I am looking for a ML or SML that has an air of  melancoly and lifelessness and sadness about him. The type of man who seems to be going through the motions of life or something without much thought or passions. It seems like they have been dealt with bitter faith when they were younger, and are now lacking a purpose and drive in life. They are still upstanding men, not the destructive or loud type who seem to broadcast they are miserable or such, but they just seem so sad to watch

The best I can come up with as examples are, ML from dramas:

  • Scent of a woman
  • A Thousand Days Promise 
  • Just Between Lovers
  • Radio Romance
  • Gloria
  • The Devil

Thank you in advance...

These have in common that MLs have had a traumatic event in the past, I hope that is what you are looking for.

https://mydramalist.com/24678-because-this-is-my-first-life

https://mydramalist.com/25733-jugglers

https://mydramalist.com/19702-nigeru-wa-haji-da-ga-yaku-ni-tatsu

https://mydramalist.com/21306-introverted-boss

https://mydramalist.com/328-the-man-who-cant-get-married

and maybe...

https://mydramalist.com/3994-faith LMH character's aura is misterious and dark here...I'm not sure if it fits your request

https://mydramalist.com/11844-scholar-who-walks-the-night, same here.

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These have in common that MLs have had a traumatic event in the past, I hope that is what you are looking for.

https://mydramalist.com/24678-because-this-is-my-first-life

https://mydramalist.com/25733-jugglers

https://mydramalist.com/19702-nigeru-wa-haji-da-ga-yaku-ni-tatsu

https://mydramalist.com/21306-introverted-boss

https://mydramalist.com/328-the-man-who-cant-get-married

and maybe...

https://mydramalist.com/3994-faith LMH character's aura is misterious and dark here...I'm not sure if it fits your request

https://mydramalist.com/11844-scholar-who-walks-the-night, same here.

Thanks for the fast reply and recommendations

Definitely it is like Because it is my First Life. And a little bit like We Married as a Job (I love that drama), and though Introverted Boss is a little bit like that, I didnt like that drama all together

But no, not like Faith and scholar who walks at Night


Anyway, I will definitely watch Jugglers and The Man Who Can't Get Married

Again, thank you soooooo much...

Perhaps the ML from School 2017? He has some similarities with the ML from JBL, and is detached / doesn't care about school / is a bit aloof and rebellious due to a traumatic incident. His rebelliousness is bordering on destructive, but doesn't reach the level of Kang Doo or the SL in Sassy Go Go (who endures abuse from his father and has several suicide attempts), for example.

Also the ML in Another Miss Oh is passionate (or arguably just obsessive) about his profession (audio engineering), but still strongly conveys and air of melancholy and detachment from the world.