Different from the usual gorgeous Korean dramas with big productions and big casts, in recent years there are actually some high-quality dramas that lost at the starting line but still caught up with their own efforts! Today, the editor will take stock of 15 "dark horse Korean dramas", ranging from romance, suspense to comedy, and supernatural. After reading their introductions, don't let the ratings limit your list of dramas to watch~

1. Stove League

"Stove League", starring Namgoong Min and Park Eun-bin, tells the story of a man who has revived many teams and who becomes the new captain of the professional baseball team "Dreams", which has been at the bottom of the league for many years, and leads them to grow together.

Different from the love dramas and suspense dramas that are popular among the general public, although this drama is based on sports + workplace themes, the exciting development of the plot and the superb performances of the actors not only made non-baseball fans say that it was super good to watch, but also broke through 15% of the ratings in a short period of time and finally ended with a perfect 19%. Such an excellent result can definitely be hailed as the strongest dark horse Korean drama this year!

(Image source: SBS)

2. "The Exorcist"

Following his outstanding performance in another dark horse drama "Stove League" at the beginning of this year, "Jo Byung-kyu" was recently promoted to the male lead and made a grand comeback in "The Roasted Duck"! It tells the story of the demon hunter organization "Counter" who disguise themselves as noodle shop employees and work together to hunt down demons who come to Earth from the afterlife in pursuit of eternal life.

The supernatural and suspenseful themes, coupled with the fact that it is produced by OCN, which specializes in producing good suspense dramas, I believe that if there are no major problems with the plot direction in the later stages, it will definitely be a problem for it to beat "Voice 2" and become the TV series with the highest ratings in OCN history!

(Image source: OCN)

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3. First Time in My Life

When talking about the dark horse Korean dramas, of course, many people’s life TV series "This is My First Life" is indispensable. It is centered on the lives of unmarried young people in their 30s, telling the story of a homeless woman "Yin Zhihao" who envied having a home and a house slave man "Nan Shixi" who became a cohabiting relationship by accident. Although the plot is not as fantastic as that of melodramas, nor as full of climaxes as that of suspense dramas, just looking at the different views on love and life of the leading actors can be attractive because of their appropriateness and realism.

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