Both are medical drama, same kind of vibe where the main leads have family situations related to hospitals. In both dramas, one of the main leads have to leave a position in a big hospital in Seoul and move to a small one, with less technology and resources: in Teacher Kim, a countyside hospital and in this drama is a hospital ship.
Dr. Romantic and Doctor on the Edge are similar in how they portray doctors pushed to their limits and reshaped by extreme professional pressure. Both dramas emphasize growth through hardship, showing characters who are flawed, emotionally strained, and forced to confront their values while working in demanding hospital environments. Mentorship and emotional influence play an important role in each story—experienced or resilient doctors impact others not just through medical skill, but through their philosophies about healing, responsibility, and humanity. While Dr. Romantic leans more toward idealism and moral lessons within high-stakes medical cases, Doctor on the Edge approaches similar themes with a more personal, emotionally grounded focus, centering on endurance, burnout, and survival. In both, medicine becomes the catalyst for redefining purpose, resilience, and what it truly means to be a doctor.
They're both medical dramas that focus on a young doctor who strives to reach the top and eventually falls in love with a fellow female doctor. Also, both of the main leads have gone through some things in their past that made them enter the medical world and they both have some kind of mentor with whom they don't get along at first. They're very similar if you want to ckeck either one of them.
Both dramas have characters with great chemistry and detailed personalities. But more importantly, they both teach us valuable lessons that can actually be applied in real life. Both dramas are also centered around the workplace. In Misaeng, it is a trade company, while in Romantic Doctor Kim it is in the hospital.
Han Seok Kyu's characters are really similar. The cool doctor Kim Sa Bu becomes Mr. Shin that may look like an ordinary chicken shop owner, but he's the kind of person who appears just in time-when tempers flare, fists are about to fly, and chaos looms-to cool things down with one sharp, satisfying line that settles everything.
