My Roommate Is a Gumiho

Entertaining watch with great FML and a touch of mythology

+ FML: I felt like her charecter was fleshed out. I understood her actions and generally felt like she was making realistic decisions. She was just a good person and didn't unnecessarily complicate the plot which I appreciate.
+comedy and character dynamics: Generally entertaining although it could be a bit over the top for some.
+side characters: Had their own stories and were generally fun.

-MML: It was hard for me get captivated by his character, epsecially at beginning. He is an emotionless gumiho, so his facial expressions and his tone is super dull for most of the show. Even when he stops acting in such stiff way, he mostly showcases somewhat jealous or possesive behaviour. I do not think it was super bad, it was honestly minor stuff and I still enjoyed the show, but it was just harder to love his character in comparison to FML.
-repetitiveness: The plot was in general nicely flowing but I do think they focused for too long on some stuff (red thread and destiny stuff as well as overusing phrases Hyesun does not know). It was slightly dragging the plot but it could be just because I did not personally enjoy them.

Overall, I don't think it was groundbreaking but it was a plesant watch. I liked how they incoporated mythology without focusing too much on it, it was quiet fast-paced and the characters were lovable. It's mostly focused on romance so if you're interested in that, I would check it out.

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A gentle journey of humanity and freewill

A lot of care and effort was put into the writing to craft the characters and their interpersonal dynamics and it pays off nicely. I really enjoy how Woo Yeo isn't a cold, arrogant, and aloof creature taking out his angst on others, but a polite guy who is willing to communicate as he learns what it means to be human beyond mimicking the cultural customs of the current times, and how Lee Dam is a realistic, messy in a good way young woman who is direct, fun, kind, and never a doormat. It was so fascinating that the story started with their meeting and they had a pleasant platonic connection, but then Woo Yeo changed that in an instant when he went into romantic lead mode and he changed the chemistry between the two. I really like how the show continually develops their relationship with their interactions and understandings about each other, really building things up to lead to an organic romance. They actually get spicy too, which good for them.

It's nice there is no grand makeover, but Lee Dam's clothing style subtly gets more sophisticated while still her own comfort based fashion taste, changing from the influence of the perpetually smartly dressed Woo Yeo (other than the times he's in disguise) and with the colder season as well. The show utilizes the side characters well in a way that supports the main story or at least doesn't take too much time away. Lee Dam also has the chillest kdrama mom in the history of kdramas. A literal cool mom that works overseas, sends her daughter the latest fashions, and happy to see her daughter cohabitating with a hot, rich guy.

Sun Woo's relationship with his sister is pretty funny and his character gets to learn and change and it's pretty sad that he gets entrapped in the game of a supernatural diety while minding his own business really. It's great that both he and Lee Dam were able to mutually sever the red string of destiny through their own individual choices. The revelation of the D plot of Soo Kyung's hidden beef with Jung Seok was so funny. He didn't intend to mistake her as the professor and hand out prints of her love letter of her then crush to the whole class, but I get why her grudge would last three years. All of the friendships and sibling relationships are very well done. Woo Yeo and Hye Sun have been there for each other so long they are basically bickering siblings.

While most of the story has been pretty well crafted, it's eye rolling that the writers went to the ultimate cliche of having Lee Dam run into traffic to have Woo Yeo sacrifice himself for her. And no one checks on the poor truck driver who must have hit their head and passed out because they never left the truck despite stopping. Aside from that the ending takes it's time to tie up the multiple storylines it set up and it's well earned because they never took away too much time from the main couple and yet were able to blossom on their own in conjunction with the main plot. That is the drama's strength, making this interconnected world that built up Lee Dam and even Woo Yeo's life and actually having everyone communicating to address the choices and consequences of decisions.

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Love in the air

Nice and perfect drama ,acting is very good . Everyone in this drama did the amazing acting . Fox female is the best one .
Lead actor is my favourite ,I had watched his come and hug me drama in which he played the role of boy who was in immense pain but want to save his love in any cost . I think the name of the character was Naa moo.
Same feeling had been seen in this story also ... In pain because not to loose love but helpless .
A fox can only become human when he has the feeling and emotions of human for an example that his love in danger at one side and at the same time some people also in danger at other who too choose ,he said love because other people was not his concern he didn't think for a second .So he understand the feeling of love but not feeling of human .... But started living with human he started understanding the many things . He (lead actor) always been my favourite and he never disappoint me with respect to his acting.. I like the drama . No flaws . My favourite scene when become jealous.

