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Oh, that I don't know. The rules are not 100% clear.

Why would you be so aggressive? Maybe you had a bad day.

Is this copying the concept of Doom At Your Service? With a tormented male lead whose job is to be ruthless and cruel but his tenderness and protectiveness will come out when he falls in love with a human?
We're tired of dramas that want to capitalize on the success of others and have nothing new to offer. Of course the writer Choi Ah Il has shown to be good (I loved Mr. Queen!), so even if she was offered this trite concept by the producers, I hope she gives a fresh twist to the story.

But it would totally work if she marries the veterinarian, right? He'll just give her another kiss as a dog, no problem for him. And since they are a couple, it won't be weird if she is naked when she turns back into a human. They just have to be careful to only kiss when they are in the privacy of their home, and preferably when they intend to have sex. Of course this will mean many interruptions while doing it. No "give me a kiss before leaving for work" stuff. For these occasions, a kiss on the cheek will have to be enough.

Yes! I was waiting for that comment. There must be a better way than being obnoxious and annoying. And she makes herself seem like an alcoholic, always suggesting drinking and drinking and drinking, crossing the line of personal boundaries to the point of harassment.
Frankly, I would have approached my colleague and told him the truth. Also transforming in front of him to convince him that I am not crazy. And beg for his cooperation.
Of course it would be super difficult for this particular man, as he has a dog phobia, but knowing it's really a person and not a dog might help. Moreover, when she tried her ridiculous plan she didn't know about his phobia, so it's not that she was deterred by that. She never even thought of that option.

Okay but if someone did that to me, I would run every time I saw him.

Me too! Thanks for the link!

Did you try with VPN?

I dropped this like a hot potato after 2,5 episodes. Too lame. But I heard about the hot kisses and I figured out that, like in k-drama, they must start about half-way or so. So I skipped some episodes and, with a bit of mouse action, I managed to find two good ones and I thought I'd share with you, so you don't have to watch this drama just for them.
Hoping this is a useful post, friends!
Episode 16 @ 28:50
Episode 17 @ 32:40
Episode 19 @35:09 (very simple one, nothing to write home about)
episode 24 @29:38 (hot one) @32:18 (tender one)

Yes but even in that genre, there are well-made ones and poorly-made ones!

Love Rain, hands down!

Love Rain, of course!

I thought that maybe some people put a rating generally for the drama, so it was also put on each episode separately?

Excellent job!

In the episode ratings, why are there ratings for the episodes not yet aired? And negative (2 stars) at that? What?

Our blues. I will correct it, thanks!

I agree! And the funny fact is that if you look at him objectively he is not actually handsome in a conventional way - and that's why he spent all of the best years of his youth playing 3rd lead roles (stupid people, wasting his talents like that!) But he's so incredibly charming, he oozes charm, and the more you see him, the more you see him like a prince. The first time I saw him, in Bluebird's House, I didn't think him handsome (the yellow hair and fuchsia lipstick didn't help either), but I couldn't keep my eyes off him and wanted his story to become the main one, instead of the insipid ML. Now I started watching a drama about, of all things, boxing, which I would have never, only because of him. I was rewarded because the drama turned out to be really good and I love the female lead too.

Look, I didn't mind watching it, I didn't think it was crap, especially since Junho was so good in it, and a good actor can elevate something he's in. But it was so annoying to know exactly what was going to happen next! If it were the first of the series, we probably wouldn't have complained that much (still it wouldn't have been the best of them, though). But it brought zero new things to the genre. Same old things, yada yada yada.

While it is true that very often a successful drama will launch a trend of dramas riding the wave of its success, you cannot call this plagiarism. For instance, even within Korea itself, the theme of the city dweller going to a rural environment to heal was explored in quite a few dramas. We had the quirky "I'll Come to You When the Weather is Fine" (2020) - very different dramas in many ways, though! - then the success of Hometown Cha Cha Cha itself one year later, inspired that utterly boring and lifeless drama with Im Shiwan playing a librarian, "Summer Strike" (2022). And of course the trend of "healing" and "rural setting" in general is top in the past 5 years or so, as in that wonderful drama "Our Blues" (also from 2022).
The success of "What happened to secretary Kim" inspired many, some good and some mediocre, one of the best being "The Secret Life of My Secretary", the last being "King The Land". - which would have been a nice drama if it didn't come after the others, and felt like a poor copy of the original.
The success of "Mr. Queen" launched the fashion of screwball period comedies, such as "Forbidden Marriage", the best one, and many other mediocre ones in its wake.
One could make many such examples.
So yes, themes become popular, and it's very usual that writers (of manhwas, novels and dramas) and producers of TV shows are inspired by the success of others to make something similar, hoping theirs will attract viewers too. That doesn't make it plagiarism, though, unless it's a really close copy with too many same things to call it a coincidence.

This is not an easy thing to do. All the other actors have cleared up their schedules for this time slot, many could not be available anymore if it's postponed, and they probably have signed contracts too already. The channel too, has its programming, it had this drama set to fill the slots for this particular period, changing the dates would upset all the programming of other dramas.
After all, it's 12 weeks, three whole months, not a week or so.