
Hee-Jin:
The amount of times I rewatched this drama.
I literally love every single part of it.
Personally for me, i love characters where the male lead is type of bad, not bad as evil murderer but a baddie
and the female lead should be good or even the other way around.
So do you have recommodations for me? (either k or c dramas)
This thread is a bit old but I've been stuck on L&P (rewatching for the 3rd time in a row now LMAO) and I would like to recommend a Kdrama that gives me L&P vibes, maybe you haven't watched it yet: The Smile Has Left Your Eyes. It's actually my favorite kdrama and it makes sense that L&P is now my favorite cdrama.
TSHLYE has no happy ending tho, I feel like I have to give this warning as the ending is quite heartbreaking and it'd be unfair to not warn you. But for me, I loved it still because of the realness, the rawness and the beautiful love story and natural chemistry the actors showed. Similar to L&P, the ML in TSHLYE is a genius who has a self destructive, complex and flawed personality and the FL family is also extremely against her relationship with him. The love story also starts of as enemies and turns into ride or die-type of love. The ML also has a tragic past and difficult childhood and also gets involved with the police. And FL is also a ball of sunshine but very resilient. Also both dramas have a deeper message, but L&P is more about startups & betrayal, whereas TSHLYE is about abandoned children and how society treats them and the hipocrisy of it all. It's actually the only kdrama so far that I've rewatched a few times. The actors are amazing and very natural, and just like L&P they seem REAL, the way they hug and touch each other seems super natural and sweet.
Also some other kdramas I liked that you might also enjoy:
Come and Hug Me - the ML has a tragic past that makes it difficult for him to be with FL but she doesn't give up on him
Love All Play - this was angsty and the ML is a sunshine type instead, but I loved their love story and the FL is flawed but I liked her