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An entertaining watch, has the K-Drama love story vibes one might expect // Kang Han Na shoutout

I thought the overall show was a good watch-through. It was the type of show where I enjoyed watching but not the type of show where "I have to keep watching the next episode right away!!" So less binge watching here, but it's actually kind of a good thing.

If you watched Start Up, the older sister in that show, played by Kang Han Na, is also in this one, and she's phenomenal as a side character and side story. Probably my favorite arc of the whole movie. Her role is very unique in the middle of a pretty cliche drama, so I loved it. The actress was also in "Familiar Wife" on Netflix

Also from Start Up: one of the 3 "San" engineers.

Anyways, if you like these type of shows, give it a try, and there will be some cute moments and some chuckling along the way.

Lastly, the main couple leads aren't too bad either!

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a surprisingly fun watch!

I picked this as a time passing drama between shows but I did not expect to be enjoying it this much. Normally I don't go for fantasy but this show is super likeable despite my personal taste. Despite the premise I ended up laughing a few times during this and that surprised me.

THE CAST - I am absolutely in love with the leads. I've seen some dating rumors about the leads but I'm not surprised. Their chemistry was through the roof and they look so good together. This is coming from a person who decided to watch this because of JKY and LH's 1st Look Photoshoot. I've only seen Jang Ki Yong in Come and Hug Me but in this role he gets to be a bit comedic as well as strong and stoic and he pulls it off very nicely. There are times when he's serious and protective but he was also funny and gentlemanly at differing times. He was nice looking to me before but damn did he look good here!-this drama had me swooning over him in almost every scene between him and his co-star. I've heard criticisms about Lee Hyeri's acting but I could see where they're coming from, but imo her whacky facial expressions and somewhat adolescent performance for the role of Dam very nicely. She's a young person in college so making Dam young relatable was good on the writers' parts. Believe me, I had my doubts in the first episode but I like her acting choices.
Overall I think both JKY and LH brought their characters to life beautifully and you can tell they had a lot of fun filming as well as behind the scenes. The side characters are surprisingly fun to watch. The FL's best friend was great. He genuinely made me laugh a few times. He was supposed to be the clingy-loser friend to the FL but I found him really cute and endearing. The SML was extremely likable despite his school reputation and lack of development. All we really know about him is that he's a player and he has a mad crush on Dami. Hye-sun was pretty good too. Her ditziness was a little ehh sometimes but it was her relationship with Woo-Yeo that kept me interested in her character. As a side note, I much prefer Kang Ha Ma's role in Start-Up much more to this.

THE PLOT- The plot is nothing new but there are certain things that are unique. For one the whole marble thing. Ngl the sequence of events leading up to the leads meeting and living together was ridiculous and made me chuckle lol. But there's a fine line between ridiculous and stupid and this was ridiculously good. The second thing was the fact that ML didn't change upon meeting the FL but he more so opened himself up to her. Woo-Yeo has been alive for centuries but he wasn't really living. He was just going from period to period, person to person. Once he started spending time with

Overall I'm giving this drama a 9/10. Didn't expect to rate it this high but I'm really enjoying this. Definitely recommend!

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I will start off by saying that I typically do not opt to watch dramas with fantasy elements, yet despite the fact that the whole premise of the drama is our ML, Woo Yeo, trying to become a human, it surprisingly didn't bother me too much. I think it helped that our two leads are so pretty and had such wonderful chemistry on screen. I was instantly hooked from the start! Hyeri also does such a good job of evoking cuteness through her character that you can't help but love Lee Dam and want her to become your friend. However, my interest started fading a bit midway through the drama, and there were some elements of the main relationship that made me not necessarily want to root for them anymore. The ending did tie things up nicely, but overall felt that the second half lacked in comparison to the first half. However, overall a very cute and easy to watch drama!

