Short Dramas (Chinese, Korean, Japanese)

Dramas that are under 6 hours long that I liked with approximate run times and places to watch them

Note: I do not check the YouTube links regularly, so some may not be available there anymore.

leahaven Jun 23, 2024

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1. 30 Kin Sore wa 30-sai Miman Okotowari no Koi

Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes

9.5

2:50
Fansubs available
2. A Familiar Stranger

Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes

10

3:50
Viki free
3. A Lucid Dream

Chinese Drama - 2024, 18 episodes

9.5

2:45
WeTV app or YouTube channel
4. Aoshima-kun Is a Bully!

Japanese Drama - 2024, 9 episodes

8.0

3.55
Viki free
5. Be Yourself

Chinese Drama - 2022, 14 episodes

8.5

2:30
Youku app or YouTube channel
6. Because I Don't Want to Go Home

Korean Special - 2022, 3 episodes

8.0

21 minutes
On King of Korean Drama YouTube channel
7. Business Marriage

Japanese Drama - 2024, 9 episodes

8.5

3:35
Viki free
8. Cinderella Closet

Japanese Drama - 2025, 12 episodes

10

3:58
Netflix
9. Confess Your Love

Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

9.0

4:25
WeTV app or Kukan YouTube channel
10. Demon Emperor's Little Matchmaker

Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

7.0

2hrs
WeTV app or YouTube
11. Destiny

Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

9.5

4:48
IQIYI
12. Devil Falls in Love with Fairy

Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes

7.0

4:25
WeTV app or Tencent's YouTube channel
13. Do Me When You Come Home

Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes

9.5

3:50
Fansubs available
14. Don’t Mess with Ex-Girlfriend

Chinese Drama - 2022, 20 episodes

8.0

2:45
WeTV app or Tencent's YouTube channel
15. Dong Lan Xue

Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes

8.5

1:30
YouTube
16. Double Assassin

Chinese Drama - 2023, 18 episodes

8.0

3 hours
YouTube merged videos (Q1 Q2 Channel)
17. Drama Special Season 13: Nineteen Otters

Korean Special - 2022, 1 episode

9.0

64 minutes
Viki standard (episode 4)
18. Drama Special Season 14: Love Attack

Korean Special - 2023, 1 episode

10

63 minutes
Kocowa
19. Drama Special Season 14: Shoot For Love

Korean Special - 2023, 1 episode

8.0

65 minutes
Kocowa
20. Drama Special Season 9: Miss Kim's Mystery

Korean Special - 2018, 1 episode

8.0

64 minutes
On KBS YouTube channel
21. Dramatic Self-Help Strategy

Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes

7.5

3 hrs
fansubs available from Subbing Paws
22. Dream Once More

Chinese Drama - 2024, 18 episodes

10

5:08
YouTube (Mango) with good subs mostly but machine-mess subs in the last couple episodes
23. Embrace in the Dark Night

Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

8.0

5:40
Youku app and YouTube
24. Emperor or Boss

Chinese Drama - 2021, 18 episodes

9.5

3.5 hours
Viki free
25. False Face and True Feelings

Chinese Drama - 2024, 26 episodes

9.0

3:37
Youku app or YouTube
26. Fanletter, Please

Korean Drama - 2022, 4 episodes

8.0

4:05
Kocowa
27. Follow My Dear General

Chinese Drama - 2022, 31 episodes

8.0

5:35
IQIYI or YouTube
28. Governor's Secret Love

Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

8.0

5:00
Youku app and YouTube
29. Heart of Ice and Flame

Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

7.0

3:40 (if you skip the final episode to avoid cliff-hanger ending)
WeTV app or YouTube
30. Horimiya

Japanese Drama - 2021, 7 episodes

8.5

2:50
Fansubs available
31. I Don’t Want to Be a Queen

Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

8.5

3:44
Youku app or YouTube
32. Is My Kawaii About to Expire?

Japanese Drama - 2022, 9 episodes

9.0

3:55
Viki free
33. Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun

Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes

8.5

3:20
fansubs available
34. Kiss Goblin

Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes

8.5

2:30
Viki free
35. Love and Strife

Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

8.0

5:50
IQIYI and YouTube
36. Love for Two Lives

Chinese Drama - 2022, 32 episodes

8.5

3:30
WeTV app or Tencent's YouTube channel
37. Love in the Hotel

Chinese Drama - 2024, 20 episodes

8.0

3:15
On IQIYI but better subs on YouTube at Yo Yo channel
38. Lunch Break Lovers

Japanese Drama - 2026, 8 episodes

8.5

5:59
Viki
39. Marry Me!

Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes

8.0

3:55
Viki free
40. Miss Mystery

Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

10

3:45
Youku app or YouTube channel
41. Mr. Sea Otter

Chinese Drama - 2024, 19 episodes

7.0

2 hours
Youku app (paid)
42. My Bossy Wife

Chinese Drama - 2022, 28 episodes

8.0

Parts 1 and 2 together = 5hours
Viki free
43. My Bossy Wife Season 2

Chinese Drama - 2022, 28 episodes

7.0

Parts 1 and 2 together = 5hours
Viki free
44. My Dearest Boss

Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

7.5

2:45
WeTV app free
45. My Decoy Bride

Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

7.0

3:10
YouTube
46. My Everlasting Bride

Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

8.0

3:30
Youku and YouTube
47. My Long Awaited Love Story

Japanese Special - 2016, 1 episode

8.0

1:31
fansubs on dailymotion
48. My Lucky Princess

Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes

7.5

3:40
Mango YouTube channel with mango-typical subtitles and intermittent audio track
49. My Merman Brother

Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

7.0

80 minutes
Tencent's YouTube channel with machine subtitles
50. My Piggy Boss

Chinese Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

10

2:40
IQIYI app or YouTube channel
51. Night of Love with You

Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes

10

3:55
WeTV app or Tencent's YouTube channel
52. One Day Off

Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes

8.5

3:21
Kocowa
53. Onzoshi ni Koi wa Muzu Sugiru

Japanese Drama - 2025, 12 episodes

8.5

4:34
fansubs available
54. Parasyte: The Grey

Korean Drama - 2024, 6 episodes

9.5

4:57
Netflix
55. Playing House

Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

7.5

3:55
WeTV app or YouTube
56. Qiu Qiu Ni Bie Xin Dong

Chinese Drama - 2023, 17 episodes

9.5

51 minutes
available on Youtube with worse-than-mango subs
57. Reset Life

Chinese Drama - 2019, 5 episodes

9.5

3.5 hours
IQIYI app free
58. Revenge of Reborn Princess

Chinese Drama - 2024, 20 episodes

8.0

4:33
Viki free
59. Riko High!!

Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

8.0

1.59
fansubs available
60. Ripe for the Picking

Japanese Drama - 2024, 9 episodes

9.5

3 hours
Netflix
61. Romanced

Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes

8.0

92 minutes
YouTube playlist (real ending channel)
62. Romantic

Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes

9.0

4 hours
Youku app or YouTube channel (search title Love Strikes Back)
63. Ru He Zai Wu Nao Ba Zong Man Li Jian Nan Qiu Sheng

Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes

8.0

2:50
used to be on YouTube
64. Secretary Bai Wants to Resign Everyday

Chinese Drama - 2022, 21 episodes

10

2:45
WeTV app or Tencent's YouTube channel
65. Sinful Marriage

Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

9.0

5:35
Youtube
66. Spice up Our Love

Korean Drama - 2024, 2 episodes

8.5

1:20 - an interlude inside a full length drama but fun by itself (ending is open because the story is resolved in the drama)
Prime
67. Start Up the Engine

Korean Special - 2021, 4 episodes

8.0

1:40
YouTube (Hyundai's channel)
68. Suiyobi 22-ji dake no Kare

Japanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes

8.0

26m
YouTube
69. Supervisor Husband

Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes

9.0

3 hours
Viki free
70. Suspicious Partner

Japanese Drama - 2025, 12 episodes

8.0

4:48
Viki free
71. Sweat and Soap

Japanese Drama - 2022, 9 episodes

8.5

3:40
Tubi or Viki plus
72. The Dreamlike Seal

Chinese Drama - 2021, 130 episodes

7.5

4:25
YouTube
73. The Happy Loner

Korean Special - 2017, 2 episodes

9.0

2:09
Kocowa
74. The Killer Is Also Romantic

Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes

8.5

3:40
Fansubs available (mango channel subs are dreadful)
75. The Love Duel

Chinese Drama - 2024, 23 episodes

8.5

3:42
YouTube or WeTV app
76. The Other Half of Me and You

Chinese Drama - 2021, 32 episodes

8.0

3:10
YouTube playlist (YoYo)
77. The Perfect Husband in the Mirror

Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes

8.0

3:15
WeTV app
78. The Revenge Lover

Japanese Drama - 2025, 8 episodes

7.5

3:12
fansubs available
79. The West Wind Is Strong

Chinese Drama - 2023, 20 episodes

8.0

3:20
WeTV app (search title: Intrigue and Love) or YouTube (search title: West Wind Blows)
80. The Witch's Diner

Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes

8.5

5:50
Viki free
81. Two Lights: Relumino

Korean Special - 2017, 1 episode

10

31 minutes
Samsung's youtube channel
82. Undercover Affair

Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes

9.5

4 hours
Youku app or YouTube channel
83. Unexpected: Love Story in Maison Ginseiso

Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes

8.0

3:55
Viki free
84. Venus on Mars

Taiwanese Drama - 2023, 6 episodes

8.0

5:32
Viki paid
85. Wake up to Fantasy

Chinese Drama - 2024, 25 episodes

8.0

1:30
YouTube
86. Warning Ahead

Chinese Drama - 2022, 23 episodes

8.0

46 minutes
Subs available at nekomeowmeow
87. What's Wrong with My Princess

Chinese Drama - 2023, 32 episodes

8.0

3.5 hours
WeTV app as Revenge of Reborn Princess, or YouTube with this title
88. Wish Woosh Season 2

Korean Drama - 2019, 10 episodes

7.5

2:10
YouTube playlist (King of Korean Drama)
89. Yawao to Katako

Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes

8.0

5:05
fansubs available
90. Yes, Her Majesty

Chinese Drama - 2023, 20 episodes

9.0

3:10
Viki free or WeTV app
91. You Are My Whole World

Chinese Drama - 2024, 28 episodes

8.0

4:35
WeTV app or YouTube
92. You Complete Me

Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

8.5

4:10
YouTube (mango short play) with mango-typical subtitles
93. Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shang

Chinese Drama - 2022, 27 episodes

7.5

57 minutes
Fansubs available - search "dowager princess is above me"