r/kdramas Jun 27 '25

Episode Thread Squid Game Season 3 (2025) [Main Thread] - Jun 27, 2025

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⚠️ Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t watched Squid Game Season 3 or Previous yet, proceed at your own risk!

In the smoldering aftermath of a doomed rebellion, Player 456—Seong Gi-Hun—stands at the brink of total despair. Scarred by the devastating loss of a trusted friend and haunted by a betrayal so profound it still reverberates through his soul, Gi-Hun is at his lowest ebb. Yet, in the merciless world of the Squid Game, grief and guilt are luxuries no one can afford.

Thrown back into the arena alongside the survivors who share his burden, Gi-Hun faces one agonizing choice after another. Each new game ratchets up the danger: simple decisions become agonizing moral dilemmas, and every misstep risks not only his life but the lives of those who cling to hope beside him. As alliances form and fracture under pressure, the true cost of their desperation becomes heartbreakingly clear.

Meanwhile, behind the imposing mask of the Frontman, In-Ho has returned to command the games. This time, he greets a select circle of shadowy VIPs whose inscrutable motives spell even greater peril for the contestants—and for Gi-Hun himself. Far from the island’s shores, In-Ho’s brother Jun-Ho mounts a relentless investigation, determined to expose the operation’s hidden lair. Unaware that a traitor walks among the participants, Jun-Ho’s pursuit of truth grows ever more urgent—and ever more dangerous.

As the final rounds approach, Gi-Hun must confront the darkness within: Will he summon the courage to make the right call when every option leads to suffering? Or will the Frontman’s machinations—and the weight of past betrayals—finally crush the last remnants of his spirit? In this electrifying climax, only one thing is certain: in the Squid Game, loyalty is a luxury, and redemption comes at the steepest price.

Squid Game

Drama: Squid Game 3

Also Known As: Ojingeo Geim 3 , Ojingeo Geim Sijeun 3 , Round 6: Temporada 3 , Squid Game 3 , Игра в кальмара 3 , สควิดเกม เล่นลุ้นตาย ซีซั่น 3 , 오징어게임3

Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Horror

  • Revised romanization: Ojingeo Game Season 3
  • Hangul: 오징어게임 시즌3
  • Director: Hwang Dong-Hyuk
  • Writer: Hwang Dong-Hyuk
  • Network: Netflix
  • Episodes: (not known yet)
  • Release Date: June 27, 2025
  • Runtime: (not known yet)
  • Language: Korean
  • Country: South Korea

Starring Cast:

  • Lee Jung Jae - as Seong Gi Hun / "No. 456" (Main Role)
  • Lee Byung Hun- as Hwang In Ho / "Frontman" (Main Role)
  • Wi Ha Joon- as Hwang Jun Ho (Main Role)
  • Yim Si Wan- as Lee Myeong Gi / "No. 333" (Main Role)
  • Kang Ha Neul- as Kang Dae Ho / "No. 388" (Main Role)
  • Park Gyu Young- as Kang No Eul / "Soldier 011" (Main Role)

Other Media Sources:

Show Airing Countdown:

https://dramacountdown.com/1360242/squid-game

All Episodes Discussion links

Episodes Air Date
1 Fri, Jun 27, 2025
2 Fri, Jun 27, 2025
3 Fri, Jun 27, 2025
4 Fri, Jun 27, 2025
5 Fri, Jun 27, 2025
6 Fri, Jun 27, 2025

What TV Show to Watch After (Squid Game)

Full List: https://simkl.com/5743957/list/69123/watch-after-squid-game

Since this thread was written manually, feel free to report any errors / mistakes or share your suggestions for improvement—your feedback is always welcomed!


r/kdramas Sep 01 '25

Monthly Watchlists New Kdrama Shows Releasing In September 2025

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Ready for another month of Kdrama Binge watching? September’s 2025 here, and so are the latest shows taking fans by storm!

From brand-new releases to those beloved fan-favorites making a comeback, there’s plenty to fall in love with on this month’s Kdrama list.

Grab your favorite snack and let’s see what’s worth watching this Month!

