..... ..... ..... He's not even that good looking for anyone to get outraged over him being not average enough looking as the character, he literary IS average looking imo LOL, Korean beuaty standards are silly. π π
In western world, noone would look twice at this guy passing in the street (if he wasn't famous), many men are more handsome π π
It's really not if you have the proper expectations on the genre. This is first and foremost a family melodrama.
It's BECAUSE it's a melodrama that the rating is so low.
I notice you need to always add a 1,5-2 stars to rating for MELODRAMA GENRE Dramas here for more accurate ratings.
Classic melodramas scoring only 7-8.0 max on thsi site is outrageous lol Lee Dong Wook's La Dolce Vita deserves better rating too.
Recent Melo examples for Eagle Brothers deserves a 9, same for The Trunk, and not a 7. something. Daily dramas and weekenders (aka. the 50 ep kdramas and the 100 ep daily kdramas which tends to be Family Melodramas always scoring a 7 MAX lol)
90% Melodramas on this site have such unreliable rating, that you have to be be HUGELY SCEPTICAL of Ratings in this Genre, I mean even classic well-written melos, some of which even where Breakthrough Projects for many Stars back in 00s and 10s, getting 6.-7 max 8 now by kids hating melo LMAO
.....So 7.2 for this drama?? Applying the 1,5-2 + points rule: Fine, true rating is then likely 8.7-9.2 π
3 Female leads + 1 male lead in romance with FL. Sismance and Difficult Adulthood theme, but make it Romcom plot too.
This has simialr character dynamics to the drama Sorry Not Sorry, and Difficult Adulthood and Household debt theme, which I'm currently watching. The difference is characters' jobs and casting.
Not necessarily a bad thing, I'm enjoying Sorry Not Sorry. This is slightly more dramatic I guess, with not just lead FL's finances in trouble, but multiple people having money difficulties.
Globally the economy stinks and lot of people more struggling than before, it not surprising more than one drama with this theme is now being made.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong but I literally smell a fucking flop here. On the other hand there's literally one…
imo koreans can't do the action genre. It's the one genre they consistently use trash to mediocre writing in and focus too much on just special fx and casting. π π
Now Ep5 the whole ep is 10/10 wow so many interesting things happening! That's one of the most Solid SINGULAR EP's I've ever watched. Well done writing team.
ALL characters where in an entirely different place from before ep 5 started compared to when ep 5 ended! So much development. But also no rush, it all came together so naturally, it was like a perfectly crafted symphony, where it felt like it had been many months since before and after ep5, despite not much actual time passing.
This has been my stance regarding MDL & also things like Goodreads for awhile. If they hate it, I'll probably…
For real, I have that same problem with GoodReads too. Any good books reccs from GoodReads that are hated on there?
Personally I find Vera Nazarian's The Atlantis Grail series really good and underrated as ***. It's like a better way more exciting version of all those popular overhyped Dystopian series, with a Competing to go on a space adventure with aliens angle, rather than just stay on earth like the rest. Far bigger stakes and potential at play.
For Jeon Yeo Been, I'm in π«‘ also does anyone know if this actually has terminal illness in it? "Limited time"…
So I went and checked Korean Sources to confirm.
Turns out ML is a Strawberry Farmer and NOT the Terminally ill CEO who does a 3 month Relationship Contract with FL. FL & ML meet through her being his child's (fake) kindergarten teacher, after FL made the contract with the OTHER dying guy.
MDL reported it all wrong!!!
So we are thankfully spared from Leads with Terminal Illness. The terminally ill CEO is a plot device side character to get FL in a Money Deal and people scheming to get the money from her&harm her.
This is not a Melo-romance ,but an ActionRom.
Only guaranteed sad ending for the dying CEO, poor man, but leads seems to get a happier, more actionpacked story.
Strawberries π Enemies-To-Lovers Leads Single-father ML (JinYoung ) is a Strawberry farmer FL is (Fake) Kindergarten Teacher of ML's child, that's how leads meet.
FL in contract Reltionship with side character CEO who'll die in 3 months, after which she'll gain his inheritance, so she has lots of people after the money and has to figure out how to survive the danger, while disguised as the perfect woman Bu Se Mi. Before this she was poor and struggling.
Seo Hyeon Woo plays the Chaebol family's lawyer. Jang Yoon Ju plays a The Ceo's cunning step-daughter. Joo Hyun Young plays a live-in house maid for the chaebol family.
Next time, can MDL actually do THEIR JOB and Report what the PLOT is ACTUALLY about!!
HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU TURN AWAY FROM THIS DRAMA ,BECAUSE YOU MISREPORTED ML AS TERMINALLY ILL?!?!
The CEO is a plot device character separate from the romantic leads.
