Mango TV

A respected designer in the world of fashion, Zhou Fang (Dilraba Dilmurat) has dedicated her life to her work. Known for her impeccable taste and commitment to quality, Zhou Fang has never done anything that might undermine her work or her reputation. So it comes as quite a shock when she suddenly finds herself caught in the middle of a commercial lawsuit with a man she hardly knows.

The head of an e-commerce company, Song Li (Johnny Huang) has worked hard to get to where he is and he’s not about to let some ridiculous lawsuit bring him down. Face-to-face with Zhou Fang, Song Li realizes that the only way either of them are going to come out of this legal mess unscathed, is if they work together.

Hard-headed and nearly always fighting, Zhou Fang and Song Li struggle to find common ground, but in the process of competing, they begin to hone each other into better versions of themselves. Unexpectedly inspired to take bold new steps in their respective careers, Zhou Fang and Song Li realize their dreams aren’t the only things to have changed. Somewhere along the way, they seem to have experienced a very drastic change of heart. But do such polar opposites really have a chance of finding true happiness together?

Based on the novel, “Love is a Serious Matter” by Ai Xiaotu, “Love Designer” is a 2020 romantic drama directed by Shen Yang.

Love Designer

Designers of Love Team

Love is never easy, which is why Da Da (Minah) has sworn off men forever. The long-time girlfriend of a popular actor, Ma Wang Joon (Hong Jong Hyun), Da Da never had an easy love life. After seven years with a man too popular for his own good, Da Da decides enough is enough. Alone for the first time in years, the special effects makeup artist finds herself alone. But not for long.
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When an odd package is delivered to her by mistake, Da Da can’t help but take a quick peek inside. Falling into her arms, the second the box is opened, Zero Nine (Yeo Jin Goo), the state-of-the-art robot companion, is activated by their accidental “kiss”.
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Unintentionally thrust into the seven-day trial period, Da Da finds herself stuck taking care of this handsome “boyfriend” for the next week. With such a perfect companion by her side, you’d think Da Da would be more than satisfied with her new love life. But when Ma Wang Joon turns up, things get a little more complicated.
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A hilarious girl meets boy/meets robot love story, “Absolute Boyfriend” is a 2019 Viki Original drama series based on the ever-popular manga, “Zettai Kareshi” by Yuu Watase.

Absolute Boyfriend

 I❤Robot Team

Hunan TV

You can’t deny what flows through your veins.

Zhang Guo Guo (Sun Yi) is a bubbly young woman who was raised by Wang Ai Yu (Guo Hong) and grew up in the small town making deliveries for the family wonton shop. But unbeknownst to Guo Guo, she is actually the daughter of a famous embroidery workshop owner, but Ai Yu took her in after an accident and raised her alongside her own daughter, Zhang Yu Xin (Wu You).

Yu Xin becomes the apprentice of Xu Hui Jie (Pan Yi Jun), Guo Guo’s biological mother, and then goes overseas to study design. Meanwhile, Guo Guo’s unique talents with embroidery begins to surface, and she works hard to earn a chance to study at her father’s embroidery workshop.

As Guo Guo and Yu Xin become professional rivals, they also vie for the love of two brothers, Li Yun Kai (Deng Lun) and Li Yun Zhe (Dai Chao). Can Guo Guo pursue her dreams and find love along the way?

“Because of Meeting You” is a 2017 Chinese drama series directed by Zhou Xiao Peng. This is a special 45-minute episode version of the drama.

Because of Meeting You

Stitched Into Your Heart Team

As a child, Meng Hui (Li Jia Qi) was involved in a terrible accident. Though she has born the physical scars of that moment on her face all her life, it’s the mental scars that have caused the greatest damage. Traumatized by the event, Meng Hui developed a dissociative identity disorder which causes her to switch between two distinct personalities at random. Never knowing when her alternate personality might emerge, Meng Hui has struggled all her life, to find a balance between her two sides.

Now grown, Meng Hui works as a makeup artist who has started creating her own small line of homemade cosmetics. As fate would have it, she happens to cross paths with Shen Yi (Zhao Yi Qin), the CEO of a large cosmetics company, during one of her episodes and suddenly declares herself to be his girlfriend. Though shocked by this sudden outburst, Shen Yi decides it’s better to save face by playing along, than make a scene in public. In turn Shen Yi is rewarded for his seeming gallantry when he discovers, not long after, that Meng Hui has developed a liquid foundation that has the potential to revolutionize the cosmetics industry. Desperate to get his hands on her formula, Shen Yi continues to play the part of the devoted boyfriend, a fact that shocks Meng Hui once her alternate personality relinquishes control.

Though at first, only interested in Meng Hui’s formula, Shen Yi soon finds himself falling for the girl fate seems to have thrown into his life, and even more surprising, she seems to be falling for him. But their relationship is put to the ultimate test when Meng Hui learns that Shen Yi was the one responsible for the accident that changed her life, all those years ago. Will their love become the salve that heals their deepest wounds or will they find that some wounds really do leave permanent scars?

A story of love and healing, “My Girl” is a 2020 romantic comedy drama directed by Zhong Qing.

My Girl

💄  My Girl Team

A man and a woman scared by the death of one. They eat, sleep and sometimes laugh like before but if one thing has changed, even the brief glimpse of happiness they feel in their daily lives is misfortune. These two reach out to each other. And they speak to each other. Telling each other to stop suffering, that it wasn't their fault, and so it's okay to be happy now. They heal their emotional scars, open up their hearts and fall in love again. Through this story, we can see that the thing that gets us up again after a tragedy, the thing that comforts us in the face of a loss of life is people and love. It is a warm and ordinary story.

