ML constantly seeks out FL's company/touch
These are dramas where the male lead is the clingy/possessive type, but specifically is always seeking to see and spend time with the female lead.
Those marked with * are ones where the male lead also often initiates physical contact/skinship (more *** for more steaminess).
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1. Love Better Than Immortality
Chinese Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
*** so many kisses and lots of cuddling here, he's all over her from the start, ML shows up anytime the FL is alone pretty much
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2. Er is iets met die 1 procent
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
*** right from the start he's asking her for lots of skinship
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3. Kimi Wa Petto
Japanese Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
**** insanely clingy
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4. Maid's Revenge
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
***** he's super aggressive in pursuing her (tw: without her consent, at first), tons of skinship
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5. The Moment My Heart Beats
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
*** they are both very touchy and always grabbing onto each other
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6. The Romance of Hua Rong
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
*** ML kidnaps her and chases her around the globe, with implied sex early on
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7. Meeting You
Chinese Drama - 2020, 28 episodes
** you wouldn't expect it since he has social anxiety but he's always pulling her closer, lots of cuddling
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8. Clean With Passion For Now
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
no * initially but like *** in the latter half, ICONIC kiss scenes
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9. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
as usual SWDBS belongs near the top of my lists... this is one of the clingiest MLs out there, love him
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10. Falling Into Your Smile
Chinese Drama - 2021, 31 episodes
** plus an extra * just for the time he tells her "I want to have you for breakfast"
this one is complicated bc ML is tsundere so at first it's mostly the FL who gets close to him. But once they get together he is seriously SO in lust and SO clingy, very affectionate
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11. Love to Hate You
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
* from ep 5 or so on
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12. Love is Sweet
Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
*** some early on, most later in the show
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13. Love Me Like A Child
Chinese Drama - 2021, 29 episodes
**
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14. The King's Affection
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
* in the latter half
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15. Well Intended Love
Chinese Drama - 2019, 20 episodes
**** from the start
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16. Moonlight
Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes
ML follows the FL around and gets her to live with him
*** later in the series, it's a slowburn
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17. Jiang Jun Zai Xia
Chinese Drama - 2023, 23 episodes
*** extremely clingy ML who is constantly asking the FL to share her bed, closed door sex early on
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18. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
** ML is very cuddly
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19. My Only Love Song
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
** even though it's enemies to lovers the ML is pretty handsy from the beginning
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20. About Is Love
Chinese Drama - 2018, 30 episodes
*
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21. Shooting Star
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
* he practically follows her around from the start
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22. Try the World
Chinese Drama - 2022, 40 episodes
they even note this in the intro - wherever she is, he's sure to show up too
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23. My ID is Gangnam Beauty
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
ML does pursue her and show up wherever she is, but there’s not a ton of skinship and I would call it a slowburn
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24. Frightening Cohabitation
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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25. When the Camellia Blooms
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
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26. Prince of Wolf
Taiwanese Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
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27. Love with Flaws
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
** clingy ML who initiates all the skinship and does all the chasing, good kisses and some sexual humor
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28. Shopping King Louie
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
ML is very much the clingy puppy type
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29. Flower Boy Ramen Shop
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
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30. Confess Your Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
** lots of kisses, he seeks to constantly spend time with her
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31. My Secret Romance
Korean Drama - 2017, 13 episodes
*** from the start
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32. Healer
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
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33. Something in the Rain
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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34. Meow, the Secret Boy
Korean Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
* lots of cuddles
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35. Wat is er aan de hand met secretaresse Kim?
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
He's clingy all the way through with *** later on
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36. Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
* not a ton of skinship, but the ML is clingy and adorable, he comes up with some crazy reasons to keep her living with him
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37. Secret Garden
Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
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38. Romantiek is een bonusboek
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
**
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39. Encounter
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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40. My Absolute Boyfriend
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
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41. Lucky Romance
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
he's clingy starting in the latter half of the show
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42. My Strange Hero
Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
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43. Witch's Romance
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
***
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44. Moon Embracing the Sun
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
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45. Me too, Flower!
Korean Drama - 2011, 15 episodes
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46. Wok of Love
Korean Drama - 2018, 38 episodes
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47. Man to Man
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
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48. The Legend of the Blue Sea
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
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49. Jealousy Incarnate
Korean Drama - 2016, 24 episodes
in the latter half
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50. Suspicious Partner
Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
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51. Love Scenery
Chinese Drama - 2021, 31 episodes
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52. The Story of Ming Lan
Chinese Drama - 2018, 78 episodes
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53. Love O2O
Chinese Drama - 2016, 30 episodes
** he seeks her out from the beginning
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54. Cai Bu Yao He Lao Ban Tan Lian Ai
Chinese Drama - 2022, 33 episodes
***
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55. My Small Indeed Fortunate
Chinese Drama - 2021, 28 episodes
****
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56. Love and Redemption
Chinese Drama - 2020, 59 episodes
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57. Xing Han Can Lan
Chinese Drama - 2022, 27 episodes
more the 2ML than the ML is clingy but they both seek her out
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58. Haar Privéleven
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
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59. I Need Romance 3
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
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60. The Secret Life of My Secretary
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
* he needs her to survive at work so he's always clinging to her, sometimes literally lol
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61. Sound of the Desert
Chinese Drama - 2014, 35 episodes
***
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62. The Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
once the ML falls in love he's also crazy in lust
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63. Sassy Go Go
Korean Drama - 2015, 12 episodes
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64. Descendants of the Sun
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
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65. Before We Get Married
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 13 episodes
****
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66. Sunbae, doe die lippenstift niet op
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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67. Bromance
Taiwanese Drama - 2015, 18 episodes
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68. Your Sensibility My Destiny
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
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69. San Hao Cha Sheng
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
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70. Marry Me
Chinese Drama - 2020, 35 episodes
* in late episodes (28 and onwards)
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71. King the Lander
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
ML tries some fun schemes to get the FL to stay close to him
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72. Secret Love Affair
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
***
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73. The Evil Face
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
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74. Hidden Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes
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75. Find Yourself
Chinese Drama - 2020, 41 episodes
*** ML described as "walking spice jar" lmao
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76. Di Jiu Jie Ke
Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
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77. Peach Girl
Japanese Movie - 2017
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78. My Demon
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
** ML needs to touch the FL to use his demonic power so he literally clings to her at times
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79. Mang Ai Qian Jin
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
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80. During the Snowstorm
Chinese Drama - 2024, 30 episodes
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81. You Are My Glory
Chinese Drama - 2021, 32 episodes
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82. Difficult To Win His Heart
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes