I feel like “Your mileage may vary” is quite the understatement, with this show.
There are two main camps of viewers when it comes to this show, it seems like. One camp that loves it a great deal, and another that finds many things to be problematic, in this drama world.
Most of the time, when I lead with a statement like that about a show, I tend to fall squarely into the middle ground of finding it pretty ok, overall.
This time, however, I happen to have enjoyed this one much more than I’d originally expected to. Lens adjustments apply, of course, which I’ll talk about in a bit.
OST ALBUM: FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE
Here’s the OST album, in case you’d like to listen to it while you read the review.
Overall, I found the music breezy and enjoyable; in line with the light tone that Show’s gunning for.
MY TRAJECTORY WITH THIS ONE [SOME MINOR EARLY SPOILERS]
I have to confess that when I first pressed “play” on this show, I.. wasn’t prepared for the general vibe of the show, which leaned, well, “aggressive” to my eyes, and after less than an episode, was kinda ready to back away from this one.
What I mean is, Show’s apparently cavalier attitude towards relationships and sex was exactly the kind of thing that I’d been happy to get away from, in Western entertainment, when I came to kdramas.
I found it quite in-yo-face, to have Show establish, within its opening minutes, that our female lead Mi Ran (Kim Ok Bin) enjoys sex and doesn’t seem to see anything wrong with cheating on her boyfriend, by sleeping with someone else. 😅
Now, it’s one thing to have a female lead who’s free spirited and enjoys sex, but I do think it’s a whole other thing, to portray her as someone who thinks nothing of cheating on her boyfriend.
And then there’s also how our male lead Kang Ho (Yoo Teo) is blunt to the point of being mean, with his female co-stars.
In Show’s first 30 minutes, I concluded that I didn’t like our female or our male lead very much.
However, all the positive buzz around this drama made me rethink my decision, and after a break, I came back to give Show another try.
This time, I had my viewing lens adjusted, and my patience at the ready, because if folks were loving this one, I hoped to figure out why, and hopefully tap into that too.
And whaddya know, I actually ended up enjoying this one wayyy more than I’d originally thought possible.
MANAGING EXPECTATIONS / THE VIEWING LENS
Generally, I think the lens that works for this show, is the “don’t think too hard lens,” because that will give you the highest chance of enjoying your watch of this show.
That said, I do think that the degree to which you’d be able to enjoy this one, really depends on how much you’re able to switch off your brain.
Beyond Show’s glossy, modern packaging that indicates a free-spirited approach to relationships and sex, Show actually does remind me of older kdramas.
Specifically, I’m thinking of older rom-coms that we all slurped up in the day because it had felt like such delicious crack, but which, under a more analytical lens, would be all kinds of problematic.
Even more specifically, I’m thinking of Secret Garden, which aired from late 2010 to early 2011, and which I’d inhaled with relish along with almost everyone else in the dramaverse, back when it’d first aired.
At the time, I just had a lot of fun watching it, and it was only much later, when I tried to revisit the show for a rewatch, that I found myself struggling with, well, a lot of stuff, including the terrible things that our male lead was written to say, to come across as a cold, prickly male lead, but which I now could only see as Very Awful Jerk behavior.
In the years since, I’ve come to realize that sometimes dramas do this thing, where they start out showing us what a jerk a male lead (or female lead, for that matter) is, in the beginning, and then, instead of actually showing us proper character growth, the dramas start showing us that this character is nice, all of a sudden, and somehow, we forget how horrible they once were, because of the recency effect.
You could even say that these dramas are gaslighting us, even.
All that to say, I do think that this show does a bit of that, because our leads’ more problematic behaviors do get softened up, by the time we hit Show’s second half.
By this time, we’re having so much fun with the frothy hijinks that it’s hard to remember that we ever found these characters unlikable, or their behavior, problematic, in the first place.
Ultimately, I do think that if you’re able to just roll with what Show’s serving up, and just focus on the rom-com fun, then you’d be quite likely to have an enjoyable time with this one.
If you’re not able to switch off your brain to this extent, however, then maybe this one’s not for you.
TOUCHING ON THE TOPIC OF MISOGYNY [SOME BROAD SPOILERS]
There is misogyny in our drama world, no doubt about it, and I do think that this is a potentially very divisive topic.
