[K-drama Treasure Hunt] Swoony hand touching
by Dramaddictally
Welcome to the K-drama treasure hunt, where we all go looking for K-drama treasure in the form of tiny drama details that we know and love. Sometimes these details take the shape of well-worn tropes (oppa Band-Aiding) or storytelling devices (Top Secret Deadly Allergy), but other times it’s just details we know we’ve seen in other dramas, but need help putting all the clues together.
Each week we’ll put you on the hunt for a piece of K-drama treasure, and you can report your findings in the comments.
There’s no umpire in this game, so if you find the detail we’re looking for, drop the drama title (or even better, drama title + episode number) in the comments, and we’ll all take your word for it. Or, we’ll go binge watch just to see it play out.
And remember, we’re here to map our way to the treasures not to the plot twists! We know how exciting it can be to have all the hard-earned details stashed in your head, but let’s try to keep the spoilers out of the comments.
This week’s treasure:
Swoony hand touching
Your mission:
Find all those great, romantic, and — above all — swoony scenes of hand skinship that just about make you fall off your chair. From fingers interlaced to barely grazing at the outer edges, heart-fluttery hand touching is what dramas do best. Whether it’s a sweet surprise or permission is sought, any form of swoony handholding will be considered a winner in this round.
Reference drama:
Marry My Husband (Episode 9)
Have an idea for the next treasure hunt? Email your topic to hello @ dramabeans.com!
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1 Unaspirated
February 1, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Um, definitely The Matchmakers when the two leads’ hands meet as they are hanging up bachelor names for the Maeng sisters! When their fingertips almost interlace and they both just freeze there for a long moment *sigh*
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Seon-ha
February 1, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Jinx, @jls943! Gif below!
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Kurama
February 1, 2024 at 5:40 AM
It was so a Jane Austen moment!
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vienibenmio
February 1, 2024 at 9:51 AM
If you want "swoony innocent touching or almost touching" scenes Austen is really the way to go in general. The Darcy hand flex (which granted isn't in the novel but still), the Persuasion carriage lift... oh man.
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 1, 2024 at 10:19 AM
I almost think Darcy is more in our imagination than in the novel, particularly as *ahem* Colin Firth. #iykyk
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jillian
February 1, 2024 at 5:11 PM
That was such a cute moment!
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2 Seon-ha
February 1, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Oh, this is no contest for me. The Matchmakers, episode 6.
Our lead couple is planning the matches for the three Maeng sisters in their secret planning lair, and their hands accidentally touch on a string on which is hung the names/numbers of the possible suitors. Their fingers then gently trace one another's, and their faces show a type of innocent but transfixed, intentionality...
https://i.imgur.com/csorQ5Q.gif
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zindigo
February 1, 2024 at 5:42 AM
I love reliving that scene 😍
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3 Gum Shoe
February 1, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Coffee Prince: Beach trip—palm grip to intertwined fingers. Gah—so many feels.
The Interest of Love: post-ice rink ride home. Another conflicted feelings moment, but such intense feeling.
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Kitsune Moon
February 1, 2024 at 2:24 PM
that beach trip was entirely swoony <3
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4 M
February 1, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Call it love: in the ER
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5 dramamad
February 1, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Yes yes, I’m here to talk about Chicago typewriter. Again. But the part where hwi young gives himself permission to brush soo hyuns hands after they promised to meet each other in the next life- the night before their big mission that goes bust. I die all over again thinking about it
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zindigo
February 1, 2024 at 5:43 AM
I haven't seen it yet (on my list for this year!) but your description alone makes me want to go watch it right now!
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 1, 2024 at 6:51 AM
It is a must see drama. I hope you let us know your views after you watch it.
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zindigo
February 1, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Will do!
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 1, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Congrats on hitting your first 500 comments🥳 I bet you could do that many just raving about Chicago Typewriter😊
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dramamad
February 1, 2024 at 7:27 AM
🙈 you’re probably right!
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6 Kurama
February 1, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Something in the Rain : When the FL hold ML's hand under the table in a bar.
Healer : The scene at the theatre when she's leaving and when he's sleeping at her house and he let fall his pyjama and they tried to get it back at the same time, their hands touched
She Would Never Know : When the FL and the SML are waiting in front of the elavator and his girlfriend got out from the elevator. She doesn't look happy to see them together, so ML took the hand of the FL and they left together to kill any doubts. There was another elevator scene, I think.
Extraordinary You : When Danoh can't help herself to hold Haru's hand :D
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Kurama
February 1, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Destined With You had a lot of hands moments, I liked the one in the taxi when the FL was drunk and told her story.
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sonai
February 1, 2024 at 9:20 AM
„Hands Moments“ in DESTINED WITH YOU?!?!?! 🫣😂😂😂
Now all I see in my mind is the bloody thing…
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 1, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Get a grip Sonai! 🙄 The prompt says "swoony" not horror.
