Recommendations

While the Korean version stole my heart, the original Japanese version of Little forest was also a great watch. It keeps the peaceful feeling of the Korean version but with more time to flesh out the characters and the story. It is also interesting to see how the recipes differ.

If you love Kim Tae Ri then this is a great follow up series. She plays a youthful main character in both of these titles and embodies her characters so well!

A similar fantasy filled story line with some dark elements. I watched both around the same time and though thought they both told a good story with some similar magical elements.

A love story between a young FL teacher & ML student in junior high school. So many obstacles & troubles for them to be together. 1 of my favorite school romance drama & OST also good. Okada Kenshi soooo adorable. Worth watching drama & must rewatch again. Based on manga/comic book.

A dark romance with twisted complicated love story between FL a high school teeacher & ML a high school student. So many obstacles & troubles along the way for them to be together. Takizawa Hideaki in his teens soooo adorable. A must watch romance drama sad but touching love story.

A romantic love story between an older FL teacher & ML a high school student in a cram school. FukaKyon & Ryusei soooo adorable in this drama. A must watch school love story drama. Based on manga/comic book.

A romantic comedy love story between ML Korean language teacher & FL a tour guide in a travel agent. They met by coincidence. Sasaki Nozomi soooo adorable & didn't change much since last time I saw her movie Tenshi no Koi/My Rainy Days.

A dark romance with twisted complicated love story between ML a high school teeacher & FL a high school student. So many obstacles & troubles along the way for them to be together. Fujiki Naohito in his late 20s soooo adorable. A must watch romance drama. This is the remake of 93 drama with the same title.

A love story between ML a high school teacher & FL a high school student. Ikuta Toma was adorable as a teacher. I watched this movie & happy they were together until married.

-Complicated family tree
-Absolutely vicious revenge plans
-Mothers/MIL have relationships with their child's love interest

If you're like me and love morally-ambiguous messy dramas, either of these will do it for you

A romantic couples love story between Taiwanese man, Korean man & Chinese woman in different stories. Lee Hyun Jae soooo adorable! A must watch intercountry romantic movie. Simple yet adorable.

A romantic comedy love story between Taiwanese man, Korean man & Chinese woman. Ming Ren & Lee Hyun Jae soooo adorable! A must watch intercountry romance movie. Simple yet adorable.

Action, martial arts & university love story between Korean woman & Taiwanese man set in Hong Kong Chinese University. How they met so cute. Vanness Wu soooo adorable! A must watch intercountry romance movie. Simple yet adorable.

Training singer, actor & actress love story between Korean woman & Chinese man. Krystal soooo adorable! A must watch intercountry romance movie. Simple yet adorable.

Historical love story between Korean man & woman set in a period chinese drama. A must watch intercountry romance drama. Interesting to watch cross culture romance & history drama.