All dramas with romance are targeted towards the female audience. This show fails to understand that, whoever…
To the point you have mentioned "ML fancy a girl, and she submits to him".
It's not that a female character has to submit to a male character. It's just that male audiences generally don't prefer a female lead who already fancies someone else. Mutual feelings and respect are what's important.
I think this drama is targeted towards female audience. The relationship between the ML and FL is kinda toxic. Sometimes, I feel bad for the ML. VERY TOXIC RELATIONSHIP. I know that FL had problems expressing her feelings but from ML point of view, i feel bad for him(he is literally begging for love). FL had deep feeling for secondary ML that somtimes she switches her heart even after she got together with ML even after her promise with ML. I feel like FL lacks feelings compared to ML.
It's not that a female character has to submit to a male character. It's just that male audiences generally don't prefer a female lead who already fancies someone else. Mutual feelings and respect are what's important.