Underrated Gems That Deserve a Chance (Rating)
Please feel free to include dramas that are rated average well below 8.0 on MDL but has its own unique appeal in your opinion. I removed dramas that have a rating average above 8.0, do not add them back in.
Twin list is provided here, Underrated Gems That Deserve a Chance (Viewership). Please point/click your cursor on the word 'here'.
Tae Ho Dec 26, 2019
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![Cheese in the Trap]()
Having returned to college after a year long break due to her family's poor background, Hong Seol, a hardworking over-achiever, inadvertently gets on the wrong side of her senior, Yoo Jung, who's ...more -
![My Girl]()
When Gong Chan meets the lively and beautiful Yoo Rin, he finds out that she has connections to his missing cousin, whom his grandfather has been searching for. He asks Yoo Rin ...more -
![Love Rain]()
Suh In Ha is a sensitive artist who falls in love at first sight with fellow college student, Kim Yoon Hee. The two of them develop feelings for each other, but before ...more -
![Introverted Boss]()
When a young, energetic employee joins a public relations firm with an introverted and severely misunderstood boss, she makes it her life’s mission to show the world who he really is. Chae ...more -
![Mary Stayed Out All Night]()
Wi Mae Ri is the cheerful, pragmatic daughter of a failed businessman who had grown used to being constantly on the move to escape from debtors. She becomes fast friends with the ...more -
![Full House]()
Han Ji Eun, an aspiring scriptwriter, lives in a house called "Full House", built by her late father. One day, her two best friends trick her into believing she has won a ...more -
![Nobuta wo Produce]()
Shuji Kiritani is one of the most popular guys in his school. He pretends to care for all of his classmates, but deep down, is quiet and doesn't open up to others. ...more -
![Delightful Girl, Choon Hyang]()
The story begins when Lee Mong Ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Choon Hyang does her best to help Mong Ryong, her first love ...more -
![Goong]()
Feisty, bubbly, and no-nonsense, Chae Gyeong is an ordinary high school student. Until one day when she receives some unexpected news. Because of her grandfather's will, she must marry the unendurable Crown ...more -
![Couple or Trouble]()
Anna Jo is a rude, feisty, and audacious American-bred heiress who can never be satisfied. She returns to Korea only to continue being a controlling wife to her already cowardly husband, Billy ...more -
![Boys over Flowers]()
Geum Jan Di comes from a poor family who owns a dry-cleaning shop. One day, she visits Shinhwa High School, a prestigious school for the wealthy, and saves a student trying to ...more -
![Flower Boy Next Door]()
This is a drama about a girl, Go Dok Mi who is a shut-in Miss Lonelyhearts type, who spends her days spying on the man living in next building. She is caught ...more -
![Switch: Change the World]()
Scam a thousand dollars, and you are a thief. If the amount becomes a billion, you are a financier. Break a small promise, you become a conman. If you betray the trust ...more -
![Doctor Stranger]()
As a child, Park Hoon and his father were kidnapped by North Korea. In North Korea, he was trained to become a doctor by his father who was already a doctor. Park ...more -
![Clean with Passion for Now]()
Jang Sun Gyeol has wealth and good looks but suffers from severe mysophobia. He is obsessed with cleaning and even owns a cleaning company. However, he meets a carefree and untidy girl ...more -
![Tempted]()
Rich and privileged twenty-somethings uncover their true motives and reveal their depravity while playing a dark and dangerous game. Set on revenge, popular player Kwon Shi Hyun makes a bet with friends ...more -
![Kemono ni Narenai Watashitachi]()
30-year-old Shinkai Akira always smiles and she is perfect at work. She cares about those around her too much. 33-year-old Nemoto Kosei works as an accountant. He is friendly and popular among ...more -
![She Would Never Know]()
Yoon Song Ah works as a marketer for a cosmetics brand. She enjoys her job and dreams of launching her own brand someday. Chae Hyun Seung is a fellow marketer who becomes ...more -
![Cheongdamdong Alice]()
Han Se Kyung is a young woman with a very positive character. Her motto is "effort will take me as far as I want to go". She wins many designing contests and ...more -
![Baby-faced Beauty]()
This drama is centered around a 34-year-old woman Lee So Young with a babyface as she works to become a fashion designer and overcomes obstacles like only having a high school diploma ...more -
![Hyde, Jekyll, Me]()
Gu Seo Jin is a third-generation chaebol who runs the theme park Wonder Land. He seemingly has everything — looks, brains, and fortune. But a traumatic incident in his childhood resulted in ...more -
![Nagareboshi]()
Takenouchi plays an aquarium employee named Kengo, who seems ordinary at first glance but actually possesses a secret that he would sacrifice everything in order to protect. Meanwhile, Ueto plays Risa, a ...more -
![Manhattan Love Story]()
Next door to Chuo TV's offices is "Manhattan," a coffee shop for aficionados. The owner's passion for coffee is almost a sickness and all he wants is for his customers to enjoy ...more -
![Shitsuren Chocolatier]()
