Moving on Disney+ is our newest K-drama obsession. Thrilling yet heartfelt, the series follows three high school students gifted with supernatural abilities. When a deadly assassin is deployed to take them out, their parents will stop at nothing to keep them from harm’s way. The show will keep you hooked with every episode, so when you find yourself devouring the entire series in one sitting, fret not because we’ve got a list of similar K-dramas to fill that inevitable void you’ll feel once it’s over.
10 K-Dramas Featuring Characters With Superpowers:
1. The Uncanny Counter
With the help of their counterparts in the the afterlife, four demon hunters fend off evil spirits trying to gain immortality. At the heart of this story is high school student So Mun, a disabled young man with a strong sense of justice. He gains supernatural abilities and is healed from his injury after he’s possessed by the spirit of Wi-gen, whose original host is killed during a mission.
2. He Is Psychometric
Lee Ahn’s world is turned upside down after a fire takes his parents’ lives. Orphaned from the incident, he gains psychometric powers and is able to decipher something or someone’s past just by physical contact. With the help of three others, he uses his powers to fight crime and unearth the truth behind the accident that changed his life.
3. The School Nurse Files
Ahn Eun-young is a nurse with a peculiar ability: she can see jelly-like monsters born from the residue of human desire. When a school is overrun by these dangerous entities, she’s transferred there and is tasked to eradicate them with the help of Hong In-pyo, a handsome Chinese teacher who can conjure a special energy field to fend off the “jellies.”
4. While You Were Sleeping
Three individuals share the ability to see the future through their dreams. Unfortunately, their premonitions often spell doom for themselves and the people around them. As they cross paths, Hong-joo, Jae-chan, and Woo-tak band together to keep their dreams from coming to fruition.
5. Mystic Pop-Up Bar
Weol-ju, the ill-tempered owner of a drinking establishment, is bound by a centuries-old curse. To atone for her sin 500 years ago, she must settle the grudges of 100,000 souls so they can move on to the afterlife. With her time running out, she enlists the help of Han Kang-bae, an outcast with the power to make others confess their deepest truths when he touches them.
6. The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim
After witnessing an accident at their school, golden boy Na Woo-soo gains the ability to see evil spirits. With his newfound skill, he gets entangled in the complex life of his enigmatic classmate Ga Doo-shim, a young girl who, though destined to be a shaman, is determined to live a normal teenage life. As the two become friends, they team up to fight the malevolent forces threatening their school.
7. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Don’t be fooled by Do Bong-soon’s looks. She may seem ordinary, but she possesses the strength of a thousand men. Her superhuman strength is a generational gift that can be only used for good, like defending a bus driver from a group of thugs. Upon witnessing this exact tussle unfold, gaming company CEO Ahn Min-hyuk hires Bong-soon to be his bodyguard as a series of kidnappings are reported around their city.
8. Memorist
Dong Baek can read the memories of other people by touching their skin. As a police detective, he uses this unique ability to solve crimes. When a series of murders happen under his watch, he investigates these heinous acts with the help of Han Sun-mi, a skilled criminal profiler. By the time the two get closer to the heart of the matter, they’re each forced to face painful truths about their own dark pasts.
9. Bring it On, Ghost
Park Bong-pal has had the ability to see ghosts since he was young. Determined to rid himself of this curse, he works as an exorcist to save up money for an operation that will take away his powers. While on the job, he comes across the spirit of 19-year-old Kim Hyun-ji, who believes Bong-pal holds the answers to her forgotten past. Each finding the other useful, they team up to fight evil, unaware that they’re being tracked by the malignant ghost responsible for both their misfortunes.
10. Tomorrow
Choi Jun-woong is a first-time jobseeker struggling to find work. When he walks past a dejected man trying to end his life, he reluctantly steps in to save him and ends up encountering two powerful grim reapers. He soon find out that instead of taking souls away, these angels of death are working to save humans contemplating suicide. Jun-woong eventually gets embroiled in their affairs and helps the reapers accomplish their missions.
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