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characters who transform into both humans and animals (includes nine tailed foxes).
Romances between a supernatural non-human lead and a human lead.
Childhood connections, childhood and earlier meetings, separations during and toward the end, basically any stories that ultimately feature…
characters appear to be someone other than who they truly are due to body/face swaps, identity swaps, false identities, hidden identities, etc.
plost centered around or leads who are involved in the arts - painting, music, writing, dance, theatre, stage magicians, entertainment, etc..
Chinese and Taiwanese dramas that are short length/mini dramas (usually >15 mins per episode).
characters with mental or physical disabilities, mental illness, chronic illnesses, and more.
Thrillers, crime, procedurals, legal, and mysteries.
plots driven by FL's/ML's quest for revenge for something that happened to them or their family.
endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" - the leads have romantic relationships and even marriage with…
My favorite sort of happy ending stories - the leads are together and parents (adopted/biological child/children and/or pregnancy). Also included…
Dramas and movies I loved and would very much recommend! If there's more than one season/movie, only the first is listed.
SFL/SML gives up on the ML/FL and actually moves on, finding love with someone else. May end happily, may end tragically.
people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, manga, dreams, or parallel worlds, or set within those worlds with self aware…
Unconventional MLs on the gray side - villains, antiheros, playboys, red flags, and bad boys with a heart of gold.
Couples with large height differences, guaranteed to make the heart flutter!
The delightful or not so delightful trope! At least one of the leads loses their memory at least once.
Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.
angels, gods, grim reapers, goblins, genies, fairies, demons. AKA a lot of xianxia here.
school settings, youth dramas, & main characters who are students or teachers
main characters with scars, particularly those that are significant to the plot or the romance.
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…
characters who are humans with some magical power or who gain power from a magical object they possess.
one or both of the leads dislikes/hates/is annoyed by the other when they first meet, but the two later fall in love.
zombies, robots, human clones, death games, futuristic and/or dystopian settings.
Pairings where the characters are emotional opposites, one cold and one warm or one introvert and one extrovert.
pretty and/or unusual/unique aesthetics relating to costumes, sets, lighting, or cinematography.
Sad endings (my definition is the leads don't end up together due to death or separation) and happy endings for the main couple but are otherwise…
the leads are in an established romantic relationship and then break up, divorce, or plan to divorce only to fall in love all over again.
settings in the country and small towns, for when you want to get away from it all.
reversed stereotypical gender roles including domineering or strong FL/weak ML, matriarchal husbands, reversed societies, mpreg, characters…
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…
When childhood connections and true love are not enough for peak romance - these couples are true soulmates, connected in a magical way by either…
at least one of the leads are from the grasslands or at least a portion of the drama is set there
