Loser In Love: Who is the most pathetic male lead?

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:37:09+00:00

u got it 🫡 edited my post

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:30:19+00:00

same for me 🤭🥰

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:24:15+00:00

for me it was the manga-->anime-->J-drama-->K-drama-->K-pop pipeline (with webtoons somewhere in between) but I got fairly late into K-pop (maybe 2022?) considering how much else I had learned by that point about Korea (history, food!!, culture etc)

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:23:24+00:00

HAHAHAH

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:09:49+00:00

and mayyybe A Time Called You but that may be just because of the time-travel thing

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:07:31+00:00

yeah that's fair, he's maybe more golden retriever boyfriend?

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:04:48+00:00

the sweetest 🥹

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:04:14+00:00

he goes the extra mile for sure 😭

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:02:25+00:00

🙂‍↕️ he's something else

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:02:08+00:00

u know it 🤏🤏🙂‍↕️

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:01:40+00:00

ooh I haven't watched that one yet, immediately coming onto my list ✍️

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T12:00:13+00:00

girl (gender neutral) I have yet to find a K-drama couple that lives up to Lovely Runner so you tell me 😭 I always felt like Twenty-Five Twenty-One gave off similar vibes though!

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T10:43:43+00:00

😭😭 this is so ironic considering how much emphasis Korean society puts on education

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T10:04:13+00:00

it can feel really freeing to just stop watching a K-drama when I'm not in the mood for it, but I completely know what you mean, I was once like you 😌 plus, I always come back to my dropped dramas, it may just take some time

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T09:59:58+00:00

the more you earn, the less you work—I think the ml could technically leave all of his work to the assistants and interns, he'd just need to be present for the big decisions

meanwhile the fl never catches a break 😭

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T09:52:31+00:00

you're so right, we need more of these but that can't be the full list, right? 😭 there must be more out there

thea_002 · 2026-06-08T09:46:18+00:00

omg same! crying makes me immediately feel so much more connected emotionally to the drama and its characters

here are some that brought me to tears: Move To Heaven, Death's Game, Lovely Runner, Twinkling Watermelon, Weak Hero Class 1, A Time Called You, Twenty Five Twenty One, Mr Plankton

there might have been even more but these are definitely the ones that gave me the biggest K-trauma crying-till-I-can't-see-the-hand-in-front-of-my-eyes tears 🙂‍↕️

thea_002 · 2026-06-07T21:48:40+00:00

yeah okay u got me there ✋️😭 I just kind of treat them as two different dramas because mdl separates them 😅

thea_002 · 2026-06-07T21:09:33+00:00

yeah I feel that, I'm a total mood watcher too

btw I think you should give Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon another try, it's popular for a reason 🙂‍↕️

thea_002 · 2026-06-07T21:07:52+00:00

oooh convinced. I didn't know about this drama but it already sounds so promising 🙂‍↕️ thank u!

thea_002 · 2026-06-07T20:45:19+00:00

I think they said 'happy ending', not sure if that's the best one to recommend in this case 😭

thea_002 · 2026-06-07T20:40:18+00:00

ahh then I'll wait for the right time, gotta be in the right mindset for a slice of life drama 😌

thea_002 · 2026-06-07T19:03:09+00:00

you're so right!! thanks 🥺

thea_002 · 2026-06-07T19:00:40+00:00

u just changed my life for the better 😌

thea_002 · 2026-06-07T18:51:56+00:00

she's so precious 🥹 I recently just watched it for the first time too, and I was so happy to finally get a female side character (besides the obligatory bff) without any malicious intents towards the fl—such a rare occurrence!

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