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Reborn at 18: The Great-Grandma Takes Charge (十八岁太奶奶驾到，重整家族荣耀)
Reborn at 18: The Great-Grandma Takes Charge (十八岁太奶奶驾到，重整家族荣耀) is a 2025 Chinese vertical micro short-drama series adapted from Wu Yingxia's novel, starring Li Keyi as Professor Rong Yu, who wakes in 2025 as an 18-year-old great-grandmother; four seasons, breakout hit on Hongguo.
Regeneration (新生)
Regeneration (新生, Fei Ke's Banquet) is a 2024 ten-episode Chinese suspense web drama directed by Shen Ao, adapted from Luo Jia's novel, in which five people at a conman's memorial service give contradictory Rashomon-style accounts; it topped Netflix's daily chart but was criticized for a rushed finale.
Renascence (凤唳九天)
Renascence (凤唳九天, Feng Li Jiu Tian) is a 2020 Chinese historical romance drama, 36 episodes, adapted from Xiao Yun's novel, directed by Liu Haibo and Shen Yang, starring Chen Zheyuan and Li Mozhi, about a murdered empress reborn in her sister's body seeking revenge, streamed on iQiyi and Mango TV.
Reset (开端)
Reset (开端, Kaiduan) is a 2022 Chinese 15-episode time-loop suspense web drama on Tencent Video, adapted from Qidaojun's novel, starring Bai Jingting and Zhao Jinmai, produced by Daylight Entertainment, with over 2.1 billion views and a 2023 Magnolia supporting-actress award.
Revenged Love (逆爱)
Revenged Love (逆爱) is a 2025 Chinese BL web drama adapted from Chai Jidan's novel Nixi, starring Zi Yu and Tian Xuning, 24 episodes aired June 16 to August 12, 2025, released internationally and not in mainland China.
Royal Feast (尚食)
Royal Feast (尚食, Shang Shi) is a 2022 Chinese Ming-dynasty costume food drama on Mango TV, 40 episodes, starring Xu Kai and Wu Jinyan as Zhu Zhanji and Shangshi Bureau cook Yao Zijin; 1.894 billion views, Douban 5.5.
Royal Nirvana (鹤唳华亭)
Royal Nirvana (鹤唳华亭) is a 2019 Youku Chinese costume drama, 60 episodes, directed by Yang Wenjun from Xue Man Liang Yuan's novel, starring Luo Jin and Li Yitong, styled on Song dynasty ritual aesthetics and the Lu Ji crane-cry allusion.
Royal Rumours (花琉璃轶闻)
Royal Rumours (花琉璃轶闻), formerly 造作时光, is a 2023 Chinese costume romantic-comedy web drama adapted from Yue Xia Die Ying's novel, starring Xu Zhengxi and Meng Ziyi; 24 episodes on Tencent Video, March 15–30, 2023, heat over 26,000, Douban 6.2.
Rule the World (独步天下)
Rule the World (独步天下) is a 2017 Chinese historical romance drama, 45 episodes, adapted from Li Xin's novel, starring Tang Yixin and Raymond Lam as Dong Ge and Hong Taiji, streamed on Tencent Video from October 30, 2017; distinct from the 2022 drama Who Rules the World.
Ruling Over All I See
Ruling Over All I See (万里江山入我怀), also The Horizon in My Grasp, is a 2025 Chinese vertical short drama on DramaBox: 74 two-minute episodes in which time-traveler Sun Jian must win the affection of three system-assigned wives.
Run for Young (风犬少年的天空)
Run for Young (风犬少年的天空) is a 2020 16-episode Chinese youth drama directed by Zhang Yibai, Han Yan, and Li Bingqiang, adapted by novelist Li Zelin from his own novel, set in millennium-era Chongqing, starring Peng Yuchang and Zhang Jingyi, which premiered on Bilibili and rose from a 7.1 to an 8.0 Douban score.
Samurai Gourmet (野武士のグルメ)
Samurai Gourmet (野武士のグルメ, Nobushi no Gurume) is a Japanese food franchise by Masayuki Kusumi: an essay, a manga with Shigeru Tsuchiyama, and a 12-episode 2017 Netflix drama starring Naoto Takenaka and Tetsuji Tamayama.
Sanctuary (サンクチュアリ -聖域-)
Sanctuary (サンクチュアリ -聖域-) is a 2023 Netflix Japanese drama series, 8 episodes released May 4, 2023, directed by Kan Eguchi and written by Tomoki Kanazawa, starring Wataru Ichinose as delinquent-turned-sumo-wrestler Kiyoshi Oze (Enzou).
Sand Sea (沙海)
Sand Sea (沙海) is a 2018 Chinese adventure web series, sequel to Nanpai Sanshu's Grave Robbers' Chronicles, starring Wu Lei as Li Cu and Qin Hao as Wu Xie; 52 episodes on Tencent Video from 20 July 2018, over 100 million views in five hours.
Scent of Time (为有暗香来)
Scent of Time (为有暗香来), adapted from the Zhihu novel Xi Qianhua, is a 2023 Huanyu-Youku costume drama starring Zhou Ye and Wang Xingyue, aired on Youku and HBO GO, whose rebirth plot ends as a coma dream.
