In this article, you will find dramas that break traditional gender dynamics, where a male protagonist falls first. The list below shows the talented, confident, beautiful female protagonists of Chinese dramas who fell in love first than a male lead. So, if you are interested in getting above the stereotypes and watching something new, given below is the list of the top 10 Chinese dramas where the female lead falls in love first.
1. A love So Beautiful
A Love So Beautiful is a Chinese rom-com television series starring Kim Yo-han, Hu Yitian, Shen Yue, and So Joo-yeon. It was released in 2017. It has one season. It has 23 episodes. It is a story about a high school girl who has a crush on her classmate and neighbor who is also popular in school. This shows how the girl chases her unrequited love.
2. Here We Meet Again
Here We Meet Again is a Chinese drama series starring Vin Zhang, Zhang Xilin, Janice Wu, Li Yixiao, and Nita Lei. It has 32 episodes. It is a newly launched series released in 2023. It is a story about a female protagonist who comes to save her grandfather’s company from bankruptcy. In this journey, she meets her long-lost crush and thus the story of romance, misunderstandings, and confusion begins.
3. Put Your Head On My Shoulder
Put Your Head on My Shoulder is a Chinese rom-com television series starring Lin Yi and Xing Fei. It was released in 2019. It has one season. It has 24 episodes. It is a story about an accounting major who is clueless about her life and career and winds up living with a physics student who shakes up her whole world. Now she is clueless about her love life too.
4. Go Go Squid
Go Go Squid is a Chinese romantic comedy television drama starring Huang Yitian, Li Xian, and Yang Zi. It was released in 2019. It has two seasons. It has 41 episodes. It is a story about a brilliant IT programming student who falls in love with a leader of the gaming team at first sight and chooses to take the initiative to pursue a relationship with him.
5. A Little Thing Called First Love
A Little Thing Called First Love is a Chinese romantic television series starring Jinmai Zhao and Lai Kuan-lin. It was released in 2019. It has one season. It has 36 episodes. It is a story about a young woman who devotes her life to music to impress her crush who is a popular guy at her school.
6. All I Want For Love Is You
All I Want for Love is you is a Chinese romantic comedy television series starring Liu Yuhan and Lu Zhao Hua. It has one season. It was released on 209. It has 32 episodes. It is a story about a Sanda fighter who lacks in her studies and has to get a tutor, who is a genius and a heartthrob of her school, and she falls in love with him while studying together and spending time together.
7. Love 020
Love 020 is a Chinese rom-com television series starring Yang Yang and Zheng Huang. It was released in 2016. It has one season. It has 30 episodes. It is a story about a girl who is an expert in online gaming who falls in love with a character while playing a game and ends up getting married in a game.
8. Crush
Crush is a Chinese television drama series starring Lin Yan Jun, Wan Peng, and Zhao Xin. It has one season. It was released in 202. It has 24 episodes. It is a story about a female senior who is blind and works as an assistant at a radio station. She has a crush on a mysterious songwriter. And when they both meet confusion, chaos, and misunderstanding follow, but in the end, they fall in love and are happy with each other.
9. My Sassy Princess
My Sassy Princess is a Chinese historical television drama starring Zheng Ye Cheng, Yuan Bingyan, Zhang Yue, and Merxat. It was released in 2022. It has one season. It has 22 episodes. It is a story about a young member of the royal family who gets the title of princess. She falls in love with a martial artist and tries to pursue him.
10. When I Fly Towards You
When I fly Towards you is a Chinese rom-com television series starring Zhang Miao Yi and Yiran Zhou. It is a newly launched series released in 2023. It has 24 episodes. It is a story about a transfer student who on her first day of school falls in love at first sight with a cool and aloof student in her school.
