Love to Hate You

Do first impressions matter?

Random youtube video recommends Love to Hate You. Finished it within 24 hours. I love that female lead is not dainty nor cute!

What I liked:
1) Do first impressions matter? - No love at first sight here. This drama is labelled as enemies to lovers because of Yeo Mi Ran's first impression of male lead Nam Kang Ho. I like that they started off as strangers who then needed each other's help. It's great that the animosity/negative energy didn't stay long because finding balance of push and pull in enemies-to-lovers drama can be challenging.
2) Pacing - This series was an easy & fun watch. I watched 5 episodes after dinner and finished remaining 5 the next day. I even gushed to my bestie that evening when we met for dinner.
3) Positive masculinity & male friendship - I love the camaraderie between Kang Ho and Do Won Joon. I like Kang Ho's reaction when his colleague caught him and Won Joon in awkward situation. Instead of making comments to avoid being labelled as gay, he was just cool about it. I also like that Kang Ho did not feel emasculated by Mi-ran's strength.
4) Mi-ran characterisation - She is no Mary Sue - she's cool, capable & confident but vulnerable. She's tough but she understands that being in male-dominated office presents challenges and she adapts to them instead of demanding special treatment.
5) Mature romance - I like the conversation that Na Eun and Won Joon had about disclosing friends with benefit. I really like Na Eun's response.
6) Health & fitness - I love dramas that feature sports & training so it's great to see Mi Ran and Kang Ho training for his upcoming role. I also love the stunt sequences. Kim Ok Bin is trained in martial arts. Thus her stunt coordinator scenes looked believable.
7) Kim Ji Hoon hair - wow so shiny and luscious. I love to "hate" him for this reason!

What I disliked:
1) I wish there were more romance plot for Na Eun and Won Joon.
2) Oh Se Na characterisation - I hate characters that like to play the victim.

Favourite scene
When Mi Ran was injured from stunt sequence. It's great to see Kang Ho started to care about Mi Ran.

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Recomendo

Não dei nenhuma expectativa pra essa serie, pq por mais q esteja na netflix eu nao via ninguém falando sobre, mas me surpreendeu dmss

Eu ri muito com essa serie, todos os personagens são legais a protagonista ent nem se fala, muito divonica amei muito o jeito dela, mas por mais q a serie é bem divertida ela também trata de assusntos importantes sobre o preconceito e tals, sem falar que a serie não teve enrrolação que é uma coisa que eu odeio

So acho que podia ter mais episódios, achei pouco pra uma serie tão legal e divertida, terminei muito rápido essa serie, passei a madrugada assistindo de tanto que me prendeu

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Loved this, loved everyone by the end

I loved this drama. It's overtly feminist in its message, but manages to be so without obliterating or being unfair to men. There are a LOT of hunky blokes in this, and many lovely personalities. There are many men behaving badly, certainly, that's almost unavoidable, and they are common in any drama. But even the cheating ex-boyfriend redeems himself by the end.
There are annoying women, too, but no one is treated cruelly by this drama and we learn about the human side of even the rotters.
I found this drama predictably annoying in parts. That was inevitable because it is - as well as being engaging and witty and well made - something of an expose of the double standards applied to men and women in Korea (though it's just as true elsewhere). Some of that was hard for me to watch.
Despite all of that, this was a very satisfying watch. It's extremely well written ,with snappy dialogue and great chemistry between pretty much all the actors. Love that sort of thing.
This was as near as I can recall to giving a 10/10 for me.

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A good mature-ish rom-com that will have you laughing and feeling the love.

I really enjoyed this one… the characters were extremely likable ( I was a little wary of Mi-ran at first but she really grew on me) I’m glad that this was an older cast.. It made the story a bit more relatable

The story line ( although a bit predictable) captured and held my attention. Although it’s nothing new… it’s certainly something that hasn’t been overly done. I loved the fact that the female lead differed from the normal “damsel in distress”. I found it refreshing to see an independent, self sufficient, strong beautiful woman who could not only take care of her self but could also physically defend herself if need be. She lived her life the way she wanted to and was unapologetic about it!

