The Only One For Me - One Lead Needs the Other

Dramas where one lead needs the other lead to live, to overcome their weakness, or to solve the central conflict in their life. Important here is that it must be the other lead specifically who plays this role for them; no one else will do

1 - "you are my cure" trope; one lead has a fatal weakness (e.g. my kryptonite list) that the other lead naturally cures OR the other lead is the only exception to this weakness.
    1a - common mini-version of this trope: one lead has insomnia that is cured when the other lead is nearby

2 - one lead has a unique power, ability, or identity that the other lead wants to exploit to reach their goals or wants to be around for their own benefit.

3 - "fateful bond" trope - through some pivotal (usually accidental) meeting between the two leads, one becomes dependent on the other. For instance, when a supernatural power is unintentionally transferred from one to the other, or a bond of fate is created between the two. 

4 - both leads are exclusively and mutually dependent on each other for some non-romantic reason

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  • Sm:)e

    1. Sm:)e

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 24 episodes

    1 - ML has a severe aversion to physical contact with anyone except the FL

  • The Girl Who Sees Smells

    2. The Girl Who Sees Smells

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes

    7.0

    1 - FL's kiss cures the ML's illness

  • Your Sensibility My Destiny

    3. Your Sensibility My Destiny

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    1 - ML's sensory perception depends on him touching the FL

  • About Is Love

    4. About Is Love

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 30 episodes

    6.0

    1 - ML has a severe aversion to physical contact with anyone except the FL

  • Love Me in Three Days

    5. Love Me in Three Days

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes

    7.5

    1 - FL's kiss is the antidote to the ML's weird supernatural curse

  • The Only You

    6. The Only You

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 22 episodes

    1 - FL's curse is relieved by touching ML

  • I'm Not a Robot

    7. I'm Not a Robot

    Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes

    5.0

    1 - FL is the only person the ML can stand to be around (because he's scared of people and thinks she's a robot)

  • When Time Stopped

    8. When Time Stopped

    Korean Drama - 2018, 12 episodes

    1 - FL is immune to the ML's time-stopping ability

  • Clean with Passion for Now

    9. Clean with Passion for Now

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    9.5

    1 - (kind of a slowburn but) FL is the only person ML can touch without triggering his mysophobia

  • The Beauty Inside

    10. The Beauty Inside

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    8.5

    1 - ML is the only one who can recognize FL even when she switches into a different body

  • Sweet Sweet

    11. Sweet Sweet

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 22 episodes

    1 - when ML eats ice cream made by the FL, his communication disability is relieved

  • Kuragehime

    12. Kuragehime

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes

    1 iirc - FL has social anxiety but it doesn't act up around the ML

  • Arang and the Magistrate

    13. Arang and the Magistrate

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes

    1 - only the ML can hear/see the FL

  • About Time

    14. About Time

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    1 - ML is the only one who can extend the FL's dwindling lifespan

  • My Unicorn Girl

    15. My Unicorn Girl

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes

    1 - ML has face blindness but can recognize the FL

  • Kakafukaka

    16. Kakafukaka

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes

    4.5

    1 - only the FL can cure the ML's ED (yes, that kind of ED... -_-)

  • Meeting You

    17. Meeting You

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 28 episodes

    9.0

    1 - ML has social anxiety, FL is the only one he's comfortable with

  • My Neighbour Can't Sleep

    18. My Neighbour Can't Sleep

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes

    1a

  • Perfect Marriage Revenge

    19. Perfect Marriage Revenge

    Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes

    9.0

    1a

  • Go Ahead

    20. Go Ahead

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 46 episodes

    10

    1a

  • Once We Get Married

    21. Once We Get Married

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    7.5

    1a

  • Watashi no Tadashi Oniichan

    22. Watashi no Tadashi Oniichan

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 8 episodes

    1a

  • Goblin

    23. Goblin

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    2 - ML needs FL to end his curse because she is his destined bride

