Gender-Benders Worth Watching
Gender-Bender dramas; women dressed as men for a particular reason pertaining to the plot, and vice versa.
Something about seeing men drop their guard and showing vulnerability, and navigate through confusing feelings for another man (even if/when they find out later it's actually a woman) just gets me going lol
*Will be regularly updating this list
nilou Feb 21, 2023
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1. Arsenal Military Academy
Chinese Drama - 2019, 48 episodes
- FL does such a great job playing a boy that I still can't see her normally as a woman in other dramas lmao
- ML is incredibly charming it's actually a problem lol
- Second ML Syndrome? BIG TIME
- EXCELLENT story-writing and plot transitions
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![Sungkyunkwan Scandal]()
2. Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
- FL barely passes for a guy, but it's mainly because of her girly mannerisms rather than physical appearance
- Amazing chemistry between the FL and ML, and the two Second Leads. Park Min Young is fantastic I'm convinced she could have chemistry with a rock
- THE BROMANCE. THE. BRO.MANCE.
- Lots of crying lowkey
- Amazing cast overall
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3. Coffee Prince
Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
- FL does an amazing job of acting and appearing as a boy
- Amazing chemistry between the leads
- Lots of bromance and chemistry between the entire cast
- Didn't like how much screen-time was spent on marriage issues after the ML finds out she's a girl (but that's just me)
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4. Bromance
Taiwanese Drama - 2015, 18 episodes
- FL actually passes for a pretty boy
- Chemistry is insane
- Good amount of steamy scenes lol
- Plot coulda been better tbh
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5. The King's Affection
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
- FL does a fantastic job acting and appearing as a man
- Great chemistry between the ML and FL
- ML is gorgeous
- Ngl the plot had too much about politics and corruption it was stressing me out, so I just skipped to watch the scenes between the leads and call it a day
- Happy ending after the stupid amount of crying lol
