Smart Bitches: Best Kdrama Boyfriend (BKB) of the Week

Best Kdrama Boyfriend Award.

I’m announcing the start of this blog’s weekly Best Kdrama Boyfriend (BKB) Award.

You, smart readers, lurkers and posters, are all invited to nominate a male character from a kdrama of your choice.

The drama does not have to be currently playing. It can be a drama that recently concluded (like SeeHee from “Because This is My First Life”) or it can be a drama that ended years ago (like Hyuk-joon from “Sweet 18”).

You may tweet, reply here, email or text me the names of your praiseworthy oppa. Remember now: I want the character’s name, not the actor himself.
I will go through the list of recommended male characters, and decide on the winner this coming weekend.

My requests:

Please tell me in five (5) sentences or less, why you think he’ll make an excellent boyfriend. If you need 10 paragraphs to swoon, that’s okay, too. I’ll just copy and paste your entire Homage to Oppa.

Please give examples from the script (no fanfics) where he acted “boyfriend-ly.”

If possible, cite the episodes so I can look them up myself and verify that your nominee is truly a boyfriend material.

You can email or tweet me pictures and gifs of your BKB nominee if you want. I’m shallow so visuals can convince me.

For bitch reasons, I’m already disqualifying these guys:

Rin from The King Loves
JungHwan from Reply 1988
SungJoon from She Was Pretty
Baek Seung-jo (aka Kim Hyun-joong) from Playful Kiss

Prizes are non-monetary. The best Kdrama boyfriend of the week will get a lovely haiku 😂🤦‍♀️ from me and this gold star —

Image result for best boyfriend award meme

Toodles!

25 Comments On “Smart Bitches: Best Kdrama Boyfriend (BKB) of the Week”

  1. Oh.My.God……. as Oppa’s Goddess.. I should participate.. But who??????????? Hahahaha
    I know for sure which Kdrama BF I would not recommend.. it’s Habaek (Nam Joo Hyuk)

    Who would want transgender BF with fugly blue wig
    https://68.media.tumblr.com/9b7788e32b60bc8a78c1b509aefd9401/tumblr_otowh9MNhF1vkz0npo6_250.gif
    more over he demands someone (it could be YOU) to fan him…
    http://78.media.tumblr.com/953df08a1145e4ada781e0c5cf5f4596/tumblr_os94lya3eL1qfwd03o3_r1_500.gif
    Very self aware and full of himself
    https://lovethydrama.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/bride-of-the-water-god_episode-1_5.gif
    https://68.media.tumblr.com/f390f58351e9ae1dc283c9cf76ac1a30/tumblr_osjo0bRhqm1v9bs9yo1_540.gif
    But, he’s chicken shit scare playing at fun park…
    https://mobile.twitter.com/_d_e_y_/status/890845748811644928
    And take bath on the rooftop
    http://m.imdb.com/title/tt6385752/mediaviewer/rm1528508160?context=default&ref_=m_tt_ph_4
    And still many reasons… but I’m too lazy to find gif and video as proofs… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  2. Oh.My.God……. as Oppa’s Goddess.. I should participate.. But who??????????? Hahahaha
    I know for sure which Kdrama BF I would not recommend.. it’s Habaek (Nam Joo Hyuk)

    Who would want transgender BF with fugly blue wig
    https://68.media.tumblr.com/9b7788e32b60bc8a78c1b509aefd9401/tumblr_otowh9MNhF1vkz0npo6_250.gif

    more over he demands someone (it could be YOU) to fan him…
    http://78.media.tumblr.com/953df08a1145e4ada781e0c5cf5f4596/tumblr_os94lya3eL1qfwd03o3_r1_500.gif

  3. But, he’s chicken shit scare playing at fun park…

    https://mobile.twitter.com/_d_e_y_/status/890845748811644928

    And still many reasons… but I’m too lazy to find gif and video as proofs… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  4. Huh?? Really? there’s a limit to links?? lol. This site probably thought you were spamming because I was notified to “approve” your post when your post would go normally through after your very first post.

