Queen In-hyun's man immediately comes to my mind when I think of a time travel story with a perfect happy, romantic ending <3 ahhh

Reply 1998 comes to mind. my dear Jung-hwan had no Happy ending

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes immediately comes to mind.

Wait, so we are not celebrating Valentine’s Day? Cheers to breakups and separation 🥂, I guess?🤷🏻‍♀️

Do we only write about romantic love? Or is the term "love" open to interpretation?

They were not the lead couple but Earnest Bot and Princess Jae-shin in the King 2 Hearts deserved their happy ending!!! I cried buckets of tears for what happened to them😭😭😭

This one is not famous, and the end is not necessarily unhappy, but I feel... just impossible. Three dads and one mom, with Eugene.
The three in love with her, but she didn't seem to be in love with them.
The drama is silly somehow, but sweet and they made me cry once in a while, mostly at the end, when they realised how much she did for them even without knowing it.

The picture is the answer. Moon Lovers💔
The moment Wang So hugged Hae Soo’s urn of ashes is when I lost it.

Queen for 7 Days! Oh, their separation broke my heart! Even more so when Yeok had the dream where they had children together and lived a peaceful life. What really brought it home was when after 38 years, they finally reunite.
"I love you. I love you. I love you. My husband."
"Just once is enough."
*Wipes away tears*

Kim Shin and Chae Eun-soo from Story of A Man comes to mind. I think it's the only drama with sad ending that doesn't make me mad about it.

Oh the sad sad City Hunter... I am still heartbroken thinking about this poor boy being abandoned by everyone, including his girl...

Ive never really had second lead syndrome, but looking back the girl deserved choi siwon in She Was Pretty. He was much kinder to her. So. Much.

Is this one all about second lead syndrome? Because I’m sure a novel could be written on every Reply series ever.

Oh gosh darnit, there's so many!!! All the 'what could've been' moments come to mind now..... And yes, for this Theme, I think Second Leads DO count:
- Reply 1988
- Moon Lovers
- Marriage Contract (the one drama I hoped to God that an unlogical-in-real-life-drama-logic type of medical miracle would happen) T....T
- Queen for 7 Days.... Is it really true that 'it's enough' just to know the person you love and are in love with (there's a difference, but those 2 things can definitely be felt by one person for another) is alive and well even though you're no longer able to be with them??
- Fated To Love You-- oh, Daniel Pitt, you and your puppy eyes
- She Was Pretty-- giiiiiirl, you be blind 10x over if love-blinded-ness was an actual thing
- even though I'm a Ye-Liner, I send my respects to all the MinHoYoungs out there
- MDBC, oh Yoon Sung (Jinyoung), had you not gotten the life taken outta you (literally), would you have gotten a fighting (pun not intended) chance? I'd like to hope so

Off the top of my head - Misty. Tragic tragic trash ending. Both of them loved each other, Hye Ran, feisty girl as she was did love her husband and felt an unfamiliar sparks with him at the beginning. Though throughout their marriage it felt like they were only together for the show, but she did love him. The husband loved, obsessed over her. What amazing end would it have been had he own up to his sins and dealt with them like a responsible human being. But nope, I guess to the very end, love wasn’t enough and their, errr I guess I meant his selfish desires and pride won.

As I was writing this post, it made me remember Rooftop Prince 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 caged with living in different time periods, there’s just no way they can be together. I mean yeah he got reincarnated, but it just doesn’t feel the same to me. It still left me bittersweet seeing that end scene

*screaming from the mountaintop* KUDO HINA DESERVED THE WORLD.

TREE WITH DEEP ROOTS: So-yi and Chae-yoon; did you really have to die over an alphabet after all you've been through ?
speaking of alphabet:
SPLISH SPLASH LOVE: I know she had a new version of the guy, but it's not the same, and what about him??? their goodbyes on the raining beach was so beautiful and sad!!

