Forget The Glory: Top 7 Revenge K-Dramas For Pickiest Genre Fans

For many years now, South Korean dramas have been conquering the world. We don't think there is a person today who hasn't seen at least one K-drama (yes, Squid Game counts) or just heard about them.

And after the Korean shows started appearing on worldwide streaming services, there was no chance that they would remain unnoticed by a larger audience.

The hardcore K-drama fans know that there are several genres in which the series are at their best, and one of them is a revenge drama.

Now forget all about The Glory, we know you love it, but here are seven more perfect K-dramas with a brilliant revenge plot inside.

1. King of Pigs

At the center of this K-drama is an important issue: school bullying and its impact on a person's future life.

The K-drama focuses on Kyung Min, a man who was a victim of school bullying 20 years ago and now lives with a deep trauma. One day he meets his schoolmate Detective Jong Suk, and they suddenly get a message from the past.

After that, the unexpected serial murders began. The detective connects them to the hazing that took place at their school 20 years ago. Now will the two men be able to put it all to rest?

2. Bloodhounds

Missed a good old-fashioned action drama? It's time to check this one out. Bloodhounds is the real deal when it comes to perfectly choreographed fights and deep emotions.

The series centers around two young boxers, Kim Geon-woo and Hong Woo-jin, who start out as rivals but end up becoming close friends.

However, the story becomes more complicated as their friendship grows stronger. The thing is that Geon Woo's mother is in a terrible situation, as she could easily lose all her businesses and end up with nothing.

So the guys decide to take money from a loan shark and to pay it back they agreed to participate in questionable criminal fighting activities. The two boxers have come up with a plan to take him down, but will it work?

3. Weak Hero Class 1

The main character of the series is Yeon Shi Eun, a normal kid who gets perfect grades in class and is actually the best student in the whole school. But because he is not the most athletic or even strong enough to hit back, he is one of the main targets of the school bullies.

However, it seems as if Shi Eun doesn't even care about that, as he uses psychology and his intelligence to put the bullies in their place. The boy becomes the hero of the town after he starts fighting against violence not only at his school but also outside of it.

4. Taxi Driver

Do Gi was a perfectly law-abiding cop living a normal and peaceful life until one day his mother became the target of a serial killer. Her death broke him and turned him into a revenge machine. At that very moment he meets Jang Sung Chul, who forces him to join his company, the Rainbow Taxi.

Of course, as the genre suggests, this is no ordinary taxi, but a special organization whose mission is to make it right for those who have been wronged by the law. Do Gi becomes the best in his field and delivers the best revenge to his clients. But soon he also becomes a target.

5. Vigilante

Another story of a young boy obsessed with the idea of revenge for his dead mother. Kim Ji Yong's mother was killed somewhere on the street when he was a little boy. Since then, he has been planning to find the murderer and take him down himself, because the three years the killer got by law was nothing compared to what he deserved.

Now that Kim Ji Yong has grown up, he realizes that his mother's killer is out there and hasn't changed at all. So he decided to beat him up just like he did his mother. And that was basically the beginning of the man's second life.

During the day he was a perfect student at the police academy with A grades, and by night he turned into the city's justice seeker and dealt with the criminals.

6. Itaewon Class

Once an honor student, Park Saeroyi is kicked out of school one day for hitting a bully. Little did he know that the same day would bring him a much worse tragedy: the death of his father.

It all happened in a minute, so the boy had no time to even realize what was going on and how his father had actually died. Needless to say, his life was ruined.

However, in order to prove that he is worthy of his father, he follows his father's footsteps and opens a pub called "DanBam" in Itaewon, and together with his manager and staff, strives to succeed and reach new heights.

7. Marry My Husband

Even viewers who are not that into revenge dramas admit that this one is just one of the best.

At the center of the series is a young woman named Kang Ji Won, whose life only seems to be normal. In reality, her husband Park Min Swan is a complete bastard who doesn't even work and blames his wife for everything.

One day she even catches him cheating on her with her best friend. On the same day Ji Won dies in a tragic accident, but to her surprise she suddenly wakes up years earlier, when she wasn't married to Min Hwan, and decides to plan a perfect revenge story and make her husband end up with the woman he cheated on her with.