Can they keep it together when living together? Check out our list of dramas that turn the awkward moments into cute romance.

Accidental Roommates

As the beloved youngest daughter of a well-to-do family, Yoon Dan Oh (Shin Ye Eun) lived a charmed life. At least she did until the day fate dealt her with a rather cruel blow. No longer able to indulge in the carefree lifestyle of a cherished daughter, Dan Oh must do everything she can to help support her family.

The proprietors of Ihwawon Inn, Dan Oh, and her family warmly welcome those looking for a place to stay during their visit to Hanyang. As the majority of those traveling to the area are young men preparing to take the civil servant entrance exam necessary for becoming a ranking official, Ihwawon Inn is frequently visited by a large number of scholars. Among those scholars are Kang San (Ryeoun), Kim Si Yeol (Kang Hoon), and Jeong Yoo Ha (Jung Gun Joo), three very different young men who each harbor a deep secret.

While the young scholars prepare for the exam they, along with Dan Oh, stumble upon bits of information that all seem to tie into a strange disappearance that happened thirteen years ago. Pooling their knowledge, will this unlikely quartet be able to solve this mystery or will they find themselves too distracted by the sudden and unexpected flutterings of their unruly hearts?

Full of delightfully heart-pounding moments, “The Secret Romantic Guesthouse” is a 2023 South Korean historical mystery romance drama directed by Kim Jung Min.

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse

As a third-generation chaebol and undoubted future heir to the Guemman Group, Ji Ho Joon (Kim Ji Woong) was raised with the world at his feet. Now a happy-go-lucky twenty-something, Ho Joon doesn't have a care in the world. Certain he’s destined to live the privileged life forever, Ho Joon is shocked when his father presents him with an unexpected and rather unpleasant ultimatum.

Kicked out of the house by his well-meaning father, without a penny to his name, Ho Joon must now find a way to survive on his own for the next two years. As if floundering for survival wasn’t bad enough, Ho Joon must take a position as the team leader of the Guemman Group’s newest business team and deliver some impressive results. With no idea where to go or how to begin this impossible quest, Ho Joon soon finds himself the resident of Poongduck Villa and at the mercy of the villa’s owner, Seo Jae Yoon (Yoon Seo Bin).

As difficult as life might presently seem for Ho Joon, it gets even more complicated when he realizes that Jae Yoon works at his family’s company and has recently been assigned to his newfound team. Could this seemingly cruel twist of fate be exactly what both Ho Joon and Jae Yoon need?

A story of finding love in the most unexpected places, “Roommates of Poongduck 304” is a 2022 South Korean romantic drama directed by Teddy Hwang.

Roommates of Poongduck 304

Living with my boss sucks 😆

Tak Dong Kyung (Park Bo Young) is a person who is down on her luck. She lost her parents a few years ago in an accident and lives most days consumed by her job as a webcomic editor. Misfortune is never far from her — she soon finds out that her boyfriend is an adulterer, next learns she’s suffering from a terminal brain tumor. One night, she decides that she's had enough. Determined to put an end to her misery, she drunkenly shouts to the heavens and wishes for the world to be doomed.
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Her call for help summons Myeol Mang (Seo In Guk), a mysterious entity who acts as an intermediary between the gods and humans. Destruction comes charging through her front door in the form of this character whose name means "Doom". He offers to make her wish come true if she is willing to pay the ultimate price. Dong Kyung agrees. According to the terms of their contract, she has 100 days to live her life to the fullest before the grim reaper comes to take her soul.
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However, things are never as simple as they seem. Myeol Mang slowly finds himself growing fonder of this perplexing human woman and the boundaries between the mortal and immortal realms become increasingly unclear.
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“Doom at Your Service”, also known as “One Day Destruction Entered the Front Door of My House”, is a 2021 South Korean drama series that was directed by Kwon Young Il. Starring A-list Korean actors, the memorable roles played by the stellar cast complements the exciting premise of every episode, contributing to its high ratings.

Doom at Your Service

My heart goes Doom 💕

Tencent

Gu Xi Xi (Wang Yu Wen) is a kind and budding fashion industry shopper. She runs a small e-commerce business for couples planning their weddings, helping them buy designer dresses for their big days. But when she attends a private reception one day, she meets Yin Si Chen (Wang Zi Qi), the cold, distant, and aloof CEO of a major company. The CEO has come to talk about a possible business cooperation with a fashion designer.

But when an unforeseen incident takes place, the two are forced to get married and pretend that they are a happily married couple – when in reality they are anything but. In fact, they are polar opposites, and initially cannot stand each other. But as they begin to spend more time together, Gu Xi Xi starts to understand that Yin Si Chen is not quite as icy as he first seems. And the powerful CEO starts to wonder if Gu Xi Xi might become someone truly special to him. Things get very complicated when his disapproving mother attempts to intervene – and Mo Zi Xin (Ian Yi), Gu Xi Xi’s male middle school friend – also seems to want to derail this “contract marriage!”

