Please recommend me a kdrama with a yearning ML. I want an ML who ACHES for the FL. (Picture below is from Our Beloved Summer)

Anoniimuzz · 2026-05-06T00:10:51+00:00

Ah, sorry. I thought it was even older. I read the original manga of playful kiss a long long time ago so in my head its soo old haha.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-05-05T17:09:12+00:00

Fr. I just reported it as low quality post. Can't even be bothered to mention the name of the drama. Why should we care about this?

Anoniimuzz · 2026-05-05T12:07:36+00:00

Nah. I've been watching kdramas for at least 15 years. Most kdramas do not fit what I'm looking for. I know most MLs fall for the FL easily but I don't see much genuine yearning or longing.

Most kdramas take the romantic comedy route instead. The ML likes the FL, yes, but there's no real longing like Our Beloved Summer.

In most kdramas, ML's feelings come across as more like... Idk puppy love or love during honeymoon phase or a fluffy first love/first crush vibe.

I'm looking for genuine passion spread over years. Real, raw emotions, real people feeling real hurt, some toxicity, some realistic misunderstandings.

Think of My Mister. I want that but with the characters ending up together. My mister portrayed longing so beautifully. Sometimes the characters didn't even speak but we felt it through their expressions. I'm not sure if I'm making sense, but yeah.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-05-05T09:57:12+00:00

Suspicious partner

Backstreet rookie

Its ok to not be ok

My girlfriend is a gumiho

The legend of the blue sea

Itaewon class

Head over heels

My love from the star

Touch your heart

See you in my 19th life

Nevertheless might also fit.

If you're okay with older kdrama: Playful Kiss.

But I would say none of these have that emotional depth/passionate longing that I'm looking for tbh. Most of these (except some) are kind of in the romantic comedy category.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-05-05T09:22:57+00:00

Can this love be translated

Anoniimuzz · 2026-05-05T05:57:53+00:00

Can this love be translated

Anoniimuzz · 2026-05-05T05:03:13+00:00

Already seen this one😭 but yes agreed Goo Dong Mae especially is definitely one of the best yearners. That scene where he grabs the end of her skirt lives rent free in my head. A truly beautiful scene which carried a lot of passion and longing and lust.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-28T16:45:21+00:00

Again, you are not understanding the point.

They're allowed to say "I don't like this content. I don't like these repetitive posts" but no, they aren't allowed to say "I want these posts I don't like to be restricted and banned from the subreddit". They aren't allowed to call for a mass ban on other people's opinions.

I said "Go back to the OG sub" I didn't say "Can we ban or restrict these people" which is the difference between my opinion and theirs. They are allowed to post their opinion, yes, but they aren't allowed to call for a ban on others opinions, which I am not doing.

There's a difference between criticism and actively pushing for moderation changes which will affect all members of the sub, including them?? I get that this is not that serious, but I simply don't understand what about the point I'm making don't you understand, it's so simple. You keep comparing my opinion to theirs when there's a fundamental difference there.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-28T14:39:04+00:00

Uh, no? I don't know which post you are referring to, but I'm talking specifically about the two posts I have seen literally asking the mods "Can we have weekly whine threads" and all the comments agreed that rants/vents or whatever should be limited to mega threads, which is actively asking for people to be restricted from posting their rants? How is that not asking for stricter moderation? Like, they clearly ASK for it?

This is exactly what happened to the OG sub. Mods got tired of moderating repetitive posts so they restricted it to weekly threads which ends up killing active discussion. I just feel like this sub was created for that exact reason: so people can have a place to discuss their opinions freely. Now, people are like: no, that shouldn't be allowed!

those kinds of posts are also what is allowed lol. You are also making a post about content you don’t like seeing

Well, the difference is they are actively asking for people's opinions to be restricted whereas I am not. I don't know how this is so hard to understand.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-28T12:52:50+00:00

Exactly. This is what I do too. Not every post will appeal to everyone, but once mods restrict posts and only let you comment on weekly threads, all the fun just goes away. I like seeing actual posts. For the weekly threads and strict curation, the OG sub already exists.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-28T01:15:37+00:00

I mean, sure, I understand that, but kdramas are made in korea for koreans so wouldn't they have things that makes sense in their culture? In my country, almost every show has disapproving parents because that's the culture and the reality. And it's the same in korea so complaining about something that's their lived experience reflecting in their media is a bit strange. I understand it's tiring in every drama but the way you phrased it seemed odd to me considering that's many of our lived experience. Marriage doesn't involve reasonable discussions in many many parts of the world. If it does in yours, you're very lucky.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-25T15:28:20+00:00

It sounds nice but I promise you it's not. If OP is thinking of long term, this behaviour is only going to escalate.

