly awaited her arrival in the delivery room so that they could bless the beginning of the Pi family’s heir. Upon hearing her first cry, the fortuneteller predicted on the spot that the baby boy would be a great success and a natural-born leader. But when the nurses announce that the baby is a girl, the stunned fortuneteller immediately announces that the girl would not survive her childhood unless she lives as a boy for the first 25 years of her life. Only then can Ya Nuo change her bad fate and bring prosperity to her family. On her 26th birthday, Ya Nuo can go back to her true gender without any repercussions. Doomed to live her life as a boy, Ya Nuo is shy and always tries to keep her distance to people to hide her true identity, and the mysterious aloofness makes her irresistible to the girls around her. One day, she accidentally helps out Du Zi Feng (Baron Chen), who happens to be a triad leader, and his sister, Du Zi Han (Mandy Tao). While Zi Han falls in love with Ya Nuo, Zi Feng becomes Ya Nuo’s “sworn brother” and best friend. With her 26th birthday fast approaching, will Ya Nuo find her much-anticipated return to being a female will be as easy as she had hoped? “Bromance” is a 2015 Taiwanese drama series directed by Chen Rong Hui.

Bromance

The B-romantic Triad

Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho)’s wealthy parents have been grooming him to take over the lucrative family business, the Empire Group, since he was just a young boy. His jealous older half-brother Kim Won (Choi Jin Hyuk) – already a successful executive at the firm – is a constant thorn in Tan’s side. Tan, meanwhile, is engaged to an heiress, Rachel Ryu (Kim Ji Won), the scion of a powerful, hotel-owning family. But while he is studying in the United States, Tan meets and falls for Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye), unaware that she is the daughter of his family’s housekeeper. As super-rich families hatch plans for their children’s future, could love put an end to their ambitious schemes? This 2013 South Korean drama series was directed by Kang Shin Hyo and Boo Sung Chul.

Heirs

The Heirs Team

Fuji TV TWO

Kotoko Aihara (Yahagi Honoka), an average girl with poor grades, falls head-over-heels for Naoki Irie (Yuki Furukawa), the smartest and most handsome boy in school. For three years, she admires him from afar, but fate intervenes when a meteorite destroys her home, forcing her family to stay with Naoki’s. Living under one roof, Kotoko seizes her chance to win Naoki’s heart. Can she convince him to see her as someone he truly cares for, or will her dreams of love remain unfulfilled? This 2013 Japanese drama, directed by Koto Nagata, Koji Kawano, and Masakazu Abe, is the fifth TV adaptation of Kaoru Tada’s manga series Itazura Na Kiss.

Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO

Mischievous Kisser Team

Fuji TV

Will life be one of married bliss for Naoki and Kotoko? In one of the most-anticipated sequels, the unlikely couple of the average Kotoko (Honoka Miki) and the brilliant Naoki (Yuki Furukawa) from “Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO” returns for a second season! After the original series ended with the wedding of Naoki and Kotoko, the special episode “Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Okinawa” follows Naoki and Kotoko on their honeymoon, where a strange couple turns up and meddles in their romantic getaway. As they settle back in their new lives after the honeymoon, can Naoki and Kotoko handle the pressures of marriage and their careers? “Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in TOKYO” is the sequel to the popular “Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO” (2013). It is the fifth live adaptation of the popular Japanese manga “Itazura na Kiss,” following the original in 1996, Taiwan’s “It Started With a Kiss” (2005) and “They Kiss Again (2007), and Korea’s “Playful Kiss” (2010).

Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in TOKYO

Hunan TV

Twenty years ago, singer Wang Xuan (Li Ying) had a baby out of wedlock and spent all of her money trying to treat her daughter’s illness. But ultimately, Xuan was forced to give up her daughter for adoption and to hide her secret from the world. When Xuan later tries to search for her daughter to no avail, she focuses all of her love on her stepdaughter, Xu Ruo Lin (Xianzi). Meanwhile, Jiang Mei Li (Victoria Song) is adopted by a family and 20 years later, she accompanies her sister to a singing competition where Ruo Lin is competing to win back her ex-boyfriend, Guan Yi (Peter Ho), who is a producer. But Mei Li ends up winning the competition instead and becomes an overnight sensation. Will Mei Li’s stardom help her move closer to the secrets of her past? “Beautiful Secret” is a 2015 Chinese drama series.

