Taiwanese

SETTV

Could anyone be more excited to reach her 26th birthday? Pi Ya Nuo (Megan Lai) had an inauspicious start to her life. When she was born 25 years ago, her parents and extended family – along with their fortuneteller – eagerly awaited her arrival in the delivery room so that they could bless the beginning of the Pi family’s heir. Upon hearing her first cry, the fortuneteller predicted on the spot that the baby boy would be a great success and a natural-born leader. But when the nurses announce that the baby is a girl, the stunned fortuneteller immediately announces that the girl would not survive her childhood unless she lives as a boy for the first 25 years of her life. Only then can Ya Nuo change her bad fate and bring prosperity to her family. On her 26th birthday, Ya Nuo can go back to her true gender without any repercussions. Doomed to live her life as a boy, Ya Nuo is shy and always tries to keep her distance to people to hide her true identity, and the mysterious aloofness makes her irresistible to the girls around her. One day, she accidentally helps out Du Zi Feng (Baron Chen), who happens to be a triad leader, and his sister, Du Zi Han (Mandy Tao). While Zi Han falls in love with Ya Nuo, Zi Feng becomes Ya Nuo’s “sworn brother” and best friend. With her 26th birthday fast approaching, will Ya Nuo find her much-anticipated return to being a female will be as easy as she had hoped? “Bromance” is a 2015 Taiwanese drama series directed by Chen Rong Hui.

Bromance

The B-romantic Triad

Yang Yi Ru (Annie Chen) takes her job as an advertising executive very seriously. But her family and friends think she needs to take a vacation before she burns herself out. They concoct a plan and before Yi Ru knows what hit her, she is bogusly diagnosed with terminal cancer, told she has only six months to live, and shipped off to take a much-needed holiday. While she is still trying to digest her death sentence, she meets Lan Shi De (George Hu), the CEO of a family business on a business trip. When Yi Ru tells Shi De of her diagnosis and that she has always wanted to marry and have children before she died, Shi De agrees to marry her. Unbeknownst to Yi Ru, Shi De met her years ago and has been in love with her ever since. Has fate brought the two together or will their thrust-upon relationship have a deadline?
 
“Love, Now” is a Taiwanese drama series that originally aired for 72 episodes on SETTV from October 2012 to March 2013.

Love, Now

A man at the peak of his career and fame suddenly walks away from it all. Lu Tian Xing/Xiao Lu (Aaron Yan) is a renowned prodigy in the advertising industry who makes a surprise announcement that he is taking three months off and goes off the grid. Going by the name Xiao Lu, he re-surfaces with his new persona at the ad agency of Tao Le Si (Tia Li), a young woman who is struggling to keep her deceased brother’s agency afloat and away from sharks trying to take it over like the former Tian Xing. What could Tian Xing have in mind and will he ever return to his former high-profile life? “Fall in Love With Me” is a 2014 Taiwanese drama series.

Fall in Love With Me

In Love With Me Team

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A wealthy man gets hurt on a hunting trip and is restored to health by a rural herbalist. He falls in love with the herbalist and promises to come back for her, but years pass and he never returns. 

But when the old man is rushed to a hospital with a heart attack, it is the herbalist’s granddaughter, Xie Fu An (Joe Chen), an herbal doctor, who treats the man and saves him. When he realizes how much Fu An looks like the woman he fell in love with years ago, he announces that he will give away his entire fortune to the man who marries Fu An. 

The man’s grandson, Yan Da Feng (Blue Lan), an arrogant young man who assumed he would inherit the wealth, is alarmed when he hears the news and hires someone to go kill this young woman who is about to steal his fortune. 

However, after meeting Fu An, Da Feng begins to fall for her and decides to marry her himself. But can Da Feng stop the wheels he set in motion to harm Fu An and hope to have a happy ending with her? 

“Easy Fortune Happy Life” is a 2009 Taiwanese drama series directed by Liu Jun Jie that originally aired on TTV. It is adapted from a novel by Liang Yun Ru, the same author who wrote the novels that would become the hit dramas “Fated to Love You” (2008) and “My Queen” (2009).

Easy Fortune Happy Life

TTV/SETTV

A pickup 3-on-3 game of street basketball between two rival colleges determines who gets control of a neighborhood basketball court for an entire year. For nine years, the East Sun College has been the undefeated champions and they are looking to protect their title and the right for their flag to be placed on the court for another year. But when Yi Sheng Xue, the little darling who has been coming every year since she was a girl to cheer on the East Sun team, falls in love with Shen Ruo He, the leader of this year’s team, her best friend Jin Zi Cong can’t hide his jealousy. Zi Cong plays a prank on Ruo He that results in the team losing the tournament. Unable to live with the loss, Sheng Xue is determined to do whatever it takes to regain the victory.

Bull Fighting

Bull Fighting Team

Some women are unapologetic about choosing their careers over love. Shan Wu Shuang (Cheryl Yang), at 33, has always put her schoolwork and her career above her romantic relationships, rising to become a top editor at iFound magazine. Although she almost married Leslie Sung (James Wen), a famous photographer, a misunderstanding led to both choosing their work over their relationship. Then Wu Shuang meets 25-year-old Lucas (Ethan Ruan), who was an outstanding medical student until the death of his girlfriend led to him being expelled for low grades. He now works part-time as an assistant at the magazine under the watchful eye of his former girlfriend’s sister, Han Jia Jia (Yang Ya Zhu), a trainee at the magazine. Can Wu Shuang and Lucas have a future together despite their eight-year age difference?
 
“Queen of No Marriage,” also known as “My Queen,” is a 2009 Taiwanese drama series directed by Lin Qing Zhen.

My Queen

The Queen's Command Team

SET TV

There is something to be said for late bloomers! Ji Wen Kai (Aaron Yan) and Zhong Yu Tang (Joanne Tseng) have known each other since childhood and have always competed against each other. But it was no contest as Yu Tang always was at the top of her class while Wen Kai couldn’t do any better than mediocre grades. After graduation, Yu Tang lands a coveted job at MUSE Cosmetics and works her way up the secretarial pool. She is poised to take over as the Head Secretary to the new incoming CEO of the company. Wen Kai worked odd jobs after graduation and then went abroad to find work. Years later, MUSE Cosmetics is in crisis and the company brings in Wen Kai as the new CEO to help turn the company around. Imagine their surprise when Wen Kai realizes that his new secretary is none other than Yu Tang from his childhood! With the tables turned, will anything Yu Tang does or say be good enough for Wen Kai? “Refresh Man” is a 2016 Taiwanese drama series.

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