
Both are melos with strong makjang elements and similar heartwarming vibes where the FL loses everything after being rich and is now living as a poor but upbeat energetic person not realizing how much her step family from her previous life ruined her life. In both there is a very similar love quadrant where FL is having this non official relationship with the SML who helped her throughout all the hardship and keeps being her doormat while waiting for her to be ready fo him while FL is falling in love with ML who is involved kind of by default and indifferently with the woman who brought FLs demise and now lives with this dark cloud over her head desperately and unsuccessfuly trying to keep ML from going to FL...

My favorite thing about both shows is not simply the Candy FL, but rather the slow realization from the ML that all of his thoughts about the FL are biased and wrong.
If you loved all the scenes with Lee Seung Gi feeling guilty, then try this one too.
In the same vein, I also recommend Thirty But Seventeen and I second someone else's recommendation for Stars Falling from the Sky
If you loved all the scenes with Lee Seung Gi feeling guilty, then try this one too.
In the same vein, I also recommend Thirty But Seventeen and I second someone else's recommendation for Stars Falling from the Sky


If you like plots where the family is vying for an inheritance, you would love Shining Inheritance. Shining Inheritance has a similar pacing to HK dramas (usually Korean dramas are paced slower especially pre 2015 ones but Shining Inheritance is an exception). Both of these dramas are top tier dramas that focus on family, inheritance, and romance.