I love age gap romance, especially with Noona.I don't know if I agree with all, but I liked your list.In my list,…
Weren't their character age gap "4" : Yoon Jin Ah (35). Seo Joon Hee (31)? That's what I found that's why I thought it was awkward that they made it seem like the gap was bigger
Wow I knew there was a gap so I didn't start it but 17! Kim bora has a really calm level headed personality in real life but she's sadly type casted as the naive young type. And that's why I hate age gaps... would it have been hard for them to cast an older actress or a younger guy? ;/
Hotel del Luna could have been better off without the romance for real, I got more brother and sister vibes more…
but I liked them xD I liked the easy friends to lovers wibe and she had too much resentment for the other guy and he had too much guilt I do think the writing could've been better but I liked them as a couple :)
I enjoyed Goblin for different reasons, but that romantic relationship was just so ugh no for me. Not only she's…
I did not know MLFTS was an age gap xD I should add it to my list, though hmmm the actress was older but the male character was "older", I like that xD
i've never watched flower boy ramen shop but i've seen clips of it and this is the first time i'm discovering…
lol I watched it as part of my initial noona romance shock/interest ;p I don't remember much but I think there was no time jump and he starts working/hanging out in her restaurant as a highschooler
Great article! Agree with this so much. It always bothers me when a minor or barely legal character gets in a…
lol, I have a lot of take on that one xD (though I'll ignore the bad writing at 1st)
for now she seems to be 21 becasue they said she's about to graduate (though with korean entrance exams she might be 22-23) and he might be 16-18, so their age gap is about 3-7 and for their "romance" she's actually being a rational person and she doesn't agree with his love confession and tells him "you are only a student to me"
now bad writingwise, she doesn't tell him "I don't like you" and she pretends she didn't notice it until many people including the ml tells her about it becasue it's a melo and she does like him and she doesn't want to lose him, but still she doesn't act on it. and more bad writingwise, there will be a time jump and she'll have a relationship with the brother until later on I guess, but I don't know if hwan'll leave her and come back again later when he's maturer? tbh if there wasn't the whole love triangle and melo I think I'd have liked them as an age gap
What's your take on Something in the Rain? I think Jung Hae In was 31 but pretending to be in his 20s in the show
was he pretending to be in his 20s? I have them on my list https://mydramalist.com/list/PLpW0a81 but in my research he was 31 in the drama and she was 35?
still I didn't find any chemistry so I dropped it xD I also found the fact that he was her friend's younger brother slightly weird
I seem to only not like it so much if the female is older than the male but that's just what I felt my whole life.…
in some ways I actually appreciate kdrama noona romances, before I was also like you (though I'd still have issues if the guy was "too" old) but now if I hear a real life woman marrying someone who's 9+ younger than her, I'd be like good for them xD
I feel that this topic brings sooooo much drama in the dramaworld and I know that I myself was part of some internet…
in some ways the only reason I'd be against actor age gap is that the industry is always choosing 20+ year actresses becasue everything above is "too old" for women, while they are fine with casting a 40+ actors even if their counterpart is in their 20s
so like I'd appreciate more 30+ actresses around becasue there are many talented and gorgeous actresses.
I have more examples I didn't added, but in most dramas that aren't really romance focused they would have a 30+, 40+ year old complicated male character and then they add the super naive 20+ year old for.. youthfulness? pretty face with no real character or depth? so it doesn't take away from the male lead's "awesome" characteristics
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Wow I knew there was a gap so I didn't start it but 17! Kim bora has a really calm level headed personality in real life but she's sadly type casted as the naive young type. And that's why I hate age gaps... would it have been hard for them to cast an older actress or a younger guy? ;/
I do think the writing could've been better but I liked them as a couple :)
Student teacher can never go right, the 2 Japanese dramas I dropped recently both had them and one was with a 50 year old guy :/
there's another title for this, "badly written characters" xD
I don't remember much but I think there was no time jump and he starts working/hanging out in her restaurant as a highschooler
I've not seen that one yet though I'm planning on writing a 2nd part for this article soon ;p
for now she seems to be 21 becasue they said she's about to graduate (though with korean entrance exams she might be 22-23) and he might be 16-18, so their age gap is about 3-7
and for their "romance" she's actually being a rational person and she doesn't agree with his love confession and tells him "you are only a student to me"
now bad writingwise, she doesn't tell him "I don't like you" and she pretends she didn't notice it until many people including the ml tells her about it becasue it's a melo and she does like him and she doesn't want to lose him, but still she doesn't act on it.
and more bad writingwise, there will be a time jump and she'll have a relationship with the brother until later on I guess, but I don't know if hwan'll leave her and come back again later when he's maturer?
tbh if there wasn't the whole love triangle and melo I think I'd have liked them as an age gap
still I didn't find any chemistry so I dropped it xD I also found the fact that he was her friend's younger brother slightly weird
so like I'd appreciate more 30+ actresses around becasue there are many talented and gorgeous actresses.
I have more examples I didn't added, but in most dramas that aren't really romance focused they would have a 30+, 40+ year old complicated male character and then they add the super naive 20+ year old for.. youthfulness? pretty face with no real character or depth? so it doesn't take away from the male lead's "awesome" characteristics