This drama involves 12 different stories which happened to teenagers, taken from real life social cases. Shen Qi is a student who has a brain tumor, giving him the ability to see Death Girl when no one else can. As he witnesses her task of ferrying different people to the afterlife, he gradually falls in love with her and begins to understand the transition between life and death.
Cast
Serena Fang as Du 渡 (Death Girl) / Du He 杜荷
Aaron Yan as Shen Qi 沈奇 / Gao Chao 高超
Main characters
Wang Zi as Huang He 黃禾 - A honor student who had an affair with his teacher.
Teresa Meng as Xiao Qing 筱青 - Huang He confided in her that he wanted to put an end to his double life.
Zhang Jun Ming as Ye Xiao Lin 葉小琳 - A quiet student who was severely neglected by her family.
Lin Chen Xi as Zeng Nicole 曾妮可 - A student who sold sex to earn money to leave her abusive, alcoholic father.
Kris Shen as Tang Zi Qi 唐子齊 - A classmate of Nicole who wanted to help her.
Chao Yi Lan as Li You 李優 - A transgender student whose true gender was a secret.
Tang Zhen Gang as Chen Guo Hao 陳國豪 - He was Li You's best friend who later hated her for her secret.
Jenny Wen as Chen Ke Ju 陳可菊 - A student whose sexual orientation was in flux.
Zhong Yao (鍾瑤) as Yang Qiao Qiao 楊巧巧 - She was in love with Ju and wanted to die with her.
Chen Yi as Xiao Dao 小刀 - A hot-tempered student who chose loyalty to friends over his own life.
Jay Shih as Li Qiang 李強 - Xiao Dao's friend whose family was almost ruined by a local crime boss.
Ah Ben as Xiao Lun 小侖 - An effeminate student who was sexually harassed in school.
Zhang Yong Zheng as Zhao Da Dong 趙大東 - A bully who tried to prove his masculinity by targeting Xiao Lun.
Cai Yi Zhen as Xiao Ya Zhen 蕭亞貞 - An over-scheduled student who found herself pregnant.
Kao Ying Hsuan as Shen Quan 沈泉 - A reclusive teacher intern whose girlfriend died during an abortion.
MDL link:
http://mydramalist.com/taiwanese-drama/690/gloomy-salad-days
Has anyone seen this drama?