2013
21 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
University students from across Korea share a boarding house in Seoul during 1994, while a future-flashback teases which of the men the central female character…
If you loved Flower Boy Band's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Reply 1994 delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2012
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Six friends navigate high school in Busan in 1997 — the height of the first K-pop idol wave — while a flash-forward wedding reveals that one of the men in the g…
If you loved Flower Boy Band's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Reply 1997 delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2006
47 eps
Nippon TV / Crunchyroll
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Two young women named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo and end up sharing an apartment. Nana Osaki is a punk rock vocalist chasing her dreams; Nana Komatsu is a ro…
If you loved Flower Boy Band's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Nana delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — music and growing up — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2025
16 eps
Netflix
Medical Drama Romance
Five medical interns navigate the intense pressures of residency at a Seoul hospital, forming bonds and rivalries as they discover who they really are under ext…
If you loved Flower Boy Band's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Resident Playbook delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2006
26 eps
NTV / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Drama
Haruhi Fujioka accidentally breaks an expensive vase belonging to the Host Club — seven outrageously attractive rich boys who entertain female classmates for fu…
Like Flower Boy Band, Ouran High School Host Club is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about class divide that poisons every relationship it touches. Same warm energy throughout.