The Nice Guy

착한 사나이 ‧ Drama ‧ 2025
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7.1
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Ratings: 7.1/10 from 2,351 users
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Depicts the story of Park Seok Cheol, the eldest grandson of a third-generation gangster family with an unexpectedly pure heart, and his first love Kang Mi Yeong, who dreams of becoming a singer. Seok Cheol faces the tumultuous ups and downs of life with tears and laughter to protect his family, career, and love. (Source: Soompi; edited by kisskh) Edit Translation

  • English
  • 한국어
  • Русский
  • Türkçe
  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 14
  • Aired: Jul 18, 2025 - Aug 29, 2025
  • Aired On: Friday
  • Original Network: jTBC
  • Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.
  • Score: 7.1 (scored by 2,351 users)
  • Ranked: #10109
  • Popularity: #1089
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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Completed
Yumi
42 people found this review helpful
Sep 7, 2025
14 of 14 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

Nice guy in a not very nice drama

I believe the reason i didn't really like this drama is because it promises something and gave us another thing, or at least that's not what I expected before starting it.

It's a romance, family, drama, but all we got were gangs war.
Romance was very little to none in the beginning, it's all about the two gang leaders and the animosity between them, of course Seok Cheol is caught in the crossfire.
The family parts is only about the mess the older sister made and the hopeless dating case of the younger, Seok Cheol had little influence on both, he's just there trying to pick up the broken pieces.

I saw someone comparing this drama to "call it love" because it has the same vibes and I agree, it has the same atmosphere but heavily focused on other things aside from the romance.

I believe if they just cut the romance and advertise it as a gangster drama it would have been much better.

Another thing is the slow boring pace, and I mean in general, it's not a calm healing drama, though it has all the aspects of being so, it is about struggling with things you have no influence on, which makes your heart heavy unnecessarily, I'm of course talking about Seok Cheol in this case and I can't not focus on him because he is the ML.

The FL is lovely and adorable but I don't know what they wanted her character to be, in the very beginning we meet this introverted character with a traumatic past that made her life miserable and had a hard time maintaining a job related to her passion for music, she feels better performing in front of a camera than a few people (her words not mine) then suddenly she is performing on the streets, in bars and in front of the whole republic of Korea.

I think the drama is generally good it's just need some polishing here and there, so if you like family dramas and gangs this one is for you, if you are watching for the romance drama part, I don't think you will be satisfied much ~

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Completed
YasserAubeeluck
32 people found this review helpful
Sep 2, 2025
14 of 14 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 4.5

Not bad but not good.

Not bad but not good!
I would say that this drama is for a family time. I don't really recommend it, I only watch it because of the ML and FL. After divorce insurance and this, why they giving bro this type of drama!! And both at low ratings. I agree to you all, I only watch 4 episodes of divorce insurance and completed this one while skipping some scenes, why all these flashbacks.
Ep 1 was nice, but overall not. I don't recommend this drama if you searching one for having a good time or some fighting action.
Maybe for some viewers, it can be their cup of tea, all I would say if you can't decide whether to watch it or not, seeing the bad ratings and comments. I would tell you watch 2 episodes or 4 and decide. I know because of the actors you want to watch it, like I have done, but "not bad but not good".
Also it's just my opinion, I not telling you to don't watch it or something else. Everyone has their own opinion and are free to share.
Always be respectful.
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Details

  • Title: The Nice Guy
  • Type: Drama
  • Format: Standard Series
  • Country: South Korea
  • Episodes: 14
  • Aired: Jul 18, 2025 - Aug 29, 2025
  • Aired On: Friday
  • Original Network: jTBC
  • Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Statistics

  • Score: 7.1 (scored by 2,351 users)
  • Ranked: #10109
  • Popularity: #1089
  • Watchers: 21,242

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