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Such arrangements do/did exist though. Basically women get the children, men do all the hard labor on the farm, if there is a lot of work you need more husbands.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I would have completely missed it otherwise! It looks cute and fun.

Yes, it's a Chinese Movie about a woman/girl and it was cute and light watching.

Evergreen Love for sweeter than candy Lovestory, that let's you fall asleep blissfully.
Suddenly Seventeen for a what-if drama with only two hour commitment.

Ferryman Manchusaka if you like you want to try Jianxia but don't want to commit to 40+ episodes.
LOVE when you like Rom-Coms but want to maximise time.
Mood of the Day if you like Rom-Coms, period.

No Kleun Cheewit? 😕

IQIYI app has it up. Don't know if it is only for paying members though, I only saw the ads before my drama.

All the seasons of "The Eternal Love" are also on Youtube. I love this so much, because this is how I found Asian Dramas in the first place.

I adore slice of life, especially if its mixed with some romance. It always feels so warm and fuzzy, like you are hanging out with real people, making new friends, hearing their troubles and watching their work and then you are happy for them when they achieve success and love.
I also learned about a lot of places and jobs with slice of life. Thanks for posting, I have some great new recommendations.

I am really enjoying "Dear Missy" right now, which is about a friendship and working life for women, with some romance. It's realistic and gorgeous at the same time.

That is not how bullying works, and not everywhere has CCTV. Plus, CCTV footage only gets stored for a few days and deleted if no one comes forward to demand it, it's not like there is someone permanently sitting in front of each computer screen and watching. What middle-schooler, most of whom don't even tell their parents about the bullying, because it seems quite normal and possibly deserved to them, would go to the police and get CCTV footage? These kids are 11-14 years old, and bullies always search for victims that already have low self-esteem, few friends and possibly absentee parents. Bullies don't walk up to someone who can slap them back and get their friends and parents to stand up for them. Trust me, I was a bully-nightmare in school, I saw how they wear their victims down over time, often managing to include the whole classroom with their little remarks and jokes and making everyone think the victim is ugly, fat or whatever and deserving of being mocked.

On the one hand one hopes that this might deter current bullies, seeing that their actions have consequences even as adults, but really, more should be done against bullying is as such. This behaviour has been part of school culture for as long as schools existed, how is this still happening?

I think it is a good shorthand for the feelings of people in average, not particularly melodramatic but also stale AF marriages. They usually look back to their younger selves, what did they hope and wish back then. Did they choose the wrong person etc.
I mean, there are also the melo ones, where one is gravely ill or a cheater and liar or divorce dramas. I do wonder what a romantic married couple drama would look like, that wouldn't also be mundane and boring.

I found Go Back Couple was a very realistic and still romantic take on "Married with small children".

"Love is not like in Dramas", they say
"My love story is basically the forced proximity/cohabitation, including second lead-trope", says OAL.
"We look like a drama-couple, he is really tall and I am very short", Hwayi says, "He also looks like a muscular giant, but is really a Carebear."
That's not good evidence that Drama and Reality are not the same thing, Ladies!

lol, I meant some, some articles that I will read tonight. (*￣∀￣)

Wow, this is a super comprehensive list, so many genres and tropes, my Romance loving heart is happy! I already found someone to read tonight. Thankyou for including my article!

Oh, Hi, fellow sufferer!

Used to with all the media, now I have a life. Lol.
No, seriously my trick is to just watch the rest as some MV on YouTube. Life is too short to watch and then store in my memory some tropey, no chemistry, boring plot.

Thanks for this List, I will listen to them while making dinner tomorrow. :-)
Four songs on soundtracks that really stuck with me were :
"Loveless" by Ann, which was part of the Chinese You Are My Destiny soundtrack (you might like it, it has a Cranberries vibe. I also love everything else she does.
"Wheat Field" by 蓝心羽 (Lán xīn yǔ), part of the Girlfriend soundtrack, which includes some Chinese opera elements.
"Love Light" on the Dance Of The Sky Empire Soundtrack
and
"Mr. Perfect and Miss Almost" by Hua Zhou from Casual And Perfect.

Also loved Don't Panic by Shi Shi. ;-)