5 titles, most popular first
In Sandbox, a fictional hub for tech start-ups in South Korea, bright and ambitious Seo Dal-mi hopes to be the Steve Jobs of Korea. Nam Do-san, a former math prodigy whose small company has been failing for two years, learns that Dal-mi mistakes him for the pen pal she remembers as her first love.
Yoon Jae-in is a hard-working nurse who grew up in an orphanage and cannot remember her past. Kim Young-kwang was once one of baseball's most promising hitters, but he has been sent down to the minors after clashing with his rival Seo In-woo, the league's rich, star player. When Young-kwang is injured, Jae-in saves him by giving him her blood.
Du Ru-mi, a civil servant who dreams of playing violin in an orchestra, wins funding for a local orchestra, only to be scammed and left with a group of amateur volunteers. Kang Mae, a brilliant but feared conductor, tries to rescue the project, alongside Kang Gun-woo, a traffic officer with raw musical talent.
Han Tae-yang is a hard-working young man determined to turn his tiny vegetable stand into a success. He hires a group of lost young men, including a lonely farmer, a former idol trainee, an awkward genius and a quiet homeless man, who become his staff and his friends. He also falls for Mok Ga-on, a woman who is hiding a secret.
In the 1980s, Go Young-rye works as a bus hostess on route 100 while hoping to get into university, and she befriends Seo Jong-hee, a charismatic newcomer. Both girls are drawn to Han Jae-pil, son of a wealthy department store owner, in a story about youth, friendship and first love.
