This is a love-hate drama that explores modern family issues such as moral harassment, infertility, matchmaking apps for married people, domestic violence from wives, and cuckooing.
The protagonist, 29-year-old Yashima Risa, works at a life insurance company and leads a stable life, but her relationship with her husband of three years is strained by obligatory fertility treatments.
One day, this innocent and earnest woman meets a handsome man named Jochi Ryo, who is suffering from violence from his wife. However, her meddlesome desire to "save him" eventually turns into love, and Risa finds herself falling into a hellish affair.
The protagonist, 29-year-old Yashima Risa, works at a life insurance company and leads a stable life, but her relationship with her husband of three years is strained by obligatory fertility treatments.
One day, this innocent and earnest woman meets a handsome man named Jochi Ryo, who is suffering from violence from his wife. However, her meddlesome desire to "save him" eventually turns into love, and Risa finds herself falling into a hellish affair.
Everything seems perfect in the life of the successful family doctor and associate director, Ji Sun Woo. She lives happily in Gosan with her handsome husband Lee Tae Oh, whom she financially helped establish an entertainment company, and their teenage son, Joon Young. However, the perfect image of a happy, loving family life shatters when she discovers that her husband is having an affair, and even their mutual friends are helping him conceal it. Devastated by the betrayal, she sets on a path of seeking revenge and recollecting her broken self.
Aizawa Naoya is happily married to his colleague Natsuna but faces temptation to cheat on his wife when a new employee Tachibana Noa joins his branch and seduces him repeatedly with all sorts of antics. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Anata Wa Watashi Ni Otosaretai" written by Miyaguchi Jun and illustrated by Umesuzu.
Three men, who look like winners in life, are in fact struggling with their own sufferings that they desperately strive to keep undisclosed - schizophrenia, sex addiction and infidelity. For these three childhood friends, the harder they try to get out of their agony, the more complicated and puzzled it gets.
The First Half of My Life tells the story of an affluent carefree housewife, Luo Zi Jun who is blindsided by her husband's betrayal. Faced with heartbreak, divorce and child custody issues, Luo Zi Jun develops the fortitude and strength to face the struggles of being a single parent as she enters the "real world." This drama depicts the story of a bittersweet yearning of love, understanding, and repentance. In my opinion, the impressive acting, character development, dialogue, and story equal, if not surpass The World of the Married.
-Both have strong female leads who are very competent in their careers
-Both deal with the aftermath of infidelity and getting revenge on a cheating partner, although She Would Never Know seems more focused on romance, where The World of the Married is more dark and focused on the revenge aspect
-Both involve possessive/obsessive male leads
-Both have workplace love interests
-Both deal with the aftermath of infidelity and getting revenge on a cheating partner, although She Would Never Know seems more focused on romance, where The World of the Married is more dark and focused on the revenge aspect
-Both involve possessive/obsessive male leads
-Both have workplace love interests
Everything seems perfect in the life of the successful family doctor and associate director, Ji Sun Woo. She lives happily in Gosan with her handsome husband Lee Tae Oh, whom she financially helped establish an entertainment company, and their teenage son, Joon Young. However, the perfect image of a happy, loving family life shatters when she discovers that her husband is having an affair, and even their mutual friends are helping him conceal it. Devastated by the betrayal, she sets on a path of seeking revenge and recollecting her broken self.
Yuki Rio, the daughter of an old, prestigious family in Kyoto with over 1,000 years of history, enters into an arranged marriage at the age of 16 with a man she’s never met. Her husband is Takamine Masatomo, a handsome CEO in the IT industry. Every year on her birthday, she would receive 50 million yen, making their relationship one based solely on money. One day, after ten years had passed with no contact, Rio decided to move to Tokyo. She asks her husband, whom she’s meeting for the first time, for a divorce. On the other hand, Takamine finds himself unexpectedly attracted to Rio and doesn’t want a divorce. Thus begins a romantic battle between a wife who wants a divorce and a husband who refuses to let her go.
Hino Misaki, a full-time housewife, has given up on her dream of being a manga artist. Her husband, Toru, is a manga editor, and their son, Yuto, has a severe allergy. When she sees a flyer recruiting new manga artists, Misaki begins drawing at night. One day, after leaving Toru to watch over Yuto, Yuto dies after a severe allergic reaction. After the funeral, Misaki learns that Yuto died due to an allergy attack from muffins from Toru's affair partner. A woman who wished for small happiness, but after realizing her wish would not come true, chose the path of revenge
