We don’t think we can say that even for the best and most heart-warming romantic K-drama. While the lack of heart flutters may put off traditional K-drama fans, there are emotional scenes that require Kleenex in every single episode.
Move to heaven series#
Those who’ve shunned K-dramas as they’re less than fond of romances should give this series a chance. (For the uninitiated, “heart-fluttering” is a term to describe how you feel when the romance in a K-drama makes your heart skip a beat.) It’s often heartbreaking, but never heart-fluttering. It’s all plot and emotional stories, for 10 episodes, as Geu-ru and Sang-gu imagine the lives of the deceased, via the things they’ve left behind.
In Move to Heaven, there is no falling in love, and no chaste kissing scenes. The majority of K-dramas centre on the romance between the two leads (oftentimes with a love triangle or a second couple thrown in), and if you’re lucky, you get some semblance of a plot to move the romance along. There are very, very few K-dramas with no romantic relationships. Here’s why Move to Heaven is the perfect show for non-fans of K-dramas. Along the way, nephew and uncle get a chance to clean up the mess and trauma in their own lives. Together, they clean up the homes or rooms of people who have recently died, respectfully disposing of their possessions while keeping the things that they deem the “heart” of the deceased in a yellow box to pass to their loved ones. Together with his ex-con uncle Sang-gu ( Lee Je-hoon), he runs Move to Heaven, a trauma cleaning service. The protagonist is 20-year-old Han Geu-ru, who has Asperger’s syndrome, and is played by Tang Joon-sang (who was the youngest North Korean soldier in Captain Ri’s unit, for Crash Landing on You fans). Related: 5 Binge-Worthy Korean Dramas to Watch While Staying Home What if we told you there is a K-drama that does the same thing, yet employs almost none of the cliches that make people roll their eyes at K-dramas? It’s called Move to Heaven, and all 10 episodes premiered on Netflix in May. Well, we can probably add: “The male and female lead always seem to know each other from childhood”, “There’s always a love triangle” and “The protagonists always have some sort of tragic past or dark secret”, among at least 10 other used-to-death K-drama tropes.īut these familiar plot devices are why K-drama fans love K-dramas, along with how the acting, music, editing, slo-mo gazes and lights in the distance combine to hit that emotional spot, and make you experience feelings you never knew you were capable of.
If you’re a K-drama aficionado who’s ever tried to get a friend or family member to watch your favourite Korean series, these are probably some of their reasons for resisting: “The plots are totally unrealistic and ridiculous”, “Every K-drama is a romantic fantasy” or “The men are prettier than the women, and no one looks like a normal person”.
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