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Always (2011)

Dargom Bes — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 03:22:32 +0000

Having closed himself away from the world, former boxer Chul Min starts a new job as a parking lot attendant. One night, a visually impaired young woman, Jung Hwa, walks into his tollbooth to watch television with him. Jung Hwa’s bright spirit and smile in the face of adversity reach through to Chul Min’s heart and shine a ray of hope into both their lives, but their love and happiness may be short-lived.

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What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim (PH)

Dargom Bes — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 04:59:04 +0000

A competent secretary and a narcissistic boss fall in love while uncovering a traumatic past that causes them to question whether their feelings are real or the result of a shared trauma.

(Source: Viu)

~~ Adapted from the webtoon "Kimbiseoga Wae Geureolgga" (김 비서가 왜 그럴까) by Jung Kyung Yoon (정경윤).

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The Longest Promise

Mak — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:25:06 +0000

From the Kong Sang Continent comes the tumultuous love affair between Princess Zhu Yan of the Chi Yi Tribe and the Royal Prince Shi Ying.

The framing of the queen results in the prince’s banishment to Jiu Yi Mountain to cultivate. While focused on his tasks, he develops romantic feelings for his disciple Zhu Yan. But their student/teacher relationship prevents either from expressing their true feelings.

Fate works against them when they choose opposing sides in a political struggle of life and death proportions. Eventually, putting aside their issues, they pledge to protect their beloved Kong Sang Continent.

(Source: DramaWiki)

~~ Adapted from the novel "Zhu Yan" (朱颜) by Cang Yue (沧月).

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Numbers

Liu — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 23:54:16 +0000

An intelligent young man, Jang Ho Woo is employed by the Taeil Accounting Firm. His excellent memory, sharp observational skills, and his innate sense for numbers lead him to become the firm’s first high school graduate hire.

Ho Woo soon uncovers a web of systemic corruption and injustice that can only be stopped by dismantling one of Korea’s most prestigious accounting firms.

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Till the End of the Moon

Dargom Bes — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:56:06 +0000

In an era when demons have dominion over cultivators and mortals, the cultivator elders believe it is imperative to send someone back in time to discover the origin of the demon lord and prevent his resurrection.

Li Su Su accepts the mission and assumes the identity of mortal Ye Xi Wu, the second daughter of General Ye. She’s married to Tantai Jin, the captive prince and future demon lord, and is determined to destroy him, aware that in the future he will come to massacre many. But as witness to Tantai Jin’s past life and rise to power, an unexpected tale emerges, one complicating her quest.

(Source: RedLotusPavilion at MyDramaList; edited by CK Warrior and others at MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the web novel "Hei Yue Guang Na Wen BE Ju Ben" (黑月光拿稳BE剧本) by Teng Luo Wei Zhi (藤萝为枝).

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Being a Hero

Dargom Bes — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 23:14:55 +0000

Three years ago, Wu Gang was killed by a drug trafficking organization led by the elusive "K". His son, Wu Zhen Feng in an attempt to seek vengeance, unintentionally blows an undercover police operation and causes his best friend Chen Yu to be demoted from the narcotics unit. Taking matters into his own hands, Wu Zhen Feng boards the bus to the border while Chen Yu chases after him relentlessly. Along the journey, the two are almost kidnapped. While separated, Wu Zhen Feng is saved and brought away by militant drug traffickers, and there has been no news of him ever since.

Three years later, Chen Yu has since rejoined the narcotics unit working on a case he believes to be linked to Wu Zhen Feng. When the two finally meet again, Wu Zhen Feng has become a murder suspect who goes by the nickname "Brother Feng". Ignoring his superiors, Chen Yu sets out to find the truth behind all of the conspiracies and clear Wu Zhen Feng’s name, but he quickly discovers that Wu Zhen Feng’s return has another purpose. The two former best friends begin a game of cat and mouse. Who’s telling the truth and who can you really trust?

(Source: DramaWiki; edited by MyDramaList)

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If You Wish Upon Me

Liu — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:06:19 +0000

Yoon Kyeo Re is a young man who has known nothing but misery ever since he was a child. He was abused while still a boy and had a torrid time at the orphanage where he was raised. He then spent time in a juvenile detention center. And as an adult, things got no better, leading to him serving time in prison. Beatings and misery are all he knows, and he finds himself at the end of his tether, finally facing the void…

But when he is ordered by a court to serve his community service at an end-of-life care facility for the terminally ill, things begin to change for him. Here he meets the tireless Kang Tae Shik, a middle-aged man who leads the volunteer team at the facility. Kang Tae Shik has created a unit called Team Genie, which is dedicated to granting dying patients their last wishes. No matter what people ask for, Team Genie will work their hardest to make those precious last wishes come true. He also meets Seo Yeon Joo, a young nurse who refuses to give up on her patients and tries to keep them physically active at all times. Will working at this facility help turn Yoon Gyeo Ree’s life around? Or is it too late to change his destiny?

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In Our Prime (2022)

Liu — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 06:22:33 +0000

Ji Woo, an outcast in a prestigious private high school, does not fit in due to different social backgrounds than his well-to-do classmates. One day, he meets Hak Sung, the school’s security guard who is actually a mathematical genius defected from North Korea, now living with his past shut away. Ji Woo asks Hak Sung to teach him math, and although reluctant at first, Hak Sung eventually agrees to it. Finding each other in their most difficult times, Ji Woo and Hak Sung open up to one another during their special math lessons, but their friendship is at risk when Ji Woo is framed for an incident in school, and Hak Sung is faced with people prying on his past.

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The Game: Towards Zero

Zel dris — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 02:08:04 +0000

When looking into someone’s eyes, Kim Tae Pyung sees the moments right before their death. He takes advantage of his gift to earn money by selling this information to rich people about whoever they want.

One day, he crosses path with Seo Joon Young, a crime division detective, whose death he can’t foresee. Not knowing what this might imply, he tries to avoid her. But his power gets him involved in a

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Forest

Zel dris — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 03:16:21 +0000

Kang San Hyuk, a man who would go to any lengths for a business deal, is the CEO of the investment company, RLI. He enters the 911 special rescue team to research about a resort development in Miryeong Forest. Jung Yeong Jae is an up-and-coming surgeon, who was sent to a deserted hospital in Miryeong after an unexpected incident.
The pair have what seems like serendipitous moments until they meet in the

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