Love to Hate You

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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Different in a good way

Things I adored

1 The FL. I loved the actress but also the character she portrayed. She was badass, different, strong, smart and funny. A woman who knows what she does and why. Honestly at first I thought she wasn't beautiful enough, same for the ML, and that it could diminish my enjoyment. Yes I do acknowledge I'm superficial about this and I want my romcom heroes to be handsome. But she embodies her character so well, I fell in love with her, and now I find her very pretty on top of her acting skills.

2 The ML. Same about him. I thought he was wooden and not very handsome at first and then I fell for his acting, for his character and I think now he's very very handsome. So this is a drama that won me over when I wasn't particularly fan at first. Great job.

Things I loved

1 The 2ML. I loved his relationship with the ML and I think he's one of the most handsome actors out there. This was the first drama I've seen him, but I will definitely look out for any other drama he's a part of.

2 The 2FL. She's beautiful and quite a good actress. I loved her friendship with the FL and although I think her character could be more developed I still loved her.

3 The story itself. It was different and fun in an original way.

4 The chemistry between the leads. I think they were good together. I loved how he stood up for her. It was great and got the 8.5 I was planning on rating it to 9.

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Do Bong Soon meets Let me Be Your Knight Light...

Love to hate you or more of a: The other sex (within the gender binary) is bad prove me wrong. Kind of deal as we meet the lawyer who hates the patriarchy more than anything else in the world and the actor who lost faith in women. In a series of slight misunderstandings. Who go from you are pure evil to a whole lot of "you are not like other women"...

Our lawyer is as bad ass as it gets, she is smart, she is strong, she fights for justice by playing the game and pleasuring her body. unapologetically but also pretty much taking the route of toxic masculinity.. if they can do it why shouldn't I instead of just going her own way... I still love her but I do think this could have been done better if they broke the conventions instead of just reversing them. That said there are a whole lot of good lines in here.

Our actors character is a bit more nuanced and is not a gender reversal. He is more of the good guy type (once they clear up stuff), not to strong, not to week, a guy who can not only handle a strong woman but love her for ell her qwerks without needing to save her or want to change her.

The Actors best friend is HOT (it is part of the plot), comfortable with his sexuality. All round human... Easy for all to fall in love with... Making me want to see him in a hate to love romance... maybe with a bit of mystery...

There is also a really cool slightly older actress who pretty much stole the show as well.. And the rest of the characters are ok, not great, not bad, just ok. They do their job well and fill their functions as they should.

The drama is highly bingeable (an afternoon and a morning was all it took), there are also a bunch of fun cliches and you may want to pay attention to the details as nothing is there by accident, as even the show watched on tv may give you a heads up about what is about to happen. Or at least ads some spice.


While the start is a bit meeh, and I fell for the leads best friends before I fell for the leads, the plot does get better and better as the very much cliche plot unfolds. So if you like watching clices and Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (without the super powers, low humour and crime) meets Let Me Be Your Knight but with less chemistry (there of the score 8,5 and not 10) this is a good place to find it.

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Rom-coms revived finally ??

A new classic standard for rom com in 2023 for me!
To be honest, I was never gonna watch it…hasn’t not been recommended by a friend! I was giving up on kdrama romcom …So glad I watched it!

The FL mi ran is authentic, lovable, funny and not just a weak damsel (a bit of a stretch on some things, but it’s a rom com guys… )

The ML was also a surprise!

I loved the script and storyline, the vibe of the show is fresh, light and funny! It was so enjoyable, the title ‘love to hate you’ is spot on, without being too cringe

For sure you’ll find some cringy moments but they are often accompanied by awesome funny awkwardness/ reactions of the characters! I’d love to see a sequel but the ending was also satisfying!

The short number of episode doesn’t take away the enjoyment and I kinda liked the lack of unnecessary plot fillers :) … although there are a few.

I mainly loved the unapologetic attitude of the main characters and their self confidence ! mi ran is one of my favourite FL characters I ever seen ( and I’ve seen a lot, where most of them, full of potential… ‘reduced’ to damsel in distress in the end)

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Love To Hate You (2023) – I like the drama even though there are a lot of opposing opinions surrounding this korean drama. My first 2023 korean drama that I finished this year. This korean drama is worth the watch, it was fun. The female lead is my favorite character and seeing this type of woman as the female lead is quite unusual but for me it gives additional spark on the drama. The male lead is an okay male lead, I think he did well. The flow is good as well, I like the transitions and the ending is fine with me. I would recommend this drama as a start-up this 2023.

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If you want a fun

I didn't think that I was going to download it. I saw a comment in insta that one was said. It's very beautiful and it's a pity that the part was missing. I downloaded it because of that comment. It really stuck with me considering that I haven't seen a comic series in a long time. It had stereotypes to a reasonable extent and broke stereotypes in many places.

The fact that the main role of the woman in the story was so self made and did not want to be dominated by a man made the story much more interesting.
Honestly, I didn't like the second couple... I think they are very clingy. It was the first series that I saw from U Teo, He played really well. That means, according to me, you carry the romantic beauty of the series. He used to say everything with so much feeling that he made you unconscious.

All in all, the series is beautiful and the episodes are few. So, if you want a fun call, watch it

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