The Uncanny Counter
24% matchA group of noodle shop workers are actually demon hunters who capture evil spirits that prey on humans.
The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.
Same energy. Different language. These Korean, Chinese, and Japanese dramas share the exact DNA of Supernatural — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of story.
A group of noodle shop workers are actually demon hunters who capture evil spirits that prey on humans.
The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.
On the mystical shores of Jeju Island, a woman born to seal an ancient evil, a brooding half-demon warrior, and a priest with hidden powers must unite against a force threatening t…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
Two brothers use forbidden alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. It goes catastrophically wrong — one loses his body entirely, the other loses limbs. Now they search for t…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
Tanjiro Kamado returns home to find his family slaughtered by demons and his sister Nezuko turned into one. Rather than kill her, he joins the Demon Slayer Corps to find a cure — f…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
In the ancient land of Arth, warring tribes, prophesied heroes, and political power struggles play out on an epic scale. Eun-seom, born under a cursed star, rises from slavery to l…
Like Supernatural, it leans hard into chosen one. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
Won Mi-ho, a heiress with a cheerful exterior and a past full of mysterious tragedy, is exiled to Jeju Island as a schoolteacher. There she meets Ban, a legendary exorcist who has …
Like Supernatural, it leans hard into chosen one. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
A mischievous heavenly angel is given one last mission before earning his wings: find the one person a cold, blind prima ballerina can truly love. The catch? He's strictly forbidde…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
Season 2 of the survival horror epic. In the aftermath of the Green Home apartment's collapse, survivors scatter across a world that is fully monstrous — and Cha Hyun-su grapples w…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
Wu Geng, the son of the Great Flame God, and Chi Lin, daughter of the Water Deity, have been enemies on principle for millennia. When the cosmic order collapses and an ancient dark…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
Subaru is transported to a fantasy world with one ability: when he dies, he returns to a fixed point in time and must live through events again. He can't tell anyone this. He canno…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
If you love Supernatural, start with The Uncanny Counter or Island — both share the same Fantasy and Horror DNA. DramaMatch found 10 Asian drama matches total.
The closest Korean equivalent to Supernatural is The Uncanny Counter (2020), which scores a 24% match on DramaMatch. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.
Asian dramas similar to Supernatural are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and Hulu. DramaMatch shows the exact streaming platform for each recommendation so you can start watching immediately.
Supernatural fans tend to love K-dramas because Korean drama storytelling delivers the same emotional intensity, strong character arcs, and genre-blending — especially Fantasy and Horror. K-dramas often tell tighter, season-long stories without filler episodes.
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