you'll love
2021
12 eps
JTBC
Comedy Drama Romance
Found Family Girl Squad
Three women with completely different careers and personalities have one thing in common: they need a drink at the end of the day. Ahn So-hee is a fitness influencer keeping secret…
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Work Later, Drink Now delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — female friendship and self discovery — is the same. Same warm and feel good energy throughout.
2016
12 eps
JTBC
Drama Slice Of Life Comedy
Roommate Ensemble Found Family
Five very different young women share a college house called Belle Epoque — each carrying a secret that explains why she is the way she is. A quiet, brilliant ensemble drama about …
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Age of Youth (Hello, My Twenties!) delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — female friendship and found family — is the same. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2023
12 eps
P.A. Works / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
Country Girl In The City Popular Boy Quiet Interior
Mitsumi Iwakura moves from rural Ishikawa to Tokyo for high school, armed with a five-year plan, an overachiever's work ethic, and almost no social skills. Sousuke Shima is effortl…
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Skip and Loafer delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2006
47 eps
Nippon TV / Crunchyroll
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Sismance Found Family
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 romantic chasing a boy…
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Nana delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — female friendship and ambition — is the same. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
2016
42 eps
Dragon Television / Eastern Television
Drama Romance Comedy
Female Ensemble Apartment Neighbors
Five women living in the same Shanghai apartment complex — from a razor-sharp investment banker to a working-class girl new to the city — navigate careers, relationships, and each …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: female friendship and ambition. Same warm and slice of life energy throughout.
you'll love
2020
9 eps
Netflix Japan
Drama Comedy Slice Of Life
Mentor Protege Ensemble Of Women
Natsume Nico is a young actress with a day job who becomes briefly viral after a photo taken by a famous photographer. The photographer, Limi, takes her under her wing, and their c…
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Followers delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — female friendship and ambition — is the same. Same warm and feminist energy throughout.
2025
12 eps
tvN
Comedy Drama Slice Of Life
Female Ensemble Adult Friendship
Three years after the events of season 2, the trio faces new professional crossroads: a documentary filmmaker offered a career-changing project that would mean leaving Seoul, a fit…
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Three Drinks: Work Later, Drink Now Returns delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — female friendship — is the same. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2022
16 eps
SBS
Romance Comedy Drama
Reluctant Joiner Teacher Student Adjacent
Do Hae-yi enrolls in a university cheer squad not because she has any interest in cheering but because she needs a specific scholarship and the squad is attached to it. Teacher Kim…
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Cheer Up! delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same warm energy throughout.
you'll love
2006
26 eps
NTV / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Drama
Reverse Harem Gender Bender
Haruhi Fujioka accidentally breaks an expensive vase belonging to the Host Club — seven outrageously attractive rich boys who entertain female classmates for fun. Forced to work of…
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Ouran High School Host Club delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2016
42 eps
Dragon TV / Jiangsu TV
Drama Romance Slice Of Life
Ensemble Female Leads Different Life Circumstances
Five women in their late twenties and thirties live on the 22nd floor of a Shanghai apartment building: a hyper-competent investment manager hiding a traumatic past, a warm-hearted…
If you loved Dear Missy (了不起的女孩)'s ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Ode to Joy delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — female friendship — is the same. Same warm energy throughout.