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 The Sex Lives of College Girls'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 sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
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.
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.
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 The Sex Lives of College Girls, 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 sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
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…
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.
2022
16 eps
SBS
Romance Comedy Drama
Do Hae-yi joins her university's cheerleading squad to get a coveted family legacy scholarship — but the team is barely holding together, haunted by an incident from the year befor…
If you loved The Sex Lives of College Girls's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Cheer Up delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. Same warm and fun energy throughout.
2023
12 eps
P.A. Works / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
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 The Sex Lives of College Girls'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 questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same warm energy throughout.
2024
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Three college best friends made a pact: stay single together, stay free together, never let love complicate the group. Then one of them falls first — and the remaining two realize …
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.
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 The Sex Lives of College Girls, 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. Same warm energy throughout.
2024
16 eps
MBC
Romance Sports Comedy
Two elite athletes from rival teams have hated each other since they were rookies competing for the same spot. Now they're forced to train together — and everything they built thei…
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.