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Cha Soo Hyeon (Song Hye Kyo), the daughter of a powerful politician, was forced into a loveless arranged marriage by her family after graduating from university. After an unhappy divorce, she decides to travel abroad to find herself. During her journey, she meets Kim Jin Hyeok (Park Bo Gum), a free-spirited drifter working part-time jobs to fund his adventures. Despite their vastly different backgrounds, they form a close bond that blossoms into a romantic attraction. Can their love overcome societal pressures and personal struggles? This 2018 South Korean drama was directed by Park Shin Woo.

Encounter

🌈 My Rainbow, After A Storm ⛈

Tencent TV

Seventeen-year-old high school friends and neighbors Chen Xiaoxi (Shen Yue) and Jiang Chen (Hu Yi Tian) have grown up together. Although they share a close bond, they’re very different: Xiao Xi is easygoing and doesn’t like to study much, while Jiang Chen is known as an A student and is well-liked because of his good looks. Despite their differences, Xiaoxi has a secret crush on her childhood friend, and Jiang Chen pretends he doesn’t notice or care, but his feelings for his neighbor aren’t entirely platonic either. As they begin the transition into adulthood, will they finally have the courage to take their relationship out of the friendzone? This 2017 Chinese drama series was based on the novel “To Our Pure Little Beauty” by Zhao Gang An and was directed by Yang Long.

A Love So Beautiful

Pure Love Team

Will they get a second chance at at love?

Mo Lian Cheng (Xing Zhao Lin) is the 8th Prince who is still in love with Qu Xiao Tan (Liang Jie). But the problem is that Qu Xiao Tan has no memories of their past together or what the future holds for her. 

Can Mo Lian Cheng find a way to make Qu Xiao Tan fall in love with him all over again?

“The Eternal Love 2” is a 2018 Chinese drama series. It is a sequel to the original “The Eternal Love” (2017), which was based on the novel Hilarious Pampered Consort: Lord I Will Wait for Your Divorce by Fan Que.

The Eternal Love 2

U're My Fate 

Sohu TV

In Season 1 of “Well Intended Love,” out-of-luck actress Xia Lin (Simona Wang) is diagnosed with leukemia but happens to run into a controlling conglomerate CEO named Ling Yi Zhou (Xu Kai Cheng) who would make a compatible bone marrow donor for her.

She asks him to help. He agrees, but only on the condition that he marries her!

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, Xia Lin is actually a very famous actress and she is yet to meet Ling Yi Zhou.

However, their fates become intertwined in this universe, too, when Xia Lin attends a gala and ends up getting into an embarrassing spat with Ling Yi Zhou.

Things get worse for the duo when damning photos of their fight are published online.

They decided to hold a joint press conference to clear the air, but this event takes a sudden and bizarre turn when Ling Yi Zhou suddenly tells the media that they are actually engaged!

Can the duo keep up the presence, or will their cover be blown? And could this bizarre set of circumstances pave their way to true love? Or could a love rival derail the romantic gravy trail?

“Well Intended Love Season 2” is a 2020 Chinese drama series directed by Wu Qiang.

Well Intended Love Season 2

The Well-Intended Team

V LIVE, Naver TV, YouTube, Facebook

Kim Yeon Do (Lee Eun Jae) is a super-diligent high school student who – through a bizarre quirk of fate – ended up in a relationship with one of the most popular (and wildest!) boys at school, Ji Hyun Ho (Kang Yul).

The two have begun on what they think is a settled relationship. But all that looks like it is about to go out the window when baseball ace Choi Seung Hyun (Lee Jung Joon) turns up on the scene to confuse matters.

He starts to develop feelings for Kim Yeon Do, and Ji Hyun Ho starts to believe that she might feel the same way about this sporting prodigy. Could a love triangle be forming here?

Meanwhile, love is in the air for many of their schoolmates, too, with Cupid taking his aim at all more than one of Kim Yeon Do and Ji Hyun Ho’s friends…

This series was based on a 2016 mobile game, also named “Best Mistake.” It is the sequel to the 2019 series “Best Mistake.”

“Best Mistake Season 2” is a 2020 South Korean drama series that was written by Yoon Shi So.

Best Mistake 2

The Misteak 🥩 Team

Kim Yeon Do (Lee Eun Jae) is a high schooler who is trying to get rid of a boy from her past who just won’t leave her alone.

In desperation, she takes to social media to post a picture of another boy, hoping that this will be enough to deter her annoyingly persistent admirer.

Little does she know, however, that the boy in this picture is none other than Ji Hyun Ho (Kang Yul), a somewhat wild but extremely popular schoolmate.

News of her posting quickly spreads around the school, and little by little she ends up getting to know Ji Hyun Ho – despite the fact that her best friend also appears to have a major crush on him…

This drama was based on a 2016 mobile story game, also called “Best Mistake.”

“Best Mistake” is a 2019 South Korean drama series.