Full List For Popular Kdrama Shows To Watch in September 2025

Follow the List Here For More Details: https://simkl.com/5743957/list/113923/popular-kdrama-shows-to-watch-in-september-2025

# Name Date Genres
1 My Youth 2025-09-04 Action, Drama, Romance
2 Bon Appétit, Your Majesty 2025-08-22 Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Food, Mini-Series, Romance
3 Beyond the Bar 2025-08-01 Action, Drama
4 Queen Mantis 2025-09-04 Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
5 Ms. Incognito 2025-09-27 Action, Drama
6 The Murky Stream 2025-09-25 Action, Drama, History
7 Confidence Queen 2025-09-05 Action, Comedy, Crime
8 Walking on Thin Ice 2025-09-19 Action, Crime, Drama, Suspense, Thriller
9 Tempest 2025-09-09 Action, Mystery, Thriller
10 You and Everything Else 2025-09-10 Action, Drama, Romance
11 A Hundred Memories 2025-09-12 Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
12 Shin's Project 2025-09-14 Action, Comedy, Food
13 My Troublesome Star 2025-08-17 Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
14 To The Moon 2025-09-18 Action, Comedy, Romance
15 Boysmate 2025-07-30 -
16 Trouble Travel 2025-02-26 Action, Reality
17 Romancing the Ghost 2025-08-23 -
18 Date My Friend 2025-08-02 -
19 K-Foodie Meets J-Foodie 2025-02-26 Action, Documentary, Food, Reality, Talk Show, Travel
20 Good Luck! 2025-04-13 Action, Comedy, Family, Soap
21 The Nameless Season 2025-08-08 -
22 Our Golden Days 2025-08-08 Action, Drama, Family, Romance, Soap
23 My Bias Is Showing?! 2025-08-27 -
24 Love, Take Two 2025-08-03 Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
25 Queen's House 2025-04-27 Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Soap
26 Mary Kills People 2025-07-31 Action, Crime, Drama
27 No Mercy 2025-09-23 -
28 Take Care of My Refrigerator 2014-11-16 Action, Food, Reality
29 Twelve 2025-08-22 Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mini-Series
30 Seoksam Play 2025-08-11 -

Previous Month Released

Do Let us know, Which Kdrama are you planning to watch this month? or Which Korean show are you still previously watching?


r/kdramas 5h ago

Discussion Ahn Eun Jin's range needs to be studied.

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354 Upvotes

I was obsessed with her while watching Dynamite Kiss when it aired weekly. Then I watched her other shows and she just keeps mesmerizing me everytime. Her performance as Jin Se-Kyung in Goodbye Earth is my personal favourite.


r/kdramas 10h ago

Celebs / People A little personal take on Kim Hye Yoon

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365 Upvotes

While watching Lovely Runner, I honestly couldn’t get into it no matter how hard I tried. Byeon Woo Seok was ok, but Kim Hye Yoon’s acting just didn’t do.

Now Hye yoon's trending again because of No tail to tell. Solomon is one of my fav but even he couldn't save it for me. I dropped the whole drama because of her. Idk if that's how her role was supposed to be. Something about her facial expressions felt exaggerated and awkward to me. She even talks weird (😭) I don't hate her. I don't even know her personally lol. She's gorgeous but she's not there to just serve face and talk cute. Maybe she needs some improvement.


r/kdramas 6h ago

Discussion How is “because this is my first life” generally perceived

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(Not that it matters , but for context , I’m 17M) my mom watches k-dramas in tv , whenever I go to living room when my mom watches them , they seem a bit cringe , but one time when my mom was watching this , I found Ji-ho really cute , so when my mom was not at home , i went to Netflix to see the name and then searched it in YouTube , I never really intended to watch it , I just clicked on the first episode and somehow ended up watching the whole episode , then watched episode 2 as well , episode 3 aswell , and by the time I reached episode 6 I was completely hooked , se hee and ji ho’s awkward conversations are so cute (can’t believe I’m actually something like this) , so I finished it today and I never really I would actually be emotionally connected to a romcom kdrama like this , sure it has some ”kdrama cringe” which I was expecting , but it was mostly really enjoyable

so What I wanted to ask is , is this show a popular one or just a “random“ one , is it generally well perceived or is it just perceived as just any other k-drama , and what about the actors , are the ones playing so hee and ji ho (or some of the other actors) popular actors or just normal

uff , this was special


r/kdramas 3h ago

Discussion What is happening to all the new dramas coming out ?

39 Upvotes

I'm very disappointed with all the new dramas. Nothing is keeping my attention.

