Drama Synopsis

 Sure! Below are the detailed synopses of the high school K-dramas listed:

1. Boys Over Flowers (2009)

Welcome to the roller coaster of Geum Jan-di's life—a poor but feisty scholarship student—who enrolls in the prestigious Shinhwa High School, catering exclusively to the country's elite. Arriving with no connections, she is met with the unenviable task of standing up against the school's four most handsome boys, known as F4, headed by the arrogant Gu Jun-pyo. Circumstances compel the two to interact, and while they hate each other's guts at first, Jan-di and Jun-pyo have a very complicated romance amidst societal pressures, family opposition, and personal growth.

2. Dream High (2011)

Set in the prestigious performing academy, Kirin High School, "Dream High" depicts six students overcoming hardships to become K-pop stars. They struggle with a variety of obstacles, from immense competition to personal insecurities and the after-effects of fame. Along the way, they discover their real selves and nurture special bonds with friends.

3. The Heirs (2013)

Kim Tan was sent by his group to the United States for education. He met a poor girl named Cha Eun-sang there. Before he knew it, he was brought back to South Korea and studied in the same high school as Cha Eun-sang. And thus the tides of power struggle, family quarrels, and the romantically interwoven twist of fate stood between them.

4. Who Are You: School 2015 (2015)

The story is about orphan Lee Eun-bi, who is constantly being bullied and transfers to the same high school that her identical twin sister, Go Eun-byul, mysteriously disappeared from. In a new life, Eun-bi unravels mysteries from the past, forges new friendships, and faces the social ladder at Sekang High School. The drama delves into the intricacies of identity, bullying, and personal resilience.

5. Cheese in the Trap (2016)

Hong Seol is a hard-working university student with many morbidities. She gets entangled with Yoo Jung, a senior who seems perfect but has a dark part. As their relationship deepens, it became hard to predict where the true nature of Jung is. Confusing situations between friends and love relations and academic pressure—this drama explains the psychological subtleties and interpersonal conflicts.

6. Sassy Go Go (Cheer Up!)  (2015)

The story is about the cheerleading club at Sevit High School. Kang Yeon-doo, the busybody and lively leader of a dance club, and Kim Yeol, the top student and leader of an elite club, are forced to become one group. Through cheerleading, the audience learns that teamwork can help them through personal ordeals, and in the end, it makes friends forever, though the hardships still persist in the end with the challenges at Sevit High School, where modern dance hipsters finalize against the cheerleaders.

7. Love Alarm (2019)

Within a world where an app signals if someone nearby has romantic feelings toward you, high school student Kim Jo-jo is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend, Hwang Sun-oh, and his best friend, Lee Hye-young. As Jo-jo realizes the complications associated with love and human connection, she sorts out her own feelings and is overthrown from the influence of the app.

8. Extraordinary You (2019)

Eun Dan-oh, a student in high school, receives a very fatal medical diagnosis. Afterward, she realizes she's the character of a lame comic book. Set on changing her eerie storyline with the help of an insignificant character extra she dubbed as Haru, Eun Dan-oh embarks to change her destined doomed storyline and hopefully rewrite her life into one of happiness.

9. Moment at Eighteen (At Eighteen) (2019)

Joo-woo Choi is a new transfer student, lonely, misunderstood, and out of place in his new school. He unexpectedly befriends the hardworking Soo-bin Yoo and rebellious Hwi-young Ma. The drama realistically illustrates how teenagers go through problems and emotional turmoil but grow as they come out strong.

10. True Beauty

Ju-gyeong is a high school girl who earnestly wants to be beautiful. She masters the art of applying makeup and makes a successful "goddess" transformation. Two popular boys notice her, Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun. Through love, friendship, and her identifiable search for herself, Ju-gyeong harmonizes her being to discover her identity beyond her surface appeal.

11. My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)

Kang Mi-rae decides to go through plastic surgery just to get away from her bullies and look totally different when she enters her university. In a complete reversal of fortune for her, a new set of challenges arises and society still judges her. That's when she meets Do Kyung-seok, handsome but distant, with a particular interest in inner beauty. Read about how, together, they gain confidence and find love as they come to terms with insecurities and societal expectations.

12. A-Teen (2018)

"A-Teen" follows the life of a group of high school friends as they journey through the high and low experiences of adolescence. Here, each character struggles—be it academic or romantic. It has depicted the daily events and the development of emotions one goes through during adolescence, so it is a drama that involves the feelings of teenagers.

13. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)

Kim Bok-joo, a phenomenal weightlifter at a sports university, falls in love for the very first time. With the new feelings for Jung Joon-hyung, a swimmer with problems of his own, Bok-joo learns about love, friendship, and self-acceptance while balancing her athletic dreams. The drama showcases the chase of dreams and what one can do if supported and determined enough.

14. School 2017 (2017) ​

The optimistic Ra Eun-ho aspires to be a webtoon writer and gets dragged into mysterious incidents that have been happening at her high school. Accused in place of a delinquent, she teams up with fellow students to expose the truth behind the corruption and injustices which depict issues relating to justice, revolt of young people, the struggle to build a better future.

15. Class of Lies (2019)

Gi Moo-hyeok is a star lawyer who goes undercover as a substitute teacher in an elite high school to investigate a murder case in which a student is the victim. Further, he discovers wicked secrets and corruption within the school. The drama depicts the least expected ways of an education system, moral dilemmas, and justice.

These summaries encapsulate the most important themes and characters to the dramatis personae of each drama. They serve as some of the best microcosms of the variegation in stories and emotional houses known that are possessed by high school students.