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Title: Blossom 九重紫 Platform: Viki, IQIYI, WeTV, Youtube MDL Rating: 8.8 Genre: Period Idol Romance/Rebirth Episode Count: 34 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Some violence and blood, domestic abuse Staring: Meng Zi Yi (Blossoms of Power) Lin Yu Rui (Love Like the Galaxy) Snow Kong (Pursuit of Jade) Xia Zhi Guang (Veil of Shadows) RBTS Rating: 4/5 Stars Synopsis: After a tragic life filled with betrayal and injustice, noblewoman Dou Zhao unexpectedly wakes up years in the pas

Title: While You Were Sleeping Platform: Netflix, Apple TV, Kocowa MDL Rating: 8.7 Genre: Contemporary Mystery/Romance Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Minor swearing and violence. References suicide. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6256484/parentalguide/ Staring: Bae Suzy (Start Up) Lee Jong Suk(W) Lee Sang Yeob (Sh**ting star) Jung Hae In (Love Next Door) RBTS Rating: 4.25/5 Stars Synopsis: Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee even

Title: Queen of Tears Platform: Netflix, TVING MDL Rating: 8.7 Genre: Contemporary Romance/Melodrama/Comedy Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Minimal violence, some swearing. For more info: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/queen-of-tears Staring: Kim Soo Hyun (It's Okay Not to be Okay) Kim Ji Woon (Fight For My Way) Park Sung Hoon (The Glory) Kwak Dong Yeon (Gaus Electrics) RBTS Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Synopsis: Baek Hyeon U, who is the pride of the v

Title: Faithful 九义人 (Also known as: The Nine) Platform: Viki, WeTV MDL Rating: 8.1 Genre: Period Mystery/Thriller Episode Count: 25 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Minor violence and blood, suicide, sexual assault (nothing explicit shown). Staring: Wu Qian (Meet Yourself) Li Jia Hang (The Bond) Qiao Zhen Yu (Blood River) Hu Yi Xuan (How Dare You?!) RBTS Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Seven years after the tragic death of Ru Lan, who sacrificed her reputation to seek justice for hers

Title: Glory (Not to be confused with the K-Drama or C-Drama titled: THE Glory) 玉茗茶骨 Platform: Viki, Youtube, IQIYI, MGTV MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Period Idol Romance, the Bachelorette Episode Count: 36 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Some violence and blood, a fade to black scene (nothing explicit shown), some kissing Staring: Hou Ming Hao (Love in the Clouds) Gulnezer Bextiyar (The Journey of Legend) Chen Ruo Xuan (Veil of Shadows) Cheng Xiao (Light of Dawn) RBTS Rating: 4/

Title: Dream of Splendor 梦华录 Platform: Viki, WeTV MDL Rating: 8.4 Genre: Period Idol Romance, Female Entrepreneur Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence and blood, brief torture depicted Staring: Crystal Liu (Live-Action Mulan) Chen Xiao (Legend of the Magnate) Ada Liu (All Rise) Im Se Mi (The Road to Glory) RBTS Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Zhao Pan Er, a clever teahouse owner in Qiantang, embarks on a journey to the Capital, Bian Jing, after discovering her f

Title: The Tale of Nokdu Platform: Viki, Kocowa+ MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Period (Joseon), Romance, Action, Comedy Episode Count: 32 (Each episode is 30 minutes) Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Violence (nothing graphic) For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10808968/parentalguide/ Staring: Jang Dong Yoon (Daily Dose of Sunshine) Kim So Hyun (Love Alarm) Kang Tae Oh (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) Jung Joon Ho (True Beauty) RBTS Rating: 4.25/5 Synopsis: Jeon Nok Du lives o

Title: When the Weather is Fine (Also titled: I'll Go to You When the Weather is Nice) Platform: Viki (Search: I'll Go to You When The Weather is Nice) Netflix (Search: When the Weather is Fine) Iflix, Apple TV MDL Rating: 8.2 Genre: Contemporary Romance/Melodrama, Slice of Life (The Pace is sssllloooww) Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: MA on Netflix and PG-13 on Viki: Themes of suicide and domestic violence, and death. There are some intense moments but I don't

Title: The Light Shop Platform: Disney+, Hulu MDL Rating: 8.5 Genre: Contemporary Supernatural/Mystery/Horror Episode Count: 8 Parental Guidance Rating: MA: Swearing (F Words) and Horror elements /Scary Images (monstrous people and creepy shadows and things of that nature but really just for the first 4 eps) For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31014115/parentalguide/ Staring: Ju Ji Joon (Kingdom) Park Bo Young (Strong Woman Bong Soon) Kim Seol Hyun (Summer Strike) S

Synopsis: Hei Feng Xi is handsome and elegant, while Bai Feng Xi is majestic and unrestrained. Opposites attract as both are unrivaled in skill and intellect. Caught in the warfare and chaos of the martial arts and political worlds, the flowers of love begin to bloom amidst the blood that has been sacrificed within the last ten years. Trying to keep their identities hidden, they constantly have to be three steps ahead when dealing with much political unrest, betrayal, infight