The relationship between the characters was the perfect build… not too fast and not to slow ….I also loved the fact that the main characters were all so supportive of each other Despite what others thought.
I loved their relationships and even found the supporting cast very likable as well. And OMG the eye Candy…Kim Ji-hoon and Yoo Teo.. need I say more! Also kudos to Kim Ok-bin… she played Yeo- Miran beautifully … a perfect casting if you ask me!

Although they touched on it briefly… I feel that I needed a bit more info on the relationship between Mi-ran and her father but…Overall.. I found this rom-com drama very refreshing.. I really enjoyed it and definitely recommend it if you are looking for a good mature-ish rom-com that will have you laughing and feeling the love!

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What a fun RomCom!

A strong female lead with shades of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo and Inspector Koo. The fight scenes are vigorous and necessary for the storyline.

The dialogue between the actors is on point, often hilarious and delivered with conviction. There is a hint of bromance and lots of slow burn romance that gets to a nice, adult relationship.

Friendship between the 4 main actors is lovely and supportive as the main lead's past dramas are revealed. lots of layers to the story had me bingeing the last 5 episodes. Heaps of laugh out loud moments, comedy, cringe, slapstick and acerbic wit combine to deliver good comedy.

I hope all these actors are cast into more opportunities in the future.

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Equal amounts Romance and Comedy

Where do I start with this show? Love to Hate you is such a nice break from the other Rom-coms. Granted this has a lot of the cliches (lovers to enemies, contract dating, rich man poor woman), but they don’t force it unnecessarily where it would take away from the plot. It is a fast-paced quick watch and leaves you feeling satisfied.

PLOT:
I found it entertaining as hell. ML has ptsd from his last relationship that doesn’t allow him to have any skinship with woman without getting anxiety. He also has a very negative outlook on women in general due to his childhood and ex girlfriend. FL is a complete badass and also has very negative views on men. She is a strong feminist due to her dad being so sexist and is doesn’t like the double standards her society places on men and women. She dates a lot of lousy guys who are known cheaters to give them a taste of their own medicine.

ACTING/CAST:
The acting is top notch from the whole cast, I’m obsessed with the SML especially. I haven’t seen him since ‘Flower of Evil’ and if anyone’s watched him in that you know how good his acting is. The ML is so attractive and had these cute moments being an asshole one second and then this really shy dork in another. This is also my first time watching anything of his work and he left a great first impression (I really want to see him in an action movie now lol). Same with the FL, this was my first time watching her work and she didn’t disappoint either. You also won’t find the FL and her roommate annoying as they’re not some damsel’s in distress. 10/10 for the whole cast!

ROMANCE:
The leads’ chemistry was incredible. You get this a lot with older actors, but you can tell they felt completely comfortable with one another. The romance scenes were passionate and will have you giggling like a lunatic alone. They do not disappoint in this aspect! I kind of wish the second leads were shown getting to know each other sooner only because of how much I enjoyed their scenes too. His manager is such a heartthrob and had some of the funniest scenes. Her roommate was very relatable and super cute too. 10/10 in this department!

MUSIC:
Honestly I didn’t pay too much attention to this. They didn’t have that one song playing over and over again for every scene which was a nice change from other dramas. There was one I remember slightly being really good. I would say for simply not having an annoying soundtrack that’s over played, 10/10.

OVERALL:
If you’re even hesitating about starting this drama, just do it you won’t regret it. It’s a quick watch with only 10 episodes (I finished it in a day), and is fast-paced because of this. This is truly a rom-com done right and is a nice feel-good binge.

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Everything is fantastic and cute EXCEPT given message

i have never watched FL's and ML's dramas before. So this was the first time I saw their acting and yess I enjoyed it a lot while I was watching. I finished it in a day!!!!
ML is so cute and handsome, FL is a confident character. Actually I love self-confident, brave, good fighter FLs but in some comments I read that this drama shows females who have lots of relationships just for fun are brave and powerful women. I thought about it a bit after I finished the drama and yes I think drama focus on that part a bit. Even though she tried to make cheating men feel the same, she uses her body just for nothing. then she become in those kind of men level. what does it change now?? She should have used a different method to make them suffer. I like how she defend women against men but I didn't like this thing. I love whole drama but didn't like this message given viewer. I don't think I explained myself very well due to my poor English but yes this is what I thought.

