Priority is for dramas where their encounter is not primarily a coincidence of fate like in Goblin, rather more situational and practical. This…

You may also include dramas where the dumber character may be ML's best friend who is a support character and not the SML.

Meaning, there's no ex or a different woman he ever gets in a relationship with willingly on his own, other than the FL, i.e. she is his first,…

Romance k-dramas like this usually have mystery/suspense/thriller/action aspects to it where the FL would face threats that endanger her life.…

This includes the whole consideration in the main love story itself, mood/ambience/setting/temperament, genre, complexity, characterization…

This list is for the best written SML characters who need not have been stuck with a love triangle that are clearly not in their favour, rather…