K-Dramas like My Dear Guardian

12 shows with a similar feel

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  You Are My Hero (2021)Also drama

  A story that follows Mi Ka, a new resident at the hospital who meets special ops agent Xing Kelei during an emergency rescue training organized by the SWAT team.
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  Pursuit of Jade (2026)Also drama

  This drama follows Fan Changyu, a butcher’s daughter, and Xie Zheng, a fallen noble seeking revenge. Their fake marriage turns into true love, but war tears them apart. Determined, Fan Changyu wields her butcher’s knife on the battlefield, searching for justice and her husband. Meanwhile, Xie Zheng reclaims his title, fighting to protect his country and love. Reunited in battle, they stand together, defying fate, uncovering the truth, and returning home without forgetting their vows.

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  The Prisoner of Beauty (2025)Also drama

  Xiao Qiao, a clever girl from the Qiao family, marries Wei Shao, the brave and kind master of the Wei family. Despite initial wariness due to ancestral grievances, Xiao Qiao and Wei Shao navigate their relationship with humor and determination. As they face challenges together, they come to appreciate each other's qualities through their warm daily life, intertwined with family and national affairs, and work to restore peace and resolve conflicts.

  2 tracking it here
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  The Imperial Coroner (2021)Also drama

  A female coroner and royal detective solve a decades-old mystery in Tang Dynasty China, risking all to expose dangerous secrets.
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  Jewel in the Palace (2003)Also drama

  Orphaned Jang-geum becomes the first female physician in the Joseon Dynasty and her determination is tested when people around her start showing their true faces.

  3 tracking it here
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  少帅每天都在吃醋 (2025)Also drama

  In a warlord’s mansion filled with hidden dangers, Mu Wan survives an attempted drowning and uses her medical skills to protect herself as a series of suspicious deaths unfolds. Forced to confront the truth, she joins forces with her once-distant husband Ling Shenxing to expose the real killer.
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  Vampire Dormitory (2024)Also drama

  After Mito loses her parents and is fired from her job, she must fend for herself on the streets disguised as a boy. She comes across a stranger named Ruka and learns his dark secret—he's a vampire! Ruka invites Mito, still in disguise, to live in an all-boys dorm. Mito exchanges her blood for a place to stay, but a budding romance and her true identity threaten all that hangs in the balance.
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  Fight! Bookstore Girl (2015)Also drama

  Pegasus Bookstore is going through hard times due to competition from internet bookstores. Kitamura Aki and Nishioka Riko are employees at Pegasus Bookstore. Aki is 23 years old. She has a strong will and freewheeling personality. She places her job and dreams above marriage. Riko is a 40-year-old single woman. She is the vice-manager at the bookstore. She has pride in her work. The two women have completely different personalities.
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  Time-Limited Love (2022)Also drama

  Lin Xiaoxi is transported into a parallel universe by a time transmitter invented by scientist Zhou Yuheng, sparking a love story that unfolds across time and space.
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  Love Has It Planned (2024)Also drama

  While on a mission, Song Yao, a law enforcement team intern, mistakes Pei Che, the president of Jianghai Group, for her undercover colleague. On the other hand, Pei Che, who was on his way to get married to a stranger at his grandmother's request, mistakes Song Yao to be his marriage partner. The two get their marriage certificate by accident, and thus begins the love story between a woman and her "kept" man.
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  Reborn as a Cat (2025)Also drama

  Ji Miaomiao, a young woman just starting her career, is betrayed by a friend and left with a mountain of debt. While fleeing from ruthless debt collectors, she accidentally falls from a building. On the brink of death, a mysterious figure transforms her into a cat. By a twist of fate, she ends up being adopted—by none other than her own boss, Lu Chengze. Thus begins her strange and magical 100-day life... as a cat.
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  The Fairy Lake (2012)Also drama