you'll love
2021
12 eps
tvN
Drama Slice Of Life Sports
Unexpected Friendship Age Gap Friendship
A 70-year-old man fulfills his lifelong dream of learning ballet alongside a troubled young dancer.
Like Hacks Season 4, it leans hard into mentor protege. The emotional territory — mentorship and aging — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2024
12 eps
KBS
Romance Drama Legal
Cold Female Lead Forced Proximity
A top-tier divorce lawyer who has helped countless couples split up starts questioning her own cynicism about marriage when she's hired to handle the most emotionally complicated c…
The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.
you'll love
2018
16 eps
KBS2
Drama Legal Workplace
Mentor Student Fake Credentials
A brilliant young man with a photographic memory but no law degree talks his way into a prestigious law firm and becomes the protégé of its best closer — who knows his secret and m…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: mentorship. The pacing is sharp and witty — you'll miss lines if you look away.
you'll love
2016
138 eps
ytv / Crunchyroll
Action Superhero Drama
Underdog School Competition
In a world where 80% of people have superpowers called Quirks, Izuku Midoriya is born without one — and still dreams of being a hero. When the greatest hero alive passes his power …
Like Hacks Season 4, it leans hard into mentor protege. The emotional territory — mentorship — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2023
16 eps
KBS
Romance Thriller Sci Fi
Time Travel Mystery Solving
Two strangers travel back to 1987 and must prevent a serial murder while hiding their identities.
Like Hacks Season 4, it leans hard into unlikely partnership. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2024
16 eps
KBS
Legal Romance Comedy
Mentor Protege Workplace Romance
Korea's top divorce attorney reluctantly mentors a naive new lawyer who turns out to have surprising abilities.
Like Hacks Season 4, it leans hard into mentor protege. The emotional territory — mentorship — is the same.
you'll love
2020
16 eps
MBC
Thriller Mystery Sci Fi
Time Slip Unlikely Partnership
A man in 2020 and a woman in 2019 are mysteriously connected by a one-minute daily window across time, working together across the temporal gap to change both their fates.
Like Hacks Season 4, it leans hard into unlikely partnership. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
you'll love
2021
16 eps
KBS2
Crime Comedy Romance
Hacker Hero Student Professor Dynamic
A former hacker turned police university student with illegal skills teams up with his strict, by-the-book professor to investigate cryptocurrency crimes operating right on campus.
Like Hacks Season 4, it leans hard into unlikely partnership. The emotional territory — mentorship — is the same.
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…
Like Hacks Season 4, it leans hard into mentor protege. The emotional territory — mentorship — is the same.
you'll love
2014
20 eps
tvN
Drama Slice Of Life Workplace
Underdog Story Workplace Bonds
A failed Go player enters corporate life as an intern with no degree, navigating office politics and self-worth.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: mentorship. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.