Most disappointing dramas of 2023
Another year coming to a close. Add/vote the drama production(s) that were a disappointing watch. Leave your reasons in comments below.
P.S. Only add productions that have finished airing in 2023
P.P.S. 2022- https://mydramalist.com/list/1xrxnEq3
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Top 100
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![Strong Girl Namsoon]()
Kang Nam Soon has superhuman strength. She went missing as a kid in Mongolia. Now as an adult, she comes to Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea to find her parents. She finally meets ...more -
![King the Land]()
Heir Goo Won cannot stand fake smiles. When he meets Cheon Sa Rang, her sincere smile is at the ready. The pair seek to create happy moments where they can smile brightly ...more -
![Heartbeat]()
Seon Woo Hyul is a vampire who wants to become a human but ended up becoming half-human when he woke up a day before completing his 100 years of sleep. Meanwhile, Joo ...more -
![Destined with You]()
Lee Hong Jo is the lowest grade civil servant. She always does her best at work, even though she suffers from many civil complaints. In her personal life, she is used to ...more -
![See You in My 19th Life]()
Ban Ji Eum has an extraordinary ability: she can remember the memories of all her past lives. Repeating her reincarnation for nearly a thousand years, Ban Ji Eum has been living all ...more -
![Doona!]()
Doo Na, a member of the girl group Dream Sweet, suddenly left the group one day and ends up living in the same share house as Won Jun, a college student. Doo ...more -
![The Heavenly Idol]()
Pontifex Rembrary, a character known for his divine powers, gets transported to a new world while fighting a devil. He possesses the body of Woo Yeon Woo, a member of an unpopular ...more -
![My Lovely Liar]()
Mok Sol Hee is a young woman with an extraordinary and supernatural ability: she is able to “hear” other people’s lies, no matter how hard they try to obfuscate the truth. But ...more -
![Only for Love]()
Zheng Shu Yi is a hard-working reporter for one of China’s leading financial newspapers. She’s determined to land a front-page story, so she is pulling out all the stops to land an ...more -
![Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow]()
10. Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow
Korean Drama - 2022, 10 episodes18,844 points by 191 votersJang Uk returns from death, and three years later, the story of the mages unfolds anew. Jang Uk becomes a hunter of the soul-shifters when a young woman, a prisoner in her ...more -
![Kokdu: Season of Deity]()
Kkok Du, once a mortal man in ancient Korea, is now an immortal reaper, revisiting the mortal world every 99 years to punish human weaknesses. His millennia-long existence has hardened him, cultivating ...more -
![Duty after School: Part 2]()
Story of 3rd year students of Sungjin High School who started a 'real war' to fight against the attack of a mysterious creature that covered the sky. Will they be able to ...more -
![A Time Called You]()
Han Jun Hee's boyfriend Koo Yeon Jun died one year ago. She still hasn't gotten over his death and misses him a lot. One day, she somehow travels back in time to ...more -
![Fireworks of My Heart]()
Growing up, Song Yan and Xu Qin were the best of friends. But as they grew older, their families began to see their friendship in an unfavorable light. Unwilling to allow their ...more -
![Bo Ra! Deborah]()
The series follows the romantic journey of Yeon Bo Ra, a celebrated love coach and successful author of romance novels, and Lee Soo Hyuk, a charming man who grapples with matters of ...more -
![The Legend of Anle]()
Di Zi Yuan seeks revenge after her family was falsely accused of treason ten years ago and beheaded according to the emperor's edict. As the sole survivor, she changes her name to ...more -
![Hidden Love]()
Sang Zhi falls in love with Duan Jia Xu, the boy who often comes to her house to play games in her older brother's room. He is five years older than her. ...more -
![The Uncanny Counter Season 2: Counter Punch]()
18. The Uncanny Counter Season 2: Counter Punch
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes9,149 points by 93 votersEvil spirits from the afterlife arrive on Earth in search of an immortal existence. The story follows a group of counters who are tasked with catching these malevolent entities. (Source: whats-on-netflix.com) -
![Sweet Home Season 2]()
Residents of Green Home Apartments, including Cha Hyun Soo, fight against monsters to leave their base and venture out into the world. At a baseball stadium, survivors from all over begin to ...more -
![The Longest Promise]()
From the Kong Sang Continent comes the tumultuous love affair between Princess Zhu Yan of the Chi Yi Tribe and the Royal Prince Shi Ying. The framing of the queen results in ...more -
![Crash Course in Romance]()
After retiring from her career as a national athlete, Nam Haeng Sun now owns a humble side dish store. Her cheerful personality and boundless energy catch the attention of Choi Chi Yeol, ...more -
