It takes a lot of couple power to defeat the lure of a drama’s all-powerful OTP, but sometimes — sometimes — there’s a side couple in a drama that just take the cake. And it’s not just that they deserve the cake. It’s that they steal the Best Couple cake right out from under the noses of the main couple, and then they run off with it into the night, and we’re left standing there all alone wishing for a spin-off.
I think Business Proposal’s side couple of Kim Min-kyu and Seol In-ah is a clear example of how a delightful side couple can siphon off some of the OTP’s power and claim it for their own. But they’re definitely not the only ones. Kim Sun-ho and Go Won-hee in Strongest Deliveryman come to mind for me — as does the total night ninja power of Park Yeon-woo and Sohn Hwa-ryung in Love is for Suckers.
Who are some of your favorite drama side couples?