K-Dramas like Hope or Dope

12 shows with a similar feel

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  Hierarchy (2024)Also drama

  The top 0.01% of students control law and order at Jooshin High School, but a secretive transfer student chips a crack in their indomitable world.

  ★ 3.0 from 3 members11 tracking it here
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  The Manipulated (2025)Also drama

  Taejoong's life is torn apart when he's framed for a heinous crime and imprisoned. Discovering it was all orchestrated by someone on the outside, he embarks on a rage-fueled quest for revenge.

  7 tracking it here
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  Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)Also drama

  Waking from a fatal accident to find herself in the past, Han Yi-joo teams up with Seo Do-guk to take revenge on the family who never loved her.

  7 tracking it here
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  School 2017 (2017)Also drama

  A coming-of-age story about the lives of 18-year-old high school students who are valued according to their ranking in school. Despite their frustrations, they find out how to make their own way in this world that seems to be a stagnant cycle of school and home.

  3 tracking it here
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  The Glory (2022)Also drama

  Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

  ★ 4.8 from 5 members18 tracking it here
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  Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022)Also drama

  Eun Gye-hoon, a famous chef, opens a restaurant in a town he lived when he was a little kid. In the past, he had a twin sister. But after a traumatic incident tat the hometown, the family lost her. He used to have a strong emotional link to his sister, able to synchronize with any kinds of feelings she was having. When Noh Da-hyun, a young woman in need of help, visits him one day, Gye-hoon starts to feel that strong link again.

  2 tracking it here
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  A Swinging Single (2013)Also drama

  At present, over 47% of the male population in Japan aged between 30 ~ 34 are single. While for women, the no. goes up to 60% for those in their late twenties. It is not that they are unable to get married. Rather, they all choose to remain single, as they believe that marriage is not the be all and end all. Life holds more promising things beyond marriage, and thus they are all celebrating life as a single. This drama takes a look at life from the perspectives of these men and women. Hoshino Mamoru is the President of a film production company, having taken over the position from his father. He is an excellent creative director, but he detests chaos and hence prefers to remain single. His brother, Susumu, works at the same company, taking care of the business side of things. Currently undergoing divorce proceedings, Susumu has had to move out of his marital home. Haruno Yuki is disillusioned with men, after having gone through several failed relationships. She wasn't making great strides in her career either, and so one day, she decided to quit her job and pursue her dream of becoming a scriptwriter. In order to pay the bills, she takes on a part-time job at a maid agency. Before she knows it, she gets her chance to make her dream come true! It could be Fate, or just plain coincidence, but the 3 of them are plunged into each other's lives; The "Affluent Single", the "Divorced Hero" and the "Marriage Refugee". Will a pivotal moment happen upon them? Will the "Affluent Single" decide to give wedded bliss a chance?
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  Pride (2004)Also drama

  Haru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only consider love as a game. Aki Murase is a woman who has been waiting for her lover who went abroad two years ago. These two persons start a relationship while frankly admitting to each other that it is only a love game. …The result is the unfolding of a drama of people with their respective pasts and with their pride as individuals.
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  Another Me (2019)Also drama

  Best friends An Sheng and Qi Yue’s bond is tested when both fall for the charming Su Jiaming. An Sheng steps away when she realizes Su Jiaming prefers Qi Yue, but her attempt to move on with a musician fails. As Qi Yue and Su Jiaming prepare for marriage, secrets and suspicions arise, forcing them to confront hidden feelings and complicated truths about their past.
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  Walk to Kwangya (2022)Also drama

  The following web drama borrows settings and names from SMCU:aespa Universe.
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  Voice of Love (2021)Also drama

  He Zhao Zhao, whose destiny was altered the moment she had a car accident. When she was in distress, she heard a very nice voice encouraging her to support herself. In order to find this voice, He Zhao Zhao searched various voice channels on the Internet, and joined the dubbing club "Sound Love Studio" by chance, and met two great god-level figures Fang Xin Chen and Su Mo Sheng. With the development of the dubbing industry, He Zhao Zhao's dream is also closely connected with everyone in the studio.
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  Beach (2003)Also drama