de Ceki, março 26, 2018
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Spring is the season of love and positivity so I'm glad that we'll be getting lots of interesting dramas this April and May. As you can see, there are many manga and novel adaptations, most of them with romance and school elements. What kind of dramas do you like to watch in spring? Share with us in the comment section below!

Let's check out the most anticipated dramas that will start airing this season!

NOTE: This article does not guarantee accuracy since information regarding these dramas can change in the future. The synopsis have been taken from MDL respectively.

Youth


Starring: Lian Simon, Xu Jovi, Gai Cass, Li Mo Zhi

A story about young love that follows a group of students into adulthood and their dreams about the future. When Xu Yong Xin runs into her old high school classmate, Zheng Da Wei,  it stirs up bittersweet memories from their school days. Yong Xin  remembers a time when she was just a bookish student who kept herself to  herself, until a chance encounter introduced her to Gao Yu Xuan, Zheng  Da Wenand Zheng Da Wei. The four once-inseparable friends changed and grew apart as time went on...


Check it out if you're into: school, romance, youth

Tree in the River


Starring: He Mike, Chung Gillian, Chang Ray, Sui Sonia

A 20-episode romance drama revolving around two childhood friends who meet again as adults. The guy harbours a longtime crush on a girl back when he was still a chubby kid. Chubby kid matures into the handsome Mike He and he becomes roommates with his dream girl played by Gillian Chung (Zhao Ge).

Check it out if you're into: romance, childhood friends to lovers

Something in the Rain


Starring: Son Ye Jin, Jung Hae In

Yoon Jin Ah is a single woman in her 30's. She works as a supervisor at a coffee company. Yoon Jin Ah is an easygoing person, but she feels empty inside. Seo Joon Hee is the younger brother of her best friend Seo Kyung Sun. He comes back to South Korea after finishing work abroad.  Yoon Jin Ah thought he was just a childish guy, but he appears different to her now.

Check it out if you're into: romance, older woman / younger guy, noona romance

Here to Heart


Starring: Zhang Han, Chang Janine

Based on the novel "Warm Chord" by An Ning

A romance full of twist and turns and undoubtedly heartaches if this entire journey is supposed to last ten years until it gets to a  presumably happy ending. The caption says, "Your heart is the place that I want to return to even as I travel to the ends of the earth."

Check it out if you're into: romance, business

The Great Seducer


Starring: Woo Do Hwan, Joy

Based on the classic French novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses"

The television series depicts rich young men and women in their twenties  who discover their true feelings while playing the dangerous game of  love. In an act of revenge, Kwon Shi Hyun makes a bet with his friends  to seduce Eun Tae Hee, who believes people that are swayed by love are  pathetic. After Tae Hee meets Shi Hyun, her view on love starts to  change. As Shi Hyun’s secret deepens, hestarts to fall in love with Tae Hee.

Check it out if you're into: romance, melodrama

Kom Faek



Gun and San are students of Akanee about Kom Faek learning. They are best friends but then Gun becomes a policeman. He catches a suspect about a drug case, that is  San's father. Their friendship is broken, and Gun's love relationship with Anchan who is San's sister is also broken because of a  misunderstanding.

Check it out if you're into: romance, action, drama, mafia

My Cinderella Girl


Starring: Alex, Pream

Prim is an orphan. She and her two best friends, Boot and Rita, work at  one of P. Paul's shoe stores and Prim dreams of becoming a shoe  designer. After an incident, they get fired from their jobs and decide  to go on vacation to Phuket. There, the girls attend a party while  pretending to be rich. At the party they meet Phuree, Wat and Touch.  They're all rich and Phuree isthe heir of P. Paul's shoe brand. But after  spending so much time together, Phuree and Prim fell in love.
Though they confessed that they loved each other, things didn't ended  up. As Prim found out Phuree's real identity and that he already had a  fiancee.

Check it out if you're into: romance, comedy

Miss Sherlock


The drama pays homage to the classic by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, set in modern day Tokyo and both lead  characters are Japanese women

Check it out if you're into: crime, detectives

Half, Blue。

Starring: Nagano Mei,  Sato Takeru


In 1971, the year after the Osaka Exposition, a girl called Nireno  Suzume is born to the owners of a small-town eatery in Gifu Prefecture. After graduating from high school and getting married, she ends up divorcing her husband who is a dreamer. The bubble economy suddenly bursts and an economic recession begins. After repeated failure, Suzume returns to her hometown as a single mother. What awaits her will become an unexpected turning point in her life...

Check it out if you're into: Asadoras

Signal



Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve a cold case. One detective exists in the present day and the other detective exists  15 years in the past.

