Korean dramas are a significant guilty pleasure for many people due to their fluttery plots. Here are several K-dramas where the popular boy falls in love with the unpopular girl that you will undoubtedly enjoy.
The Hallyu tsunami is slowly sweeping the globe, whether through popular music, dancing performances, or material. Korean dramas have caught the hearts of their viewers and converted them into professional binge watchers over the years, and why not? They offer unparalleled genre variety, including thrillers, romances, horror, mysteries, and more.
Choosing a drama to watch might be difficult due to the abundance of possibilities. We’re here to help with that by recommending dramas in which the popular male lead falls for the not-so-popular female lead. Don’t we all wish for such a love story?
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1. Tempted
This 2018 drama was a huge success due to its intricate relationship dynamics between its key stars. The plot follows the lives of a millionaire heir, ‘Woo Do-hwan,’ who bets with his buddies that he will woo and make a college girl, ‘Eun Tae-hee,’ fall in love with him. It stars Woo Do-Hwan, Mun Ga Young, and Joy in the key characters. When the truth is revealed and the situation becomes out of control, the story becomes even more intriguing.
2. Love Alarm
The drama broke many hearts because the heroine ended up with the second lead rather than the popular male. A prominent school heartthrob, ‘Hwang Sun-oh,’ falls in love with a not-so-popular, ‘Kim Jo-jo,’ in the drama. However, another student, ‘Lee Hye-yeong,’ who is ‘Hwang Sun-oh’s best friend, falls for ‘Kim Jo-jo’ as well. A love application regulates and detects everyone’s feelings in this drama, but ‘Kim Jo-jo’ tries to break the loop and establish her own love life.
3. Boys Over Flowers
Boys Over Flowers is a well-known drama based on the Japanese manga of the same name. The plot recounts the life of ‘Geum Jan-di,’ who comes from a poor household. She receives a scholarship to attend the top school for the upper crust. There, she meets a group of four wealthy and attractive students. She is initially at odds with them, but they eventually become allies. Soon, ‘Gu Jun-Pyo’ and ‘Geum Jan-di’ fall in love. However, the couple must overcome numerous obstacles before reaching their happy ending.
4. The Heirs
Lee Min Ho, a Korean superstar, plays the lead role alongside Park Shin Hye in the famous drama. Kim Tan (Lee Min-ho) is the heir to a wealthy Korean company who falls in love with his housemaid’s daughter, ‘Cha Eun-sang’. When another conglomerate heir, ‘Choi Young-do,’ falls for ‘Cha Eun,’ the plot develops. The Heirs is a typical Cinderella tale with high school drama thrown in.
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5. Uncontrollably Fond
When discussing a popular boy falling for an unpopular girl, how can one overlook a superstar-common girl love story? ‘Shin Joon Young’ and ‘Noh Eul’ are star-crossed childhood lovers who rekindle their romance in their late twenties. This time, ‘Shin Joon’ is a well-known actor, while ‘Noh Eul’ is a struggling camerawoman. Despite their differences, the couple falls in love, but fate has other plans for them when ‘Shin Joon’ is diagnosed with cancer.
6. Shooting Stars
This is the story of popular actor ‘Gong Tae Sung’ and his publicist ‘Oh Han Byul’. The two can’t abide each other’s presence but are strangely attracted to each other and become envious anytime someone else approaches the imagined enemy. The story then flashes back to their undergraduate days, indicating that they have been in love ever since. Their previous problems and fanatical admirers, however, stand in the way of their happily ever after.
7. True Beauty
True Beauty depicts the life of ‘Lim Ju-Kyung,’ a high school student who is self-conscious about her appearance because she was bullied for it at her previous school. As ‘Lim Ju Kyung’ transfers to a new school, she learns the technique of cosmetics and utilizes it to cover her true face every day. She gradually obtains popularity at her new school and even befriends the campus heartthrobs ‘Lee Su-ho’ and ‘Han Seo-jun’. They both fall in love with her ultimately.
8. Nevertheless
Nonetheless, it is the most sensual watch of 2022 and a game changer in K-dramas. The plot revolves around ‘Park Jae-eon’ and ‘Yoo Na-bi,’ two college students who have opposing views on love. After been betrayed by her ex, ‘Na-bi’ has a terrible impression of love. Because of his commitment concerns, ‘Jae-eon’ is a lovely individual who loves flings and no-strings-attached relationships. ‘Jae-eon’s casual charisma makes him the most desired man on school, but the heartthrob is enamored with ‘Na-bi’s charm.
These Korean dramas will undoubtedly brighten your spirits and transfer you to another world. Tell us which of these K-dramas you’ve seen.
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