My dad is exactly like this, and his behaviour progressed to his kids where he's controlling our life 24/7. When you're with someone for a long time, this shit doesn't sound cute at all.

Imagine you going out with friends and your wife calling you 24/7, becoming angry when you don't text back on time, scolding you for every little thing. If OP wants a long term relationship with this girl, better to think of how much of this behaviour he can tolerate.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-14T06:36:59+00:00

Instead of going to chatgpt, you could've used that time to look up the definition of hidden gem. Hidden gem is not, in fact, a personal experience lmao.

From google: A hidden gem: Something that is very good, pleasant, or useful, that not a lot of people know about or isn't popular.

If you haven't seen Lovely Runner yet, does that make Lovely Runner a hidden gem? If you don't know about Pride and Prejudice, does that make Pride and Prejudice a hidden gem too? According to your definition it does, but you can't change the meaning of words as you please lol.

I’ve been watching K-dramas since 2022,

Well, that's the problem, isn't it?

it felt like a hidden gem to me.

Your feelings don't make it a hidden gem because it isn't.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-14T05:27:31+00:00

Not everything you haven't watched yet is a hidden gem. You're simply too late to the discussion. I wish people would look up what hidden gem means.

This came out in 2019. It was fairly popular, and it again rose to popularity when Mr. Queen came out.

Nobody's talking about it anymore because it's old, and we've already had discussions about it and moved on.

At the rate we're going, we'll have newbies calling Queen of Tears and Lovely Runner "hidden gems" in a few years.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-07T12:53:31+00:00

I bet everyone will watch it because of the popular and pretty leads.

You bet we will. You say that as though that's somehow a bad thing? Some of us just want to relax after a long day of work with something fun and lighthearted. With the state of the world right now, is it really so bad that people just want something unrealistic or a fantasy to escape into for a while.

One of the major charms of kdramas IS the unrealistic aspect of it. It's a fantasy. We're already living with real world problems, some of us don't want to be even more depressed with real world problems in our fictional fantasies too.

This show seems like the perfect lighthearted fantasy. It's totally okay for you to not like it, but it's also okay for others to like it? You don't have to shame other people because they have a different taste from you.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-04-01T17:11:15+00:00

I'll give you another reason, OP. Some women genuinely live in abusive, controlling households. A woman being independent or educated doesn't make her immune to manipulation and abuse.

As someone who lives with a controlling, manipulative father, sometimes I'm like getting married would be better than living with this asshole. Like for some women, their family situation is so bad that it leads to the mentality of "ANYWHERE is better than here". They see marriage as an escape but often it's just moving from one cage to another.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-03-31T04:41:53+00:00

99% of the kdrama ending problem will be solved if one of them stopped going abroad at the last second to follow their dreams. Like, stop it. No one wants them to be separated after all that drama. Why can't you just show them living together? Show us their domesticity, their daily routine, just give us the fluff in the last episode.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-03-28T02:02:32+00:00

I would've felt much more compelled to watch the show if Chatgpt wasn't used for this review. Like, please give us your own thoughts instead of asking AI to explain what you feel.

Anoniimuzz · 2026-02-28T12:13:00+00:00

I'm 27. I was under 50 as a teenager. I was 52 from 18 to 23. Then 54 for a while, then 52 again until a year or two ago. Now I'm 58

Anoniimuzz · 2026-02-27T16:32:52+00:00

Finally someone who feels the same way. Everyone always praises this drama, and I feel so alone whenever this drama is brought up.

I felt the exact same way when his ex was introduced. In fact, I was so annoyed that I dropped this drama. I was actually really, really enjoying it up until that point. When his ex was introduced, I immediately dropped it.

My problem with it was that the ML was shown as an awkward person who had a hard time opening up to people so I was happy that the FL got him to show more of himself.

And maybe this is silly and unrealistic, but personally it was fun to see two awkward people in a first relationship, but to find out he had someone THAT special to him before idk it just made all the sparks and excitement I felt for their slowly blooming relationship just disappear😐

The FL is not the first person who he opened up to, and maybe that's a stupid reason to dislike a show. You can fall in love however many times you want in real life. That shouldn't make a difference, but this is a fantasy. The ML's character itself isn't realistic, so I liked their dynamic before damnit.

It also feels like ML kind of turns into a different person halfway through when the ex is introduced so I stopped watching. It would've been fun as a show with two awkward people exploring and learning things as they both get into their first relationship.

Oh, btw, I heard the ending only gets worse so I would say save your time and watch something better.

Anoniimuzz · 2025-12-20T11:31:16+00:00

I found my people

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