tvN’s weekend drama Our Unwritten Seoul is turning heads across the globe as it climbs the Netflix charts. According to Netflix’s Global Top 10 for non-English TV series (covering May 26th to June 1st), the series landed at No. 3, racking up 2.8 million views and 14.7 million watch hours just days after its debut.
The romantic coming-of-age drama tells the story of identical twin sisters—alike in appearance but polar opposites in personality—who switch lives through a lie, only to find real love and a deeper sense of self.
The series has been winning over international critics as well. Variety praised Park Bo Young‘s ability to “effectively embody four distinct personas in what may be her most demanding role to date” in her portrayal of the twins. Forbes highlighted her creation of “two realistically different characters and then convincingly portraying them as they trade places and pretend to be each other.”
Our Unwritten Seoul is also scoring high with viewers, earning an impressive 8.5 rating on IMDb and a 4.4 out of 5 on the Japanese review site Filmarks.
Meanwhile, several other Korean dramas continue to hold strong on Netflix’s non-English rankings. Tastefully Yours, starring Kang Ha Neul and Go Min Si, held steady at No. 2 for the third straight week with 4 million views and 23.8 million hours watched. Dear Hongrang, led by Lee Jae Wook and Jo Bo Ah, placed fifth for the third week with 1.5 million views and 16.4 million hours.
Also in the Top 10 are Heavenly Ever After, starring Son Suk Ku and Kim Hye Ja, which came in at No. 9 for the fifth week running with 1.1 million views and 16.6 million hours, and Jung Kyung Ho’s legal comedy Oh My Ghost Clients, which made its chart debut at No. 10 with 900,000 views and 2 million hours watched.
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