Fight for My Way

If you are checking reviews to decide if "Fight my way" is worth watching, don't waste your time and just give it a try!

I was looking for something simple and easy to watch, so I could sit back and have my "relax time", but I wasn't expecting to find such a good Kdrama. After watching the first episode until the very end, I couldn't stop myself and finished the whole drama as quickly as I could!
Park Seo Joon is one of my favorite actors, so I could be bised, BUT!... Everyone has struggled with their future at some point in life and that is what makes this plot great. You connect with it, 'cause you already felt what the characters are feeling.

"Fight my way" approaches the eternal question of what to do, when you can't follow your dreams - Should I give up or is it worth trying a little harder? - in a cute and funny way.
You won't get bored, 'cause every episode has something very new and intersting, and they all end in cliff hangers that make you want to watch episode after episode, what I personally love!

For those who love some good romantic scenes, you're also making the right choice! It has the BEST SKINSHIP I ever seen in a drama.
You can relate very easily with the romantic problems shown in the episodes. The struggles that the couples go through are put together in a very real and mature way.

Fight my way will get you immersed in the life of the 4 main characters, and you won't feel sorry for it, I promise.

Ps. Don't forget to watch the episodes until the very end! The ending scenes are the cutest and funniest thing ever!

Read More

This plot catches me strongly. Seeing the persistence and determination of Ko Dong Man (Park Seo Joon) and Choi Ae Ra (Kim Ji Won) I was involved with the story and started to cheer for them. The story was consistent until the end and I love this. I'm very happy that I didn't handle the usual "couple problems" of the most part of the rom-com. The problems were on another level and everything was surprising and very emotional. As I said, I had some unknown feelings about Baek Seol Hee (Song Ha Yoon) and Kim Joo Man (Ahn Jae Hong), and this was revealed in a few episodes later... I loved the fact that Seol Hee didn't follow the cliché of the "regular girl" that pass through a makeover and then finds herself. She didn't need a new appearance, just a new path and self reveal, very amazing! About Joo Man... I didn't enjoy his acts, but also I could see a human doing human things. He wasn't a prince, just a regular guy, and this is also cool to show in a drama.

I have to say that the OST was the high point for me here. Amazing songs in the right moments! The edition also capt my attention, it was very fun!

Read More

I came here after watching Reply 1997 and craving a longtime-friends-to-lovers plot. Now, this was nothing like Reply 1997, but I actually still enjoyed it a lot.

The chemistry between the main leads was great. I liked that it was more balanced, and they teased each other but were also extremely supportive. Choi Ae Ra was an AMAZING female lead; I'd been craving a strong female lead (who wasn't bratty and selfish) and she was exactly that. It was refreshing, and you could see how much Go Dong Man loved her for it. I also thought that the big issue they had between them after they got together was very understandable and realistic, but it did get a little repetitive.

The pacing of the relationship was great, but the sub-plot could've been faster. Many of the earlier episodes felt like pure slice-of-life, but then the later episodes starting dealing with more dramatic family histories, which threw me for a loop.

I also ended up enjoying Baek Seol Hee and Joo Man's plot, even though I didn't think I would because I lose interest a lot after couples get together. But the issues they faced were surprisingly realistic, and my heart hurt for them. I definitely got annoyed and picked a side (Seol Hee!) but her character development was probably the strongest out of all the characters, and I loved her for it.

There actually weren't as many friendship scenes as I thought there would be, which is why I appreciated the scenes where Ae Ra was standing up for Seol Hee so much.

Read More

A drama about ordinary people, for ordinary people

This is a drama that I believe resonates with a lot of people. Not everyone wants to become rich, powerful and famous, most of us just want to succeed at our dreams or even just find them. This is exactly what this drama is about, and it's where its strengths and one sole weakness lie.

As someone who's lived through something similar to what Dongman went through, his story especially resonated with me. I feel like there's something to resonate with you in at least one character. It's a simple plot, but it works for the drama. There's no added cliches to embellish the drama, except one. The birth secret trope is something I believe this drama could have very well done without, and it's the only reason I rated the drama so low. I feel like if you're trying to write a drama about normal people, you wouldn't include such an unusual thing. I mean how many people do you know that have had something similar happen to them?

