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3 Dramas To Re-Watch If You Miss "Family By Choice"
“Family by Choice” arrived this year to gift us the heartfelt story and most awaited remake of the year 2024!
1. “Twinkling Watermelon (2023)” 
If there’s something to miss about “Family by Choice,” it is definitely the relationship between Ju Won and her father Yoon Jeong Jae (Choi Won Young). And in “Twinkling Watermelon,” Choi Won Young also wins hearts as Ha Yi Chan, the hardworking and loving father of Ha Eun Gyeol (Ryeoun), who is a CODA (child of deaf adults). Filled with fantasy, this K-drama will take you on a magical journey in which Eun Gyeol meets his father during the year 1995, before the tragic accident that led Yi Chan to lose his hearing forever.
While trying to figure out the purpose of his travel back in time, Eun Gyeol discovers a brand new side of his father and pursues his passion for music alongside him. At the same time, he witnesses the beginning of the relationship between his parents and surprisingly finds himself in a complicated love triangle with none other than his father’s first love Choi Se Kyeong (Seol In Ah). This a story simply full of music, filial love, and second chances.
2. “Love Next Door (2024)”
Childhood friends-to-lovers is one of the biggest tropes within K-dramas, but if there’s one that portrayed it as nicely as “Family by Choice,” it’s definitely “Love Next Door.” Though it isn’t always easy to show the complex relationship between a man and a woman who sometimes know each other better than themselves, both dramas did a great job at it. Bae Seok Ryu (Jung So Min) and Choi Seung Hyo (Jung Hae In) have been friends since their infancy, being each other’s shadows and complimenting their lives most perfectly. However, as they grow up, they follow different paths thus separating for a long time. Despite the struggles they faced and the people they met while being apart, once they reunite, their relationship resumes as naturally as breathing. But are things really bound to stay the same forever, even among two people who seem to be more than just long-time friends?
3. “Serendipity's Embrace (2024)"
Just like San Ha and Ju Won had to wait for 10 years to reencounter and be able to be together, in “Serendipity’s Embrace,” Lee Hong Joo (Kim So Hyun) and Kang Hoo Young (Chae Jong Hyeop) face a similar situation. When they met during their high school years, Hoo Young and Hong Joo were known as polar opposites, being merely distant classmates. He was her best friend’s crush, and she acted only as a bridge between them. However, years later we get to learn about the truth behind their fateful relationship. When Hoo Young returns to South Korea a decade later and meets Hong Joo again, he inevitably recalls his secret crush, without knowing that she also harbored feelings for him. Throughout the eight episodes of this drama, you get to explore the differences in their points of view and how that defined their fates.
Source: Soompi, main photo is from FNC Naver Post
