Pump Up the Healthy Love | Open Thread

A food-loving romantic throws a health freak gym manager’s routine into chaos. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Lee Jun-young: Do Hyeon-jung

Jung Eun-ji: Lee Mi-ran

Screenwriter: Kim Ji-soo

Hangul Title Translation
24-Hour Health Club [Gym]

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, Contemporary Romcom, 

Year: 2025
Episodes: 12  

Nine Puzzles | Open Thread

A top profiler is forced to team up with the detective who once thought she was a killer.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Kim Da-mi: Yoon I-na

Son Suk-ku: Kim Han-saem

Genres: Contemporary, (Slight Romance, No Romance), Mystery, Suspense

Network: Disney+

Year: 2025
Episodes: 11

June Dramas

Period: June

Picture Details: Be Passionately in Love | Wang An Yu & Liu Hao Cun

Eternal Brotherhood | Review

An uncanny hero and his two bros protect the country, but who are the enemies?

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yang Xu Wen: Zichuan Xiu

Liu Yu Ning: Di Lin 

Zhang Ming En: Si Yi Lin

Director

Zhang Meng, Wei Li Zhou

Screenwriter

Tian Liang Liang

Chinese Title

紫川·光明三傑

Purple City: The Three Light Brothers/Bond

Genres: Period, Slight Romance, Palace, Bromance

Network: iQIYI  (Tencent Video)

Year: 2024
Episodes: 24

Be Passionately in Love | Recap and Review

A pretty girl approaches a pretty boy...to meet his mother.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Liu Hao Cun: Xu Zhi

Wang An Yu: Chen Lu Zhou

Screenwriter

Fang Qiang Qiang, Yang Liu

Chinese Title

陷入我們的熱戀

Fall Into Our Passionate Love

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, School, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24

Recap Grade: B
First Impression: 4/5

Wanna Be | Open Thread

A man rises from fishmonger to fashion icon, conquering the catwalk alongside a supermodel FL.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Zi Xuan: Han Yi Jing

Tang Xiao Tian: Jia Fan

Director

Sun Cheng Zhi

Screenwriter

Hu Meng

Chinese Title

白日夢與她

Daydream With Her

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 29

Wonderland 4 | Open Thread [Updated: S5]

A variety show where guests cohabitate for 21 days. 

Chinese Title
五十公里桃花塢

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 10

Recapper: Potato Chip

Update: on May 25, 2025 for S5.

Youthful Glory | Review

A general agrees to marry the woman he loves – "under contract".

Notable Actors/Actresses

Song Wei Long: Jiang Xu

Bao Shang En: Ming Tan

Director

Min Guo Hui

Chinese Title

韶華若錦

Youth Like Brocade

Genres: Period, Romcom, Period Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30

Legend of Zang Hai | Review

A boy avenges his casanova father by first seducing a marquis. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Xiao Zhan: Zang Hai

Zhang Jing Yi: Xiang An Tu

Director

Zheng Xiao Long

Screenwriter

(Author: Xu Lei)

Chinese Title

藏海傳

Legend of Zang Hai

Genres: Period, (Romance, Slight Romance), Palace, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

She and Her Perfect Husband | Recap and Review [Updated]

A lawyer unwillingly fabricates a marriage to a stranger, and then marries him for real.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Yang Mi: Qin Shi 

Xu Kai: Yang Hua

Director: 

Lin Yan

Chinese Title
爱的二八定律

The Pareto (80/20) Principle of Love 

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, "OWYM", Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2022
Episodes: 40/40

Recap Grade: A?B
First Impression: 3.5/5

*Reposted from November 14, 2022 with recaps.