I’m not planning to delve into this too deeply, but my friend LT did write a thought-provoking post on it, which you might like to check out here.
Personally, I made the choice not to think too deeply about this issue, because I was having a good time watching the show, and didn’t want to get into a critical sort of mindset that could have potentially ruined the watch for me. 🙈😅
I will say, though, that the world in which our characters exist, is definitely a misogynistic one, and the law firm where Mi Ran ends up working, is especially so, with the firm’s strict stance of not hiring female lawyers.
In her post, LT makes a case that our male lead Kang Ho is misogynistic and never actually changes, and, well, I find myself feeling differently about that.
Perhaps it’s because of my chosen viewing lens, which was a lot more casual, where I willingly ignored behavior that could be problematic, under the umbrella of “this is meant to be silly and funny.”
I found myself willing to accept the idea that Kang Ho had met many unpleasant women in his life, and been hurt enough, by some of them, that he’d come to the conclusion that he didn’t like women, in general.
I also found myself willing to accept that when Kang Ho got to know Mi Ran and realized that she wasn’t like the other women he’s been so used to, his attitude towards women in general actually changed.
This is the key area where I feel that I have a different opinion than LT.
Where LT feels that Kang Ho essentially doesn’t change, and is still misogynistic despite his feelings for Mi Ran, I kind of received it differently.
To my eyes, Kang Ho does change his attitude towards other women, after getting to know Mi Ran.
For example, he doesn’t get that physical reaction anymore, from being in close physical contact with women.
I think that’s supposed to indicate a significant change in Kang Ho, where his physical nausea basically functions as narrative shorthand for his general attitude towards women.
Additionally, we do get a couple of scenes of him being nice to the women whom we’d seen him saying mean things to in our early episodes, and even apologizing for his past words.
That’s not a lot, sure, but it’s something, I think, particularly in a short show like this that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
All that to say, I can see that Show isn’t perfect, and could have definitely portrayed or positioned certain things better, but I didn’t mind it so much, because I was convinced that Show didn’t mean any harm.
STUFF I LIKED
Broadly speaking, here are the various things that I found myself enjoying, during my watch:
1. The OTP chemistry
Once I got past the initial hyper-bickery stage, of which I wasn’t such a huge fan, I found the OTP chemistry very appealing.
I found myself nicely sucked into the process of our OTP falling for each other, and both of them trying to figure out what to do about it.
Also, there is more skinship in this than the average kdrama, thanks to Show being a Netflix offering. And, importantly, that skinship feels natural and believable – and isn’t too risque (ie, there isn’t any actual nudity, which is a decision I’m grateful for 😅).
Despite the rather unusual narrative circumstances and the sometimes rather OTT characterization of our leads, Yoo Teo and Kim Ok Bin make it feel like Kang Ho and Mi Ran are sincerely into each other, and that singlehandedly added a nice amount of crack to my watch. 🤩
2. Show’s fast pace
Show’s only 10 short episodes of an hour each (or under), and that meant that our story moved at a nicely brisk pace.
It felt refreshing to actually get story development in such a brisk fashion, where I didn’t have to contend with much filler at all.
I liked that, and that also contributed to Show’s slurp factor, in my books.
3. The secondary loveline
This isn’t a big like, for me, but I did ultimately rather enjoy the loveline between our second leads.
Elaine mentioned to me, that she felt Na Eun (Go Won Hee) was unnecessarily passive-aggressive towards Won Joon (Kim Ji Hoon), but I personally found that I wasn’t actually bothered by this, because I took it as something Show meant for amusement.
Like, oh, Na Eun’s so awkward around Won Joon, and the only way she knows to put up a front to conceal that, is to act all superior, in front of him.
And so, I didn’t mind this loveline, and enjoyed it in a low-key sort of way.
Also, Kim Ji Hoon’s mane of glory is, well, quite glorious, and I found that gazing at it was a nice bonus to my watch, heh. 😁
4. Kim Sung Ryung as Soo Jin
I wanted to give a shout-out to Kim Sung Ryung, whom I found very likable in her role as an older star who’s struggling a little bit, with her personal problems, as well as her fading popularity.
I actually really liked the friendship that grows between Soo Jin and Mi Ran, and count that as one of the highlights of my watch.
