Michelle Topham

That's what I've seen online most of the time when an age gap is being criticized. They're either teenagers, or adults with little experience in relationships. Meanwhile millions of people are dating or married to people quite a bit younger or older than them. One of my closest friends, for instance, is married to a woman 17 years older than him, and they couldn't be happier or more in love. Oh, and if I remember correctly (?), Jeon Do Yeon (Haeng Seon in Crash Course) is married to a man who is 9 years older than her.

Hahahaha, wasn't it. Brilliant writing though, and superb performances. Watched it through 3 times back to back, as I enjoyed both of their performances so much. I'm a journalist (currently music/entertainment journalism), and had never heard of Kim Jae Uck until Crazy Love. Now he's my #1 goal for interviewing. So much so, I'm learning Korean as he doesn't speak much English and I don't speak Japanese, his second language :). I plan to head to Korea by early next year if I can get an interview with him. I've even written two articles about him being my "interview God' :) He is a phenomenal actor though. Recently watched him in Butterfly Sleep -- a film that should have earned much more attention than it did -- his performance was superb, especially considering it was in Japanese.

I'm hoping so as, just 3 episodes in, and he's such a horrible person :) (although I understand why he behaves like that). I've read though that he becomes a puppy dog as his feelings for her become evident :) Alrighty, I'm off to bed, and you've convinced me, I'll watch Ep. 4 before I go to sleep. I'll let you know how it goes in a few days :)

I don't understand the age gap criticism. I've dated men who were 14 years older than me and 13 years younger. The guy I'm seeing at the moment is 7 years younger than me. Age means absolutely nothing. You either have chemistry and care about each other, or you don't.

I don't understand the people criticizing their chemistry. They are phenomenal, and so believable, as their relationship develops from where she's chasing him down to get her brother's phone back :) to today. Amazing acting.

Yep. I think you're correct.

Thanks. I'll watch a few more episodes then. I really like Jung Kyung Ho (just finished watching him in One More Happy Ending -- another fabulous rom com :) ) -- he's superb in every part he plays. Prison Playbook is next on my list, as I've heard he's amazing in that too. I'm also going to rewatch all of Crash Course in Romance once all 16 episodes are out, as his character development from Ep. 1 when he's such an annoying person to today's Episode 10 is phenomenal.

Yes, I mean it was real, but he was drunk and with a fever, so still thinks it was a dream. If he didn't, he wouldn't have told Nam Haeng-seon he was mistaken about his feelings for her after they left her mom's old restaurant. Meanwhile, Nam Haeng-seon knows the kiss was real, as she was the one he was kissing :)

Does that get better the further in you get? Just watched Ep. 3 and I'm bored stiff. (Like him in it, but hate the story).

Still thinks he was dreaming :)

Crazy Love. Best thing to come out of Korea last year. Both the male lead (Kim Jae Uck) and the female lead (Krystal Jung) are phenomenal in it. Laugh out loud funny in so many scenes too, and fabulous chemistry between the two.

Official. The official English translation comes out in June for the first time (and I've no idea why it takes English-language publishers so long to get official licenses, but we often get German translations here in Austria long before the U.S. gets them in English. It's also been out in French since 2021). And yep, I've already read the fan-translated version. Can't wait to buy the official manga tho. It's one of my faves. :)

I haven't watched it, but I highly doubt it. It's bombing in Korea currently, with a 50% drop in viewership (which was low to start with) from Ep. 1 to Ep. 2. If it's falling this fast, it's not likely to recover. Like I said, I haven't watched it yet, so can't comment on if it's good or not. Only on what it's doing in the ratings (not good).

Oh Eui Shik has done an amazing job in that role. He will definitely be nominated for awards for this. I've worked with a couple of people who had Aspergers and can't tell the difference between how they behaved and how he does. An absolutely brilliant performance.

Crazy Love was my favorite in forever, and this is definitely giving that a run for its money. Especially as the ensemble cast is as equally superb as the one in Crazy Love. Easy to see why it's viewership in Korea has more than doubled from Ep. 1 to Ep. 5 too. Best K-drama I've seen in ages.

It's the best I've seen in a long time. The FL and the ML are fabulous, every supporting character is superb, the acting is phenomenal, and it's hilarious as well as sweet, heart-warming and sad. Give the first couple of episodes a go. If you aren't as obsessed with every character as I am, drop it.

It reminds me very much of Crazy Love (my all-time favorite K-drama) but not quite as black comedy. Loving this so much.

Same, I stopped watching K-dramas for a while as I couldn't find anything I enjoyed, but this grabbed me from the first 5 minutes. So damned good.

Absolutely the best K-drama I've seen in ages. Superb characters, wonderful acting, sweet, funny, sad, and a romance between actual mature adults and not teenagers, or 20-somethings. Easily one of my favorite K-dramas ever.

Just the same type of fools who populate most online forums nowadays. Not intelligent enough to debate someone's opinion, but plenty aggressive enough to attack the person themselves. In this drama's forum and on several others on MDL. Just shows a severe lack of intelligence but, like I said, life's too short. Moving on to more important things. It was nice talking to you :)