![Till the End of the Moon]()
In an era when demons have dominion over cultivators and mortals, the cultivator elders believe it is imperative to send someone back in time to discover the origin of the demon lord ...more -
![My Journey to You]()
The series tells the story of Yun Wei Shan, a spy longing for freedom, who infiltrates the Gong residence to complete a mission. In the eerie and treacherous Gong residence, she encounters ...more -
![Between Us]()
Team is a talented swimmer who just entered university. However, when it comes to swim competitions, he's never able to perform to the best of his abilities. When swim team upperclassman Win ...more -
![Behind Your Touch]()
Bong Ye Bun works as a veterinarian in a peaceful, crime-free rural village. She also possesses a psychometry superpower. When she touches the rear end of a person or animal, she is ...more -
![Moving]()
Kim Bong Seok, Jang Hee Soo, and Lee Gang Hoon, seemingly typical high school students, bear extraordinary inherited powers. Bong Seok can fly, Hee Soo possesses exceptional athleticism and rapid injury recovery, ...more -
![Twinkling Watermelon]()
In 2023, Eun Gyeol is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) high-school student, but he has a passion for music. During the day, he is a studious model pupil, but at night, ...more -
![South Wind Knows]()
Fu Yun Shen, a researcher at a pharmaceutical company, and Zhu Jiu, a surgeon embark on a humanitarian medical rescue in an underprivileged region. A misunderstanding means they get off on the ...more -
![La Pluie]()
Follows the story of a man who dislikes strangers and talking to people unnecessarily. He also suffers from a sensorineural hearing loss when it rains. However, as fate decides, he can only ...more -
![Jun & Jun]()
Life in a modern South Korean office can be eventful! Lee Jun once hoped to become a top-billing pop star, but has turned his back on his dreams. Now this former idol ...more -
![Our Blooming Youth]()
Min Jae Yi, a gentle and poised daughter of a prominent family, is engaged to the son of a powerful State Councillor. Devoting herself to learning everything she needs to know to ...more -
![Be Mine SuperStar]()
Third-year film student Punn gets an internship on the set of a drama. He's come there to learn from professionals, but what lights his passion even more than the work is leading ...more -
![Celebrity]()
Fame. Money. Power. One young woman fights to become the next hottest celebrity in the glamorous yet scandalous world of influencers in Seoul. (Source: Netflix) -
![Chains of Heart]()
When a young forestry officer, Din, gets involved with a gang of illegal smugglers, it causes him and Ken, a young man who has been in a relationship with him for more ...more -
![Castaway Diva]()
Mok Ha has always dreamt of becoming a singer. During middle school, however, she ends up on a deserted island where she manages to survive alone for over fifteen years. When she's ...more -
![Story of Kunning Palace]()
Jiang Xue Ning's unrelenting desire to become empress eventually strains her bond with her childhood friend Yan Lin and leads to the arrest of the noble Official Zhang Zhe. Guilt and remorse ...more -
![Mask Girl]()
Kim Mo Mi is an ordinary office woman with a severe sense of inferiority in appearance and is caught up in various incidents while she is an internet broadcast jockey with her ...more -
![The Worst of Evil]()
Set in Seoul in the 1990s, a former DJ starts selling a new powerful drug nicknamed "Gangnam Crystal" in city nightclubs after mastering a gangster organization. Since the police know little about ...more -
![Call It Love]()
Life's difficulties can take a toll on anyone, and this romantic melodrama portrays the story of a man and woman who are deeply affected. Through their growing empathy and understanding for each ...more -
![Hidden Agenda]()
For the first time, university student Zo resolves to pursue his long-time crush Nita. In order to woo her, he approaches Joke, Nita's ex, for dating advice. Joke agrees to help him ...more -
![Unlock My Boss]()
As founder and CEO of one of the country’s largest IT companies, Kim Sun Joo is a name everyone knows. A true genius in his field, Sun Joo has everything in life ...more -
![Vigilante]()
When Kim Ji Yong was a child, his mother was beaten to death in the street. The culprit only received three and a half years in prison. Kim Ji Yong—now an adult—sees ...more -
![Delightfully Deceitful]()
Clever con artist Lee Ro Um suffers from a distinct lack of empathy. One day, she is falsely implicated on charges of killing her estranged parents. She is exonerated after 10 years ...more -
![My Dearest]()
A love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion. Yu Gil Chae is a pretty, bubbly, and a ...more -
![The Glory Part 2]()
Moon Dong Eun's silent fury against those students that horrifically abused her during her high school years continues to burn inside of her. She meticulously executes her plan to inflict ultimate pain ...more -
