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The trope of office romance in Kdramas like Shooting Stars is one of the most fan-favorite tropes. The Kdrama narrates the story of Lee Sung-kyung’s Han-byeol and Kim Young-dae’s Tae-sung, who work in the same entertainment company. Tae-sung is the actor under the management company, while Han-byeol is the team leader of PR in the company.
With contrasting personalities, they end up having many arguments, but this also brings them closer when love begins to blossom between the two. The bickering and the love/hate relationship between the two are the main highlights of the Kdrama, which makes it popular among fans.
Aside from Shooting Stars, there are numerous Kdramas that excel in this trope of office romance that makes our hearts swoon. Here’s a list of 10 Kdramas like Shooting Stars that use the same trope.
Disclaimer: This entire article is based on the writer's opinion. Readers' discretion is advised.
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10) Jugglers
Like Shooting Stars, Jugglers also uses the office romance trope in an intriguing story about Chi-won, a managing director of YB Ad, who finds himself living in the same place as his new secretary, Yoon-yi. However, the twist in this storyline is it is the same place where a fire incident took plce years ago and left Chi-won in a lifelong trauma.
To get over that trauma, he decides to rent a room. While living there and trying to get over his trauma, the duo’s relationship also begins to change into something more romantic. With great performances and a compelling storyline, Jugglers should definitely be on your watchlist next.
9) Crazy Love
Just as the name suggests, Crazy Love is about the crazy love story of Kim Jae-wook’s Go-jin, who pretends to suffer from amnesia after an accident, and his introverted secretary, Krystal’s Shin-a, pretends to be his fiancée, thinking he really had amnesia.
Just like Shooting Stars, the chemistry between the leads in Crazy Love makes the show more endearing, with a hilarious turn of events that makes the Kdrama binge-worthy.
8) My Secret Romance
If you liked the office romance in Shooting Stars, you’ll be bowled over by Jin-wook and Yoo-mi’s story in My Secret Romance. After spending a night together, the duo meet again after three years in Jin-wook's office, where Yoo-mi begins working as a nutritionist.
It is revealed that, once a playboy, Jin-wook has not forgotten Yoo-mi and is trying to get closer to her but several hilarious misunderstandings keep coming between them, resulting in an entertaining story that you wouldn't be able to forget for a while.
7) Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Extraordinary Attorney Woo might be remembered for Young-woo’s bittersweet story of making a name as a lawyer, and while also navigating her struggles with autism. With her pure heart and genius mind, Young-woo impresses everyone around her, who initially doubted her abilities due to her ASD.
Other than her professional life, the Kdrama also depicts the beautiful love story between Young-woo and her colleague Joon-ho. Their love story is as endearing as it can be, and the chemistry between the duo might remind you of Han-byeol and Tae-sung from Shooting Stars.
6) Level Up
Level Up narrates the story of Dan-te, a cold-hearted new CEO of the gaming company Joybuster, and Yeon-Hwa, the game developer, who is trying to build a new game that would impress the new CEO.
The love/hate relationship between the leads of Level Up, Dan-te, and Yeon-hwa will surely remind you of the couple in Shooting Stars, as in both cases, their relationship begins with bickerings and arguments and ends up being much more than that.
If you loved Shooting Stars, Level Up should definitely be the next Kdrama that you binge-watch.
5) Coffee Prince
When we talk about Shooting Stars and office romance, we cannot skip Gong Yoo’s acclaimed series Coffee Prince. It narrates the story of Eun-chan, who begins working at a coffee shop, where everyone thinks she is a boy, and she lets them think the same.
But the story takes an unlikely turn when her manager, Han-gyeol, begins falling for her and starts questioning his own sexuality as he initially believes she is a boy. The Kdrama was hailed for breaking so many stereotypical notions, such as introducing a love story between a tomboyish woman and a man.
Goblin might be his most popular Kdrama, but Gong Yoo’s performance and chemistry with Eun Hye-yun in Coffee Prince are swoon-worthy.
4) Strong woman Do Bong-soon
If you are still not over the romance in Shooting Stars, Strong Woman Do Bong-soon should be the next Kdrama that you should check out. It tells the story of Park Bo-yong’s Bong-soon, who has superhuman strength and gets a job as a bodyguard for Park Hyung-sik’s Min-hyuk, the CEO of a gaming company.
The Kdrama is filled with cuteness or ‘Aegyo’, which the couple is most popular for. While trying to solve a string of kidnapping cases and work for Min-hyuk, they both fall in love, giving us another adorable Kdrama couple.
3) Dali & Cocky Prince
Dali & Cocky Prince is another endearing love story that began in the foreign land of the Netherlands. Kim Dali and Moo-hak accidentally meet in the Netherlands for the first time and have no idea about their family backgrounds.
But their second meeting, when Dali becomes the director of Cheong-song Art Museum after her father’s death, is slightly different from their first meeting. Moo-hak comes to get his money back as the museum is struggling, but ends up helping Dali and her family in their struggling situations, resulting in a delightful storyline that would make you a fan of the couple.
2) Business Proposal
When it comes to office romances, Business Proposal might be one of the most popular Kdramas. It follows the story of Kim Se-jeong’s Ha-ri, who goes on a blind date instead of her friend and discovers that it's none other than Tae-moo, played by Ahn Hyo-seop, the CEO of the company where Ha-ri works.
This leads to a hilarious turn of events and the growing affection that they both try to hide, but eventually give in to the feelings. Just like Shooting Stars, you will fall in love with the story of a lead couple who have different personalities as well, but still end up together.
1) What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim
Just like Shooting Stars, the male lead in What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim, Young-joon, played by Park Seo-joon, is arrogant, but it does not obstruct his falling in love with his own secretary, Mi-so, played by Park Min-young. The Kdrama follows the story of how Young-joon tries to persuade his secretary, Mi-so, to stay with him as she tries to resign from her job after nine years.
While trying to change her mind to not leave the job, the duo falls in love. The Kdrama was a global hit, and also received numerous accolades.
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