The eight-episode fast-paced story of “ Serendipity’s Embrace ” seems to have ended too fast and has left a gaping hole in many “currently watching” K-drama lists as well as viewers’ hearts. The sweet and healthy romance between Hong Joo ( Kim So Hyun ) and Hoo Young ( Chae Jong Hyeop ) and the on-screen chemistry between the main leads will be missed until they grace the screen together again. But in the meantime, here are four romance K-dramas that will help you cope with the absence of “Serendipity’s Embrace.
” If you miss Kim So Hyun’s bubbly on-screen presence and the anticipation for her new K-drama “Good Boy” is killing you, then “The Tale of Nokdu” is the perfect K-drama to watch. Based on Hye Jin Yang’s webtoon “Nok Du Jeon,” “The Tale of Nokdu” is a historical rom-com featuring Kim So Hyun and Jang Dong Yoon , and it’s one of the funniest cross-dressing romances. The story follows Jeon Nok Du (Jang Dong Yoon), who has spent his entire life on a secluded island with his father and brother.
He is an excellent swordsman and intellectually sharp, but he has never set foot on the mainland. That changes when his father and brother are attacked by a group of female assassins. Nok Du chases one of these assassins and ends up in a village inhabited solely by widows.
To avoid detection, he disguises himself as a woman while trying to uncover the assassins’ identities. In this widows-only village, he meets Dong Dong Ju (Kim So Hyun), wh.