Eccentric MLs
These are not your average cold, aloof, emotionally constipated male leads... these dramas feature MLs who are funny, mischievous, over-the-top, or downright weird people.
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1. Flower Boy Next Door
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
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2. Assistant of Superstar
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
ML is an idol but also a himbo who's really into superheroes
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3. Hana Yori Dango
Japanese Drama - 2005, 9 episodes
and all its iterations - ML is a weirdo
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4. Jun Jiu Ling
Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes
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5. Shopping King Louie
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
ML is goofy
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6. Love of Thousand Years
Chinese Drama - 2020, 30 episodes
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7. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
ML is a CEO but he's also kind of eccentric and very inquisitive
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8. Ling Long Lang Xin
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
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9. Love in the Moonlight
Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
ML is an oddball crown prince
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10. Lucky Romance
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
introverted and socially awkward ML
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11. Marry Me
Chinese Drama - 2020, 35 episodes
ML is shrewd and mischievous
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12. My First First Love
Korean Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
ML is outgoing and social but also kind of awkward and silly
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13. Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
ML is an introvert
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14. Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
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15. A River Runs Through It
Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes
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16. The King's Affection
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
goofy, playful ML
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17. Hwarang
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
ML is a rowdy trouble-maker who doesn't fit in -
18. Love Better Than Immortality
Chinese Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
ML is sly, mischievous, does a lot of things I would call strange
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19. Fight For My Way
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
ML is a headstrong fighter and troublemaker
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20. When the Camellia Blooms
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
ML has a playful personality
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21. Arsenal Military Academy
Chinese Drama - 2019, 48 episodes
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22. Peach Girl
Japanese Movie - 2017
playful ML
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23. Eulachacha Waikiki
Korean Drama - 2018, 20 episodes
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24. Princess Jellyfish
Japanese Movie - 2014
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25. Thirty But Seventeen
Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
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26. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
ML is goofy and sweet
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27. Kimi Wa Petto
Japanese Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
definitely a weird ML
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28. Clean With Passion For Now
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
socially awkward eccentric ML
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29. Ik ben geen robot
Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
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30. 100 Days My Prince
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
ML has amnesia which makes him even more eccentric but he already has a pretty silly personality
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31. My Young Pet General
Chinese Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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32. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
unique ML imo with a confident but odd personality
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33. Love with Flaws
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
the ML is really socially awkward
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34. My Absolute Boyfriend
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
the ML is a robot so inherently odd personality
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35. Sekai Ichi Muzukashii Koi
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
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36. Het verhaal van Nokdu
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
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37. What If You're My Boss?
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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38. Reply 1988
Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
both MLs are weirdos in their own ways
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39. Introverted Boss
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
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40. Dear Diary
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
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41. Destruction
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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42. Café Minamdang
Korean Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
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43. A Korean Odyssey
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
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44. Kobold
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
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45. Kakafukaka
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
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46. The Legends
Chinese Drama - 2019, 56 episodes
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47. Dali and Gamjatang
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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48. Jiang Jun Zai Xia
Chinese Drama - 2023, 23 episodes
ML is playful and flirty one second and a cunning snake the next