Koyurugi Sota admires and adores his school senior Takahashi Saeko. But it is unrequited love, so heartbroken Sota heads to Paris to become a Maître Chocolatier. Upon his return, Sota opens up ...more -
![Melting Me Softly]()
In this drama, Ma Dong Chan, a renowned producer in the entertainment industry, and Go Mi Ran, a part-timer struggling with family debts, become participants in the "24-Hour Frozen Human Project." This ...more -
![Ghost Writer]()
Tono Risa is a gifted writer in her 30s. She has already made a name for herself, but actually feels that she is at the end of the road. At that moment, ...more -
![Yasashii Jikan]()
This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked ...more -
![Shark]()
After being left for dead and witnessing the death of his father, Han Yi Soo / Yoshimura Junichiro returns to Korea from Japan after changing his looks and identity to take revenge ...more -
![Heartstrings]()
Lee Shin is a university student majoring in modern music. He is the vocalist of the band "The Stupid" and also plays the guitar. He is known for his good looks and ...more -
![Rich Man, Poor Woman]()
29-year-old Hyuga Toru is a wealthy man. He first started to run an internet website in his small room, and his hobby began to make a lot of money. Nowadays, he doesn't ...more -
![Ikemen Desu Ne]()
Miko is a 20-year-old girl. She is pure, but prone to make mistakes. Since her father, who was a composer, died, she stayed at an orphanage with her twin brother Mio Sakuraba. ...more -
![Me too, Flower!]()
A tough female police officer who suffers from depression falls in love with a young multimillionaire whom she initially believed was a parking attendant. Instead of counting her lucking stars, she is ...more -
![Novoland: The Castle in the Sky]()
Peace had been maintained between the Human Clan and Winged Clan for a century. However, the Winged Clan grew weaker as the Flower Fairy of Shooting Stars they relied on for their ...more -
![Todome no Kiss]()
Dojima Otaro works as a popular host. Because of a past incident, he believes that love makes people unhappy. He now only pursues money and power. A mysterious woman appears in front ...more -
![Top Star Yoo Baek]()
Yoo Baek is a former idol group member. He is now a popular singer and actor. He doesn't try to be a good guy to attract people. Yoo Baek is self-centered and ...more -
![Nemureru Mori no Jukujo]()
Chinami Aizawa is a 46-year-old housewife who quit her job at a bank, after her marriage. One day, her husband asks for a divorce because he reunited with his first love through ...more -
![Keishicho Zero Gakari]()
Superintendent Kobayakawa Fuyuhiko is a naive career police officer who cannot read situations. He was transferred from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s National Research Institute of Police Science to the newly established ...more -
![Going My Home]()
The drama focuses on 45-year-old Tsuboi Ryota, the coordinator of a large CM company who is receiving a request from one of their clients to change some parts of their new CM. ...more -
![Kaze no Garden]()
Despite being a respected anesthesiologist at a famed Tokyo hospital, Shiratori Sadami has a disastrous family life. Before his life in Tokyo, his infidelity prompted his wife's suicide and the incident separated ...more -
![One Smile Is Very Alluring]()
When campus prince and gaming expert Xiao Nai first sees Bei Wei Wei, it’s not her beauty that catches his eye, but her graceful fingers skillfully working the keyboard. Meanwhile, Bei Wei ...more -
![Todome no Parallel]()
What would happen if Otaro wouldn't be able to go back in time with a kiss and be revived? A real world like parallel timeline about what happens after Otaro's deaths. -
![Mare]()
Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in ...more -
![The End of the World]()
An unidentified epidemic with a 100% fatality rate strikes Seoul. There is no guarantee who will be alive tomorrow. The Korea Center for Disease Control (KCDC) begins investigating the unknown so-called “M(Moon)” ...more -
![Hibana: Spark]()
Struggling artiste Tokunaga has an electrifying encounter with a senior artiste Kamiya, a genius who has his own unique stand-up comedy philosophy, and becomes his disciple. This is the story of the ...more -
![Slow Dance]()
A man who constantly applies the brake in his life, a woman who could do with a brake in her life. They have their careers, but they are both failures in love. ...more -
![The Third Charm]()
The Third Charm tells the 12-year love story of how two young people with completely different personalities manage to find each other again. From the tender age of 20 to 27 years ...more -
![Suparburoot Jorm Jon: Duang Jai Kabot]()
"Suparburoot Jorm Jon" is a series about twins that got raised separately, one being a loyal soldier and the other one a trashy mouth bandit. Lieutenant Pasu, a soldier from Thailand must ...more -
![Ri Kouran]()
The drama tells the story of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese woman born and raised in China during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. She debuts as the Chinese singer and actress Li Xianglan ...more -
![Love Story]()
Misaki is a 30-year old unlucky in love editor. She tends to fall in love hard and smothers her boyfriends to death. With no major accomplishments under her belt, she is told ...more -
![Gonzo]()
Kuroki was once an ace detective, but after being traumatized from a case, he became unable to work and was transferred to another division, where he idles his time away. One day, ...more -