Best Mistake

Best Mistake Team

Times may have been a little simpler, less technological, but still just as challenging to get through a typical day of life in the late 1980s. Five childhood friends, who all live in the same Ssangmundong neighborhood of Seoul, lean on each other to survive their challenging teen years and set a path for their futures. Sung Deok Sun (Hyeri) struggles for attention as the middle child in her poor family while also carrying the burden of her 989th ranking in school. Kim Jung Hwan (Ryu Jun Yeol) only has a one-track mind for soccer, even after his family becomes rich overnight. Sung Sun Woo (Ko Gyung Pyo) is the perfect student, student council president and a caring and dependable son in his family. Ryu Dong Ryong (Lee Dong Hwi) is a geek who knows more about girls and life than the rest of his friends, but his poor academic score prevents him from being able to go to college. Choi Taek (Park Bo Gum) is a genius baduk player who dropped out of school to go professional. As the group of friends get into and out of mischief around the neighborhood, what experiences from these memorable times together will they carry with them into their future lives? “Reply 1988” is a 2015-2016 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Won Ho. The series is inspired by the drama “Three Families Under One Roof,” which originally aired from 1986 to 1994. It is the third series of the nostalgia-themed “Reply” dramas that include “Reply 1997” (2012) and “Reply 1994” (2013), but the characters and stories are not related to the previous series.

Reply 1988

The Lucky Eights Team

Whatever gets the job done. Bong Sang Pil (Lee Joon Gi) grew up living the gangster life, full of tough physical fights and evading the law. When his mother dies a tragic death, he is determined to avenge her death.

Sang Pil becomes a lawyer and begins to go after people with absolute power who think they are beyond the law. With the cunning and skills from his previous life, Sang Pil uses both his fists and legal loopholes to amass an impressive winning record.

Ha Jae Yi (Seo Ye Ji) is a young lawyer who believes the law is sacred and fights for justice. But her license gets suspended when she hits a judge over an unjust ruling during a trial. Jae Yi ends up going to work for Sang Pil so that she can continue to pay off her father’s debts.

When Sang Pil and Jae Yi get involved in a case that involves Cha Moon Sook (Lee Hye Young), a senior judge who wields a great deal of power, and Ahn Oh Joo (Choi Min Soo), a former gangster who is now the CEO of a corporation, can they figure out a way to beat the most powerful people in the city at a very dangerous game?

“Lawless Lawyer” is a 2018 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Jin Min.

Lawless Lawyer

Graphic designer Sol Ah (Shin Ye Eun)’s love-hate relationship with cats takes an unexpected turn when she ends up taking care of her crush’s girlfriend’s cat Sergei! However, Sergei is no ordinary cat – he can turn into a human, newly-named Hong Jo (Kim Myung Soo). Sol Ah, mistaking Hong Jo for her landlord’s son, continues to live with him, not knowing about Hong Jo’s double life as her cat. Things get complicated when Hong Jo starts to fall for Sol Ah – is there any way this relationship could work? Based on a webtoon by Go A Ra, this 2020 South Korean drama series was was directed by Ji Byung Hyun.

Meow, the Secret Boy

The Purrrrr-fect Team

Tencent

Cong Rong (Xing Fei) dreams of becoming a lawyer. Defying her mother's wishes, she secretly rents a place near home to start a legal internship. Her first case reunites her with childhood friend Wen Shao Qing (Tang Xiao Tian), who is also her new neighbor and landlord. As they spend more time together, tensions rise, blending professional challenges with personal emotions. Will this unexpected reunion jeopardize her legal ambitions, or could it help fulfill them? And might their rekindled connection ignite a lasting romance? This 2021 Chinese drama series was based on a novel by Dong Ben Xi Gu and was directed by Yang Long.

My Little Happiness

👩‍❤️‍👨 Happily Ever After 🩺

Oh Yeon Joo (Han Hyo Joo) is searching for her missing webtoon-writing father when she is sucked into the strange world of her father’s comic creation. In this dimension, she comes face-to-face with Kang Cheol (Lee Jong Suk), an Olympic gold medal winner and self-made millionaire… and the main character in her father’s unfinished masterpiece “W.” Yeon Joo soon discovers that she can only escape from this bizarre universe by winning the feelings of Cheol. Will she ever return to the “real” world – and find love on the way? This 2016 South Korean drama series was directed by Jung Dae Yoon.

Cassiopeia

Kakao TV, SERIES ON

Gong Ju Young (Park Ji Hoon) is a 17-year-old high school student who thinks he has found love at school when he falls in for Wang Ja Rim (Lee Ruby) at first sight.

But winning her heart won’t be easy. Wang Ja Rim has earned a reputation for being cold and aloof – and, at first, seems totally unimpressed by Gong Ju Young’s garish displays of affection.

But Gong Ju Young won’t be deterred so easily. Persistence is the key, he thinks – and, over time, Wang Ja Rim starts to open up to her classmate.

Gong Ju Young’s best buddy since elementary school is Lee Kyung Woo (Young Hoon of The Boyz). Will he prove to be a help to Gong Ju Young in his quest for Wang Ja Rim’s heart – or a hindrance?

And could Wang Ja Rim’s closest friends, including the popular Oh Ah Ram (Dayoung of WJSN), also play a role in bringing the duo together?

This drama series was based on a long-running web-hosted cartoon (webtoon) series written by Lee Yong Ka. The webtoon began its run in 2013.

“Love Revolution” is a 2020 South Korean Viki Original drama series.

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