SML Gets the Girl or ML and SML Are Difficult to Distinguish
Dramas where the FL ends up with a character who has characteristics that make him seem like he might be the SML rather than the ML. For example, the FL marries someone else or has a child with someone else, or both.
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![On The Way To The Airport]()
1. On The Way To The Airport
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
Shes married and has a kid with her husband, but... (affair story line).
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![Story of Yanxi Palace]()
2. Story of Yanxi Palace
Chinese Drama - 2018, 70 episodes
She falls in love with and agrees to marry another man, but in order to protect her that man marries someone else. Even though she views this as a betrayal, he never forgets her and always protects her. Years later, she uses tricks and schemes to make the emperor fall for her. It takes a long time for her to realize she also has feelings for him. In the end, when the other man dies partly as a result of actions he took to save her life, the FL agrees to protect the other man in their next life. In the meantime, she lives happily with the emperor and becomes the imperial noble consort.
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![The Imperial Doctress]()
3. The Imperial Doctress
Chinese Drama - 2016, 50 episodes
She gets married and has a kid with her husband, but...
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![Dream High]()
4. Dream High
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
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5. Ms. Perfect
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
She's married and has kids with her husband, but...
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![The King in Love]()
6. The King in Love
Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
It's called The King in Love, but...
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![Empress Ki]()
7. Empress Ki
Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
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![Lost You Forever]()
8. Lost You Forever
Chinese Drama - 2023, 39 episodes