![Beautiful Gong Shim]()
This drama is about the love story of two sisters and two men. The talented older sister has everything, including a beautiful appearance, and her younger sister, who is less attractive but ...more -
![Evasive Inquiry Agency]()
Moo Yeol, a taekwondo instructor, falls for Eun Jae at first sight when she comes to his agency and asks for help finding gold treasures. Hee Kyung is a tarot card master, ...more -
![Kazoku no Uta]()
Hayakawa Seigi was once a popular member of the rock band "Out of Justice," but after the breakup of the band 13 years ago, Hayakawa Seigi's life has become a mess. He ...more -
![Jikou Keisatsu]()
Kiriyama Shuichiro works as an information management officer at the prefectural police station. As he is very observant and has an interest in the unresolved cases which have gone past the legal ...more -
![Piano]()
Han Eok Kwan is a gangster who, one day, discovers he has a hidden 10-year-old son named Jae Su. He meets Hae Lim and falls in love with her at first sight. ...more -
![The Spirit of the Ruler]()
Captain Phurit, a skillful sniper with a firm heart, finds himself wavering for the first time after meeting Dr. Napaschon. Napaschon is working as a volunteer doctor in a village near the ...more -
![The Happy Loner]()
Ji Yeong has lived her whole life as a rugged individualist. One day, she meets a man who is a total opposite version of her. He lives for others. And, these two ...more -
![Sexy Voice and Robo]()
Hayashi Niko is a mature middle school student with heightened hearing and the ability to mimic the voice of anyone she encounters. Sudo Ichiro is an immature Otaku who is obsessed with ...more -
![Camouflage]()
The series consists of four 3-episode chapters, each handled by a different director. The directors were given freedom in their stories, but they all share a common theme: lies. --Tokyograph All of ...more -
![Kiken na Aneki]()
Hiroko is the number-one hostess club girl. Hailing from the Miyazaki countryside, she has been told since her youth that all she has is a beautiful face. Her brilliant younger brother, who ...more -
![Nang Rai]()
The love story of a superstar nang rai (female antagonist) in the entertainment business, although she is a superstar, her real story is very different. Her love is separated by status as ...more -
![Tamra, the Island]()
Set in the 17th Century, Jang Beo Jin is a young female diver on Tamra Island. She doesn't particularly enjoy her situation and dreams of one day leaving the island. One day, ...more -
![Harvest Villa]()
A mysterious suicide occurs in an old villa located in the center of Seoul, soon to be demolished. A huge legacy is left to Bok Gyu, a man who is completely unaware ...more -
![Kurokouchi]()
Detective Keita Kurokouchi continues to extort money from politicians from whom Keita Kurokouchi has information. By using his information, he is able to crack unsolved cases. Rookie Detective Mayo Seike is excellent ...more -
![Secret Investigation Record]()
Secret Investigation Record is based on cases detailed in the Annals of Joseon History with a bizarre twist; these incidents incorporate mysterious, supernatural elements that cannot be explained through science. Kim Hyung ...more -
![Ashita no Kita Yoshio]()
Can a coward commit suicide? Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend's death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 11 days away. The number 11 ...more -
![Successful Story of a Bright Girl]()
Cha Yang Soon is a cute and innocent country girl who often daydreams of rescuing her prince. One day, she meets Han Ki Tae, who accidentally falls into her bathtub while she ...more -
![Namonaki Doku]()
Saburo Sugimura works for the PR department of a company that his father-in-law Yoshichika Imada runs. One day, Yoshichika Imada asks Saburo Sugimura to find out about Nobuo Kajita. A complicated story ...more -
![Oh! My Girl!!]()
Yamashita Kotaro was living a peaceful life as a publisher part-timer aspiring to be a mobile phone novelist until two females suddenly appeared in his life. One is his six-year-old celebrity niece ...more -
![The Musical]()
Go Eun Bi is a medical student, but dreams of becoming a musical actress. Hong Jae Yi is an ultra-talented composer who becomes involved in a love triangle with Go Eun Bi ...more -
![Tokyo Love Story]()
When Kanchi first came to Tokyo to work, he is full of uncertainties. He is 'lost' in his work and his love relationship is in a mess. During those times, Rika, his ...more -
![Otoko Meshi]()
University student Wakamizu Ryota, who is the middle of job hunting, gets caught up in a sudden gang dispute. Ryota’s life is saved by Yanagiba Ryuichi, the boss of Yanagiba-gumi, and Ryota ...more -
![Trot Lovers]()
Jang Joon Hyun is a talented and popular musician. He looks down upon the traditional trot music genre. Meanwhile, Choi Chun Hee works multiple jobs as the breadwinner to support her father ...more -
![Ruri no Shima]()
On Hatomi, a small island in Okinawa state part of Japan's southern sea frontier, the social environment is suffering. With the last student of the elementary school leaving the place, the closing ...more -
![Alone in Love]()
Lee Dong Jin and Yoo Eun Ho got divorced 2 years ago, but somehow they keep meeting each other for some odd reason. Even after they've gotten a divorce, they keep meeting ...more
