K-Dramas like Our Shiny Days

12 shows with a similar feel

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  The Immortal Ascension (2025)Also drama

  Han Li, an ordinary, poor boy from a mountain village, joins a small martial arts sect by chance. Despite his mediocre talent, he eventually cultivates himself into an immortal through hard work and careful planning.

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  Ode to Joy (2016)Also drama

  Five 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.
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  You Are Desire (2023)Also drama

  After her parents' divorce, Lin Yujing moves to a new city and becomes seatmates with Shen Juan, a withdrawn student repeating a year.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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  Boy's Abyss (2022)Also drama

  Kurose Reiji is a 17-year-old high school boy whose family members are full of problems. Due to this circumstance, Reiji has no particular dream and wants to get a job instead of going to college to make his mother's life easier. Just as Reiji was spending his days vaguely, he had a fateful encounter with an idol called Aoe Nagi, who proposed to Reiji that they commit suicide together. Will Reiji be able to find the light in his life after all the problems occurring one after another around him?
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  好想你知道 (2024)Also drama
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  Smile After Tears (2026)Also drama

  After a tragic accident tears them apart, a cheerful student finds healing and unexpected love through the boy who stayed beside him.
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  Finding Soul (2016)Also drama

  High school students Xia Changan (Wang Junkai), Sui Yu (Wang Yuan), and Chen Haoxuan (Yi Yang Qianxi) all have a different motive to try to find an A.I. placed on campus that surpassed the Turing test.
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  No Home (2024)Also drama

  Go Hae-jun runs away from home, while Baek Eun-yeong, a troubled student, ends up living in a tent with nowhere else to go. The two, who met by a twisted fate, end up living together in an abandoned old dormitory. Both hate the dormitory and each other, but with nowhere else to go, their difficult journey begins.
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  Adventure During Youth (2021)Also drama

  A misfortune-prone high school girl accidentally awakens a memory lost alien posing as a wish-granting genie.
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  Blue Box (2024)Also drama

  Taiki 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!
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  Four Hands, Two Sonatas (2026)Also drama

  When two young pianists from completely different worlds meet at an elite music high school, the melodies of their lives become intimately intertwined.

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  Narenare -Cheer for You!- (2024)Also drama

  Misora Kanata is a first-year student on the Takanosaki High School cheerleading team. She won a national championship in middle school, but can’t jump after a mistake in a competition. She befriends Suzuha, Shion, Anna, Onka, and Megumi to form the PoMPoMs. Their new team goes beyond cheerleading to reach the hearts of the people they cheer on. They might just change the world!