A look into the future premise is always exciting, but it only becomes more entertaining when it’s coupled with a good storyline and interesting characters. The most recent Disney Plus K-drama Blood Free gives viewers a look into the futuristic world where biotechnology lab BF Group and its CEO Yoon Ja-Yoo (Han Hyo-Joo) dominate the genetically engineered cultured meat market. She further aims to create a dominant species using the cell culture method.
K-dramas like Blood Free always get a lot of attention as they showcase elements of mysterious and futuristic worlds. Some offer glimpses into time travel, space and time, parallel universe, and more. While others depict advanced uses of science and technology to make the impossible possible.
Some of the popular K-dramas in this genre include My Holo Love, Glitch, Memories of the Alhambra, and several others. Check out more details about K-dramas like Blood Free:
My Holo Love
My Holo Love is a popular K-drama that follows the story of assistant manager Han So-Yeon (Go Sung-Hee), who suffers from prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness. Her condition often makes her lonely, no matter how successful she is in her professional career.
So-Yeon’s life turns upside down when she becomes a test subject for AI glasses that can project a hologram. The hologram, modeled on its creator Go Nan-Do (Yoon Hyun-Min), is completely different from him. However, So-Yeon falls in love with the Halo.
The drama premiered on February 7, 2020, and is available on Netflix.
Glitch
Glitch premiered on October 7, 2022, and follows the story of a woman named Hong Ji-Hyo (Jeon Yeo-Been). She has a steady job and has been in a relationship with her boyfriend for the past four years. However, just as they talk about marriage, the boyfriend suddenly disappears.
Ji-Hyo then seeks the help of Heo Bo-Ra (Nana), a member of the UFO watcher community. The two then discover many interesting but mysterious incidents.
The drama is available to stream on Netflix.
Memories of the Alhambra
Memories of the Alhambra is a popular K-drama that follows the story of Yoo Jin-Woo (Hyun Bin), the CEO of an optical device company. After an unfortunate incident, he heads to Spain in search of Jung Se-Joo (Park Chanyeol), the inventor of an interesting augmented reality (AR) game. However, after discovering that Se-Joo is missing, Jin-Woo meets hostel owner Jung Hee-Joo (Park Shin-Hye). As the duo cross paths, they get entangled in a series of intriguing events, including Jin-Woo’s entry into the game.
The series premiered on December 1, 2018, and is available on Netflix.
Black Knight
Black Knight is a highly popular drama that aired on May 12, 2023. The series takes viewers on a futuristic and dystopian future in Korea. The country suffers from excessive pollution, which limits oxygen. A group of deliverymen, also known as Black Knights, delivers oxygen tanks to citizens.
However, they keep fighting people who want to rob them. Moreover, there is also an elite community that aims to keep oxygen at full capacity so that they don’t fall short of it. The drama stars Kim Woo-Bin, Song Seung-Heon, Kang You-Seok, Esom, and more.
It is available to stream on Netflix.
Are You Human?
Are You Human? follows the story of a man named Nam Shin (Seo Kang-Joon) and his mother, Oh Ro-Ra (Kim Sung-Ryung). The latter specializes in brain technology and artificial intelligence. Her skills come to use when Nam Shin gets into an accident and falls into a coma.
To ensure that he inherits the family fortune, she creates an android version of her son, Nam Shin III, who closely resembles her son and has to take his place. The series premiered on June 4, 2018, and is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Viki, among other platforms.
Several other K-dramas can be considered similar in themes to the above-mentioned ones. These include Sisyphus: The Myth, Duel, My Love From the Star, The Silent Sea, W: Two Worlds Apart, and more.