THOUGHTS ON THE ENDING [SPOILERS]
All’s well that ends well in this drama world, and I wouldn’t expect anything less, from a fluffy show like this one.
Because of Show’s overall cheery tone, I was confident that we’d get our OTP happy ending, even when I saw the title of the finale episode, which is “A Passionate Goodbye.”
And yes, Kang Ho and Mi Ran do break up for a while, in our finale, but through it all, I was confident that Show would find a way to bring them back together again, so I wasn’t too fussed by the break-up.
I thought the final conflict, of Mi Ran’s past becoming a point of contention among Kang Ho’s fans and the entertainment industry at large, was believable and organic to our story.
After all, the industry is famously harsh on its artists, as are fans and the public, in general.
And, Show had established Mi Ran’s approach to sex and dating, from the get-go, so it’s not like this was new information introduced at the last minute, just to create dramatic tension.
It makes sense that with Kang Ho and Mi Ran dating openly like that, that Mi Ran’s past would get splashed everywhere, at some point, and that it would become a problem for Kang Ho’s career.
I do appreciate that Kang Ho is steadfast in his commitment to Mi Ran through it all, and has no intention of breaking up with Mi Ran, even though the pressure is tremendous, and coming from all corners.
I also like that when Mi Ran first broaches the subject of a break-up, Kang Ho’s response is to suggest that they only fake break-up, while saying that this is something that the public doesn’t need to know anyway.
That’s very true; we don’t need to know, and we don’t actually have the right to know, and I’m glad that Show points that out, even briefly.
I was rather bummed that when things blow up and Kang Ho publicly declares his love for Mi Ran and proposes to her, her response is to break up with him for real. Boo.
Thankfully, like I said, Show moves fast, and it isn’t long before public opinion starts to turn around, with regards to Mi Ran and her dating history, and it soon becomes viable for our OTP to reunite, without either of them having to condemned and ruined.
Yes, it’s totally a bait-and-switch deal with regards to Mi Ran and her dating history, coz suddenly she’s some kind of dating vigilante who only dates jerks in order to get revenge on them, for their ex-girlfriends. That was weird, I thought.
But since it’s in service of getting us a happy ending for our OTP, I’m willing to shrug and move along.
In the end, I’m glad that this time, it’s Mi Ran who reaches out to Kang Ho first, since Kang Ho’s consistently been the one to express his desire for them to be together.
And while it’s admittedly a little mean for Kang Ho to rib her like that by pretending not to want to be with her anymore, I can understand that he might like a bit of petty revenge, for the way she broke up with him.
In the end, Show serves up an ending that I consider very much in line with its overall sensibility, in that Mi Ran is still not convinced that she’d like to get married, possibly ever, while Kang Ho very much wants to get married, but they are happy together, nonetheless.
They are still noisy, bickery and a little out there, which is how we’ve come to know them, and it feels pitch perfect, that this is how we leave them, as well.
THE FINAL VERDICT:
Fun for a whirl – provided you don’t think too hard.
FINAL GRADE: B+
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I’ve found it useful to use a ‘reverse’ test with a lot of modern media. With art, anytime I’m drawing something that should have discernible symmetry—like a face—I’ll flip the canvas at various times to make adjustments (easier to do digitally of course). This is because even if the drawing looks fine from one side, horizontally reversing it shows that the symmetry is marred significantly and one side looks far worse than the other. Professional artists can mitigate this with practice, but even some of the pros’ work can look wonky if flipped in reverse.
If I was watching a show where the guy had unabashedly slept around with—and cheated on—dozens of women, I wouldn’t like him. If he said all women were whores, and Show tried to sell that reality (with the exception of our dashing leads, of course), I wouldn’t like him. If he constantly walked around with a cocky, “Come at me, bruh” attitude, and Show spent an excessive amount of time trying to prove what a bad-A he was, I wouldn’t like him. If he said marriage was bogus, based solely on his extensive broken ‘relationships’, and maintained that perspective to the very end of the show, I wouldn’t like him.
All that to say, I found very little to like from the FL in this show. Physical violence and pride do not equate to strength, and I saw very little else aside from a general loathing of men. My favorite moment—the one that made me think there might be a modicum of nuance to her character—was when she lost the will to fight/spar once she realized the ML wasn’t having a fling with a minor. It seemed to show that her zeal was driven by a strong sense of justice, and once she realized she was punishing someone unjustly, that drive lost its momentum. It was really the only time I saw any depth to her character, and it was nowhere near enough to redeem it. She was more/less likable around her bestie, but there was nothing particularly humorous or engaging about their scenes together.
