Don’t Miss these 11 Romantic Comedy Dramas of 2022
What better way to relax over the weekend than to binge-watch a good romantic comedy-drama that leaves you feeling happy, lighthearted, and optimistic? Here are 11 Romantic Comedy Dramas of 2022 that are popular and underrated. It is perfect to watch on a slow weekend when you just want to order in, relax, watch tv and do nothing.
11 Romantic Comedy Dramas of 2022
- Business Proposal
- Crazy Love
- Forecasting Love and Weather
- Our Beloved Summer
- Kiss Sixth Sense
- Café Minamdang
- Once Upon a Small Town
- Season of Blossom
- Semantic Error
- Shooting Stars
- Woori the Virgin
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01. Business Proposal
| Title | Business Proposal |
| Male Lead | Ahn Hyo-seop as Kang Tae-moo |
| Female Lead | Kim Se-Jeong as Shin Ha-ri |
| Writer | Han Seol-hee, Hong Bo-hee |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Release | February 28 to April 5, 2022 |
| Genre | Romantic Comedy |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Business Proposal is one of the romantic comedy dramas of 2022 in an office setting where the two main leads accidentally meet on a blind date. The main lead, Shin Ha-ri, played by Kim Se-Jeong, works at Go Foods in the Product Development division. She agrees with her chaebol friend, Jin Young-seo played by Seol In-ah, to go on a blind date that her father has set up for her. Because Young-seo pleads and bribes Ha-ri to pretend to be her, she agrees to go.
Meanwhile, the male lead, Kang Tae-moo played by Ahn Hyo-seop, the grandson of the owner and CEO of Go Foods, is being badgered by his grandfather to go on blind dates to look for a suitable wife. To pacify his grandfather’s wish, he agrees to go on yet another blind date. He cooks up a plan to marry whoever it is just so his grandfather will get off his case.
When the two meet, it is the start of a relationship. What started out of convenience quickly develops into a beautiful friendship built on mutual partnership, attraction, and love.
02. Crazy Love
| Title | Crazy Love |
| Male Lead | Kim Jae-Wook as Noh Go-jin |
| Female Lead | Krystal Jung as Lee Shin-ah |
| Writer | Kim Bo-gyeom |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Release | March 7 to April 26, 2022 |
| Genre | Romantic Comedy |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Noh Go-jin played by Kim Jae-Wook is a math genius who rose from rags to riches because of his talent in the field. He set up South Korea’s top math institute called GOTOP together with his friend, Oh Se-gi played by Ha Jun, who he considers his brother. Lee Shin-ah, played by Krystal Jung is an aspiring instructor in the field who works for GOTOP as Noh Go-jin’s secretary.
Go-jin is an eccentric who is very exacting and hard to work with. Shin-ah is timid but is determined to become a sought-after instructor of math at South Korea’s top institute. She works conscientiously for her difficult boss surprising people around her with her determination.
Tough competition within the industry, coupled with the wrath of employees he fired, along with his reputation makes Go-jin a target of harassment and death threats. He gets into an accident and finds the perfect excuse to investigate who is behind all the incidents that have been happening around him. With the help of Shin-ah, Go-jin slowly unravels the mystery of who wants to have him killed.
03. Forecasting Love and Weather
| Title | Forecasting Love and Weather |
| Male Lead | Song Kang as Lee Shi-woo |
| Female Lead | Park Min-young as Jin Ha-kyung |
| Writer | Seon Yeong |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Release | February 12 to April 3, 2022 |
| Genre | Romantic Comedy |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Forecasting Love and Weather is a romantic comedy-drama that focuses on the romance between Jin Ha-Kyung as portrayed by Park Min-Young and Lee Shi-Woo as portrayed by Song Kang. The leads both works at the KMA or the Korea Meteorological Administration, the national meteorological service of South Korea. The KMA is responsible for forecasting and reporting the weather.
Jin Ha-Kyung is a thirty-five-year-old lady who works as a general forecaster of Division 2 in KMA. She lives with her widowed mother and divorced older sister who worries a lot about her being a workaholic. Ha-Kyung is engaged to be wed to her long-time boyfriend of ten years Han Ki-Jun. They met and fell in love at university.
Lee Shi-Woo is in charge of the Special Reporting Division of the KMA Seoul Metropolitan Office of Meteorology. He is deeply involved in the nuances of his job. His astute readings of key weather indicators and fearless forecasts have gained him enough credibility with his superiors and has secured a position at the KMA head office.
Forecasting Love and Weather is one of the romantic comedy dramas of 2022 that tells the story of how two intertwined relationships can get messy within the workplace. What starts out as a support system and a friendship can give way to an intimacy that could lead to lasting love.
