2021
10 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama
An art student who doesn't believe in love gets drawn to a charming but emotionally unavailable sculptor.
If you loved Nevertheless's delicious tension of two people circling each other for far too long, Nevertheless delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — emotional unavailability — is the same. Same sensual and atmospheric energy throughout.
2005
16 eps
SBS
Romance Drama
A Korean woman and a Czech prince meet in Prague and fall in love, navigating cultural differences and family opposition.
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.
2024
16 eps
KBS
Romance Drama Family
Two childhood neighbors who grew up like siblings discover unexpected romantic feelings as adults, threatening to destroy the chosen family they built together.
If you loved Nevertheless's delicious tension of two people circling each other for far too long, Family by Choice delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.
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…
If you loved Nevertheless's delicious tension of two people circling each other for far too long, The Interest of Love delivers exactly that.
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 bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.
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…
The Perfect Marriage scratches the same itch as Nevertheless — different world, same emotional frequency.
2021
14 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Yumi is an ordinary 30-something office worker who feels her emotions and impulses — Food Cell, Reason Cell, Love Cell — as tiny animated characters running a control room inside h…
Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is bittersweet in the best way: joy and heartbreak in the same breath.
2013
20 eps
SBS
Romance Drama School
A group of privileged high school heirs navigate love, rivalry, and family pressure when a humble girl enters their world.
If you loved Nevertheless's love triangle where every choice breaks someone's heart, The Heirs (Inheritors) delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same angsty 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.
One Spring Night scratches the same itch as Nevertheless — different world, same emotional frequency.
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…
Doona! scratches the same itch as Nevertheless — different world, same emotional frequency.