Falling for My Boss (2024)

cute vertical short series

Overall: this was a slice of life micro series with a satisfying ending. Watched for free on Shortime (took about 3 days). 31 episodes less than 2 minutes each. Shortime (app info below) also has Please Teach Me, The Secrets of Male Students and Buddy Boy.

Content Warnings: non con picture taking, mention of past abuse

What I Liked
- cute moments
- chuckled a few times
- perspective switch
- non cliche female character

Room For Improvement
- more moments after they clearly communicated with each other

Shortimes App Information - Each episode costs 20 popcorn, 4 episodes are free and 27 need to be unlocked, need 540 popcorn to watch the whole series, you can't skip locked episodes and they will re-lock

My Watch For Free Plan (updated Jan 2025)
(on the popcorn rewards page) check in = 5 (increases over 7 days up to 25)
(on the popcorn rewards page, go to the very bottom of the page) = 110, watch all 10 ads each day, have to wait 30 seconds in between ads
(on the popcorn rewards page) turn on notifications = 30 (1 time bonus)
1 friend referral code = 20 (1 time bonus) My invite code is NKNIWI (those are all capital letters, that's the capital letter i)
(I did create a login because otherwise you only get 1 Always Win box instead of 3 per day)
3 random popcorn from the daily Always Win box = 35 (I'd normally get 5-15, around 30 in total)
watch 5 episodes each day with ads
- there are other 1 time bonuses like following on social media so you might be able to finish in 2 days instead of 3 if you did more of the bonuses

Day 1 watch 1-4 (free), 5-16; Day 2 watch 17-28; Day 3 watch 29-30

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A Sweet & Hilarious Vertical Drama

If you’re looking for a drama that’s as sweet as a bouquet of fresh flowers, this one delivers! This short and adorable vertical drama had me grinning the entire time. With just the right mix of humor, charm, and a sprinkle of romantic confusion, it was an absolute delight to watch.

The story follows Lee Jun, a flower shop owner still recovering from his last shop’s downfall—thanks to workplace romance. Determined not to let history repeat itself, he tries his best to keep his two employees, Eunho and Hyewon, from dating. But in doing so, he accidentally makes Eunho think he likes him instead! Cue the hilarious misunderstandings, unexpected emotions, and an adorable love story.

Eunho’s misunderstanding is a riot, but the real question is—does Lee Jun even understand his own feelings? Watching them figure it out was both funny and heartwarming.

And let’s not forget Hyewon! A non-cliché female character in a BL drama? Yes, please! She added so much to the story, making the dynamic between the three even better. I adored her a lot.

I also absolutely loved the setting—the flower shop was beautiful and added such a cozy, warm vibe to the whole drama. The flowers made every scene visually stunning and added to the charm of the story.

The drama also nailed the little things—stunning flowers, smooth perspective switches, and actual communication between the characters. The ending was satisfying, though I wouldn’t have minded a little more time with them. Overall, this was a fun, feel-good watch with lovable characters and a romance that blooms just right.

Would I watch more of them? Absolutely. Would I recommend it? 100%!

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Love and misunderstandings in the workplace

The narrative of South Korean BL series, more or less melodramatic or historical, youth or school, office or diverse work setting, adventure or sports settings, usually try to dramatically legitimize love between people of the same sex.
Shortime has in 'Falling for My Boss', a miniseries of 31 episodes of less than 2 minutes each, broadcast on September 4, 2024, a fictional paradigm whose main dramatic sources come, at first, from a love triangle in a flower shop, whose owner distrusts romances in the workplace after witnessing how romantic relationships can ruin the reputation of a company, when the previous owner of the small business selling flowers He had affairs with three employees.
As in so many stories of the romantic genre, the plot invites us to enter a happy and exciting universe in which Lee Jun confuses friendship with flirting, which is why he comes to believe that Baek Eun Ho and Hye Won, his two employees at Jude Flowers, a small but prosperous florist, are in a romantic relationship, so he becomes alarmed and, fearing a new scandal like the one he experienced in the past, he decides to intervene, creating a misunderstanding after another and hilarious scenario.
Paranoid about the dilemma, he does not dare to confront them directly for fear of crossing his limits as a boss or affecting the morale of the work group. However, he decides to take matters into his own hands when he considers he has all the evidence, after accidentally falling into his hands a Polaroid photo taken by the only female character in the miniseries, in which the two boys can be seen working in the flower shop, and under one of them a drawn red heart.
At the same time, this same photograph will lead the characters to a new misunderstanding: Baek Eun Ho will misunderstand that Lee Jun is secretly in love with him, giving rise to new hilarious situations in which each of them has the wrong idea about the other.
This production achieves a balance between entertainment and reflection, through a narrative that, although not deep, has credible and complex characters. Its impeccable staging uses a playful and festive visual style that highlights the psychological tensions of the plot.
Filmed in vertical format, the components that provide the miniseries with a melodramatic substrate come, mainly, from the female character: played by Son Na Ra, who is burdened by secretly loving the owner of the flower shop, despite having decided not to get involved in a romantic relationship until she progresses in her work, and one of the greatest elements of intrigue consists of wondering what Lee Jun will do when he discovers that the misunderstanding has led him to develop feelings for his employee and how he will react if the girl were to confess your love.
The best thing about this sweet and simple love story, although it barely proposes romantic or sentimental scenes (compared to other South Korean BL series), lies in the happy misunderstandings in which the only three characters in the miniseries are involved and how as the misunderstanding grows, the last employee to be hired part-time begins to wonder if he can reciprocate the feelings he believes the owner of the small business has for him.
Well-written characters, brimming with conflict and quite well nuanced, are these two, played with remarkable restraint and accuracy by Park Sang Hun, in his acting debut, as the owner of the small flower-selling business, and Baek Jeong Hun, who begins his career here as a film and television actor, as his employee. They are joined by an actress known for playing Han Seo Ah in the series 'Is There Equation in Love?', from 2022.
Exceptional professionals, the three work with enormous determination, even facing the challenges of new actors, and they make the viewer believe in their characters, in the conflicts they live, and the joyful situations they go through.
Park Sang Hun is an intelligent, sensitive and extremely committed actor, in addition to being a great ally in this project.
I imagine these three meeting during previous weeks with the directing team analyzing the plots, delving into the characters and reading each scene. I perceive them doing collective and group readings, which is the methodology preferred by both this writer and many film and television directors; in addition to having the support of trainers, due to their little or no previous experience in acting work.
In the second and last part, the series begins to revolve around dramatic situations, with confessions and statements in which the essence of the characters are expressed, moments in which BL lovers win when this trio must face their feelings and never betray the public's expectations, mostly built from the beginning on the question of whether or not love can triumph in the workplace.
To also celebrate the photography and costumes, which complement and characterize each character and the spaces in which they operate. And the musicalization is intentional and comfortable.
And both the art direction and the musical soundtrack, and the aforementioned interpretations, enhance that desire to create a happy series, where a small business selling flowers stops being just that place flooded with light, colors and smells, and becomes that romantic space in which two boys come to love each other.
It is just 40 minutes in which the viewer will experience a plot full of sweetness, joy and love, like in old dramas, excellent and highly recommended when you are looking for something romantic and simple.

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