Who doesn’t love super addictive Chinese romantic dramas? Especially if they are set in a school. This top 12 list features some of the most interesting, funniest, popular Chinese dramas set in school or college. Also, don’t lose a chance to watch trailers for these dramas here and vote in the poll for your favorite!
One and Another Him tells us about a school romance between a 17-year-old girl and her math teacher, genius with a high IQ. Unfortunately, she finds only heartbreak, as she understands it’s an impossible love. Some time passes by, and our heroine learns to let go of the past and say goodbye to the people from the past. However, she still recalls the memories of heartbreak and can’t love someone again. Well, she thinks so until one day she meets another intellectual – a handsome and genius math teacher! She finds herself drawn into a new romance, or isn’t it that new?
If you are looking for an entertaining Chinese school romantic drama, give it a shot! Watch the series and solve the mystery of why both a cold, brilliant soul and a friendly soul live in the body of one genius!
This drama revolves around Ye Lin, a troublemaker who was bullied by a girl in his youth. He isn’t willing to be bullied anymore, so he works on himself and grows up to be a fine young man. However, several years later, he finds out the girl who bullied him transfers to the same school where he studies. Terrified by her actions in the past, Ye Lin becomes cold-hearted and indifferent to her, while the girl realizes she has always had a crush on him. However, it’s not that easy to win his heart now.
If you are looking for a drama related to love, friendship and high-school life in general, I Won’t Be Bullied By Girls will become a really enjoyable watch for you! It’s pretty cheesy but will be a good watch for those who want something easy to watch!
Based on the novel of the same name by Xin Yiwu, Never Gone centers on the story of two classmates in High school, two total opposites. However, it turns out that not only their personalities are opposite – their family backgrounds are vastly different! So, even after they finally start dating, it doesn’t last very long. A few years later after their separation, they meet once again.
You will like strong and willful personalities of the main characters who seem to be complete opposites! You will see how their thoughts, aims, and personalities change throughout the series. It’s really interesting to watch the characters’ development! If you want to experience the roller coaster of emotions, give it a try!
My Huckleberry Friends is the next drama to be adapted (after With You) based on a trilogy of books written by Ba Yue Chang An. So, if you have read the novels or watched With You, you want to see its spinoff! It revolves around Yu Zhou and Lin Yang, whom she befriends on her first day of primary school. Unfortunately, later, Lin Yang’s parents don’t allow him to see his friend anymore because of some rumors. After entering high school, the girl escapes from him and her many other classmates. Some time passes, and Yu Zhou meets her friend again. Should she be happy or sad about it? What hardships are waiting for them?
The series tells a lot about how students are brought up in China. However, With You and My Huckleberry Friends differ in one aspect for sure: the second one places greater emphasis on the students’ life outside the school. If you think you like watching dramas with relationship issues of students, their academic accomplishments or failures, personal traumas, social status, this one is your cup of tea!
Dragon Day, You’re Dead is adapted from the novel Dragon, You’re Dead written by youth writer Xiao Nizi. The story centers mainly on the love story of a top student and a school devil. So, if you are looking for a lighthearted, funny romantic story, give this Chinese drama a try! Not without few tears though, it’s far from those series where every episode equals crying and tearing your heart apart.
Proud of Love revolves around a college student majoring in dance and an aloof engineering major. This Chinese drama is a ridiculously weird and absurdly funny one! Can you imagine that people suddenly swap their souls? Well, there’s nothing impossible in this series. One day our two main characters swap their souls just looking in some mysterious mirror. So, a dancer finds herself in the body of an engineering student and an engineering student finds himself inside the body of a girl majoring in dance. How crazy is that?
If you want to watch an entertaining, short and funny Chinese drama that will give you good laughs, give it a try! The series doesn’t take itself too seriously, and the comedy stays until the end, getting better and better!
Here’s the drama that will enchant you in every possible way. My Fairy Girl tells us the story of two-thousand-year-old demons that come close enough to achieving their immortality. However, before that happens, they are given a mission to complete: they both should come to the human realm and find a human who will marry one of them within a hundred days. Only in this way they can pass to the realm of immortals. So, if you are looking for a romantic and hilarious story, this one is a good choice for you!
Master Devil Do Not Kiss Me is based on a popular novel by Jin Xia Mo. A coincidence or a twist of fate throws a milk delivery girl together with Prince Charming – ruthless heir in Han family known in school as Master Devil. Suddenly, a tragedy happens, and the girl becomes orphaned and homeless. Her mother’s dying request was that the Han family would take her in until she reaches university age. The family not only fulfills the wish but also insists on the girl attending the exclusive private school their family practically rules over! Countless scrapes arise since not everyone in school likes their new classmate. Moreover, Master Devil himself likes her least. Is it possible that the new environment doesn’t scare off the girl? Can she possibly win friends and maybe even turn the bitter adversity between her and Master Devil into something much sweeter?
Looking for a romantic comedy-drama? Congratulations! You’ve found a perfect one! This one is very easily enjoyable, light-hearted and addictive to watch!
Accidentally in Love tells us about the daughter from a rich household who wants to avoid an arranged marriage. She wants to find her true love herself. So, on her wedding day, she enrolls in the college where her parents studied! The girl wants to find out more about how they died. With her appearance and name changed, she tries to blend with her new classmates. Will she have a chance to find real love there?
If you want to watch something sweet, funny, romantic but not overly dramatic, definitely put it to your watch list!
A Love So Beautiful starts with high school classmates who also happen to be neighbors. They go to school together every day, and eventually, mutual feelings develop. However, everything changes one day, when a new boy comes to school.
If you are searching for a good and sweet Chinese drama with a not very complicated storyline, if you like dramas that take place during the high school life, this is your cup of tea!
Based on Chinese novel, I Don’t Like This World, I Only Like You by Qiao Yi (which is also based on a true story of its author and her husband), Love at First Sight tells the story of two high school classmates who are totally different and yet, form strong bond. They make a promise to study abroad together after graduation but don’t keep a promise – a sudden emergency ruins their plans and they lose touch. Several years later, they will be reunited, but will they be willing to accept their feelings to each other?
This Chinese high-school drama will make you cry, laugh and learn a lot! Make sure you check it out!
This drama isn’t exactly set in a school – it revolves around the president of a company and an eighteen-year-old art student. About Is Love tells a story of Wei Qing who develops a severe case of OCD that affects his life – he cannot interact with women in any possible way. However, he doesn’t give up and desperately searching for a woman that can save him. Years pass by, but only ten years later, he suddenly discovers he is perfectly fine around Zhou Shi, an art student.
If you are into the romance genre and are looking for a good story with stunning chemistry between all the actors, don’t hesitate and give it a shot! All 3 couples in the story (supporting actors) deliver good individual stories so that you will be invested in them as well.