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This is the sleeper hit of the year for me!
This show is so endearing & speaks to my personal experiences dealing with working out and relationships.
The FL’s story comes full circle, from waiting for men to ending up with a guy who waits for her. Not a single female character is portrayed with clichés or vilified in any way. There are times when the show hints at usual K-drama tropes (like jealous coworker or competing ex), but they all turn out to be strong, empowering women in my view. Even the side characters' stories are layered with positive outcomes.
And the ML’s new gym is a product of his hard work for a year, the show doesn’t give him an easy way to make money to open it. He’s the definition of a Himbo, like Jason from The Good Place: funny, puppy-like, and a little airheaded.
The show displays a healthy, mature advocacy for wellness and physical self-love. Watching it actually motivated me to start going to the gym and see exercise as fun rather than just to lose weight, which I believe was the main message. It totally worked for me.
The humor is silly (exactly my type), but I get why some might call it cringe: maybe because it’s written for and acted by people in (or reaching) their 30s. But since I’m exactly in that demographic, I loved the dad jokes. Even the FL’s boss cracked me up every episode. 🤣
Finally, Jung Eun-ji and Lee Jun-young are two of the hardest-working people in K-biz, yet they’re not as popular as their peers. You can tell everyone had fun making this show, and with bigger names, it would’ve been a huge hit.
The FL’s story comes full circle, from waiting for men to ending up with a guy who waits for her. Not a single female character is portrayed with clichés or vilified in any way. There are times when the show hints at usual K-drama tropes (like jealous coworker or competing ex), but they all turn out to be strong, empowering women in my view. Even the side characters' stories are layered with positive outcomes.
And the ML’s new gym is a product of his hard work for a year, the show doesn’t give him an easy way to make money to open it. He’s the definition of a Himbo, like Jason from The Good Place: funny, puppy-like, and a little airheaded.
The show displays a healthy, mature advocacy for wellness and physical self-love. Watching it actually motivated me to start going to the gym and see exercise as fun rather than just to lose weight, which I believe was the main message. It totally worked for me.
The humor is silly (exactly my type), but I get why some might call it cringe: maybe because it’s written for and acted by people in (or reaching) their 30s. But since I’m exactly in that demographic, I loved the dad jokes. Even the FL’s boss cracked me up every episode. 🤣
Finally, Jung Eun-ji and Lee Jun-young are two of the hardest-working people in K-biz, yet they’re not as popular as their peers. You can tell everyone had fun making this show, and with bigger names, it would’ve been a huge hit.
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