K-Dramas like Sempura: Best Friends, Sometimes Lovers

9 shows with a similar feel

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  The Great White Tower (2003)Also drama

  Two surgeons with contrasting objectives are asked to work together in a city hospital. While one of them strives to achieve fame and power through his work, the other wants to save human lives.
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  Romeo's Blue Skies (1995)Also drama

  Romeo, a poor kid living in a Swiss village, bravely sells himself into servitude as a chimney sweep in order to save his family. On his way to Milan he meets a mysterious boy named Alfredo, and they become fast friends. Life as a chimney sweep is hard and dangerous. But together, and with the help of some new friends, Romeo and Alfredo find themselves striving for a better life.
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  The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (2025)Also drama

  When the intimidating Rintaro meets the open-minded Kaoruko, the unlikely duo grows closer. The issue? Their neighboring high schools hate each other.

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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?

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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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  Love Is Like A Cat (2024)Also drama

  A popular star, Piuno, who dislikes dogs due to trauma experienced in his childhood, meets Lee Dae Byeol, the owner of a dog cafe in Korea, and Gi Min who's one of his workers. Jun Hyeok is more than a friend to Dae Byeol and is one of his biggest supporters.
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  I Buy, Therefore I Am (2025)Also drama

  A healing romance about a bookstore part-timer living an ordinary life, who develops feelings for the bookstore owner, her former lover, and the new bookstore part-timer.
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  Countdown to Yes (2026)Also drama

  Reunited with his first love after three years, Wataru must choose between protecting a lifelong friendship and risking it all for romance.
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  Kokoro (2025)Also drama