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Chai Xiao Qi (Wan Peng) is an alien woman whose craft crashed on Earth, causing Fang Leng (Bie Thassapak Hsu), a handsome but overbearing CEO to have a traffic accident. She used her alien powers to save him, but this meant that she became marooned on the planet. She also found herself irresistibly attracted to him, and eventually, the two found love. Everything was set for a happy ending, with the duo set to tie the knot. But, on the day of her wedding, as she was preparing to say “I do,” Chai Xiao Qi was taken away by Jiang Shi Yi (Wan Yan Luo Rong), a being from the same planet as Chai Xiao Qi who was previously designated as her perfect mate. Chai Xiao Qi manages to escape and tries to return to Earth. But when she does so, she travels through the wrong worm hole...

She awakes to find herself next to Fang Leng again. But there’s a complication: He doesn’t seem to have any idea who she is...because she has actually traveled back a year in time! She is still besotted with him and tries to win his heart “back,” but he seems to be utterly disinterested in her advances. She tries everything she can in order to win his attention, but he keeps pushing her away. Can Chai Xiao Qi recover her true love, or will he keep on rejecting her?

“My Girlfriend Is an Alien 2” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Deng Ke and Gao Cong Kai.

My Girlfriend is an Alien 2

🛸 How to tame a  CEO³🛸 

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Indifferent to the things most people crave, namely fame, fortune, and a thriving social life, botany professor Zhuang Yu (Vin Zhang) is interested in only one thing: his research. Having dedicated his entire life to the research and cultivation of sweet wormwood, Zhuang Yu cares for nothing else. So singularly focused on his work, it comes as no surprise that he would be devoid of social graces, which is how he came to break the heart of Yu Mei Ren (Esther Yu).

Having grown up in the countryside, Mei Ren and Zhuang Yu’s paths often crossed. After harboring a crush on Zhuang Yu for quite some time, Mei Ren finally worked up the courage to confess her feelings, only to have them completely rejected. Heartbroken, Mei Ren moved on with her life, eventually graduating from university with a doctorate in ornithology; but even as the years passed, she never forgot the pain Zhuang Yu had inflicted on her young heart.&nbsp;

Weary of the pressures that come with a life dedicated to scientific research, Mei Ren eventually decides to pursue a different route. Now a fashion blogger, Mei Ren is surprised when her path once again crosses with Zhang Yu. Having never forgotten him, Mei Ren is determined to use this chance to exact her revenge but the harder she tries, the more she finds herself falling for him. Has fate given her a second chance to win this botanist’s indifferent heart?

An adorably sweet love story, “A Romance of the Little Forest” is a 2022 Chinese romantic comedy directed by Cai Cong.

A Romance of the Little Forest

🌿The Botanists🌿

Chai Xiao Qi (Wan Peng) is an alien woman from a faraway planet. When she lands in her spacecraft on Earth, she comes across Fang Leng (Bie Thassapak Hsu), a handsome, control-freak CEO, whose car has crashed and is about to explode. She uses her superhuman powers to save him from the blast, but it takes its toll on her – leading her to lose a homing device that she needs in order to return home. Now she is stuck on Earth and forced to pretend she is a normal earthling – when in fact she is anything but. To add to the trouble, she finds she is uncontrollably attracted to human male hormones.

Fang Leng, meanwhile, cannot remember what happened to him on the night of the accident. He also suffers from a strange form of amnesia that leads him to forget the women he knows when it rains. Chai Xiao Qi’s quest to retrieve her device leads her back to Fang Leng. Over time, the duo becomes attracted to one another. Can a man – and an overbearing man with such a strange predicament at that – really fall for an extraterrestrial being? And what will happen when Fang Leng’s half-brother Fang Lie (Wang You Jun) also develops a crush on Chai Xiao Qi?

“My Girlfriend Is an Alien” is a 2019 Chinese drama series that was directed by Deng Ke and Gao Zong Kai.

My Girlfriend is an Alien

🛸UFOund me in the Star 💫

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As a young woman with big dreams, the last thing Modem (Manasaporn Chanchalerm) wants to think about right now is love. However, with her birthday fast approaching, that seems to be the only thing her mother can talk about. As part of her birthday celebrations, Modern will be taking part in one of her family’s longest-held and most secret traditions; a tradition which will allow her to choose one of the seven magical teas, brewed by the family, to help her through the coming year. While Modem has ideas of which brew she’ll pick, her mother insists she take the tea guaranteed to bring her love.

Unable to go against her mother’s wishes, Modem takes the love tea but isn’t exactly sure how to use it; at least not until she realizes she can use it on her handsome boss (Nichkhun). Having harbored a crush on her boss for a while, Modem can’t think of a better use for the magical brew, but before she has a chance to give it to him, she accidentally spills it on the one man on earth she truly hates, Light (Phiravich Attachitsataporn). Now madly in love with her, Modem can’t seem to escape Light’s incessant attention.