Beautiful Secret

The Secret Keepers

Life is best lived through the cuisine of the world. Han Jie (Lego Li) is a heralded celebrity chef who runs a restaurant in Europe but returns to Taiwan to become a culinary teacher at Si Ping High School to fulfill his promise to his old mentor. Fang Xiao Rou (Allison Lin), the mentor’s daughter, also works as a culinary instructor at the school and immediately clashes with Han Jie on teaching and cooking. Han Jie’s best friend, Wen Zhen Yu (Duncan Chow), also teaches at the school but the two friends soon become rivals for Xiao Rou’s affections. Jiang Pei Ying (Nita Lei), Xiao Rou’s best friend and fellow teacher, also has strong feelings for her fellow colleagues. Can the four instructors keep their differences in check to share their culinary passion with their students? “Love Cuisine” is a 2015 Taiwanese drama series.

Love Cuisine

The Culinarians

Jung Joo was raised with her cousin by her aunt after losing her father as a kid. She is cranky all the time, complaining about everything. She acts like a know-it-all, but it's her defense mechanism, and deep down, she is a tender-hearted softie. Gun Woo was born out of wedlock. He doesn't know who his father is, as his mother has never told him. He is the owner and chef of a restaurant on Jeju Island. He started the restaurant business on Jeju Island because the woman he had a crush on lived there. Since she left Jeju Island, he hasn't been keen to work hard. The cranky girl and the idling boy meet, and their unlikely romance blooms.

Warm and Cozy

The Island Love Team

SBS Plus

Can a heartbroken divorced man learn to love again? 

Yeo Gook Dae (Jung Yunho) is a talented chef who hides his broken heart from his divorce behind his brash attitude. He runs a homemade dosirak (lunchbox) shop, where he creates delicious meals to take his mind off of his heartache. When he meets unemployed Park Song Ah (Kim Ga Eun) at his store, they instantly begin a bickering relationship. 

Will Song Ah and Gook Dae realize despite their back-and-forth squabbling that they are meant for each other? 

“I Order You” is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Ahn Gil Ho. It is based on a web novel of the same title by Plada.

I Order You

The Lunchbox Team

Parents force the breakup of two couples, but what happens to their lingering feelings years later? Li Tang (Jerry Yan) and Fu Fang Si (Maggie Jiang) were high school sweethearts, but the two end up breaking up due to pressures from Li Tang’s father and a misunderstanding. Li Tang eventually stands up to his father and leaves to start his own company. Years later, Fang Si is finally achieving her dreams as a fashion designer and dating Yin Hao Ran (Ron Ng). But their relationship gets complicated when Li Tang comes back into Fang Si’s life just as she is struggling professionally. Li Tang is now engaged to Cheng Xiang Nan (Viola Mi), a supermodel, who also happens to be Hao Ran’s ex-girlfriend. Xiang Nan was forced to break up with Hao Ran by her ambitious mother, but she has never gotten over her feelings for him. Will Li Tang and Fang Si now have the courage to listen to their own hearts? “My Best Ex-Boyfriend” is a 2015 Chinese drama series.

My Best Ex-Boyfriend

Gone with the Shirt Team

Will love find them a little too late?

Li Li (Sun Yi) is a stellar student but has low self-esteem due to her homely appearance. Pei Shang Xuan (Zhang Ruo Yun) is handsome, cynical and an academically poor student. When the two meet on the first day of junior high at the age of 13, they couldn’t be more different. Li Li immediately falls for Shang Xuan, but she keeps her emotions hidden for fear of rejection. Over the next 15 years, she remains Shang Xuan’s only true friend who stays by him through thick and thin.

When Shang Xuan finally begins to realize that Li Li means more to him than just a friend, will it be too late?

“Fifteen Years of Waiting for Migratory Birds” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Ke Han Chen. It is based on the novel Fifteen Years to Wait for Migratory Birds by Jing Feng.

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