“Once We Get Married” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Li Yao Bo and Chu De Jian.

Once We Get Married

Till Contract do us Part 

At twenty-seven, Akiha Okada (Nana Seino) is perfectly content with her life. A successful designer at Morita Design, Akiha literally has her dream job, has a great working relationship with her colleagues, and is just as happy in her personal life as she is her professional one.&nbsp;Having endured a number of bad relationships in the past, Akiha has come to the conclusion that the single life is best, especially when she has so many friends who love and support her. The only problem is that her grandmother is constantly hounding her to get married.&nbsp;

Despite her grandmother’s wishes, Akiha is happiest on her own and is in absolutely no rush to get married. Which is why she has no qualms about rejecting Shu Momose’s (Kentaro Sakaguchi) proposal, when he offers her his hand in marriage. A diligent, reliable man, with a good job and good looks, Shu has a lot to offer a woman, but his sudden proposal to Akiha at a drinking party is nothing short of ridiculous. With his own reasons for wanting to marry, Shu sees Akiha as a means to an end, and sees no reason why he should waste any more time searching for someone else. Despite her initial rejection, Akiha finds herself reconsidering Shu’s proposal when he agrees to pay her five million yen in exchange for her hand. Knowing the money will completely change her grandmother’s life, Akiha finds herself unable to say no.&nbsp;

Now a registered married couple, Akiha and Shu find adjusting to married life is a bit more challenging than either imagined, especially when their initial feelings of indifference slowly begin to morph into something wholly unexpected. Could it be that their fake marriage is actually the path they needed to take to find true love?

A fun romantic romp, “ONLY JUST MARRIED” is a 2021 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Fuminori Kaneko and Kentaro Takemura.

ONLY JUST MARRIED

Love Under Contract team 

Kang San Hyeok (Park Hae Jin) is a fearless and intelligent emergency service worker. He excels as part of his rescue team, responding to 119 emergency calls – and often saving lives in the process.

But he is blighted by memory issues, and cannot remember key details about his childhood. He longs to unlock the secrets of his past.
Jung Young Jae (Jo Bo Ah), meanwhile is a passionate young surgeon whose new residency sees her posted to a mysterious forest.

When his latest daring rescue mission also sees Kang San Hyeok enter the forest, he meets Jung Young Jae – and the pair feels strangely drawn to one another.

Little by little, they realize that they share a once-forgotten secret. And the longer they spend in the seemingly magical forest, the closer they get to discovering the truth about their pasts – and the key role the forest plays in their intertwined destinies…

“Forest” is a South Korean romantic drama released in 2020 and directed by Oh Jong Rok.

Forest

Mysterious Forest Team

As a young child, Jung Se Ri (Kim So Jeong) made a shocking discovery – that ghosts are very real! The thing is, only she seems to be able to see them. Not only that she also has the ability to converse with spirits, and has learned. She knows how and why ghosts appear, and why they so often “haunt” the spots where they died. Her special talent has remained a tightly guarded secret and now she is an adult, she works part-time in a coffee shop. Until, that is, she encounters the most unusual ghost she has ever met!

This ghost is named Song Ji Chan (Jung Chan Woo), and until he was suddenly killed in an accident, he was the arrogant heir to a highly successful and wealthy business group. The accident, he thinks, has robbed him of his memories and leaves him hanging around the scene, wondering what has happened. But when he comes across Jung Se Ri, she tells him that he is a ghost. She leaves him to get his head around what has happened, but he follows her home, insisting he has nowhere else to go. She reluctantly lets him stay at her house, and even starts to help him uncover the truth about what happened to him – even if it means she has to become involved in the business group’s operations! But could this ghoulish “roommate” also fall for the only woman who can see him?

“My Chilling Roommate” (2022) is a South Korean drama series that was directed by Hwang Kyu Seong.

My Chilling Roommate

Four young women begin life at university. Although they are firm friends, they are very different in almost every regard. Xia Lang Lang (Shen Yue) is tomboyish, obstinate, and supremely logical. But as she begins her tertiary educational journey, she discovers that she also has a softer side – and that romance might also play a role in her life. Meanwhile, Huang Fu Shu Min (Zhang Ruo Nan) is always the heroine of her own story. Acting cute and dependent is her strong suit, and independence is not something she has ever been familiar with. But she soon understands that her university journey could well lead her on the path to independence.

Then there’s Fan Xiao Yu (Vivienne Tien) – an intelligent young woman and a renowned beauty from a wealthy family. But she has always toed the line, respecting her family’s wishes, despite the fact that deep down, she wants to break free. When she begins to explore the world of business with a fellow student, she realizes that she might yet attain freedom – and maybe romance, too. Rounding off the quartet is Yang Jia Qian (Zhang Xin Yi), who always gives off the impression of being mature beyond her years. But she has a range of hidden thoughts and feelings that are now ready to come to the fore now she is no longer under the watchful eye of her family.