The cast was amazing, you could really feel the camaradie between the Fantastic Four and the awkward blossoming love between Dongman and Ae Ra. The scene that shocked me the most was when Dongman lost his hearing, you could truly feel the panic coursing in his veins at that moment. The casting was also great, I feel like the actors fit their roles very much.

The OST was not something to write home for, it was neither beautiful nor memorable, but it served its purpose as background music and it had me jamming along at times. I feel like the mixing could've been done more professionally at certain times too, especially when Dongman got hit in the head and the cutesy girly song was still playing in the background.

I will definitely rewatch this drama whenever I feel discouraged in achieving my dreams. It's the type of feel good drama that will definitely cheer you up if you're feeling discouraged. I really recommend watching this drama if you're feeling low.

In all, it's a sweet drama that definitely serves its purpose. It's not the deepest plotwise, it doesn't have masterful cinematography, it's not a once in a lifetime drama but it relays a message everyone needs to hear from time to time. Never give up on your dreams :)

Read More

This drama is a to go drama for me it’s a good funny comedy drama, every scene of PSJ is hilarious. Not just PSJ but I find all the characters that plays the lead are so cute in this drama, and also with the cute handsome coach. But more likely have to say I love PSJ, he have such a cute/ idiot side of him in this drama this the second drama I’ve seen of him, besides his movie he just so handsome. The story line is amazing, with strong character trait, both ML/FL scene are so cute whenever they are together and lastly gotta love the coach and the bromance between him and PSJ Love the friendship and bonds they have in this drama, from the childhood to adult nothing have changed from them, love those little childhood kids they play there role so good. Love seeing the flashback of the childhood days, usually I’m not the type that will like watching flashback childhood but this drama childhood is cute so cute. This drama not only about relationship and friendship problems but about how much sometimes you want to achieve want you want in life and what you want to be but you can’t always have it the way you want, but that doesn’t mean you can’t dream of having it if you don’t try hard enough there’s nothing in life that can stop you if you never give up and put your heart to it. I sometimes feel like im related to this drama, because there’s something in life that I do want to achieve and pursue, but I can’t because of family problems. But that won’t stop me because it’s not to late to achieve it if I want a better future for myself. Love this drama:)

Read More

Where Humor Meets Heartache in the Pursuit of Ordinary Dreams

Fight For My Way begins with an energy that’s infectious. The first half had me in stitches—sharp, clever, and genuinely laugh-out-loud funny. I never once felt the urge to skip ahead. The second half shifts into something softer and more sentimental, but the emotional weight only enriches the story. It trades pure comedy for sincerity, and it works.

What makes this drama especially refreshing is that it follows ordinary people. Not trust-fund heirs, not prodigy CEOs or glamorous twenty-year-old doctors—but real adults with mediocre jobs, stalled careers, and the quiet despair of feeling left behind. These characters are stuck in the rat race, crushed under bills and expectations, and still trying to find the courage—or even the smallest opening—to chase the dreams they buried for practicality’s sake. That alone gives the drama a grounding and humanity that’s hard to resist.

Throughout, their near-misses, frustrations, and small triumphs feel painfully familiar. You root for their relationships, but even more, you root for their lives. The writing is honest, the humor perfectly timed, and the acting across the board is heartfelt and full of spirit.

That said, I did feel a clear imbalance in how the writing allocated its narrative weight. So much time and emotional momentum were funneled into Ko Dong-man’s dream and his long-standing grievance—not revenge exactly, but a desire to settle old wounds fairly in the only arena where he’s ever felt like himself. His arc is compelling, even moving, but because it becomes the spine of the latter half, the women’s arcs feel comparatively underfed.

Choi Ae-ra’s journey, while satisfying on paper, landed with less impact than I’d hoped. She fought so hard, chipped away at her insecurities, clawed her way past gatekeeping and belittlement — only for her final “win” to be a boxing-cage announcer gig. It fits the narrative thematically, yes, but for all her grit and persistence, I found myself wishing she’d landed a broadcasting or MC role that matched her ambition more fully. She deserved something that felt like a true arrival, not simply a foot in the door.

