Some of my favorite modern set manwha MLs
Taemu Kang (A business proposal)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of life, Office workers.
Taemu Kang is THE CEO manwha male lead, starting out with a strict no-nonsense attitude that slowly softens into a… why-should-I-work-when-I-can-spend-my-time-being-in-love? attitude as he falls in love with Ha-ri, the female lead.
Doyun Nam (Act like you love me)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Show-biz, Supernatural.
Literally one of the funniest manwha’s I have read. This man is riddled with anxiety and depression and he tries oh so hard despite the… unfortunate(lol) situations this story and the female leads gets him into.
Yoo Ji-hyuk (Marry my husband)
Genres: Drama, Romance, Psychological, Revenge, Reincarnation, Office workers.
The winner of yearning right here. I won’t spoil anything because you need to read it yourself but DANG.
Seunghyeon Kang (Daytime star)
Genres: Show-biz, Drama, Romance.
He is an inspiration to the female lead, she is an inspiration to him, they are so beautiful and supporting of each other.
Doo Joon Kang (Posotively yours)
Genres: Slice of life, Comedy, Romance, Drama.
The kind of man who doesn’t need to say the word “love” to show love. Even in stressful situations (and trust me, it gets stressful) he handles things maturely and well while also making sure the female lead is okay. The female lead and their baby is always his priority.
Seungmin Ha (My first love hate)
Genres: College life, Drama, Romance, Childhood friends.
I’m usually not a super fan of childhood friends to lovers stories, but this one had a kick to it. He’s really trying to get back into the good graces of the female lead after some mistakes he made (but not really). But also, look, he wears glasses. A glasses wearing ml is always a win.
Beomjin Kwon (The dawn to come)
Genres: Drama, Romance, School life.
A bad boy, both as a teenager and adult, who is only soft with the female lead. And I mean SOFT, as in driving for hours just to lie next to her for a short while, while she sleeps, only to have to leave again before she even wakes up. So cute.
