5 Slow Burn K-Dramas For Those Who Don't Enjoy The Rush
True love cannot be hurried.
There are many different kinds of love, just as there are many different people with many different personalities and circumstances in which they fall for one another. Fortunately for romance lovers around the world, this means that the scenarios for beautiful love stories are endless.
And the Korean television industry is glad to explore them all.
If you believe that love at first sight is just a pretty concept, but in reality all deep feelings need a build-up, here are 5 K-dramas with great slow-burn romance to check out.
When the Weather is Fine (2020)
This is a classic story of a character trying to leave all the troubles of the past behind in the big city and making an escape back to the town where she went to school. This time it's Hae-won who has found herself on the run and her former classmate Eun-seob who will help her heal and find a new place for love in her frozen heart.
Our Beloved Summer (2021)
Not all relationships end on a good note, but some of them can still be fixed with just enough willpower and dedication. This is proven by Our Beloved Summer, the story of Choi Ung and Yeon-soo, two very different former high school sweethearts who reconcile while filming a documentary.
Doona! (2023)
This K-drama not only brings the quality level of longing and desire, but also the celebrity cast and crew. Lee Jung-hyo, previously known to audiences as the director of another hit, Crash Landing on You, and Bae Suzy as the female lead, Lee Doo-na, elevate the dramatic story and take it to a whole new level.
Call It Love (2023)
Nothing hurts more than longing for someone you can't be with, because nothing tastes better than forbidden fruit. Woo-joo, whose whole life was destroyed by her father's mistress after his death, has to decide between a life of revenge or a life of love, which she could live with the mistress' son Han Dong-jin.
My Mister (2018)
Sometimes it's impossible to predict who your soulmate will be. Sometimes, two people who seem to have nothing in common except a shared hatred for their own lives end up being the closest to each other. Successful boss Dong-hoon and his employee Ji-an learn this through experience.