Is Friendly Rivalry coming back?

Friendly Rivalry ended on March 6, 2025, after its first season aired on U+ Mobile TV. The series concluded with all 16 episodes, and there are no plans for a second season at this time.

Friendly Rivalry was a thriller and mystery series that premiered on February 10, 2025. It was set in a prestigious high school for the top 1% students in South Korea, focusing on the complex relationship between Woo Seul-Ki, a newcomer from an orphanage, and Yoo Je-Yi, the school’s most powerful and cunning student. The show depicted their evolving friendship that gradually turned into an obsessive and dangerous dynamic, exploring themes of power, envy, and manipulation.

The cast included Hyeri as Yoo Je-Yi, Chung Su Bin as Woo Seul-Ki, Kang Hye Won as Joo Ye Ri, O U Ri as Choi Gyeong, Kim Tae Hoon as Yoo Tae Joon, and Choi Young Jae as Nam Byung Jin. The series received a rating of 7.9 on TVMaze and each episode had a runtime of approximately 30 minutes.