9 Kdrama Romcoms for Beginners
My list of recommended romcoms for people who are just testing the addictive waters of Kdrama romcoms. Feel free to comment with your own faves if they're not included in this list. Or comment in general. Lol. I like the psudo-company. ;) Hope this is a helpful list.
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1. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
It's about a secretary who resigns from her job, shocking her boss and colleagues.
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2. Touch Your Heart
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
It's about an actress who has fallen from grace in the public eye due to a scandal and is planning to make her comeback with a drama where she plays a lawyer, she then goes to work in a law firm temporarily for research.
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3. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
It’s about a young female weightlifting athlete and her exploits in college as she trains. Good ol’ romcom with predictable tropes done really well.
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4. Oh My Venus
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
Romcom between a personal trainer and his client.
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5. I’m Not a Robot
Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
It's about a man who is allergic to humans who ends up buying a robot AI that is uncannily human-like.
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6. Shopping King Louie
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
It's about a young chaebol who loses his memory in a car accident meeting a young woman who is from the countryside who is looking for her younger brother who ran away from home.
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7. Coffee Prince
Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
It's about a young woman who is a tomboy and who gets mistaken for being a boy and keeps up the ruse after she secures a job. (This ruse inevitably complicates life for her a bit - especially the romantic side.)
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8. I Hear Your Voice
Korean Drama - 2013, 18 episodes
Park Soo Ha can read minds. He tries to help and protect Jang Hye Sung, a public defense lawyer with this ability.
Not quite a romcom but enough rom and com to keep you satisfied. Trust me. :)
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9. Healer
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
Seo Jung Ho (codename: Healer) is a night courier who is asked by a famous journalist to investigate a tabloid journalist, who he takes personal interest in and decides to follow.
Not quite a romcom but enough rom and com to keep you satisfied. Trust me. It's so good. :)