"Human Talisman" Romances

This list contains "forced proximity" romances in which one character falls in love with the person who EXCLUSIVELY relieves their condition. Examples include: 

  • someone with face blindness who can only recognize one person's face
  • an insomniac who can sleep when a specific person is by their side  
  • a phobic main character who doesn't experience their phobia(s) around a certain individual
  • someone suffering from a magical curse or poison whose antidote comes from another person
  • time/death constraints that are affected when two individuals are together 
  • two main characters who swap abilities (i.e.,  good luck, insensitivity to pain, etc.)  
  • interspecies dependency, where an alien/god/immortal/gumiho, etc. needs a select human for survival or transformation
  • supernatural travel, where a person who has time traveled or crossed parallel dimensions needs someone else to return  
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  • The Master's Sun

    1. The Master's Sun

    Korean Drama - 2013, 17 episodes

    9.0

    the FL isn't haunted by ghosts when she touches the ML

  • Kobold

    2. Kobold

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    8.0

    the immortal ML needs the mortal FL to end his curse of immortality

  • Bulgasal: Immortal Souls

    3. Bulgasal: Immortal Souls

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    8.5

    the immortal ML needs the mortal FL to end his curse of his immortality

  • Qin Ai De Wu Xiong

    4. Qin Ai De Wu Xiong

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 35 episodes

    8.5

    the immortal ML needs the mortal FL to act as his younger sister

  • Si Teng

    5. Si Teng

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 30 episodes

    after the alien FL saves him, the human ML must become her servant and help her pass as a modern human

  • My Girlfriend is a Gumiho

    6. My Girlfriend is a Gumiho

    Korean Drama - 2010, 16 episodes

    after the gumiho FL saves him, the ML must help her pass for a modern human

  • Frightening Cohabitation

    7. Frightening Cohabitation

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    6.0

    the gumiho ML loses his fox bead to the human FL

  • Your Sensibility My Destiny

    8. Your Sensibility My Destiny

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    the ML doesn't experience any sense perception (taste, touch, smell, etc.) unless he's touching the FL

  • A Korean Odyssey

    9. A Korean Odyssey

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes

    the god ML and the human FL enter a supernatural pact which requires him to protect her

    [I dropped this drama]

  • My Girlfriend is an Alien

    10. My Girlfriend is an Alien

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 28 episodes

    the human ML with situational amnesia and the alien FL who craves contact with men enter a mutually beneficial arrangement

  • Arang and the Magistrate

    11. Arang and the Magistrate

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes

    the ML is the only living person who can see and hear the ghost FL

  • Moon Embracing the Sun

    12. Moon Embracing the Sun

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes

    the drama that inspired the name of this list! the FL acts as a "human talisman" to ward off evil for the ML 

    [This drama has magical realism]

  • The Secret Life of My Secretary

    13. The Secret Life of My Secretary

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes

    8.0

    the ML experiences prosopagnosia (face blindness) and exclusively relies on his secretary for assistance

  • The Beauty Inside

    14. The Beauty Inside

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    the ML experiences prosopagnosia (face blindness) with everyone except the FL

  • Ik ben geen robot

    15. Ik ben geen robot

    Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes

    9.0

    the ML doesn't experience haphephobia (the fear of being touched) when he's with the FL because he's convinced she's a robot

  • Sm:)e

    16. Sm:)e

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 24 episodes

    the ML doesn't experience haphephobia (the fear of being touched) when he's with the FL

  • About Is Love

    17. About Is Love

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 30 episodes

    the ML doesn't experience gynophobia (the fear of women) when he's with the FL

  • Sweet Sweet

    18. Sweet Sweet

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 22 episodes

    the ML's aphasia (a language disorder that affects a person's ability to communicate) is temporarily relieved by the FL's ice cream

  • Countdown of Love

    19. Countdown of Love

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes

    the ML can extend the lifespan of the FL

  • About Time

    20. About Time

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes

    the ML can extend the lifespan of the FL

  • When Time Stopped

    21. When Time Stopped

    Korean Drama - 2018, 12 episodes

    the FL is the only person who isn't affected by the ML's time-stopping ability

  • Fall In Love With Him

    22. Fall In Love With Him

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    the FL is the only person who isn't affected by the MLs' time-stopping ability

  • The Only You in The World

    23. The Only You in The World

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 22 episodes

    the FL's supernatural heart condition is relieved by the ML

  • Tomorrow With You

    24. Tomorrow With You

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

    the time traveling ML is convinced that his relationship with the FL will prevent his doomed future

  • Walk Into Your Memory

    25. Walk Into Your Memory

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes

    the amnesiac ML can regain his memories through the FL

  • The Sleepless Princess

    26. The Sleepless Princess

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 35 episodes

    the insomniac FL can sleep if the ML is with her

  • My Neighbour Can't Sleep

    27. My Neighbour Can't Sleep

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes

    the insomniac ML can sleep if the FL is with him

  • Link

    28. Link

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes

    the ML feels the FL's emotions

  • Love Unexpected

    29. Love Unexpected

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    the FL feels the ML's emotions while the ML feels the FL's physical pain

  • Lucky Romance

    30. Lucky Romance

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    the unlucky FL can only become lucky and save her sister's life if she sleeps with a man from the Year of the Tiger

  • Count Your Lucky Stars

    31. Count Your Lucky Stars

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 34 episodes

    the ML and FL swap good and bad luck

  • Lovers of the Red Sky

    32. Lovers of the Red Sky

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    6.0

    the ML and FL swap the ability to see

  • Parallel Love

    33. Parallel Love

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes

    the time traveling FL cannot survive or return to the future unless she helps the ML become the president of his company

  • Angel's Last Mission: Love

    34. Angel's Last Mission: Love

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes

    the angel ML cannot return to heaven unless he finds true love for the human FL

    [I dropped this drama]

  • I'm a Pet At Dali Temple

    35. I'm a Pet At Dali Temple

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 22 episodes

    4.0

    the cat shifter FL cannot shift into her original human form unless she touches the ML's magical necklace

  • Make a Wish

    36. Make a Wish

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

    the cat shifter FL cannot return to her world unless she repays the ML's kindness

  • W

    37. W

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes

    the FL can enter and exit a fictional world through the ML

  • I Am This Type of Woman

    38. I Am This Type of Woman

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes

    the FL's prophetic dreams are impacted by the ML

  • The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion

    39. The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 40 episodes

    the FL's prophetic dreams are impacted by the ML

  • Prince of Lan Ling

    40. Prince of Lan Ling

    Chinese Drama - 2013, 46 episodes

    victory in battle depends on the FL's blessing

  • My Hundred Year Old Lover

    41. My Hundred Year Old Lover

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

  • The Love by Hypnotic

    42. The Love by Hypnotic

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 36 episodes

  • Love When the Stars Fall

    43. Love When the Stars Fall

    Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes

  • Meet You

    44. Meet You

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 12 episodes

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