No love triangle but FL's love interest is SML or a supporting Cast?

ree0 Author

Jan 28, 2025 10:23 am

So i was looking for some dramas, with any genre, could be action, thriller, crime, mystery, horror, romance, slice of life. anything really. But Where FL's love interest is not ML but SML, but there is no love triangle. FL could be ML's sister, family, friend, best friend or simply just an acquaintance or co-workers whose stories revovle together or something but nothing romantic between them and FL and ML have their own different love interests. maybe ML is married and FL has a bf, something like that. and even if ML had a crush on FL, it should last like 2 episodes and he finds his own love interest. sorta thing

I am essentially looking for a non romantic dynamic between FL and ML, but with them having their own love interests. because every "non romance" drama i watch always have this soft subtext that fl and ml are into each other. i genuinely dont want to see those any more. just ml and fl having a dynamic thats important to the story outside of romance with each of them having their own love interests. Please

autumn iris

Jan 28, 2025 04:35 pm

Ryusei no Kizuna FL is 2 MLs' sister. FL intentionally scheme SML to date her. But I don't remember ML has a lover.

Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete FL has a boyfriend who appears in about 2-3 episode. ML has a girlfriend which is vital for the plot. But imo there's a subtle hint FL may see ML as more than just a friend/investigation partner, but not as much as she wants to date him though.

mahiba

Jan 29, 2025 05:35 pm

The Suspicious Housekeeper

Last Friends

Please Come Back, Mister

Tsuma, Shogakusei ni Naru

Arclei

Jan 31, 2025 10:12 pm

Wisher - ML and FL are siblings. FL has a romantic thing with SML and then kinda with TML, ML has no romantic line but maybe a subtly implied one with a supporting character.
Kingdom - ML and FL aren't related but both seriously aren't interested in any romantic pursuits with being too busy trying not die and all. FL is being pursued by a supporting character so it's kinda a love-line? Kind of a stretch?

These are the only two that come to mind but yeah the actual romance is subtle at best. No romance and no subtext is already very difficult to find but where one character IS dating someone else? It's such a struggle xD I am really curious though so I'll defs be keeping an eye on this thread

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Feb 1, 2025 08:37 am

ree0:
I am essentially looking for a non romantic dynamic between FL and ML, but with them having their own love interests.

School 2013 - The FL is a high school teacher with a romantic interest her own age. The male leads are high school students and from what I remember at least one of them has a romantic interest who is their own age, but that romance is a very small part of the story.

ree0 Author

Feb 1, 2025 04:57 pm

Arclei:
Kingdom - ML and FL aren't related but both seriously aren't interested in any romantic pursuits with being too busy trying not die and all. FL is being pursued by a supporting character so it's kinda a love-line? Kind of a stretch?

thissss premise?? and i love zombie apocalypse?? also there a season 2? i know what im doing today

Arclei

Feb 1, 2025 07:09 pm

ree0:
thissss premise?? and i love zombie apocalypse?? also there a season 2? i know what im doing today

Yaayyy! Hope you like it! It was a pretty solid watch tbh ^^ I enjoyed it

Serafim VIP

Feb 4, 2025 12:10 am

Signal (FL likes SML, and vice versa. ML doesnt have a love story)
My Mister (FL had a little crush for ML, but maybe bc ML was the first that treat her as a human being.)
Divorce Attorney Shin (I was hoping that were some romance, but it never came. A healthy relationship.)

ree0 Author

Feb 4, 2025 05:59 pm

Serafim:
Signal (FL likes SML, and vice versa. ML doesnt have a love story)

kim hyesoo and jo jin wong's characters ?
thank you for all the recs

Arclei

Feb 11, 2025 09:49 pm

Namib - FL is married to SML (was checking my PTW list and remembered this one xD)

ree0 Author

Feb 14, 2025 10:34 am

Arclei:
Kingdom - ML and FL aren't related but both seriously aren't interested in any romantic pursuits with being too busy trying not die and all. FL is being pursued by a supporting character so it's kinda a love-line? Kind of a stretch?

do fl and supporting dude end up together in s2 ? im invested now lol