Childhood connection-

Secret Lover wins again. I love that they knew each other as kids; it's just so wholesome❤️❤️.

Also, the anime The Summer Hikaru Died, but that childhood connection is sadly twisted.

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Day 23 of the #dramatropechallenge2026 is found family. I'll go with #Dazzling today. Came for the romance but fell hard for the found family. The way they embraced her and sheltered her from life storms. They became a dazzling light in her life. "My home is your home." #cdrama youtu.be/_JvVubQNzmY

Day 22: Grumpy/Sunshine

I’m a simple person and I absolutely love this trope! Especially when the Sunshines are slightly traumatised, just like in #TheUntamed
Or when the Grumphies are a bit lacking in social skills, as in #TouchYourHeart

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Day 23 of #DramaTropeChallenge2026: found family.

I love how the dads on #FamilybyChoice managed to raise three kids together. The boys needed so much love in their lifes. I enjoy the #kdrama a lot.

I also want to mention the two #cdramas #LoveForYou and #RoadToSuccess. Different found families.

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D23: Found family

I chose 2 dramas where they are a family, but the bound was lost and found again.

#MoveToHeaven Han Geuru and uncle Cho Sanggu

#HoursOfMyLife Sawada Takuto and his family and gf. #MiuraHaruma is phenomenal!

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DAY 23: Found Family

What are your fav examples of drama tropes?
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Day 23: Found Family

Today I'll take 🃏 chosing Japanese-US coproduction by #Hikari, movie about lonely American actor stranded in Tokyo finding family in unexpected ways

Deserving all awards & fav movie of mine ✨️💕
#RentalFamily

Day 23 - Found Family.
Undercover Miss Hong
The residents in Apartment 301 - 4 ladies, each with different plans & motives when they first meet, team up to save their colleagues’ jobs and bring a corrupt Chairman & his group to justice.
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@devotedtodrama.bsky.social

Day 23: Found Family

#cdrama
- Meet Yourself
- Word of Honor

#kdrama
- Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

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Childhood connections fail when used as a substitute for actually showing the development of relationships. But it can be great if the writer unpeels the layers in an interesting way, like in the mystery kdrama Hello Monster. That trio's troubled history unraveled well.

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Transmigration is another trope I love.
One of my first was the excellent cdrama The Romance of Tiger and Rose.
For kdrama, my #1 is definitely The First Night with the Duke because swoon.
And I'll throw Alice in Borderland in here too, as my fav jdrama in this genre.

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My favourite love triangle is one that never started because the writer gave us multiple couples instead of two people chasing a third person who doesn't always welcome one, or both, of the chases (or gets freaked out when one, or both, of them gets weird/creepy/mean).

8. Shameless shower scene: #ShadowLove has plenty of them🤪 #ChengLei, always the king of bath scenes🔥

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Doing my best to catch up! Day 20 was Childhood Connection. Way too many to chose from but I’ve been wanting an excuse to choose Ready Set Love and this was perfect. #dramatropechallenge2026

Drama Trope Challenge Day 22: My pick for Grumpy / Sunshine is #cdrama When I Fly Towards You and #kdrama Still 17 #dramatropechallenge2026

Day 22 of the #dramatropechallenge2026 is grumpy sunshine. There are lots of fun examples of this trope but I'm gonna shout out #NewLifeBegins today. Watching our grumpy prince fall so hard for his adorable wife was absolutely delightful! #cdrama
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Day 19 was transmigration. I included some on the time travel day so I’ll only add ones that are transmigration without time travel. Top picks are Alchemy of Souls and Love Game in Eastern Fantasy. #dramatropechallenge2026

Day 18 was Love Triangle. It’s probably a non traditional pick but I’m gonna go with Café Minamdang. #dramatropechallenge2026

Transmigration-

I wanted to say Khemjira but I don't really think that fits so HIStory: My Hero wins. This one is a fun one❤️, my only problem with the series is I wish they wrote the girl character better. If they fixed that, it would have been one of my favs.

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#DramaTropeChallenge2026 I'm stumped today but enjoying people's answers.