Boyfriend on Demand

Forced hate

I went into this series due to the hate it got online. I needed to know why it was being thrashed so badly even with the big names involved in this work.
I started the first episode ... the second .... the third..... until I finished the whole series, although the plot isn't as elaborate as I would like, I still watched the whole thing without skipping a scene. Take it with a grain of salt but I never watched a Kdrama without skipping those filler scenes.
The acting is what pulled me. A lot of people will disagree on this one, but the FL's acting is the most natural not over the top type of acting you would ever see. no one has ever dated an IU - WLGYT type gf but all of us can almost attest to dating a Jisoo - BOD type gf at least once.
In guk's acting was top tier as always. jisoo's acting maybe rough around the edges but who are we to judge a rising actor after their third work. If you compare newtopia to Boyfriend on Demand, newtopia would be like those bitter cough syrap and boyfriend on demand would be like those vitamin jellies you get at your local drugstore .
I believe in her ability to grow.

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BOD dates are fun & unrealistic but reality is emotional

this is a light romcom, no hidden or messy plot. just clear & purely romcom with a little emotional touch in some episodes. Jisoo as Seo Mirae & Seo Inguk as Park Kyungnam is well written characters & both actor & actress portrayed their characters so well. Early episodes shows Seo Mirae using the apps to go on fun dates as she's not interested doing so in real life. She is supposed to be a cringe character when using the unrealistic dating apps. In half the series we actually get something from the main characters about their feelings. and gradually creating more tensions in real life. towards the end of the series it's getting more intense & we finally get a proper closure for them. the slow burn romance might be boring for people who enjoy pure comedy or thrill seekers, but it made me feels emotional & rooting for the main characters.

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This drama promises something unique in the romcom world and delivered more than that

I honestly just finished binging this and I am still thinking about it. I wasn't sure what to expect with the whole virtual boyfriend thing, but I ended up being so hooked. Jisoo was definitely the best part of the whole show for me. She was so good at playing someone who is just completely done with everything, and her acting felt really natural, especially when she was being awkward or stressed out at her job. It didn't feel like some fake TV version of a person; it felt like someone you actually know. The mix of the high-tech dating stuff and the regular office drama worked way better than I thought it would.

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writing this as a kdrama fan which i became way before i dived into kpop and blackpink

if u want to explore lots of genre's at once please give it a go its gonna be so worth it.
as someone who was once a binge watcher of almost every kdrama, but these days it was really hard to find one. first ep do keep me seated but then they dramas felt like they fell off hook. started watching as a jisoo fan but trust me, the whole story is so freaking interesting. the casting was of course one of the main reasons to keep someone seated. and then the colouring. it was really good too it felt so lively. and as i kept watching it felt like something that could actually happen in real life. some of it is already happening, how some women are using AI to feel closer to their favourite fictional characters. who knows when the use of VR might start as well. watched the first 2 ep at first then binge watched the rest of it. gotta say the story was superb and jisoo's acting has improved a lot. it felt like the character came to real life. and watching her experience dating her VR bf's it makes u wanna say ""wait we want more of their story"". as for me it happened with her 2nd date. please cast them together in a series with the exact same theme T-T. anyway if i try to say anything i might end up giving spoilers which i dont wanna do, i kept myself away from watching spoiler videos or edits and it was a really good decision.

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Highly Amused~

Hmmmm.........I thought it was good. Wife loved it too~
Episodes 1 and 2 set the stage. If you never read the synopsis or saw the stills for the drama, or didnt know anything at all, those 2 eps immediately let you know what kind of drama to expect upon viewing~
Pure comedy...........this drama spared no expense at ripping, ridiculing, making fun of, and destroying all of the tags and themes that are associated with the rom com genre with no mercy. You'll know exactly what I mean by EP 3. It was freaking hilarious. They took shots at ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. I didn't feel there were any attempts to do much other than have a few giggles~
Think about all the different kinds of scenes dramas use when they introduce love interests with all the genres out there. We've seen them over and over again and we holler cliche. That's not the term they used. It was classic. And from there on, the drama sets forth on recreating those classic introductions and tags in the name of comedy. There was an end credit scene in ep 6 or 7 that made me bite my tongue laughing. 🤣😖
Cast was solid. Jisoo doesn't have the kind of weight associated with strong FL's just yet, a little bit underwhelming but I think she's been getting better with each passing performance while ML is more or less a certified star. Supporting cast was loaded with familiar faces and there was a large number of cameos with stars that have a number of their own dramas as leads themselves. This was NOT a cheap production by any means~
I don't have anything negative to say about this piece. It wasn't made to win awards, it was made to deliver laughs and that's exactly what it gave my wife and I. It's a worthy watch~

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