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sonai
February 1, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Well. It wasn’t exactly horror, was it. He had quite an interesting relationship with that hand!
😬😂😂
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 1, 2024 at 12:10 PM
@sonai
**shudders in
totally fakereal horror**See, it is horror I say!! 😱🙀
Kurama
February 1, 2024 at 10:46 AM
The first scene of Red Hand was pretty good too!
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vienibenmio
February 1, 2024 at 9:46 AM
I was gonna say DWY, I still remember the hand moments
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latebloomer
February 1, 2024 at 7:58 AM
The Healer scene at the theater is one of my most rewatched Kdrama scenes.
The pajama scene - I don't remember the pajamas, but I remember they both reached for something at the same time, and when she touched his hand, she realized it felt the same as Healer's. Same touch, same heart flutters.
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Kurama
February 1, 2024 at 8:01 AM
She brought him her father's pajama but it fell.
Both scenes were great!
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technicat
February 2, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I didn't realize it before, but there are many hand and arm touching moments in Healer (and no wrist grabs). So healing!
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7 redfox
February 1, 2024 at 5:59 AM
next treasure hunt: silhouette on the Moon plz.
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zindigo
February 1, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Yes! I can think of one or two already!
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redfox
February 2, 2024 at 4:57 AM
My Love From the Star, with a horse. actually this one is better with images. maybe a challenge for fan wall
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8 Blue (@mayhemf)
February 1, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Nothing will beat the ‘Something in the rain’ handholding under the table. The first touch, handhold initiated by the FL!
That scene was simple amazing. Conveyed so much.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 1, 2024 at 6:48 AM
Yes the impact it had on him was priceless 🥰
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indyfan
February 1, 2024 at 7:10 AM
That was my gateway kdrama scene. 😊
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Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 2, 2024 at 8:19 AM
That scene is classic--just LOVE it. And the hiccups :-)
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9 aicaramba
February 1, 2024 at 6:46 AM
THE BEST HIT ep 25. ML pulls FL by the hand when a car passed too close as they walk home. He doesn't let go and continues walking, then interlaces their fingers. It's a lot more swoony than how I describe it, I swear!
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10 darwi
February 1, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Healer !
At the end of the cinema date.
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11 Aidualc
February 1, 2024 at 7:15 AM
EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO- holding hands through the office glass window scene in ep 11, when Jun Ho oh so casually leans his palm against said window and Young Woo initiates and gets to explore “touching” his hand without the sensory overload her autistic character would feel with actually holding his hand. It was swoony.
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FrenchFan
February 1, 2024 at 12:18 PM
yes! I love Park Eun Bin's acting here: the look and the emotions on her face.
Great heartwarming scene that I only find in a Kdrama!
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Kitsune Moon
February 1, 2024 at 2:26 PM
YES! Jun-Ho and Young-Woo are one of the top couples for me! their interactions / romance was refreshing and totally different than the norm. and ridiculously swoon-worthy!
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12 latebloomer
February 1, 2024 at 7:55 AM
In My Unfamiliar Family, as their relationship is changing, Eun-hee and Chan-hyuk are walking side by side and their hands are brushing. Finally, Chan-hyuk just breaks through the unspoken boundary. He takes her hand firmly, and breaks out in a big, happy grin.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
February 1, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Absolutely fantastic scene!! Love these two!!
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13 latebloomer
February 1, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Also, King the Land ep. 9, the morning after their steamy kiss, holding hands in the elevator behind Secretary No's back. Cute and hilarious.
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zindigo
February 1, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Holding hands in elevators behind others' backs is a whole trop in itself!
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Midnight
February 1, 2024 at 12:02 PM
And the ultimate peak of this trope was in Accidental Couple...
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14 🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 1, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Just can't believe this topic for today. 🥰
I made a "I want to hold your hand" post today and then saw this. 👏 👏
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 1, 2024 at 9:25 AM
It was such a delight to see and what a happy coincidence. I hope all the beanies dropping these examples check it out.
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 1, 2024 at 10:15 AM
❤
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Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 2, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Love your poster....check it out, Beannies!
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 2, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Thank you! 😀
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 2, 2024 at 9:28 AM
In honor of this thread I've made another follow-up post, "I want to hold your hand … some more". Hope you like it Beans. 🤝 😊
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15 latebloomer
February 1, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Also While You Were Sleeping, ep. 10, when Hong-joo is standing on the curb across from her workplace, hesitating to go back, Jae-chan comes up without a word, takes her hand, and leads her across the street. It's not just helping her follow through with her decision, it's also the pivotal moment when he decides to follow his feelings instead of his fears.
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16 kiara
February 1, 2024 at 9:17 AM
I feel like this is a fan-wall topic. Just posting pictures without saying a word will do.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 1, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Did you see @seeker’s post today so lovely?
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kiara
February 1, 2024 at 9:40 AM
I just saw it, thank you!!!
