K-Dramas like Lightning

12 shows with a similar feel

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  Handsome Siblings (2020)Also drama · comedy

  Clashing martial arts twins face relentless villains, thorny romance and brotherly rivalry as their troubled pasts catch up to them.
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  Accidentally in Love (2018)Also drama · comedy

  When Situ Feng decides to go back to school, he becomes the center of attention as fans, classmates and the media follow his every move. He meets Chen Qingqing, an ordinary student with a dual personality.

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  The On1y One (2024)Also drama · comedy

  When their parents marry, two high school students become stepbrothers and navigate their relationship, turning from enemies into something more special.
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  True Beauty (2024)Also comedy · drama

  Once bullied for her looks, Jugyeong transforms herself using the art of makeup. When she joins a new school with a True Beauty goddess competition, offering winners the chance of recruitment by entertainment agencies, she instantly becomes a top candidate! But her new identity is at stake when heartthrob Suho Lee accidentally sees her bare face. Will her elite status be short-lived?

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  My Naughty Classmates (2018)Also comedy · drama

  The resourceful protagonist Zhang Yi (Liang Dawei) sought medical expenses for the weak and sick sister Zhang Ying (Jinmeng Yangzi), and entered the college with the purpose of finding the legendary treasure of the heavens, and met the Mohist school here. The descendant of Duanmuzheng (Zhang Ruihan), the sultry and human librarian Nantang Prince Li Yuyu (Li Wenhan), the melancholy divination of the divination girl Cui Jialuo (Zhang Xixi) and the innocent and lively Korean Princess Wang Enzhu (Ai Xiaoqi).
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  你好乔安 (2016)Also drama
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  Nevertheless, (2021)Also drama

  The intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a reluctant love cynic into a friends-with-benefits relationship.

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  The Ultimate Ranger (2016)Also comedy

  A man who time-travels from the past ends up getting taken in by a girl. As they spend time together, they start finding out the secrets of their birth.
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  Echoes of Your Name (2025)Also drama

  After a car accident, Xu Xiaran is trapped in a 24-hour time loop, reliving the day before the crash. To escape, he must reunite his street dance crew and lead them to the stage of their dreams—but with his teammates having forgotten him, he has only one day to win back their trust and bring the team together.
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  Suddenly This Summer (2018)Also drama

  He Luo is a quiet and smart model student who excels in English and dreams of becoming a diplomat. Besides, she has a special hobby: She loves to fantasize and integrates the people and situations around her into manhua plots. This summer, when He Luo goes to a tennis competition and sees the team leader Zhang Yuan, she falls head over heels for this beautiful and proud guy. Fate is on HeLuo’s side as they happen to meet again in English evening classes and confront each other during the school’s debating competition. The two become friends, but in He Luo’s imagination, he’s the main lead in her manhua. When He Luo’s friends find their own love, He Luo and Zhang Yuan finally open up about their true feelings. They agree to apply for the same university, however, Zhang Yuan fails to get in. From being in two different classes in the same school, they end up going to different universities in two different cities, and later even different countries, each making their own experiences while growing up. What will become of these two in the end?
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  The Elfin's Golden Castle (2018)Also drama

  A rebellious girl, Lin Qiqi, escapes her emotionally distant home and forms an unexpected bond with Lin Nanyi, the lead singer of the band Twelve Nights, along with new friends Baobao Lan and You Nuo. As they clash, grow, and chase shared dreams, Lin Qiqi discovers the belonging and purpose she has been missing.
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  New Horizon (2021)Also drama

  A flight attendant's dream of becoming a pilot sparks a high-stakes love triangle between an airline heir and a guilt-ridden mechanic with a mysterious past.