    This stupid “nesting” reply is putting a damper on things. It’s better not to click respond to a previous “reply post” so the comment box smaller.

    Yes, Lord Habaek is boyfriend material. I didn’t finish the show because of HER, giving the female lead a stinkeye.

    I tweeted mslee @mslee1107 to feel free to nominate GangDo/Junho from Just Between Lovers for 🏆Best Kdrama Boyfriend 🏆of the week

    because
    1. gruff Busan man ❤️😂
    2. assertive protective
    3. chill laidback
    4. kind to halmeoni, sister, mentally-challenged man, prostitutes
    5. street justice etc.

    I just need a memorable Best Boyfriend scene.

    Anybody can reply here and tell me who should be on the list, and we can “spotlight” a new BF per week.

    Nominations for second male leads are welcome too, except for the two characters I mentioned earlier (Queen Bitch rules hahahaha).

    I think the awards will be fun and quirky.

  5. How many can we nominate BF candidates per week? 1? 10? Hahahaha. This is fun! 🤣🤣

    Big shoutout to So Ji Sub on his Giordano Ads.. I nominate him (again) because…. he’s hot in it.. enough said hahahaha

  6. We can nominate as many as we want. Nominees who don’t make BKB of the week will be automatically rolled over to the following week… like excess pounds on our hips. hahaha.

    Remember, too, we’re not choosing the ACTOR but the role he’s playing. Just nominate SoJiSub for his Master’s Sun character.

    Hmmm… should we assess them, too, for kissing technique? hahaha. That would be too distracting — for me, especially. My elderly heart won’t be able to handle the pressure.

  7. I am going to comment before reading the post! 😀

    Jung Joon Hyung of Weightlifting Fairy KBJ
    Junho From Just Between Lovers although he is being a noble idiot right now. But ultimately he will be good.

    Ann Min Hyuk of Strong Woman DBS. The drama was cringey but the man was gold.

  8. Ah yes… I forgot that it’s the ROLE not the actor.. shoot me 🤪

    Then I withdraw my giordano’s ads SJS nomination. I’m sorry oppa.. you’re disqualified! Haha.. oh another thing, are we limiting only to hero/main lead only or supporting role is acceptable too? No I’m asking not because I want to nominate Rin from The King in Love.. he’s 🙅🏼‍♀️🙅🏼‍♀️🙅🏼‍♀️ 🤣

  9. Yes. Second male leads are totally in. I already updated the original post. Some of them are even better than the lead. And some of them are BF material — just not for the girl, like ChilBongie. Remember that whole heartache over Yoo Yoon Seok’s character in Reply 1994?

  10. staygold

    I also heard Jung Joon Hyung of Weightlifting Fairy KBJ was BF material. But I don’t know what he did in the kdrama to make him swoon-worthy. Help?

    Same with Ann Min Hyuk of Strong Woman DBS. If you tell me his BF characteristics and what scenes I’ll look into them. All I remember is he buys a lot of gifts for her. And he wasn’t turned off by DBS’s supernatural ability unlike DBS’ chauvinistic crush. It also helps that the actor was a cutie-patootie.

  11. oh no, no way!

    I was going to nominate Chilbong from Reply ‘94, that’s why I ask if I can nominate supporting role… 🤣

  12. 😆 We romance-savants think alike. Yes, Chilbongie has to be avenged. But remember you have to give at least five BF qualities and at least a memorable scene because my kdrama memory files are compressed, not expanded, for quicker access. 😁

  13. Righto! I will go collect a few screenshots and clips for these boys!

  14. You can send them by PM in our usual spot. 😘 I can transfer everything to “Bitch Talk” which is a category specifically made for things like this: convos transferred over to the main page.

