Oh! Boarding House

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If you enjoyed Oh! Boarding House, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Unintentional Love Story

   2023 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   It started with an ulterior motive, but falling in love is not part of the plan! The heartwarming romance between two men who fall in love and regain trust in a relationship that started with a lie. In the second year of employment, Ji Won-Young, an employee of the general affairs department of the Tae Pyeong Group, is implicated in the shady dealings of his immediate superior and is dismissed from his position. In order to escape from the complicated reality, Won-Young goes on a trip to Gangneung. After breaking a tableware that was treasured by the owner of the hotel where he was staying, he went to a tableware store to buy a replacement. He even changed his name to Cha Joo Hyun. Tae-Joon who lives as the owner of a small tableware store called Moon Pot in Gangneung Youth Mall, suddenly disappeared two years ago. When Won-Young learns that the chairman of the Pacific Group wants to sign an exclusive contract with Tae-Joon, he starts to approach Tae Joon in order to get his job back. But the more time they spend together, the more Won-Young is attracted to Tae-Joon, and Tae-Joon also grows fond of the cheerful and gentle Yuan-Ying...

2. Our Dating Sim

   2023 · Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, also on Heavenly.

   Lee Wan and Shin Ki Tae are best friends. At school, they are almost inseparable and are always to be found hanging out together outside the classroom. Lee Wan is also attracted to Shin Ki Tae, and wants to start a romantic relationship with him. One day, Lee Wan confesses his feelings to his friend, who is stunned by this. The duo parts on unhappy terms.Now, seven years later, the two young men are trying to navigate the job market – with varying degrees of success. Shin Ki Tae has become a middle manager at a team leader at a startup gaming company. He has built up a reputation as a programming ace. Lee Wan, meanwhile, has become a keen illustrator. When Shin Ki Tae's company posts a job ad for an illustrator for a new dating-themed game, Lee Wan comes to the interview. Could romance spark for these two the second time around?

3. Love Mate

   2023 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem, also on Heavenly.

   An office push-and-pull romance between a tough iron-clad man who doesn't believe in love and a straight-forward man who is sincere in love. It depicts the story of team leader Seo I-joon and new employee Jeong Ha-ram, who are entangled in their first meeting, falling for each other and learning about true love.

4. To My Star

   2021 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8).

   Actor Kang Seo Joon was once one of South Korea's biggest and most popular stars, but his career is now in decline.But despite his fall in popularity, he believes he has had a change of fortune when he meets and falls for a dashing young chef named Han Ji Woo.Despite having wildly different personalities, the two begin on a relationship. But their love comes under threat when the more conservative Han Ji Woo and the free-spirited Kang Seo Joon realize that their outlook on life, love, and everything else appears irrevocably different.

5. The New Employee

   2022 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   After spending his 20s getting over a crush, Seunghyun vowed to never give his heart to someone in the same field again. Enter Jongchan, Seung Hyun's tough new boss with a surprising soft side. Will Seung Hyun's first job and first relationship be a success?

6. Fish Upon the Sky

   2021 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   A nerdy second-year dental student Pi falls in love with a kind-hearted fellow second-year Muang Nan from the Faculty of Allied Health Science; but he's too scared to confess. Muang Nan is like a "fish upon the sky", way too out of reach for someone as boring as him. That's why Pi asks his big brother Duean for some advice. After going through a major makeover with the help of his brother, the now cooler-than-ever Pi plucks up enough courage to approach Muang Nan. But a new problem arises when Mork, the hottest medical student, appears out of nowhere and seems to be aiming for Muang Nan, too. Discouraged and very much afraid, Pi once again turns to his big brother for help. But this time, Duean is caught up in a mess of his own when he can't shake an annoying freshman medical student Meen off his side. And so Pi must face this battle alone to win Muang Nan's love. But as the rivalry goes on, why does it feel as if Mork is hitting on him instead? Pi plunges into full confusion as his feelings for Mork start to change. What should he do with this feeling and will he ever dare to confess?

7. Cherry Magic!

   2020 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8).

   It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male coworker's affections! Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, discovers he has the magical power to read the minds of people he touches. Unfortunately, the ability just makes him miserable since he doesn't know how to use it well! And to make matters worse, when he accidentally reads the mind of his very competent, handsome colleague, Adachi discovers the guy has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself! Things are about to get VERY awkward!

8. EXO Next Door

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Ji Yun Hee is a 20-something year old girl, who hasn't yet dated because she blushes terribly and is completely paralysed when she's near a good looking boy. One day, four members of EXO are trying to keep a low profile, and move into the house of one of the member's grandfather. However, it turns out that EXO members' house is right in front of Yun Hee's house.

9. 20th Century Boy and Girl

   2017 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   The heartwarming romantic comedy is about the friendship and love lives of three single virgins born in 1983. Their romantic lives begin when the boy they liked in their youth shows up one day. They live in Oksu-dong in rundown apartments, and the warm human drama will be about neighborly affection, and the meaning of home, family, and friendship.

10. Answer Me 1997

    2012 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

    This drama will focus on the extreme fan culture that emerged in the 1990s when idol groups took center stage and K-pop was blossoming.It tells the story of 6 former high school friends from a school in Busan who meet again in 2012 and brings back memories to 1997 when they were still high school students. Moving back and forth between the '90s and today, the story centers on the life of Sung Shi Won, who idolizes boyband H.O.T., and her 5 high school friends.