04. Our Beloved Summer
| Title | Our Beloved Summer |
| Male Lead | Choi Woo-Shik as Choi Ung |
| Female Lead | Kim Da-mi as Kook Yeon-soo |
| Writer | Lee Na-eun |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Release | December 6, 2021, to January 25, 2022 |
| Genre | Romantic comedy, Coming-of-age |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Our Beloved Summer is a coming-of-age romantic comedy. It tells the story of high school students and classmates Choi Ung played by Choi Woo-Shik and Kook Yeon-seo played by Kim Da-mi. Ung is a happy-go-lucky son of a restaurant owner who finds solace in drawing architecture. Yeon-seo is a serious top student who lives alone with her grandmother and only dreams to be able to live a comfortable life.
Ung and Yeon-seo are cast in a reality show where the top student spends time with the lowest ranked student which happens to be the two. Through the show, they become close and become high school sweethearts. Without any warning or explanation, Yeon-seo breaks up with Ung.
Fast forward to ten years later, Ung is a renowned illustrator under the pen name Go-oh, while Yeon-seo is a manager at her company when clips of their reality show suddenly became viral. Once again, they are given the opportunity to star in a sequel to their reality show when they were just high school students. They meet as adults both with unresolved issues and rediscover themselves through a more mature perspective. My Beloved Summer is one of the must-watch romantic comedy dramas of 2022.
05. Kiss Sixth Sense
| Title | Kiss Sixth Sense |
| Male Lead | Yoon Kye-sang as Cha Min-hoo, Kim Ji-seok as Lee Pil-yo |
| Female Lead | Seo Ji-Hye as Hong Ye-sool |
| Writer | Jeon Yu-ri |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Release | May 25 to June 29, 2022 |
| Genre | Romantic Fantasy, Romantic Comedy |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Kiss Sixth Sense is an office romantic comedy fantasy where the lead has the supernatural ability to see into the future of anyone her lips touch. It is based on a popular webtoon written by Gatnyeo.
Seo Ji-Hye plays the part of the female lead, Hong Ye-sool. She is a hardworking top executive of Planning Team 1 at a company called Zeu Ad. On her way to becoming a project manager Ye-sool has had a special ability since she was a child. She is able to see a person’s future when her lips touch someone else’s.
One day, she accidentally kisses her team’s insufferable boss and she sees herself in bed with him in the future. She gets confused with the vision. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend Lee Pil-yo played by Kim Ji-Seok suddenly shows up at work to be part of a new project. He seemingly wants to get back together and offers to go on three dates with Ye-sool.
06. Café Minamdang
| Title | Café Minamdang |
| Male Lead | Seo In-guk as Nam Han-Joon |
| Female Lead | Oh Yeon-seo as Han Jae-hui |
| Writer | Park Hye-jin |
| Episodes | 18 |
| Release | June 27 to August 23, 2022 |
| Genre | Mystery, Comedy, Romance |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Nam Han-Joon played by Seo In-guk used to work as a criminal profiler but is now a con man who scams people for money. He has disguised himself as a fortune teller and set up a shop called Minamdang. Being a handsome smooth talker helps him attract clients looking for answers through superficial readings.
While cheating his customers of money, he helps them resolve their issues making it look like he is actually helping them. Han-Joon runs his fortune-telling cafe with the help of his friend and sister. Kong Su Cheol played by Kwak Si-yang played by Kang Mi-Na, owns a private detective agency and Nam Hye-Joon, Han-Joon’s younger sister, is an elite hacker.
Meanwhile, Han Jae-hui played by Oh Yeon-seo is a private detective who tries to follow a righteous path. She has been a detective for three years and is serious and very enthusiastic about her job. Han-Joon and Jae-hui somehow cross paths and their lives become entangled.
07. Once Upon a Small Town
| Title | Once Upon a Small Town |
| Male Lead | Choo Young-woo as Han Ji-yul |
| Female Lead | Park Soo-young as Ahn Ja-young |
| Writer | Baek Eun-kyeong |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Release | 5 September 2022 to 28 September 2022 |
| Genre | Romantic Comedy |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Once Upon a Small Town is a romantic comedy-drama set in a rural area outside called Heedong Village. The male lead Han Ji-Yul played by Choo Young-woo is a veterinarian working in Seoul. His family is from Heedong and his grandfather runs a veterinary clinic in the small town. One day, Ji-Yul gets a call from his grandfather asking him to go home to the small village. From the call, his grandfather sounded very serious so he immediately went to see what the problem is. Upon arriving he discovers that his grandfather had tricked him into coming so he can run their veterinary clinic for six months while he is touring Europe.
Ji-Yul was left with no choice but to do what his grandfather has asked of him all the while thinking in the back of his head that he wanted to escape to Seoul as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Ahn Ja-young played by Park Soo-young is a police officer who helps people in the village. She is always the first to arrive whenever somebody needs help. Ja-Young meets Ji-Yul and helps him solve any inconvenience he encounters while running his grandfather’s animal clinic. The two develop feelings for each other and begin a romantic relationship.
