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When Sophie Reed empties her every resource into a spirit summoning ritual, the universe sends her Leo Hayes,  a cheerful young man in catastrophically loud floral shorts. The crowd loses it. Lowest-grade Contract Spirit in history, they say. What nobody knows is that Leo carries the Menace System, a power that feeds on breaking rules, shattering expectations, and generally refusing to behave. The more absurd, the more impossible, the more wrong he is by every known standard,  the stronger he becomes. He slaps the original summoner clean out of the picture, casually evolves into the Divine-grade Contract Spirit World Heartthrob, and grins at a world full of rules he was apparently born to demolish.

While the criminal was brutally killing me, my dad, the head of the criminal investigation division, and my mom, the chief forensic pathologist, were attending my sister Lily Lambert’s match. In a bid for revenge, the criminal, who had once been captured by my dad, cut out my tongue and used my phone to call him. My dad only said one thing before hanging up. "No matter what’s going on, Lily’s match is the top priority today!" The criminal sneered, "Seems I’ve kidnapped the wrong person. I thought they would love their biological daughter more!" At the crime scene, my parents were shocked by the brutal state of the body and condemned the cruelty of the killer. However, they did not realize that the horrifically mutilated corpse was their own daughter.

While the criminal was brutally killing me, my dad, the head of the criminal investigation division, and my mom, the chief forensic pathologist, were attending my sister Lily Lambert’s match. In a bid for revenge, the criminal, who had once been captured by my dad, cut out my tongue and used my phone to call him. My dad only said one thing before hanging up. "No matter what’s going on, Lily’s match is the top priority today!" The criminal sneered, "Seems I’ve kidnapped the wrong person. I thought they would love their biological daughter more!" At the crime scene, my parents were shocked by the brutal state of the body and condemned the cruelty of the killer. However, they did not realize that the horrifically mutilated corpse was their own daughter.

In the 262nd year of the Dragova Era, melting polar glaciers and rising seas swallow countless nations. Ancient sea beasts awaken, invading human lands. On January 1 of year 263, the Rank-10 beasts strike humanity’s last territory, Taelsky. Led by General Alaric Thorne, the elite Dragova Squad fights bravely—but by March 12, they are all annihilated.

When the apocalypse hit, Alan Clifford sacrificed his lifespan to shelter humanity in an underground bunker for 30 years. But after peace seems near, he is betrayed by his adopted daughter Cindy Clifford and Chelsea Mason, who forge fake surface footage, incite the masses, and send him to the gallows. Believing their lies, humanity destroys the bunker and rushes upward—only to fall into a trap set by giants. As slaughter begins, Alan, now a master of mecha tech, must decide whether to save them again.

When the apocalypse hit, Alan Clifford sacrificed his lifespan to shelter humanity in an underground bunker for 30 years. But after peace seems near, he is betrayed by his adopted daughter Cindy Clifford and Chelsea Mason, who forge fake surface footage, incite the masses, and send him to the gallows. Believing their lies, humanity destroys the bunker and rushes upward—only to fall into a trap set by giants. As slaughter begins, Alan, now a master of mecha tech, must decide whether to save them again.

In this episode of GoodChat: Adult Questions with Little Kid Logic, actors Faith Orta, Volodymyr Pielikh, and Sophie Leflèche share their acting journeys, reflect on their experiences working on our vertical dramas, and give a behind-the-scenes look at bringing their characters to life. The conversation mixes heartfelt insights with playful energy as the trio answers grown-up questions using little-kid logic, making for a fun, fast, and entertaining episode you won’t want to miss.

In this episode of GoodChat, Evan Gambardella and Greg Duffy take us behind the scenes of their newest project, Straight Until He Kissed Me. The conversation dives into their acting journeys and the world of vertical storytelling, exploring how they each found their voice on-screen.

In this episode of GoodChat: The Great Cake-Off, Volo, Faith, and Sophie put their instincts to the test with a round of Cake or Real. As the desserts get more deceptive, the guesses get bolder, and more wrong. With each round, the stakes rise, because the loser pays the price: a dot of whipped cream straight to the face. Expect laughs, questionable confidence, and plenty of sweet (and messy) moments as the game unfolds.

Maggie Duncan transmigrates into a classic revenge novel as the story's nastiest female antagonist, immediately saddled with a system that demands she accumulate hatred levels or face the consequences. Then the system glitches. Every unspoken thought she has broadcasts directly into the minds of her entire family. Her scheming inner monologue—the complaints, the calculations, the bewildered asides—plays live in real time to the people she's supposed to be tormenting. The plot derails immediately. Her three brothers, who were meant to despise her, become fiercely protective. The cold fiance Trent Stevens, scripted to regard her with contempt, starts hovering in ways that aren't contemptuous at all.The Duncan family's tragic ending quietly ceases to be inevitable. Maggie watches her villainy progress bar drain to zero and has no idea how it happened.

