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Finally a decent romcom from SK!
It's been ages since I last felt like watching a korean romcom. I'm usually bored by them since the comedy and acting are almost always the same. So when I randomly started Make Me Tingle, I didn't expect much – But to my surprise I got hooked immediately. So what exactly makes this drama different?
The Male Lead is basically straight out of the kdrama-textbook. A handsome and rich CEO with a past trauma and issues that made him not believe in true love. Aww lol. Of course he is also afraid of the dark and suffers from insomnia. At this point you might still wonder which drama I'm talking about since many MLs match that description. 😆
But his company is not just any company. It's a company that designs and sells sex-toys. First time I've seen that in a kdrama. So while he seems arrogant at first, he is actually pretty troubled and hurt by the backlash and judgement he is getting from random people as well as from his family. I like how he still stands his ground and is proud of what he achieved tho.
What I loved the most about him, is the overworldly handsomeness and the acting of Kim Jae Yeong 😉🔥 Like daaamn hahaha. The way he looked at the FL gave me butterflies. If I were to interpret, his eyes looked like he was helplessly in love. I saw some fascination for the FL, but maybe also about the feelings he developed for her. And I saw hope - that she also likes him. I'm swooning 😫💖. Their kisses were also really nice. But despite MLs profession, things didn’t get spicy – just so you know.
The FL grew up in a conservative family and didn't have sex yet. An emotional connection and real love has always been most important to her. She starts working as a marketing manager at MLs company and is confronted with the physical part of a relationship. Compared to lots of other dramas, the FL is not weak at all. I love how realistic the sibling-relationship is with her brother, how competent she is at her job, and how she stands her ground in the bickers with the ML. There were only 2 scenes in which she acted a bit cutesy and pouty (which I absolutely hate) so I was able to overlook that this time.
What I hated tho was her family lol. The conservative family theme is so out of time for me. And the views of her grandfather are so annoying, I can't understand how anyone would ever want to live with them. I was so happy when FL got out of there and claimed her life back. I also deeply respect how mature she handled this. She stood up for herself and made her own choices. As it should be.
Her being around 30 years old and having to justify herself for staying at her boyfriend's place... almost gave me acid reflux lol. This and her sexist grandfather. ☠️ I found this so frustrating, I actually had to fast-forward quite some of the family-scenes for my own sanity. I’m not even sure if all this was necessary for the story – at least not to that extent.
Because the most interesting part was the development of the relationship between ML and FL. I found the first misunderstanding about MLs sexuality super funny haha. I enjoyed watching the growing tension and feelings between them. But I also enjoyed their bickering and discussions about their different perspectives regarding sex and love. They didn't just bicker for the comedy, I found their views and opinions genuinely interesting and insightful. 😊 I wish we had more scenes like that and less of the family stuff. For once I also liked the business talk here btw.
The other characters had a very weird amount of screentime: too little to make me care about them. But enough to bother me xD I liked FLs friend tho.
What I disliked very much, on the other hand, was the Second Male Lead. At first I found it cute how ML got jealous because of him. But when he started actually pursuing her, and after the rejection even showed up at her house and chatted with her grandfather… I felt he really crossed some boundaries there. 😌🪓
But despite the annoying parts and this being a simple modern romcom in a business-setting (which usually bores me quickly), this drama was still able to keep me seated from start to finish (minus the family-scenes lol). So I guess they must have done something right. 😁
The Male Lead is basically straight out of the kdrama-textbook. A handsome and rich CEO with a past trauma and issues that made him not believe in true love. Aww lol. Of course he is also afraid of the dark and suffers from insomnia. At this point you might still wonder which drama I'm talking about since many MLs match that description. 😆
But his company is not just any company. It's a company that designs and sells sex-toys. First time I've seen that in a kdrama. So while he seems arrogant at first, he is actually pretty troubled and hurt by the backlash and judgement he is getting from random people as well as from his family. I like how he still stands his ground and is proud of what he achieved tho.
What I loved the most about him, is the overworldly handsomeness and the acting of Kim Jae Yeong 😉🔥 Like daaamn hahaha. The way he looked at the FL gave me butterflies. If I were to interpret, his eyes looked like he was helplessly in love. I saw some fascination for the FL, but maybe also about the feelings he developed for her. And I saw hope - that she also likes him. I'm swooning 😫💖. Their kisses were also really nice. But despite MLs profession, things didn’t get spicy – just so you know.
The FL grew up in a conservative family and didn't have sex yet. An emotional connection and real love has always been most important to her. She starts working as a marketing manager at MLs company and is confronted with the physical part of a relationship. Compared to lots of other dramas, the FL is not weak at all. I love how realistic the sibling-relationship is with her brother, how competent she is at her job, and how she stands her ground in the bickers with the ML. There were only 2 scenes in which she acted a bit cutesy and pouty (which I absolutely hate) so I was able to overlook that this time.
What I hated tho was her family lol. The conservative family theme is so out of time for me. And the views of her grandfather are so annoying, I can't understand how anyone would ever want to live with them. I was so happy when FL got out of there and claimed her life back. I also deeply respect how mature she handled this. She stood up for herself and made her own choices. As it should be.
Her being around 30 years old and having to justify herself for staying at her boyfriend's place... almost gave me acid reflux lol. This and her sexist grandfather. ☠️ I found this so frustrating, I actually had to fast-forward quite some of the family-scenes for my own sanity. I’m not even sure if all this was necessary for the story – at least not to that extent.
Because the most interesting part was the development of the relationship between ML and FL. I found the first misunderstanding about MLs sexuality super funny haha. I enjoyed watching the growing tension and feelings between them. But I also enjoyed their bickering and discussions about their different perspectives regarding sex and love. They didn't just bicker for the comedy, I found their views and opinions genuinely interesting and insightful. 😊 I wish we had more scenes like that and less of the family stuff. For once I also liked the business talk here btw.
The other characters had a very weird amount of screentime: too little to make me care about them. But enough to bother me xD I liked FLs friend tho.
What I disliked very much, on the other hand, was the Second Male Lead. At first I found it cute how ML got jealous because of him. But when he started actually pursuing her, and after the rejection even showed up at her house and chatted with her grandfather… I felt he really crossed some boundaries there. 😌🪓
But despite the annoying parts and this being a simple modern romcom in a business-setting (which usually bores me quickly), this drama was still able to keep me seated from start to finish (minus the family-scenes lol). So I guess they must have done something right. 😁
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