  15. I didn’t realize how hard it would be to even nominate a name when thinking not just about looks or talent or even what I have seen. But about personality and who they are within. A guess into their heart and soul. My list upon first hearing about this seemed to be funny and long. Yet upon thinking deeper about what that person would truly be like as a boyfriend. Quickly my list became much smaller…

    For I hadn’t really thought about it for I mostly admire and have never had the honor to meet any of them. I get teased about overthinking everything and this is no different. If feels kind of sad in my even judging them in this way but since it is for fun I will do my best LOL!!

    In no special order…

    Kim Rae Won… After seeing him for the first time in Love Story In Harvard I remember being so moved by his gentleness and the emotions I could see within his eyes that made me believe that it wasn’t just the character that he was playing but in fact a glimpse of who this man could be.

    Even later when adding his projects one by one. My Little Bride,Rooftop Room Cat, A thousand day’s promise, Doctors and currently Black Knight. The last two being my favorites…

    What facts do I know about his real life very few. But this one sticks out the most that he not only took the girl he loved home everyday a 3 hour round trip for him. Not caring about the distance as young man. But did it faithfully for over a year and a half That he loved a woman so much he didn’t want to live without her. Which makes me believe he knows the value of a woman and is gentleman. Is willing to take care of her no matter the cost to himself…

    In the drama Doctors I saw that same personality trait beaming and that protective and yes even caring nature coming through. Loud and clear. I will never forget the sight of him on that hospital rooftop climbing out of that helicopter walking over to Park Shin Hye and asking ” Did you get married? Got a boyfriend? That’s well then”. Lets just say he took my breath away…

    Even now in his current project Black Knight. He once again shows us the viewers those simple yet so assertive one lines and words that he is able to express so well. Not only in what he is saying but how he is saying it. His ability to draw out every ounce of emotion from us who are lost in just the sight of him. Amazed in the very fact that he just continues to get better. And I am not just speaking about his looks. This drama is about a love that withstands struggles and hardships. Even the test of time and beyond. A forever love…

    I believe that KRW in his real life has felt great love and loss. And I hope just like his character he too will in time find a great love again…

    His age may seem to old for some to be nominated, yet I believe it is the heart that matters most. Someone who loves with his whole self and is willing to protect and value the woman he loves. That in itself is boyfriend material to me…

    Love is timeless and ageless and a GOOD MAN no matter what age he is… Is priceless…

  16. 😂😂😂Why can’t i post my comment. 😜😜😜
    Still trying here and praying it will be sent.

    Kang Tae Ho of Go Ho’s Starry Night. Wrote it in my blog and if heavens will help me post my comment here I will copy it in here.😂😂😂

    Gang Doo will soon be boyfriend material by next week. Did you see that backhug? 😻

    Pls..pls..pls..let me post..

  17. Omo! My comment👆made it fianlly!💃😂
    From – Go Ho’s Starry Night (web drama)

    Kang Tae Ho looks like a model (😜) dress nicely, tall (something that I find attractive in a man) a bit brusque.but gentle at the same time. He is also romantic in his own way towards Go Ho. He protects her. When a man is harrassing her he twists the man’s arm. Yup..KTH is a manly man.

    Kang Tae Ho is a bit rude, arrogant, bossy… But he knows how to treat a woman. She may think negatively on his actions because she was so clueless of how he feels for her. She only understands him later.

    Anyway..lists are in my blog with photos😉

    https://msleewrites.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/my-bkb-pick-best-kdrama-boyfriend/

  18. USAFarmGirl,

    heyyyy, there’s no age limit for boyfriends. 🙂 My husband is still “my boyfriend” after more than three decades. It’s the way he treats me…I still feel like a giddy girl out on her first date when we go on our Friday lunch dates at the Indian restaurant near the office. Just last night, as I followed him up the stairs (so bone-tired after work), he turned around and offered me a hand. Little things like that keep us young at heart. 🙂

    I’ve only watched him in “My Little Bride” and “Which Star Are You From.” Tell me more about this “Doctors.” Are there any more memorable scenes? I only saw the earlier episodes and I wondered why the directors and scriptwriters give him roles (or HE picks them out?) where he’s the older saner male crush of the young heroine going through turbulent adolescence, and he becomes her lover when they’re reunited. It’s kinda like a “Daddy-Long-Legs” image. I think the actor exudes this stable, secure, level-headed, responsible persona which girls find timelessly attractive.