My Lovely Girl

The Lovable Team 

Tencent Video

Gu Chuan (Allen Ren) is a passion-filled, vibrant young man with his whole life ahead of him – until his life is turned upside down by a sudden traffic accident.

He suffers life-threatening injuries to his heart and surgeons are able to save him by giving him an emergency heart transplant.

But when he recovers, he discovers that he is no longer allowed to perform most forms of exercise. Worse still, the doctors warn him that experiencing strong emotions could also end his life prematurely. He tries to return to normal life, but the changes he must make to his lifestyle take all the fizz out of his existence.

He carefully avoids anything that could raise his heart rate – even if doing so turns him into a shadow of his former self.

Things take another turn, however, when a woman named Jiang Xiao Yu (Fei Xing) comes to work at the company he and his friend set up. Jiang Xiao Yu’s own back story is also tinged with sadness: She was orphaned at an early age. Regardless, she is a veritable font of positivity.

Little by little, that positivity starts to rub off on Gu Chuan – but could this bond ever turn romantic, in spite of his condition?

“Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Qiang Wu.

Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard

Passionate Mechanical Hearts

The year is 1941 and East Asia is being torn apart by war – on land, at sea, and in the air. Imperial Japanese forces have occupied Hong Kong and work with native collaborators in a bid to impose strict Japanese martial law.

Into this lethal fray steps a young man named Ye Chong (Allen Ren) a fierce patriot and a devoted communist. Recruited by Chinese communist forces, he agrees to go undercover as a double agent.

His role will be to infiltrate the collaborators who are helping Japan tighten its grip on Hong Kong. The role involves becoming the “Autumn Cicada,” a spy who will relay information back to his communist comrades who are still plotting to throw off the Japanese yoke.

The role is perilous, and beset with danger at every turn. When Japanese intelligence officers learn that a mole has infiltrated the military ranks, a deadly hunt begins – in an effort to expose, capture, and torture the Autumn Cicada.

Fortunately, a handful of sympathetic freedom fighters is ready to help Ye Chong complete his mission – including the beautiful He Ying (Li Man).

“Autumn Cicada” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Fu Ning and Li Ang.

Autumn Cicada

The Spy Who Loved Me Team

iQiyi

Rong Hua (Zhang Hui Wen) is the virtuous daughter of a powerful clan chief. At her father’s behest, she decides to seek out a powerful pearl that she is told has the power to heal and bring peace to the realm.

The way is perilous and full of dangers, however, and she is saved from seemingly certain doom by Nalan Yue (Allen Ren), a young apprentice warrior from a rival clan.

The duo forms a close friendship – as well as a romantic bond – and decides to work together, despite the fact that their families’ feud continues to fester.

Unfortunately, the road to peace is anything but smooth. Rong Hua’s vengeful father will stop at nothing to exact revenge on Nalan Yue’s family.

Things get even more complicated for the young lovers when the corrupt Ming sect invests Nalan Yue with demonic dark magic skills.

Can Rong Hua and Nalan Yue overcome the forces of evil – and restore peace to the world?

“Love A Lifetime” is a 2020 Chinese drama series directed by Ren Hai Yao.

Love A Lifetime

The Twilight Team 

Murakami Maiko (Aoi Wakana), aged 24, is the daughter of a business owner. She is straight-talking and pure of heart, but has never been in a romantic relationship. One day, her father asks him to go on a blind date with one of his work acquaintances, a man named Hanasato Harumi (Takezai Terunosuke). On paper, this match is as terrible as they come: Murakami Maiko has lived a sheltered life, and Hanasato Harumi is a 44-year-old divorcee. She agrees to go on the date to please her father, while Hanasato Harumi only concedes to the meeting because he values her father as a business partner.

But when they meet, she discovers that he is actually both attractive and has a good personality. She instinctively makes her feelings for him known. Against his better instincts, he also starts to fall for Murakami Maiko. But when – on just their third date – the issue of marriage comes up, things get very serious very suddenly.

Their fledgling romance then comes under sudden threat when one of Murakami Maiko’s platonic school friends resurfaces – and confesses that he has feelings for her too. Could the odd couple really go the full distance, despite their 20-year age gap...and tie the knot?

“May December Couple” is a 2020 Japanese drama series that was directed by Hiroki Ryuichi.

May December Couple

Age Gap Lovers Team

WOWOW

In high school, Yuri Totsuka (Kanna Hashimoto) was just another teenage girl. Experiencing all the ups and downs that come with high school, Yuri’s struggles weren’t any different than every other girl her age. Living on her own, in a quiet apartment complex in a peaceful province, Yuri should have had a largely uneventful teenage life. But one terrifying event would change not only her life, but the lives of two of her classmates, forever.

Once a friend of Yuri’s, Satoko Hino (Ai Yoshikawa) had given up on their friendship after the two had a falling out. Now more a stranger than a friend, Satoko suffers through her miserable life alone. Alongside her, transfer student Maho Sakazaki (Wakana Aoi) seems doomed to spend her high school years as a loner; but living in the same apartment complex as Yuri, the two soon become close friends. With a new friend by her side, Yuri might have forgotten all about Satoko, had Fate not decided to intervene in a truly cruel and horrifying way.

When Maho is attacked by a violent assailant, Yuri steps in, desperate to save her friend; but her frantic attempt to help ends in murder. Only adding to the horror of it all, Satoko is arrested the very next day. Now caught in a tangled web of lies and murders, the three girls desperately search for a way out. But is escape even an option when you’re in this deep?&nbsp;

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Fumie Kondo, “INFLUENCE” is a 2021 suspense drama directed by Naruhide Mizuta and Paul Young.

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