Chinese and Taiwanese dramas that are short length/mini dramas (usually >15 mins per episode).
Couples with large height differences, guaranteed to make the heart flutter!
Romances between step family, in-laws or adopted (not blood related) siblings, and the occasional related one.
The delightful or not so delightful trope! At least one of the leads loses their memory at least once.
Dramas and movies I loved and would very much recommend! If there's more than one season/movie, only the first is listed.
Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.
Romances between a supernatural non-human lead and a human lead.
characters appear to be someone other than who they truly are due to body/face swaps, power swaps, identity swaps, false identities, hidden…
Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, red flags, and bad boys with a heart of gold.
Childhood connections, childhood and earlier meetings, separations during and toward the end, basically any stories that ultimately feature…
plots driven by FL's/ML's quest for revenge for something that happened to them or their family.
school settings, youth dramas, & main characters who are students or teachers
Plots centered around food, restaurants, cafes, bars, and cooking and/or characters who are chefs/cooks.
plost centered around or leads who are involved in the arts - painting, music, writing, dance, theatre, stage magicians, entertainment, etc..
characters with mental or physical disabilities, mental illness, chronic illnesses, and more.
main characters with scars, particularly those that are significant to the plot or the romance.
one or both of the leads dislikes/hates/is annoyed by the other when they first meet, but the two later fall in love.
instead of an enemies to lovers arc, the leads go back and forth between hatred and love in their relationship.
the leads are more than star-crossed lovers - there is bad blood between them. Includes blood feuds in which the lead or their family harmed/killed…
When childhood connections and true love are not enough for peak romance - these couples are true soulmates, connected in a magical way by either…
endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" - the leads have romantic relationships and even marriage with…
people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, manga, dreams, or parallel worlds, or set within those worlds with self aware…
My favorite sort of happy ending stories - the leads are together and parents (adopted/biological child/children and/or pregnancy). Also included…
characters who transform into both humans and animals (includes nine tailed foxes).
particularly sizzling chemistry, UST, good kisses, scenes that makes you wonder where exactly the censors were.
Pairings where the characters are emotional opposites, one cold and one warm or one introvert and one extrovert.
zombies, robots, human clones, death games, futuristic and/or dystopian settings.
Thrillers, crime, procedurals, legal, and mysteries.
For when you're in the mood for screaming at your screen after it goes black. Cliffhangers for second seasons that never happened, endings up…
Romances between an employer and their employee or master and their servant (excluding bodyguards).
Princes or princesses who are raised as a commoner outside the palace, and may or may not be unaware of their own identity.
SFL/SML gives up on the ML/FL and actually moves on, finding love with someone else. May end happily, may end tragically.
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