The ML doesn’t get a pass of course. He was no less of a misogynist than she was a misandrist, although I will grant that if Korean show business is anything like Hollywood, his assessment of the women around him would probably be accurate. (And to be fair, had an actress made a similarly broad, but somewhat modified, statement about the men she worked with in the industry, hers would have been accurate as well.)
I found very little to like about him, aside from the fact that he wasn’t a complete jerk. He’s kind to his niece and takes time to have a meal with her friends. He cares about the crew of the projects he’s on and demonstrates compassion for the “little people” at various times. He has an ego—particularly regarding the FL—early in the show, but that starts to erode very quickly.
And that brings up one of the big disappointments of this show: it was touted as a great hate-to-love romance, but it was one of the most lopsided engagements I can recall seeing with that premise. I’m used to an episode or two of saccharine sentimentality when the two leads finally get together, but there was a one-sided gushfest that began not far into the narrative.
Most stories of antagonists-turned-lovers have a nice back-and-forth between the two leads, with each one causing the other some embarrassment, discomfort, or pain, leaving you to wonder who will ultimately break or confess first; it provided playful, goofy, and sometimes witty tension with more than a few feints and misdirects.
But not with this show. There’s some very slight oneupmanship early on (mostly manifesting in thoughts), but by the mid-point of the show, our ML is a swooning puddle of sentimentality, praising the FL incessantly for how strong and amazing and heroic she is. Not only that, but the outcome is telegraphed as soon as his inner monologue tells us how stunned he is that he can be near her without going into shock. After that point, he’s smitten—and vocal about it. She eventually reciprocates, but not nearly as emphatically or with the same level of vulnerability.
I’ll give the show this: of all the gimmicks and wacky plot-driving-ailments I’ve seen thus far, having a lead become physically ill when being close to someone of the opposite sex is a new one. What makes it even more unique is there is no reason for why the FL is the exception (as far as I can recall, though I admit I found it hard to stay focused as the show went on). It’s not like she’s warm, nurturing, empathetic, compassionate, gentle, or any other endearing trait that would provide a subconscious balm. There’s not even a modicum of genuine love the first time it happened. Was there some childhood experience I missed? Something akin to “Healer”? If not, her ability to foster intimacy with man has to be one of the most undeserved and unjustified ‘powers’ presented in a show. Most abrasive, man-hating misandrists don’t typically attract emotionally healthy men, any more than abusive, stunted misogynists attract healthy women.
I can appreciate the show being only 10 episodes long, trimming a lot of the fat found on some longer runs. But the shorter length resulted in the loss of any notable character development, and the relationship came across as very one-sided until almost the very end. I don’t like fluff and filler (who does?) but the script’s focus was in the wrong place, making those 10 hours very uneven and hollow.
Case in point: the FL’s BFF. I might be wrong, but I think we got almost two episodes of her inner monologue saying nothing but, “He’s so hawt!” regarding the ML’s friend. Nothing about his character, nothing that he does or says to spark her interest. Just raw lust. That level of superficiality doesn’t fly for male characters, and it doesn’t work for female characters either.
“Love at first sight” only resonates if it quickly matures and finds justification beyond a physical attraction. Most shows at least give us a moment or two when the smitten character is able to witness the kindness, generosity, selflessness, etc.., of their pending paramour. But the BFF is just all about that hunk of man…until she suddenly isn’t. Gradually there are reasons beyond lust worked in, but Show goes out of its way to keep her attraction carnal for far too long. Again, if it was reversed, and it was a guy doing nothing but saying, “She’s so hawt!” how would it play?
This show is saturated with the seepage of modern Hollywood. I watch k-dramas to get away from the baseless, tedious, sex-driven concepts of “love”, the trivialization of physical intimacy, and (more so recently) the perverse notions of what strength is—particularly with female characters. This show revels in all of that more than any other I can recall. (It even manages to work in the diseased, “Women can’t be rescued” fallacy that pervades western entertainment these days. Not surprising, given the disposition of our “strong” female lead, but still disappointing.)