![Nothing But You]()
Liang You An, an executive assistant to a powerful boss has been stagnant in her position that was going nowhere. With plans to resign, she got her opportunity by meeting Song San ...more -
![Taxi Driver Season 2]()
Despite disbanding after Do Gi's successful revenge, the Rainbow Deluxe Taxi crew, including Seong Cheol, Go Eun, Gyeong Gu, and Jin Eon, can't resist the call to reunite with their former leader. ...more -
![Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun]()
48. Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun
Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes1,085 points by 11 votersIt depicts the story of what happens in Arth approximately a decade later. Over the course of more than eight years, Arthdal succeeded in suppressing the massive rebellion of the tribes slaughtered ...more -
![Only Friends]()
Mew, Ray, Boston and Namchueam—a group of business students running a hostel together—blur the lines between friendship and romance. Mew has been focusing on his studies, setting aside no time for sex ...more -
![Doctor Cha]()
Cha Jung Sook is married to Seo In Ho, who works as a chief surgeon at a university hospital. He has a strict, sensitive, and thoroughgoing personality. Cha Jung Sook has been ...more -
![Step by Step]()
Jeng is a fierce digital marketing manager despised by his subordinates in the company. As son of the owner, there's little he can do about it. Pat studied abroad in LA before ...more -
![Song of the Bandits]()
An action melodrama in which the people who have been deprived of their livelihoods blow a refreshing shot for their family and colleagues, set in the 1920s during the Japanese colonial period. ...more -
![Moon in the Day]()
Han Joon Oh is a leading South Korean celebrity. He is stunningly good-looking and tall but is secretly plagued by an inferiority complex that leaves him permanently insecure. One day, he is ...more -
![GAP]()
Long after Sam first came to Mon's rescue when they were kids, Sam is unambiguously Mon's idol. In order to be near her, Mon gets a job working under her. When they ...more -
![Revenant]()
When the door to another world opens, demons exist there. Ku San Young is possessed by one of those demons. Yeom Hae Sang can see the demon which has possessed Ku San ...more -
![The Real Has Come!]()
Oh Yeon Doo is a Korean language instructor who delivers online lectures – and has become a bit of an internet celebrity. Gong Tae Kyung, meanwhile, is a talented obstetrician and gynecologist ...more -
![Numbers]()
Ho Woo is the first and only high school graduate accountant to join the top accounting firm in the country. With his outstanding memory, observation, adaptation, and sense of justice that ordinary ...more -
![Back from the Brink]()
After a lover's betrayal, the ancient dragon Tian Yao found himself badly wounded and heartbroken. The woman he loved betrayed him by dismembering him and stripping him of his dragon scales and ...more -
![Blooming Days]()
Qing Lian is content to lead an ordinary life and aspires for a suitor who only has eyes for her, yet is instead forced to marry into the royal family. She discovers ...more -
![Star Struck]()
When love is kept for a long time...will that feeling blossom? Seo Han Joon has been in love with his childhood friend, Jo Yoo Jae, for a long time. He knew his ...more -
![Perfect Marriage Revenge]()
Han Yi Joo is a painter, who was adopted by Han Jin Woong and Lee Jung Hye. Her father runs Hanwool Financial Group. Yet, Han Yi Joo was not loved by her ...more -
![Longing for You]()
A detective who was chasing the real culprit of a serial murder case faces the hidden secret of his family. Jin Sung is a cheerful yet nasty-tempered detective at Woojin Police Station ...more -
![Oh! Youngsim]()
Oh Young Sim is single and in her 30s. She has worked as a TV variety show PD for 8 years. She wanted to make people laugh with her TV shows, which ...more -
![Beauty of Resilience]()
In the Wei Kingdom of the Mortal World, although the cultivation of immortals is popular, immortality is still out of reach for most common men. Wei Zhi, a young lady, has been ...more -
![Romance of a Twin Flower]()
Ji Man is a young woman from Haifang. She is cheerful and has a keen head for business. She is traveling to Beijing to pursue her dreams when she is involved in ...more -
![Daily Dose of Sunshine]()
Jung Da Eun works as a nurse. She is transferred to neuropsychiatry from the internal medicine department. This is her first time working in neuropsychiatry, so everything is difficult and awkward for ...more -
![Mysterious Lotus Casebook]()
Ten years ago, Li Xiang Yi, the master of the Sigu Sect, dominated with his superior swordsmanship and was a symbol of light in the martial arts world. However, he suddenly disappeared ...more -
![Dr. Romantic Season 3]()
At Doldam Hospital, Dr. Kim Sa Bu and his team are committed to saving lives. After three years, a state-of-the-art trauma centre is set to open, equipped with the latest in medical ...more -