Baek Seol-hee’s arc left me even more conflicted. Her storyline is built on years of quiet sacrifice: the emotional labor, the longing for a family, the way she slowly shrinks within a relationship where she gives far more than she receives. All of this builds toward a genuinely powerful breaking point, when she finally stands up for herself, confronts the neglect she has tolerated for years, and chooses her own dignity over her long-term relationship with Kim Joo-man. It is one of the most resonant moments in the drama — she sacrifices the dream she has held tightly for the sake of her self-respect and boundaries, a painful but necessary step.

But the resolution the show offers in the final episode undercuts the power of that moment. Instead of allowing her to evolve into independence AND find a path toward motherhood on her own terms, the story hints that she drifts back toward Joo-man, despite the lines he crossed and the accountability he never adequately faced. Even if their love remained sincere, their ultimate ending weakens the arc she fought so hard to build.

Despite his sincerity, Joo-man fell painfully short for me. His obsession with having every part of his life in order before marriage kept him from choosing Seol-hee when it counted. There was nothing stopping them from building a life together—she was frugal, resourceful, and steady. She would have made anything work, yet he didn’t trust her enough to take that step. Love wasn’t the issue; loyalty was. For all his affection, he simply wasn’t husband material.

I desperately wanted Seol-hee’s ending to honor her strength. Instead, it stops just shy of the closure and sense of self-possession she deserved. I hoped she would step fully into her own — professionally and emotionally — but most especiall in her long awaited dream of motherhood. Yet the show barely gestures toward that possibility, let alone fulfills it. Of all the storylines, hers was the most disappointing to see resolved in this way. 😢

These shortcomings don’t erase the drama’s consistent charm or the emotional truth it captures, but they do leave a small mark. In a story so rooted in the everyday struggle to grow, survive, and dream, I found myself wishing the women’s arcs had been given the same fullness and finality Dong-man was afforded. Still, there is SO much that shines through despite this.

Dong-man’s coach, for one, was an absolute ✨ gem ✨— warm, quirky, funny, and unwavering in his faith in Dong-man. I adored every moment he was on screen.

Ultimately, Fight For My Way lands itself as a fun, warm, resonant story about friendship, love, resilience … and the messy work of clawing your way toward hope and the future you want — even when the world keeps telling you you’re too late!

Read More

The biggest thing I liked about this story was that it spends a lot of time with the two main leads and their friendship, they've been friends for the last 20 years and probably know more about each other than most married couples do. Every silly behaviour, characteristic etc - how they laugh, fight, argue, make up, and support each other are shown really well with no hint that they've considered anything beyond friendship.

That was one of the big things for me, because i'm a firm believer that every strong relationship has to have the foundation of a strong friendship, love will wave up and down over time and circumstances but friendship is the glue that keeps everything together.

The journey that the couple take as they progress from friendship through to romance is very warming and fun to watch, there's lots of funny moments to enjoy from all four of the group.

The other couple are good and are going through a different kind of challenge, once you've been together for a long time it's easy for a relationship to feel stale, or for one or both to feel that things haven't moved the way that they'd hoped and thus feel responsible or diminished because of it. It's all nonsense of course, because at the end of the day as long as you both still love and care for each other - what house you live in and what car you drive, what role you have at work and how much you earn, that's all just background noise but people let it get in the way, and that's what's presented with this couple.

There's a secondary story that comes in from the sidelines with the new landlord / building owner which was really nice but I won't go any further into that - keeps you guessing all the way through though.

If I had a beef with the story it's towards the ending, without going into any spoilery detail, essentially an ultimatum is issued, a choice is made and consequences occur - fair enough. But then a bit later, declaration to reverse that choice is made, a different path is taken - and then it's all doubled back on, but this time, apparently it doesn't matter and is glossed over. That was the only bit that really fell apart for me in the story though I can overlook it for what was otherwise 16 episodes of glorious fun to watch.

Definitely recommended.

