ML constantly seeks out FL's company/touch
These are dramas where the male lead is the clingy/possessive type, but specifically is always seeking to see and spend time with the female lead.
Those marked with * are ones where the male lead also often initiates physical contact/skinship (more *** for more steaminess).
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1. Love Better Than Immortality
Chinese Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
*** so much skinship here, he's all over her from the start
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2. Something About 1 Percent
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
*** right from the start he's asking her for lots of skinship
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3. Kimi wa Petto
Japanese Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
**** insanely clingy
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4. Meow, the Secret Boy
Korean Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
* lots of cuddles
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5. Maid's Revenge
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
***** he's super aggressive in pursuing her (tw: without her consent, at first), tons of skinship
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6. Sparkle Love
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
*** they are both very touchy and always grabbing onto each other haha
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7. The Romance of Hua Rong
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
*** ML kidnaps her and chases her around the globe, with implied sex early on
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8. Meeting You
Chinese Drama - 2020, 28 episodes
** you wouldn't expect it since he has social anxiety but he's always pulling her closer, lots of cuddling
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9. Clean with Passion for Now
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
no * initially but like *** in the latter half, ICONIC kiss scenes
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10. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
as usual SWDBS belongs near the top of my lists... this is one of the clingiest MLs out there, love him
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11. Love to Hate You
Korean Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
* from ep 5 or so on
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12. Love Is Sweet
Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes
*** some early on, most later in the show
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13. My Fated Boy
Chinese Drama - 2021, 29 episodes
**
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14. The King's Affection
Korean Drama - 2021, 20 episodes
* in the latter half
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15. Well-Intended Love
Chinese Drama - 2019, 20 episodes
**** from the start
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16. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
** ML is very cuddly
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17. My Only Love Song
Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
** even though it's enemies to lovers the ML is pretty handsy from the beginning
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18. About Is Love
Chinese Drama - 2018, 30 episodes
*
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19. Sh**ting Stars
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
* he practically follows her around from the start
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20. Who Rules the World
Chinese Drama - 2022, 40 episodes
they even note this in the intro - wherever she is, he's sure to show up too
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21. My ID Is Gangnam Beauty
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
ML does pursue her and show up wherever she is, but there’s not a ton of skinship and I would call it a slowburn
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22. My Roommate Is a Gumiho
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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23. When the Camellia Blooms
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
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24. Prince of Wolf
Taiwanese Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
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25. Shopping King Louie
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
ML is very much the clingy puppy type
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26. Flower Boy Ramen Shop
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
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27. Confess Your Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
** lots of kisses, he seeks to constantly spend time with her
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28. My Secret Romance
Korean Drama - 2017, 13 episodes
*** from the start
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29. Healer
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
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30. Something in the Rain
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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31. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
He's clingy all the way through with *** later on
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32. Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
* not a ton of skinship, but the ML is clingy and adorable, he comes up with some crazy reasons to keep her living with him
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33. Secret Garden
Korean Drama - 2010, 20 episodes
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34. Romance Is a Bonus Book
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
**
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35. Encounter
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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36. My Absolute Boyfriend
Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
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37. Lucky Romance
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
he's clingy starting in the latter half of the show
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38. My Strange Hero
Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
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39. Witch's Romance
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
***
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40. Moon Embracing the Sun
Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
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41. Me too, Flower!
Korean Drama - 2011, 15 episodes
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42. Wok of Love
Korean Drama - 2018, 38 episodes
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43. Man to Man
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
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44. The Legend of the Blue Sea
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
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45. Jealousy Incarnate
Korean Drama - 2016, 24 episodes
in the latter half
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46. Suspicious Partner
Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
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47. Love Scenery
Chinese Drama - 2021, 31 episodes
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48. The Story of Ming Lan
Chinese Drama - 2018, 78 episodes
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49. Love O2O
Chinese Drama - 2016, 30 episodes
** he seeks her out from the beginning
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50. Legally Romance
Chinese Drama - 2022, 33 episodes
***
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51. My Little Happiness
Chinese Drama - 2021, 28 episodes
****
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52. Love and Redemption
Chinese Drama - 2020, 59 episodes
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53. Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1
Chinese Drama - 2022, 27 episodes
more the 2ML than the ML is clingy but they both seek her out
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54. Are You Human Too?
Korean Drama - 2018, 36 episodes
*
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55. Her Private Life
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
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56. I Need Romance Season 3
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
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57. The Secret Life of My Secretary
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
* he needs her to survive at work so he's always clinging to her, sometimes literally lol
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58. Sound of the Desert
Chinese Drama - 2014, 35 episodes
***
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59. The Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
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60. Sassy Go Go
Korean Drama - 2015, 12 episodes
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61. Descendants of the Sun
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
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62. Before We Get Married
Taiwanese Drama - 2019, 13 episodes
****
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63. She Would Never Know
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
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64. Bromance
Taiwanese Drama - 2015, 18 episodes
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65. Your Sensibility My Destiny
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
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66. Binary Love
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
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67. Marry Me
Chinese Drama - 2020, 35 episodes
* in late episodes (28 and onwards)
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68. Kiss Sixth Sense
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
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69. Secret Love Affair
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
***
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70. A Familiar Stranger
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
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71. Hidden Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 25 episodes
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72. Find Yourself
Chinese Drama - 2020, 41 episodes
*** ML described as "walking spice jar" lmao
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73. Lesson in Love
Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
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74. King the Land
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
ML tries some fun schemes to get the FL to stay close to him
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75. Moonlight
Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes
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76. Peach Girl
Japanese Movie - 2017
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77. My Demon
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
** ML needs to touch the FL to use his demonic power so he literally clings to her at times