The Time We Were Not in Love

Friends who live across from each other realizing that they mean more to each other than they thought

Nagao Kanji works for an advertising agency in his hometown of Ehime Prefecture. He is assigned to the Tokyo sales department where his colleague Akana Rika takes care of his work. One day, Kanji is invited to drinks by Mikami Kenichi, a former classmate from his hometown who is now in Tokyo, and he is also reunited with Sekiguchi Satomi who has feelings for him. However, Rika ends up joining them when she delivers Kanji’s wallet which he had left in office. On the way back, Rika tells him, “Kanchi, shall we kiss?” and he is rattled. There have been rumours in office that Rika is in a relationship with their boss Waga Natsuki.

The overly used drama or movie trope but still manages to capture our hearts:

"Bestfriends turning into lovers"

Will get you frustrated sometimes on why they have to deny their feelings for so long, but then again, you will understand that, they do not want to ruin the special friendship that they have. But will finally realize that it is worth to cross the line and go on and follow their hearts. In the end, love wins for everyone.

I think that 20th Century Boy and Girl has the same over all feeling/vibe that The Time We Were Not in Love has. They both have similar themes of a romance between two childhood friends that isn't realized until their 30's. Both are quite light hearted.

Childhood friends-to lovers with the ml falling first for the fl. Bickering, misunderstandings and living close to each other tropes.

The Time We Were Not In Love, is a Korean remake of the famous Taiwanese drama "In Time with You", so naturally, all three of them: She's The One, The Time We Were Not In Love and In Time With You have all the same "Bestfriends turned lovers" theme...

Onuma Mihono works at a travel agency. After breaking up with her boyfriend of six years, someone she had been thinking about marriage with, she realizes she is already 30.

Then, a man transfers into Mihono’s company. It is Ureshino Eisei, the “accomplice” with whom, despite both of them having lovers at the time, she had a physical relationship 10 years ago. Mihono is shaken when Eisei speaks to her with a cool expression, but she resolves to treat him normally. However, when they are alone together, Eisei whispers in the same sweet voice as back then.

“Don’t you feel like we’re destined?”

The pleasure and desire that revive with their reunion. And yet, even after 10 years, she still cannot grasp his true feelings. Am I the one he truly loves? Or am I just for fun? Even as adults, unable to break free, she sinks deeper into a secret relationship.

Childhood friends Sakura, Mita, Suzu, and Mino are now twenty-five years old. Although each has gone down a different path in life, they remain bound by the same unwavering friendship. However, when Suzu and Mino announce that they are getting married, cracks gradually begin to form in the relationship among the four.

As years of accumulated lies and secrets come to light one after another, their friendship is torn apart and their love becomes increasingly twisted.

Both main leads are long-time friends, however in OMHE they lost in touch but reunited in the end. Both great rom-com, handsome strong male lead yet very charming and lovable. Female lead is strong yet damsel-in-distress like.

Two people who know each other and fall for each other but have to go through numerous trials to work out that they are indeed meant for each other.

Both of the drama share the same plot, leads start as friends until one of them starting to develop feelings. The only difference are the personalities of the characters in each drama as well as their age as it plays a major factor to the time we were not love drama.

Choi Won is "the perfect guy" - good-looking, tall and fit with an amicable personality. Although he is very popular with women, he can't have a proper relationship because of his friend, Oh Ha Na. A romantic comedy about a man and a woman who have been best friends for 20 years (7000 days). They turn 34 and make a pact to be married before 35, and race each other to the altar while “helping” weed out potential suitors. They find that they're constantly dissatisfied with each other’s boyfriends and girlfriends, because they've really been in love all this time.

It remind me of this drama with similar story line of group of adults who got friends opposite sex & they all try overcome obstacles & hardship in their friendship. Starring famous Japanese actor & actresses.

Both deal about childhood friends that love each other. In both dramas Lee Jin Hook plays the male lead, the pair is 30+, lives next to each other and tries to solve their problems with their feelings and the extra guys/girls of their friend.
Main difference: I need Romance 2 the pair already dated.

Best friends, that grow up together realize as an adult that they mean more to one another. In both dramas the male lead realizes his feelings first and the female lead slowly realizes them too. Cute dramas about a similar topic.