As if having her mortal enemy constantly swooning over her wasn’t bad enough, Modem’s boss has started showing an unexpected interest in her. But how can she pursue a relationship with her dream guy when she’s got an enchanted lover constantly trying to win her heart?

A lighthearted tale of love and magic, “My Bubble Tea” is a 2020 Thai romantic comedy drama directed by Dhammarong Sermrittirong.

My Bubble Tea

🍵Seven Magic Teas Team✨

As a young child, Jung Se Ri (Kim So Jeong) made a shocking discovery – that ghosts are very real! The thing is, only she seems to be able to see them. Not only that she also has the ability to converse with spirits, and has learned. She knows how and why ghosts appear, and why they so often “haunt” the spots where they died. Her special talent has remained a tightly guarded secret and now she is an adult, she works part-time in a coffee shop. Until, that is, she encounters the most unusual ghost she has ever met!

This ghost is named Song Ji Chan (Jung Chan Woo), and until he was suddenly killed in an accident, he was the arrogant heir to a highly successful and wealthy business group. The accident, he thinks, has robbed him of his memories and leaves him hanging around the scene, wondering what has happened. But when he comes across Jung Se Ri, she tells him that he is a ghost. She leaves him to get his head around what has happened, but he follows her home, insisting he has nowhere else to go. She reluctantly lets him stay at her house, and even starts to help him uncover the truth about what happened to him – even if it means she has to become involved in the business group’s operations! But could this ghoulish “roommate” also fall for the only woman who can see him?

“My Chilling Roommate” (2022) is a South Korean drama series that was directed by Hwang Kyu Seong.

My Chilling Roommate

What would you do if you had to choose between becoming a nun or becoming a vocalist in a popular boy band? Gao Mei Nu (Cheng Yu Xi) is suddenly faced with that decision when her brother needs her help. Gao Mei Nan (also played by Cheng Yu Xi) is chosen to join the popular boy band A.N.JELL as its newest member, but he is forced to go to the United States to fix a botched eye plastic surgery after being signed. Mei Nan’s agent comes up with the brilliant idea to have Mei Nu, who is in training to become a nun, to stand in for her brother and pretend to a be a male idol singer. Can she keep her true identity from the other band members, lead vocalist Huang Tai Jing (Jiro Wang), guitarist Jiang Xin Yu (Hwang In Deok) and rapper Jeremy (Evan Yo)? “Fabulous Boys” is a 2013 Taiwanese drama series. It is a remake of the popular 2009 Korean drama “You’re Beautiful.”

Fabulous Boys

FABULOUS 

Once a member of the National Judo Team, On Ma Eum’s (Kim Se Jeong) entire life revolved around the sport. But when a tough match leaves her with a torn ankle ligament, she’s forced to watch as all of her dreams of continuing in the sport crumble around her. With her career as a professional judoka now entirely over, Ma Eum must find a way to pick herself up and move on.

Without any sort of dream to drive her, Ma Eum isn’t really sure what to do next. Taking her first non-sports-related job working in a webtoon editorial department, Ma Eum finds it difficult to adjust. Unable to relate to her co-workers, Ma Eum has trouble fitting in as her life as an athlete has left her a little rough around the edges. Beyond that, the work she’s been assigned just isn’t what she’s used to. Struggling to adapt to her new life, Ma Eum wonders if she’ll ever find a way to be happy again.

Fortunately, with the passing of time and a little help from her co-workers, Goo Jun Yeong (Nam Yoon Su) and Seok Jin Hyung (Daniel Choi), Ma Eum begins to find herself slowly settling into her new life. As the struggles in her life begin to dissipate, Ma Eum finds herself reaching for a new dream. The only question is, will she have the strength she needs to turn that dream into a reality?

Based on the original graphic novel "JUHAN SHUTTAI!" created by Naoko Mazda (ⓒ Naoko Mazda / SHOGAKUKAN), “Today’s Webtoon” is a 2022 Korean comedy drama directed by Jo Soo Won.

Today's Webtoon

✧･ﾟ The Webtoonies *✧ Team

What happens when a group of strangers starts living together under one roof? The answer is simple: ANYTHING!

Back for its fifth season, this ever-popular matchmaking reality program has brought together a group of strangers, and this time, they’re all from Shanghai. Coming from all different walks of life, this new group of strangers has been invited to spend the next thirty days living together and the results could either be incredible or disastrous!

With a front-row view, a group of celebrity panelists, including Angelababy, Zoey Meng, Silence Wang, Wu Xin, and Lee Seung Hyun provide commentary on the interactions between the housemates. Each an expert in different areas, will these panelists be able to predict which residents are destined to find love?

As unpredictable a game of love as ever, “Heart Signal 5” is a 2022 Chinese variety show distributed by Tencent Video.

