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Naesungjukin Boseu (2017)
Worth hanging in for
I agree with another reviewer that this one starts slow. The first 4-5 episodes were a bit of a struggle to get through at times, and I even fast-forwarded in a few places. It was hard to believe that the male lead was both so socially introverted as to be almost mute while being capable of living independently, and it also seemed unbelievable that the female lead repeatedly mistook shyness for anger/unfriendliness and constantly jumped to the wrong conclusions. I almost stopped watching after a few episodes, but in the end I'm glad I didn't.
I thought it really picked up in episode 6/7 as the characters began to get to know each other, and I really liked seeing the Ro-Un stand to understand and accept Hwan-Gi and Hwan-Gi begin to come out of his shell as a competent and thoughtful person. I also liked that the side characters got a bit of character growth and particularly Gyo-ri.
Gong Seung-Yeon's portrayal of her character's mental health issues was really excellent, and I was so happy to see that things worked out for her. Bak Yoon did well well at making me dislike his character initially and then showing this own regret and struggles; at the beginning I'd assumed he would be the bad guy, but one of the things that I liked about this series is that there was no straightforward bad guy, just a groups of people with their own sadnesses and difficulties. I don't usually like love triangles but I really loved the character of Hwan-gi's ex too. She was funny and clever and had a life independent of the ML.
The plot had the usual twists, turns and flashbacks I've come to expect from k-dramas, but by the end I was invested in finding out exactly what happened to Ro-Un's sister. The dialogue was pretty good (once the characters started talking) and the relationship between the leads was sweet but not excessively. I liked how they were shown to have fun and laugh together - too often when characters get together they seem to spend all their time just gazing into each other's eyes.
I think I'd recommend watching, but be aware that it's a slow starter.