Korean entertainment news sites repeatedly describe Jinyoungβs character as a "single dad strawberry farmer," and mention he is wary of Bu Se-Mi, the fake kindergarten teacher with a contract marriage background. This confirms the romantic pairing is between farmer father and female lead, not a CEO.
The contract marriage involving a terminally ill CEO is part of the female leadβs backstory and only sets up the larger inheritance and identity plot. The CEO character is not the male lead nor the romantic interest.
.......
Here is an English translation and summary of the key findings from verified Korean sources about the drama:
1. The male lead (played by Jinyoung) is a farmerβand NOT the terminally ill conglomerate chairman. - From official character descriptions: βJinyoung / Role: Jeon Dong-Min β A single dad who grows strawberries in the countryside and raises his son. Heβs wary of Bu Se-Mi, the new kindergarten teacher (who is actually in disguise). Heβs tough but warm, turning from βvillainβ to βheroβ in Bu Se-Miβs story.β - Source: dukyong15.tistory.com/4883
2. There is no mention of the male lead being terminally ill; the terminally ill chairman is a separate, minor (background) character, who sets up the contract marriage plot for the female lead. - The casting for the terminally ill chairman role has not been officially announced in any published article or press release.
3. All published articles and official cast lists name only the main actors (Jeon Yeo-Bin, Jinyoung, Jang Yoon-Ju, Joo Hyun-Young, Seo Hyun-Woo), and do not list a terminally ill lead character.
In summary: - The male lead is definitively a single father and farmer, not terminally ill. - The only terminally ill character is the chairman, who is NOT a main lead. - There is zero evidence in Korean media that terminal illness is a main plot for either of the romantic leads.
Translated: βA single dad growing strawberries in the countryside and raising his sonβ¦ a tough but warm man who goes from villain to hero for Bu Se-Mi, the fake kindergarten teacher in disguise.β
So, all official Korean sources confirm: there is NO terminal illness for the leads; the "terminally ill" character is a side/backstory figure, not the farmer male lead.
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He's not even that good looking for anyone to get outraged over him being not average enough looking as the character, he literary IS average looking imo LOL,
Korean beuaty standards are silly. π π
In western world, noone would look twice at this guy passing in the street (if he wasn't famous), many men are more handsome π π
I notice you need to always add a 1,5-2 stars to rating for MELODRAMA GENRE Dramas here for more accurate ratings.
Classic melodramas scoring only 7-8.0 max on thsi site is outrageous lol
Lee Dong Wook's La Dolce Vita deserves better rating too.
Recent Melo examples for Eagle Brothers deserves a 9, same for The Trunk, and not a 7. something.
Daily dramas and weekenders (aka. the 50 ep kdramas and the 100 ep daily kdramas which tends to be Family Melodramas always scoring a 7 MAX lol)
90% Melodramas on this site have such unreliable rating, that you have to be be HUGELY SCEPTICAL of Ratings in this Genre,
I mean even classic well-written melos,
some of which even where Breakthrough Projects for many Stars back in 00s and 10s, getting 6.-7 max 8 now by kids hating melo LMAO
.....So 7.2 for this drama??
Applying the 1,5-2 + points rule:
Fine, true rating is then likely 8.7-9.2 π
Sismance and Difficult Adulthood theme, but make it Romcom plot too.
This has simialr character dynamics to the drama Sorry Not Sorry, and Difficult Adulthood and Household debt theme, which I'm currently watching.
The difference is characters' jobs and casting.
Not necessarily a bad thing, I'm enjoying Sorry Not Sorry. This is slightly more dramatic I guess, with not just lead FL's finances in trouble, but multiple people having money difficulties.
Globally the economy stinks and lot of people more struggling than before, it not surprising more than one drama with this theme is now being made.
I'll be very surpised if this is good.
Now Ep5 the whole ep is 10/10 wow so many interesting things happening!
That's one of the most Solid SINGULAR EP's I've ever watched.
Well done writing team.
ALL characters where in an entirely different place from before ep 5 started compared to when ep 5 ended! So much development. But also no rush, it all came together so naturally, it was like a perfectly crafted symphony,
where it felt like it had been many months since before and after ep5, despite not much actual time passing.
I hope this talented young man gets lead roles soon.
Also happy reading of The Atlantis Grail.
Any good books reccs from GoodReads that are hated on there?
Personally I find Vera Nazarian's The Atlantis Grail series really good and underrated as ***. It's like a better way more exciting version of all those popular overhyped Dystopian series, with a Competing to go on a space adventure with aliens angle, rather than just stay on earth like the rest. Far bigger stakes and potential at play.
Later also runs into an ex-boyfriend lol.
FL: WHY ARE THEY ALL IN CHEUNPO?!?
Good F***n Question lol, how is she managing to run into multiple people from her past lol
Turns out ML is a Strawberry Farmer and NOT the Terminally ill CEO who does a 3 month Relationship Contract with FL.