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Diana Hansen
February 2, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Why, yes I did. I can die a happy death now!
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 2, 2024 at 9:59 AM
No, no ... we want you to live a happy hand holding life. 😊 🤝
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17 sonai
February 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM
MR QUEEN, later episode (maybe 18? 19?):
The King takes our Queen to some sort of “holiday estate” outside the palace, and there, their hands touch. And since she doesn’t flinch away (… or curses 😂), he dares to interlace fingers. 🫰
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18 vienibenmio
February 1, 2024 at 9:50 AM
One of my favorite Asian drama tropes is when the male lead reaches out a hand to the female lead, he ALMOST makes it, he's ALMOST there - but then he changes his mind, makes a fist, and lowers his hand, all without her knowing he was about to touch her. I'm trying to think of specific scenes, but you all know the one I mean. I like to mime it to my husband.
This is not remotely helpful to OP but I just wanted to bring it up. As a consolation prize, let me say that there's a scene in My Holo Love where the male lead grabs the female lead's hand to run away, and it's a really pivotal and emotional moment for a lot of reasons. I can't say more without giving the story away...
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Aidualc
February 1, 2024 at 12:05 PM
There’s 2 scenes like that in Because This Is My First Life. In one the leads are walking side by side, ML clearly eyes female leads hand, almost reaches out but holds back. In another scene they walk side by side again, and this time FL reaches out not once, but twice only to give up and make a fist and then he reaches out to take her hand instead.
In fact that drama has lots of hands moments, ML is always extending his hand to the FL to comfort her.
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vienibenmio
February 1, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Oh, yes, I loved the tension in that drama! Thanks for reminding me
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sonai
February 1, 2024 at 12:16 PM
There’s one of these scenes in SOMETHING IN THE RAIN, too. They are in a car, he’s driving. She has her hand on the arm rest between them and he contemplates taking it *swoons* - then chickens out! *aaaws!*
On that same evening (I think), he tries to even lay an arm around her shoulder *swoons!* - then chickens out again! *booos!!*
The rain finally gives him enough courage. 👏😉🫰
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19 jillian
February 1, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Our Beloved Summer ep 8 during their forced retreat as Ung held Yeon Soo's hand when he was "asleep". 😘
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20 Healer’s
February 1, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Kdramas are very rich of hand-touching moments, but the most memorable to me is still and always the one in Autumn Tale, when Song Hye Kyo's and Song Seong Heon's characters leaning on each other back to back, cleaning the windows, and their fingers slowly moved toward each other's. It's the first moment they acknowledged their romantic feeling for the other person. It's been more than 20 years since I first watched this show and probably more than 10 years since I last watched it, but this scene still imprinted on my mind.
Here it is https://i.imgur.com/hYubUlB.gif
And bonus: a funny hand touching scene of many beanies' first K-bias :-) It's from the same show.
https://i.imgur.com/UGoh4MX.gif
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 2, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Thanks for sharing these clips😊
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 2, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Wow ... legit the feelz are something else altogether!! 😍 Amazing. 👏 👏 👏
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21 Quantum Nurse
February 2, 2024 at 6:29 AM
My forever favorite drama "Golden Pouch". Love Dr. Han Seok Hoon and Geum Seol Hwa's magical onscreen chemistry and I have watched the show more than 50 times, their amazing onscreen chemistry makes me very happy. In episode 31, the heart flutters scene when he pulls her towards him and holding her hands for the first time, showing his genuine affection for her.
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22 Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 2, 2024 at 8:26 AM
I 100% agree with the under the table hand-holding in "Something in the Rain."
The OST from "Touch Love" immediately came to mind!
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23 I ♥️ bad dramas
February 6, 2024 at 9:48 AM
City Hall: the couple are in their angst stage, riding in the back of a car. Cha Seung-won's pinky finger grazes Kim Sun-Ah's. And the tears and longing that miniscule touch brings to them and us...
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24 K-BearLovesDramas
February 7, 2024 at 3:49 AM
I have several but two immediately came to mind:
Judge vs Judge: Episode 16. When they are walking home at night on her first day of resumption and in the final slo-mo of them running to work.
Hospital Playlist 2: an earlier Episode and Episode 11. Songhwa and Ikjun are running away from the rain and end up holding hands when they leap at the same time. In Ep. 11, when Ikjun is injured and Songhwa runs up to him in a panic and holds his hand **squeals!!**
Honorable Mention: Marry My Husband Ep 11, the hand touch at work 🤭
By the way, can we do a Treasure Hunt on charged moments between characters viewed by others? Like when Iksun saw Songhwa and Ikjun playing the card game 🥰🥰🥰
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25 Inkywinky
February 29, 2024 at 5:05 AM
The healer scene after the press conference... In the elevator where they hold hands when she has panic attack... The atmosphere, the feels... My favourite..and of course the theatre hand holding also💜
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