2020
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
A cellist escapes a painful life in Seoul and returns to her rural hometown, where a quiet bookstore owner draws her slowly back toward life, warmth, and forgotten dreams.
Like Summer Strike, When the Weather Is Fine is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. The emotional territory — self discovery and healing — is the same. Same quiet and beautiful energy throughout.
2025
10 eps
tvN
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
A workaholic food critic who hasn't cooked for herself in years ends up stranded in a small mountain town during an early blizzard. The only person who can help her is a former cel…
If you loved Summer Strike's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Three Meals a Day: Romance delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — self discovery and healing — is the same. Same healing energy throughout.
2025
12 eps
Netflix
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Han So-jin is a novelist who hasn't written anything real in three years — and knows it. When she moves back to the neighbourhood where she grew up, she runs into Oh Joo-won, a man…
Like Summer Strike, it leans hard into healing romance. Same quiet and slow burn energy throughout.
2023
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Jo Sam-dal was a famous fashion photographer in Seoul until a cheating ex-boyfriend destroyed her career in a scandal. She's forced to retreat to her childhood home on Jeju Island …
Like Summer Strike, it leans hard into healing romance. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same healing energy throughout.
2020
16 eps
MBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Moon Ha-won develops AI programs that capture memories — and has been quietly in love with his best friend's wife for years, carrying that love with the careful restraint of someon…
Like Summer Strike, A Piece of Your Mind is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. Same quiet energy throughout.
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 Summer Strike's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Midnight Romance in Hagwon delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — burnout — is the same. Same quiet energy throughout.
2022
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Slice Of Life
Three siblings living in a rural suburb each pursue their own form of liberation from suffocating daily routines.
If you loved Summer Strike's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, My Liberation Notes delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — quiet love — is the same.
2020
16 eps
tvN
Drama Romance Slice Of Life
Sa Hye-jun is a model grinding to become an actor while his wealthy family expects him to give up. Ahn Jeong-ha is a makeup artist who pours everything into her craft. When their w…
If you loved Summer Strike's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Record of Youth delivers exactly that. Same quiet energy throughout.
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…
Like Summer Strike, Doona! is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same slow burn and beautiful energy throughout.
2017
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Melodrama Drama
Two survivors of the same building collapse — a construction worker and a young woman who lost her whole family — find each other years later. Neither has recovered. Neither can mo…
Like Summer Strike, Just Between Lovers is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. Same quiet and healing energy throughout.