COMPLETED DRAMAS/MOVIES IN 2019

Story: Matchmaker Seo Do Yoon follows Princess Song Hwa who disguises herself to find out about the marriage candidates before final decision.

What stands out: (+) Cinematography; (-) Chemistry lacking

Actors to follow: Lee Seung Gi (ML); Yeon Woo Jin (SML); Choi Min Ho (ML's brother)

Couple: Seo Do Yoon (matchmaker) ♡  Princess Song Hwa

Story: Law student Ren Guang Xi and his school's canteen worker Liang Mu Cheng meets and falls in love; but he forgets her after brain surgery only to meet her again with a kid after many years pass.

What stands out: (+) Directing (award winning director); (+) Screenwriting/dialogues; (+) Editing; (+) Flashbacks not excessive/redundant; (+) Recycled scenes from the past done right; (+) Chemistry; (+) Interesting type of ML saving FL with campus court; (+); (+) Starlet Xiao Le; (+) Father figure: Lawyer Lin; (+) Funny village people; (+) Heartbreaking love confession from SML to FL; (+) Father and son bond; (+) Secrets revealed in the end; (+) Cute ending/kidnapping; (-) Creepy stepdad; (-) FL is a compulsive liar though done for defense mechanism/ survival

Actors and actress to follow: Vanness Wu (ML); Ady An (FL); Chris Wu (SML)

Couples: Ren Guang Xi ♡ Liang Mu Cheng; Hua Tuo Yue (SML) ♡ Hua Chi Xin (SML's foster sister); Lawyer Lin (ML's family lawyer) ♡ Fang De Rong (ML's mom)

Note: It's hard to watch this drama in 2019 where now female leads are strong and have tons of supports. Since this is an old drama FL is portrayed unlucky all her life. Not only that, there are a lot of scenes with her mourning over lost loved ones and crying over her unlucky life. FL is portrayed as fragile and needs saving most the time. Also the support role FL's stepmom is also dependent of a man (creepy uncle).

Story: Panthakan comes back to Thailand to revenge his dead mother on his dad and his stepmom's family including Prapai, his stepmother's niece.

What stands out: (+) Surprises of the last episodes; (+) Plot twist in the last episode; (+) Thai traditional engagement ceremony; (+) Chemistry;  (+) Tsundere ML, rare in modern dramas; (+) Nice stepmom; (+) Acting of Mook as FL, especially when she raises one of her eyebrows; (+) Acting of Artit overall; (+) Acting of Nat as Support Role Chon, was thought as overacting the role but Chon ends up to be a mental case; (+) Acting of Pu as Support Role Saenkorn, Pan's dad, especially during emotional episodes;  (-) Some scenes of slapstick comedy with filler characters (FL's male friends, office workers, etc); (-) Draggy story especially in the business parts; (-) Sexual assault of ML towards FL in the third scenes of rape attempt (the first and second are just FL's imagination out of fear of ML) although FL sends ML to the hospital; (-) Odd premise that ML has some kind of brain tumor which goes nowhere; (-) Slapstick comedy; (-) Unnecessary filler characters

Actor/actress to follow: Artit Tangwiboonpanit (Male Lead); Mook Mookda Narinrak (Female Lead) 

Couple:  Panthakan ♡ Prapai; Ek ♡ Fah

Note: 

- A discussion on slap-and-kiss https://mydramalist.com/article/2015/11/21/slap-kiss-dramas-and-what-makes-them-so-popular

- The hating part between ML and FL has to be seen like Tom and Jerry relationship http://www.tom-and-jerry-games.com/tom-and-jerry-relationship.html

Story: Misawa Katsuko is a temporary worker who stands up against new company policies launched by the President's son Igarashi Akeo.

What stands out: (+) Fast paced; (+) Funny fantasy of French revolution; (+) Office friendship; (-) Chemistry as it is a light romance, as the drama focuses the FL being a savior for many office issues not the relationship

Actor/actress to follow: Tanaka Rena (Female Lead)

Couple: Igarashi Akeo ♡ Misawa Katsuko

Story: While pretending to be rich people, Thit and Wilai meet and fall in love, but when they want to come clean their masters Wee and Mon also reverse their roles and fall in love too.

What stands out: (+) Messy but hilarious; (+) Chemistry of both couples; (-) Draggy story; (-) It was fun when the couples swap indentities but after they are revealed the drama adds unnecessary plots to prolong the drama; (-) Unnecessary characters like the 'aunt' and Gogging

Actor to follow: Push Puttichai Kasetsin (Male Lead)

Couples:  Wee ♡ Mon; Thit ♡ Wilai; Dr Chabang (Wee's friend) ♡ Ingorn; Vake (Wilai's brother/Mon's driver) ♡ Goggig (Mon's servant)

Story: Kanzaki Hiroto, who lives an underprivileged life with his mother and sick younger brother, meets Tsukioka Nao, the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner.

What stands out: (+) Beautiful love story; (+) Unique theme: rich woman, poor man; (+) the scenes shining lights from their homes are simple but cute, symbolizes whales communicating; (+) No villains, parents objections, just need growing up; (+) Chemistry; (+) Friendship between all 5 characters; (+) Bromance between Kanzaki Hiroto and his little brother as well as his two friends; (+) Sismance between Tsukioka Nao and her friend; (+) Little brother Kanzaki Ren is so cute; (+) Cinematography, setting in Yokohama; 

Actors and actress to follow: Kamenashi Kazuya (Male Lead); Ayase Haruka (Female Lead); Hiraoka Yuta (Support Lead - Kanzaki Hiroto's friend); Toda Erika (Support Lead - Tsukioka Nao's friend)

Couple: Kanzaki Hiroto ♡ Tsukioka Nao 

Ending Theme OST http://bit.ly/2PSg6f4 

Story: During high-school in early 2000, Yan Ze has a crush at her deskmate Ji Xiao, while bickers along the way with He Xin Liang.

What stands out: (+) Touching story about jealousy and insecurity in teenage years; (+) School 'rebellion'; (+) Eccentric female lead; (+) Badass character of senior Li Chu Xian; (+) Bromance; (+) Sismance; (+) Chemistry between ML and FL;  (+) Funny teacher Mr Zheng with the fan;  (+) Acting of Jiang Zhuo Jun (FL), Ryan Ding (ML) and Rachel Wang (ML's ex girlfriend); (+) Cinematography;  (+) No PPL; (-) Draggy scenes; (-) Noble idiocy of the ML; (-) Unrealistic scenes; (-) Rushed ending: after 9 years?

Actors and actress to follow: Ryan Ding (Male Lead); Jiang Zhuo Jun (Female Lead); Chen Xun (Second Male Lead)

Couples:  He Xin Liang ♡ Yan Ze; Yan Hai (Yan Ze's cousin) ♡ Liu Xi Chuan (Ji Xiao's cousin); Mr. Lao Han ♡ Ms. Gu Yu (both are teachers)

Note: Lam Tsuen wishing trees are the original idea of the wishing tree in Episode 23. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lam_Tsuen_wishing_trees

The tradition of giving apples during Christmas day:

https://gbtimes.com/chinas-love-christmas-apple-gifts

During the earthquake scene in Episode 28, the hospital LED board clearly shows the date of May-12-08 which was the date of Sichuan earthquake.