  19. i cant write all my favorite BF in kdrama, so i will share few character i love,start from 2016. haha..

    favorite BF in 2017:
    wang won/hancheon/imsiwan: you what he can do for his loves one, he give her all she need without her ask first. he can be bestfriend, family and a man to woman he love. the saddest character i ever watch and im still bitter how eunsan treat him, with her silent 🙁 (the king in love)
    woo tak/jung hae in: without confession he know that he cant be with her, but he still doing his best to make her happy, he is the best second lead i love. (while u were sleeping)

    favorite BF in 2016:
    wangyeo/lee dong wook: the most cutest boyfriend for sunny! (goblin)
    heo jun/yoon shi yoon: he is willing to save the curse child even with his own life. (mirror of the witch)
    jungwon/ko kyung pyo: the sweestest second lead ever, too bad the female lead stuck with the one who love to hurt her. lol (jealousy incarnate)
    heo jun jae/lee min ho: a con artist who love to stalking his beloved mermaid; simchung, and protect her from dangerous things. 🙂 (legend of the blue sea)

    all character was my most favorite character who shine in kdrama i love, for me handsome face just bonus, but well written character with good performance is the most important things.

  20. facepalm! how could I forget hancheonie?

    can you get me explain LMH’s character more in Legend of the Blue Sea? Just like what mslee1107 did for her BKB nominee. I didn’t watch LotBS so I don’t enough to pick him. 🙂

    You can do it on your blog and just cc me here. I can refer people to go to your blog. Thanks!

  21. currently busy with my reality..kekeke
    i dont know what i should post on my blog, need an idea since no kdrama that make me excited like because this is my first life drama.

    won is our favorite bf material.
    how could u forgot about him?!and writing about rin only on your blog! hahhaa

    heo jun jae: he always protect simchung from bad ppl who tried to harm her, since she was born as mermaid. he cant live without her, in the past he died when he tried to save her from their enemy. he is so easily jealous if someone getting close with his mermaid, he cant live without her, he tried to be a better man for simchung, he quit his job as con artist to work as prosecutor for her. he know simchung ability to delete ppl memories about her, so junjae working hard with writing diary everyday about his life with simchung. and he patiently waiting for her comeback to him, while waiting he brought house with sea view, for her. anyway they living happily ever after.

    if anyone having free time, just visit my blog:
    http://lovebangwon.wordpress.com

  22. I tried to scan your blog for posts on Legend of the Blue 🌊 Sea but couldn’t find any 😫. I also tried to speed-watch the kdrama but got confused. Was there an introductory episode or did they redo Episode 1?

    Btw, being OCD, the mole of JunJiHyun distracting. 😀My hand is itching to scrub it out or to pick at it (but I can really pick people’s noses you know, lol).

  23. yes, they have one or two special episode..

    maybe it was her lucky mole, u know in asia, they believe such fengshui or something like lucky charm. lol

    if u meet me in person, u probably itching your hand too.or thinking there is dirt on my body hahahaha

  24. Moles are lucky, lovebangwon?! I don’t mind freckles, but it’s that ONE mole right on the nose that I find … mesmerizing.

    I understand how a cobra feels when it’s looking at a hand undulating in front of its very eyes. I just want to take a jab at the hand — or the nose with the mole.

    There’s another actress with a mole on the nose. The one in Moon Embracing the Sun.

    Don’t worry I won’t strike at you or scrub off your moles. 😀

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