News With Motive: Arranged/Fake/Contract Relationship
1 = fake dating, contract relationships, marriages of convenience (arranged by the parties themselves)
2 = arranged marriage (a marriage agreement settled by people other than the spouses)
3 = other circumstantial relationships (elaborated in description)
4 = transmigration trope, one lead time travels or falls into a role where they are already married
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1. Love in Time
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
1 - contract marriage
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2. 100 Days My Prince
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
2 - leads are required to marry due to a new law
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3. A Familiar Stranger
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
2 & 4 - arranged marriage and body switching
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4. Be My Boyfriend
Korean Drama - 2021, 15 episodes
1 - fake dating to make the FL's ex go away
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5. Confess Your Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
1 - fake dating for clout
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6. Be My Cat
Chinese Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
1
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7. Best Mistake
Korean Drama - 2019, 15 episodes
1 - fake dating to get rid of an ex
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8. Better a Lie Than a Truth
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
1 - fake engagement
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9. Business Proposal
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
1 - fake dating to avoid an arranged marriage for the ML
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10. Coffee Prince
Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
1 - fake dating to save ML from blind dates
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11. Crazy Love
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
3 - FL lies to amnesiac ML, telling him they are dating
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12. Decreed by Fate
Chinese Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
2
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13. Don’t Mess with Ex-Girlfriend
Chinese Drama - 2022, 20 episodes
1 - fake marriage
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14. Extremely Perilous Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
2 & 3 - FL and ML end up in an arranged marriage with the "wrong" person
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15. Fake Princess
Chinese Drama - 2020, 27 episodes
2 & 3 - FL takes on a false identity to enter an arranged marriage with the prince ML
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16. Hold On, My Lady
Chinese Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
2
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17. I Want to Live to the Finale
Chinese Drama - 2021, 26 episodes
4
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18. Love Better Than Immortality
Chinese Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
2 - FL and the "hero" (SML) are engaged from birth
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19. Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1
Chinese Drama - 2022, 27 episodes
2 - arranged marriage by imperial decree
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20. Lovely Swords Girl
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
4
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21. Maid's Revenge
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
2 - FL and SML (also the ML?) are engaged since youth
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22. Marriage, Not Dating
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
1 - fake engagement
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23. Marry Me
Chinese Drama - 2020, 35 episodes
1 - contract marriage so that the FL can avoid another suitor
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24. Marry Me, My Queen
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
1 & 3 - the ML forces the FL into a contract marriage
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25. Miss Mystery
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
1 - fake dating
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26. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
2
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27. Mr. Queen
Korean Drama - 2020, 20 episodes
4
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28. Nothing But You
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
1 - fake dating
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29. Oh My Lord
Chinese Drama - 2022, 15 episodes
2
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30. Oh! My Sweet Liar!
Chinese Drama - 2020, 29 episodes
1 - fake pregnancy, contract marriage
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31. Once We Get Married
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
1 - contract marriage
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32. Perfect Couple
Chinese Drama - 2014, 45 episodes
2 - arranged marriage by imperial decree
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33. Perfect Marriage Revenge
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
1 - contract marriage
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34. Pin Anong
Thai Drama - 2012, 22 episodes
1/2 - ML forces FL into marriage
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35. Rewriting Destiny
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
4
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36. The Romance of Tiger and Rose
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
2 & 4
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37. Rising Feather
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
2
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38. Scent of a Woman
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
1, kind of - they get married for real but FL only does it bc she thinks she's dying
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39. Search: WWW
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
1 - marriage of convenience
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40. In House Marriage Honey
Japanese Drama - 2020, 7 episodes
1, sort of - the contract marriage turns real very quickly
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41. Something about 1 Percent
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
1 - contract relationship to get ML's inheritance
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42. The Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
4 & 2
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43. The Killer Is Also Romantic
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
3 - leads are in an arranged marriage but change their minds on it
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44. The Love by Hypnotic
Chinese Drama - 2019, 36 episodes
2
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45. Master's Sun
Korean Drama - 2013, 17 episodes
1
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46. The Only Girl You Haven't Seen
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
2 & 4
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47. The Romance of Hua Rong
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
1/2 - ML forces FL into marriage
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48. The Starry Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
2/3 - arranged marriage but two couples each mix up the bride/groom
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49. Till the End of the Moon
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
4
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50. Time to Fall in Love
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
1 - fake relationship to appease the ML's grandmother
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51. Truth or Dare
Chinese Drama - 2021, 30 episodes
2
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52. Unforgettable Love
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
1 - fake/contract marriage
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53. Unique Lady
Chinese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
4
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54. Well-Intended Love
Chinese Drama - 2019, 20 episodes
1 - contract marriage
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55. Ye Cheng Fu
Chinese Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
2 - marriage decreed by the emperor
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56. Your Sensibility My Destiny
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
1
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57. Dusk Love
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
1 - contract engagement
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58. The Sweetest Secret
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
1 - fake dating & pregnancy
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59. The Princess Royal
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
2 & 4
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60. So I Married the Anti-Fan
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
3 - they are forced into cohabitation and kind of a romantic relationship for a reality show they're shooting together
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61. Happiness
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
1 - marriage of convenience (to get priority housing)
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62. The First Night with the Duke
Korean Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
1 ish - ML pressures FL into marriage after a one night stand
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63. Lovely Runner
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
4 (FL with SML)
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64. Embrace in the Dark Night
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
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65. Love in the Clouds
Chinese Drama - 2025, 36 episodes
1 - fake dating that turns into genuine engagement
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66. Affinity
Chinese Drama - 2026, 40 episodes
1 - marriage of convenience to seal a biological "bond"
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