Story: In a fantasy realm called the “Nameverse", where your soulmate name is engraved on your body, Jung Ji Woo finally finds Yoo Jae Ha whose name is written on hers but he says he does not have her name on him.

What stands out: (+) Fast pace, good for binge-watching; (+) Chemistry; (+) Cute leads

Actor to follow: Gongchan (Male Lead); Song Yoo Jung (Female Lead);

Couples: Yoo Jae Ha ♡ Jung Ji Woo; Joo Sung Min ♡ Yang Sae Rom

Story: To be close to her idol Xu Yi Hang, triad boss daughter Ni An Qi takes a job as a bodyguard at his agency.

What stands out: (+) Fast pace, good for binge-watching; (+) Chemistry; (+) Badass Female Lead; (+) Trio henchmen; (-) Cheesy slapstick comedy

Actor to follow: Jasper Liu (Male Lead); Eugenie Liu (Female Lead) 

Couple: Xu Yi Hang ♡ Ni An Qi

Note: Although it seems like happy ending: the couple meet again, but the end scene is the fiancee gives a creepy look while meeting with 2 other guys plotting revenge.

Story: Jeon Nok Du disguises as a widow to follow his family's attacker who flees into a widows only village and there he meets Dong Dong Jo

What stands out: (+) Action packed; (+) Not draggy; (+) Surprises;(+) All's well ends well;  (+) Chemistry; (+) Nok Du as Widow Kim; (+); badass Mulwodans; (+) sismance between the Mulwodans; (+) Perfect casting; (+)Acting of Jang Dong Yoon, Kim So Hyun, Park Da Yeon as little Aeng Do,  Jung Joon Hoo as King Gwang Hae;  (+) Cinematography; (Makeup - bloody scenes); (-) Unrealistic scenes; (-) Deaths of good characters;

Actor and actress to follow: Jang Dong Yoon (Male Lead); Kim So Hyun (Female Lead)

Couples: Jeon Nok Du ♡ Dong Dong Jo; Yeon Geun (Widow's Village administrator) ♡ Park Bok Nyeo (Widow's Village guard)

Story: Setting around WW I, Xie Xiang enters the male-only Arsenal Military Academy disguising as her dead brother Xie Liang Chen, and meets Gu Yan Zhen, Shen Jun Shan, and other fellow cadets.

What stands out: (+) action-packed; (+) not draggy, many subplots; (+) beautiful heart-breaking scenes, for ex: Xie Liang Chen seeing her portrait  with Huang Song or the last scene flower girl opening her notebook; (+) anti-cliches: for example girls either save themselves or save the guys instead of the other way around; (+) lots of eye candies; (+) Casting; (+) Acting of Bai Lu as a man; (+) badass female characters both protagonists and antagonists; (+) chemistry; (+) bromance; (+) hot-tempered and narcistic Gu Yan Zhen and Qu Man Ting; (+) Xie Liang Chen runs back and forth between the academy and the school; (+) lots of characters become heroes/heroines in some point of the drama; (+) location: Hengdian World Studios; (+) cinematography; (+) costume; (-) some unrealistic scenes probably due to censor or editing; (-) censors on romantic scenes between Gu Yang Zhen and Xie Liang Chen

Actor/actress to follow: Xu Kai (Male Lead); Bai Lu (Female Lead); Toby Lee (Second Male Lead); Wu Jia Yi (Second Female Lead)

Couples: Gu Yan Zhen ♡ Xie Xiang; Shen Ting Bai (Jun Shan's brother) ♡ Qu Man Ting; Guo Shu Ting (Deputy Director of AMA) ♡ Huo Xiao Yu (bar owner)

Note: As this is a war drama, many deaths and killings occur.

Story: After an incident in the temple, Buddhist monk Hoshikawa Takane falls in love with English teacher Sakuraba Junko but she plans to move to New York.

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of Buddhist monk; (+) Holiday drama; (+) Fast paced (+) Chemistry; (+) Multi couples; (+) Seven cold shower scenes under takigyo (waterfall where monks meditate)

Actor and actress to follow: Yamashita Tomohisa (Male Lead); Ishihara Satomi (Female Lead)

Couples: Hoshikawa Takane ♡ Sakuraba Junko; Kimura Arthur (English teacher) ♡ Yamabuchi Momoe (English teacher); Renji Hachiya (English student) ♡ Mouri Masako (ELA receptionist); Satonaka Yuki (English student) ♡ Sakuraba Nene (Sakuraba Junko's sister)

OST: Christmas Song by Back Number https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfgOjtq440o

Story: Ding Xiao Rou, a narcoleptic who also believes she is cursed to always be rejected by men, starts working in a TV series produced by Chi Xin, an insomniac.

What stands out: (+) (-) Draggy scene

Actor/actress to follow: Timmy Xu (Male Lead)

Couples: Chi Xin ♡ Ding Xiao Rou; Zheng Ze (Ding Xiao Rou's colleague) ♡ Nan Sa Sa (Ding Xiao Rou's friend); Zheng Zheng ♡ cafe owner

Story: High-schooler Aihara Mugi, along with two other girls, become finalists of the TV reality show "Marry the Prince" where four rich and handsome guys are the contestants.

What stands out: (+) Interesting plot: three girls for four boys?; (+) Plot twists; (+) Eye candies; (-) Bad premise for young girls to look for rich and handsome boys; (-) Bad ending, like every girl gets their princes. It's better if the Female Lead walks out choosing no one.

Actors and actress to follow: Taira Yuna (Female Lead); Isomura Hayato (Male Lead);  Iijima Hiroki (Male Lead); Inaba Yu (Male Lead); Yamamoto Ryosuke (Male Lead)

Couples: Nikaidou Riku ♡ Aihara Mugi; Minai Terunoshin ♡ Shibayama Yu; Date Tatsunari ♡ Ono Fumino

Story: After her fiance Kim Soo disappears at the wedding day, Gae Ddong works for the Flower Crew Matchmaking Agency led by Ma Hoon, only to find him again as the King of Joseon

What stands out: (+) Not draggy scene; (+) Interesting plot by two power struggles; (+) Chemistry between ML and FL; (+) Eye candies; (+) Cinematography; (+) Costume especially Go Young Soo's clothing; (-) Second Lead Syndrome

Actor/actress to follow: Kim Min Jae (Male Lead); Seo Ji Hoon (Second Male Lead); Byun Woo Suk (Male Lead); Park Ji Hoon (Male Lead)

Couples: Ma Hoon ♡ Gae Ddong; Do Joon (matchmaker) ♡ Kang Ji Hwa

Note:

The royalty and four social classes during Joseon era:
- the royalty - King Lee Soo, can only marry a noble lady. 

