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 Sex Education's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, 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 genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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 Sex Education, Reply 1988 is built around ensemble where every character earns their screen time. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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 …
If you loved Sex Education's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Reply 1997 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 genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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 Sex Education, Resident Playbook is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
2020
16 eps
Bilibili / Huanxi
Youth Drama Coming Of Age
Ma Tian is a well-off transfer student who walks into an ordinary inner-city high school and immediately clashes with Lao Gou — loud, broke, and genuinely the most himself person M…
If you loved Sex Education's ensemble where every character earns their screen time, Run for Young 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.
2008
25 eps
J.C. Staff / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Drama
Ryuuji Takasu has a terrifying face that makes everyone think he's a delinquent; he's actually the gentlest person in school. Taiga Aisaka is tiny and easily overlooked; she's actu…
If you loved Sex Education's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Toradora! 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 genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
2017
16 eps
tvN
Comedy Drama Slice Of Life
A famous baseball pitcher ends up in prison and navigates life behind bars with colorful cellmates.
If you loved Sex Education's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Prison Playbook delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
2012
15 eps
tvN
Drama Music Youth
Six high school boys from a rough-and-tumble background form a band that's too raw, too real, and too good to stay small. When they're forced to transfer to an elite prep school, t…
Like Sex Education, Flower Boy Band is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
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.
If you loved Sex Education's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Family by Choice 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 genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
2022
16 eps
KBS2
Drama Romance Family
A carefree young man from a North Korean defector family impersonates the long-lost grandson of a South Korean hotel mogul to fulfill the dying grandmother's final wish to reunite …
If you loved Sex Education's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Curtain Call 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 genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.