DramaAjumma

I don't watch a lot of K drama rom coms these days. I'm losing my appetite for them.

Do you watch K dramas? Extraordinary Attorney Woo is pretty good.

Episodes 17 and 18 are downright hilarious.
A'Yao and Zisheng's garrulous sidekick are in competition for who is the most clueless person in this show. All the subtext seems completely lost on them.

LOL. The fact that the show is so stingy about Jun-ho's arc is probably making me more desperate for scenes between them. I really love their interactions and it's quite unique at least as K dramas are concerned. I am always so impressed at how respectful he is of her as a person. He wants to support her but he doesn't want her to lose her independence and fighting spirit. It's all lovely stuff.

I don't usually watch legal dramas for romance but I'm more than willing to make an exception for this one. :D

Personally I think the romance is handled extremely well and it's properly integrated into the whole storyline. Better than The Good Doctor, in my opinion where it just kind of happens. Here, on the other hand, the male lead already has all the right foundations and it feels more organic although there might be tweaks ahead in terms of how he thinks about the future. It's not the main focus of the drama but it's so well done that I feel completely invested in it already. I'm sure there will be slings and arrows ahead for both but it's all part of the journey.

Again, to you it seems far-fetched. Not to me. Because his good qualities outweigh whatever deficiencies (real or perceived) he has. And more importantly he's not her boyfriend yet either. He can learn how to do certain things better but the foundations are already there.

I'm not frustrated. I'm just trying to work out what the issue is.
You have every right to your opinion but it's clarity I seek.

That's fine if that's what you think but I don't think the same way. I think everyone sees a particular situation differently and Jun-ho probably doesn't see the situation the same way his detractors do.

Because the purpose of your post was unclear that I assumed you were making a comparison between two suitors initially. In the original post you were comparing two men of different personality types, with different status in the company and completely different dynamics with the female lead. It's apples and oranges.
I don't have a problem if you're uncomfortable with Jun-ho per se but I don't understand how Jung Myung-seok is relevant to this discussion. He is Young-woo's boss, her mentor, some who holds a much higher position in the company with a broader set of life experiences. He would certainly have more confidence in how he deals with clients. Because of that he has to be professional at what he does particularly when mentoring new graduates.

Jun-ho, on the other hand, is a younger man with a different set of life experiences and his interest in Young-woo is completely different. He is dealing with something novel -- falling in love with a woman with special needs -- and he's probably having a hard time processing everything because it's out of his comfort zone. She's not just someone he works with nor is he some authority figure where he can make decisions for others. He's not the typical CEO male lead here. We know that he's very popular with the women in the office but he's never been interested in any of them. And now, he finds himself having feelings for this new attorney who comes with a disability. It's a very unusual situation for him or anybody for that matter. He must be grappling with so much right now that he's drinking his woes away. Rather than a flaw, I think he's just being human. Nobody knows perfectly what to do all the time when confronted with unusual situations. It's not as if they're already dating and he's being completely useless.

It depends on the opinion doesn't it? Not saying that the majority is always right but opinions should be open to scrutiny especially if expressed in a public place. But if you're referring to the comment that I think you are, the commenter wasn't just expressing an opinion, an argument was being made. In fact, it was an indirect comparison between two male characters in which one character came out of it sounding better than the other. Two men of different personalities with completely different status in the hierarchical structure of the firm with completely different dynamics with the female lead. The purpose of that post was unclear and I think people had the right to ask questions.

This is one of the most baffling things about the show's reception -- fans positing a de facto love triangle where none exists. It's the stuff of fan wars. As far as I'm concerned it's irrelevant whether people root for Jun-ho or Jung Myeong-seok because at the end of the day the show will do what it will do regardless of which guy we prefer. LOL.
The only reason why the vast majority of people are behind a Jun-ho Young-woo pairing is because the drama itself is telling that story. and we're just showing our support for it.

There's something about the internet -- the anonymity perhaps. People tend to express opinions more strongly than if they were sitting across a room with someone.

I think he's a great supervisor as well. He's a really good mentor with strong leadership skills. I like the way he uses the right person in court to prosecute various arguments. He comes across as a father-figure away from home.

I'm the same. Heh.

https://40somethingahjumma.substack.com/p/love-like-the-galaxy-2022-episodes
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https://40somethingahjumma.substack.com/p/love-like-the-galaxy-2022-episodes
https://40somethingahjumma.substack.com/p/love-like-the-galaxy-2022-episodes-265

I wrote a couple of essays. Find links under spoiler tags.

As someone who has watched over two hundred Asian dramas (conservative estimate) in a decade and a half where so many dramas (more than I can count) feature a rude manipulative male lead, it boggles my mind there are comments trying to prosecute the argument that Jun-ho is somehow not good enough for Young-woo because he's 70% there and not 100%. Or he doesn't fit some kind of unspoken arbitrary criteria. If it isn't being said outright, it's certainly being implied.

This is an office drama. There's a hierarchy at play so I'm not sure that it is as simple as some think things should be.

As far as I'm concerned Jun-ho is one of the nicest male leads I've ever seen. He has much more of a headstart than most.

Are you implying that only a man who has completely pure motives, is completely certain of everything, does everything right all the time, doesn't put a single wrong foot forward is worthy of a woman with special needs? Frankly speaking, if that's the case, I don't know if such a man exists.

Regardless of who we root for shouldn't the question be what the show itself is saying or doing? Jung Myung-seok is her direct supervisor. High up in the food chain. It is his job to be responsible for the rookies under him. There's nothing inherently romantic about that. Jun-ho is not even a lawyer in the firm and maybe he respects Young-woo's independence as a lawyer.

Shouldn't we also consider what the script is saying about the romance not just talk about our preferences?

What about Woo-young and Jung Myung-seok?