Adapted For the Screen
Enjoy some of our favorite series that have been adapted to TV!
24 Series 157.3M Likes
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Sweet Home
19.2MNow a major adaptation on streaming. After an unexpected family tragedy, a reclusive high school student is forced to leave his home -- only to face something much scarier: a reality where monsters are trying to wipe out humanity. Now he must fight alongside a handful of reluctant heroes to try and save the world before it’s too late.
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Hellbound
290,112Repent, or face hell on Earth! In Seoul, apparitions have started appearing before those who have done wrong to notify them of when they will die. A new religious group explains these happenings as God condemning people to make them live more righteously. Detective Jin is assigned to investigate the latest incident, just as his wife’s murderer is scheduled to be released from prison.
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The Sound of Magic: Annarasumanara
1MNow a major adaptation on streaming. When she was little, Yun Ai dreamed of becoming a magician. But in reality, she's just a high school student who can't even afford new socks. After meeting a mysterious magician at a carnival, she decides to follow her dream.
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All of Us Are Dead
1.4MNow a major adaptation on streaming. Life at Hyosan High School is nothing special… until the students realize they’re in ground zero of a deadly virus that turns its victims into flesh-eating monsters. As the virus tears through their schoolmates in a matter of hours, they realize they have nowhere to run. Trapped in their high school with zombified versions of their friends and teachers, they must find a way to fight -- and escape with their lives.
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Money Game (The 8 Show)
313,277The original story behind The 8 Show on Netflix. Eight participants, 100 days, and a shared pot of money amounting to 44.8 billion won (around 38 million USD). This is Money Game, a reality TV show, where participants try to spend as little as possible to walk away with as much as they can. Marooned in a specially designed TV set with nothing but a set of clothes and a rule book, every item they purchase is 1,000 times the original price. How much money will the participants manage to keep?
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ORANGE MARMALADE
5.1MPeople are no longer afraid of vampires but that doesn't stop humans from discriminating against them. Can Mari Baek hide her identity when she falls in love with a popular boy who hates vampires?
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Our Beloved Summer
758,141Now a major adaptation on streaming. At Midsummer High, Yeonsu Guk is at the top of her class, while Wung Choi is ranked dead-last. And it’s not just their grades -- their personalities couldn’t be more different, as Yeonsu is a no-nonsense stickler and Wung is a care-free slacker. When a filmmaker comes to make a documentary about their school life over the course of a month, they’re not exactly thrilled to be spending so much time together. However, as the month goes on, they begin to discover each other’s hidden depths. At least one thing’s for certain -- they’ll never forget this summer!
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True Beauty
55.5MAfter binge-watching beauty videos online, a shy comic book fan masters the art of makeup and sees her social standing skyrocket as she becomes her school’s prettiest pretty girl overnight. But will her elite status be short-lived? How long can she keep her real self a secret? And what about that cute boy who knows her secret?
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My ID is Gangnam Beauty!
1.6MA new school, new friends, new romance, and a new face?! After going through major plastic surgery, freshman Mirae is ready for a fresh start. At her university, she becomes recognized as a pretty yet somewhat unnatural “Gangnam beauty.” However, all Mirae wants is to have a normal campus life without being judged by her looks. Will she be able to adjust well to the new environment and find the courage to live the life of her dreams?
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Nevertheless
1.3MNow a major adaptation on streaming. What happens when a girl who wants to date but doesn’t believe in love meets a guy who likes to flirt but thinks relationships are a drag? That’s how it is for Nabi and Jae-eon, two art students who meet in college and develop a strong connection -- inspired by butterflies. As they get to know each other and their relationship progresses, they’ll face the early stages of attraction and the ups and downs of dating. This story will make you long to be in a relationship -- even when you know it won’t be easy.
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Cheese in the Trap
9.9MNow a major (K-Drama) adaptation. After returning to college from a long break, model student Seol finds herself caught up with Jung, a senior who's also known as Mr. Perfect. Seol feels like her life took a turn for the worse since Jung came into her life... but is he intentionally turning her life upside down?
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Yumi's Cells
19.9MNow a major (K-Drama) adaptation. A story of Yumi and her brain cells.