- the noble class (yangmin), consists of the scholars, heroes, and top level government positions. Ma Hoon and Ji Hwa are yangmin. Do Joon was a yangmin before but due to family issue his status is moved down.
- the middle class (chungmin) - the white collars.
The Flower Crew agency is a chungmin business.
- the commoners (sangmin) - the blue collars.
The blacksmith Kim Soo who can marry Gae Ddong.
- the outcast (cheonmin) - slaves, kisaeng, dirty job workers, street entertainers.
Gae Ddong and Chil Nom are run-away slaves, and Do Joon is a cheonmin due to impoverished family. 

The traditional Chilseok holiday and Jiknyeo ♡ Gyeonwu folklore.
https://asiasociety.org/korea/chilseok-traditional-korean-valentine%E2%80%99s-day

Story: The stories of eight people looking for love, set in Taipei and Beijing

What stands out: (+) Not draggy; (+) Life stories entangles just right; (+) Director Doze Niu also acted as one of the male leads; (+) Overall acting; (+) Eye candies; (+) Perfect casting; (+) Sismance; (+) Fun poke of aging with false tooth, Viagra, reading glasses

Actors and actresses to follow: Mark Chao (Male Lead); Ethan Juan (Male Lead); Eddie Peng (Male Lead); Vicki Zhao (Female Lead); Shu Qi (Female Lead); Amber Kuo (Female Lead); Ivy Chen (Female Lead)

Couples: Mark Na ♡ Jin Xiao Ye; Xiao Kuan ♡ Fang Rou Yi; Ah Kai ♡ XIao Ni

Story: Due to childhood trauma, Cha Do Yeon develops Dissociative Identity Disorder with 6 different personalities, and gets help from psychiatry resident Oh Ri Jin

What stands out: (+) Masterpiece; (+) Not draggy; (+) Character of Shin Se Gi and Ah Yo Na; (+) Acting of Ji Sung; (-) Childish FL

Actors and actresses to follow: Ji Sung (Male Lead); Hwang Jung Eum (Female Lead); Park Seo Joon (Second Male Lead); Kim Seul Gi (Guest Role - patient with megalomania)

Couple: Cha Do Yeon ♡ Oh Ri Jin

Story: Kodnipa helps her best friend Ji taking care of his out-of-marriage daughter and gets entangled with his brother Ki who marries her to save the family business and brother.

What stands out: (+) Parenting/family oriented; (+) Cute love triangle; (+) Chemistry; (+) Bromance; (+) Perfect casting; (-) Draggy; (-) PPL

Actor/actress to follow: Baifern Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul (Female Lead); Dan Worrawech Danuwong; (Male Lead); March Chutavuth Pattarakhumpol (Male Lead)

Couple: Ki ♡ Kod

Story: Princess Li Ming Yue is married to Prince Li Qian for a political alliance between two countries.

What stands out: (+) Eye candies; (+) Chemistry; (+) Steamy kisses; (+) Bromance; (+) Sismance; (+) Cinematography; (+) Costume; (+) Filming location Heng Dian World Studio; (+) OST; (-) Too many flashback scenes

Actor/actress to follow: Alen Fang (Male Lead); Ling Mei Shi (Female Lead); Ni Han Jin (Second Male Lead); Leo Dong (Support Role - Si Kong Zhen, Li Qian's friend); Li Jin Yang (Support Role - Li Jin Yu, Li Qian's friend); Liao Hui Jia (Support Role - Princess Kang Le, Li Qian's sister); Guan Chang (Support Role - Tan Li, Princess Ming Yue's maid)

Couples: Li Qian ♡ Li Ming Yue; Li Jin Yu ♡ Princess Kang Le; Prince Li Xun (Li Qian's brother) ♡ Qiao Hui Xin (Li Qian's betrothed/childhood friend)

Story: Zuo An and Gu Xiao Man have admired each other since kindergarten that blooms into love crush, but due to their different backgrounds and personalities.

What stands out: (+) Funny wuxia fantasy; (+) Chemistry; (+) Sismance; (+) Acting of Lu Zhai Hua (FL); (-) Draggy; (-) Weird ending

Actress to follow: Lu Zhao Hua (Female Lead)

Couples: Zuo An ♡ Gu Xiao Man; Zhan Yue (Gu Xiao Man's childhood friend) ♡ classmate

Story: Mi Soo and Hyun Woo meet on and off in a several period of time from high school age to working age.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (-) Boring story; (-) It seems the movie was made using Goblin's fans hope of the couple (they briefly dated in that drama)

Actor and actress to follow: Jung Hae In (Male Lead); Kim Go Eun (Female Lead)

Couple: Hyun Woo ♡ Mi Soo

Story: Feng Ping has supernatural power that can be disastrous to her and others, so she hides her identity and superpower, until she meets Tang Jia Nan

What stands out: (+) No love triangle; (+) Eye candies; (+) Chemistry; (+) Bromance); (+) Funny assistant with rolling eyes; (-) Draggy scenes; (-) Too many flashback scenes

Actors and/actress to follow: Richards Wang (Male Lead); Camille Hua (Female Lead); Miles Wei (Support Role - Tang Ha Yun, Tang Jia Nan's brother); Jeremy Wang (Support Role - A Jiu, Tang Jia Nan's assistant); Luo Zheng (Support Role - Tang Jun Hao, Feng Ping's childhood friend); Pu Tao (Support Role - Qu Tian, computer hacker, Feng Ping's friend );  Chen Peng Wan Li (Support Role - Yi Er Yang, Feng Ping's boss)

Couples: Tang Jia Nan ♡ Feng Ping; An Yue Sheng (Feng Ping's ex boyfriend) ♡ Tang Ming Zhen (Tang Jia Nan's sister)

Story: High schooler Nonomura Hana poses for her sister and goes to arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of arranged date for marriage in Japan; (+) Unique plot twist; (+) Fast paced; (+) Easy to binge-watch only 3 hours and 20 minutes; (+) Chemistry; (-) Story and acting a la Japanese manga

Actors and actress to follow: Takasugi Mahiro (Male Lead); Takeuchi Aisa (Female Lead); Ito Asahi (Support Role - Luciano, Saibara Takane's friend)

Couple: Saibara Takane ♡ Nonomura Hana

Story: 23 years ago, Kang Eun Seol's father stole the position of Lee Shin Jun's father by making his  and isn't Kang Eun Seol fall for him so that he can get to her father.