“Be Yourself” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Li Zhi.

Be Yourself

🎓 Our Perfect Summer Team🌞

After wandering the earth for the past 999 years, Shin Woo Yeo (Jang Ki Yong) now stands on the brink of seeing his greatest dream come true. Having spent the last thousand years collecting human energy in his precious bead, this thousand year old gumiho is finally ready to shed his fox form and become fully human. Or at least he was until one unsuspecting student by the name of Lee Dam (Hyeri), ruined all his plans.

Working as a college professor, Woo Yeo never imagined that a single university student would be capable of waylaying all of his plans for becoming human. But when a late-night encounter with Lee Dam and one of her drunken friends causes him to drop his precious bead, that’s exactly what happens. While trying to help her inebriated friend home, Lee Dam accidentally swallows Woo Yeo’s fox bead. Knowing full well that swallowing a fox bead will ultimately kill a human, Woo Yeo has no choice but to confront Lee Dam with the truth. With no real idea how to solve their current predicament, Woo Yeo suggests they live together, until they can figure out a solution.&nbsp;

Unable to find a way out of this predicament on her own, Lee Dam agrees to Woo Yeo’s unusual request. But will living together really help them find the answer they seek, or will it just bring with it an entirely new set of problems?&nbsp;

Based on the webtoon of the same name by Na, “My Roommate is a Gumiho” is a 2021 romantic comedy drama directed by Park Joon Hwa and Nam Sung Woo.

My Roommate is a Gumiho

How To Tame A Fox Team

How far back do their destinies cross in history? Xue Ling Qiao (Kim Tae Hwan) is a mutant man with superpowers who has been roaming the Earth for 500 years but has been trapped in a deep sleep for the past 100 years. When B-actress Tian Jing Zhi (Wu Qian) gets into a car accident, Ling Qiao is released from his sleep trap. He uses his powers to heal her wounds and bring her back to life. With nowhere else to go, Ling Qiao forces his way into rooming with Jing Zhi in her apartment, becoming embroiled in her crazy world of trying to make it as an actress under the shadows of a perfect A-list star. As they bicker their way to a better relationship, they are shocked to learn that their fates have been entangled by a conspiracy that spans many centuries! “My Amazing Boyfriend” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Deng Ke.

My Amazing Boyfriend

The Mutant Team

Waka (Yurika Nakamura) is a librarian who is also something of an avid bookworm herself. She hoards books and has a huge personal collection. In fact, this book collection is so extensive that it is causing her problems: She can’t find a place to live that has enough bookshelf space to house the collection. One day, at the library, she is reunited with a man she once knew…

That man is a scientific researcher named Shinobu (Hashimoto Ryosuke). He attended the same high school as Waka and had a huge crush on her. One day, while she was reading a novel in the school library, he suddenly kissed her – causing her alarm. After that, Shinobu had to move abroad when his father was sent overseas. Since returning to Japan, Shinobu found well-paid work and has become a success. He is still utterly smitten with Waka, and offers to let her move in – with all her books. She agrees. But could this unusual arrangement ultimately lead them on the path to love?

The drama was based on a hit manga series by Hiiro Kisaragi, which debuted in 2019 and ran until 2021.

“Blinded Kiss” is a 2021 Japanese drama series that was directed by Akimori Sakemi, Yuta Yoshikawa, and Yui Matsuzaki.

Blinded Kiss

Bookworm's Lover Team💖 

How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern society?
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Shim Cheong (Jun Ji Hyun) is a mermaid who follows her one true love, a nobleman’s son named Kim Moon from the Joseon Dynasty to modern-day Seoul. Moon’s modern doppelgänger is Heo Joon Jae (Lee Min Ho), a highly-skilled scam artist who first becomes interested in Shim Cheong because of a jade bracelet worth $6 million that she wears.
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With nowhere to go, Shim Cheong is taken in by Joon Jae, who also finds his con partners, Jo Nam Doo (Lee Hee Joon) and Tae Oh (Shin Won Ho), hiding out in his home from a vengeful past victim of their scams. Shim Cheong discovers a rival for Joon Jae’s heart in Cha Shi Ah (Shin Hye Sun), a researcher at KAIST who deals with ancient artifacts.
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The plot takes a sinister turn when a dangerous killer named Ma Dae Young (Sung Dong Il) is sent by Joon Jae’s stepmother to murder him in order to make her own son the heir to Joon Jae’s fortunes. Can Shim Cheong survive her strange new environment while also helping Joon Jae avoid the dangers that await him?
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“The Legend of the Blue Sea” is a 2016-2017 South Korean drama series directed by Jin Hyuk. The story is inspired by a historical tale about a mermaid contained in a short story anthology known as Eou Yadam by Joseon-era scholar Yu Mong In.

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