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For the record, I normally love noona romances, and I usually like slow paced character-driven storylines, but I straight-up hated this drama by the end. (I also disliked One Spring Night so much that I dropped it halfway through, so I'm just not a fan of this writer apparently. )
SITR started out well enough - the chemistry between the two leads was palpable, the conflicts seemed like they could be overcome, etc. But the FL's mother was one of the most toxic characters I've ever seen onscreen, and her emotionally abusive screaming sessions gave me serious anxiety. I also cannot abide the ubiquitous face-slapping - it's violent and wrong.
The concept of noble idiocy took on a whole new meaning during this drama and I hate it when dramas make the audience wait until the last ten minutes to see some sort of resolution.
The soundtrack was so repetitive that I literally muted the sound during the last three episodes so I didn't have to hear them any more. I didn't like the Bruce Willis song the first time it was played on the radio and the years since hadn't improved it any, unfortunately.
Ironically, I'm also annoyed by the low ratings on MDL and can list out a dozen dramas that I think deserve to have a higher rating here than they do, but I wouldn't include this one in that list. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes, and I respect that. You asked why some folks dislike this drama and that's what I'm answering here.

I disagree quite strongly - his drama Secret Love Affair is almost a masterpiece while I had to mute the last several episodes of SITR so I didn't have to hear the mother scream every five minutes as well as the same damn songs over and over again.

I found Ana and Huyga here: https://vimeo.com/275360899

For me, it would be Just Between Lovers and Stranger - those two dramas are masterpieces.

So is there any drama that you’ve rated a 10/10?

Someday or One Day is one of the best dramas I have ever seen, from any country and in any language - period. It's a masterpiece.
I have a question for the article author though. You said the drama "doesn’t have a single flaw" (which I totally agree with!!) so I'm curious why your rating is only 9/10? What more could the drama have done to receive a 10/10? Since joining this site I've been baffled by the ratings and how much lower they are than other drama sites. In my humble opinion, of all the dramas out there, this one in particular should have a rating that is much, much closer to 10 than either 8.9 or even 9.
Thanks for the article and for the recommendations. I've only seen SOOD and Love is Sweet from your list. I would add Go Ahead to the list of the best C-dramas of 2020.

"It's useless discussing this." I would agree, but for the record, I care less about what you think a noona romance actually is, and more about you claiming the drama got ruined before it's even been aired.

Actors can change to fit the character that the script calls for, and directors are responsible for helping the actors fit the vision of the source material. Your comment about how the drama is ruined already before it's even been aired is problematic. Give the actors a chance to show different characters than they've shown before, and help create an environment where the rest of us can look forward to a new drama as well. Also Won Jin Ah is 29, and so could have a relationship with a younger man in this drama - the very definition of noona romance.

That's a great way to explain that phenomenon!

You're welcome! Sometimes it's necessary, unfortunately.

Ok, we get it. For whatever reason you have some feelings toward a particular actress. But many of the rest of us here love her...

How can you say that before you've watched a single episode?!

It's my all-time favorite drama. I guess to each their own.

Thanks, Lothlorien, at least we know who to block now.

I disagree that couples with age gaps aren't believable - love is love.

This was a sad watch all the way through. Rest well, Miura Haruma.

I'm not here to defend him or pretend he's a nice person. I don't know him personally, (and neither do you.) A human being can be many things, all at the same time.
Also, please don't assume you know anything about me or my history in any way, because you don't.

I think Lovestruck in the City is interesting and intriguing and going at the right pace for how the writer wants to tell the story. It's different than other K-dramas out there, and that's a good thing.

Not to belabor the point, but you actually mentioned the idea that changing one's identity/name = committing fraud/making someone a criminal three times in this thread, not just once.

Not sure why it matters that I (and you?) live in the US - this is a drama set in South Korea, not the US. And I don't get why you keep commenting on how she's breaking laws by having an alias -she said that she gave herself a fake name when she came to the beach because she hated herself and wanted a change for a bit. Other than the camera issues, and the fact that the ML doesn't know her real name, her employment status has not been made an issue of so far.
And I know five people so far who have changed their names - both first and last names. It's actually not that big of a deal.