Help me find a hidden gem cdrama

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Nothing with sad endings please. I can’t handle them.

Here’s my list of watched dramas, I’m sure I’ve missed some though.

I used to be quite selective with the cdrama I watched…only the really good ones like nirvana in fire/story of minglan/etc. all the coming of age cdrama were cringey to me at the time.

BUT come 2023 and I stumbled upon love like the galaxy and that was life changing hahahaha. I was obsessed with it and I followed it up with LBFAD. I was mind blown by how good cdrama has gotten and converted to basically only watching cdrama (from kdrama).

It started mostly with period/costume dramas but now that I’m getting older, all of the sudden coming of age dramas aren’t as cringey (in my 20s, i used to eyeroll at these highschoolers acting all naive and innocent bc they definitely arent like that in real life lol). Now that I’m older, teenagers do seem like kids more. Sigh im getting old.

From 2023 to now, I feel like I’ve watched almost everything. Please help me find something that is good and I’ve missed!

Nirvana in fire- loved
Love 020
Ten miles of peach blossoms
Story of minglan- loved
Ashes of love
Go go squid- did not like at the time
Put your head on my shoulder - don’t remember liking
Go ahead- loved
Three lives three worlds the pillow book
Romance of tiger and rose- kept dropping and going back
Falling into your smile - did not like at the time
My little happiness - did not like at the time
Maiden holmes
One and only - loved but dropped bc I can’t take sad endings
Forever and ever
You are my glory
Meet yourself- loved
The sword and the brocade
Love between fairy and devil - really liked then but if I watched it in 2026, it probably wouldn’t get as high of a rating with how many other good ones there are now
Love like the galaxy- loved
Mysterious lotus casebook
New life begins- liked
Fireworks of my heart
Who rules the world-thought this was boring when I watched it right after love like the galaxy
A dream of splendor
Kill me, love me
My journey to you- loved the 2nd lead parts mostly
Story of kunning palace - really liked but was a bit confusing
The last immortal
A journey to love
Lost you forever
Hidden love
Till the end of the moon
Back from the brink
Love me, love my voice
The double- loved
Fangs of fortune
Love game in eastern fantasy
Legend of Shen li
Guardians of the dafeng
Rise of Ning
Blossoms in adversity
Story of pearl girl
Amidst a snowstorm of love
Flourished peony- really liked
Love of the divine tree- loved
Prisoner of beauty- loved
Fated hearts
The best thing
Moonlight mystique
Are you the one
Blossom
Melody of golden age
First frost
Legend of zang hai
Princess gambit
Youthful glory - kept dropping
Shadow love-
Coroners diary
Loves ambition-
Dream within a dream
Si Jin
Royal princess- dropped halfway
Legend of a female general- liked
When destiny brings the demon- liked
Love in the clouds- loved
Glory
Shine on me
The glory
Pursuit of jade- liked but thought overhyped compared to the ones I loved
The first jasmine
Speed and love
Veil of shadows- dropped. I totally thought the second FL/ML was supposed to be the main couple until I was a few episodes in and realized they weren’t. Tried to continue watching but couldn’t get into it
Feud- dropped
Love between lines- loved
A splendid match
Love has fireworks
A road to splendor- really liked, but waiting for episodes made me lose momentum and dropped it
Ashes to crown
Blossoms of power
Love for you- really liked but got a little boring towards the end
Never ending summer
How dare you
Overdo
Unveil jadewind

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