K-Dramas like Meant to Be

12 shows with a similar feel

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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.

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  Wonderful World (2024)Also drama

  A mother who unfairly lost her young son, takes revenge against the perpetrator who has been forgiven by the law and heals her wounds.
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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 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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  Tokyo Friends (2005)Also drama

  Tokyo Friends is a Japanese television drama released on June 3, 2005. Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on TV but released as a set of 3 DVDs. Volumes one and two contain the first 4 episodes while volume three contains the last episode. Each episode is approximately 70 minutes. The Tokyo Friends Premium Box was also released which includes all 5 episodes, a bonus DVD, and 12 postcards. Although this is a very typical Tokyo-story and was never aired on TV, it was quite successful probably because it was Ai Otsuka's debut as an actress.
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  The Next Station is Marriage (2015)Also drama
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  Senpai Is an Otokonoko (2024)Also drama

  For Makoto Hanaoka, life’s about to get more complicated. Saki Aoi, a lively girl with loads of confidence, confesses her love for Makoto one day. When he fails to reciprocate, Saki declares she will be his first love! She shares her goal with a mutual friend, Ryuji Taiga, who also confesses his crush on Makoto. Stuck in a love triangle, Makoto must find a way to make it work and have fun.
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  Game of Witches (2022)Also drama

  Yu Kyung is a successful woman who is proficient enough to become an executive director of Chunha Group when she started as a secretary. She recently found out her daughter is alive, so she plans to get her back and take her revenge. Meanwhile, Hye Soo is a strong girl who faces challenges head-on. She has a daughter with Ji Ho, and she would do anything for her. However, she gets tragically betrayed by Ji Ho, the love of her life, over power and money. How will those two mothers end their fierce revenge?
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  True Beauty (2024)Also 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?

  1 tracking it here
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  Revenge of Others (2022)Also drama

  A boy falls to his death at school, but Ok Chan-mi does not believe that her twin brother, Park Won-seok, committed suicide. Chan-mi transfers to her brother's school, Yongtan High, and meets Ji Soo-heon, who witnessed her brother's death. A "hero," who avenges bullied students, appears at Yongtan High. Chan-mi speculates that it may be connected to her brother and starts looking for this hero.

  11 tracking it here
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  My Country: The New Age (2019)Also drama

  Set during the turbulent time of the fall of Goryeo and the founding of Joseon, two former friends face-off against one another over a woman and the future shape of the nation.

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  Shameless Lover (2024)Also drama

  Shen Zhili embarks on a quest to revive her master using an ancient formula that requires a rare medicinal ingredient. When Su Chenche arrives, Shen Zhili is unexpectedly trapped in a time loop, discovering that each time Su Chenche dies, time resets. To complete the mission, the two set out together, navigating misunderstandings, a growing bond, and cryptic guidance from a mysterious figure in the shadows. Can they solve the riddle of the time loop and find the elusive ingredient?