#Best korean romances how to

Girlfriday: This is one of dramalandвЂ™s classic friends-to-lovers rom-coms, starring Kim Hee-sun and Ryu Shi-won back when they were the bright young It-stars of the late вЂ™90s. Cue jealousy, angst, tears, and hilarity as they spent sixteen episodes trying to adjust to the new dynamics in their relationships-growing apart, growing up, and finally, growing closer again. Buddies throughout school and entering the real world together, these two leads were so comfortable with each other that it didnвЂ™t occur for the heroine to feel any differently until the day the hero announced that he had a girlfriend he wanted to introduce her to.

#Best korean romances how to

Not only was it the first trendy Korean drama to grace the airwaves, it was also the first straight-up rom-com, a ratings blockbuster (56.1% ratings!), and a prime example of this trope, centering around longtime friends who gradually awaken to their feelings and take a miniseries to figure out how to make it work. Javabeans: Ah, Jealousy, the one that started it all. And we figured drama content was more important than numbers. Girlfriday: ItвЂ™s not that we canвЂ™t countвЂ¦ itвЂ™s jut that we couldnвЂ™t cut any more. Javabeans: Also, if you notice some funny counting in the Top 10 list, shhhh! Just go with it. Girlfriday: This is one trend that IвЂ™ll never tire of, so it can just stay forever and ever! FRIENDS 4EVA! Javabeans: It wasnвЂ™t until we compiled the list that we realized, with some surprise, how many friends-to-lovers dramas came from this year. Girlfriday: Mostly, we were thinking of dramas where you actually spend a good chunk of the drama with the two leads being friends, and either being blind to their feelings or not seeing each other romantically yet. (Examples: Will It Snow For Christmas, 49 Days, I Miss You, that kind of thing.) Usually when the leads were childhood first loves who may not have even kissed or confessed their feelings, which makes them seem more like friends, but if those feelings were there at the start, we opted not to count them. Javabeans: We did debate back and forth about what вЂњqualifiedвЂќ as a friends-to-lovers romance, because thereвЂ™s a tricky gray area in the middle. Of course, then comes the feelings and the angst, but thereвЂ™s fun in that too. Un-romances? They get to have all the benefits of a best friend without the romantic complications, leading to a kind of intimacy you donвЂ™t normally get. Girlfriday: Yeah the comfortable platonic closeness is what I love about these kinds of romances. I like when the girl can just slum around and be totally normal around the guy, whoвЂ™ll fall in love with her in spite of the bedhead and messy pajamas. I like those too, because when they arenвЂ™t in love at the start, the dynamic is totally different. Javabeans: Orrrrr friends who donвЂ™t secretly love each other until twenty years later, and then all of a sudden are hit with the love bug. Girlfriday: Well, friends who secretly lurrrrve each other and spend decades angsting about how theyвЂ™re supposed to just be friends. Though I wonвЂ™t ruin it by blurting out the topics just yet. Javabeans: Yes, IвЂ™m already looking forward to the next several Top 10 lists, which weвЂ™ve already got planned out. It also means we have the energy to think up new lists on new topics, which keeps it fun for us. Girlfriday: Being limited is really liberating. Javabeans: Did everyone like the first Top 10 feature? I can say I thoroughly enjoyed itвЂ¦ in that capping my workload to just 10 entries (вЂ¦ish) is really working for me. 133 OctoOctoDramabeans Top 10: Korean dramas about friends-to-lovers romances by javabeans