![Love You Seven Times]()
Xiang Yun was originally a cloud, but was later transformed into a fairy by the Red Thread Master and worked in the Marriage Pavilion. Xiangyun volunteered to help her master to find ...more -
![Durian's Affair]()
A melodramatic fantasy in which two women from Joseon Dynasty, belonging from a noble family, become intertwined with men through time travel to the year 2023, the present. (Source: HanCinema) -
![Faceless Love]()
Veekij is a stoic young CEO with prosopagnosia or "face blindness," meaning he cannot distinguish people's faces. For this reason, he decides to hire an assistant to help connect him with the ...more -
![Snow Eagle Lord]()
Dong Bo Xue Ying, also known as the Snow Eagle Lord, is a young man who was born in a land known as the Snow Eagle Territory. His father came from humble ...more -
![Love Tractor]()
Seon Yul, a temporarily relocated city man, meets Ye Chan, a rural man who adores the countryside. Seon Yul comes to the countryside to experience life knowing nothing about farming and Ye ...more -
![You Are Mine]()
The staff in Xia’s company are known for their good looks and bodies, but there is a new employee, Yao Shun Yu, who is an exception of the rule. Yao is like ...more -
![D.P. Season 2]()
This unfolding story ensues when military desertion arrest squad members (DP), Jun Ho and Ho Yeol, run across absurdities and unchangeable reality on a regular basis. (Source: Namuwiki; Edited by Krystale Mitaesa ...more -
![Manatsu no Cinderella]()
A story about a group of young people from various educational backgrounds and environments, who fatefully meet at the sea in the middle of summer, and grow up together as they confront ...more -
![Love of Replica]()
Waking after a horrible car accident, Xu Xi Xi quickly realizes that something is very wrong. Unable to remember anything from her past, Xi Xi has no idea where she is or ...more -
![Sweet and Cold]()
In the eyes of other people, Meng Hao Tian is a woman of strength and beauty. Everyone saw how she started from nothing and jumped through countless hurdles in her entrepreneurial journey. ...more -
![Destiny Seeker]()
Songkhram and Ai are both engineering students living in university dorms. Songkhram is the head of Dorm 2 where the "strong and athletic" male students are sorted. Ai is the head of ...more -
![Road Home]()
Gui Xiao and Lu Yan Chen met at school – in a middle school playground. They fell in love with one another at first sight. And as they grew older, their feelings ...more -
![The Journey of Chong Zi]()
The demon king Ni Lun was annihilated leaving the demon clan in tatters as they escape into the mortal realm. Chong Zi is pure and kind, yet she holds a strong evil ...more -
![Miss Mystery]()
18 years ago a young and innocent Xue Tong witnessed her family being brutally murdered. Since then she has hidden herself quietly and patiently, waiting for the day she could put her ...more -
![Pending Train: 8:23, Ashita Kimi to]()
Kayashima Naoya, a charismatic hairdresser who finds himself struggling to survive in extreme conditions when the train he is on winds up in a devastated future world where there is no food, ...more -
![You Complete Me]()
After returning to the country, Jiang Shao Heng intentionally approached fashion designer Su Ban Xia until Wei Gao Yang exposed Jiang Shao Heng’s true intentions in approaching Su Ban Xia. Feeling deeply ...more -
![All the Way to the Sun]()
Li Mu Jia, a girl from Beidiao, entered the most famous law firm in Beijing after graduation and relied on her own hard work to become an independent lawyer from an administrative ...more -
![Fake It Till You Make It]()
In a busy city of the pretentious, opposites attract for Tang Ying and Xi Zi Quan, who meet on an airplane by chance. What starts between them is an ambiguous game of ...more -
![Kamen Rider Geats]()
The "Desire Grand Prix" is a game to protect the peace of the city from the threat of the mysterious enemy "Jamato", whose origin and purpose are unknown. Each participant transforms into ...more -
![Secret Door]()
Zhong Zi Kiu and Cheung Sam Yue are childhood friends who have taken very different paths because of crimes committed by each other's fathers. After her father was imprisoned, Yue changed her ...more -
![Skip a Beat]()
Qiao Jing is a strong and independent woman, who was the only one able to take the position of personal assistant for the demanding CEO, Gu Yi. Soon, their relationship becomes not ...more -
![Prosecution Elite]()
An Ni is the top student at a prestigious law school. Her reputation has brought her to the attention of some of the nation’s top legal bodies. Upon entering the Procuratorate, China’s ...more -
![Wonderful Hand]()
In the early 20th century, Dr. Lin Hao, a skilled and courageous physician, runs a medical hall in Hui Zhou Town with his passionate boss Wu Ren Yao and compassionate nurse Wu ...more
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