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Tiffany

Can you recommend me a few recent cdramas with modern romances with different genres.

I would prefer if they are high rated but there is a lot of high rated cdramas so I don't know where to start.

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autumn iris

I didn't watch it, but I heard Love's Ambition is this year's most successful romance drama. Mdl rating of 8.5. Douban rating of 6.5. 32.000+ Tencent hit index. But has not yet earn a billion yuan in revenue.

For the drama I watched, I like Filter (rom-com). But there's more comedy than the romance. But the idea is unique, and there's some life lessons in the drama.

I prefer cheerful FL so I don't really like it, but The First Frost seems to have many fans and is said to be the most successful adaptation (in terms of revenue, I guess) from the author so far, and the leads' chemistry is really great.

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Lou

Go Go Squid
Perfect & Casual
Dating in the Kitchen
Go Ahead

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Tiffany
 autumn iris:

I didn't watch it, but I heard Love's Ambition is this year's most successful romance drama. Mdl rating of 8.5. Douban rating of 6.5. 32.000+ Tencent hit index. But has not yet earn a billion yuan in revenue.

For the drama I watched, I like Filter (rom-com). But there's more comedy than the romance. But the idea is unique, and there's some life lessons in the drama.

I prefer cheerful FL so I don't really like it, but The First Frost seems to have many fans and is said to be the most successful adaptation (in terms of revenue, I guess) from the author so far, and the leads' chemistry is really great.

Thank you for your recommendations I heard of Love's ambition and The first frost but never of Filter it sounds interesting i will try the three dramas.

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Tiffany
 Lou:

Go Go Squid
Perfect & Casual
Dating in the Kitchen
Go Ahead

Thank you I heard of Go go squid and Go ahead but not the others two I like contract relationship so i really want to try Perfect and Casual.

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Lou

I liked it. It's an age-gap, student/prof story. But it's really good 

 tiffany:

Thank you I heard of Go go squid and Go ahead but not the others two I like contract relationship so i really want to try Perfect and Casual.

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Dejes

Don't know what you consider do be recent but for me post 2020 is so here are my recs for Modern C-Dramas:


  • Lighter & Princess (2022) : 2nd Chance, College to Working Life, Revenge (2nd half), Rivals to Lovers, Fluffy for the most part a bit of angst by the middle/half, injustice 
  • To Fly With You (2021) : Rivals to Friends to Lovers, Sport heavily based, competition/training, a bit of family subplot, friendship, surpassing yourself
  • Go Ahead (2020) : Very heavy on the angst side at the begging, fluffier by the middle/end, family based plot, friendship, TRAUMA ^^ (Korean Ver is also very good with the angst toned down and no love triangle)
  • Hidden Love (2023) : Brother's Best Friend, slowburn, Secret Crush, Fluffy and soft
  • Twelve Letters (2025) : A touch of SCI-FI, changing your destiny, 2 timelines, HEAVY on angst, TRAUMA/trigger warnings, 90s, secrets, youth
  • You Are My Hero (2021) : Special Forces Officer X Doctor, Fluff/Healthy Relationship, Action, Multi couples, no love triangles, Insta love from ML
  • The Best Thing (2025) : Doctor X Patient, cosy, fluffy, kinda overcoming depression from FL, caring and affectionate ML
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emeraldarrows

Not sure how recent you meant so I went with 2024-2025:

  • Reborn - very high rated on here, slice of life/coming of age, heavy angst, romance is very slow burn/second half of the drama
  • Double Fugue - not high rated but deserves to be, imo, mystery/thriller with very good chemistry between the leads
  • The Best Day of My Life - high rated on here, sweet and fluffy contract relationship romance
  • Golden House Hidden Love - okay-ish rating that deserves higher, fantasy with green flags ML and FL
  • Present, Is Present - okay rating on here, sci-fi, parallel world/time travel
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BertelYann

Yep, You can see :

  • Amidst a Snowstorm of Love : slowburn with sport challenge settings

  • You are My glory : mature and slowburn romance 

  • Love is Sweet : Romcom with business settings

  • Falling into your smile : Esport settings , lots  of moba relastic and specifical tiers

  • Go Go Squid : Romcom with Esport setting (unrelistic)

  • Reborn : fantastic and thriller , short cdrama

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Tiffany

Thank you for all your recommendations everything looks really interesting

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MarkJason
 Lou:

Go Go Squid
Perfect & Casual
Dating in the Kitchen
Go Ahead

I still don't understand how some people hated the age gap in Dating in the Kitchen. They are both adults. So weird.

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Lou
 MarkJason:

I still don't understand how some people hated the age gap in Dating in the Kitchen. They are both adults. So weird.

I think it has something to do with the age of the viewer tbh. If you are 15 it is different than when you watch it when you are 25 or maybe even 30. Age gaps that are 10+ years are normalish then but feel very weird for teens. And that is absolutely justified. It is just sad that dramas suffer from that judgement. But it is something we are also used to in dramaland :) Thus ratings and comments always have to be taken with a grain of salt.

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kabocha

Amidst a Snowstorm of Love (2024) has deceptively low ratings, because it's polarizing. The low 6.9 Douban rating is explained by a lot of one star reviews from fans of the web novel, which is very open about the leads' physical intimacy. A lot of that had to be toned down and written around because of censorship, and even then, the censors cut some scenes for being too passionate. It got an 8.5 on MDL and when I check out the reviews, I also see polarization, with mostly very high rated reviews and a minority of very low ratings. It won at least five awards in China, and in addition, Tencent awarded Wu Lei  "Most Influential Actor of the Year" for 2025.

It's a leisurely paced slow burn with unique characters (including an ML who is awkward in ways that MLs usually are not) and a warm, quirky ensemble. There's at least bit of billiards in every episode, but I wouldn't totally call it a sports drama, even though it ticks off all the boxes (rivalry, comeback, injury, big tournament, fame, etc.). Over everything else, it's a love story and a portrait of a man who's been cut off from his country and chosen family, moving towards home.

Hidden Love (2023) seems to have polarized people on Douban, too, resulting in a 6.7 rating. On MDL, it's a solid 9.0. This is a tender, pitch perfect love story. The female lead has a crush on her brother's best friend when she's a younger high school student and he's in college. He's clearly touched by her kindness and warmth, but sees her as a sort of younger sister. This is a drama that knows not to do too much. The writing keeps things simple, letting the performances shine. This is a sister drama to the more melodramatic The First Frost, sharing some characters (but different performers). I would call Hidden Love sweet, but not fluffy. Despite the fact that it gives me rosy feelings of safety and goodness, it has substance. And the characters are well written, carefully observed, and endearing.

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