Read More

Frustration abounded for me

Let me start with what I liked and go from there. I REALLY liked the relationship between Dong Man and Ae Ra. They've been close friends for over 20 years. Theirs was the kind of relationship that they could hit each other, call each other names, and make fun of each other, but if someone else tries it? Then their fighting spirit comes out. They lived next door to one another, ate together, drank together, and hung out together. I loved their bickering. They brought out the worst, and yet the best, in each other. They were a joy to watch and there was a lot of comedy. Park Seo Joon impressed me, he had the body of a grown man, but emotionally he had some growing to do - his immaturity was endearing. I also enjoyed watching them interact once they developed feelings (or recognized) their feelings for one another. Suddenly they were uncomfortable with one another and very aware of what they were wearing and what they said to each other. Just a cute, cute couple. If they had stuck with them, I think I would have enjoyed the show a lot more. Instead:

Second couple. Joo Man and Seol Hee were good friends of the main couple, and as their friends they were fine. But I REALLY had a difficult time with them as a couple. He's a salary man trying just to survive. Her whole goal in life, for most of the show is to just be with Joo Man. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but she appeared to not have any thought outside of Joo Man. They had been together for six years, his family was terrible to her, and he kept getting upset at how nice she was to him. I also didn't like that the costume designers put her in the most frumpy, unattractive clothes. I felt like Seol Hee thought that since she had this boyfriend, she didn't have to try to look good anymore. I really felt like she was just living through him, and whatever he wanted to do, she just went along with it.

Then we had not one, but TWO ladies that were willing to do whatever they needed to in order to get their man. These people bother me in dramas, so to have two was doubly irritating. "I broke up with him years ago, but now I'm back so step aside, because OF COURSE he's going to prefer me over you." Ugh! These characters not only make themselves look bag, but they also make the male characters appear weak, because they don't say or do enough to discourage the women. In the case of this drama, I think both women needed a restraining order against them. And then to call a meeting with the offended party to apologize, yet say that they just couldn't help themselves, they just like the guy so much. There was too much screen time spent with these irritating women.

Adding unnecessary storylines. There's the mystery woman upstairs. I felt that it was just something unnecessarily added to the mix, as well as the doctor that liked Ae Ra (what a douchebag!) Granted, it was terrific casting - with Choi Woo Shik's sweet and innocent face, his ultimate behavior was a surprise! The creepy producer friend - ultimately did a good thing but spent every time he was on screen being creepy.

I had one problem with the main couple, which was unfortunately toward the end of the show, so it left a bad taste in my mouth. Her giving him an ultimatum, "Give up fighting or I won't see you anymore." The man had no other dream! There was nothing else he was able to or wanted to do. And giving an ultimatum like that just seemed so immature and non-supportive. I get that she was afraid of him getting hurt, but it was his passion. Think of a way to make it work - maybe don't be an announcer at his fights or something.

Bottom line, I loved watching the main couple and could have done without everyone else. Oh, there was one other plus for me - hearing BTS Fire every time Dong Man was getting ready to fight!

Read More

This will always be my comfort K-series! I went crazy on this drama and I even reached that point wherein I used Ko Dongman as my ideal guy reference

Since its airing, I felt like I never lost in touch with this drama. From time to time, I would always watch short clips from the drama on my social media accounts and the feels are still the same!

It was hard for me to pair Park Seojoon to other female leads after watching this series lmao

The story wasn't extravagant in the first place, but it is something we can all relate in many aspects, which is why falling in love with this series isn't that hard at all.

Read More

Relatable and dorky.

Fight For My Way is a drama with very little plot, but keeps your attention because of the characters Dong Man and Ae-Ra who are childhood friends who have always rooted for each other in their own special way, with their dreams come to an abrupt stop because of reality. Despite the core of the drama not being too heavy, the experiences of the characters individually makes you feel for them. Being unable to chase their dreams, being held back because of a financial situation, not having the right connections to help you out, etc. Along with the focus on their professions (though this is a minor subplot), we also see their friendship blossom into romance. If you love the childhood to lovers trope, this is a perfect drama to binge.

Read More