  • Something about 1 Percent

    24. Something about 1 Percent

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    9.0

    2 - ML cannot get his inheritance unless the FL specifically agrees to marry him

  • Moon Embracing the Sun

    25. Moon Embracing the Sun

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes

    9.0

    2 - ML needs FL to use as a "human talisman" to ward off bad fortune

  • Lucky Romance

    26. Lucky Romance

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    7.5

    2 - FL thinks that the only way to cure her bad luck curse is by sleeping with the ML

  • Destined with You

    27. Destined with You

    Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

    2 - FL is the only one who can end the ML's curse

  • Scent of Love

    28. Scent of Love

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 14 episodes

    9.0

    2 - FL needs the ML's scent to gain power

  • I’m a Pet at Dali Temple

    29. I’m a Pet at Dali Temple

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 22 episodes

    2 - FL needs to touch ML's necklace to shift into human form

  • Puppet Prince

    30. Puppet Prince

    Chinese Movie - 2019

    2 - FL cures the ML's color blindness (among other things)

  • Walk Into Your Memory

    31. Walk Into Your Memory

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes

    2 - FL has the ability to see other's memories, which the ML needs to solve his amnesia

  • Prince of Lan Ling

    32. Prince of Lan Ling

    Chinese Drama - 2013, 46 episodes

    2 - ML(s) need FL's magic blessing to win a war

  • Supervisor Husband

    33. Supervisor Husband

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes

    7.0

    2 - FL's kiss cures poison, ML gets poisoned a lot

  • Rattan

    34. Rattan

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 30 episodes

    2 - ML helps FL regain her memory

  • The Bride of Habaek

    35. The Bride of Habaek

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

    9.0

    2 - due to an old family curse the FL is bound to help/serve the ML

  • Angel's Last Mission: Love

    36. Angel's Last Mission: Love

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes

    2 - ML needs to help FL find true love in order to return home

  • Tomorrow with You

    37. Tomorrow with You

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

    2 - ML thinks that by marrying the FL, he can prevent a doomed future

  • A Korean Odyssey

    38. A Korean Odyssey

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes

    3 - demon ML is magically bound to help the human FL whenever she needs it

  • Love in Devil

    39. Love in Devil

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 26 episodes

    8.0

    3 - ML is magically bound to feel FL's injury/pain in her place

  • My Roommate Is a Gumiho

    40. My Roommate Is a Gumiho

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    9.0

    3 - human FL swallows the gumiho ML's "bead" which he needs to turn human

  • The Princess and the Werewolf

    41. The Princess and the Werewolf

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes

    9.0

     3 - FL swallows an object that the ML needs to cure himself. he must make her fall in love with him to transfer it back

  • Love Between Fairy and Devil

    42. Love Between Fairy and Devil

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 36 episodes

    9.0

    3 - ML & FL become magically bound so that whenever the FL is in pain, the ML will feel it

  • My Demon

    43. My Demon

    Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

    3 - ML's demon power is accidentally transferred to the FL

  • A Good Day to Be a Dog

    44. A Good Day to Be a Dog

    Korean Drama - 2023, 14 episodes

    3 - FL has to kiss ML to stop turning into a dog after accidentally kissing him once

  • Lovers of the Red Sky

    45. Lovers of the Red Sky

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    3 - FL was blind but acquired the ML's vision

  • Count Your Lucky Stars

    46. Count Your Lucky Stars

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 34 episodes

    3 and 4 - FL takes ML's good fortune and ML receives FL's bad fortune

  • W

    47. W

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    10

    4 - FL has to shock the ML basically to be able to return to her own world. Later on, the ML also needs the FL to come to the real world iirc

  • Love Unexpected

    48. Love Unexpected

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    4 - FL feels ML's pain, ML feels FL's emotions

  • The Master's Sun

    49. The Master's Sun

    Korean Drama - 2013, 17 episodes

    9.0

    4 - FL stops being haunted by ghosts when she touches the ML; ML needs FL's unique ghost-seeing ability to help him banish a ghost

  • Flavour It's Yours

    50. Flavour It's Yours

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 25 episodes

    4 - FL and ML trade their sense of taste when they kiss

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