School Beauty's Personal Bodyguard (校花的贴身高手)
School Beauty's Personal Bodyguard (校花的贴身高手, Mr. Bodyguard) is a 2015 iQIYI Chinese web drama adapted from Yu Ren Er Dai's novel, starring Li Chung Lin and Cao Xiyue; 24 episodes, over 1.2 billion views, four seasons.
Seasons of Blossom
Seasons of Blossom (청춘 블라썸) is a 2020 Naver webtoon by Hongduck and NEMONE, 130 chapters in four seasonal arcs, adapted into a 2022 Wavve drama with Seo Ji Hoon and So Ju Yeon and a 2026 animation.
Secret Ingredient (miniseries)
Secret Ingredient (Bimil Salyo) is a 2024 six-episode Viu Original romantic dramedy miniseries made with Unilever Nutrition SEA and Indonesia, starring Sang Heon Lee, Julia Barretto, and Nicholas Saputra in a Jakarta-set food romance, Viu's first multi-market original with Korean talent.
Secret Lover
Secret Lover (秘密關係) is a 2025 Taiwanese BL drama adapted from KOMEOKA SIG's manga, directed by Chiang Ping Chen, starring GUNO and Chance, aired on GTV in 10 episodes, distinct from the Korean Watcha series Secret Relationship.
Secret of the Three Kingdoms (三国机密之潜龙在渊)
Secret of the Three Kingdoms (三国机密之潜龙在渊, The Secret Dragon in the Abyss) is a 2018 Tencent Video web drama adapted from Ma Boyong's novel, starring Ma Tianyu as twin brothers Liu Xie and Liu Ping, with Elvis Han and Wan Qian; 54 episodes, 200 million yuan investment.
See You Again (超时空罗曼史)
See You Again (超时空罗曼史) is a 2022 iQIYI 30-episode Chinese time-travel romance drama: a 1930s film star (Hu Yitian) shot on set lands in the present with screenwriter Jin Ayin (Yukee Chen).
See You Tomorrow (明天也想见到你)
See You Tomorrow (明天也想见到你, I See You Again) is a 2022 Chinese iQIYI romance web drama, 12 episodes of 30 minutes, directed by Liu Mao, starring Zhang Chuhan, Zhang Kangle, Xie Xingyang, and Lu Yuxiao; Douban 6.9.
Shining for One Thing (一闪一闪亮星星)
Shining for One Thing (一闪一闪亮星星) is a 2022 iQiyi Chinese youth time-travel romance drama with Lin Beixing and Zhang Wansen, plus its 2023 film version with record presales and snow-field screenings.
Siege in Fog (人生若如初相见)
Siege in Fog (人生若如初相见) is a 2018 Chinese Republican-era romance drama, 50 episodes, directed by He Shupei, adapted from Fei Wo Si Cun's novel Mi Wu Wei Cheng, starring Elvis Han and Sun Yi; distinct from the 2025 series A Love Never Lost.
Ski Into Love (嘘，国王在冬眠)
Ski Into Love (嘘，国王在冬眠, Shh, the King Is Hibernating) is a 2025 Chinese romance-sports drama adapted from Qing Mei's novel, starring Esther Yu and Lin Yi as a cartoonist and a retired snowboarder, 23 episodes on Youku and Netflix.
Smile Code (失笑)
Smile Code (失笑, Lost Laughter) is a 2024 Chinese romantic comedy drama directed by Che Liangyi, starring Shen Yue as stand-up comedian Gu Yi and Lin Yi as Liang Daiwen, a man with alexithymia; 34 episodes, premiered 8 November 2024 on Tencent Video, Douban 6.8.
Something Just Like This (青春创世纪)
Something Just Like This (青春创世纪, Youth Genesis) is a 2020 Chinese iQIYI romantic business drama, 47 episodes, starring Huang Jingyu and Wu Jinyan as childhood friends building an e-commerce livestreaming company; directed by Chen Feihong, produced by Chen Kaige.
Song of Youth (玉楼春)
Song of Youth (玉楼春) is a 2021 Chinese 43-episode costume light comedy on Youku, produced and written by Yu Zheng, starring Bai Lu and Wang Yizhe, set in the Ming Longqing era, with a Douban score of 4.7.
The Mystic Nine II (九门)
The Mystic Nine II (九门, Jiu Men) is a 2026 Youku Republican-era adventure drama, sequel to The Mystic Nine (2016), directed by Bai Shan, written by Nanpai Sanshu, starring William Chan, Joseph Zeng, and Chen Yao, set in 1935 Changsha around the 401 unit disappearance and the Tower Beyond Worlds.
The Princess and the Werewolf (郎君不如意)
The Princess and the Werewolf (郎君不如意, Go Princess Go 2) is a 2023 Chinese costume fantasy romantic comedy, 30 episodes on Youku from July 20, 2023, directed by Cheng Feng, starring Wu Xuanyi as Princess Qi Pa and Chen Zheyuan as the double-faced wolf king Kui Mu Lang, adapted from Xian Cheng's novel and sequel to Go Princess Go (2015).