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I may give it a chance after I finish "Radio Romance" (By the way, planning to skip the love triangle guy there; I am only on episode 4 and he is already getting on my nerves).

This is a different topic, but I still want to bring it up! I am only on episode 4, but I already know a lot about the love triangle because I did my research; and while I plan to skip as much as I can to enjoy only the main couple, I hate how this other dude uses any opportunity to touch or get way to close to the FL... I understand if some dramas have love triangles, but most of them have one or even more which should be a device to push the main leads together, bring up some jealousy or even for the main leads (as a couple) to bring us the satisfaction that these extra people were unable to even put a dent in their relationship, but back to your comment; what's the point of dragging on a love triangle when the main leads are meant to be together... I don't see how useful is to cause angsty and unnecessary moments just because...

That was spot on! There are too many dramas that do that exact same thing; the man feels uncomfortable and is even kind enough to tell his girl before hand, but she still goes out of her way and allow all of the advances from this other guy, and if the boyfriend dates to heavy sights will be more than enough for her to be upset for days and they will only resolve the issue if he apologizes, and sometimes even after she purposely "punishes" him for days even after she is not even upset anymore... I guess all this is because the main target for Dramaland is still women, so writers will feed into all those fantasies, including keeping all prospects close with no consequences whatsoever. Additionally, if any of those things would be the opposite, and it was a guy keeping a girl that likes him close even after rejection, hell would break loose and he is a piece of you know what.

It seems to be "Lee Kang".

This is a common trope in Dramaland, where instead of completely closing the love triangle having the third person either exiting the show, or cut contact with the female lead they act like nothing even when we all know that deep down this other guy still likes the girl, but is keeping a close distance with the excuse of friendship. And to your point, I would never be a friend with the guy that likes or liked my girl, nor would I feel comfortable if that guy was still her "friend".

Thank you! That's a bit late, and I don't want to invest that much time for just a few episodes of their relationship; I'll pass on this one!

No recycled tropes or cliches! You don't need love triangles and stupid misunderstandings when you have an actual plot! Well done!

Hello! Is it true that the break up in "Crush" is from episode 15 to episode 20?

I don't agree with some of your points, but I still appreciate this list, and will make sure to check out the shows that I have not watched yet.

That's still a love triangle in my book... if someone likes ML or FL, or want to have a relationship with one of them for a h reason is a Love Triangle for me, because one way or the other, this character is interfering with the main couple's romance...

Indeed!

Why...?

While it is true that all side stories were left unfinished, I appreciate that the main leads got their happy ending in the form of what will be their day by day, loving each other in their unique way.

I am afraid that if they were to do a second season it would focus too much in a love triangle; one that would make no sense because the other guy is not even close to having a chance. On the other hand, if they were to resolve that love triangle and just give us more sweet moments and development for the main couple, and tie up things with everyone else getting their respective partner; then it could be worth it. But no second season is needed.

I am actually glad that this does not have a second season.

Fortunately, that was short and pushed the main couple closer together. I am more annoyed by the red hair friend crushing on Ja Rim (FL), even after a friend in the past got between him and his girlfriend at the time, even though he didn't and wouldn't cause a dent on the main lead's relationship...

30 episodes were enough because a second season, or more episodes would have the writers playing around with the love triangle with red hair (waste of time). Even with the same 30 episodes, we would have received more and be better rewarded if that love triangle never existed or if they solved it in one or two episodes, and instead of wasting time with a crush that in the end was no more than unrequited love because FL only had eyes for ML (Tsunsere and all); they could have used that time for red hair and the sweet Min Ji, which to be honest deserved better since red hair had nothing to offer...

Yes, it does have a love triangle. Both main leads have an ex that will show shortly for an episode or two, but the main love triangle is Kyung Woo, one of Joo Young's (ML) friends who seems to have a crush on Ja Rim (FL) and is constantly dropping indirect remarks in disagreement with the main couple. However, they will hint that he could get between them and nothing happens because he is holding back, but Tsunsere and all, FL only has eyes for ML.

This is yet another waste of time because of a Love Triangle. If anyone paid enough attention they would know that it would be useless for the red hair guy to go after FL. FL Only had eyes for ML, and the red hair guy going after her would only cause misunderstandings and angst, but even then, I don't think any chance of the FL with him. On the other hand, the red hair guy had a friend in the past that got between him and his ex girlfriend, so he should know how bad and wrong is for a friend to even entertain the idea of going after a friend's girlfriend... I am glad that there is no season 2, so they didn't have to drag on that, but I think things would be better and made more sense if they resolved that headless love triangle within 1 or 3 episodes of the red hair guy thinking about that. However, I cannot repeat this enough times, even if red hair tried to go after her, there was no way she would see him other than her boyfriend's friend...

You consider that a love triangle that takes 8 to 10 out of 16 episodes, where the female lead is crushing so hard that she is willing to hurt her career is a "weak" one...

I have to agree that closing the love triangle completely instead of dragging it until the last episode is very rewarding, but I would not call it weak.

I do, however, get your point since at least it is unrequited crush, and when solved is gone forever.

The female lead spends the first 8 to 10 episodes in love with the brother and actively flirting and going after him. They spend more time with the female chasing after the brother than the sport part or the main couple's romance...