What stands out: (+) Beautiful love story; (+) Chemistry; (+) Acting of Joo Jin Mo (ML), Lee Bo Young (FL), and Na Young He (ML's mother); (+) classic costume; (+) beautiful setting of New Zealand in Episode 1; (-) Draggy story; (-) Some unnecessary characters like the housekeeper and her daughter; (-) over-application of lip gloss

Actor/actress to follow: Joo Jin Mo (Male Lead); Lee Bo Young (Female Lead)

Couple: Lee Shin Jun ♡ Kang Eun Seol

Story: After Seon Eun Woo gets dumped by her boyfriend, she meets her childhood friend Yun Jae Won who helps her to get her boyfriend back by launching fake love instagram project called "Wednesday 3:30pm"

What stands out: (+) Unique plot topic of the theory behind women look older at a certain time and day of the week; (+) Fast paced; (+) Good for binge-watching only 3 hours 45 minutes; (+) Chemistry

Actor and actress to follow: Hong Bin (Male Lead); Jin Ki Joo (Female Lead)

Couples: Yun Jae Won ♡ Seon Eun Woo; Yang Tae Kyung (cafe employee) ♡ Choi Sun Ah (cafe employee)

Note: It was researched that on Wednesday 3:30pm women globally, especially the ones who work office jobs Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm look older than their real ages

Story: During summer vacation, Song Mi Duo and her parents become neighbors to a famous pianist Xi Song

What stands out: (+) Cute FL; (+) Chemistry of Song Mi Duo's parents; (+) Friendship between Song Mi Duo with Li Yi You and her female friend; (+) Room and sleeping accesories; (-) Unrealistic story; (-) Draggy scenes

Actor/actress to follow: N/A

Couple: Xi Song ♡ Song Mi Duo

Story: Kang Dan Yi, who returns to workforce, lies on her career background and enters a rookie position in a publishing company where her childhood friend Cha Eun Ho works.

What stands out: (+) Beautiful love story; (+) Scriptwriting especially about literature; (+) Side stories of other colleagues(+) Chemistry; (+) Friendship between colleagues; (-) The daughter story in non-existent

Actor/actress to follow: Lee Jong Suk (Male Lead); Jung Yoo Jin (Second Female Lead)

Couples: Cha Eun Ho ♡ Kang Dan Yi; Ji Seo Joon (SML) ♡ Song Hae Rin (SFL); Kim Jae Min (CEO) ♡ Goo Yo Sun (Director); Park Hoon (rookie) ♡ Oh Ji Yool (rookie)

Note: This is a noona romance

Story: Goo Hae Ryung is hired to be a female historian thru a palace politic scheme and is assigned to record daily activities of Prince Lee Rim who is housebound by the King.

What stands out:(+) Not draggy; (+) Modern values throw into Joseon era; (+) Beautiful romance; (+) No love triangle; (+) Good ending, all's well ends well; (+) Good workmates; (+) Chemistry; (_) Badass female leads: the female historians, the female physician, and Queen Dowager; (+) The couple work together to solve a mystery; (+) Bromance; (-) Sismance; (+) Perfect casting; (+) Cinematography; (+) Costume

Actors and actress to follow: Cha Eun Woo (Male Lead);  Shin Se Kyung (Female Lead); Lee Ji Hoon (Male Lead - Historian Officer Min Woo Won);  Park Ki Woon (Male Lead - Crown Prince Yi Jin)

Couples: Prince Lee Rim ♡ Goo Hae Ryung

Story: Cartoonist Hua Xi Xi is hired to be a cartoonist and an agent for the newly reformed Aurora Football Club led by Huo Ziang, an injured professional football player

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (+) Bromance; (+) Beautiful location of Barcelona;  (-) Monotonous camera angles; (-) Draggy scenes; (-) Too many side stories

Actors and actress to follow: Run Chen (Male Lead); Zheng He Hui Zi (Female Lead); Li Jiu Lin (Support Role - Hua Xi Xi's brother)

Couples: Huo Ziang ♡ Hua Xi Xi; The couple's housemate ♡ Du Sha Sha (SFL - Huo Ziang's childhood friend); Hua Ming Xuan (Support Role - Hua Xi Xi's brother) ♡ Lu Xin Yi (The coach's daughter)

Story: Six university students enrolls in Dating Class and are taught dating principles

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of a university class for dating; (+) Perfect casting; (+) Eye candies

Actor/actress to follow: N/A

Couple: Yoon So ♡ Kang Ji Young; Im Ha Jun ♡ Cha Joo Won

Story: Intern doctor Ji Xian Yun is traveled back to ancient China and is to be married to King Qi Liang Xiao who has a mysterious disease in which she cures.

What stands out: (+) Beautiful romance; (+) Chemistry; (+) Ghost market; (+) Great sub by Lan Lan with notes on ancient Chinese culture; (-) Cinematography due to low budget; (-) In the end people close to the couple left

Actor and actress to follow: Sheng Ying Hao (Male Lead); Yang An Qi (Female Lead)

Couples: King Qi Liang Xiao ♡ Ji Xian Yun; King's Personal Guard ♡Shi Ming Yue (King's foster sister)

Story: Bae Soo Jung who has a boyfriend of 10 years meets Kim Jae Hyun who only believes in one-night stand and he offers to sleep with her.

What stands out: (+) Discussion of relationships; (+) Chemistry

Actor and actress to follow: Yoo Yeon Seok (Male Lead); Moon Chae Won (Female Lead)

Couple: Kim Jae Hyun ♡ Bae Soo Jung

Story: When trying to save the orphanage where she came from, Fang Yong Yong enters a contract marriage with Xiang Yun Jie who tries to get custody for his 8-year old son

What stands out: (+) Beautiful romance; (+) Chemistry;c(+) Sismance between Fang Yong Yong and her step sisters; (+) Acting of Janine Chang; (-) Draggy story

Actors and actress to follow: Mike He (Male Lead); Janine Chang (Female Lead); Li Yi Feng (Second Male Lead)

Couples: Xiang Yun Jie ♡ Fang Yong Yong; Xiang Yun Chao (SML) ♡ Kong Xin Jie (fiancee)

Story: Following the first season, Luo Fei Fei becomes the Master of Ophiuchus and prepares her wedding to Emperor Bei Tang Yi while the Zodiac Land is infiltrated by the enemy Orion Tribe

What stands out: (+) Eye candies; (+) More scenes with other masters; (+) Acting of Xiao Lu Si (FL) and Sean Xiao (SML); (+) Better costume than the ones in the first season probably due to better funding upon the succes of the season 1; (-) Weird ending; (-) Bad acting of some of the XNine members

Actor and actress to follow:  Zhao Lu Si (Female Lead); Sean Xiao (Second Male Lead)

Couples: Emperor Bei Tang Yi ♡ Luo Fei Fei; Teacher Bai Wu Chen (Master of Virgo) ♡ General Chu Sheng Nan (Master of Leo); Bei Tang Tang (Master of Pisces, the Emperor's brother♡ Xia Bing (Princess of Orion)

Story: While going to her idol's concert, Luo Fei Fei is transported to the Zodiac Land and meets Emperor Bei Tang Yi, who is a look alike of the idol Jia Cheng

What stands out: (+) Eye candies; (+) Acting of Xiao Lu Si (FL) and Sean Xiao (SML); (-) Bad acting of some of the XNine members; (-) Bad costume

Actor and actress to follow:  Zhao Lu Si (Female Lead); Sean Xiao (Second Male Lead)

Couples: Emperor Bei Tang Yi ♡ Luo Fei Fei; Teacher Bai Wu Chen (Master of Virgo) ♡ General Chu Sheng Nan (Master of Leo)

Story: Brothers Kongfa and Daoneu get romantically entangled with sisters Kookai and Khaiwan

What stands out: (+) Chemistry between Daoneu and Kookai; (-) Draggy story; (-) Cringey relationship between Kongfa and Khaiwan, especially since SFL is still in highschool); (-) Childish FL

Actor and actress to follow: March Chutavuth Pattarakhumpol (Male Lead); Sheranut Yusanand (Female Lead)

Couples: Daoneu ♡ Kookai; Kongfa ♡ Khaiwan; Shang (Khaiwan's classmate) ♡ Koi (Khaiwan's classmate)

Story: 900 yeard old Kim Shin who cannot die waits for his bride who can pulls sword off his chest finally meets highschooler Ji Eun Tak who can see ghosts.

