Who was that special person that took up your high school diary? Peek into our favorite dramas about sweet high school romance!

My High School 'Love' Diary

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Popular high schooler and social media star Baek Ho Rang (Jung Da Bin) has no shortage of fans. However, due to her often cold “real-life” personality, she also has a number of haters. A mysterious individual contacts her online, threatening to expose a secret from the past that she has tried to bury, and even sent an anonymous message to the school’s radio club. Ho Rang hopes to join the radio club to find out the sender’s identity, but first she has to earn the approval of Go Eun Taek (Hwang Min Hyun), the meticulous head of the school’s broadcasting club. Can she win Eun Taek over and solve the mystery? And might joining the club inadvertently lead her to romance? This 2020 South Korean drama series was produced by Kim Sang Woo.

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High schooler Lin Yu Jing (Zhuang Da Fei) moves to a new city after her parents’ divorce and finds herself sharing a desk with the bad-tempered Shen Juan (Zhou Yi Ran). Spending time together helps spark a friendship, but is quickly disrupted by more family drama for Yu Jing. A year later, the duo unexpectedly reunites at university – where Yu Jing begins to learn some of her former desk-mate’s secrets. Can this duo navigate the hardships of life together – and start on the path to happiness? This 2023 Chinese drama was based on a novel by Qi Jian and directed by Deng Ke.

You Are Desire

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Standards have been slipping at the elite Eitoku Academy. A student group named Correct 5 decides to act, with Haruto Kaguragi (Hirano Sho) taking the helm. The group’s aim: Identify deadbeat students and force them out of school! This rings the alarm bells for Oto Edogawa (Sugisaki Hana), a student who’s trying to hide the fact that her family is in dire financial straits. She is also trying to hide her engagement to her fiancé Tenma Hase (Taishi Nakagawa), a boy from a rival school. But problems begin to emerge for all involved when Oto Edogawa discovers an embarrassing secret about the Correct 5 kingpin! This drama is the sequel to the hit series “Boys Over Flowers.” This 2018 Japanese drama series was based on a manga series by Yoko Kamio and directed by Yasuharu Ishii.

BOYS OVER FLOWERS Season 2 (2018)

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Im Sol (Kim Hye Yoon) is devastated by the sudden and tragic death of her favorite star, Ryu Sun Jae (Byun Woo Seok), a former swimmer turned K-pop idol. But in the midst of her anguish, she magically time slips back to 2008 – when Sun Jae is still only 19 years old! Delighted that she has a chance to help him avert his unhappy future fate, Sol makes it her mission to change the future... and maybe find love along the way. Will her efforts to divert the course of the past prove successful – or could they have unexpected consequences? This 2024 South Korean drama was adapted from a web novel named “The Best of Tomorrow” by Kim Bbang and was directed by Kim Tae Yeop and Yoon Jong Ho.

Lovely Runner

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Everyone loves genius high schooler Zhou Si Yue (Chen Zhe Yuan). Everyone, that is, except his headstrong classmate Ding Xian (Xu Meng Jie). But when both are late for school on the first day of the semester, they are left with no choice but to share a desk. They quickly begin trying to get on one another’s nerves. But these plans backfire, and a begrudging mutual respect begins to emerge instead. As they graduate and head to the same university, could this respect transform into romance? Or will the pressures of adulthood put an end to fledgling love? Based on the novel “Secrets in the Lattice” by Er Dong Tu Zi, this 2021 Chinese drama series was directed by Zhang Xiao An.

Our Secret

In 2023, Ha Eun Gyeol (Ryeoun) is a high schooler and a budding rock musician. He stumbles upon a magical music store that sends him back in time to 1995… where he comes face-to-face with his father Ha Lee Chan (Choi Hyun Wook), who is still in high school! Things get even weirder when he discovers that Lee Chan has a crush on the icy cellist Se Kyeong (Seol In Ah) – not Eun Gyeol's mother, Cheong Ah (Shin Eun Soo)! To try and make things right, Eun Gyeol must join a band fronted by his father. Can Eun Gyeol bring his future parents together? And will he ever get back to his “modern” life? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Son Jong Hyun.

Twinkling Watermelon

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In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka (Natsuki Deguchi) fell for her tender-spirited classmate Kou Tanaka (Kaito Sakurai). Their brief but joyful romance was shattered when Kou suddenly disappeared. Three years later, as Futaba nears her high school graduation, Kou reappears – now using the surname Mabuchi and possessing a cold demeanor. As Futaba uncovers the reasons behind his transformation, she wonders if they can rekindle their lost love or if she will face more heartache. This 2023 Japanese drama was based on the hit manga series of the same name by Io Sakisaka and was directed by Kimura Mahito.

