2022
10 eps
Coupang Play
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Lee Yeo-reum is burned out — completely, catastrophically burned out. She quits her job, empties her apartment, and moves to a tiny seaside village with no plan…
Like Crushes, it leans hard into healing romance. Same quiet and slow burn energy throughout.
2020
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
A cellist escapes a painful life in Seoul and returns to her rural hometown, where a quiet bookstore owner draws her slowly back toward life, warmth, and forgot…
Like Crushes, it leans hard into healing romance. Same quiet and beautiful energy throughout.
2023
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Jo Sam-dal was a famous fashion photographer in Seoul until a cheating ex-boyfriend destroyed her career in a scandal. She's forced to retreat to her childhood …
Like Crushes, it leans hard into healing romance. The emotional territory — return home and first love — is the same.
2024
12 eps
ENA
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Seo Hye-jin is a legendary test-prep English instructor at Korea's most prestigious cram school. When a younger, talented male instructor joins the faculty and …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: being seen. Same quiet energy throughout.
2023
9 eps
Netflix
Romance Drama
Lee Won-jun, a quiet, hardworking university student, moves into a shared house and discovers his new neighbor is Doona — formerly the most famous K-pop idol in…
Like Crushes, it leans hard into healing romance. The emotional territory — vulnerability — is the same. Same slow burn and beautiful energy throughout.