7 K-Dramas To Watch If You Love Characters With Super Powers

Superheroes aren’t always people in capes saving the world. In K-dramas, they can be teenagers hiding extraordinary abilities, a family struggling with powers that are slowly disappearing, demon hunters working out of a noodle shop, or even an ordinary man whose strength depends on the cash in his wallet.

From action-packed supernatural thrillers to quirky comedies and heartfelt romances, these dramas put their own spin on the superhero genre. If you enjoy stories about ordinary people with extraordinary abilities, here are seven K-dramas to add to your watchlist.

Have superhero films often made you wonder whether superpowers do exist in the real world, or if they’re just a fiction of someone’s super imaginative mind? “Moving” takes place in the real world following three high school students who appear to be ordinary teenagers but are secretly hiding extraordinary abilities. Kim Bong Seok ( Lee Jung Ha ) can fly and Jang Hee Soo ( Go Youn Jung ) possesses incredible physical strength and has the ability to recover quickly from injuries, while Lee Gang Hoon ( Kim Do Hoon ) has superhuman strength and speed. As they struggle to keep their abilities hidden, they discover that their parents, played by Han Hyo Joo , Zo In Sung , and Ryu Seung Ryong , have been concealing extraordinary secrets of their own.

What begins as a coming-of-age story soon turns into a much bigger battle involving people with supernatural abilities and those determined to hunt them down. This is one of those shows which keeps you riveted and invested in its plot from beginning to end.

What happens when a family with supernatural abilities begins losing their powers? “The Atypical Family” follows the Bok family, whose members have inherited unusual abilities. Bok Gwi Ju ( Jang Ki Yong ) can travel back to happy moments from his past while his sister Bok Dong Hee ( Claudia Kim ) can fly and their mother Bok Man Heum ( Go Doo Shim ) can see the future through her dreams. But their powers begin to disappear as the family struggles with very modern problems, which include alcoholism and excess weight as well as the stress to fit in. Everything changes when Do Da Hae ( Chun Woo Hee ) enters their lives and becomes unexpectedly intertwined with the family.

Rather than focusing on saving the world, the drama uses its supernatural premise to explore loneliness, family, love, and the unexpected ways people can become each other’s salvation.

Meet the supernatural demon hunters known as Counters. They work at a humble noodle restaurant serving piping hot bowls of comforting broth, but their real job is to track down evil spirits that have come to Earth in search of eternal life. So Mun ( Cho Byeong Gyu) , the youngest member of the team, possesses extraordinary strength and becomes an important part of the Counters after discovering his abilities.