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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…
main characters with scars, particularly those that are significant to the plot or the romance.
Chinese and Taiwanese dramas that are short length/mini dramas (usually >15 mins per episode).
Thrillers, crime, procedurals, legal, and mysteries.
SFL/SML gives up on the ML/FL and actually moves on, finding love with someone else. May end happily, may end tragically.
endgame pairing isn't the usual "met as children and loved forever" - the leads have romantic relationships and even marriage with…
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…
particularly sizzling chemistry, UST, good kisses, scenes that makes you wonder where exactly the censors were.
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.
characters with mental or physical disabilities, mental illness, chronic illnesses, and more.
plots driven by FL's/ML's quest for revenge for something that happened to them or their family.
two brothers are both romantically involved with the FL.
ML or FL gives up their royal titles, quest for revenge, wealth, or something similar.
Childhood connections, childhood and earlier meetings, separations during and toward the end, basically any stories that ultimately feature…
For when you're tired of dramas in which the ML sacrifices everything and the FL doesn't seem to even love him as much. Here are FLs who definitely…
instead of an enemies to lovers arc, the leads go back and forth between hatred and love in their relationship.
ML or FL is believed to be the fulfillment of a prophecy that says they will end the country/world/a person or are thought to be bad luck.
Princes or princesses who are raised as a commoner outside the palace, and may or may not be unaware of their own identity.
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…
school settings, youth dramas, & main characters who are students or teachers
My favorite sort of happy ending stories - the leads are together and parents (adopted/biological child/children and/or pregnancy). Also included…
Arranged marriages, forced marriages, fake relationships, and contract relationships of all sorts that ultimately lead to love.
reversed stereotypical gender roles including domineering or strong FL/weak ML, matriarchal husbands, reversed societies, mpreg, characters…
Romances between step family, in-laws or adopted (not blood related) siblings, and the occasional related one.
Couples with large height differences, guaranteed to make the heart flutter!
Because the number of episodes of most Chinese dramas can be daunting, these are full length but shorter than average dramas (20 or fewer episodes).…
The delightful or not so delightful trope! At least one of the leads loses their memory at least once.
Romances between a supernatural non-human lead and a human lead.
settings in the country and small towns, for when you want to get away from it all.
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.
Dramas I loved and would very much recommend!(if there's more than one season, only the first is listed)
pretty and/or unusual/unique aesthetics relating to costumes, sets, lighting, or cinematography.
When you want something very different from the usual - bizarre concepts, fresh/unique plots, and unconventional pairings.
interracial and intercultural romantic relationships, either the leads or supporting characters.
people entering or coming from video games, VR, books, tv shows, manga, dreams, or parallel worlds, or set within those worlds with self aware…
Dramas I enjoyed that I rarely see mentioned/recommended or are very unpopular that I feel deserve a second look. Full length dramas only because…
characters who transform into both humans and animals (includes nine tailed foxes).
