Dear X (2025)

Both dramas are psychological thrillers touching on themes of manipulating people, with a mysterious female character with similar plot twists.

Both female characters are strong, independent and badass, they manipulate to get revenge and punish who wronged them and strategically takes them down and unraveling secrets on the way. They are both thriller and crime dramas with psychological elements.

Both explore power, control, and manipulation.

Focus on psychological struggle rather than action-heavy conflict.

Female-led stories with strong, resilient protagonists.

Show how ambition and survival can blur moral boundaries.

Critique social hierarchy and inequality.

Dark, tense tone with layered storytelling.

Characters challenge systems designed to keep them powerless.

• Both have morally complex female protagonists driven by ambition and defiance of norms.

• The stories explore dark psychological themes rather than light, straightforward plots.

• Characters make extreme choices that blur ethical lines and provoke audience judgment.

• Both involve a struggle for power/control — in entertainment fame (Dear X) and intellectual/medical mastery (Hyper Knife).

Both dramas are centered around a girl who is willing to do anything and everything to get her revenge. Both girls can be described as anti-social/sociopathic beings.

Both female leads are stated in the drama that they are sociopaths. Both females have the help of 2 MLs to achieve their goals. In both dramas one ML knows and gives himself the fault of her turning into who she is.
The biggest difference is that Dear X is very dark while Confidence Queen is more light hearted and fun.

Both Dear X and The King of Pigs explore the dark sides of human nature. Both series feature characters driven by intense psychological motivations that lead to destructive behavior

theyre both dramatic thriller makjangs. dear x is the closest drama of 2025 to penthouse.

Both of these dramas venture into the world of celebrity status and its challenges that come with Fame. There's also an element similar to revenge and both of these dramas are very thrilling to watch

Both dramas revolve around women that are willing to do anything to achieve their goal and reach the top of the top. They both get help by men that are willing to let themselves be used by these women in the hopes of maybe changing them at some point. Both men then decided on similar outcomes.
Both dramas have a murder case woven within the story.

Dear X: She manipulates others to get what she wants and to protect herself.

Utsukushii Rinjin: She manipulates others for revenge.

Utsukushii Rinjin is the prequel of Saki. The sequel Saki is more similar to Dear X. Both female leads are psychopaths.

- Both FLs will do whatever is necessary to achieve their goals and both of their lives revolve around the entertainment industry.
- A lot of similar aspects such as the schemes, crimes, and blackmail.
- Both dramas also feature a "love rivarly".
- Kim Do Hoon is one of the main characters in both dramas.