We can see different kinds of love stories in our life. All the dramas may be the same in some aspects yet are called different. One such type of love story is where enemies fall in love with each other.
Enemies becoming lovers is a very prevalent trope in the drama world. It may be a cliche plot, yet we all enjoy watching it. This trope is mainly used in Thai dramas as it is one of the elements that make Thai drama love stories more exciting and fun to watch.
Few dramas of this genre are:
1. F4 Thailand: Boys over Flowers (2021)
Gorya is a girl who belongs to a low-income family. She gets enrolled in a very prestigious school. The school was looked after by an influential group called F4. This group has four members that are rich, handsome, and wealthy. Thyme, the leader of the group, is a very arrogant man and looks down on everyone. Ren is a gentle and kind guy. Kavin is the playboy who likes to flirt with girls yet maintains a clear boundary with them. M.J is also a playboy who likes to flirt with other girls and is heir to a family of gangsters. Gorya tries to lay low in this new school but can't hold back when she sees others getting bullied. She becomes the target of F4 as she keeps fighting with Thyme. She fights with all her might and does not get scared at all. Her indifferent behavior and righteous nature towards Thyme attract him. He starts to fall for her and tries everything to stay with Gorya. But Gorya starts to like Ren. While Ren is still in love with his childhood love Mira. In this chaotic situation, Gorya starts to fall for Thyme as he changes himself for her.
2. Praomook (2021)
Due to superstition, Chalantorn's parents temporarily marry him to Praomook so that all the evil lurking around him could stay away from him. Chalantorn does not like Praomook at all and gets annoyed at her sight. After many years the duo reunites in South Korea. Now Mook works as a DJ and has become more beautiful. Chalantorn is unable to recognize her and starts to flirt with her. Mook knows who he is and tries to maintain his distance. She has deep scars due to her unrequited love because of him. While staying in Korea, Chalantorn gets shot by a gun. This incident makes his parents believe that his bad luck is back. Thus they try to get Mook and him married again. While Mook has been suffering as his father is in a coma and can't wake up, his business is not going well. Thus she agrees to marry Chalantorn because his father helps her to keep her family house safe. Mook marries Chalantorn and tries to make him fall in love with her so that she can get revenge on him. As Chalantorn wants to ignore Mook at any cost, he pretends to be gay and tells others that he is in a relationship with his best friend Rut. As Rut is attracted to Mook and wants to win her over. In between this chaos and their regular fights, they start to fall for each other.
3. Nabi, My Stepdarling (2021)
Pichet is a successful man and has a lot of money. He is married to his wife Waree, and has a son named Kavin. Pichet has a secretary Sirin whom he trusts very much. But in Waree's eyes, she is a mistress. She is a misunderstanding because of her half-sister Weeranat in her head. Weeranat herself loved Pichet and wanted Waree to have doubts about Sirin rather than her. Suddenly one day, Waree is found dead, and Sirin seems to have disappeared. Sirin's sister Nabi starts working in her sister's place. During this time, Kavin also comes back to Thailand. He wanted to know the truth behind his mother's death. Some time back, Kavin had proposed to Nabi, but she rejected him, despite having feelings for him. During this time, Pichet asked Nabi to become Kavin's assistant and help him. When he sees her working for his father, he misunderstands Nabi's intention as he thinks she wants to become his stepmother.
4. My Forever Sunshine (2020)
Paeng is a girl who has everything in life, but after suddenly losing her dad, her life becomes tragic. She had to go to Arthit's house to live. As she wants to stay in Arthit's place, she starts to chase after him. As Paeng tries to approach Arthit, it nearly takes his life. Arthit doesn't like Paeng from the beginning. She was exiled far from his home for years. Suddenly after many years, they come across each other again. Even after four years, Arthit's hate for Paeng has not lessened, and he still hates her. Even though they have not met each other for years, his hate for her has grown. Paeng tries her best to be close to Arthit so that she can fulfill the final promise she gave to Arthit's father.
