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Resident Playbook

Mak — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:54:05 +0000

Set at the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, the series follows the hospital lives and turbulent friendships of young obstetrics and gynecology residents who proudly enter the unpopular department in an era of low birth rates.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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The Quirky and the Charming

Mak — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:15:15 +0000

By chance, Yi Ran, who had been making ends meet with odd jobs, becomes a professional sleeper at a five-star hotel—only to discover that her new boss, Xiao Mu Cheng, is the hotel's director and her direct supervisor. As they tackle quirky guests and the hotel's business struggles, Yi Ran and Xiao Mu Cheng clash but gradually grow closer despite their differences.

(Source: WeTV)

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Undercover High School

Mak — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:28:08 +0000

Jung Hae Seong is an ace field agent for the National Intelligence Service (NIS). After a big incident occurred during an operation, Jung Hae Seong receives a demotion. He is placed into an operation to locate the whereabouts of King Gojong’s missing gold bars. For this assignment, he hides his identity and goes undercover as a student at the prestigious Byeongmoon High School. There, he meets Teacher O Su A as his homeroom teacher.

Su A is a contract Korean history teacher with an upright personality and she holds strong affection for her students. One day, Hae Seong is transferred to Byeongmoon High School and she becomes his homeroom teacher. She begins to see her first love, from her childhood days, overlap with Jung Hae Seong. Her first love caused the biggest wound to her heart.

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The First Frost

Dargom Bes — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:18:29 +0000

Wen Yi Fan, a reporter, went to a bar called Jia Ban to meet with her best friend, Zhong Si Qiao. While she was at the bar, she met Sang Yan, a department manager and one of the owners of Jia Ban. He was Yi Fan's high school deskmate and the guy she once fell in love with. The two bump into each other, and as Yi Fan pretends that she does not know who Sang Yan is, Sang Yan does the same. After some problems occur, the two accidentally become housemates and, later on, reconcile their love once again.

(Source: xue er at MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the web novel "First Frost" (难哄) by Zhu Yi (竹已).

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The Way Home

Dargom Bes — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:15:18 +0000

In Xiqiao Village, Lingnan, the once prosperous He family now has only one son, He Jia Hao. He Jia Hao, a well-behaved and introverted academic, bears the so-called hope of his family. However, he has always hidden a secret in his heart. Eight years later, someone who made him feel guilty and with whom he wants to make amends has finally reappeared in the village.

(Source: Chinese = Weibo || Translation = MyDramaList)

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Check in Hanyang

Mak — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 19:17:23 +0000

Yongcheonru is the grandest guesthouse in Joseon. Their motto is that the customer is the king. Yeongcheonru has four new interns and they have their own reasons why they work there.

Lee Eun is actually a Joseon prince, but he hides his identity and begins to work at Yongcheonru as an intern using the alias Lee Eun Ho. Hong Deok Soo is a woman, but she disguises herself as a man. Her goal is to become the general manager of Yongcheonru and starts working there as an intern. Chun Jun Hwa is the successor of Yongcheonru. He doesn’t have any interest in running Yongcheonru, but his father forces him to work as an intern there.

Go Soo Ra’s family has been on the decline for a while now. In order to rebuild his family, he begins to work as an intern at Yongcheonru. His goal is to be promoted to an employee permanently. While working at Yongcheonru, these 4 interns share experiences and become friends.

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The Queen of Villains

Mak — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:11:21 +0000

Tells the story of professional female wrestler Dump Matsumoto, who achieved fame in the 1980’s. As a young woman, Dump Matsumoto hoped to become a successful professional wrestler while playing a good character. She got fired from her job and makes the fateful decision to perform as an evil character.

(Source: AsianWiki)

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Love Game in Eastern Fantasy

Dargom Bes — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 16:58:57 +0000

The mischievous girl, Ling Miao Miao, accidentally enters the mission system of the novel Monster Hunting and becomes a villainous supporting character. To return to the real world, she must complete the system’s task—winning over the mysterious and twisted young man, Mu Sheng.

Along the way, they team up with Mu Yao, a member of a monster-hunting family, and Liu Fu Yi, a monster hunter. Together, they fight monsters and level up. As the missions progress, they gradually resolve the animosity between humans and monsters, rewrite the fated ending, and save the world.

(Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the web novel "The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus" (黑莲花攻略手册) by Bai Yu Zhai Diao Gong (白羽摘雕弓).

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The Story of Pearl Girl

Dargom Bes — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:08:01 +0000

Duan Wu, a pearl diver from Hepu meets Yan Zi Jing, a businessman from Xiyu (Western Region), and Zhang Jin Ran, a humble gentleman. She joins Yan’s caravan and embarks on a journey filled with struggles as she enters the world of jewelry. However, during her trip to the northwest, she unravels the secrets of her life and gets entangled in Yan Zi Jing’s quest for revenge. She experiences the loss of close relatives and betrayal by her beloved.

Renamed Su Mu Zhe, Duan Wu courageously ventures into Yangzhou in pursuit of the truth, refusing to be consumed by hatred. Letting go of the past, she teams up with Zhang Jin Ran and confronts fierce struggles together with Yan Zi Jing, who initially planned to bear the burden of stigma and hatred alone, but finally finds solace in his heart and eases his knot.

After the storm settles, Su Mu Zhe reaches the pinnacle of jewelry art at the Jewelry Competetion Fair, inspiring many women to take control of their destinies.

(Source: Chinese = Youku || Translation = MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kun Shan Yu Qian Zhuan" (昆山玉前传) by Tan Tian Yin (谈天音).

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Fangs of Fortune

Mak — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 10:43:04 +0000

During the Zhenyuan era, due to the accidental death of the Bai Ze goddess, who governed the realms of humans and demons, the Bai Ze Order goes missing, leading to rampant demon beasts causing chaos and numerous bloody murders in the human world. At this time, the leader of all demons, "Zhu Yan," disguised as Zhao Yuan Zhou, volunteers to "surrender" and proposes to help the imperial court form a demon-hunting bureau to quell the chaos.

Wen Xiao, wary and suspicious of Zhao Yuan Zhou, joins the demon-hunting bureau along with her childhood friend and consul of the bureau, Zhuo Yi Chen, who is adept in both detective work and swordsmanship; the cool and detached archer Pei Si Jing, formerly of the martial camp; and the young, talented, but timid doctor Bai Jiu. Together, they form a demon-hunting team, confronting the demon beasts recorded in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas."

As they solve cases, they gradually uncover the brutal truth behind the malicious acts of the demon beasts. Faced with a great responsibility and the loss of loved ones to dust, can the indestructible friendship of the demon-hunting team and the love between the top demon beast and the goddess break through this dilemma?

(Source: iQIYI)

~~ Adapted from the classic text and the mythology and geography collection "Classic of Mountains and Seas" (山海经).

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