Anti Hero ML / Real bad guys / criminals
Dramas where ML or SML (only if he is almost ML with his own storyline and not secondary character whose story just supports main leads) are real anti heroes, almost villains, killers, criminals, cruel, bad guys( in general or real bad/cruel to FL).
Not the ones, who are pictured as bad in beginning of the drama because of misunderstanding and really didn't do anything bad.
sorted by "badness" of ML, also "goodness" of the drama order
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1. Lucifer
Korean Drama - 2007, 20 episodes
SML (practically equally ML) is almost villain
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2. Cruel City
Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes
ML is anti hero / gangster
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3. Kill It
Korean Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
ML is anti hero / contract killer
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4. A Man's Story
Korean Drama - 2009, 20 episodes
SML (practically equally ML) is villain
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5. Giant
Korean Drama - 2010, 60 episodes
SML is anti hero/almost villain (real villain's son)
(it's long drama and SML has more then enough his own story, romance (which is best part of this drama) and everything for full drama with him as only ML)
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6. Hello Monster
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
ML isn't typical good, he makes unusual choices
SML is villain/serial killer
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7. Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude To All Legends
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
from 3 main male leads one is real anti hero/villain (though this drama isn't simple with one and strictly defined villain) and second is very multilayered character, you can't say is he good guy or bad, at list he becomes worst, he doesn't want but situations make him choose path which is cruel and he didn't wanted to become cruel....
also from 2 main female leads one is anti hero/questionable morality
*** drama has 3 parts, I just tagged third because anti hero/villain vibes are more strong here -
8. Warrior Baek Dong Soo
Korean Drama - 2011, 29 episodes
SML (practically equally ML) is almost villain but also star of the show
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9. Amanti della Luna: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
ML is anti hero
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10. One Million Stars Falling from the Sky
Japanese Drama - 2002, 11 episodes
ML is anti hero / dark-mysterious guy
Japanese original of "Smile has left your eyes" and more dark
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11. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
ML is anti hero / dark-mysterious guy
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12. The Innocent Man
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
ML is anti hero, good guy ho becomes quite bad person trough his revenge on FL
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13. The King's Woman
Chinese Drama - 2017, 48 episodes
ML is anti hero who becomes practically villain
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14. My Country: The New Age
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
SML (practically ML, both of them are main characters) is anti hero (son of villain)
real SML type character (very interesting/charismatic) is more anti hero
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15. Bad Guys
Korean Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
main leads are criminals / anti heroes
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16. Cheese in the Trap
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
ML is anti hero who never changed into "good person"
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17. Born Again
Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
ML is anti hero (there are 2 lives/reincarnations, in one he is more "bad")
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18. That Winter, The Wind Blows
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
ML is con man/anti hero
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19. A Love To Kill
Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes
bad for FL, not in general criminal or something
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20. The Bridal Mask
Korean Drama - 2012, 28 episodes
anti hero ML (at list first part of drama)
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21. When the Devil Calls Your Name
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
ML - bad moral choices,
SML - real (d)evil :))
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22. King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo
Korean Drama - 2010, 30 episodes
SML is anti hero (he isn't almost ML like in previous dramas here, but quite main especially with one aspect in the end)
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23. A Korean Odyssey
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
ML and SML and most of the characters are anti heroes (supernatural creatures) tough drama is light, often funny and not dark
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24. Black
Korean Drama - 2017, 18 episodes
ML is anti hero (quite dark/cold/ruthless grim riper though humanized through the show. though drama is about dark supernatural creatures, overall isn't dark, just like "Korean Odyssey")
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25. Queen of Ambition
Korean Drama - 2013, 24 episodes
FL is unredeemable villain
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26. Secret Boutique
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
FL is classic anti hero, also most of the characters are gray (not good not fully bad, some more anti heroes)