K-Dramas with Good MLs/Chemistry
Favorite k-dramas that had great chemistry imo, or had MLs that are just green flags.
Many will maybe be slow burn, or romances where it's a sub-genre and not the main focus of the show. Generally just shows I like for good chemistry, acting, storyline, production quality, etc. Chmeistry is a two-way street! Only putting shows where both ML and FL pulled their weight for a believable chemistry.
These are kdramas I would feel confident recommending to others or rewatching myself! :)
In order of best chemistry to, ok, could be better, but I still enjoyed the show.
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1. Chiamalo Amore
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
starts out as a story with the FL out for revenge, but an ML that simply has too many green flags to be hurt. when i tell you this ML character can do no wrong. great chemistry, if only it was longer.
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2. Their Report Card
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
this is a sexually explicit kdrama about sex-education and women-empowerment. It's just too short ? both main and second couples have good chemistry, though second couple has better chemistry when they're talking, and main couple has better chemistry when they're...kissing or going at it. 2nd couple I liked more, i think, but both are great.
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3. Catch the Ghost
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
Romance is minimal and a slow burn. Kim Seon Ho can form good chemsitry with any of his co-stars I feel—but I prefer his role here because he's not smiling as much as he is cosntantly doing in Home Town ChaCha. Here he feels less perfect.
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4. Happiness
Korean Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
a survival/virus outbreak drama, where romance is light and secondary. It's a great concept—i think its biggest pitfall is that the development of the characters and their romance suffered—but it was still satisfactory. PHS did his best with the chemistry, and overall it was OK! High rating for the unique concept and what it could have been!
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5. Live On
Korean Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
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6. Sweet Home
Korean Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
Ok sweet home isn't romance its horror, but I think this kdramas really good for the rewatcability and the pacing. It helps that i watched this during quarantine so there's definitely some rose-tinted glasses here.
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7. Dear M.
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
ML did most of the heavy lifting with cehmistry. the FL's actress is pretty, but sometimes I can tell too easily that she is acting. Good kiss scene though, I think.
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8. Fight For My Way
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
Watched this way back when, but any drama with Park Seo Joon in it is guaranteed to have good acting from him. He does comedy so well! Good chemistry here, though i remember not liking the FL as much because the actress can be a bit stiff. Maybe I remembered wrong, or maybe that was the case XD