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A powerful mafia king claims a young woman as his own, vowing that she will be the only one under his protection. As rival criminals close in and his dangerous world threatens to c…
Story signals: romantic suspense · suspense
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A young man finds himself swept off his feet by a charming mafia lover who treats him like royalty, showering him with affection and luxury. But when his own diary begins warning h…
Story signals: suspense
A woman discovers that the merman she has grown close to has been secretly keeping a room papered with her photographs. As she uncovers how long he has been watching her, she must …
Story signals: mystery
A devoted bodyguard is assigned to protect a powerful CEO whose world collides with the city's criminal underworld. As danger closes in from both boardroom rivals and slum-born kil…
Story signals: suspense
A writer stumbles onto a secret kept by the most admired student on campus, and the truth pulls them closer together than either expected. As the mystery unfolds, they must decide …
Story signals: mystery
To turn his straight crush gay, he sends flirty texts every day just to be noticed. Nico gets tired of it and hands the number to Adrian Vale — his cold, aloof former teammate, and…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
The Dangerous You (GL) is a romance short series featuring mystery, suspense.
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A brilliant botanist is forced into an arranged marriage with a cursed billionaire alpha werewolf. She must find a way to break his ancient curse before the full moon destroys them…
Story signals: suspenseful
Framed by her husband, a woman finds herself with nothing—until she crosses paths with a billionaire who is hiding a secret of his own. As their lives become entangled, she must na…
Story signals: suspense
In a world where artificial intelligences have taken human form, three enigmatic AIs become entangled in a dangerous game of desire and control. As their paths cross with an unsusp…
Story signals: thriller · mystery
I am Losing Control (BL) is a drama short series featuring mystery, suspense.
Story signals: mystery · suspense

A young man finds himself swept off his feet by a charming mafia lover who treats him like royalty, showering him with affection and luxury. But when his own diary begins warning him to run, the fairy-tale romance turns into a tense game of trust and survival as he questions whether his prince is truly a protector or a predator.

A woman discovers that the merman she has grown close to has been secretly keeping a room papered with her photographs. As she uncovers how long he has been watching her, she must decide whether his devotion is love or something far more dangerous.

A devoted bodyguard is assigned to protect a powerful CEO whose world collides with the city's criminal underworld. As danger closes in from both boardroom rivals and slum-born killers, loyalty and survival become impossible to separate.

A writer stumbles onto a secret kept by the most admired student on campus, and the truth pulls them closer together than either expected. As the mystery unfolds, they must decide whether honesty is worth risking everything they have built.

To turn his straight crush gay, he sends flirty texts every day just to be noticed. Nico gets tired of it and hands the number to Adrian Vale — his cold, aloof former teammate, and by reputation the last person on the team who would ever be interested. A BL football romance.


A brilliant botanist is forced into an arranged marriage with a cursed billionaire alpha werewolf. She must find a way to break his ancient curse before the full moon destroys them both.

Framed by her husband, a woman finds herself with nothing—until she crosses paths with a billionaire who is hiding a secret of his own. As their lives become entangled, she must navigate a world of wealth, deception, and dangerous enemies while fighting to clear her name. Trust is scarce and every ally may be hiding an agenda.

In a world where artificial intelligences have taken human form, three enigmatic AIs become entangled in a dangerous game of desire and control. As their paths cross with an unsuspecting human, the lines between reality and simulation blur, leading to a tense exploration of identity, obsession, and the price of connection.


A powerful mafia king claims a young woman as his own, vowing that she will be the only one under his protection. As rival criminals close in and his dangerous world threatens to consume her, she must decide whether to trust the man who took her—or run before his enemies destroy them both.

A deadly siren is bound in marriage to a bride who cannot speak, and neither knows the other's true nature. As dangerous waters rise around them, the assassin and the mute bride must decide whether their union is a trap or the only safe harbor.