FL & ML meet through her being his child's (fake) kindergarten teacher, after FL made the contract with the OTHER dying guy.
MDL reported it all wrong!!!
So we are thankfully spared from Leads with Terminal Illness.
The terminally ill CEO is a plot device side character to get FL in a Money Deal and people scheming to get the money from her&harm her.
This is not a Melo-romance ,but an ActionRom.
Only guaranteed sad ending for the dying CEO, poor man, but leads seems to get a happier, more actionpacked story.
Following For Eagle Brothers, yet another 50 ep drama w Excellent casting!
Maybe I'll wait until like 10 eps aired though before starting, but
Looking forward to this starting soon! π
Also FL in Positively Yours:
https://kisskh.at/794566-positively-yours
π
https://kisskh.at/10873-kill-me-heal-me
https://kisskh.at/7761-secret
https://kisskh.at/1146-im-sorry-i-love-you
https://kisskh.at/32977-spring-night
https://kisskh.at/748283-confidential-items
https://kisskh.at/14028-lets-have-dinner-together
https://kisskh.at/529-cain-and-abel
https://kisskh.at/200-will-it-snow-for-christmas
All great Romantic Melodramas. Enjoy!
Enemies-To-Lovers Leads
Single-father ML (JinYoung ) is a Strawberry farmer
FL is (Fake) Kindergarten Teacher of ML's child, that's how leads meet.
FL in contract Reltionship with side character CEO who'll die in 3 months, after which she'll gain his inheritance, so she has lots of people after the money and has to figure out how to survive the danger, while disguised as the perfect woman Bu Se Mi.
Before this she was poor and struggling.
Seo Hyeon Woo plays the Chaebol family's lawyer.
Jang Yoon Ju plays a The Ceo's cunning step-daughter.
Joo Hyun Young plays a live-in house maid for the chaebol family.
Next time,
can MDL actually do THEIR JOB and Report what the PLOT is ACTUALLY about!!
HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU TURN AWAY FROM THIS DRAMA ,BECAUSE YOU MISREPORTED ML AS TERMINALLY ILL?!?!
Looking forward to all the Food & farming shots ! ππππππππ°π°ππππ
because usally the Contract Reltionship is between the leads lol
It's highly refreshing that a lead has relationship contract with side character
NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TERMINAL ILLNESS PLOT!:
The CEO is a plot device character separate from the romantic leads.
Korean entertainment news sites repeatedly describe Jinyoungβs character as a "single dad strawberry farmer," and mention he is wary of Bu Se-Mi, the fake kindergarten teacher with a contract marriage background. This confirms the romantic pairing is between farmer father and female lead, not a CEO.
The contract marriage involving a terminally ill CEO is part of the female leadβs backstory and only sets up the larger inheritance and identity plot. The CEO character is not the male lead nor the romantic interest.
.......
Here is an English translation and summary of the key findings from verified Korean sources about the drama:
1. The male lead (played by Jinyoung) is a farmerβand NOT the terminally ill conglomerate chairman.
- From official character descriptions:
βJinyoung / Role: Jeon Dong-Min β A single dad who grows strawberries in the countryside and raises his son. Heβs wary of Bu Se-Mi, the new kindergarten teacher (who is actually in disguise). Heβs tough but warm, turning from βvillainβ to βheroβ in Bu Se-Miβs story.β
- Source: dukyong15.tistory.com/4883
2. There is no mention of the male lead being terminally ill; the terminally ill chairman is a separate, minor (background) character, who sets up the contract marriage plot for the female lead.
- The casting for the terminally ill chairman role has not been officially announced in any published article or press release.
3. All published articles and official cast lists name only the main actors (Jeon Yeo-Bin, Jinyoung, Jang Yoon-Ju, Joo Hyun-Young, Seo Hyun-Woo), and do not list a terminally ill lead character.
In summary:
- The male lead is definitively a single father and farmer, not terminally ill.
- The only terminally ill character is the chairman, who is NOT a main lead.
- There is zero evidence in Korean media that terminal illness is a main plot for either of the romantic leads.
Key sources:
- dukyong15.tistory.com/4883 (full character/cast summaries)
- https://www.dipe.co.kr/2320833 (korean database)
- https://asianwiki.com/Good_Woman_Bu_Se-Mi
- https://zapzee.net/2025/04/01/jeon-yeo-been-and-jinyoung-to-star-in-new-romance-drama/
- https://zapzee.net/about/
If you need the direct Korean phrases, here is one:
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Translated:
βA single dad growing strawberries in the countryside and raising his sonβ¦ a tough but warm man who goes from villain to hero for Bu Se-Mi, the fake kindergarten teacher in disguise.β
So, all official Korean sources confirm: there is NO terminal illness for the leads; the "terminally ill" character is a side/backstory figure, not the farmer male lead.