The shining city lights, the parties, the rich looking restaurants, etc., are just a small part of living in a city. The high standard of living and the busy lives might make any one tired. Here are a set of dramas that show the other part of city life, the one without any glam.
1. Fight For My Way
The main characters of this drama do all kinds of odd jobs to make ends meet. All of them have their dreams and ambitions. They also have their own share of problems and none of them like their professions. But everyday expenses do not even allow them to think about quitting.
2. Because This Is My First Life
From characters getting married to save money to characters withholding marriage to save money, this drama involves a lot of people who are not allowed to do want they want because of financial problems. It perfectly shows how hard it is for someone without a stable job to survive in a city.
3. Cheer Up!
The drama is mostly focused on cheerleading and lives of university students. But the lead character always thinking about her bills, not dating and not enjoying her youth shows us how important money can be. Especially when one works, studies and lives in a city.
4. Start-Up
This drama depicts how hard it is for people who to start their own companies but do not have funds. The drama shows how all investments can be lost, while we are planning and executing things. Working on our dreams, without financial returns and no savings can turn costly.
5. Secret Life Of My Secretary
Though the main theme of the story is in no way relaed to living in a city, some instances really show how difficult life can be. One of the main characters who works as a secretary shares that she has held up so many emotions to save her job and is shocked by how differently someone can treat her if her social status changed.
6. My Mister
The show is about two people who do not have the life they deserve. One of them is a young woman who is covered with debts. She does not have a permanent job and sometimes is not even left with money for food. Yet, she has to keep working without having any other thoughts.
7. Anna
In this show, the main character is an intelligent girl who has to transfer schools due to an incident. She doesn’t get accepted to the university she had planned to enter, but starts living in the place where it is located. Soon, she doesn’t find a proper job and decides to assume a different person’s identity.
8. Itaewon Class
Sustaining a normal life in a city is hard and starting a business can be harder. The drama is the story of a man who decides to start a restaurant and challenge the owner of a food company. But differences in social status and the lack of money affects him a lot.
9. Misaeng: Incomplete Life
This drama is said to include the perfect representation of the lives of office workers. The drama shows how not everyone enjoys their job but at the same time cannot quit due to other personal commitments. But they cope with their stressful lives just to survive in this competitive world.
10. Little Women
The three sisters in this show face their own kinds of difficulties and everything is because of money. They have to face humiliation at workplace and grit their teeth, just to survive in the busy city they live in. But this does not let them give up on their ideologies.
