What’s your thought on contract relationships or marriages? And have you come across one?

Even if you have not, I’m sure, you've experienced it or seen it, especially in K-dramas.

This is because apart from the usual ones we are used to, another trope Korean dramas employ to satisfy our K-drama cravings is “Contract Relationships”

In K-drama contract relationships, while the characters just want to stay in their lane and execute and benefit from their part of the contract, the audience is already anticipating affection to crawl in and we even get frustrated when it seems to be taking too much time.

And why not? That’s what we are here to see right?

In this light, here are 5 recent K-dramas where love blossomed from contract relationships.

Love In Contract (2022)

Love In Contract tells the story of Choi Sang Eun (Park Min Young), a single life helper who becomes the spouse of people who need a partner to pose for events or to pretend as a wife for a while. Her world is thrown into chaos when she begins to grow affection for her long-standing customer Jun Ji-ho (Go Kyung-pyo).

Do you agree with this K-drama that fake bonds can become real?

Business Proposal (2022)

When a young CEO (Ahn Yeo-Seop) is forced to go on as many blind dates as possible by his grandfather, he seeks to marry the first woman he meets just to free himself from his grandfather’s grip. Unbeknownst to him, his first blind date Ha-ri (Kim Se Jeong) was not his original blind date, and she only came in place of her friend. After finding out her true identity, the CEO threatens her to sign a contract with him.

If you ask me about this drama, I’ll say the CEO fell for Ha-ri on the first date and seriously, he fell hard.

Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)

Han Yi Ju(Jung Yoo Min) world came crumbling before her when she realized that everyone she thought loved her would kill her at any chance. She unfortunately met with an accident and was killed completely by her stepmother at the hospital. Luckily, life gave her another chance, and she woke up a year before her accident. She seeks the help of CEO Seo Do-guk (Sung Hoon) and signs a marriage contract with him to get revenge, but apart from her revenge, her heart has other plans.

The Perfect Marriage Revenge K-Drama was worth the watch for me. I love the fact that the love story was not so complex.

My Demon (2023)

When Jeong Gu-won (Song Kang) a demon who signs a soul-binding contract with humans loses his power temporarily, he signs up for a contract marriage with a devilish heiress of a conglomerate Do Do-hee (Kim Yoo-jung) who has taken up his power.

Although I wasn't really interested in watching this K-Drama at first, the curiosity of what type of love could exist between a demon and a human, and its high rating, got the best part of me. And truthfully, I wasn’t disappointed, especially with the love story development.

Story of Park’s Contract Marriage (2023-2024)

Park Yeon-woo is a Joseon woman who unexpectedly lost her husband to a heart problem on their wedding night. While in her mourning dress, she gets kidnapped and thrown into a well by an unknown man. She finds herself in modern-day Korea and gets rescued by a man who looks exactly like her dead husband. Kang Tae-ha (Bae In-Hyuk), a man who needs a wife to pretend for his grandfather after the lady he arranged disappears, ends up using Yeon Woo and eventually signs a contract with her but fate is not done with them.

To be sincere, I didn’t like how this K-drama ended. I mean, all those waits, only for us to be given a glimpse of how they met? If you don’t know what I am talking about, it is your clue to go and watch this binge-worthy K-drama.

If you’ve watched these K-dramas, you can attest to the fact that they gave us a blast and were worth the time we used to watch them.

However, I know we’ve always acknowledged directors and actors for their impeccable works in K-dramas, but playwrights and storywriters are a great part of the high-standard works in K-dramas. I mean, look at all these storylines! They deserve their flowers, please.

Personally, it’s hard for me to choose a favorite among these K-dramas, let me just ask you to tell me yours. In the comments.