Bullied at school because of her plain and dull appearance, Reina stops attending classes. However, a fateful encounter with makeup dramatically changes her life—after starting from zero, learning techniques, and putting in hard work, she undergoes a complete transformation into a goddess who turns heads wherever she goes! She planns to start a perfect new life at her new school! …Or so she thought. By sheer coincidence, her "top secret" is discovered by Kanda Shun—a cool, mysterious classmate with the top grades in their year. In exchange for keeping her secret, he forces her into an unexpected master-servant relationship!? As Reina grows closer to Shun, another classmate, Haruka Igarashi—who shares a certain "past" with Shun—also starts to take an interest in her.
Zhou Xiao Hui is a rising star in journalism that won professional recognition from Alex and joined Ming Shang Magazine three years ago. However, Alex gradually begins to feel exposed to threats from Zhou Xiao Hui, so Alex plans to set him up and get him fired. Zhou Xiao Hui is so angry that he leaves Ming Shang with the assistant editor Ying Hong and Xiao Pang and starts his own fashion magazine called Modern Magazine, which is financed by his best friend Wu Yang.
Bullied at school because of her plain and dull appearance, Reina stops attending classes. However, a fateful encounter with makeup dramatically changes her life—after starting from zero, learning techniques, and putting in hard work, she undergoes a complete transformation into a goddess who turns heads wherever she goes! She planns to start a perfect new life at her new school! …Or so she thought. By sheer coincidence, her "top secret" is discovered by Kanda Shun—a cool, mysterious classmate with the top grades in their year. In exchange for keeping her secret, he forces her into an unexpected master-servant relationship!? As Reina grows closer to Shun, another classmate, Haruka Igarashi—who shares a certain "past" with Shun—also starts to take an interest in her.
“Black Knight” is a love story between a woman who is waiting for the love of her life and a man who is willing to do anything to protect his love. The story spans over two hundred years. Moon Soo Ho is a businessman with a pure heart, but he never shows his true colors to anyone except for Jung Hae Ra, a travel agent who has never traveled abroad. Soo Ho and Hae Ra grew up like siblings in Hae Ra's house, but they got separated later. They meet each other after they grow up and love approaches them as if it were fate. Will their love survive despite all the faltering events?
Kuji Akira and Ninomiya Makoto are childhood friends and neighbors. Since Akira is “handsome” for a girl and Makoto is “pretty” for a boy, their gender presentation is often confused. As they try to untangle their complex feelings about themselves and each other, they find out their friends are crushing on them, too. It’s a complicated childhood friend love story!
Tokita Mayuko is a fabric otaku who was also majored in textile technology in college. She and her friend Kouno Yuri moved to Tokyo and each of them finally found a job in Ginza. Mayuko's dream is to develop new kinds of fabric, but due to a misunderstanding, she ends up working in a handmade luxury lingerie atelier called Emotion. Her boss Nanjo Mayumi, an icon in the Japanese lingerie industry, deems her tacky and not beautiful enough for the company image, forcing her to change. Mayuko resists the change at first, however, she slowly starts to fall in love with her job and the brand.
Li Shao Rong is an elegant and talented orchestra cellist who meets up with Zheng Jin Tai, a less-than-handsome-looking man who has walked long, unfortunate and ill-fated love roads. It is heart-touching and engaging to watch Jin Tai's devotion, sincerity and persistent love attitudes still shine through even after 99 unsuccessful proposals. There are right turns and wrong twists in their lives, especially with the appearance of Jun Shi, a charismatic rich man. Practice makes perfect. Will Jin Tai's next proposal win him a bride or will his proposals keep tallying up? Romanticize yourself with this series that speaks right to the heart!
Kusaka Haru, a girl with no dreams or goals, finds herself inexplicably drawn to Fujiwara Rio, a customer she meets at her part-time job. Acting on impulse, she visits the share house where he lives and tells him she wants to move in. Rio agrees, but with one condition: “Don’t fall in love with me as a man.” Even as Haru grows increasingly aware of her deepening feelings for him, she resolves to keep them hidden in order to stay by his side. But the two share an ambiguous yet strangely comfortable bond — and it’s about to quietly begin to shift.
- All men/women group (In Kuragehime they're all-female housemates, in SnH they're all-male co-workers)
- A place important to said group is about to be bought off and they're poor/in debt (in Kuragehime it's their home, in SnH it's their club/work place)
- Unconventional lead comes in to save the day (ML in Kuragehime, FL in SnH) by making the group grow and mature as people
- Extremely shy secondary lead with social anxiety that can't make eye contact and interacts mostly with nature (FL in Kuragehime, ML in SnH)
- Supporting characters each with their own quirks
- Themes of friendship, healing, finding your place and appreciating life
- Love triangle (subtle in SnH)
- Shady rich businessman in the same industry wanting to get with FL
- Kinda campy
- Gender role reversal elements
- Japanese comedies
- A place important to said group is about to be bought off and they're poor/in debt (in Kuragehime it's their home, in SnH it's their club/work place)
- Unconventional lead comes in to save the day (ML in Kuragehime, FL in SnH) by making the group grow and mature as people
- Extremely shy secondary lead with social anxiety that can't make eye contact and interacts mostly with nature (FL in Kuragehime, ML in SnH)
- Supporting characters each with their own quirks
- Themes of friendship, healing, finding your place and appreciating life
- Love triangle (subtle in SnH)
- Shady rich businessman in the same industry wanting to get with FL
- Kinda campy
- Gender role reversal elements
- Japanese comedies
Similar tale of an Otaku who struggles in life and love, having low self-esteem due to their geeky appearance, social anxiety and awkwardness in having normal conversations.
While Kuragehime is about female Otaku who falls for a guy that is out of her league, Densha Otoko is about male Otaku who falls for a girl that is out of his league.
While Kuragehime is about female Otaku who falls for a guy that is out of her league, Densha Otoko is about male Otaku who falls for a girl that is out of his league.
Hoshino Tatsurou is a down-on-his-luck man who has gone through 99 omiai (arranged dates with the intention of marriage if the date goes well). Not particularly smart, nor handsome, nor rich, he is a man who cannot lie and, of course, has a heart of pure gold. On the 100th omiai, he meets Kaoru, an extremely beautiful and talented cellist who can't forget her dead fiancé.
Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. One day, she suddenly gets transferred to the women's clothing department, even though she lacks in fashion sense. Her new boss, Miki, soon introduces Kinue to the tough reality of the fashion world. Through this job, Kinue learns about the meaning of life, love, and work.
Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. One day, she suddenly gets transferred to the women's clothing department, even though she lacks in fashion sense. Her new boss, Miki, soon introduces Kinue to the tough reality of the fashion world. Through this job, Kinue learns about the meaning of life, love, and work.