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Tomorrow
472,978Now a major adaptation on streaming. Junwung, an unemployed college graduate, slips into a coma when he accidentally falls off of a bridge. While he's in a comatose state, he gets an offer from the crisis response team of the underworld company Flashback to temporarily join their team. If he accepts this offer, he could wake up early from the coma and even get rid of the karma from his past life that’s been holding him back from getting jobs! He’s got nothing better to do tomorrow, so it’s a beautiful day to save lives… with these grim reapers!!
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A DeadbEAT's Meal
784,797Now a major (K-Drama) adaptation. What’s better than a good meal? My name’s Jaeho and I love food. While some may call me a deadbEAT because I don’t have a job at the moment, I’m just your normal happy guy who loves eating and my girlfriend of 7 years… That is until I got a breakup text yesterday… Where did things go wrong? I keep trying to look back through the years, but I just can't figure it out...
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Odd Girl Out
23.5MNow a major (K-Drama) adaptation, "The World of My 17". After a successful winter break makeover, Nari is finally ready for her high school debut. But somehow, she ends up friends with the three prettiest girls in school! Follow Nari as she tries to navigate her brand new high school life surrounded by beauties.
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The Girl Who Sees Smells
920,738Now a major (K-Drama) adaptation. After Sae-ah loses her parents to arson, the accident leaves her with the ability to see smells. Another fire puts her in the path of police officer Pyeongan Kim. Though he doesn’t believe in her ability at first, the two team up to solve cases, and he quickly realizes the power Sae-ah holds. Although her ability helps her solve all kinds of crimes, she’s yet to solve the biggest mystery of them all: who killed her parents?
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My Roommate is a Gumiho
2.8MNow a major (K-Drama) adaptation. Under normal circumstances, 24-year-old Dam Lee wouldn’t move in with a random guy who she just met, much less a 900-year-old one. But these aren’t normal circumstances: she accidentally swallowed the bead of a gumiho (a nine-tailed fox from Korean mythology) named Wuyeo Shin, and if they don’t find a way to extract the bead from her body within a year, she’ll die and he’ll never become human. Can Dam and Wuyeo find a way to remove the bead from Dam’s body before it’s too late? And will Dam ever find love, especially when her unusual circumstances restrict her dating options?
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A Man's Man
1.3MYuhyeon becomes the youngest CEO of Hansung, a successful electronics company built on toxic work culture, but nobody he cares about is there to celebrate with him. After a night of drinking and wondering if he could change the past, he wakes up the next morning, 20 years younger at the beginning of his career. Armed with the experience and insights that made him CEO, Yuhyeon begins to revisit broken relationships and battle the enablers of Hansung’s cut-throat work environment. But he does not yet know how changing the past will affect his future...
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Hell is Other People
841,211Now a major adaptation on streaming. Jongu Yun is a young man in his 20s who moves to Seoul and rents a cheap room in a run-down building because he is low on money. The place is dilapidated and the residents are creepy, but Jongu decides to stay until he has enough money to move elsewhere. However, when mysterious events occur, Jongu realizes that the residents may be more suspicious than they seemed.
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The Girl Downstairs (Doona!)
4MWhen Joon moves into his new apartment on his first day of college, he wasn't expecting beautiful ex-celebrity Doona (Duna) to be living downstairs. Joon tries to avoid her at first, but finds himself growing more and more curious about her mysterious life.
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The Golden Spoon
368,000Would you trade your poor but loving family for a life of riches? When Seungcheon gets his hands on a magical spoon that allows him to switch lives with his rich best friend, he thinks it’s a no-brainer. But life-altering decisions are always accompanied by a sense of doubt, and with only three chances to change his mind, Seungcheon has to decide which of his two possible futures is worth keeping.
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Island
104,301“I’ll offer you 50 million won for every demon you hunt down.” Jeju Island is swarming with demons out for human blood. When Won Miho, heiress of Daehan Group, finds herself at the mercy of one of these evil demons, she strikes a deal with serial killer, Van, to ensure her survival.
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Dr. Frost
3.6MCollege professor by day, and bartender by night, psychologist Dr. Frost believes in one simple belief. Humans are all the same. He uses this tenet to guide his practice, and solves the puzzles of the human mind one by one.
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The Sound of Your Heart
2.4MNow a major adaptation on streaming. While it may seem like a mere depiction of everyday life, The Sound of Your Heart is a comedy filled to the brim with wit, sarcasm, and parody. It gives no regard for the probable or realistic- it is a series of absurd situations that is sure to get a laugh out of every reader willing to suspend their sense of reality.