7 Melodramatic K-Dramas For Those Who Can’t Binge Alchemy of Souls Anymore

The South Korean industry is considered the best when it comes to representing all the TV genres that exist. The fans of the most exciting comedies turn to K-dramas, as well as the viewers who enjoy a horror story more than anything.

However, everyone knows that most of the popular K-dramas are melodramas with the stories revolving around a tragedy, a love story, or something of that sort. One of the shows that is considered the best in the genre is Alchemy of Souls.

So here we have 7 K-dramas with a similar vibe as this iconic show to binge instead of it.

1. Call it Love (2023)

The best melodrama of the past year is definitely this one. The story at the center of Call it Love focuses on two lost people who have found the will to live thanks to each other. Wounded many times, their lives begin to change for the better when they finally meet each other.

Sim Woo Joo is a young girl who is being chased out of her own house by her father’s mistress. At this low point in life she meets Han Dong Jin. who will help her seek revenge and in the meantime become the love of her life.

2. My Liberation Notes (2022)

At the center of the show there are three Yeom siblings, Chang Hee, Mi Jung, and Ki Jung. Their only dream is to finally change their lives and become wealthier, happier, and be finally ready to start fresh.

However, their peaceful life is disturbed by a mysterious man arriving in their small city. Mr. Goo (that’s his strange name) ends up in their neighborhood just out of nowhere, and it seems like he is hiding a huge secret. But there’s nothing that the youngest Yeom girl wouldn’t investigate…

3. My Dearest (2023)

Now this series is the best historical drama of 2023 and that makes it a must watch. At the center of this K-drama is a love story between a noble lady and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown. The action takes place in the 1600s during the Qing invasion.

The woman's name is Yu Gil Chae and she is the type of woman everyone talks about. She is not afraid of anything and is always ready to speak her mind. That is why all the men worship her and all the women jealously gossip about her.

4. Tell Me That You Love Me (2023)

This melodrama revolves around Cha Jin Woo, a deaf artist who used to talk about his feelings only through his art. His life was difficult and he always felt really lonely because no one around him seemed to care about him enough to learn sign language to even get to know him.

However, his life changes completely when he meets Jung Mo Eun. She is a beautiful actress who is fluent in emotions and always knows what to say. She never hides her feelings and describes them precisely. But when she meets Jin Woo, she begins to take an interest in his silent world.

This unusual tandem is a wholesome picture of what a choice of love looks like.

“I immediately liked the intro and the setting. The fact that she made an effort to learn sign language for him and while this was going on, he was thinking about how he had to learn to adapt to the world since he was the one who couldn't hear,” Redditor deeman27 said.

5. Just Between Lovers (2017)

After a terrible accident, many people died, leaving their families in utter grief. Even those who survived were deeply wounded, both physically and emotionally. One of them was 15 year old Lee Jang Doo, whose dream was to be a popular national football player. Now he is left injured and taking care of his younger sister.

Along with their lives we also see how the accident affected Ha Moon Soo, who still wakes up at night after having nightmares that take her back.

She works as an architect who creates special models that are a key safety element in any large construction project. One day she starts a project that brings back all the painful memories connected to the tragedy...

6. Do You Like Brahms? (2020)

Song Ah always wanted to enter music school, but she never received any support from her family. However, due to her strong desire and all the effort, she managed to become a student of the music school of the same university where she originally majored in business.

She is the oldest student in her class which brings her many difficulties. But one day everything changes when she hears the brilliant music of a very talented pianist Joon Young…

7. When the Weather is Fine (2020)

The story revolves around a small bookstore in the middle of nowhere, where a lonely man named Eun Seob works, ready to welcome nothing new.

One day, however, a young woman named Hae Won, who is supposed to be shy and not very sociable, moves to the same small town as Eun Seob. When these two ordinary people meet, something magical happens.