The FL is promiscuous, soulless, and insufferable, and her best friend is a hormonally-driven flake. The ML is a love-lorn puddle beyond the first few episodes, and his friend doesn’t come across as genuine; he has that smooth-talking, manipulative producer vibe going most of time that makes it hard to tell when he is being earnest and when he’s just moving the pieces. His scenes alone with the ML are fine, but most of the time I’m just believing whatever he says because I know Show wants me to.
At one point, Hollywood was more subtle with its messaging. Over the course of many decease, it managed to make sex cheap and common, to the point that it’s odd for it to be absent in any film or show that carries a hint of romance. However, that seemingly-innocuous subtly has been thrown by the wayside in the past several years or so, and now the messaging is more wide-spread, heavy-handed, mean-spirited, and perverse than it once was.
There is no question that k-dramas have characters, events, and elements that, when placed in our reality, would be brutal, manipulative and perhaps even dangerous. The same is true of most modern storytelling, where subtle entanglements and internal conflict have lost out to emotional spectacle. It can be hard to have fresh tension and high stakes if everyone is mostly good, respectful, honest, understanding, and mature, but there are ways to make it happen. (This review’s distinction between genuine character development and simply ‘good things done recently’ is acute, well-made and important.)
Though that truth can’t be denied, and it can be difficult to condone, it seemed to at least be a functional part of the story. I’d suggest that some of the more despicable or unsettling acts served the same purpose as bizarre ailments, drunken stupors, forgotten phones, and overheard conversations: they were easy, somewhat lazy ways to advance the story, raise the stakes, and elicit emotion. All of those require you to shut off your brain and just accept them, regardless of how implausible, detestable, questionable, or asinine they might be when separated from their fictional packaging.
For this show, however, the nauseating nature of some of its characters didn’t serve the story—it sent a message. Misogyny and misandry were both present, but only one was portrayed in a negative light. Being promiscuous was presented as part of being independent, brave, strong, and even admired. There was no shame, no reflection. Far-fetched and wholly unbelievable physical confrontations were propped up as demonstrations of strength, emphasized by character commentary with as much subtly and taste as product placement.
In fairness to objectivity, this show lost me in its first episode. I slogged through it with diminishing hopes for redemption, it simply wasn’t interested in yielding its messaging. The result was a bland joust between a FL who had to have any measure of vulnerability shoehorned into a few fleeting moments, and a ML who was down for the count the moment he was able to hug a woman without throwing up.
I was hoping for something like, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”, where the leads went into the relationship with two diametrically opposed goals (one to stay in the relationship no matter what, the other to end the relationship ASAP), both were likable with flawed motives, both gave as good as they got, both attained what they thought they wanted, and both realized they were wrong. Yes, both did things that were deceptive and just downright mean, but the whole narrative was set up as a spectacle where nothing beyond the romantic progression had any consequence. I thought it’d be really interesting to see that general premise play out in a longer format, but it was not to be.
It is a cruel irony that a Hollywood film from 2003 would have more class, depth, adorable absurdity, romance, and character parity than a k-drama released in 2023. I know this show has received a great deal of praise, and I can only hope it doesn’t mark the start of an abysmal trend.
From the trailer i know this drama is going to be good. and the show didn’t disappoint me. Perfect casting, storyline. Especially Kim Ok Vin and Yoo Teo’s acting. The chemistry between them is just perfect. everything in this drama is beautiful.I just finished it last night.. Guys, please help me to moved on.
Great breakdown of the positives and negatives of this drama. I definitely had mixed feelings about it. I didn’t really care for the first half of the drama for several of the reasons you mentioned. The second half was much better though, and I enjoyed it much more. It was a bit too late to love the drama at that point, but it left on a more positive note 🙂
Yay that you enjoyed this one KFG! Yes FL and ML started off a bit OTT in hating the other gender but I think their growing connection was teased out quite well. I felt the dialogue was written pretty well actually! From the verbal sparring to the more earnest heartfelt moments.
I was quite smitten with Yoo Teo in this one. Thankfully he wasn’t too harsh of a jerk and he really revealed his inner softie later. I very much enjoyed the bromance with his bestie played by Kim Ji Hoon, the scenes of them bantering and acting like an old married couple were so fun.
