2024
16 eps
MBC
Romance Sports Comedy
Two elite athletes from rival teams have hated each other since they were rookies competing for the same spot. Now they're forced to train together — and everything they built thei…
Like Falling Into Your Smile, it leans hard into sports romance. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2014
33 eps
Dragon TV
Romance Comedy Drama
Shan Shan is an ordinary accountant at a large food company whose AB-negative blood type makes her a compatible blood donor for her boss's daughter. In exchange for her donations, …
Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and identity. Same sweet and romantic energy throughout.
2021
32 eps
iQiyi
Romance Comedy Drama
Top game streamer Lu Jinnian is the guy every viewer watches — cool, composed, untouchable online. Xu Jiamu is an outdoor sports star who barely knows what streaming is and has str…
Like Falling Into Your Smile, it leans hard into workplace romance. Same sweet and romantic energy throughout.
2022
36 eps
iQiyi
Romance Drama Comedy
Li Xun is a programming genius with an ice-cold exterior — the kind of university student who's already built a company and has no patience for anyone who wastes his time. Zhu Yun …
If you loved Falling Into Your Smile's seemingly cold lead slowly cracked open by someone who refuses to give up, Lighter & Princess delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same sweet and romantic energy throughout.
2025
24 eps
iQiyi
Romance Comedy Sports
A professional skier whose career peaked early and a sports physiotherapist who was never supposed to be on the mountain end up stranded at the same training facility after a storm…
Like Falling Into Your Smile, it leans hard into sports romance. Same sweet and romantic energy throughout.
2019
40 eps
iQiyi
Romance Comedy Sports
Computer science student Tong Nian falls at first sight for Han Shang Yan — a legendary e-sports player turned coach who retired from competition to rebuild his team back to glory.…
If you loved Falling Into Your Smile's seemingly cold lead slowly cracked open by someone who refuses to give up, Go Go Squid! delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2018
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Comedy Drama
CEO Jang Sun-gyul has severe mysophobia — a pathological fear of uncleanliness that has shaped his entire adult life and business. Gil Oh-sol is a cleaning worker who needs money b…
If you loved Falling Into Your Smile's seemingly cold lead slowly cracked open by someone who refuses to give up, Clean With Passion for Now delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — love and growth — is the same. Same sweet and romantic energy throughout.
2022
16 eps
SBS
Romance Comedy Drama
Do Hae-yi enrolls in a university cheer squad not because she has any interest in cheering but because she needs a specific scholarship and the squad is attached to it. Teacher Kim…
Both are built around ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2024
12 eps
ENA/Netflix
Romance Drama Comedy
Seo Hye-jin is the best math teacher at a prestigious Seoul hagwon (private tutoring academy) — her student results are extraordinary and so are her walls. Choi Joon-ho is the new …
If you loved Falling Into Your Smile's seemingly cold lead slowly cracked open by someone who refuses to give up, Midnight Romance in Hagwon delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2021
16 eps
KBS2
Romance Comedy Drama
Kim Dal-li is the sophisticated, Harvard-educated daughter of a museum director who has spent her life surrounded by art and culture. Jin Moo-hak is a self-made entrepreneur from a…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: love and identity. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.