2025
16 eps
MBC
Romance Drama
A convenience marriage arranged between a chaebol heir with a complicated past and a working-class sign language interpreter — both with reasons to need the arrangement and reasons…
Both are built around the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
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 the country, who ab…
Both are built around the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness.
2014
16 eps
MBC
Romance Drama
Four couples navigate different stages and challenges of romantic relationships, exploring what true love means.
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2006
24 eps
MBC
Romance Drama
A modern girl is forced to marry the Crown Prince of Korea in an arranged political marriage.
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2005
14 eps
MBC
Romance Drama
A love story between two people who meet in Macau and face obstacles including a terminally ill character.
The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2021
10 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama
An art student who doesn't believe in love gets drawn to a charming but emotionally unavailable sculptor.
Nevertheless scratches the same itch as Maid — different world, same emotional frequency.
2019
16 eps
MBC
Romance Drama
A librarian in a stifling relationship falls for a pharmacist who is a single father, forcing both to choose their futures.
One Spring Night scratches the same itch as Maid — different world, same emotional frequency.
2022
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama
Four people work at the same bank branch, and feelings begin to move in unexpected and painful directions. Ha-sang-su, a reliable ordinary man, falls for Su-yeong — a woman who gre…
The Interest of Love scratches the same itch as Maid — different world, same emotional frequency.
2023
12 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Seo Mok-ha dreamed of becoming a singer since childhood, but at age 15 she was stranded alone on a deserted island — surviving for 15 years before being rescued. She returns to a w…
Both are built around survival that strips characters down to what they're actually made of. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2023
8 eps
Naver NOW
Romance Drama
Two old friends reunite at a diving trip in Jeju Island. The atmosphere is sun-soaked, the diving sequences are genuinely beautiful, and what begins as a holiday turns into a recko…
See Sea scratches the same itch as Maid — different world, same emotional frequency.