Time to discover more Asian TV beyond Squid Games and Parasite.Â
How Dare You
Two modern-day people are suddenly thrown into a trashy historical romance novel. Yes, they transmigrate into the novel, but not as the leads. Instead, they land in the bodies of characters who are meant to lose.
- The female lead becomes the overlooked imperial concubine whose original role in the novel is to pine after Prince and then disappear before the ending.
- The male lead wakes up, the unstable tyrant emperor—written as a violent obstacle for the hero to defeat, and also fated to die early.
They both know how it will end and the question is, can they change what is written?Â
Available on iQIYU
Yumi’s CellsÂ
The story of an ordinary office worker named Yumi-from the point of view of the many brain cells in her head controlling her every thought, feeling, and action.
Represented as little blue-suited men and women such as the Anger Cell, Rational Cell and Emotional Cell; they argue, take counsel together, and occasionally fight each other for control. All in an attempt to keep Yumi functioning day-to-day and prevent her from suffering too many embarrassments.
It already has 3 seasons and they are all crazy and brilliant.Â
Available on Viki and Kocowa.Â
DefendantÂ
If you want a legal con psychological thriller, the Defendant is for you.Â
A top prosecutor, played by one of Korea’s best actors Ji Sung. wakes up in prison, accused of murdering his own wife and daughter. The problem? He has no memory of what happened. From there, the story becomes a race against time as he tries to reconstruct the truth while navigating life inside prison.
Outside, a powerful and ruthless chaebol heir is working to keep the truth buried. The drama cuts between the prosecutor’s fight to prove his innocence and the larger conspiracy that put him there in the first place.
Available on Kocowa and Viki.Â
KL Gansger Underworld
KL Gansger Underworld is a Malaysian action-crime drama series and spin-off of the KL Gangster film franchise. It follows Shah, a reluctant heir to the Kampung Baru gangster throne, who tries to leave the underworld for a peaceful life, only to be dragged back into brutal power struggles among gangs
The series highlights the dark, gritty criminal underbelly of Kuala Lumpur, focusing on loyalty, power, and the difficulty of leaving a life of crime.
Available on WeTV
