Posts about Ainori
They just released Episode 5-8 of Love Village on Netflix: https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveVillage1/comments/13cnxuh/love_village_ai_no_sato_episode_58/
Schedule is like 4 episodes every Tuesday, episodes release around early morning (New York Time).
It also says that Episode 18 of Love Village should be released on May 30.
Ai no Sato schedule on Netflix is like 4 episodes every Tuesday, episodes release around early morning (New York Time).
Btw, tomorrow (May 17) Heart Signal 4 (ํํธ์๊ทธ๋4) will release its first episode, it's probably going to be available on Viki/KOCOWA/etc.
Heart Signal 4 teaser videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SLY5leyZE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naY8aypAjbo
Heart Signal is like the Korean version of Terrace House, but focused more on dating. This 4th season of the Korean version is highly anticipated as it's been 3 years since the 3rd season (oh and there was the Heart Signal spinoff called Friends in early 2021). Some people consider the 2nd season of Heart Signal (Korean Version) to be one of the best dating shows ever.
There's also the Chinese version of Heart Signal (ๅฟๅจ็ไฟกๅท), a lot of people like it (some prefer certain seasons/pairings/etc. over other Korean/Japanese/etc. dating shows), especially Season 2 and the recently completed Season 5. They're preparing for Season 6 now.
For Heart Signal, the original Korean version and some seasons of the Chinese version should be on Viki. For the first season of the Korean version, it's on OnDemandKorea.
With the Chinese version of Heart Signal, it's available on the WeTV/Tencent Video website (has English subs), and also their WeTV/Tencent Video channels on Youtube for free but without proper English subs.
Through the Tencent Video Youtube channel you'll have to use auto-translate from Chinese/Mandarin or maybe say Thai, Vietnamese, etc. So for English subs you have to check their own WeTV/Tencent Video/etc. website.
A show that's actually more like Ainori Love Wagon is Twinkle Love (ๆฆ็ถๅฟๅจ20ๅฒ).
For Twinkle Love (ๆฆ็ถๅฟๅจ20ๅฒ) Season 3, you know Shen Yue from Meteor Garden, A Love So Beautiful, et cetera? She's one of the panelists for Twinkle Love Season 3 now, there's pictures of it on Weibo, check iheartu2's Twitter and so on. Jam Hsiao is also returning (prepare for his crying, haha, he gets so invested and emotional just like us viewers). Season 3 of Twinkle Love might release maybe around this summer or later this 2023.
Twinkle Love is the best youth/etc. show, it's like a way chill version of Ainori: Love Wagon, but for Chinese university students. Sometimes the Twinkle Love panelists (and everyone) have really hilarious reactions/situations too, lmao.
The YOUKU dating shows like Twinkle Love (ๆฆ็ถๅฟๅจ20ๅฒ) often have bonus content, like versions of the episodes without the panelists, actual unreleased scenes, livestreams with the housemates watching the episodes together, et cetera.
Twinkle Love (ๆฆ็ถๅฟๅจ20ๅฒ), Season 1 Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxP-Ye9kr24
Twinkle Love Season 2 (ๆฆ็ถๅฟๅจ20ๅฒ ็ฌฌไบๅญฃ) Episode 1 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78vUkTAhuG8
More info on Twinkle Love and other traveling/culture/et cetera shows: https://www.reddit.com/r/terracehouse/comments/10pyock/im_just_sad_terrace_house_is_gone_i_miss_them_all/j6rhk67/
Twinkle Love Season 2 has Sun Xiu and Wu Shuyang (Little Wu or ๅฐๅด), they got great visuals and personalities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFBC-aR2tmk&t=1324s
Try to ignore the in-show advertisements with the Chinese dating shows as it can be immersion-breaking, lol. Makes it feel so scripted/staged/etc.
A list of other Chinese/Japanese/Korean cohabitation/dating/romance/slice of life/etc. reality shows and Kdramas, East Asian films, et cetera, and more info on where to watch them: https://www.reddit.com/r/terracehouse/comments/13dfyum/bring_them_back_please/jjlijqw/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/koreanvariety/comments/12qlu3e/its_just_my_impression_or_the_are_really_few/jgqusuv/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/koreanvariety/comments/12ccjku/can_someone_give_me_a_list_of_korean_variety/jf16a56/
Now that the Love Village has completed its first season, it might be another year or so for another season or for Ainori Love Wagon's return.
I wrote a reference post with lots of past thread links (I really gotta centralize or just group it together as some people got angry at me for having so much reddit thread links (because of spam/etc. especially for the mobile users instead of the old.reddit.com or RES (r/Enhancement) users), like they want me to put it on my profile instead with just 1 thread link), so click through there if you want a bit more info on the shows and so that it's not such a blind watch.
Don't worry, I rarely ever spoil the shows and it'll probably be safe to browse through the majority of those past threads/comments. Just be aware that it's often super long posts though.
Anyway, here's the shows like Love Village, Ainori, et cetera on the r/ainori subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ainori/comments/13vqxt6/ai_no_sato_love_village_ainori_successor_episode/
Basically for travelling there's this Korean variety show called Love Me Actually (from 2019).
And there's also like this Chinese version of Ainori Love Wagon, except it's for Chinese university students, it's called Twinkle Love (ๆฆ็ถๅฟๅจ20ๅฒ), and Season 3 just started, Episode 2 should be out this Wednesday or so on the YOUKU Youtube channel with English subtitles.
For actual dating shows with older or more mature housemates, there's like: I Am Solo/๋๋ SOLO (r/IamSolo); Relationship S3/Let's Fall In Love Season 3 (ๆไปฌๆ็ฑๅง ็ฌฌไธๅญฃ); Shanghai Sharelife (r/Shanghaisharelife), Chinese version of Terrace House; and so on.
I Am Solo is available on Viki/KOCOWA/etc.
Relationship S3/Let's Fall In Love Season 3 is available on YOUKU's Youtube channel with English subs too.
For Shanghai Sharelife, it's also on YOUKU's channel but you need to go through Amara for proper English subtitles by ShibaSubs: https://www.reddit.com/r/terracehouse/comments/10e0lg5/that_girl_who_was_obsessed_with_the_noodle_museum/j4oimk9/
Chinese dating shows, Chinese/Korean/etc. idols in dating shows, upcoming Korean/Japanese/etc. Netflix dating shows, et cetera: https://www.reddit.com/r/koreanvariety/comments/12qlu3e/its_just_my_impression_or_the_are_really_few/jgqusuv/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/12qj8cc/oh_my_girls_mimi_confirmed_to_join_heart_signal_4/jgqzu8i/
Oh and Heart Signal 4 (ํํธ์๊ทธ๋4) is like on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, etc. now, so it's more accessible to other people.
Heart Signal 4 seems like it'll have an older cast this time around, so it should be more mature and laidback too.
Btw, they changed the schedule of Heart Signal 4 from every Wednesday (competing against I Am Solo, and Heart Signal 4 got really low ratings right now) to now every Friday instead.
Where to watch Kdramas, Korean variety shows, and so on (basically Viki, VIU, Disney+, Netflix, et cetera, might need VPNs): https://www.reddit.com/r/koreanvariety/comments/10fpzhx/overall_thoughts_on_love_catcher_in_bali/j5cmhaw/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/koreanvariety/comments/13bmtin/anyone_know_where_can_i_watch_the_below_korean/jjbtnuz/