Once a top kickboxer, Chuck, loses his daughter in a tragic accident. His marriage collapses, his career is erased, and he sinks into despair. Everything changes when he meets Nancy, his kindhearted landlady, and her daughter Mia.Just as life gives him a second chance, Mia is kidnapped by a criminal gang led by Gus after her rare blood type is exposed. With nothing left to lose, Chuck steps back into the fight, fighting against the underworld. With help from ordinary people at the bottom of society, he finally delivers justice.

Once a top kickboxer, Chuck, loses his daughter in a tragic accident. His marriage collapses, his career is erased, and he sinks into despair. Everything changes when he meets Nancy, his kindhearted landlady, and her daughter Mia.Just as life gives him a second chance, Mia is kidnapped by a criminal gang led by Gus after her rare blood type is exposed. With nothing left to lose, Chuck steps back into the fight, fighting against the underworld. With help from ordinary people at the bottom of society, he finally delivers justice.

After her family's massacre, Mara Burke assumes the identity of Queenie Dawn and infiltrates the inner circle of her enemy Zack Lowe to seek revenge. She grows suspicious upon discovering her parents' memorial photos and wavers when Zack risks his life to save her.Eventually,she learns Zack is actually an undercover police officer. The two join forces to set traps, using internal gang conflicts to eliminate enemies, ultimately bringing down the gang leader Jackson Mallow and completely dismantling the criminal organization.

The elite special forces duo known as "Twin Wolves" are betrayed by their superiors. During their escape, Ilya survives only because his partner sacrifices himself to hold off the enemy. Fleeing to his partner's hometown of Belyovsk, Ilya takes on the responsibility of fulfilling his last wish—to protect his mother and sister. But the town is far from peaceful. Criminal gangs collect ruthless debts, and corrupt elites exploit the weak. As Ilya digs deeper, he discovers that the true mastermind behind it all is connected to his former command. With nowhere left to retreat, he decides to confront his fears head-on. Eye for an eye, blood for blood—he will bring justice for his fallen partner and for himself.

Former commando Shay Langley, now blind and working as a massage therapist, accidentally boards a rideshare driven by serial killer Jordan Cullen on a rainy night. Using her heightened senses,she identifies his true nature and escapes through combat skills. Jordan develops an obsessive fixation on Shay and relentlessly stalks her with escalating threats. When police doubt Shay's contradictory testimony, she teams up with delivery worker Kit to investigate,discovering the killer operates multiple vehicles. She acts as bait to lure Jordan into a trap and subdues him in darkness using her senses and combat training. After Jordan's arrest, Shay becomes a criminal investigation consultant while Kit pursues a career as an auxiliary officer—together, they stand guard over justice.

Lena Duncan lost her parents in a fire, leaving her with a huge debt and the responsibility of caring for her young brother. On her birthday, she met Allen, a debt collector, and their lives became intertwined when they discovered they shared the same birthday and had similar experiences. Allen, impressed by Lena's resilience, gave her extra time to repay her debts and helped her on several occasions. Lena's talent with numbers earned her a position at Allen's company. As they worked together, their bond grew stronger and feelings began to develop between them. They faced conflicts in the criminal underworld, family disputes, and even an arson threat. Allen sought revenge and reclaimed power for Lena. In the end, they let go of their past and reopened "Lena's Restaurant" together, eventually getting married and living happily ever after.

Centuries-old tiger demon Mavis Hoover is cast down to the mortal realm by Heaven to experience the complexities of human emotions. She awakens to find herself reborn as a vicious stepmother. To complete her trial, she learns to become a virtuous wife and mother, fiercely protecting her children, earning money to support the family, and even rooting out traitors. Through her daily interactions with her family, the once-aloof tiger demon gradually begins to understand true human feelings and eventually finds genuine love with her husband, Leon Saul.

In a world where humans and dragons coexist, dragonkind—though capable of taking human form—are inherently violent and must rely on the magic of human women to suppress their frenzy. To secure power and compete for the throne, Dragon Lord candidates enter marriage pacts with women from powerful magical families. Anastasia, born into one such family and gifted with immense magic, once devoted her life to helping her husband Dmitri rise to the throne—only to be betrayed by him and her own sister, and die a tragic death in prison. On the brink of death, she casts a forbidden spell and is reborn on the eve of his proposal. This time, she refuses to be a pawn—she will rewrite her fate and take revenge on those who destroyed her.