When Life Gives You Tangerines to Bon Appetit Your Majesty: Here are TOP 10 K-Dramas of 2025

When Life Gives You Tangerines

Spanning four seasons, the series showcases the life of the protagonist Ae Sun, born in 1951 to a struggling free-diver, highlighting her transformation from a rural upbringing. She encounters a boy named Gwan Sik who becomes deeply infatuated with her and supports her in both good times and bad. The tale is told by their daughter, Yang Geum Myeong. The performance successfully navigates her life from childhood through teenage years, adulthood, and old age with various actors embodying the spirit of the determined woman.

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call

Baek Kang Hyuk is an experienced trauma surgeon who previously operated in war-torn military areas. After finding himself at a university hospital to assist its trauma team, he employs his less-than-optimal techniques for handling emergency patients. He is teamed up with a former proctology surgeon called Yang Jae Won and an anesthesiology resident, Park Gyeong Won, creating a task force group dedicated to saving lives in the most surprising manners.

Friendly Rivalry

Chaehwa High School seems like a typical institution until hidden truths about its students are uncovered. Woo Seul Gi’s unexpected transfer to the elite school attracts the attention of ambitious, strategic girls who view her as a rival and strive to undermine her. With her father's murder, the enigma starts to unfold, and emerging friendships challenge her perception of herself.

Our Unwritten Seoul

Yoo Mi Ji and Yoo Mi Rae are identical twins leading entirely different lives. With contrasting personalities, the former athlete has had to leave her sports career due to an injury and now does various jobs in the village to manage her life and care for her grandmother. The former is a perfectionist employed in the city and faces bullying at work. Once they trade their lives, an old acquaintance unexpectedly shows up at the door.

Study Group

Inspired by the webtoon of the same title created by Shin Hyung Wook, the narrative centers around Yoon Ga Min, an expert in hand-to-hand combat. Nonetheless, his experience at Yusung Technical High School is challenging as he puts in great effort to create a study group composed of engaging individuals who could assist him in gaining admission to a university. Upon meeting a former teacher dedicated to rescuing the school, he begins to explore various methods to protect his friends from bullies.

S Line

The series revolves around a sequence of enigmatic occurrences that unfold when a girl realizes that individuals display an unusual red S Line overhead that links them to others with whom they’ve shared physical connections. A charming detective discovers lines emerging from his head and gets entangled in a case involving a student and a teacher from high school.

Weak Hero Class II

Yeon Si Eun was forced to change schools after a traumatic incident with bullies resulted in one friend being hospitalized and another sent abroad. Nonetheless, the common occurrence of bullies reenters his life once more. Even as he builds new friendships, he encounters a tougher adversary and must once more rely on his abilities to fend them off. As the vulnerability of his team endangers their existence, it’s uncertain how he will safeguard everyone.

Head Over Heels

Park Seong Ah lives two lives: by day she is a high school student, and by night she is a shaman known as Fairy Cheon Ji. She perceives the future and discovers the tragic fate of her first love, Bae Gyeon Woo, who comes to her for a reading with his grandmother and transfers to her school the following day.

Resident Playbook

The Yulje Medical Center's Jongno branch has recently welcomed a diverse group of residents, each arriving at distinct points in their lives. As residents in obstetrics and gynaecology, they find it challenging to endure in their department during a time of declining birth rates in their nation.

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

Yeon Ji Yeong is a contemporary French chef who finds herself time-traveling 500 years back to the Joseon dynasty, where she is taken prisoner. Upon encountering the merciless King Yi Heon, she is welcomed into the royal court and quickly rises to the position of royal head chef. With palace politics coming to light, she faces intense rivalry from several Chinese counterparts, bearing the weight of the nation’s future on her shoulders. Although she stays committed to the cause, her yearning to come back never diminishes. Gradually, the King grows fond of her and does everything possible to keep her close, but it's futile.