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Vertical dramas which are light, funny, and easy to watch. Featuring smart and/or competent main women characters.

Grading criteria:*no one dies - not the dog, not the ancient grandfather, and definitely not the mom! or the dad.*no one assumes they are entitled to another person who doesn't want to  date them. Any such arc should resolve within 5 episodes as a misunderstanding*If there's a romance, it's a successful one. If there's a goal, it's achieved (or there's good optimism that it will be in the near future).*this is not the list for catharsis. this is the list for cozy comfort.

You know how some women put on a Guan/冠  and suddenly no one can see their very obvious breasts? This is for shows with actors who rise above that and are a little more convincing.  (specifically women dressing as men - whether a temporary disguise or for longer term reasons)

This is a list of Japanese BL series / reality shows that I have watched

sorry for not being able to update list since 2025 march. wont be able to properly until 2026 july. <at a research internship while prepping for doctorate entrance exams my soul is dried out.>Submissive Male lead X Dominant Female leadWhat is Role Reversal?  generally pertains to dramas where the Female leads takes on a more masculine, dependable, mature, stronger and dominant role in a relationship versed to the Male lead taking a more feminine, princess-like, soft, immature, weaker and submissive role..some famous examples would be- wonder woman and steve trevor, death by snu snu (futurama), addams family mom and dad etc.imdb link: rolereversal (link)more info : rr (link)Below I have listed down some common criteria and events you'd notice in rr couples Older woman/younger man (not necessarily a RR dynamic but often has the effects)Good boy/bad girl Female lead has a higher post/authority in work place than male lead (FL is ML's boss)FL is physically/magically much more stronger than MLML is nice,shy /FL is crude and outspokenML is soft, clumsy /FL is rowdy and roughFL is cold and often rude and has an ice queen-like personality /ML has a warm bubbly princess like personalityML blindly trusts and depends on FL and often calls for her helpML dresses in a feminine manner/ is  a femboy, likes cute and fluffy pink thingsFL approaches and woos ML and takes him off his feethuge credit to @Arclei for contributing innumerous amount of titles to this list. Also, check out their account, they have their own curated and more definitive list of RR dramasJOIN THE CLUB : RR DRAMA CLUB (linked)

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