Drama miniseries categorized by themes of interest.
If you have a theme you really love, but that isn’t listed here yet, please let me know in the comments!
Overview:
Arranged Marriage
Body Swapping
Bullying
Cross-Dressing
Fake Marriage
Forbidden/Taboo Love (real or not)
Gumiho/Fox Spirit
Harem/Reverse Harem
Homosexual Themes (real or not)
Stress-free/Low Drama Content
Time Travel
⇛ Arranged/Forced Marriage:
⇛ Body Swapping:
⇛ Bullying:
⇛ Cross-Dressing:
⇛ Fake Marriages
⇛ Forbidden/Taboo Love (Perceived or Real):
⇛ Gumiho/Fox Spirit
- My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho
- The Thousandth Man
- Gu Family Book
⇛ Harem/Reverse Harem:
⇛ Homosexual Themes (real or not):
⇛ Stress-free/Low Drama Content
⇛ Time Travel
Dramas Whoo! 
Maybe something about bullying?
I watched two that I found really good, LIFE and another long name Japanese one about bullying at work.
Oh yeah, it’s been so long since i saw LIFE! I agree that it was good. Japanese dramas usually do pretty good dramas about bullying.
I’ll add it to the list for you. I don’t know if I have any reviews to add to the list yet, but I’ll work on it, haha :D
Thanks for the suggestion!
Could you tell me of some others?
Think I’m in the mood to watch something serious again!
Uuurg I really hated that bully and the nerdy guy so much!
I’ll do reviews on them later, but I heard Kingyo Club was about bullying. Ugly Rice Cake does too, but I can’t find it anywhere (it came out in October 2012).
Watashitachi no Kyokasho is another one.
I also liked the KouKou Kyoushi series. The first one is from 1993, but it is really worth watching. The second one is okay and it’s from 2003.
Kyokasho is the one about the OL right? because I watched that one and it was so good, subtle and brutal!
But I forgot the name of it haha.
Think I’ll write this down so I can watch it during a holiday or something :)
I think so, I haven’t gotten around to watching it yet, actually, haha.
Kingyo Club has 20 minute episodes so it should be an easy watch.
KouKou Kyoushi is about a teacher and a highschool girl. It has darker themes.
The 1993 one is more about romance and abuse (there’s some rape in it, so if that’s a trigger, you might not want to watch it).
The 2003 one has a bit of romance, but I think it’s more about psychological abuse because the teacher finds out he has a life-threatening illness, and to cope with it, he makes the student believe she has it instead.
Both versions sound good! But won’t I be bored if I watch them both or aren’t they that similar plotwise?
Nope, the 2003 version is more of a sequel than a remake.
They both have different stories and different characters, but they did bring in one character from the previous version into the newer version. He was a really terrible character in the 1993 one and they try to redeem him in the 2003 version. (I don’t really know if I approve of it, haha, but yeah… you’ll have to see them and draw your own conclusion :D )
Okay! I’m going to watch this for sure now!