What stands out: (+) Brilliant storyline; (+) Editing; (+) Many stories but not draggy; (+) Screenwriting; (+) Witty dialogues; (+) Perfect casting; (+) Cinematography; (+) OST

Actors and actresses to follow: Gong Yoo (Male Lead); Kim Go Eun (Female Lead);  Lee Dong Wook (Second Male Lead); Yoo In Na (Second Female Lead); Yook Sung Jae (Main Lead - housekeeper); Kim Min Jae (Guest Role - King of Goryeo Wang Yeo, in the present is Grim Reaper); Kim So Hyun (Guest Role - Queen of Goryeo Kim Sun, Kim Shin's sister); Jung Hae In (Guest Role Choi Tae Hee - Kim Eun Tak's childhood friend)

Couples: Kim Shin ♡ Ji Eun Tak; Grim Reaper (SML) ♡ Sunny (SFL); Wang Yeo (King of Goryeo) ♡ Kim Sun (Queen of Goryeo)

Story: In order to cover the hospital bills of her little brother, Lin Lu enters a fake dating contract with her boss Shi Lian Shen who wants to avoid an arranged marriage

What stands out: (+) Acting of Song Yi Ren; (+) Costume of Fan Qiao; (-) Draggy story; (-) Childish leads

Actress to follow: Ireine Song (Female Lead)

Couples: Shi Lian Shen ♡ Lin Lu; Yan Zhi Chen (Shi Lian Shen friend) ♡ Fang Qiao (Shi Lian Shen's ex fiancee)

Story: Highschooler Jang Dan Bi goes back to Joseon Era and meets King Se Jong Yi Do and helps him with national problem thru her modern day knowledge

What stands out: (+) Historical facts on the people and inventions; (+) Acting of Kim Seul Gi (FL); (+) Kim Seul Gi gets her own "Love in the Moonlight" drama with her disguising as eunuch (she appears briefly in the last scene)

Actor and actress to follow: Kim Seul Gi (Female Lead); Ahn Hyo Seop (Support Role)

Couple: King Se Jong Yi Do ♡ Jang Dan Bi

Story: Mo Nan Hee borrows a magic ring from her mom in which she can look prettier in the eye of Park Se Gun who she has crush on.

What stands out: (+) Unique plot topic of low self-esteem; (+) Acting of Kim Seul Gi; (-) Ending sucks, it's better if FL realizes the weakness of the relationship and leaves ML; (-) Relationship based on lies

Actor and actress to follow: Ahn Hyo Seop (Male Lead); Kim Seul Gi (Female Lead)

Couples: Park Se Gun ♡ Mo Nan Hee; Byun Tae Hyeon (SML) ♡ Kang Mi Joo (SFL)

Story: At the first day of school, Kogure Nao enters a highschool and gets a marriage proposal from a bad boy Onise Taiga at the first day

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (-) Weird uncle - niece's love?

Actor/actress to follow: Hirano Sho (Male Lead); Taira Yuna (Female Lead)

Couples: Onise Taiga ♡ Kogure Nao; Misaki Ayumu (classmate) ♡ Yashiro Kayo (classmate)

Story: Toon, is used to be lesbian now straight and falls in love with Suphanut, gets a new boss who none other than Matt, her ex girlfriend's boyfriend.

What stands out: (+) Messy funny story; (+) Eye candies; (+) Perfect casting; (+) Acting of (+) Setting in zoo, aquarium, and elephant sanctuary; (-) Draggy story

Actors and actresses to follow: Nine Naphat Siangsomboon (Male Lead); Ice Preechaya Pongthananikorn (Female Lead); Deaw Suriyon Aroonwattanakul (Second Male Lead); Sheranut Yusanand (Second Female Lead); Big Thongpoom Siripipat (Support Role - Matt's stepbrother); Gap Chanoksuda Raksanaves (Support Role - Matt's sister) 

Couples: Matt ♡ Toon; Suphanut (SML) ♡ Sarochinee (SFL); Sean (Matt's step brother) ♡ Pimmy (Matt's sister); Tohmon (Toon's coworker) ♡ Anoma (Toon's friend)

Story: Eve's dreams about her future always come true, including how her idolized future boyfriend looks like, which fits with Pun who is only a gas station attendant

What stands out: (+) Female chases male first done right; (+) Chemistry;  (+) Acting of Ice; (+) Beautiful scenery and culture of Dali tribe and rural Thai

Actress to follow: Ice Preechaya Pongthananikor (Female Lead)

Couple: Pun ♡ Eve

Story: High-school couple Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya love other people, they only get together to fulfill each other's physical desires.

What stands out: (+) Uncommon intimate scenes; (+) Acting of Yoshimoto Miyu;  (-) Manga-like choppy storyline and acting; (-) Leave you with a desire to kill the teacher; (-) Acting of Sakurada Dori

Actress to follow: Yoshimoto Miyu (Female Lead)

Couple: Hanabi Yasuraoka ♡ Mugi Awaya; Male teacher ♡ Female teacher

Story: Guan Xiao Tong, love guru from her online dating company, clashes with Ji Jia Wei, the founder of a divorce service company, and their offices are facing each other.

What stands out: (+) Unique plot theme of matchmaking agency vs divorce agency; (+) Unique concept that divorce should be celebrated; (+) Cute Polo; (-) Draggy story; (-) Boring business meetings; (-) Overused Murphy Law; (-) Chemistry; (-) Acting of Male Lead, mostly he frowned; (-) Childish FL's wardrobe

Actor to follow: Jolin Chien (Second Male Lead Xiang Zi Yan) 

Couples: Ji Jia Wei ♡ Guan Xiao Tong; Lin Shao Qiang (Ji Jia Wei's coworker and friend) ♡ Xia Xin Xin (Gian Xiao Tong's coworker and friend) 

Story: Yan Xiao Xi enters a college to investigate past incident of her foster father and bonds with Qi Jing Hao for the same passion of table tennis.

What stands out: (+) Badass drama's intro; (+) Hot-tempered couple, rare in dramas; (+) Cute Female Lead; (+) Cunning and mean, imperfect Female Lead; (+) Eye candies for both young and adult characters;  (+) Perfect casting; (+) Acting of the girl who played as young Yan Xiao Xi; (+) FL's beautiful house; (+) Eccentric costume of Dong Dong (Yan Xiao Xi's friend)

Actor/actress to follow: Kris Fan (Male Lead); Bu Guan Jin (Female Lead); Huang Sheng Chi (Second Male Lead Li Sheng); Ryan Zhu (Table Tennis Club member Hou Jian Bai); Li Yi Tong (Campus belle Tong Jia Yue)

Couples: Qi Jing Hao ♡ Yan Xiao Xi; Hou Jian Bai ♡ Tong Jia Yue

Story: Lee Jae In is forced to date Kim Da Hyeon, a teacher whom he never meets before, by his grandfather to be able to keep his inheritance.

