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 eventually marries.…
If you loved Never Have I Ever's love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, Reply 1994 delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
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 group married one of …
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2005
16 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Sam-soon, a 30-year-old pastry chef dumped on Christmas Eve, enters a fake-dating contract with the arrogant CEO of a restaurant chain while both are nursing heartbreak — and slowl…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2015
20 eps
tvN
Slice Of Life Comedy Romance
Five families in a Seoul neighborhood navigate life, love, and growing up in the late 1980s.
Like Never Have I Ever, it leans hard into coming of age. The emotional territory — growing up — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2024
16 eps
KBS
Romance Drama Comedy
Two orphans who grew up as fake siblings reunite in adulthood and must navigate the fine line between family and love.
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
2023
8 eps
Netflix Japan
Romance Comedy Drama
Sawako Kuronuma is kind, earnest, and completely terrifying to her classmates — her resemblance to the ghost from Sadako and her habit of talking to herself in quiet corners has gi…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Coming Of Age
A girl bullied for her looks becomes a makeup goddess, hiding her bare face while navigating high school romance.
If you loved Never Have I Ever's love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, True Beauty delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
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 extreme professional an…
Like Never Have I Ever, it leans hard into coming of age. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2024
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Two former rival students who were top of their class reunite after both hitting rock bottom in adulthood.
The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2024
12 eps
tvN
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A family with supernatural abilities is targeted by a con artist woman who ends up falling for one of them.
Both are built around grief handled honestly enough to make you feel it. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.