Welcome to Saturn Station — a dazzling black-and-white future where women rule the stars, robots fall in love, aliens are never what they seem, and every secret has a price. Meet Suzy — a brilliant, sarcastic etiquette specialist whose perfectly controlled life is about to become anything but predictable. Together with Lily, Ruby and Vanessa, she is drawn into a strange universe of unlikely friendships, forbidden desires, mysterious creatures, ancient civilizations, forgotten memories and worlds beyond Saturn. From glamorous space parties and absurd alien rituals to dangerous planets, cosmic conspiracies, strange music and robots with very human problems — every adventure reveals another piece of a mystery that may be much bigger than anyone imagined. Suzy from Saturn is a surreal journey through a future full of women, friendship, romance, adventure and secrets. The universe has secrets. Saturn Knows.

After his closest friend betrayed him and sold his daughter, a man vanished into the shadows to become an elite operative. Years later he resurfaces, using every skill he has to track down those responsible and reclaim what was taken from him. His hunt for the truth will force him to confront the friend who destroyed his life and the criminal network that helped him do it.


A man dismissed and humiliated by everyone around him is written off as a nobody — until a ghost from his past returns and everything begins to change. As old wrongs resurface, the people who mocked him must reckon with what they never saw coming.



When young writer Noe begins unraveling the mystery of his grandmother Sarah’s “angelic friendship” with a forgotten composer, his search draws him toward Anna, a red-haired nurse whose own family may hold the missing pieces; as love, memory, crime and the secrets of 1915 collide, they must discover whether an extraordinary bond can survive jealousy, violence and generations of buried truth.


Bride-to-be Isla finds a mysterious red ribbon note and starts digging into the secrets her fiancé, her best friend, and his mother are hiding, but every clue leads closer to a truth about her late mother that could destroy her wedding and the only family she has left.

To erase her father's $2 million debt, Elena Voss agrees to a one-year marriage with ruthless mafia heir Dante Moretti. But her butterfly birthmark, rare amber eyes, and buried memories connect her to Dante's supposedly dead fiancée—and a massacre his family has hidden for ten years. As their contract marriage turns dangerously real, Elena must uncover who she truly is before the Moretti family's secrets destroy them both.

A group of friends makes a bet that seems harmless at first, but the wager quickly pulls them into a high-stakes game of pride, temptation, and shifting loyalties. As the terms of the bet tighten, each of them must decide how far they are willing to go—and what they are willing to risk—to win.

A young woman finds herself drawn to the son of the family her own family has been feuding with for years. As their secret feelings grow, the mystery behind the two families' bitter history threatens to tear them apart.


A woman discovers that the ordinary man she married is secretly leading a double life as a hero. As his hidden world of danger closes in on their home, she must decide how far she will go to protect the husband she thought she knew.



The President's daughter marries a homeless man, never suspecting that her new husband is secretly the legendary sniper king. As she navigates a marriage built on a hidden truth, the danger surrounding his past threatens to pull them both into a deadly conflict.

A young woman discovers she is the true heiress of a billionaire family, but her return home is met with fear rather than welcome. As she steps into a world of wealth and power, the family's dark secrets and hidden motives threaten to unravel everything.

Fantasy teen drama. A popular cheer queen and her quiet social outcast rival swap bodies overnight. Trapped in each other’s worlds, they discover the secrets behind high‑school status, prejudice and first love.

In a world where ancient bloodlines hold the key to eternal life, a young woman discovers she is bound to a powerful vampire dynasty. As forbidden love ignites between her and a brooding immortal, she must navigate treacherous alliances and deadly secrets that threaten to tear them apart. The series explores the price of immortality and the lengths one will go to protect those they love.




A hidden bloodline binds two families together, and the truth buried between them refuses to stay buried. As old secrets surface, loyalty and betrayal collide, forcing everyone tied to the blood to choose what they are willing to protect.


A mysterious figure arrives in the small town of Crowwood with a hidden agenda. As they navigate the town's secrets and its inhabitants' tangled lives, their true purpose threatens to unravel everything. The series follows the escalating tension between personal motives and the town's collective fate.

A group of students at Blackwood Hall 214 navigate the eerie secrets hidden within their dormitory, where strange occurrences blur the line between reality and nightmare. As they uncover the truth, they must confront their own fears and the darkness that binds them together.