What stands out: (+) Funny grandpa; (+) Chemistry; (+) Realistic marriage proposal

Actor to follow: Ha Seok Jin (Male Lead)

Couples: Lee Jae In ♡ Kim Da Hyeon; Min Tae Ha (Lee Jae In's cousin) ♡ Jung Hyeon Jin (Kim Da Hyeon's friend)

Story: While searching for her boyfriend who breaks up with her, Xia Ran runs into his roommate Jin Zhi Hao

What stands out: (+) Great wedding cases; (+) Touching side love stories of the clients; (+) Acting of Yang Zi (FL); (-) Draggy; (-) Too many side love stories

Actress to follow: Yang Zi (Female Lead) 

Couples: Jin Zhi Hao ♡ Xia Ran; Leng Chao (Xia Ran's boss) ♡ Nie Xuan (SFL - Jin Zhi Hao's ex girlfriend); Ding Yi (Family friend) ♡ Xia Mu (Xia Ran's mom); Xia Ran's male assistant ♡ Xia Ran's female assistant; Family Friend ♡  Jin Zhi Hao's mother; Jin Zhi Hao's little brother ♡ Zhou Xi Xi (Nie Xuan's little sister);  

Story: Sawaki Chihiro who is memory genius helps Hyuga Toru starting internet website business.

What stands out: (+) Acting of Oguri Shun (ML); (-) draggy

Actor and actress to follow: Oguri Shun (Male Lead);  Ishihara Satomi (Female Lead)

Couple:  Hyuga Toru ♡ Sawaki Chihiro

Story: Usami Kei, a salary man, is trapped in an elevator for hours with 3 other tenants and upon sharing his relationship problem with his fiance Kagawa Mei, the newfound-friends decide to launch Love Shuffle project.

What stands out: (+) Multiple couple stories well-done; (+) Plot twists; (+) Perfect casting; (+) friendship between the tenants

Actor to follow: Matsuda Shota (Male Lead)

Couple: Usami Kei ♡ Aizawa Airu; Sera Ojiro ♡ Hayakawa Kairi ; Oishi Yukichi ♡ Kagawa Mei 

Story: Nemoto Kahoko who has been sheltered all her life by her mother, goes to the university and meets poor student Mugino Hajime who is completely opposite of her

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; Acting of (-)

Actor to follow: Takeuchi Ryoma (Male Lead)

Couple: Mugime Hajime ♡ Nemoto Kahoko

Story: Dong Shan Cai enters a university and clashes with Dao Ming Si and his F4 friends when he breaks her cellphone and does not want to admit it.

What stands out: (+) F4 bromance; (+) Acting of Dylan Wang (ML); (-) Draggy; (-) Unnecessary love story of Feng Mei Zuo; (-) Product Placement (PPL); Acting of Shen Yue (FL)

Actor to follow: Dylan Wang (Male Lead)

Couples: Dao Ming Si ♡ Dong Shan Cai; Xi Men Yan (F4) ♡ Jiang Xiao You (Dong Shan Cai's friend)

Story: Due to misunderstanding, the stuntwoman Gil Ra Im meets CEO Kim Joo Won and their bodies are swapped during a supernatural incident

What stands out: (+)Chemistry; (+) stunt works (+) the stunt people friendship; (+) Acting of Hyun Bin (ML) during body swap; (+) Acting of Yoon Sang Hyun as OSKA; (+) Acting of Lee Jong Suk as pricky gay musician Han Tae Seon; (+) many OST due to characters in music industry; (+)OST "That Woman" or "That Man" (depends of who sings it)

Actor/actress to follow: Hyun Bin (Male Lead); Ha Ji Won (Female Lead); Kim Sa Rang (Second Female Lead); Lee Jong Suk (Support Lead - musician Han Tae Seon)

Couple: Kim Joo Won ♡ Gil Ra Im; OSKA ♡ Yoon Seul 

Story: The relationship of Han Qi Lu and An Chu Xia is shaken by the comeback of Han Qi Lu's ex girlfriend

What stands out: (+) ;(-) Acting of Li Hong Yi

Actor/actress to follow: Fair Xing (Female Lead)

Couple: Han Qi Lu ♡ An Chu Xia; Jiang Chen Chuan ♡ Meng Xiao Nan 

Story: Upon the death of her mother, An Chu Xia is fostered by Han Qi Lu's family and lives with them.

What stands out: (+) Acting of Fair Xing (FL) and Jason (classmate); (+) An Chu Xia's gangster makeup; (-) Acting of Li Hong Yi

Actor/actress to follow: Fair Xing (Female Lead)

Couple: Han Qi Lu ♡ An Chu Xia

Story: Tiara that is given as wedding present is stolen, so Domyoji Tsukasa and Makino Tsukushi have to find it.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (+) Perfect casting; (+) Perfect wedding with family and friends.

Actor/actress to follow: Matsumoto Jun (Male Lead); Inoue Mao (Female Lead);  Oguri Shun (Male Lead); Matsuda Shota (Male Lead)

Couple: Domyoji Tsukasa ♡ Makino Tsukushi

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Story: Following the first season, Domyoji Tsukasa pushes Makino Tsukushi and F4 away in order to protect them from his mother's plot.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (+) Perfect casting

Actor/actress to follow: Matsumoto Jun (Male Lead); Inoue Mao (Female Lead);  Oguri Shun (Male Lead); Matsuda Shota (Male Lead)

Couple: Domyoji Tsukasa ♡ Makino Tsukushi

Story: Defending her best friend, Makino Tsukushi faces Domyoji Tsukasa and the rest of F4, rich and powerful boys at her highschool.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (+) Perfect casting; (-) High-school bullying

Actor/actress to follow: Matsumoto Jun (Male Lead); Inoue Mao (Female Lead);  Oguri Shun (Male Lead); Matsuda Shota (Male Lead)

Couple: Domyoji Tsukasa ♡ Makino Tsukushi

Story: Si Tu Mo and Gu Wei Yi, both in their final year of college, live together as per their mothers' agreement.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (+) The Physics department crew; (-) Draggy; (-) The second couple is unnecessary

Actor and actress to follow: Lin Yi (Male Lead); Fair Xing (Female Lead) 

Couples: Gu Wei Yi ♡ Si Tu Mo; Fu Pei (SI Tu Mo long time friend) ♡ Wang Shan (Si Tu Mo's friend)

Story: When suffering from amnesia, heir of a large business group Kang Ji Sung aka Louis is saved by country girl Go Bok Shil.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (+) Perfect casting; (+) Acting of Seo In Guk (ML), Nam Ji Hyun (FL); Yoon Sang Hyun (SML), Kim Young Ok (Louis' grandma) (+) France is shooting location

Actor and actress to follow: Seo In Guk (Male Lead); Nam Ji Hyun (Female Lead)

Couples: Louis ♡ Go Bok Shil; Cha Joong Won (SML) ♡ Baek Ma Ri (SFL); Kim Ho Joon (Louis' butler) ♡ Heo Jung Ran (Grandma's assistant)

Story: Mo Lian Cheng is transported to the modern world and meets the Xiao Tan who does not know him, then both of them are transported back to the ancient world but there is another Mo Lian Cheng there.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (+) Costume better than the first season; (-) The same ancient setting but different story is confusing; (-) The beginning of the drama is different than the end of the first season where they find and know each other after being transported; (-) 3 Mo Lian Cheng, the one from modern world, the one from ancient world, and the modern on disguises as a different person.