Heart Signal 5 (Chinese Version)

💘 Heart Signal Team 💘

Once a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, Kokoro Kurosawa (Haru Kuroki) was forced to give up on her dreams after suffering a career-ending injury. No longer able to pursue a career as a professional athlete, Kokoro must find a new way to support herself. Lucky for her, she manages to find her way into the wonderful world of manga publishing.

Landing a job at the weekly manga magazine, “Vibes”, Kokoro is fascinated by the world of editing. Taking Kokoro under his wing is senior editor Kei Iokibe (Joe Odagiri), a talented professional who teaches her everything he knows about editing manga. Falling in love with her new profession, Kokoro adores her work, particularly interacting with the manga writers themselves and discovering new manga artists. Unfortunately, times at the magazine are tough as the industry is struggling to adapt to the newest publishing craze: ebooks.

Determined to help the editorial department come up with ways to swell more manga books, Kokoro pours herself into her work. But will her determination be enough to make a difference in the highly competitive world of manga publishing?

Adapted from the manga series, “Juhan Shuttai!” by Naoko Matsuda, “Sleepeeer Hit!” is a 2016 Japanese comedy drama directed by Nobuhiro Doi.

Sleepeeer hit!

📖 Manga Art Team 📖

Born and raised in a small rural town, Nami Suzuki (Mone Kamishiraishi) has lived a very average, ordinary life. With no particular dreams and no real ambition, Nami doesn’t really want much out of life. If she can find moderate amounts of work and love, she’s convinced she’ll be happy.&nbsp;

In order to pursue that moderate love, Nami follows her childhood friend and long-time crush, Kenya (Inukai Atsuhiro) to Tokyo, where she hopes to get a job in the supply management department of the same publishing company where Kenya works. Unfortunately Nami’s plans don’t work out exactly the way she imagined they would. Rather than working in the supply management department, Nami is hired to work in the editorial department of one of the company’s fashion magazines. Not really taking her job seriously, Nami soon earns the scorn of her hard-working editor-in-chief, Reiko Horai (Nanao).

Rather than letting Reiko’s criticism get her down, Nami allows it to inspire her to have bigger dreams of her own. With her attitude about work gradually changing, Nami finds that her thoughts on love have also started to change, especially after meeting cameraman Junnosuke Horai (Yuta Tamamori). With a new-found determination now driving her, will Nami have what it takes to make her new-found dreams come true?

A delightful tale of chasing big dreams in the big city, “Oh My Boss! Love not included” is a 2021 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Yasuharu Ishii, Kenta Tanaka, and Takeyoshi Yamamoto.

Oh My Boss! Love not included

Chasing Our Dream Team

Undeniably attractive, talented, and charming, Choi Sang Eun (Park Min Young) is the living definition of the perfect partner. This is exactly why instead of marrying, she chooses to employ her skills as a contract marriage master. Transforming herself into the perfect partner for each of her clients, Sang Eun allows those who employ her services to live the perfect single life, without having to agree to a committed, life-long relationship.&nbsp;

A long-term client, Jung Ji Ho (Go Kyung Pyo) has been using Sang Eun’s services every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for the past five years. A man shrouded in mystery, Sang Eun knows virtually nothing about Ji Ho but that doesn’t stop her from developing some rather unexpected feelings for him. Making her life even more difficult are the equally unexpected feelings she’s recently developed for one of her newest clients, Kang Hae Jin (Kim Jae Young). A popular actor who employs her services on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, Hae Jin often makes Sang Eun’s heart flutter.

Torn between her professional obligations and the feelings she harbors for both Ji Ho and Hae Jin, Sang Eun finds herself in an unexpected predicament. How can she possibly maintain her professionalism when her heart is leading her in two different directions?

An interesting take on relationships and romance, “Love in Contract” is a 2022 South Korean romantic drama directed by Nam Sung Woo.

Love In Contract

 💥 The Almighty ✨ Team

A young, 22-year-old pop star hopeful named Nuan Nuan (Eleanor Lee) is forced to reinvent herself after the girl group she is a member of disbands before its debut.

At first, she struggles in her search for a post-pop career, but fate intervenes, and she has a chance encounter with a man named Han Che (Leon Leong).

Han Che is a cold but successful sound and lighting engineer who also has an excellent memory. 

However, one day he experiences a rare lapse in memory – a lapse that could threaten to throw his relationship with Naun Naun into doubt. 

Regardless, Han Che’s success inspires Nuan Nuan, who has always had a keen eye for fashion.

She begins to explore her love of clothes and resolves to become a designer – hoping to one day gain a job at the clothing store’s headquarters.

Although their relationship is often adversarial, Han Che and Nuan Nuan also have a growing fondness for one another, and try to help each other along the way. As their careers start to get off the ground, could love bloom here too?

“My Love, Enlighten Me” is a 2020 Chinese drama series co-produced by Fang Fang and Shao Wen Yi.

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