Pursuing dream/career with mentor guidance
I like this kind of drama when:
- The MC starts from zero, preferably is an underdog and not genius/talented in the field
- Meets strict seniors/mentors and learn from them
- Makes a lot of beginner mistakes and thinking of stopping in the middle
- Grows at the end of drama
- Lesser romance involvement
The list contains all dramas in the genre, with those meeting above criteria the most are sorted higher.
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![Attention Please]()
1. Attention Please
Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
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![Hakozume: Koban Joshi no Gyakushu]()
2. Hakozume: Koban Joshi no Gyakushu
Japanese Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
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![Bambino!]()
3. Bambino!
Japanese Drama - 2007, 11 episodes
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![Amachan]()
4. Amachan
Japanese Drama - 2013, 156 episodes
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![Real Clothes]()
5. Real Clothes
Japanese Drama - 2009, 11 episodes
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![Nakuna Kenshui]()
6. Nakuna Kenshui
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
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![Good Luck!!]()
7. Good Luck!!
Japanese Drama - 2003, 10 episodes
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![Miss Pilot]()
8. Miss Pilot
Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes
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![Nodame Cantabile]()
9. Nodame Cantabile
Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
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![Ace wo Nerae!]()
10. Ace wo Nerae!
Japanese Drama - 2004, 9 episodes
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![Big Money!]()
11. Big Money!
Japanese Drama - 2002, 12 episodes
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![Kirakira Kenshui]()
12. Kirakira Kenshui
Japanese Drama - 2007, 11 episodes
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![Hidarikiki no Eren]()
13. Hidarikiki no Eren
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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![Spark]()
14. Spark
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
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![Hokaben]()
15. Hokaben
Japanese Drama - 2008, 10 episodes
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![Bengoshi no Kuzu]()
16. Bengoshi no Kuzu
Japanese Drama - 2006, 12 episodes
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![Legal High]()
17. Legal High
Japanese Drama - 2012, 11 episodes
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![Juhan Shuttai!]()
18. Juhan Shuttai!
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
This is one of the best dramas I have watched, but ranked lower in here due to the fact that there's not so much learning curve for the MC in the drama.
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![TOKYO AIRPORT - Tokyo Kuukou Kansei Hoanbu]()
19. TOKYO AIRPORT - Tokyo Kuukou Kansei Hoanbu
Japanese Drama - 2012, 10 episodes
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![Gokuaku Ganbo]()
20. Gokuaku Ganbo
Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
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![Haikei, Chichiue-sama]()
21. Haikei, Chichiue-sama
Japanese Drama - 2007, 11 episodes
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![1 Pound no Fukuin]()
22. 1 Pound no Fukuin
Japanese Drama - 2008, 9 episodes
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![Koe Girl]()
23. Koe Girl
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
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![Fragile]()
24. Fragile
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
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![Angel Bank]()
25. Angel Bank
Japanese Drama - 2010, 8 episodes
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![Egao no Hosoku]()
26. Egao no Hosoku
Japanese Drama - 2003, 12 episodes
In this one, the mentor is not in the field but teaches MC to be a better person.
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![Gakeppuchi Hotel]()
27. Gakeppuchi Hotel
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
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![Keiji Yugami]()
28. Keiji Yugami
Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
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![Kurokouchi]()
29. Kurokouchi
Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
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![Iryu Team Medical Dragon]()
30. Iryu Team Medical Dragon
Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
Although it was a side-plot, I loved how MC trains an intern to become better surgeon in this drama.
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![Gin to Kin]()
31. Gin to Kin
Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
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![Tiger & Dragon]()
32. Tiger & Dragon
Japanese Drama - 2005, 11 episodes
