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I stopped watching romance kdramas before StartUp. I was just looking for action/thriller kdramas but I decided to watch this when I saw a facebook video clip with NJH and Suzy. I could feel their chemistry even while they were just talking. I'm satisfied with my decision of not skipping this drama. Not only romance part, I also love friendship, familial bond and business aspects of StartUp.

I agree. I remember Dosan said that he wanted to make Dalmi happy in the beginning. He indeed tried in every possible way to support her until the end of the drama.

I agree with OneAjhussi. I can say HJP is the best written second lead character as he got solid backstory and his involvement with the leads played an important role throughout the drama. I don't agree with Best Second Lead tag though as his actions and personality don't deserve it. But you can try watching it. StartUp is a good drama you shouldn't miss.

Same. I didn't expect Karube and Chouta would die in that episode. I cried because of that scene. Their friendship was very deep and beautiful. They sacrificed their lives for Arisu to live on.

Yeah. I won't also put my trust on MDL ratings anymore as most ratings of c-dramas don't fit their actual quality. I guess I should check Douban scores from now on.

It was quite interesting and exciting at times. I liked the first half more as the last few episodes were depressing and obnoxious.

Just like most people said, the first 7 episodes were beautiful. My mind was so peaceful and relaxed while watching them. After that, the drama went downhill and it became boring. But I managed to watch the whole drama to see how the story would end. I think this drama can be shortened to 13/ 14 episodes. Overall, it was a good drama with nice start and ending despite the draggy middle part. The characterization is also good. The best part is the chemistry between Park Eun Bin and Kim Min Jae. Their awkard interactions from the beginning episodes were very cute.

I'm not sure how they consider which kind of votes are acceptable for the drama. I also thought the stable ratings of kdramas must be related to active commenters and viewers. But this page was also very active when it was airing. And we rarely see negative reviews about this drama. It's hard to accept the rating of a masterpiece like this continue to decline within a few days.

Yes. That's what I'm surprised about StartUp. The rating is a
still at 7.9 despite many fake reviews. I think MDL is using some kind of system that can detect voting manipulation? So those fake reviews and low ratings of haters do not count? But what surprises me more is that LAR lost 2 points and the rating became 8.4 to 8.2 overnight. I wonder it'll continue to drop in the next few days.

They say it's because of the new rating system but it's starting to be suspicious about the manipulation of the ratings here as Ayla Flower said. Korean dramas lost only 1 or 2 points these days but high-rated Chinese dramas get effected most. But LAR even lost so many points compared to other c-dramas.

No matter how low the rating of this drama on MDL, it will always be 1000000000/10 in my heart.

Wow. I'm surprised the rating is still 7.9 for StartUp. Even one of my favourite dramas and other dramas' ratings continue to drop because of the new rating system. For StartUp, there are a lot of negative reviews and people who give only rating 1, but it still manage to have a 7.9 rating. This means there are many people on MDL who like and appreciate this drama. Really glad to know about this!

I'm gonna watch this for Lee Hyun Wook. Loved him in Search!

Congrats NJH! https://twitter.com/allkpop/status/1336618988055326721?s=19

I'm strongly attached to this drama and this page. Whenever I come here after checking the page of another drama that I like, I feel like this is a healing place for me. I forget about all the negativity and my mind becomes peaceful and happy to see all your comments. Thank your for being friendly commenters on this page LAR squad!

Let the karma work its job. I just pity KSH. Some of his new fans are immature and arrogant. It's not good for his reputation.

Oh. I don't like love triangle and annoying second lead. I guess I won't watch this drama for now. Thanks for your detailed explanation.

Lol. why salty for a positive comment? Do you need reading comprehension skills? My comment was not a request for attention but my opinion about this drama. I just emphasized how much I LOVE this show. Of course I'll comment here whenever I want to. It's not like this page is only available for haters.
Good luck! You don't need to reply to my comment.

No problem. I also thought you replied to the wrong person.

Ummm did you reply to me? I already watched the ending and it was very nice. All characters got their deserved endings. In my opinion, HJP character's closure was also well done. That's why I said "If you don't want to see his proper ending and character development, you don't need to watch those episodes".