Reviews

Reborn for My Happy Ending
Reborn for My Happy Ending
JakeTheSnake

A rehash of China's Zhang Jin-yi and Min-jie, cooked to death. (提款机不当了校草全家急疯了 / lit. 'The Cash Machine Quits and the School Hottie's Whole Family Panics.') It's SO identical to the Chinese original that it was a letdown. Betrayed, dies, reincarnates back to student days for revenge, that's the plot, and it was just too copy-paste with no twist, so for me it fell flat.

The Wild One
The Wild One
AF2

It was on FlickReels but you can also catch it on iQIYI. You get to see a real married couple act together.

The Beast King's Secret Twins
The Beast King's Secret Twins
Itscharlibbb

First fantasy-animated short drama I've ever watched and I was completely locked in. Caught a bit of it in an ad, got hooked, and inhaled the whole thing. It blends a fantasy world with secret birth, misunderstandings, revenge, and family love — the immersion is no joke. There are horns and ears, the kid characters and art style are unbelievably cute, and the story's actually good.

Awakening Vows
Awakening Vows
blahblah123

The leads take turns assaulting each other and somehow... catch feelings? I cannot follow the emotional logic here at all. Hard pass, would not recommend.

Forever After, Never Again
Forever After, Never Again
Goddd

A dad who wires $10B like it's lunch money, a $10M auction battle over one necklace... watch it seriously and you'll be furious, watch it for laughs and you'll just be like "what IS this" 💀💀

Falling for You, Time and Again
Falling for You, Time and Again
snk852

Watched this because Lee Sang-yeob and Kim Gyu-seon showed up in the ad. The dialogue is SO cringe... but they act it well enough to kind of carry it, so I kept watching lmaooo.

Depth of Love
Depth of Love
bingewatcher69

Female lead is a secretary handed a terminal cancer diagnosis. She gets drunk and ends up spending the night with her boss, the group's CEO~~ Buuut plot twist~~ turns out the male lead has been into her since day one on the job, and now he goes all in chasing after her. This is basically a drama where Zhao Tiankai has his shirt off nonstop, and there are SO many kissing scenes hehe.

You Will Never Walk Alone
You Will Never Walk Alone
Emma_watches

lolllll it's honestly so absurd that I just kept watching.

Uncontrollable
Uncontrollable
wildhoneyy

lolll it's a 2024 one? and it takes all those trashy over-the-top short-drama cliches and twists and serves them up SO deliciously, with the male lead's comedic acting really stealing the show! Binge it when you've got time, highly recommend 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

So Obsessed With You
So Obsessed With You
ASMR

Legit had a great time with this. This is the drama that put actor Wang Geo-geo on my radar.

Debauchery
Debauchery
driftwoodx

A male lead with a honey voice and that decadent bad-boy vibe + a female lead who's the #1 beauty in the short-drama game. And the story's actually solid for a short drama!

Wrapped the Playboy Around My Finger
Wrapped the Playboy Around My Finger
Nova

Watching the immature husband grow up has its charm, but the rushed, flimsy plotting and worn-out beats make this a thoroughly forgettable rom-com.

Married to the Gentle God
Married to the Gentle God
ugh_whatever

Basically the Chinese version of Japan's My Happy Marriage. The plot is... eh, it's fine. Lin Yunjie's face is the most entertaining part.

Miss Baek: The Dating Master
Miss Baek: The Dating Master
coffeegrl007

Baek Seol-hwa, the dating master who reads every signal flying between men and women. Romance fantasy, love square. The leads have great chemistry so it's watchable. Lots of kissing, which I love. Happy ending, which I also love.

Today I Divorce My Superstar Husband
Today I Divorce My Superstar Husband
JakeTheSnake

Stars Jung Seung-gyeong as the female lead. She plays a woman who lived as her Hallyu-star husband's shadow, only to get betrayed and divorced, and then goes to find her own life. I watched it for Jung Seung-gyeong and Jin Ju-hyeong. You can find plenty of similar rehashed-to-death setups in Chinese short dramas too.

The Scars You Carved Into Me
The Scars You Carved Into Me
ashleyb01

Jin Zhu-xing's in it and I can't believe I hadn't watched one — you get abs once. And the kissing: mid-series while drugged, then a quick one a year later near the end. But it's Jin Zhu-xing, and that smile is so pretty I just keep watching. This is another well-worn Chinese short plot. Married without knowing each other's faces, a year later they misunderstand and try to divorce — she's his secretary, he's her boss, but they realize it's the same person, clear things up, happy ending. It's got Jin Zhu-xing so of course it's a rec!!!

Dr. Lucifer
Dr. Lucifer
ellie.rose

A contract with Lucifer. A pact with the Demon King. It's silly but fun. There's also a hidden 300-year-old backstory. Happy ending. I first met male-lead Lucifer over in Change as a BL role, but here he's something else entirely.

Moving On From You
Moving On From You
peyton7

So relieved the ending didn't tie things up neatly. Honestly this is the show that made me fall for the male lead, but I spent the whole thing cursing him out like crazy. Still, his suit fit and slicked-back hair were more than enough to make me swoon.

Rise of A Commoner
Rise of A Commoner
tara_45

Saw Zeng Hui and Pei Yan were in it so I bookmarked it and finally got around to watching. Zeng Hui plays the Demon King — kinda cold on the surface but total tsundere who does everything for his family, and Pei Yan is this ditzy airhead who somehow nails her lines when it counts. There's a drama within the drama, you even meet Li Ke-yi as a cute little bunny yokai. Anyway, fun stuff.

My Puppy Returns as a Billionaire
My Puppy Returns as a Billionaire
Goddd

Should I get a dog?? A pet who crossed the rainbow bridge for their owner comes back to set her up with a guy, lol. Somebody set ME up with a rich boyfriend!!! You get some shirtless male-lead action too. And Ppobi and Happy are just too cute~ All for their owner's happiness^ ^