Check it out if you're into: crime, time-travelling, investigation, kidnapping

A Poem a Day


Starring: Lee Yoo Bi, Lee Joon Hyuk, Jang Dong Yoon

The story follows a group of physical therapists, nurses, radiological technologists, and trainees.
Ye Jae Wook works as a physical therapist and also teaches in the same field. He begins to work as a team leader at a hospital. Woo Bo Yeong has been working as a physical therapist for 3 years. Shin Min Ho is a trainee, but he isn't interested in physical therapy. His grades weren't good enough for medical school and his parents, who are both doctors, made him study physical therapy.

Check it out if you're into: romance, drama, medical, love triangles

Rich Man, Poor Woman

Starring: Suho, Ha Yeon Soo
Lee Yoo Chan is the CEO of IT company Next One. He is arrogant and does not trust people in general. He also suffers from an inability to recognize faces.
Kim Bo Ra was born in the countryside on Jeju Island. She goes to Seoul to attend college and carries her family's high expectations for her. Her dream is to work at  Next One. Kim Bo Ra meets Lee Yoo Chan and their lives change.

Check it out if you're into: romance, rich guy poor girl

Monte Cristo


Starring: Fujioka DeanBased on the classic French novel of the same title
In a small fishing town, Saimon Dan is to marry Meguro Sumire whom he loves and is overjoyed. Meanwhile, Dan gets sent to jail in a foreign land to save the necks of Nanjo Yukio, his love rival who tries to steal his fiancee. He escapes prison life through unexpected luck. With his intellect and great fortune,  Dan takes bold, elaborate revenge against the three men who set him up and ruined his life.

Check it out if you're into: melodrama, revenge

Suits


Starring: Jang Dong Gun, Park Hyung ShikBased on the U.S. drama series of the same title

Choi Kyung Seo is a legendary lawyer at the top law firm in South Korea.  He has charisma and an attractive appearance. He hires Go Yeon Woo as a  rookie lawyer for the law firm. Go Yeon Woo has an excellent memory.

Check it out if you're into: business, law

Hana Nochi Hare


Starring: Sugisaki Hana, Hirano Sho
Based on: the manga "Hana Nochi Hare: Hanadan Next Season" by Yoko Kamio

The official sequel to the famous manga adaptation Hana Yori Dango.
Legendary F4 members have all graduated from high school. Correct5 (C5) is formed at the high school with Kaguragi Haruto as the group's leader. Edogawa Oto works part-time at the convenience store. She also attends the same school as Haruto. Oto is actually from a poor family, but she pretends to be from a rich family to fit in at school. 

Check it out if you're into: romance, school, shoujo

Love Rerun



Starring: Nakamura Anne, Furukawa Yuki, Otani RyoheiBased on the manga "Love Rerun" by Amasawa Aki

Sayaka Minami is  30-years-old, single and has not had any love experience due to her 15-year unrequited love for Ryosuke Sagisawa. They have been friends since they were kids. One day, Sayaka wakes up and a strange man is in front of her. She panics and the man introduces herself as Shohei Machida.  He tells her that they are in a relationship and live together. Sayaka lost her memory for 3 months.

Check it out if you're into: romance, amnesia, josei, love triangles

King Peacock

Starring: Jang Geun Suk, Han Ye Ri

Oh Ha Ra, a young prosecutor, meets a man  who looks exactly like her senior prosecutor, Baek Joon Soo. While  looking for a double to replace Joon Soo, she meets an unordinary man  named Sa Do Chan. Do Chan, a genius conman, puts his skills to use in  order to catch the bad guys who know their ways around the law.

Check it out if you're into: crime, law con artists

My Mister

Starring: IU, Lee Sun Gyun

The drama follows a man in his forties who has had to endure the weight of life’s burdens and a woman in her twenties who lives a very different life but is also enduring that same weight. They will look to each other and find healing in the process.

Check it out if you're into: drama, slice of life

Ossan's Love


Starring: Hayashi Kento, Yoshida Kotaro, Tanaka Kei

Soichi Haruta is 33-years-old, single and works at a real estate office. Meanwhile, Soichi Haruta’s senior at work, Musashi Kurosawa is gay and confesses his feelings for Soichi Haruta. Ryota Maki also tells Soichi  Haruta that he has feelings for him. Soichi Haruta is totally straight and his peaceful days are now completely ruined.

Check it out if you're into: comedy, office romance, LGBT themes

Women in Beijing


Starring: Qi Stephy


Journey of an ordinary girl in becoming a North Drifter, Chen Ke,   moving from Sichuan to Beijing to start her life only to be dumped by  her school sweetheart. She learnt quickly that to succeed in her career  and lifestyle choices, she not only have to work hard and smart, but  also require the assistance of successful men whom she would love and  leave.


Check it out if you're into: romance, drama

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Which spring dramas are you looking forward to?