08. Season of Blossom
| Title | Season of Blossom |
| Male Lead | Seo Ji-Hoon as Lee Ha-Min; Kim Min-Kyu as Lee Jae-Min; Yoon Hyun-Soo as Choi Jin-Young |
| Female Lead | So Ju-Yeon as Han So-Mang; Kang Hye-Won as Yoon Bo-Mi; Oh Yu-Jin as Kang Sun-Hee |
| Writer | Kim Na Neui, Park Yoon Sung |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Release | 21 September 2022 to 2 November 2022 |
| Genre | Comedy, Romance, Youth, Drama |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Season of Blossom is a romantic comedy teen drama that tells the story of love and friendship among five high school friends. It is originally a 2020 webtoon comic drama from Naver with the title Chungchun Blossom written by Hong Deok & illustrated by Nemone.
Lee Ha-Min and Han So-Mang are an unlikely pair of high school friends at Seoyeon High School. Ha-Min appears to have a bright happy personality but unknown to many he has a dark side within him. So-Mang is a timid girl but also has a warm-hearted personality. They become friends unknown to other students in their school. While they were in high school, an incident leads to Ha-Min’s death and leaves So-Mang blaming herself for what happened.
Fast forward to the present day six years later, So-Mang is a trainee teacher at her old high school, she meets Lee Jae-Min played by Kim Min-Kyu, the younger brother of Ha-min. He wants to know the real reason behind his brother’s death.
09. Semantic Error
| Title | Semantic Error |
| Main Lead | Park Seo-ham as Jang Jae-young |
| Main Lead | Park Jae-chan as Chu Sang-woo |
| Writer | Jeiseon |
| Episodes | 8 |
| Release | February 16 to March 10, 2022 |
| Genre | BL, Drama, Romantic comedy |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Semantic Error is a BL romantic comedy-drama about two completely opposite personalities who develop an unexpected attraction toward each other. Park Jae-chan plays the character of Chu Sang-woo. He is a computer science major who has a very rigid and straight personality. He likes abiding by the rules and following everything “right” to the letter. Park Seo-ham plays the role of Jang Jae-young. He is the complete opposite of Sang-woo. Jae-young is from the Department of Design in the Liberal Arts Division. He is popular, stylish, and loves having fun.
A group project brings the two together to work on a major presentation to pass a class module. Sang-woo’s group mates including Jae-young decided to not help with the project. They just let him do everything that needs to be done to complete the presentation. In Sang-woo’s opinion, it was only fair that he remove all the names of his groupmates and just leave his name on the submission given that he did all the work.
This resulted in a huge consequence for Jae-young that could jeopardize his plans of studying abroad and his future. The two were then forced to work together and unexpected feelings of attraction developed out of their polar opposite personalities.
10. Shooting Stars
| Title | Shooting Stars |
| Male Lead | Kim Young-dae as Gong Tae-sung |
| Female Lead | Lee Sung-kyung as Oh Han-byul |
| Writer | Choi Young-woo |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Release | April 22 to June 11, 2022 |
| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Shooting Stars is a romantic comedy-drama starring female lead Lee Sung-Kyung as Oh Han-byul and male lead Kim Young-dae as Gong Tae-sung. It tells the story behind the scenes of a top star and his PR team’s manager.
Oh Han-byul is one of the top managers of a PR team under the entertainment agency Star Force Entertainment. She is the best at her job in cleaning up the mess made by their company’s artists. Gong Tae-sung is one of the stars at Star Force. He has a clean image and his agency would like to keep it that way. Tae-sung and Han-byul have known each other from high school all through college and they have been sworn enemies since then.
Working together under the same company, they are forced to spend time with each other. They are constantly fighting but soon enough, feelings begin to develop into attraction.
11. Woori the Virgin
| Title | Woori the Virgin |
| Male Lead | Sung Hoon as Raphael, Shin Dong-Wook as Lee Kang-Jae |
| Female Lead | Im Soo-hyang as Oh Woo-ri |
| Writer | Jeong Jeong-Hwa |
| Episodes | 14 |
| Release | May 9 to June 21, 2022 |
| Genre | Romantic comedy, Satire |
| Language | Korean |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
STORYLINE
Woori the Virgin is an adaptation of the successful Hollywood series called Jane the Virgin by Jennie Snyder Urman with over one hundred episodes spanning five seasons. It was loosely based on a Venezuelan telenovela Juana la virgen created by Perla Farías. The series is a romantic comedy about Oh Woo-ri played by Im Soo-Hyang who is the lead character who vows to remain a virgin until marriage.
Woo-ri works as an assistant writer for a popular drama series. She has shied away from romantic relationships because she promised herself that she will remain chaste until after her wedding day. She is dating a police officer Lee Kang Jae played by Shin Dong-Wook. On a routine check-up from the OB-GYN, there was a mix-up and she was accidentally artificially inseminated.
She learns that she got pregnant and demands that the hospital gets to the bottom of the mix-up. Woo-ri learns that the father of the child she is carrying is Raphael played by Sung Hoon who is in the midst of a messy divorce from his wife who only loves him for his money. Raphael is the CEO of the cosmetics company called Diamond Cosmetics. The story focuses on the three main characters in the series and how they navigate the tricky situation they are in.
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