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after returning from a university trip, brilliant medical resident Yoon Chaerin loses her elder sister Yoon Seoyun in what police call a tragic car accident. But when Chaerin discovers hidden evidence proving Seoyun who's a powerful lawyer investigating corruption was actually murdered, her grief turns into obsession.
To uncover the truth, Chaerin does the unthinkable: she declares herself dead and begins living as her sister.
Now trapped inside Seoyun's identity, Chaerin must learn law, fool prosecutors, survive the media, and deceive dangerous people hunting the case her sister left behind. The only problem? Seoyun's cold personality is nothing like Chaerin's warm and chaotic one.
As suspicion grows, Chaerin is forced to manipulate everyone around her - including Kang Minjae, Seoyun's grieving boyfriend and a sharp lawyer who slowly discovers the truth after unknowingly falling for the "new" Seoyun.
Together with suspended detective Seo Dohan, they investigate a conspiracy tied to politicians, corporate elites, and murder.
But the situation becomes even more dangerous when Lee Hyunwoo, Chaerin's possessive ex-boyfriend who believed she died, begins suspecting the impossible:
What if Yoon Chaerin is still alive?
Caught between grief, identity, romance, guilt, and revenge, Chaerin struggles to remember who she truly is - herself, or the sister she buried herself to become.
Set in modern-day Korea, SHADOW NAME is a psychological romance thriller filled with hidden identities, emotional tension, media scandals, dark conspiracies, slow-burn romance, and the haunting question:
How long can someone pretend to be another person before losing themselves completely?