AO HARU RIDE

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Futaba Yoshioka (Natsuki Deguchi) loved her warm-hearted classmate Kou Tanaka (Kaito Sakurai) during their middle school days, but they were abruptly separated when Kou moved to Nagasaki. Just as high school is about to end, Kou returns to Futaba’s life, but he’s not the same boy she fell in love with: he’s adopted a cold demeanor and a new surname. As they slowly reconnect, complications arise when Futaba discovers that a classmate, who also hails from Nagasaki, shares a painful history with Kou. As the final days of school unfold, tension builds and a potential love triangle emerges, threatening to overshadow their rekindled romance. Will Futaba and Kou's reunion blossom into a love that conquers the past, or will old wounds and new challenges lead them to heartbreak once more? This 2024 Japanese drama, based on the hit manga series of the same name by Io Sakisaka and directed by Kimura Mahito, follows 2023’s “AO HARU RIDE.”

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At eighteen, Choi Jun Woo (Ong Seong Wu) has solidified his position as a perpetual loner. Unable to adequately express his emotions, he often comes across as unsympathetic or aloof, when in reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Underneath his lonely exterior lies a cute, goofy young man who just needs the right people around to bring this side out more often.

When Jun Woo transfers schools, he meets Yoo Soo Bin (Kim Hyang Gi), a top student who has spent her entire life being controlled by her overbearing mother. Suffocated under her mother’s care, Soo Bin spends most of her life dreaming of the day she becomes an independent woman. 

Meanwhile, Ma Hwi Young (Shin Seung Ho), seems like the perfect gentleman. Strong and confident on the outside, Hwi Young seems like he has it all, but on the inside, he’s just a timid eighteen-year-old boy trying to find his place in the world.

Each student has their own set of struggles but when they come together, they find their lives slowly begin to change.

“Moment of Eighteen” is a 2019 Viki drama directed by Sim Na Yeon.

Moment of Eighteen

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After her parents decided to move away for work, high schooler Aoi Nishimori (Mone Kamishiraishi) chose to stay behind, resulting in her living alone. However, she soon has an unexpected houseguest: Shusei Kugayama (Yosuke Sugino), the most popular student at their school, invites himself over to stay after a kitchen fire ruins his own home. As Aoi and Shusei spend more time together, their “temporary” living arrangement blossoms into romance… until Shusei’s cousin Reon Kugayama (Ryusei Yokohama) comes to visit from America to out why he refused an opportunity to attend college overseas. When he discovers that the reason is Aoi and Shusei’s secret relationship, he insists on moving in, too! As tensions rise between the three housemates, will Aoi and Shusei’s bond grow stronger? Or will this end their relationship? This 2019 Japanese movie was based on the hit manga series by Ayu Watanabe and was directed by Taisuke Kawamura.

L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof

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Growing up, Ling Chao (Jun) was aware that his mother loved his neighbor Xiao Tu (Zhang Miao Yi) more than she loved him. Desperate to prove that sons are better than daughters, Ling Chao was determined to be the best at everything – always competing with XIao Tu. Over the years, Ling Chao's competitive feelings have continued... but have they also unexpectedly turned into something more? When Xiao Tu expresses an interest in Yin Zi Han (Xiong Ao Bo), Ling Chao is overwhelmed by jealousy. Will Ling Chao find a way to tell XIao Tu how he feels before she drifts out of his life forever? Adapted from the novel “Once We Come Across Love” by Yi Jin, this 2023 Chinese romance drama was directed by Gong Yu Shi.

Exclusive Fairytale

Exclusive Sweethearts

High school best friends Go Yoo (Sehun) and Go Joon Hee (Jo Joon Young) could not be more different. While Go Yoo is a super-sporty basketball star, Joon Hee is quiet, bookish, and sickly. So when Joon Hee needs a kidney transplant, Go Yoo is quick to donate one of his own. However, this establishes an unexpected cellular-level connection that begins to make them more similar to one another. When they meet new transfer student Han So Yun (Jang Yeo Bin), the two friends are instantly smitten with her at first sight, even though they usually have different tastes in girls. The two boys end up befriending her, but as they get to know her better, they find that she’s harboring a well-guarded secret. Will either Go Yoo or Joon Hee end up with So Yun? And if so, what will become of their friendship? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Kim Jin Sung.

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