The story, without the spoilers.
Yoon Ju-won, Kim San-ha and Kang Hae-joon are not related by blood, but they were raised as siblings by two single fathers who ran a noodle shop and a family together. For ten years they shared meals, homework, fights and birthdays, becoming closer than most real families. Then, as teenagers, their lives split apart: San-ha and Hae-joon leave, and Ju-won is left behind with the silence. Ten years later the three meet again as adults, and the feelings they buried as teenagers — including love that was never allowed to be named — come back with them. Family by Choice aired on JTBC from October 9, 2024, in sixteen episodes, starring Hwang In-youp, Jung Chae-yeon and Bae Hyun-sung. It is a warm, funny and deeply emotional drama about found family, first love and the people who raise you even when they do not have to. It is warm, funny and deeply emotional, and the found-family heart never feels forced.
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