I know this thread is old, but I couldn’t help but comment.
Some of My favorite Noona KDramas are- High School King of Savvy, witch’s romance, baby faced beauty, I hear your voice, wednesday 3:30, the lovers, dal ja’s Spring, WWW, Encounter, Oh! my lady
I love the fluffiness of a kdrama romance. Besides Korean noona romances, there are really great Japanese and Taiwanese dramas. I actually think some of them are better romances than their Korean counterparts.
Long Vacation and Golden Bowl are two Japanese dramas where the romance is drawn out as a slow burn/friends to lovers rather than a fluffy/cutesy love story chock full of misunderstandings and b****y second FLs or parents. Sapuri, Daisy Luck, and Last Cinderella were fun to watch as much for the quirky humor and fleshed out side characters as for the romance. The new drama You and I on the G String (or You, Me and Bach, which sounds much better as a title. Lol) was another great story. Japanese romance isn’t always heavy on grand gestures and cutesy expressions of love, but more often depicts gradual attraction, the kind that sneaks up on you, rather than the more obvious love at first sight. I personally find it more satisfying on a deeper level. It also delves into some pretty taboo and dark things sometimes which can be interesting when it isn’t creepy.
My Dear Boy was the best Taiwanese noona romance I’ve ever seen, bar none. Though Queen of No Marriage and Tie the Knot have good story lines, the number of episodes and the amount of unnecessary drama thrown in to fill those episodes makes it feel very draggy. My Dear Boy keeps the number of episodes under 30 which helps maintain story relevance and coherence. It was also just an excellent performance by Derek Chang and Ruby Lin.