Such a brilliant list!!! I'm always looking for male yandere dramas & films so this list is a truly blessing.…
Aww, thank you for the kind words! I actually love older dramas, so I'll definitely check out A Sleeping Forest and What Happened in Bali! I've already watched Secret, but I never really bought the romance if that makes sense? I didn't feel any chemistry between the leads (which is wild bc Ji Sung usually has chemistry with anyone in the vicinity). I think it was the dead previous lover that bothered me (ruins the fantasy of obsessive love).
Thank you for this awesome list!! The last one I watched that would fit in is Moon in the Day, I loved it. Kim…
Moon in the Day is on my radar to watch, but this may jump it up a few spots in the list! Thanks for the comment and let me know if you have any others to rec! :D
Sorry this is from 2 years ago, life got very busy for me. I wish for the same when it comes to Born Again, there…
Don't apologize! In the past two years, I actually went down a rabbit hole spiral trying to answer the question myself. I've watched nearly every drama on this list, and even begun my own list of possessive/yandere MLs because your list really spawned this interest for me! You're a big inspiration, haha!
I will say, out of dramas not on your list, the closest I've come to the ML from Born Again is the ML from the Jdrama "Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga aru (2023)." Overall, the drama is not nearly as involved as BA and the production quality is lower, but it's worth a watch 100%. The stalker-romance is the main point of the show and the ML is so sweet like ML from BA, while still being chillingly obsessive. I'd go so far as to say I like the ML better than BA's ML.
Another one worth a watch with an ML similar to Born Again's ML is (this is A BIG TWIST SPOILER so read this recommendation at your own risk!!!) Rose Mansion. It's a korean webdrama and more explicit and frightening than most kdramas get. The lead actress is well-known and the entire show is deeply underrated imo. It's a short watch that is a surprising must-see for someone with our interests lol.
Not at all similar to Born Again, but with an incredibly yandere ML (and I'm sure this show is on your radar already since it's quite popular) is the cdrama Till the End of the Moon. I know you said you don't really watch cdramas anymore, but Till the End of the Moon is really top-tier stuff. Despite being a xianxia, it gives the Empress Ki feeling BIG TIME, but really turns into this world-ending, life-changing romance. Empress Ki 'good end' lmao. If you like Empress Ki's ML, you'll really enjoy the ML from Till the End of the Moon. TTEOTM ML does pretty much every insane thing that Empress Ki ML did, plus a lot more... and yet he's impossible to hate? He's a really lovable character, despite his monstrous deeds. I truly recommend this one to you.
Finally, thank you for taking the time to reply to me! I'm so happy this list isn't abandoned. I've visited it so often over the last two years that all I have to do is star typing 'obsessive' into my url bar and it takes me here lolll.
I spend every day wishing I could forgot about Born Again and watch it again for the first time. 😔 Which of the MLs on this list are closest to evoking the feeling Born Again's ML gave me? So sweet, so stalkerific...
Also the kisses in SOKP are just wow. They make it worth it!!! What makes historical cdramas hard to watch, can I ask?
I'll check out Kill Me Heal Me! Thanks!
I will say, out of dramas not on your list, the closest I've come to the ML from Born Again is the ML from the Jdrama "Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga aru (2023)." Overall, the drama is not nearly as involved as BA and the production quality is lower, but it's worth a watch 100%. The stalker-romance is the main point of the show and the ML is so sweet like ML from BA, while still being chillingly obsessive. I'd go so far as to say I like the ML better than BA's ML.
Another one worth a watch with an ML similar to Born Again's ML is (this is A BIG TWIST SPOILER so read this recommendation at your own risk!!!) Rose Mansion. It's a korean webdrama and more explicit and frightening than most kdramas get. The lead actress is well-known and the entire show is deeply underrated imo. It's a short watch that is a surprising must-see for someone with our interests lol.
Not at all similar to Born Again, but with an incredibly yandere ML (and I'm sure this show is on your radar already since it's quite popular) is the cdrama Till the End of the Moon. I know you said you don't really watch cdramas anymore, but Till the End of the Moon is really top-tier stuff. Despite being a xianxia, it gives the Empress Ki feeling BIG TIME, but really turns into this world-ending, life-changing romance. Empress Ki 'good end' lmao. If you like Empress Ki's ML, you'll really enjoy the ML from Till the End of the Moon. TTEOTM ML does pretty much every insane thing that Empress Ki ML did, plus a lot more... and yet he's impossible to hate? He's a really lovable character, despite his monstrous deeds. I truly recommend this one to you.
Finally, thank you for taking the time to reply to me! I'm so happy this list isn't abandoned. I've visited it so often over the last two years that all I have to do is star typing 'obsessive' into my url bar and it takes me here lolll.