A woman discovers that her seemingly perfect marriage to a wealthy husband is built on a web of lies and hidden agendas. As she peels back the layers of his double life, she must navigate a dangerous game of deception and power to uncover the truth.

A comedic mystery series where a group of characters engage in a playful guessing game about who ends up betraying whom. The show blends humor with suspense, keeping viewers guessing until the final reveal.

A cover of Jonathan Lee's "Love" — a song about the parts of a relationship that keep replaying and keep catching in the same place, sung in Mandarin with English subtitles.


Samantha Reed was the Bears' team manager until she was thrown off campus for drugging her own players. She did not do it — she caught the person who did — and she has come back to an Ivy League campus that has already decided what she is.

A stolen coin, a boat borrowed from an uncle currently in prison, and a chase that neither party is qualified to be in. A comic thriller in which nobody — the pursuers included — is entirely sure who anyone is.


A crew of thieves learns that a crucial marker is hidden inside the Vileprim City Museum, drawing them into a heist that quickly spirals beyond their control. As the plan unravels, the team must outmaneuver the forces closing in on them before the museum becomes their trap.
A woman's simple act of combing her hair at her doorstep sets off a chain of events that will alter the course of her life over the next three years. As she navigates the consequences, she must confront the hidden forces that shape her destiny.

After saving four seemingly ordinary beasts, a young woman discovers they are actually powerful beings from another realm. As she navigates their world, she uncovers a conspiracy that threatens both her life and the fragile peace between humans and beasts.

Edith was the most beloved daughter of the Ashford family until her grandmother fell down the stairs and every one of them believed Camille instead of her. Three years later they bring her home, because they need a sacrifice and she is the one they can spare.

Two sisters threw their wreaths at the same moment. One drew Lord Leonidas. The other drew a beggar, and has never once stopped saying it was unfair. Given the throw again, she wants a simple heart and a quiet life instead. Bios comes to her with nothing but a pendant he has carried since his first breath, and offers it as the witness to a promise.

In a world shattered by an unexplained catastrophe, a lone survivor embarks on a desperate search for a missing loved one. As they navigate the ruins of civilization, they uncover clues that hint at a deeper, more sinister truth behind the disaster. The series follows their journey through desolation, where every step brings them closer to answers—and to the edge of hope.

A prosecutor from a humble background is thrust into a high-stakes web of power and corruption. As she navigates the treacherous world of the elite, she must decide how far she is willing to go to uncover the truth and claim her own authority.

A cover of "Free Loop", performed straight through: an acoustic song about the lazy days after a name stops being safe to say.

A Chinese high school student suddenly body-swaps with the most popular girl at an American high school. Beautiful, rich, and instantly at the top of the social hierarchy, she discovers a world of mean girls, toxic boyfriends, secret crushes, and high school drama. But she isn’t interested in becoming prom queen. Armed with a new face and absolutely no patience for terrible boys, she begins a mission to break hearts, expose cheaters, and destroy the school’s most popular guys—one by one. A funny, chaotic teen body-swap drama about revenge, romance, friendship, and surviving American high school.

Two people are drawn together by an unbreakable bond, but the secrets of their bloodline threaten to tear them apart. As they navigate a world where desire and danger intertwine, they must confront the truth of what connects them and what it will cost to embrace it.

In a city gripped by a mysterious plague that awakens the dead, a detective uncovers a three-year-old case that may hold the key to the outbreak. As the line between the living and the dead blurs, the truth threatens to consume everything.

A cover performance of "Conquer" — a song about a love that turned into a war, and the cost of winning it. Vocals over a single sustained arrangement.

A cover performance about the diary you keep writing in long after the person is gone, and the decision to burn it and start again.

《いつも何度でも》OST

A modern retelling of the classic detective series, following a brilliant young sleuth who takes on complex cases while navigating the challenges of a world where technology and crime intersect. With each mystery, he must outwit cunning adversaries and uncover hidden truths, all while protecting those closest to him.

