you'll love
2017
16 eps
KBS2
Romance Comedy Drama
Friends To Lovers Neighbors
Four friends in their late twenties share an apartment building and the sinking feeling that the futures they dreamed of aren't happening. Dong-man wanted to be a Taekwondo champio…
Like Not Quite Lovers, it leans hard into friends to lovers. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2022
16 eps
ENA
Romance Comedy Drama
Friends To Lovers Oblivious Leads
Goo Yeo-reum and Park Jae-hoon have been best friends for 20 years, going through every relationship disaster together while insisting they'll never date each other. Then Yeo-reum …
Like Not Quite Lovers, Love is for Suckers is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2024
12 eps
Netflix
Romance Drama Comedy
Found Family Second Chance Romance
Three women in their thirties meet at a divorce support group and become unexpectedly close: one whose divorce was liberating, one who is devastated by hers, and one still deciding…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: adult romance. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2017
16 eps
KBS
Romance Comedy Drama
Friends To Lovers Childhood Friends
Two childhood best friends who gave up on their dreams push each other to pursue what they truly want.
Like Not Quite Lovers, it leans hard into friends to lovers. Same grounded energy throughout.
you'll love
2023
12 eps
ENA
Romance Drama Comedy
Language Barrier Cross Cultural Romance
A Korean woman working at a Spanish restaurant in Seoul falls into an unlikely collaboration with a Spanish chef who doesn't speak Korean. Language barriers, kitchen politics, and …
If you loved Not Quite Lovers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, La Paloma delivers exactly that. Same warm and gentle energy throughout.
2024
8 eps
Netflix
Romance Comedy Drama
Forced Proximity Opposites Attract
Two colleagues at a publishing house are forced to spend a summer together at a mountain retreat to complete a manuscript under deadline. She is meticulous and plans everything; he…
If you loved Not Quite Lovers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, My Perfect Summer delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — communication — is the same. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2023
30 eps
WeTV / Youku
Romance Drama Comedy
Romantic Rivals Healing Romance
Shi Yan is warm, optimistic, and has been building a life around a woman who will never love him the way he loves her. Zheng Shuyi is sharp, career-obsessed, and just got passed ov…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: communication. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2021
24 eps
Mango TV
Romance Comedy Drama
Opposites Attract Contract Relationship
Gu Ren-qi has severe OCD that makes his life both immaculate and exhausting. Zhuang Jie is a professional cleaner whose business is failing and who desperately needs an investor. T…
If you loved Not Quite Lovers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Use for My Talent delivers exactly that. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2014
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Fake Dating Class Divide
A surgeon pressured by his family to marry brings a loud, unsophisticated woman to family events to scare his parents off — not expecting to actually fall for her. A beloved rom-co…
If you loved Not Quite Lovers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Marriage Not Dating delivers exactly that. Same warm and funny energy throughout.
you'll love
2015
16 eps
KBS2
Romance Comedy Drama
Unexpected Partnership Trainer Client
A once-gorgeous lawyer who gained significant weight over the years crosses paths with a celebrity personal trainer — and the two make a deal: he gets her body back in shape, she h…
If you loved Not Quite Lovers's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Oh My Venus delivers exactly that. Same warm and funny energy throughout.