5. Prophecy Of Love (2020)
After a car accident, Rosita has the ability to see the future when she touches roses. Due to her powers, she became a very famous fortune teller. One day she announces the fate of a renowned actor Theeruth as she sees that he will impregnate a woman and have a secret child. Due to her fortune telling, Theeruth is in big trouble, and he starts to hate her. A few years later, Rosita is invited to a charity event to read the future of five celebrities. Among these five celebrities, she sees Theeruth. Touching Theeruth's rose, Rosita sees him and her hugging and kissing each other in the future. As she did not want to reveal this future that she had seen to everyone, Rosita says that she couldn't see anything. She does not tell any other celebrities' fates as well. After the charity event, she gets attacked by someone. Theeruth becomes Rosita's prime suspect as he is wary of her, but he saves her from a dangerous incident. He asks Rosita to come and live with her as she would be safe with him. After spending time with each other while living in the same house, they solve their misunderstandings and fall for each other.
6. Hua Jai Sila (2019)
Tor is a child born due to his father's affair with his mom. After his mom's death, he had to live with his father's family. He gets tortured by his stepmother and stepbrother. Tor befriends a next-door girl Mingta who also suffered neglect from her mother and sister. One night after being harassed by his stepmother Tor jumps into the river; everyone assumes that he is dead, though he survives. He is looked after by Sila, a prostitute his mother knew. Many years later, Tor starts to avenge his mother and starts to get revenge for the abuse he suffered. He comes across Mingta while taking his revenge. She recognizes Tor at once due to his mother's last keepsake. He denies his identity due to his revenge.
7. So Wayree (2020)
Paramita is an heiress to the real estate company, The Emperor. She is beautiful, talented, and loved by everyone. She was supposed to go overseas to study, but an incident made her miserable. Four years later, she came back with her twin kids, but this incident changed her from the inside. Parin, who caused the incident, was smitten with Paramita even though he didn't know her real identity. He tries to help her in winning against her father's rival. When Parin learns that her father's rival is none other than his father, he finds himself annoyed and tries to compete with Paramita later. Even if they stand on opposite sides, they can't help but fall for each other.
8. Love At First Hate (2018)
A beautiful actress Kluay meets Dr. Pup and mistakes him for a paparazzi. He even tries to explain to her, but she misunderstands him. The following day they are involved in a scandal as they sleep together in the same room. As a couple in the scandal, they receive positive feedback. But they keep getting involved in other scandals and end up marrying each other and living together in a house. As they pretend to be a real couple, they fall for each other in real life.
9. Tra Barb See Chompoo (2018)
Peat is a boy who belongs to a wealthy family. He is very cold to others and has handsome looks as well. He fights with his father almost every day after his mother's death. When Kiew enters his life, it changes drastically. He begins to like her as she is different from other girls. She makes Peat feel better and relieved from his tiring and boring life. But his happiness is not long-lived when he sees Kiew's mother and Kiew at his house. Peat mistakes her mother as his father's mistress and starts to act cold toward them. He starts to hate himself for loving a girl like Kiew. Even after hearing Kiew's explanation, he doesn't listen to a single word. He leaves his family and returns after four years to take everything back from Kiew. After fighting daily with each other, Peat and Kiew fall for each other again.
10. Kleun Cheewit (2017)
Jeerawat is a woman who works very hard and is a very famous model and actress. Her mother remarries a rich man who is lustful and has his eyes set on Jeerawat. One day he attempts to drug Jeerawat, but she manages to escape from there. As she was driving under the influence of drugs, she hit a girl, who died at the hospital later. That girl had a fiance, Sathit, who was a lawyer. He swore to take revenge on her by punishing her by law. Jeerawat's father and mother made sure that this case was closed. As she escapes the clutches of law, Sathit tries to torment Jeerawat by stalking her and making her life miserable. But after some time, he starts to understand Jeerawat. He realizes that she is not an evil and manipulative woman. Instead, she is a very good and kind person. Despite their clashes at the beginning, they start to fall in love with each other at the end.