Title: Twinkling Watermelons Platform: Viki, TVING MDL Rating: 9.2 (The second highest rated show on MDL) Genre: Coming of Age, Youth, Time Travel Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Minor swearing and violence. I'd say on the lighter end of TV-14. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27446493/parentalguide/ Staring: Ryeo Un (Weak Hero Class 2) Choi Hyun Wook (Twenty One Twenty Five) Seor In A (Business Proposal) Shin Eun Soo (Light Shop) RBTS Rating:

Title: Crash Landing on You Platform: Netflix, TVING MDL Rating: 9 Genre: Rom Com Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Minor swearing, very minimal violence and blood, references suicide. For more info: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/crash-landing-on-you Staring: Hyun Bin (Memories of Alhambra) Son Yu Jin (Thiry-Nine) Seo Ji Hye (Kiss Sixth Sense) Kim Jung Hyun (Mr. Queen) RBTS Rating: 4.5/5 Synopsis: After getting into a paragliding accident, Sou

Title: Reply 1988 Platform: Netflix, Viki, Apple TV, Tubi, Prime Video MDL Rating: 9 Genre: Historical (late 80's) Family Comedy, Youth Drama, Slice of Life Episode Count: 20 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Swearing (quite a bit), smoking, and innuendos (more towards the start of the drama) For more info:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5182866/parentalguide/ Staring: Lee Hye Ri (My Roommate Is a Gumiho) Go Kyung Pyo (Chicago Typewriter) Ryu Jun Yeol (Lost) Park Bo Gum (When Li

Title: Our Beloved Summer Platform: Netflix, Wavve MDL Rating: 8.6 Genre: Rom Com, Reunited/Second Chance Romance, Slice of Life Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Minor language, fade to black scene (nothing explicit shown) For additional details: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15026724/parentalguide/ Staring: Choi Woo Shik (Melo Movie) Kim Da Mi (Itaewon Class) Kim Sung Cheol (Vincenzo) Roh Jeong Eui (18 Again) RBTS Rating: 4.6/5 Synopsis: Based on the webtoo

Title: Flower of Evil Platform: Wavve MDL Rating: 9 Genre: Contemporary Thriller/Crime Episode Count: 16 Parental Guidance Rating: TV-14: Violence, swearing, scary images and intense sequences involving a serial killer. For more info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691684/parentalguide/ Staring: Lee Joon Gi (MoonLovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo) Moon Chae Won (Good Doctor) Jang Hee Jin (Tower of Babel) Seo Hyeon Woo (Ms. Incognito) RBTS Rating: 4.65/5 Stars Synopsis: Although Baek

Title: My Dearest (Part 1 & 2) Platform: Kocowa, Wavve MDL Rating: 8.9 Genre: Period Melodrama/Romance Episode Count: 21 total (Part 1- 10 eps, Part 2-11) Parental Guidance Rating: TV-16 when it was on Viki and is MA on Kocawa-- Make of that what you will: Gruesome injuries (not really shown, but discussed), violence, bloodshed (not over the top), suicide. A bare behind of a man is briefly shown. The "edgier" content is there to provide historical context rather than to shoc

Title: Mr. Sunshine Platform: Netlfix MDL Rating: 8.8 Genre: Period (1870's) Melodrama, Romance Episode Count: 24 Parental Guidance Rating: MA: Graphic Violence (not on the level of dramas like Moving, Kingdom, or Happiness), smoking, and minor swearing. The violence is graphic for the most part because of all the blood being shown, but some people do get there throats slit and/or are shot. It does warrant the MA rating). It should be noted it would be hard to do this histo

Title: Good Bad Mother Platform: Netflix MDL Rating: 8.9 Genre: Contemporary Family Comedy/Melodrama Episode Count: 14 Parental Guidance Rating: MA: This is not a traditional MA, I'm not sure why it's rated as such. I would say it's TV-14/TV-16. But there are themes of suicide, some swearing, minimal violence. The rating is truly a head scratcher. For more information: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-good-bad-mother Staring: Ra Mi Ran (Reply 1988) Lee Do Hyu

Title: Si Jin Platform: Viki, Youtube, WeTV, iflix, IQIYI MDL Rating: 8.3 Genre: Period Idol Romance and Rebirth Episode Count: 40 Parental Guidance Rating: PG-13: Nothing explicit is ever shown but there is a a storyline about a serial killer/rapist and a very murderous princess. Some violence and murder. It sounds more intense than it is. Staring: Jing Tian Zhang Wan Yi Sun Zu Jun Zhang Chi Xu Hao Bai Bing Ke RBTS Rating: Synopsis: Jiang Si, reborn after being killed by he

A dying man seeks revenge, in a Count of Monte Cristo-esque chess game for justice. Synopsis: In sixth-century China, the Emperor of Great Liang orders the unjust execution of his brother-in-law Marshal Lin Xie alongside the Lin family, his 70,000 army soldiers, and Crown Prince Qi. Secretly surviving the massacre is Lin Xie's son, Lin Shu, who undergoes medical treatment that changes his appearance entirely and leaves him in a weakened state, unable to ever perform martial a