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The drama with the most tripping tropes ever

In general, this drama was a fun watch. I especially liked the university setting and the friend group as well as the portrayal of student life in Korea. There were a lot of hilarious scenes that made me laugh out loud for example the way that Dam always ate so much food 😂😂😂and in general her facial expressions etc! It was definitely very relatable.
Also it was almost ridiculous how OFTEN the female characters all tripped and fell 😂😂😂 I think every female character except for Hye-su tripped and fell or was caught by a male 😂😂😂

I also really liked the two Gumiho actors. I have recently noticed these two actors more and more and I love their acting skills so much! I definitely wanna see more of them in the future 😍😍😍 I really wanna see Kang Hana in a main lead role! I absolutely love her!!!! 😍😍😍

All in all it is a nice drama. Nothing too deep but also not confusing or annoying either.

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a very refreshing romcom

This show is light, fluffy, and fun. It seemed like it's gonna be nothing too deep, but in its own way it teaches you a lot and touches up some social problems along the way.
The drama started off extremely well, I was enjoying their dynamics and the situations they were thrown into. I thought the main couple had amazing chemistry! The female lead's character was very different from your average female lead. She was open, expressive and always communicated her feelings. Very refreshing if you ask me!
The humor in the drama was very entertaining. The relationships of the leads with others were very cute! I loved the friendship of the female lead and her friends. I like how normalized women and men being friends are shown.
The issues of treating women as objects were unexpectedly touched on, I was quite impressed.
The couple had a very healthy relationship, always conveyed their feelings, took consent, and were very respectful to each other. This is a rare concept in the drama world.
Seonwoo's character development was the best part of the drama, I also loved doyeon, who always brought a smile to my face. The siblings were cute.
Kang Hana who played a completely different character in start-up, did a 180° change, this role suited her so well, I loved her character! Her relationship with the do jae jin was fun too!
The casting was really well done, the actors all did a great job. Osts, especially the one sung by Jeong Se Woon was a whole new world, it's so magical.
Now, on to the nitpicking. The chemistry of the leads progressively reduced. Her calling her "sir" when they are dating?? It is the most awkward thing I have witnessed in my life. Also, them dating as professor/student was so uncomfortable for me, that was the point I started to nitpicking.
Their chemistry from super refreshing and cute turned into a business relationship. I really didn't feel much by the end of it all. Though there were some cute things here and there that saved the ratings.
The storyline also started dragging a little, with some boring aspects that I ended up skipping.
Overall a fun drama, I'd recommend it for someone looking for something light.

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Speechless

I just finished watching this drama, and my head is still full of thoughts.
This drama was so fun that i was always at the brink of tears..it had everything i usually look in a drama: laughs, tears, swoon.
I feel like it was perfect just like this, perfect amount of episode, perfect cast, perfect speed.. yk
I wish we had more about some side characters but overall it was well balanced.
The plot is well executed, there's no plot holes as far as i noticed, and honestly is binge-watchable.
So happy about the ending, everyone more or less was satisfying.
All the kisses in this drama left me breathless.

Not a huge fan of the music choice, although it fit perfectly everywhere, yet idk why it didn't stick in my head unlike others.

I'll probably rewatch this drama cause it was so good im still speechless.

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Unique story, great friendships and atypical romances

I started this drama for Jang Ki Yong after seeing him on Born Again and Come and Hug Me. I love the roles he usually plays, characters that are warm but would come off as a psychopath, which is sort of how he is here. Woo Yeo is a Gumiho whose goal is to be a human, and litterally the only thing stopping him is his lack of human emotion. I also loved Hyeri in Reply 1988, her role here was just as lovable and maybe even funnier.

I LOVED the second lead. I had such bad second lead syndrome in this drama. The first half of Sun Woo's story was like any other American drama/move where the "player"/"badboy" makes a bet to make a girl go out with him and/or fall for him, and then ends up being the one to fall for her. Though, here, it's far less cringe. This being a Kdrama and all, where he is the second lead, it's predictable where his storyline would go. He's not ending up with the lead, no matter how much I shipped them, especially after the red string of fate connected them. Sun Woo and Lee Dam's story was great on it's own, and so damn sweet in an atypical way that I couldn't help but ship them, maybe even more than I shipped Lee Dam and Woo Yeo (the ML).

My favourite thing about this drama was all the friendships. Lee Dam and Jae Jin had a sibling like relationship, absolutely no one would consider their relationship to be anything more. The same goes for Woo Yeo and Hye Sun's (the SFL) relationship. This made the friendship and relationships of all the main characters very uncomplicated and made them more of a family then they already were.

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