Story Synopsis Broke nanny Mia Hart scrubs CEO Julian Cross's rug while secretly being a strategic genius from a corporate simulation. He tasks her with spying on his rival. She uses her insider access to dismantle his company, outmaneuver his CFO, and in the final boardroom, reveals she owns 51 % of the shares. He fires her; she buys the building


She slept under a bridge for three years before she found her way back to the house with twelve bathrooms. On her first night home she walks in on the Second Young Master cutting his wrist — and tells him to write the will first. She learned that from an old man who died alone on his mat, whose wife and son then spent three months fighting over forty-two square metres.

A top-tier assassin, known for his calm and precision, finds his life upended by a single coin toss and an unexpected event. As he navigates a world of danger and deception, he must confront the consequences of his past and the forces hunting him.

Every day at 3:17 AM, the entire city freezes for four minutes, leaving only one person conscious. As the sole witness to this eerie phenomenon, the protagonist must uncover the truth behind the pause and why everyone seems to be facing them.


A spooky old school infirmary is rumored to be haunted. Students report seeing strange shadows, hearing eerie noises, and there are urban legends about a “devil doctor”. The young detective team investigates the abandoned medical room. They uncover hidden secrets, old injuries from past campus incidents, and track down who is behind all the frightening tricks. It is a youth‑oriented mystery‑thriller story full of suspense, puzzles and adventure.

The mines still run, because somebody has to haul the ore, and the wall still holds, because the alternative is what is outside it. Captain Chen's squad pulls survivors out of the swarm and brings them back to a base that is running out of room to put them, while the UDA's people take an unusual interest in what the anomaly at the eastern site actually is. New recruits get one month to kill a xenobeast alone. Most of the training is spent explaining why that is the easy part.

A women discovers he can understand plants, and her unique ability turns her into an unlikely witness to crimes unfolding across the city. As she uses his gift to piece together clues, she finds herself entangled in a web of secrets and danger.

A mysterious white wand falls into the hands of an ordinary person, awakening a hidden power that draws them into a world of magic and intrigue. As they struggle to understand its purpose, they must navigate dangerous forces that seek to claim the wand for themselves, forcing them to choose between a quiet life and a destiny they never asked for.

The Ninth Bureau is a special division under the Ninth Administration, tasked with managing anomalies that disrupt the fabric of reality. As its agents investigate strange occurrences, they must navigate a world where the ordinary and the impossible collide, uncovering secrets that threaten the very order of existence.

In a world where humanity first encounters mysterious 'doors' that serve as gateways between dimensions, a hidden truth emerges about the nature of these portals. As the boundaries between worlds blur, a protagonist must navigate a reality where nothing is as it seems, uncovering secrets that could alter the fate of both realms.

