Asian Drama

Adapted from the web novel "Suan Zhi" (酸枳) by Xiao Ke Bu Cai (小可不才).

The drama follows the lives of seven boys navigating their school years and personal growth, each grappling with family obligations, loss, poverty, abandonment, violence, and rejection.

After an unwanted return to Songju-si, Kim Hwan meets six boys. As an outsider and the son of Kim Chang Jun, the boys sometimes find him suspicious and misunderstand his actions, leading to conflicts. Despite these initial difficulties, they eventually become friends. It seemed awkward at first, but over time, they grow closer and open their hearts. They travel and play together, sharing their problems to help each other heal. Realizing they all have similar family issues, they become even closer. Hwan confronts his own feelings by staying with the other boys. As he spends time with them, he starts to like Songju-si and genuinely wishes for these days to continue forever.

However, Chang Jun notices the other boys and considers them useless, insisting that Hwan stay away from them. Hwan, who has always lived an obedient life, raises his voice for the first time and confronts his emotions.

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Adapted from the webtoon "Save Me". The series is inspired by BU (BTS Universe). It expands on the storyline fans have seen throughout BTS' music videos and Save Me webtoon.

Episodes: 12

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

On the day she married the second prince Xie Yu Heng, Su Ying Ying, the daughter of the Su family, the chief assistant of the loyal cabinet, was led by Xie Yu Heng to kill the whole family on the grounds that the chief assistant of Su was collaborating with the enemy and treason. Xie Yu Heng also became the crown prince. position. Three years later, Su Ying Ying returned with the intention of clearing her father's wrongdoing and investigating the case of collaborating with the enemy and treason. She joined forces with the seventh prince Xie Yi An and disguised herself as Xie Yi An's maid Su Ying. The two started with the counterfeit banknote case and found that the case was related to Su Shoufu and Xie Yu Heng, so they investigated in depth. The two also went from being at odds with each other at the beginning. They worked together and approached the people involved in the counterfeit banknote case regardless of the danger. They got closer to the truth step by step, and thus exposed Xie Yu Heng's conspiracy to seek power and usurp the throne. It turned out that Xie Yu Heng was not In order to fight for the royal power, he manufactured counterfeit banknotes to amass wealth, bribed officials and cultivated a killer organization "Suzaku Pavilion" to eradicate dissidents. Because Su Shoufu found out that Xie Yuheng was the mastermind of the counterfeit banknote case before his death, Xie Yu Heng ordered his life Stealing Su's official seal and forging documents indicating that Su was collaborating with the enemy to frame Su.

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Episodes: 24

Duration: 10 min.

The God of War, Wen Ye, died in battle on the eve of his wedding, and a nationwide mourning was held. The bride-to-be was the legitimate daughter of the Shen family. But Mrs. Shen was reluctant to let her daughter become a widow and feared the criticism that would come with a broken engagement. Thus, she found her estranged illegitimate daughter, Shen Ke Yi, who had been living in seclusion, and forced her to take her daughter's place in marriage. Due to a mistaken war report, Wen Ye returned victorious, and Shen Ke Yi, who had married into the Wang family, became the true princess. However, she and the prince developed a complex and spirited relationship, and during their journey, they ignited the sparks of love. After facing numerous challenges, they eventually understood the true essence of love and protection. In the end, they chose to be together, not seeking wealth and prosperity but only desiring a few moments of leisure that belonged to the two of them alone.

This is a story of rivalry and friendship between two young swimmers; a tale of natural talent versus hard work. Talented swimmer Chung is a transfer student. In his new class, 4C, he meets a swim relay team led by Wing. Despite being proficient in all four styles, Wing is frustrated at his team’s losing streak to Class 4A. At his first swimming gala, Chung plans to show off his skills. Unfortunately, he shows his imperfect starting dives and lack of stamina instead. The mistake he makes in his starting dive even causes his team to lose. After the defeat, he decides to quit the relay match. However, after observing Chung’s freestyle performance, Wing starts teaching him techniques in starting dives and racing. Wing aims to beat Class 4A with the same team members, including Chung.

A touching story between an ordinary mother in a small town in northern Jiangsu and her five children from the early 1980s to the turn of the century.

Yamada Taro, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles problems that occur because of his poverty, and his six younger brothers and sisters. --TBS

A hit-and-run incident occurs in Tokyo Kabukicho. The wrong man was arrested. Hamamoto Junpei, Kabukicho bartender, witness the incident, and knows who the real culprit is. In order to make some quick money he decides to blackmail Minato Keiji and his younger brother. However he gives up easily when confronted with Minato's manager En Yuko. Yuko becomes intrigued by Junpei's character, which everyone seems to love. Unintended encounters occur between Junpei and Yuko. These two come from two different worlds. Meanwhile, Yuko's nemesis Mizuki, emerges. Kosaka, the original gangster and several other people around Miki get involved in various incidents.

Inspiration can come from the most unexpected places. Lu Da Xiang is a former professional baseball player who was fired because of his uncontrollable temper. He becomes a high school social studies teacher and is the homeroom teacher for the 8th Class of third-year students (final year of high school). Although Da Xiang is very blunt and temperamental, he truly cares about his students and wants to make sure they pass their exams to graduate.

Tang Ke Xin is a fellow English teacher as well as the school counselor. As she tries to help Da Xiang with his students, Li Kang Bao, a rival teacher for the 7th Class, doesn’t appreciate Da Xiang’s unconventional teaching methods.

Can Da Xiang accomplish his goal of ensuring that at least half of his homeroom class graduates?

This drama is about a genius surgeon, Han Suk Hoon (Kim Ji Han) who falls to the ground and succeeds as a master in dumplings, finds the true meaning of love and family.

Hanasaki Shinichiro is a former police detective who now runs the “Smiling Garden” day nursery in downtown Tokyo. To help local families, who have difficulties such as working single parents and child poverty, the nursery has low fees and can keep children overnight if necessary. However, this means it’s always on the brink of bankruptcy. To protect it, Hanasaki works as a private detective by night, solving the various cases that pour in each day.