The best friend to love plot is often found in everyday works of fiction, be it in the form of drama series, novels, movies, and many more. In addition, similar plots are also quite often found in drama series from the Ginseng country.
Not a few Korean dramas with this theme have successfully made viewers fail to move on after watching them. For those of you who like similar themes, check out the following four Korean dramas with the theme of best friends becoming love on Netflix!
Love Next Door (2024)
Love Next Door is one of the latest Korean dramas in 2024 that presents the theme of best friends becoming love.
Carrying the romantic-comedy genre, Love Next Door tells the story of Choi Seung Hyo (Jung Hae In) and Bae Seok Ryu (Jung So Min) who have known since childhood because their mothers were close friends. As adults, the two are reunited in an unexpected moment.
Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023)
In addition to presenting a best friend to love plot, Welcome to Samdal-ri also has a soothing feel that is suitable to watch for healing. Welcome to Samdal-ri tells the story of Jo Yong Pil (Ji Chang Wook), a weather forecaster in Samdalri, Jeju Island.
Jo Yong Pil himself wanted to become a weather forecaster after his mother died due to a wrong weather forecast, where his mother worked as a female diver.
On the other hand, Jo Yong Pil has a female best friend since childhood named Jo Sam Dal (Shin Hye Sun). Both were born in the same year, even growing up together into adulthood.
However, the two actually separated, especially with Jo Sam Dal who became a successful photographer under the pseudonym Jo Eun Hye in Seoul.
Due to an incident, Jo Sam Dal lost his career as a photographer and decided to return to Samdalri, even though Jo Sam Dal actually didn’t like the place. There, he was reunited by Jo Yong Pil.
Fight for My Way (2017)
Combining elements of romance, comedy, and the best friend to love plot, you will be entertained by watching this Korean drana. Fight for My Way centers on the story of achieving dreams and friendship between Ko Dong Man (Park Seo Joon) and Choi Ae Ra (Kim Ji Won).
The two have known each other since they were in school and are very close, despite their frequent fights and arguments. Behind it all, Ko Dong Man and Choi Ae Ra secretly support each other’s dreams despite the various ‘obstacles’ in the lives they live.
Their friendship developed into a couple. Although it was awkward at first, Choi Ae Ra and Ko Dong Man became lovers who support each other.
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (2016)
Featuring a great chemistry between Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Sung Kyung, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo is a Korean drama with a best friend to love theme that also tells about the struggle of young people to become athletes.
Jung Joon Hyung (Nam Joo Hyuk) and Kim Bok Joo (Lee Sung Kyung) are two young people from different sports and study at the same college. Both also have similar dreams of becoming professional athletes, although secretly harboring difficulties to each other’s secrets.
The relationship between the two who sometimes get along but often argue makes Jung Joon Hyung and Kim Bok Joo become closer to strengthening each other.
Of these Korean dramas, which one are you interested in watching?
