you watch
you'll love
2013
21 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Ensemble Cast Flash Forward Mystery
University students from across Korea share a boarding house in Seoul during 1994, while a future-flashback teases which of the men the central female character eventually marries.…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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you'll love
2012
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Ensemble Cast Flash Forward Mystery
Six friends navigate high school in Busan in 1997 — the height of the first K-pop idol wave — while a flash-forward wedding reveals that one of the men in the group married one of …
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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you'll love
2023
24 eps
iQiyi
Romance Comedy Drama
Popular Cold Male Lead Sunshine Female Lead
A high school transfer student known for his emotional unavailability meets the only girl who doesn't seem interested in impressing him. Their relationship starts as irritation, sl…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love and self discovery. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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you'll love
2021
13 eps
CloverWorks / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
Hidden True Self Popular Girl Quiet Boy
Kyoko Hori is popular, cheerful, and responsible at school — but at home she's a domestic powerhouse raising her little brother while her parents work. Izumi Miyamura is quiet and …
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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you'll love
2008
25 eps
J.C. Staff / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Drama
Tsundere Fake Pact Turns Real
Ryuuji Takasu has a terrifying face that makes everyone think he's a delinquent; he's actually the gentlest person in school. Taiga Aisaka is tiny and easily overlooked; she's actu…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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you'll love
2010
16 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Fake Relationship Cohabitation
A straight architect pretends to be gay to rent a room from a woman who only trusts gay men. As fake platonic roommates slowly develop real feelings, his pretence becomes increasin…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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you'll love
2023
8 eps
Netflix Japan
Romance Comedy Drama
Unlikely Pairing Misunderstood Female Lead
Sawako Kuronuma is kind, earnest, and completely terrifying to her classmates — her resemblance to the ghost from Sadako and her habit of talking to herself in quiet corners has gi…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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you'll love
2024
12 eps
Netflix
Romance Comedy Drama
Terminal Illness Romance Road Trip
Ha Jae-joo learns he has a terminal illness and a handful of months to live. His response is to track down the woman he's loved since childhood — arriving at her wedding to someone…
Like Love, Victor, it leans hard into first love. The emotional territory — first love — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
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you'll love
2023
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Comedy
Childhood Friends To Lovers Slow Burn Romance
Cho Sam-dal, a hotshot Seoul fashion photographer, crashes out of the sky after a scandal destroys her career — and lands back in the tiny Jeju Island village she spent years tryin…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: first love and self discovery. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
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you'll love
2016
16 eps
SBS
Comedy Fantasy Drama
Body Swap Fish Out Of Water
Two dead men get a second chance at life — but in different bodies. A devoted family man returns as a handsome young department store employee; a tough gangster returns as a beauti…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.