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How to Buy a Friend

In this short drama, an ordinary high school student befriends the school fighter after he saves him from a bully. As the two try to get to the bottom of a school suicide, they uncover surprising criminal activity that is occurring at their school.

In this short drama, an ordinary high school student befriends the school fighter after he saves him from a bully. As the two try to get to the bottom of a school suicide, they uncover surprising criminal activity that is occurring at their school.

Genre: coming-of-age, melodrama

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  • How to Buy a Friend: Episodes 7-8 (Final)
    7 May 30, 2020May 30, 2020

    How to Buy a Friend: Episodes 7-8 (Final)

    by LollyPip

    A contract has led our heroes into a very dangerous situation, but they're determined to do whatever it takes to get justice for a friend. Even in their worst possible...

    Tags: Do-hee, How to Buy a Friend, Jang Hye-jin, Jo Yi-hyun, Kim So-hye, Lee Shin-young, Shin Seung-ho

  • How to Buy a Friend: Episodes 5-6
    4 May 24, 2020May 24, 2020

    How to Buy a Friend: Episodes 5-6

    by autumnlights

    Our protagonists had set out looking for the truth behind a schoolmate's death, but they've inadvertently made a powerful enemy in the process. As they try to navigate to the...

    Tags: Do-hee, How to Buy a Friend, Jang Hye-jin, Jo Yi-hyun, Kim So-hye, Lee Shin-young, Shin Seung-ho

  • How to Buy a Friend: Episodes 3-4
    5 April 18, 2020

    How to Buy a Friend: Episodes 3-4

    by autumnlights

    The sleuthing begins! We get a little more clarity, but even more questions. Our young protagonists want to protect the ones they hold dear -- but things don't always go...

    Tags: Do-hee, How to Buy a Friend, Jang Hye-jin, Jo Yi-hyun, Kim So-hye, Lee Shin-young, Shin Seung-ho

  • How to Buy a Friend: Episodes 1-2
    12 April 11, 2020April 18, 2020

    How to Buy a Friend: Episodes 1-2

    by autumnlights

    KBS's latest short drama series, How to Buy a Friend, focuses on the circumstances of a tragic death on a high school campus. There's an interesting mix of darkness with...

    Tags: Do-hee, featured2, first episodes, How to Buy a Friend, Jang Hye-jin, Jo Yi-hyun, Kim So-hye, Lee Shin-young, Shin Seung-ho

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