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 navigate the same emotional territory: mental health. Same intimate and melancholic energy throughout.
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 Normal People's delicious tension of two people circling each other for far too long, Nevertheless delivers exactly that. Same melancholic energy throughout.
2021
10 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama
Yoo Na-bi hates romantic relationships but catches herself attracted to Park Jae-eon, a fine arts student who is charming, clearly interested, but refuses to commit. She knows exac…
If you loved Normal People's delicious tension of two people circling each other for far too long, Nevertheless delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — growing up — is the same.
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…
Like Normal People, it leans hard into slow burn romance. The emotional territory — love and communication — is the same.
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 Normal People's delicious tension of two people circling each other for far too long, The Interest of Love delivers exactly that. Same melancholic 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…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: communication. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
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.
Same melancholic energy throughout.
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.
2022
12 eps
MBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Three best friends on the verge of turning 40 face love, loss, and life-changing decisions together.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: growing up. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Drama Romance Family
A seemingly perfect family unravels when all four members secretly want to change their lives, leading to unexpected revelations.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: communication. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.