2024
12 eps
ENA
Romance Sports Drama
A sports journalist with a reputation for hard-hitting coverage covers the career of a national team swimmer she has quietly admired for years — and discovers that writing about so…
Like My Lovely Boxer, From Me to You is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. The emotional territory — trust and ambition — is the same. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.
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 My Lovely Boxer, Heated Rivalry is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same exciting and warm energy throughout.
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…
If you loved My Lovely Boxer's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, The Perfect Marriage delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — trust — is the same. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.
2020
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Sports
Four young adults form unexpected connections across their artistic and athletic worlds, learning about themselves and love.
If you loved My Lovely Boxer's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Run On delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
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…
If you loved My Lovely Boxer's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Cheer Up! delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.
2016
12 eps
TV Tokyo / Crunchyroll
Sports Romance Drama
Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki's career is in free fall after a disastrous season. Victor Nikiforov — five-time world champion, the best there is — shows up at his family's in…
If you loved My Lovely Boxer's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Yuri!!! on ICE delivers exactly that. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.
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…
If you loved My Lovely Boxer's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, See Sea delivers exactly that. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.
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.
If you loved My Lovely Boxer's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, One Spring Night delivers exactly that. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
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 they start collabora…
If you loved My Lovely Boxer's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, 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. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.
2010
20 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
An assistant pasta chef at an upscale Italian restaurant is constantly berated and challenged by the exacting new executive chef — and slowly, through shared obsession with food an…
If you loved My Lovely Boxer's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Pasta delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about ambition that starts as a virtue and reveals itself as something else entirely. Same warm and romantic energy throughout.