So I give this one top marks for achieving what it set out to do – a romantic comedy which really delivers on the comedy front, as well as the romantic front! And in a zany way which reminded me of how well I enjoyed the frothy Business Proposal last year (until the last 2 episodes).
Hope more people can enjoy Love to Hate You! Without giving anything away too much, the Netflix budget really shows in later episodes where we delve more into the movie making for ML! What a treat, I really enjoyed that.
Yay you did do a review for this one! I personally was 100% like you for this one, just enjoying the romance and the silliness while not taking a particularly critical and analytical lens on it. So I enjoyed this a lot. I know there were issues but I kinda wanted to kick it aside so I could just enjoy whatever they were serving up? Oops. Anyway I’m glad you enjoyed this one!
Hi5 MC! I guess there’s a reason some shows are referred to as guilty pleasures.. We feel guilty for not taking a more serious lens to problematic aspects of the show. 😅 But I also can’t help thinking that taking that more serious lens to something that’s not meant to be serious can rob you of fun that you would otherwise have. Again, there’s a reason we call it a guilty pleasure! 😝😅
Hahaha, MC & KFG. My notes for this show literally read “Guilty pleasure, very fun. Great FL character – interesting and unashamed. ML is so appealing.” 😆
I really enjoyed it, while recognizing it wasn’t a dramatic masterpiece. Despite its more mature rating on the skinship side, it still contexted the relationships in emotion, feels, and personal history, which is what’s so appealing about Kdrama!
Ahh, didn’t know you were stealth watching this one! Good for you! I enjoyed it a fair amount as well; like you say, it has more than its share of inconsistencies, but if you just allow the narrative momentum to carry you along, nothing terribly insurmountable. I hadn’t seen either of our leads before, and ended up liking both of them a lot, so that’s good!
Also, having just (well, somewhat recently) having seen Kim Ji-hoon and Lee Ju-bin having a fairly torrid affair in Money Heist: Korea, I was wondering what their relationship here would be, but (probably for the best), show didn’t go there…
P.S. Sean’s right, Dr Romantic 3 is off to a suitably fast-paced start, so if you wanted to jump through season 2 on the sly….
I’d checked out about 3 eps earlier on, while considering it for Patreon coverage (and then I picked something else, coz this didn’t feel like a show that needed episode notes) – and then I finally went back to finish it during my break! 😊 Glad I didn’t miss out on the fun on this one!
But yes, I’m trying to work in more shows now, by putting in a “watch whatever you want before bed” sort of thing into my schedule, so I’ve taken up your suggestion of Dr. Romantic 2 (after you suggested it on Patreon), and am now about 4-ish eps in! YAY! I like it very well, so far! I hope I’ll be able to finish it fast enough, that I’ll be able to join everyone else on Dr. Romantic 3! 😅
Oh, yay! There’s something to be said for just watching a show for the fun of it, without the pressure of having to write about it or say anything about it (or so I imagine…).
I have found it kind of fun to be exposed to Lee Sung-kyung in a role where she is generally happy, upbeat, and smiling (the first two eps of DR3), after just going through Call it Love with her very intense and serious face. As I recall, her character arc in DR2 was more focused on her obstacles and growth as a young surgeon at the beginning of her career, so maybe less smiles and upbeat, but still not as intense/serious as CiL.. Wonder if you’re feeling a bit of the same “whoa, different LSK altogether” vibe?
(I also thought, and still think, on balance, that DR2 is the best role I’ve seen Ahn Hyo-seop in to date, so there’s that…).
I thought it was wonderful to finally see the smiling, upbeat LSK, Trent. I haven’t seen that for quite some time, as with some other aspects re her acting.
A nice little review, KFG. I quite enjoyed show overall. I felt though, nine episodes would have just been fine instead of ten and although the last episode was okayish – the vigilante aspect didn’t cut it for me – they took the easy way out in terms of an explanation and redemption.
PS: Romantic Dr Kim 3 has got off to a cracker of a start. I only recently finished RDK 2.
@seankfletcher I agree, the vigilante aspect was rather sudden and awkward, but with a manhwa sort of lens, it works better. I still don’t love it, but find it easier to accept. 😅
Yay that Dr. Romantic 3’s off to a great start – I’m trying to work my way to that starting line, by zooming through Dr. Romantic 2 as fast as I can. 😁😅