Specific male lead
Making a list of male leads similar to Byung hee or Ji Hyuk from Shut Up: Flower Boy Band. If I find any that is
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1. Shut Up: Flower Boy Band
Korean Drama - 2012, 16 episodes
Byung Hee and Ji Hyuk are from here
Byung Hee - free spirit, reckless, really cares for female lead and shows it
Ji Hyuk - silent-ish, strong, protective, but affectionate when accepts his feelings for female.
Both fall first and aren't condescending or mean to the female lead for no reason. Bonus if some type of deliquent that isn't really bad
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2. MARS
Taiwanese Drama - 2004, 13 episodes
male lead is like a mix of the two
he is reckless and protective of the fl, but he's more dangerous than eccentric. he also likes the fl but is kinda wishy-washy at first
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3. Pride
Japanese Drama - 2004, 11 episodes
I see why I thought the male lead would count, but nah. He's a good character but he's not free-sprited in the way Byung Hee is nor is he silent-ish/moody like Ji Hyuk. He did fall first but he played games instead of being all in since the beginning
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4. Hana Kimi
Taiwanese Drama - 2006, 15 episodes
Nope. ML is silent and protective but not affectionate. He's nice, but that's not enough.
SML is pretty outgoing and reckless and he does show how much he cares for the fl, but it's more in a puppy dog way and not in a heart-fluttering way
also, I tried rewatching the series and I was skipping way more than I was watching. Even though I loved it when I was younger, I wouldn't recommend it
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5. Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
rewatched the first ep and he's pretty taciturn but still bold in asking fl for a date from the start-ish
so far he seems similar to Ji Hyuk