Article: Top 10 Mini K-Dramas That You Can Finish In One Day

As K-dramas gain momentum worldwide, the makers are also following the new trend of shorter dramas. In a busy life where we only get weekends to catch up on our favorite TV show, these dramas are the best for a relaxing weekend of watching TV. Here’s the list of top 10 mini K-dramas that you can finish in a single day.

1. Squid Game

Making history as the most watched TV show of Netflix, this 9 episode drama is about a survival game where the stakes are high for its 455 players. As they struggle to win games and move forward in the race to win ₩45.6 million, the consequence of losing is death.

 

2. Sweet Home

This 10 episode drama is about monsters terrorizing the country of South Korea and how the inhabitants of an old apartment building try to survive in this apocalyptic thriller. With monsters attacking the residents from the outside and the inside, this drama is not for the faint-hearted.

 

3. The Killer’s Shopping List

Ahn Dae Sung (Lee Kwang Soo) has an excellent memory but works at a convenience store owned by his family. Their town is unsettled by a series of murders happening that seem to be related to the convenience store. Ahn Dae Sung takes it upon himself to find the killer in this 8 episode comedy-mystery drama.

 

4. One Ordinary Day

Hyun Soo (Kim Soo Hyun) is a college student who gets charged with the rape and murder of a young woman.  Awaiting trial, Shin Joong Han (Cha Sung Won), a failing lawyer, agrees to defend him in court. As the case gains media attention and the nation demands Hyun Soo's prosecution, truths about that one ordinary day get revealed that will make the viewers question if Hyun Soo is really as innocent as he seems in this 8 episode thriller K-drama.

 

5. Pachinko 

Adapted from the novel by the same name, Pachinko is an 8 episode historical melodrama following the journey of an immigrant family across four generations as they try to survive and endure in a country where they never seem to belong.

 

6. The Sound Of Magic

In this 6 episode musical drama, Ji Chang Wook plays a magician, Lee Eul who lives at an abandonment amusement park and one day meets Yoon Ah Yi, a high schooler with financial issues. Lee Eul might or might not be a real magician but her still somehow fixes Ah In’s miserable life when she tells him she believes in magic.

 

7. Live On

Baek Ho Rang is a social media influencer and extremely popular at her high school. A mysterious stranger seems to be spilling all of Ho Rang’s secret through their high school radio broadcast. To find out the identity of his person, Ho Rang infiltrates the broadcasting club and seeks help of its head, Go Eun Taek in this 8 episode youth romance drama.

 

8. Somehow 18

28 year old Kyung Hwi suddenly finds himself 10 years back in time as a high school student. He gets the opportunity of changing his past as a bullying victim as well as stop a classmate, Na Bi, from committing suicide. This super short drama only has 10 episodes of 15 minutes each that you can finish in one sitting.

 

9. The Witch’s Diner

Jung Jin seems to have lost all her luck. As life comes crashing down on her, she meets a sorceress, Jo Hee Ra who grants wishes for a price. The two decide to run a magical restaurant together, granting its customers’ wishes through food.

 

10. Remarriage And Desires

Hye Sung runs a dating agency for arranged marriages between rich people of high social and financial standards. She also wants revenge against her ex-husband and his mistress. The two women engage in a battle of wits and greed, crossing all lines to get what they want.