I’m one of those early K-drama fans who watched My Girl years ago and loved it. The story was entertaining (back then) and the OTP was adorable like kittens and puppies with a very young Lee Dong Wook and Lee Da Hae. Flash-forward nine years later and they have reunited in the weekend makjang fest Hotel King and effectively kicked started what I shall call The Great Reunion of 2014. Since the Lee Couple reunited in Hotel King, there have been a spate of famous and/or popular drama OTP reunions coming out of the wood works. We get Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara going from Successful Story of a Bright Girl to Fated to Love You. I guess they are still fated to love each other even twelve years later. Then out of the blue Eric breaks his years long drama hiatus after being burned with Spy Myung Wol to reunite with his Que Sera Sera OTP Jung Yumi in Discovery of Romance. Another OTP pairing goes from the modern era to period clothes in Lee Jun Ki and his Time Between Dog and Wolf co-star Nam Sang Mi diving into Joseon Gunman. I did find a connective thread between the two dramas in the form of guns and lots of bang bang.
Finally the poor star-crossed lovers of Stairway to Heaven Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Ji Woo get a second go at it in the upcoming Temptation, though he’s married to another woman in that drama and may or may not have a happy ending with Choi Ji Woo’s character. A reunion is a reunion, no one promised happy endings or rainbows and unicorns. The K-media is taking note of all these repeats and wondering if it’ll work the second time around, and whether more reunions are forthcoming. Lee Dong Wook and Lee Da Hae’s Hotel King is deep into airing so if judging by their reunion, the chemistry is there but nothing can save a horrible script even with a great fan-favorite OTP. It’s like seeing the best local sourced organic grown ingredients fall into the hands of a hack chef used to heating up canned soup and calling it a meal. That means the remaining reunion OTPs will have to watch out only for a terrible script while the audiences are mostly assured the great chemistry got more mature over the years rather than lessened with time. I dig that and can’t wait to see the rest shake out as the dramas premiere one after another. With that said, let’s have a fun discussion on which famous drama OTPs are you looking forward to a repeat performance? I have my personal faves, of course.
In no particular order, these OTPs simply have to do another project together in any way, shape, or form:
1. Kim Sun Ah and Cha Seung Won from City Hall. Mature, sexy, and absolutely unforgettable. My favorite Kim Eun Sook penned drama couple, bar none.
2. Yoon Eun Hye and Kang Ji Hwan from Lie to Me but with no lies this time around. Though I’m sure plenty want her Gong Yoo from Coffee Prince or with Joo Ji Hoon from Goong. I can slurp up all three actually.
3. Moon Geun Young and Jang Geun Seok after Mary Stayed Out All Night. Drama was a hot mess, their chemistry was perfection.
4. Ha Ji Won and Jo In Sung from What Happened in Bali. But please keep a gun away from his hands this time around.
5. Ha Ji Won and Lee Seung Gi, my King and Queen. I actually suggest a sequel to The King 2 Hearts. I haz demand a sequel!
6. Kim Tae Hee and Seung Seung Heon in a rom-com redux of My Princess, it can even be called My Prince and just rinse and repeat the same plot. Who cares they are so cute together acting silly!
7. Jung So Min and Kim Hyun Joong all grown up after Playful Kiss and maybe in a role reversal where she’s the smart cold woman and he’s just this warm ball of sunshine.
8. Gong Hyo Jin and Rain, because Sang Doo, Let’s Go to School totally ended on a happy ending. Yes? YES! So they have to show us the happy in another romance drama together!
Who are you dying to see pair up again and why?
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If there can only be one OTP reunion, Kim Sun Ah & Cha Seung Won is my top choice. They were just absolutely fantastic in City Hall.
Definitely this is the TOP of my list. We need them together again...they were sizzling and smouldering, and nearly set my mac on fire !
Yep, KSA & CSW is the top of my list though I don't mind a KSA & Hyun Bin reunion....
Jae Hee and Han Chae Young!
They were perfect together in DGCH :-)
yup, yup! love their chemistry there ^-^
Hell yes!!! I would watch them read the dictionary together, that's how much I love them *_*
Of course!!! I would love to seem them back together in a drama too...preferably rom-com!!! :)
Kim Tae Hee and Yoo Ah In
in Jdrama Mao Inoue and Matsujun
Yes, I love them in Jang Ok Jung!
Reunion of Kim Tae Hee and Yoo Ah In would be awesome. They were great and had hot chemistry in Jang Ok Jung.
i want rain and song hye kyo pleaseee
I've been wanting to see Wooyoung and IU back together on screen ever since I watched Dream High. Even better if they were the OTP this time around. And aside from reunions, why hasn't anyone barked up the tree of a Kim Soo-hyun-Park Shin-hye pairing yet? I think they'll look plenty good if given the chance. Hell, there collective fanfare might just give produce a nationally famous drama. Just my two cents.
*their collective fan base might produce a nationally famous drama.
Ah! I love him and I like her. I'd totally watch that drama to pieces. Or Kim Soo-hyun and Jung So-min.
Absolutely Yoon Eun Hye and Gong Yoo, they were soo good and so adorable together, their chemistry was great. 2nd one should be Kim Sun Ah and Cha Seung Won. 3rd one Rain and Song Hye Kyo. 4th one Jung So Min and Kim Hyun Joon ... :)
Ha Ji Won and Hyun Bin of Secret Garden. They were really cute and funny together !!!
If they do a sequel for The King 2 Hearts, I want Jo Jung Suk in >_< (even if it will be very complicated :p)
Seconded!! Even though that drama had its problems, they were SMOKING HOT together. I would love to see them pair up again.
Why did I forget about them! YOU ARE BRILLIANT AND SPOT ON! (Y)
Yes! Me king and queen forever!!! <3
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I'd want a repeat pairing of LSG and HJW! It saddens me that Seung-gi's drama choices after K2H have been disappointing. I was SO looking fwd to YAS and sighhhhhhh the after taste of the disappointment still lingers.
I'd also like YEH and GY to get together in the near future! They were marvelous in Coffee Prince!!
Yeah,it's a real pity about Seung-gi. He had a great trajectory going with Brilliant Legacy, MGIAG and K2H, only to follow with Gu Family and You're All Surrounded.
It's a pity cos he works really hard and he is very talented so I hope he finds a good project after these two missteps. In any case, I am really glad Seung-gi does a drama each year, I just hope they will be better dramas in future.
I don't find YAS to be too bad. Still enjoy some elements of it. Plus we have to remember that the actors & actresses do not get the full script for the entire drama series when they sign on in the first place. So they are also taking a risk and placing good faith in the production team based on whatever has been given first.
I think I want the same reunions of the above OTPs.
More:
So Ji Sub and Gong Hyo Jin (if they can't get together in real life, I want it in reel life)
Lee Jun Ki and Shin Min Ah
Seo In Guk and Jung Eun Ji
Kim Sun Ah and Hyun Bin
Ji Hyun Woo and Yoo In Na (I think this is never gonna happen - don't think any execs wanna act together)
Yesss! I would also like to see Lee Jun Ki & Shin Min Ah in a modern rom com kdrama or a movie^^
And how about bromance OTP?
Yoo Ah In & Song Joong Ki ^_~
YES to all these!