In an ordinary city, a serene evening by the river is shattered when the water suddenly vanishes, leaving behind a dry bed and a growing sense of dread. As tourists and locals grapple with the inexplicable event, they uncover hints of a deeper, unsettling force beneath the surface. The series follows their struggle to understand what has happened and what might emerge from the depths.
A powerful mafia king claims a young woman as his own, vowing that she will be the only one under his protection. As rival criminals close in and his dangerous world threatens to c…
Story signals: romantic suspense · suspense
A deadly siren is bound in marriage to a bride who cannot speak, and neither knows the other's true nature. As dangerous waters rise around them, the assassin and the mute bride mu…
Story signals: suspense
Welcome to Saturn Station — a dazzling black-and-white future where women rule the stars, robots fall in love, aliens are never what they seem, and every secret has a price. Meet …
Story signals: mystery
After his closest friend betrayed him and sold his daughter, a man vanished into the shadows to become an elite operative. Years later he resurfaces, using every skill he has to tr…
Story signals: conspiracy
The Ballot and the Heart is a drama short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
A man dismissed and humiliated by everyone around him is written off as a nobody — until a ghost from his past returns and everything begins to change. As old wrongs resurface, the…
Story signals: mystery
Why Did It Have to Be Him (BL) is a drama short series featuring mystery, suspense.
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Under the Oath is a drama short series featuring suspense.
Story signals: suspense
When young writer Noe begins unraveling the mystery of his grandmother Sarah’s “angelic friendship” with a forgotten composer, his search draws him toward Anna, a red-haired nurse …
Story signals: suspenseful · mystery
The Twins is a drama short series featuring mystery, suspense.
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Bride-to-be Isla finds a mysterious red ribbon note and starts digging into the secrets her fiancé, her best friend, and his mother are hiding, but every clue leads closer to a tru…
Story signals: mystery clues · suspenseful · mystery
To erase her father's $2 million debt, Elena Voss agrees to a one-year marriage with ruthless mafia heir Dante Moretti. But her butterfly birthmark, rare amber eyes, and buried mem…
Story signals: Suspenseful · suspense
A group of friends makes a bet that seems harmless at first, but the wager quickly pulls them into a high-stakes game of pride, temptation, and shifting loyalties. As the terms of …
Story signals: suspense
A young woman finds herself drawn to the son of the family her own family has been feuding with for years. As their secret feelings grow, the mystery behind the two families' bitte…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Under the Oath is a drama short series featuring suspense.
Story signals: suspense
A woman discovers that the ordinary man she married is secretly leading a double life as a hero. As his hidden world of danger closes in on their home, she must decide how far she …
Story signals: suspense
Vampire Diary is a drama short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
Eternal Kiss is a fantasy short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
The President's daughter marries a homeless man, never suspecting that her new husband is secretly the legendary sniper king. As she navigates a marriage built on a hidden truth, t…
Story signals: suspense
A young woman discovers she is the true heiress of a billionaire family, but her return home is met with fear rather than welcome. As she steps into a world of wealth and power, th…
Story signals: suspense
Fantasy teen drama. A popular cheer queen and her quiet social outcast rival swap bodies overnight. Trapped in each other’s worlds, they discover the secrets behind high‑school sta…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
In a world where ancient bloodlines hold the key to eternal life, a young woman discovers she is bound to a powerful vampire dynasty. As forbidden love ignites between her and a br…
Story signals: mystery
Patient Zero is a sci-fi short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
Almost is a drama short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
The Strange Thing is a drama short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
A hidden bloodline binds two families together, and the truth buried between them refuses to stay buried. As old secrets surface, loyalty and betrayal collide, forcing everyone tie…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
The Regret is a drama short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
A mysterious figure arrives in the small town of Crowwood with a hidden agenda. As they navigate the town's secrets and its inhabitants' tangled lives, their true purpose threatens…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A group of students at Blackwood Hall 214 navigate the eerie secrets hidden within their dormitory, where strange occurrences blur the line between reality and nightmare. As they u…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Last Night is a drama short series featuring mystery, suspense.
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Resident Evil (AI) is a thriller short series featuring mystery, suspense.
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A woman discovers that her seemingly perfect marriage to a wealthy husband is built on a web of lies and hidden agendas. As she peels back the layers of his double life, she must n…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A comedic mystery series where a group of characters engage in a playful guessing game about who ends up betraying whom. The show blends humor with suspense, keeping viewers guessi…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A cover of Jonathan Lee's "Love" — a song about the parts of a relationship that keep replaying and keep catching in the same place, sung in Mandarin with English subtitles.
