K-Dramas like Boom! Boom!
Finished Boom! Boom! (2020) and want that feeling again? These 12 shows come closest.
12 shows with a similar feel
You Are Desire (2023)Also dramaAfter her parents' divorce, Lin Yujing moves to a new city and becomes seatmates with Shen Juan, a withdrawn student repeating a year. As they grow closer, her presence begins to change his life. Just as things start to improve, she’s forced to return to her hometown. A year later, they reunite at university, where Lin Yujing helps Shen Juan confront his past and heal, while also discovering her own path in life.
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Ode to Joy (2016)Also dramaFive independent, career-driven women living in the Ode to Joy apartment building navigate love, ambition, and personal growth as they chase fulfillment on their own terms. As they try to make it in the big city, each faces unique challenges and romantic entanglements while discovering who they truly want to be.
The White Olive Tree (2025)Also dramaDuring an interview mission in the turbulent East Country, Song Ran, a female reporter from Liangcheng Satellite TV, came across a sudden danger. Thankfully, Li Zan, a Chinese explosive engineer who volunteered in the East Country, was able to save her. After multiple interactions, Li Zan discovered that despite appearing weak on the outside, Song Ran was brave, strong, and full of justice and kindness. The same ideals and compatible souls ignited the love between them. A sudden bombing attack ended their budding relationship, and they fell into a trough of life after returning to China and even losing contact with each other. By chance, they came across each other again, and gradually, their lives got back on track. Together, they planted the seeds of the white olive tree.
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Our Generation (2025)Also dramaLin Qile and Jiang Qiaoxi reconnect in high school after a childhood friendship and a lingering misunderstanding. As they navigate youth's ups and downs alongside their classmates, they grow through shared experiences and step into new horizons.
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Go Go Squid! (2019)Also dramaTong Nian is a genius 19-year-old student with high IQ and low EQ, who is also a famous anime cosplay person and sings well. She’s falls in love at first sight with Han Shang Yan, who is a game genius in the e-sports world and never pays attention to the girls.
Exclusive Fairytale (2023)Also dramaLing Chao and Xiao Tu have been childhood rivals and inseparable friends since kindergarten. Despite his brilliance and perfectionism, Ling Chao always lived in the shadow of Xiao Tu in his mother’s eyes. As they grow up together, their playful rivalry turns into something more.
Meet Yourself (2023)Also dramaGrieving the premature death of her closest friend, a despondent young Chinese woman quits her job to fulfill the friend's dying wish of visiting an area in southern China. What began as a three-month recuperative stay in a village far from the madding crowd gradually reveals the potential of life-changing camaraderie, romance, and purpose.
The Summer That I Loved My Teacher (2016)Also dramaThe story of how a high school student, Takanashi Fuuka, who falls in love with her teacher, Sawada Hiroki, after meeting him by chance one night.
Blue Box (2024)Also dramaTaiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!
Say Cheese (2018)Also dramaPeace Photography Studio is an established but traditional studio founded 80 years ago and had 5 branches in its heyday. Now, there's only a single studio left and is managed by Pan Renyi and daughter Pan Zejia . Pan Zejia quietly helped out at the studio as she feels indebted to Pan Renyi who helped her settle a huge debt 10 years ago, and as a result, she remained single since then. Ke Yuanhang is a newspaper reporter who is kind and magnanimous, although 5 years younger than Pan Zejia, a friendship soon developed. While Pan Zejia is irritable and impatient, Ke Yuanhang is gentle and caring. Their hindrances do not stop there, as Pan Renyi is constantly at loggerheads with Ke Yuanhang's mother, Hong Ziyi. Due to Pan Renyi's temperament, he does not get along with all his children, the matter is made worse when Pan Zejia's mother suddenly died in a car accident.
Miss the Dragon (2021)Also dramaA young maidservant named Liu Ying saves a snake on behalf of her young mistress in a chance encounter. However, the snake turns out to be a thousand year ancient dragon named Yuchu Longyan, who now wants to marry her to repay her kindness. The two's lives then becomes entangled with each another as their love transcends over three lifetimes.
Eighties Hustle: Love and Legacy (2025)Also dramaQian Lingling works herself to death at her modern office job and wakes in the 1980s as the wife of Xie Yan, a cold-faced military officer crippled in a flood rescue — and the future richest man alive. Her predecessor despised him and pushed for divorce. Qian Lingling has other plans: she'll win over both her husband and the orphan girl he's raising, who's destined to become China's wealthiest woman, and build the fortune with them.
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