No happy endings.... A few come to mind but let me start with the ones that infuriate me:
The King 2 Hearts' Princess and Her Bodyguard: So unfair!! ㅠ..ㅠ They deserved a happy ending.
Who Are You: School 2015's Bullied Kim So Hyun and Her Loyal Friend Yuk Sung Jae: He was the first one to recognize her, was supportive and encourage her to stand out for herself, then why? why? WHY? Why she choose Nam Joo Hyuk ? I still don't get it.
Gu Family Book's Half-Gumiho Lee Seung Gi and Human Suzy: In a story about creating our own destiny, the two lovers' fate couldn't be changed... Discouraging.
Goblin's The Hottest Goblin Gong Yoo and His Underaged Human Girlfriend: Contrary to GFB, here fate and destiny were an extremely powerful force, but then writer-nim decides mid-way to violate her own lore, only to back-stabbing us at the very end. Be consistent woman!!
Replay 1988's Deok Sun and Jung Pal: I do not get second-lead syndrome very often, still I was left heartbroken (and in denial) when this drama ended. I guess real-life Deok Sun must felt the same way I did ;p
The ones I actually liked and enjoyed:
Seven Day Queen's Star-Crossed Crowned Prince Yeo Woo Jin and His Beloved Chae Kyung: Painfully beautiful romance. After years of watching saeguks I have learnt that Joseon's love stories are full of drama and tragedy and this was no exception. It's sad and unfair but very realistic and consistent.
Lookout's Morally Doubtful Prosecutor Kim Young Kwang: Ok, not exactly a love story, yet a well deserved happily never after for a character that did awful things, for a good cause but still, so he needed to be punished. A great closure for his character.

My beloved drama Stairway to heaven! Song-joo and Jung-suh.

I am like...really...really...tired of my brain associating all of these themes with APAD and Pretty Noona Who Hurt Me. I'd like to quietly put these dramas in a box and return them to the earth (or a pile of manure) and forget that they existed.

Oh that photo. That drama. I was expecting at least a reunion on the present. Worthy of an entire episode,at least. And a truly happy ending. Lee Jun Ki..
We need a second season of that drama.

Moon Lovers happyily never after - aauugghh! Don't remind me, it was such a killer. Now you've got me looking over the K-dramas I've watched for other fated opposite directions for our OTP.

Uncontrollably Fond. It wasn't just Eul that Joon-young left behind. You knew it was coming, but it didn't hurt any less for Eul....and Joon-young's family and friend.

A parent outlived their child. Who wants that.

Lookout...

One of the first Kdramas I watched that had every kind of heartbreak imaginable for one single character, was "Piano." Poor Han Jae Soo just couldn't convince anyone in his family that it was alright for him to love Lee Su Ah. About the time he convinced her it was alright, her brother would show up and convince her it wasn't alright. Han Jae Soo was alone in the end and so sad. This drama was the first time I saw Zo In Sung in a drama, and his acting absolutely knocked me out. I've watched everything I can find since then that he's been in and he never disappoints. I'd really love to watch this one again if I can find it somewhere.

I accidentally read the title as "Happily ever after" and thought what the heck Moon Lovers screencap doing there.

Re-read the title again, correctly this time, so now I understand. And agree. Wholeheartedly #stillbitter

Sammaekjong in Hwarang. He does not necessarily have to end up with the teary Go Ara character, but just someone, anyone. That poor, sweet, lonely boy deserves his happiness

does Hwayugi counts as a happily never after?

Spoiler alert:
You know who needed the Happily Ever after but didn't get it, a particular beloved character in Memories of Alhambra.

Big!! You would think a drama that had the two rom-leaders Gong Yoo and Lee Jong Seok in it would be satisfying, but nope! You never know if the leads were successful in getting themselves sorted out and who the lead lady actually ended up with. This was one of the very few dramas that I literally shook my fist at and almost chucked the computer monitor across the room. First time the Hong sisters did the viewers dirty and I am still bitter after all these years. *pout*

ohh i've got some to nominate:
Mr. Sunshine- all 3 couples
Angry mom- ji-soo deserved a happy ending!
Rescue me
Definitely 7DQ as mentioned by all the other beanies above
49 days!!!
Life-- well, they kind of did show a little happiness but wishing it've been more

what else is there 🤔

49 Days's still breaking my heart. I cried a lot when i watched this drama. This drama is still in the list of my favorite korean drama all the time. Sad endings: Shin Ji Hyun and Han Kang, Song Yi Kyung and Scheduler. Omg 😭