Kdramas would be better as a whole if romance was removed entirely.
Agreed on that being a bad take. Romance shouldn't be removed but rather shorten from your standard 12 to 16 episodes to about 8 to 10 bc too much fluff and filler is kills the whole flow of a drama and I've seen many that suffered from this. If a 2 hour romance movie and tell the whole story while conveying all the emotional beats then I don't see why a short drama can't do the same.
BME = Bad-Memory Eraser
QW = Queen Woo
P2 = Pachinko Season 2
PF = Perfect Family
And we all know that LND = Love Next Door