Actors and actress to follow: Xing Zhao Lin (Male Lead); Liang Jie (Female Lead); Richards Wang  (Second Male Lead)

Couples: Mo Lian Cheng  ♡ Xiao Tan; Mo Yi Huai (SML - Mo Lian Cheng's older brother) ♡ Qu Tan Er; Mo Jing Xuan (Mo Lian Cheng's younger brother) ♡ Jing Xin (Qu Tan Er's friend, her maid in the first season)

Story: Xiao Tan from modern day world is transported into Qu Tan Er body when the later tries to commit suicide, since she is forced to marry Prince Mo Lian Cheng.

What stands out: (+) Unique plot of time travelling and body swapping altogether;(+)Chemistry; (-) Open ending where Xiao Tan and Mo Lian Cheng are both transported back to the modern world

Actors and actress to follow: Xing Zhao Lin (Male Lead); Liang Jie (Female Lead); Richards Wang (Second Male Lead)

Couples: Mo Lian Cheng  ♡ Xiao Tan; Mo Yi Huai (SML - Mo Lian Cheng's brother) ♡ Qu Tan Er

Story: Soichiro Kurokawa, a CEO from a gaming company, falls for his employee and asks Riko Shirono, a love game simulation planner, to help him with his love pursue.

What stands out: (+) Short only 1 1/2 hour; (+) Setting around Christmas; (+) Cinematography of holiday season

Actress to follow: Tabe Mikako (Female Lead)

Couple: Soichiro Kurokawa ♡ Riko Shirono

Story: Pretending to be her male cousin, Na Yoon moves in to a share-house owns by the idol Seon Min

What stands out: (+) Fast paced

Actor/actress to follow: N/A

Couple: Seon Min ♡ Na Yoon

Story: Weightlifting student Kim Bok Joo likes a weigh-loss doctor who is none other than her childhood friend Jung Joon Hyeong's older brother.

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of female weightlifter; (+) Perfect casting; (+) Chemistry; Acting of Lee Sung Kyung and (+) Friendship of the weightlifting team; (+) Sismance of Bok Joo, Nan Hee, and Sun Ok

Actor and actress to follow: Nam Joo Hyuk (Male Lead); Lee Sung Kyung (Female Lead)

Couples: Jung Joon Hyeong ♡ Kim Bok Joo; Jung Jae Yi (SML - Joon Hyeong's brother) ♡ Go Ah Yeong (school doctor); Joo Tae Kwon (Joon Hyeong's friend) ♡ Lee Sun Ok (Kim Bok Joo's friend); Yoon Deok Man (Kim Bok Joo's professor) ♡ Choi Sung Eun (Kim Bok Joo's coach)

Story: Lee Yoo Mi, a nutritionist, starts working at a large company whose CEO is Cha Jin Wook, whom she has one night stand with a few years ago

What stands out: (+) Chemistry

Actor to follow: Sung Hoon (Male Lead)

Couples: Chan Jin Wook ♡ Lee Yoo Mi; Jeong Hyeon Tae (bookstore owner where Lee Yoo Mi stays) ♡ Joo Hye Ri  (anchorwoman, Jin Wook's long time friend)

Story: Upon seeing the Herculean strength of Do Bong Soon, Ahn Min Hyuk the CEO of a gaming company hires her to be his bodyguard.

What stands out: (+) Unique story of a superwoman; (+) Thriller from the side story (+) Chemistry; (+) Acting of Park Hyung Shik, Park Bo Young, and Ji Soo; (+) The mafia; (+) The school kids; (+) OST "Heartbeat"

Actors and actress to follow: Park Hyung Shik (Male Lead); Park Bo Young (Female Lead);  Ji Soo (Second Male Lead)

Couple: Ahn Min Hyuk ♡ Do Bong Soon,

Story: When the robot AG3 breaks down, Jo Ji Ah the model of the robot, is asked to pose as AG3 for its owner Kim Min Kyu.

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of human poses as robot; (+) Chemistry; (+)Acting of Chae Soo Bin as the real AG3, Jo Ji Ah pretending to be AG3, and the real Jo Ji Ah; (+) Acting of Yoo Seung Ho; (+) friendship of Santa Maria team and Kim Min Kyu

Actor and actress to follow: Yoo Seung Ho (Male Lead); Chae Soo Bin (Female Lead)

Couples: Kim Min Kyu ♡ Jo Ji Ah; Hong Baek Gyun (SML - Jo Ji Ah's ex boyfriend, Santa Maria team leader) ♡ Pi (Santa Maria team member); Hwang Yoo Cheol (Min Kyu's friend) ♡ Ye Ri El (SFL - Kim Min Kyu's childhood friend); Hoktal (Santa Maria team member) ♡ Sun Hye  (Jo Ji Ah's best friend)

Story: Na Doo Rim poses as the doppelganger of an heiress as she avoid a cursed marriage to Choi Kang Joo

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of doppelgange; (+) Ghost Byul; (+) Chemistry; (+) Great acting of Yang Jin Sung as dual roles (+) Female villains; (-) Draggy

Actor/actress to follow: N/A

Couples: Choi Kang Joo ♡ Na Doo Rim; Secretary Kim ♡ Ma Jae Ran (Na Doo Rim's friend)

An ordinary girl Kim Mi Young goes to a vacation and spends a one night stand with a rich strangerLee Gun and she gets pregnant.

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of pregnancy process; (+) Family-oriented; (+) Chemistry;  (+) Acting of Jang Na Ra and Jang Hyuk; (+) Perfect casting for respective roles; (-) Draggy' (-) Male eccentric/theatrical behavior

Actress to follow: Jang Na Ra (Female Lead)

Couple: Lee Gun ♡ Kim Mi Young

Story: Kim Mi So, long time secretary of CEO Lee Young Joon, has it enough and announces her resignation.