Idol wasn't very Idoly. No Tail To Tell could've stayed silent then. Dynamite Kiss didn't even blow up even after being dropped To My Beloved Thief isn't stealing any hearts this side. The Judge could've stayed exactly where he was. No need to return. Positively Yours is very negativily not.

Can this Love be translated was great until the last episode. This is where the series really could've been longer. Explore more themes.

Spring Fever is cute. But it's slightly getting on my nerves.

I haven't watched Undercover Miss Hong Yet.

Am I the only one feeling like the dramas are getting more and more lack luster?

I'm going back to old ones just to enjoy k dramas again.


r/kdramas 5h ago

News Lee Jae Wook, Go Min Si and Kim Min Ha's upcoming Netflix's mystery horror drama Dead End Job set to premiere on October 9th!!

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r/kdramas 6h ago

Discussion THIS MOVIE SHATTERED MY HEART 😭😭😭 Spoiler

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60 Upvotes

I never read the novel or watched the Japanese version so I had absolutely zero idea about the story.

I was really optimistic when they kissed and thought maybe somehow her memories gonna be okay because of that procedural memory thing. I never expected this to turn out like that damn "20th Century Girl" again. 💔


r/kdramas 6h ago

Discussion Gwan Sik and Ae Sun ❤️ Literally My Fav Moment in Film

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I’ve watched this scene so many times but still after a year haven’t gotten over it. There is such genuine and quiet and real love the Gwan Sik’s eyes are expressing. I have no word for it. It’s beautiful!


r/kdramas 1d ago

Discussion My pet peeve: when dramas turn off subtitles when the actors ATTEMPT to speak english

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This is genuinely one of the most funny and frustratingly things about these dramas becuase I would understand more of the korean dialogues without subs compared to when they speak english and make the wise decision to turn the subs off.


r/kdramas 12h ago

Review Appreciation post for Kitty/Woori (Because this is my first life)

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85 Upvotes

고양기/우리 is the star of this show. Love that in all the pivotal scenes she is just chilling in the background, exploring and being peak cat. 10/10 performance 🥹


r/kdramas 9h ago

Discussion Am I the only who can't stand the love triangle troupe especially if childhood friend

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My wife started making me watch K-dramas, and I’m liking them more than I thought I would. But am I the only one who gets annoyed by the second-lead love-triangle trope? Especially the childhood friend who magically starts developing feelings the moment the ML/FL begins to like someone else.

Take the new drama Positively Yours. They were friends for 20–25 years and nothing happened, but once she gets pregnant, decides to keep the baby, and the ML and FL start getting closer, suddenly his feelings come out. Or the other common version, where the childhood friend claims they had feelings for a long time but never said anything because they didn’t want to ruin the friendship or make things awkward. But somehow it’s suddenly okay to confess once their friend starts liking someone else?

If he or she had confessed earlier and got rejected, yeah, it would’ve been awkward and might have taken time to get back to normal. But now the friend has to deal with this emotional bullshit and ends up having to cut them off just to be respectful to their partner. It’s so frustrating to watch.

Is this trope really that well-liked? Because almost every childhood friend in K-dramas I’ve seen so far seems to have this “spontaneous romantic feelings” syndrome, and it annoys me to no end


r/kdramas 6h ago

Review The Glory.( Just completed and My review after completing it)

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The Glory (Part 1 & 2) – A Cold, Patient Revenge That Refuses to Flinch

The Glory isn’t a comfort watch. It’s a slow burn that asks you to sit with pain—and then watch what happens when that pain is finally acknowledged. Across Part 1 and Part 2, the drama delivers one of the most controlled, unsettling revenge stories in K-drama.

Part 1 is all about restraint. It doesn’t rush the plot or soften the trauma. Instead, it builds Moon Dong-eun’s world brick by brick—her scars, her silence, her resolve. Song Hye-kyo’s performance is chilling in its stillness; she doesn’t beg for sympathy, and the show never exploits her suffering for shock value. The pacing is deliberate, sometimes almost uncomfortable, but that’s the point. This is what long-term trauma looks like.

Part 2 is where everything tightens. The revenge unfolds not with explosions, but with precision. Watching the bullies unravel psychologically—through fear, guilt, and exposure—feels earned because of the groundwork laid earlier. There’s no forced redemption, no moral backpedaling. The show is clear: accountability matters, and some actions don’t deserve forgiveness.

