watch while you work
dramas that you could half pay attention to and enjoy. not “bad dramas,” just relatively easy to follow dramas.
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1. A Little Thing Called First Love
Chinese Drama - 2019, 36 episodes
skipskipskip, but has cute beans in a fluffy school romance
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2. A Love So Beautiful
Chinese Drama - 2017, 23 episodes
just a light-hearted youth drama to pass the time
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3. Because of You
Chinese Drama - 2017, 56 episodes
a long melodrama. the best parts were mostly between the main leads
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4. Cendres d'Amour
Chinese Drama - 2018, 63 episodes
really long, and tons of filler
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5. Cheese in the Trap
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
a light-hearted, but oddly suspenseful, youth drama
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6. Cleaning Elves
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
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7. Dear Mayang Street
Chinese Drama - 2020, 37 episodes
this would've been way better as a 24ep drama. a lot of filler, but still an overall nice plot
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8. Dernier Train pour Busan
Korean Movie - 2016
a little predictable, but understandably so as they're... on a train.
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9. DoDoSolSolLaLaSol
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
lots of classical piano, a tsundere ML, and fun interactions between characters (probably my favorite part about the drama)
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10. Gank Your Heart
Chinese Drama - 2019, 35 episodes
predictable and full of cliches, but still cute and fun
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11. Hello Monster
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
super slow first half, but better in the second half. a lot of the plot is predictable, but still generally fun to watch
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12. L' Amour En Patinage
Chinese Drama - 2020, 40 episodes
a funny and sweet sports drama. probably could’ve been 24ep, but generally super enjoyable
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13. La fille bénie
Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes
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14. Le conte des neuf queues
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
general plot line is uhhhh pretty cookie cutter, but still fun to see. im a bit of a hoe for fantasy stuff so
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15. Like You
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
pretty standard set-up for a webdrama. but dang does the romance start quick whew
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16. Love Alarm
Korean Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
literally only 8 episodes. cutesy high school romance
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17. Love Alarm Season 2
Korean Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
only 6 episodes lsdkflasdfjlskdf, just watch it if you saw s1
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18. Love O2O
Chinese Drama - 2016, 30 episodes
just a bit slow-paced and stiff
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19. Love the Way You Are
Chinese Movie - 2019
just something easy and cute to pass the time
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20. Lovestruck in the City
Korean Drama - 2020, 17 episodes
fun format (mockumentary), and silly characters/moments (also Minho as a side character made my viewing experience so much better)
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21. Meteor Garden
Chinese Drama - 2018, 50 episodes
some cringe dubbing and rookie acting, but if you skip some of the side stories it's easier to get through
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22. My ID is Gangnam Beauty
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
sort of cute, sort of cringe. but definitely on the slower end pacing-wise
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23. My Love, Enlighten Me
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
a fun and easy-going drama with LOTS of aegyo
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24. My Youth
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
i remember very little about this, but it's just a cute little school drama that helps to pass the time
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25. Oh! My Emperor: Season One
Chinese Drama - 2018, 21 episodes
kind of uneventful, but entertaining
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26. Oh! My Emperor: Season Two
Chinese Drama - 2018, 21 episodes
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27. Past Life and Life
Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
a lot of sitting around, but the actual investigating was fun to watch. and connecting the dots of the main leads' mysteries was satisfying
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28. Professional Single
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
fluffy art school drama with: a typical tsundere ML, a "clumsy" FL, a beloved SML, and a clingy SFL
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29. Record of Youth
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
very chill, very cute drama that's easy to follow and enjoy
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30. Romance is a Bonus Book
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
cute. fluffy. nothing super exciting, but definitely a fun watch if you like flirty and lighthearted dramas
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31. Run On
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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32. Save Me
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
a pretty slow-going drama that picks up as you get past the first half
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33. Strongest Deliveryman
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
just kind of a basic drama with a standard plot line, except the ML doesn't get cute hair until over half way through lmao
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34. The Bride of Habaek
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
not super exciting, but it's cool to see the world habaek is from and do human things
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35. The King : Eternal Monarch
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
the main points are scattered across some skippy side stories
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36. The Tale of Nokdu
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
i wont lie, it kinda felt like nothing really happened in this drama. the romance was cute and the character relationships were interesting, but in terms of plot there wasn’t really anything there
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37. Vincenzo
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
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38. Well Intended Love
Chinese Drama - 2019, 20 episodes
kind of meh for me? i honestly don't remember anything amazing in particular
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39. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
just a lot of roundabout. classic drama with "misunderstandings" to draw out the plot
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40. Where Stars Land
Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes