More Sun-kyun Lee as male lead please. I saw him in Coffee Prince and happy to say he performs well as the main male love interest. I've seen not everyone agrees reading the reviews but I found his character to be appealing.
Making unlike-able decisions early on which become relate-able and understandable the more we learn of his backstory. And as we learn more about him, he slowly grows. It's subtle because he was always going to remain that stern ball-breaking chef, his strength professionally comes from that unbiased approach so it could not be compromised or he'd have lost all credibility. Even so, his struggle finding balance was fortunately still noticeable.
Hyo-Jin Kong is always a winner. I don't think anyone will disagree with me there. I am slightly bothered by the amount of abuse her character had to shoulder. I'm not just talking about the male lead but also her father who seems to show affection mainly by making her feel inferior. Are we supposed to see beauty in the one or two times her father shows a modicum of support because of that? While it should show how strong and determined she is, I couldn't help feel like she needed more magic in her life to make up for all the pressure she was under. I just would have liked to see more intimacy between the leads. Some more sparks and some fire! Why did they make me wait so long for a proper kiss! Eurghhh
In that lieu, i AM happy to see both second leads really were no match in threatening the main pair. I never felt like their interactions with the main pair would throw a wrench in their progress and I'm happy that was the case.
Lastly, the friction with the old president ultimately made him nonredeemable in my eyes, even though they tried to show his growth in the last episodes. Overall, this was a really enjoyable watch, but definitely not a rainbows and butterflies romance story.
Hyo-Jin Kong is always a winner. I don't think anyone will disagree with me there. I am slightly bothered by the amount of abuse her character had to shoulder. I'm not just talking about the male lead but also her father who seems to show affection mainly by making her feel inferior. Are we supposed to see beauty in the one or two times her father shows a modicum of support because of that? While it should show how strong and determined she is, I couldn't help feel like she needed more magic in her life to make up for all the pressure she was under. I just would have liked to see more intimacy between the leads. Some more sparks and some fire! Why did they make me wait so long for a proper kiss! Eurghhh
In that lieu, i AM happy to see both second leads really were no match in threatening the main pair. I never felt like their interactions with the main pair would throw a wrench in their progress and I'm happy that was the case.
Lastly, the friction with the old president ultimately made him nonredeemable in my eyes, even though they tried to show his growth in the last episodes. Overall, this was a really enjoyable watch, but definitely not a rainbows and butterflies romance story.