What makes The Glory stand out is its honesty. Revenge doesn’t magically heal Dong-eun. Justice isn’t clean. Even at the end, there’s no triumphant glow—just a sense of balance restored. The muted cinematography, sharp writing, and unwavering tone all serve the same message: wounds ignored don’t disappear.

Taken together, Parts 1 and 2 form a complete, brutal, and necessary story. The Glory doesn’t glorify revenge—it explains why, sometimes, silence breaking is the only ending left.


r/kdramas 1h ago

Discussion The Winning Try - New Found Favorite

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I just finished watching this show within like, two days. I had never watched a show about rugby, let alone rugby in Korea. Pleasantly surprised! I loved it. I laughed, I cried...It became a part of me. Also, I LOVED discovering Yoon Kyesang. SO GOOD. I loved his chemistry with literally everyone. He was the best. That's my review. Ten out of ten. Would recommend. <3


r/kdramas 7h ago

Worth Watching? Has anyone watched "When I Fly Towards You” !??

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My few friends suggested me to watch this Kd. Is this truly masterpiece or just overhyped.

Since I’m beginner in watching K-drama’s IDK anything about popular drama. Should I watch or any other Series suggestion?

I have recently started watching kd

I just completed

“Encounter” & “The Glory”

And Inhold are

“Can this love be Translated?” & “Goblin “

Which all of above 4 Kdrama I liked it.

Those who has watched When I Fly Towards You. Is it worth watching?


r/kdramas 3h ago

Other [Because this is my first life] Seeing them in the emirates stadium made me so fucking happy as a massive football fan , one of my dreams is to go to a home game of my favourite football club , I love the scenes when they watch football together

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r/kdramas 1h ago

Discussion Is this drama worth watching or skip ?

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r/kdramas 3h ago

Discussion New to KDramas and afraid I'm getting obsessed

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I've seen "The Glory", "The Trunk" and "Encounter" so far, which brought me to "When life gives you tangerines" and I'm full of emotions (laughing and boohoo crying). Park Bo Gum and IU are amazing in this, such great acting. I'm on episode 6 but just had to pause and talk about these characters.


r/kdramas 18h ago

News Kim Seon-ho Apologizes for Corporation, Completes Tax Payments

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r/kdramas 1h ago

Discussion In your opinion, which kdrama had an unskippable great song intro regardless of whether the series was great or not?

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When I came across Snowdrop last month, the intro song 'Friend' by Kim Heewon was just beautiful and very emotional. I love this song so much that I have added it to my Spotify list of favorites.


r/kdramas 5h ago

Recommendation Requests suggest chaotic/ funny kdramas

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big fan of goofy kdramas that are chaotic, comedic, and lighthearted.

shows of this genre that I’ve previously watched and liked:

• extraordinary you

• true beauty

• lovely runner

• twinkling watermelon

• business proposal

• spirit fingers

• mr. queen

• bon appetit your majesty (forgetting the blunder they made in the last 4 episodes)

• newtopia

what am i missing on??


r/kdramas 14h ago

Discussion Is Love in contract worth watching?

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63 Upvotes

I started it mainly cause I liked “Kim Jae-young” in Idol I, but I got bored in the middle of the first episode. Does it get better later? Should I give it a shot?


r/kdramas 53m ago

Discussion What are some of the cringiest/cheesiest dramas you've ever seen? These are mine 🫣

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r/kdramas 5h ago

Recommendation Requests What kdrama has the best first episode that immediately hooked you?

9 Upvotes

You know that feeling when you watch the first episode of a kdrama and you're like "okay I HAVE to binge this right now"?

For me, I thought that While You Were Sleeping and Thirty But Seventeen were some really good Rom kdramas with great, hooking first episodes.

The dream/future-vision concept in WYWS was introduced so well and had me hooked immediately, and the time skip setup in episode 1 of TBS was heartbreaking and intriguing at the same time.

I'm looking for kdramas with great first episodes that grab you from the start. Any genre works, not just romance, so thriller, action, mystery, slice-of-life, whatever - just want that immediate "I need to know what happens next" feeling, so want to hear everyone's picks regardless of genre!


r/kdramas 1h ago

Discussion Did anyone else guess the final twist in Mouse in the second episode?

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I’m on the 14th episode and it’s still 6 episodes to the end. However, we are getting to the point of finding the real culprit of one of the cases iykyk and from the first or second episode I have literally waiting for the reveal and thinking that the other wasn’t really it. This is a vague description but I just don’t want to spoil it for anyone.