Story signals: mystery
The Cosmic Deliveryman is a drama short series featuring mystery, suspense.
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Samantha Reed was the Bears' team manager until she was thrown off campus for drugging her own players. She did not do it — she caught the person who did — and she has come back to…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A stolen coin, a boat borrowed from an uncle currently in prison, and a chase that neither party is qualified to be in. A comic thriller in which nobody — the pursuers included — i…
Story signals: thriller
Father's Secret is a drama short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
A crew of thieves learns that a crucial marker is hidden inside the Vileprim City Museum, drawing them into a heist that quickly spirals beyond their control. As the plan unravels,…
Story signals: conspiracy · suspense
A woman's simple act of combing her hair at her doorstep sets off a chain of events that will alter the course of her life over the next three years. As she navigates the consequen…
Story signals: mystery
After saving four seemingly ordinary beasts, a young woman discovers they are actually powerful beings from another realm. As she navigates their world, she uncovers a conspiracy t…
Story signals: conspiracy
Edith was the most beloved daughter of the Ashford family until her grandmother fell down the stairs and every one of them believed Camille instead of her. Three years later they …
Story signals: mystery
Two sisters threw their wreaths at the same moment. One drew Lord Leonidas. The other drew a beggar, and has never once stopped saying it was unfair. Given the throw again, she wa…
Story signals: mystery
In a world shattered by an unexplained catastrophe, a lone survivor embarks on a desperate search for a missing loved one. As they navigate the ruins of civilization, they uncover …
Story signals: mystery
A prosecutor from a humble background is thrust into a high-stakes web of power and corruption. As she navigates the treacherous world of the elite, she must decide how far she is …
Story signals: suspense
A cover of "Free Loop", performed straight through: an acoustic song about the lazy days after a name stops being safe to say.
Story signals: mystery
A Chinese high school student suddenly body-swaps with the most popular girl at an American high school. Beautiful, rich, and instantly at the top of the social hierarchy, she disc…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Two people are drawn together by an unbreakable bond, but the secrets of their bloodline threaten to tear them apart. As they navigate a world where desire and danger intertwine, t…
Story signals: mystery
In a city gripped by a mysterious plague that awakens the dead, a detective uncovers a three-year-old case that may hold the key to the outbreak. As the line between the living and…
Story signals: mystery · suspense · detective
A cover performance of "Conquer" — a song about a love that turned into a war, and the cost of winning it. Vocals over a single sustained arrangement.
Story signals: mystery
A cover performance about the diary you keep writing in long after the person is gone, and the decision to burn it and start again.
Story signals: mystery
《いつも何度でも》OST
Story signals: mystery
A modern retelling of the classic detective series, following a brilliant young sleuth who takes on complex cases while navigating the challenges of a world where technology and cr…
Story signals: mystery · suspense · detective
Story Synopsis Broke nanny Mia Hart scrubs CEO Julian Cross's rug while secretly being a strategic genius from a corporate simulation. He tasks her with spying on his rival. She us…
Story signals: mystery
Independent Day is a comedy short series featuring mystery.
Story signals: mystery
She slept under a bridge for three years before she found her way back to the house with twelve bathrooms. On her first night home she walks in on the Second Young Master cutting h…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A top-tier assassin, known for his calm and precision, finds his life upended by a single coin toss and an unexpected event. As he navigates a world of danger and deception, he mus…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Every day at 3:17 AM, the entire city freezes for four minutes, leaving only one person conscious. As the sole witness to this eerie phenomenon, the protagonist must uncover the tr…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
Royal Crush is a drama short series featuring mystery, suspense.
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A spooky old school infirmary is rumored to be haunted. Students report seeing strange shadows, hearing eerie noises, and there are urban legends about a “devil doctor”. The young …
Story signals: mystery · suspense · detective
The mines still run, because somebody has to haul the ore, and the wall still holds, because the alternative is what is outside it. Captain Chen's squad pulls survivors out of the …
Story signals: mystery
A women discovers he can understand plants, and her unique ability turns her into an unlikely witness to crimes unfolding across the city. As she uses his gift to piece together cl…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
A mysterious white wand falls into the hands of an ordinary person, awakening a hidden power that draws them into a world of magic and intrigue. As they struggle to understand its …
Story signals: mystery
The Ninth Bureau is a special division under the Ninth Administration, tasked with managing anomalies that disrupt the fabric of reality. As its agents investigate strange occurren…
Story signals: investigation · mystery · conspiracy
In a world where humanity first encounters mysterious 'doors' that serve as gateways between dimensions, a hidden truth emerges about the nature of these portals. As the boundaries…
Story signals: mystery
In an ordinary city, a serene evening by the river is shattered when the water suddenly vanishes, leaving behind a dry bed and a growing sense of dread. As tourists and locals grap…
Story signals: mystery · suspense
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