The Great Pining

Rowoon pining and writhing is ultimate fan service.

Asian gothic style pining, complete with AMAZING OST. What better way to pine than very cinematically and to lush background music?

Age gap pining. What better pining is there?

Fantastical pining, slow burn romance integrated with very plot twisty turns.

Sizzling and steamy pining. Includes a very tense scene in a rose petal bath with excellent and nuanced multi-layered pining. IYKYK

Historical pining! 

Both leads pining at some point.

Love to see Seo In Guk spearing all the ladies with intensely pining eyes.

All 3 leads, constantly pining.

When you're a tsundere (Lee Jae Wook) and regretfully pine for the person you probably should be nicer to.

Noona age-gap!!!! 

A god pining for you is pretty epic ngl.

Kang Ha Neul has mastered the art of dorky pining.

Coffee Prince but period drama with higher stakes

I love everything about this show, including the pining.

MCs pining from episode 1 all the way to the end. The pining never stops.

Sometimes you can’t tell if it’s deep admiration or ardent pining and that’s what makes it great.

I really just always want to see Lee Jae Wook pining.

My body is always ready for noona age-gap pining 

When pining goes horribly wrong. 

Bromance AND pining ugh excellent. 

When the entire plot of the movie is about pining.

When an immortal being pines for an immortally long time.

Pining for his lead lady before he even knew he was supposed to be pining, my god. ALSO JFC how devastatingly handsome is Cheng Lei, his visuals just a direct punch to the gut

If there is one pining you want to watch and none others, let it be this one. The set up builds to the ultimate pay off in the 3rd arc when pining hits peak levels. Also Zhang Ling He wow love his visuals and overall vibe in this.