Korean Dramas mainly have stories where the main leads don’t know each other they get to know each other and then fall in love with each other. The stories where the main leads were once childhood friends, but got separated but fate brings them together again. In some Korean Dramas, the main leads are best friends from childhood and realize their feelings for each other. The Childhood friends to lovers’ stories have their spark. The main leads are extremely comfortable around each other and don’t even realize they have feelings for each other. Here are the Top 10 Korean Dramas where the main Leads were Childhood Friends.
1. Fight For My Way
Fight of My Way revolves around the four best friends. Ko Dong Man and Choi Ae Ra. They have been best friends since childhood. They know each other very well. Ko Dong Man is a former taekwondo player but had to give up. Choi Ae Ra works at the information desk of a departmental store. She wants to be an announcer one day. Both chase their dreams and support each other in their difficult times. Choi Ae Ra is a strong, outspoken girl. She is not afraid of anyone. While pursuing their dreams, they realize they are more than just best friends.
2. My First First Love
My First First Love is about Five Young people and their chaotic experiences. Yun Tae O and Han Song have been best friends since elementary school. Yun Tae O always looks out for Han Song I. Yun Tae O always cared for her and had a secret crush on her from childhood. Han Song I fall in love with someone else, and they start experiencing new challenges. After some time, she realizes that what they feel for each other are not just best friends.
3. She Was Pretty
She was pretty is the story of two childhood friends, Yung Ji Sung Joon and Kim Hye Jin. Yung Ji Sung Joon was a poor and unappealing boy. He was constantly bullied. Kim Hye Jin is a beautiful and gentle girl from a wealthy family. But after some years, circumstances change when they meet after many years. Yung Ji Sung Joon has transformed into a handsome, intelligent, and attractive boy. He becomes the youngest deputy chief editor in Korea. Song Joon later becomes her boss and her first love also.
4. Chocolate
Chocolate is the story of a friendship that starts with a chocolate treat. Moon Cha Young accepts the dish an aspiring chef prepares for her. Lee Kang invites her again for a special chocolate treat, but she can’t attend due to her pageant. When they grow up, Lee Kang becomes a neurologist despite being trained as a chef, and Cha Young becomes a chef despite being trained to be an actress. They cross paths once again after being adults. Chocolate is a drama that shows the friendship of two people who became friends for a chocolate treat and have crossed paths after being successful.
5. Come And Hug Me
Come and Hug Me is the story of two childhood friends forced to end their friendship. Han Jae Yi and Chae Do Jin had a very traumatic friendship, which ended in a very tragic accident. After some years, when they grow up, Han Jae Yi becomes an actress, and Chae Do Jin is a detective seeking redemption for his father’s transgressions. Their fate brings them together once again, and they must get past the prejudice, and challenges.
6. Start-Up
Start Up has a different way of showing the childhood friends to lovers plot. The Drama shows how Han Ji Pyeong becomes Seol Dal Mi’s childhood friend and eventually becomes her first love. Han Ji Pyeong used to write letters to Dal Mi under the name of Nam Do San. As they grow up, their fate gets more tangled up. Dal Mi meets Nam Do Son, but he doesn’t know her. He learns that Dal Mi believes that he is her first love.
7. Reply 1997
Reply 1997 is about friendship, family, and love. The drama revolves around a group of five neighborhood friends. Sung Duk Syeon is the only girl in the group of friends. She has a bright and caring attitude. The drama revolves around the mystery of who she marries. Two of her friends look at her in a different light. They secretly like her.
8. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
The Drama is a story of Childhood friends to lovers. Kim Bok Joo is a weightlifter and her father owns a small chicken restaurant. Bok Joo and her friends are not popular among the boys as they are overweight and weightlifters. Jung Joon Hyun is a swimmer, and rose by his uncle and aunt. They meet each other near the swimming pool and Kim Bok Joo accidentally falls in the swimming pool, Jung Joon Hyun saves her and realizes they have seen each other before.
9. Pinocchio
Pinocchio is about a young reporter, Choi In Ha, suffering from Pinocchio syndrome, which makes her hiccup whenever she tells a lie. Ha Myeong lost his parents due to a tragic event in his childhood. In Ha’s grandfather saved his life. He believes that Ha Myeong is his elder son Dal Po who died thirty years ago. In Ha and Ha Myeong is almost the same age but live as a niece and uncle. Later they fall in love with each other.
10. Healer
Healer is about a news reporter Chae Young Shin. She lives with her father, who is a lawyer and owns a coffee shop. Seo Jong Hoo is a night courier known as a healer by his clients. They meet each other and come together to uncover a mystery. After some time, they realize that they have known each other since their childhood.