What stands out: (+) Office romances; (+) Chemistry; (+) Office friendship; (+) Sismance between Kim Mi So and her sisters; (+) Percect casting of the respective characters; (+) Acting of Park Min Young, Park Seo Joon,  Kang Ki Young (Director)

Actor and actress to follow:  Park Seo Joon (Male Lead); Park Min Young (Female Lead)

Couples: Lee Young Joon ♡ Kim Mi So; Goo Gwi Nam ♡ Kim Ji Ah (office employees); Yang Cheol ♡ Bong Se Ra (office employees);  Park Yoo Shik (Director) ♡ Seo Jin (his ex's wife)

Story: Kim Yun Hee disguises as a man to enter the male-only Sungkyungkwan University to avoid marriage and help her family future, there she meets Lee Seon Joon and other fellow students and forms the Fabulous Four

What stands out: (+) Acting of Park Min young (FL), Park Yoo Chun (ML), Song Joong Ki (ML), Yoo Ah In (ML), and Kim Min Seo (gisaeng Cho Sun)

Actors and actress to follow: Park Yoo Chun (Male Lead); Park Min Young (Female Lead); Song Joong Ki (Male Lead); Yoo Ah In (Male Lead)

Couple: Lee Seon Joon ♡ Kim Yun Hee

Story: Little Go Tae Bong leaves his mother Go Mi Yeon and goes to China to find his biological father Zhou Li Yan

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of artifical implementation and its impact to a child; (+) Family-oriented; (+) Acting of Moon Mason as little Go Tae Bong; (+) Beautiful scenery of rural China

Actor to follow: Aarif Rahman (Male Lead)

Couple: Zhou Li Yan ♡ Go Mi Yeon (potential)

Story: Bo Dan Wu comes back to his hometown for his mother's funeral and finds out he has to marry within 100 days, there he meets his ex girlfriend Xiao Wei who is about to marry his step brother

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of Taiwanese ancient/local tradition; (+) beautiful cinematography of the island (-)

Actor/actress to follow: None

Couple: Bo Dan Wu ♡ Xiao Wei

Story: Tomboy Go Eun Chan needs a permanent job so she disguises as a man and works at the male-only employee coffee shop for Choi Han Gyul and meets the rest of the employees

What stands out: (+) Strong chemistry; (+) Acting of Gong Yo as Choi Han Gyul and Yoon Eun Hye as Go Eun Chan; Bromance of the coffee shop employees; (-) Unnecessary second couple

Actors and actress to follow: Gong Yoo (Male Lead);  Yoon Eun Hye (Female Lead); Kim Jae Wook (Support character No Sun Ki - employee)

Couples: Choi Han Gyul ♡ Go Eun Chan; Choi Han Seong (Han Gyul's cousin ♡ Han Yoo Joo (Han Gyul's ex girlfriend)

Story: To boost up the popularity of the modern-day Korean monarch, Prince Lee Shin marries the commoner Shin Chae Kyung

What stands out: (+) Acting of Yoon Eun Hye as Chae Gyeong; (-) Draggy

Actress to follow: Yoon Eun Hye (Female Lead)

Couple: Prince Lee Shin ♡ Shin Chae Kyung

Story: Geum Jan Di gets a scholarship to attend a prestigious high school where she meets Goo Joon Pyo and the rest of the F4

What stands out: (+) Eye candies; (-) Unrealistic story; (-) F4 member look older than high-school age (-) Second Lead Syndrome

Actor to follow: Kim Hyun Joong (Second Male Lead)

Couples: Goo Joon Pyo ♡ Geum Jan Di; So Yi Jung (F4 member) ♡ Chu Ga Eul (Jan Di's friend)

Story: Hong Ra On who dresses as a man all her life is sold by her foster father to pay off debt and enters the palace as a eunuch to serve Crown Prince Hyo Myeong

What stands out: (+) chemistry; (+) bromance of eunuchs; (+) Acting of Park Bo Gum, Kim Yoo Jung, Jung Jin Young (Second Male Lead), Kwak Dong Yeon, and Chae Soo Bin (+) Casting (+) Kim Seul Gi stole the scene as  the winking eunuch in the end of the drama.

Actors and actresses to follow:  Park Bo Gum (Male Lead); Kim Yoo Jung (Female Lead); Kwak Dong Yeon  (Male Lead Kim Byung Yeon - Hyo Myeong's bodyguard);  Chae Soo Bin  (Second Female Lead Jo Ha Yeon - Hyo Myeong's betrothed)

Couples: Hyo Myeong ♡ Hong Ra On; Jeong Deok Ho (palace advisor) ♡ Princess Myun Geun (Hyo Myeong's sister)

Story: Young Crown Prince Lee Hwon and Lady Heo Yeon Woo fall in love and are bethroted, but then are separated by palace power struggle and years later she comes back as shaman Wol.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry (both the young couple and the adult couple); (+) Acting of Kim Soo Hyun, Han Ga In, Yeo Jin Goo, Kim Yoo Jun, Kim So Hyun, and Jeon Mi Seon (as head shaman Jang Nok Yung); (+) Casting; (-) Melodrama  (-) Death of good characters

Actors and actresses to follow: Kim Soo Hyun (Male Lead); Han Ga In (Female Lead); Yeo Jin Goo (Young Lee Hwon); Kim Yoo Jung (Young Heo Yeon Woo); Kim So Hyun (Young Yoo Bo Kyung - competitor)

Couples: Lee Hwon ♡ Heo Yeon Woo; Heo Yom (Yeon Woo's brother) ♡ Princess Min Hwa (Lee Hwon's sister)

Story: Cut-throat lawyer Yeon Woo dies in a car accident and due to heavenly mistake is sent back into a body of a housewife with two kids.

What stands out: (+) Family interaction; (+) Surprise ending; (+) Acting of Uhm Jung Hwa as Yeon Woo; (+) Acting of Seo Shin Ae as daughter Ha Neul.

Actor to follow: Song Seung Heon (Male Lead)

Couple: Sung Hwan ♡ Yeon Woo

Story: Jang Chae Rin enters South Korea illegally poses as her dancer sister and goes through gruesome training with former acclaimed dancer Na Young Sae for a dance competition

What stands out: (+) Topic of illegal immigration in South Korea; (+) Chemistry; (+) Park Gun Hyung acting as Na Young Sae (-); Moon Geun Young acting as Jang Chae Rin; (+) funny immigration agents spying the couple.

Actor and actress to follow: Park Gun Hyung (Male Lead); Moon Geun Young (Female Lead)

Couple: Na Young Sae ♡ Jang Chae Rin

Story: High-schooler Seo Bo Eun and college senior Park Sang Min are childhood friends and they are forced to marry by their grandfather's past agreement.

What stands out: (+) Chemistry; (+) Moon Geun Young acting as Seo Bo Eun

Actress to follow: Moon Geun Young (Female Lead) 

Couple: Park Sang Min ♡ Seo Bo Eun

Story: Pregnant Wen Jia Jia goes to the U.S. to deliver her baby and meets Hao Zhi/Frank, his daughter, and other mothers-to-be.

What stands out: (+) Unique topic of illegal Asian birth center in the U.S.; (+) Rebecca Tang acting as Wen Jia Jia; (+) the little actress acting as Hao Zhi's daughter

Actress to follow: Rebecca Tang (Female Lead) 

Couple: Wen Jia Jia ♡  Hao Zhi