2024
12 eps
Netflix
Romance Comedy Drama
An underachieving office worker discovers her hidden talent for confectionery and falls for a cold-hearted patissier who becomes both her toughest critic and her greatest supporter…
If you loved Heartstrings's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, Be My Candy delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — passion — is the same. Same sweet and lighthearted energy throughout.
2021
12 eps
SBS
Romance Comedy Drama
Lee Ho-joon is Korea's top idol — handsome, famous, and accustomed to adoration. Choi Geun-young is a tabloid reporter and one of his most vocal anti-fans, known for writing unflat…
If you loved Heartstrings's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, So I Married an Anti-Fan delivers exactly that. Same sweet and warm energy throughout.
2006
11 eps
Fuji TV
Romance Music Comedy
Chiaki Shinichi is a perfectionist piano and violin student with international aspirations and no patience for anything substandard. Noda Megumi — Nodame — is a piano student of en…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: music. Same warm and musical energy throughout.
2023
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Comedy Drama
The son of a hotel conglomerate and an elite hotel employee clash and develop unexpected feelings.
If you loved Heartstrings's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, King the Land delivers exactly that. Same sweet and lighthearted energy throughout.
2004
16 eps
KBS
Romance Comedy Drama
A young woman is forced into an arranged marriage with a successful CEO despite their age difference and clash of personalities.
If you loved Heartstrings's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, My Little Bride delivers exactly that. Same sweet and lighthearted energy throughout.
2014
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
A surgeon pressured by his family to marry brings a loud, unsophisticated woman to family events to scare his parents off — not expecting to actually fall for her. A beloved rom-co…
If you loved Heartstrings's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, Marriage Not Dating delivers exactly that. Same warm and lighthearted energy throughout.
2011
16 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
A civil servant tells a small lie to impress her successful friend — claiming to be married to a hotel CEO she's never met. When that CEO finds out, instead of exposing her, he pla…
If you loved Heartstrings's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, Lie to Me delivers exactly that. Same sweet and lighthearted energy throughout.
2009
16 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Music
A young woman training to be a nun pretends to be her twin brother and joins an idol group. As she navigates disguises, secret identities, and the pressures of K-pop stardom, three…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love. The pacing is light on its feet even when the stakes are real.
2025
16 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
A sharp, underpaid marketing team leader discovers that the charming man she's been confiding in at her neighbourhood café is her company's intimidating new CEO — and worse, he tur…
If you loved Heartstrings's two people who despise each other helplessly, inevitably falling in love, My Boss's Ex-Wife delivers exactly that. Same warm and lighthearted energy throughout.
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…
Same sweet and warm energy throughout.