Also I think they showed it very well psychologically that the female lead character has bad relations with her father and is prejudiced against men, and the male lead role does not get along with his mother and has bad thoughts about her and is prejudiced against women.

Second leads were just perfect. They are also skillful actors and I like their story as well.

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Kind of strange show but i cant say i didnt like it

My guilty pleasure are romantic korean dramas so my im usually satisfied if the show has two young people preferably male and female who fall in love and it doesnt have to have super cool story soundtrack or whatever. It was satisfying but....
This show is unusual because the FL is strong independent woman who hate when anyone implies that she (or any other woman) are weaker just because they are woman. Im ok with that. The thing is that screen writers little overshoot the "power" of FL cause it seemed like she was awesome and literally BEST at everything and she was almost flawless. I know what message the screenwriter wanted to send but it was little bit weird, i dont know how to describe it. Like... does FL really need to fight 1v8 thugs and throw bumerangs and hit blindfolded bullseye to show strong character?
Another issue i have is with the story. Well i dont know if there was any story - there was a girl and a guy and they were just doing their stuff and stuff kept happening without kinda randomly. I didnt feel like there was anything important going on because all the story arcs were cut kinda soon without any deeper meaning. Also backstories of main leads were little bit shallow and what happend in the past was actually nothing really bad or traumatic so it wasnt really believable that their personalities shaped like that just because of what happend...
Even though i liked it, throughout the whole show i had that feeling that nothing is really natural and believable and eveything was kindof fabricated to... i dont even know to what. I feel like it was missing some strong message cause the obvious message the show was trying to send was weirdly served.
But neverthless im not hard to please viewer and even despite all of this i liked it. FL were beautiful, tough and cute at the same time and ML was actually pretty nice gentle guy so it wasnt really hard to watch (and there were little crying and thats a huge win to me cause i really dont enjoy the overflow of tears in kdramas)

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Good Enough

Korean Drama " Love To Hate You " is a light romantic comedy, that relies heavily on the comedy side of the story.

First of all, the characters, especially the main ones, were interesting to follow. The female lead was energetic and feisty and she dominated the scene every time she appeared. Her chemistry with the male lead was, moreover, was spot on, and their sweet, romantic scenes enjoyable to watch.

The romance, in addition, was smoothly paced, using the main characters' banter to push the story forward and to make things more entertaining. The comedy part of the drama also aided with the love story and gave some breathing space for the main story.

The side couple, on the other hand, was enjoyable, but overshadowed by the main one.

Finally, the performances were all great by everyone in the cast.

So, overall, eight out of ten.

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Best Kdrama in 2023. Why this is so underrated?

I never took time to review a Kdrama. So this is my first time writing one. This means, this drama is one of the best kdrama I watched this 2023. So if you ever read this, you better start search this drama and binge watch it! Chaebal!!!

This drama deserve a hype. From casting to plot to OST. Its all thumbs up! This is the first time I ever wish to have more episode, I dont want this drama to end and most of all, I wish there more incoming dramas like this.
The one thing I was hooked, makes my heart flutter and more fell in love was the chemistry of the main leads, the abs was a bonus haha. They really have a good chemistry, like they are made with each other.

No boring episodes. There is no episode thay you cant laugh out loud. If you want to forget your problems and want to have a good laugh. This drama is for you. Ive been depressed this sem break becuase my acads and this drama makes me forget my depression. This drama is a best escape from stessors.

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Not A Pretend Relationship

Planning to watch this as past time but I enjoyed it a lot.

I thought it was a typical pretend relationship full of cliches where they eventually fall in love. I mean I like how they portrayed her as a woman of her beliefs, I relate to her a lot, and I also like how them being together changed some of her perspective, I mean this is one of the best drama that opens up how women is looked on our society today. Tho Kang Ho is a typical ML, I love his character too, actually he’s one step ahead of them XD he’s charming and so gentle… I guess trauma made his a little bit less likable but he’s a green flag for me.

I have no say in acting, everyone portrayed their role mannerly. I really hope they saved her from her funny scenes lol but probably for the sake of comedy lol

All in all highly recommended, its a balanced of romance and comedy without losing the sentiments of the story. I watched it in just a day, and I would say who needs more episodes when 10 is enough to enjoy everything.

xx

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