They do look great together. Really hoping they pull a Coffee House with this one.

And this is partially because I actually think Hyeri and Ji Sung could make an adorable team, just not as a romantic one. I'd rather see the relationship play out without romance.

I agree. I've always liked Chae Jung-ah, since Coffee Prince, as frustrating as her character was. She was super adorable with Lee Seon-kyun there, and I just feel like dramaland needs more of those mature, cool, normal romances, and as outlandish as Ji Sung may seem in this drama, I could see that relationship playing out to being on a more realistic level.

Couldn't agree with you more.

Well you know, it's pretty typical for a drama to outright lie about what it's premise actually is because it's a ~twist~. Having the loveline actually planned to go differently than what they're saying isn't that much of a stretch.

Perfect, they're the same age. If the plot really has to have a love line, it should be between those two. If Hyeri requires a love, then the idol is available.

Who knows, if a piano is involved , the romance might switch horses mid show.

That's where I discovered him! I loved Protect The Boss mostly because of him and his man-child character. Gave me a good laugh. And then I saw both Secret and KMHM and discovered how amazing of an actor he is. He plays vastly different characters in each of the dramas I've seen. He is both great in drama and comedy.

Definitely looking forward to this!

For me, it started with Royal Family. He was just so intense in that drama. The relationship between him and Yum Jung-Ah's character had this crazy crack factor to it... and the most we ever saw on screen between them was him with his head in her lap.

I don't know why but it seems to be happening even more this year. Soo many lovelines with a 10+ age difference. It baffles me when people comment on actresses being older than their male leads by just a few years and saying "She's too old". I've seen people here say it. When Hwang Jung Eum and Ryu Jun Yeol's drama was announced, I saw someone call her old when she's literally only two years older than him! People said the same about her and PSJ when they only have a four year age gap.

But of course, when it's the man that's older, no one cares. But for some reason an actress being 2-4 years older than her co-star is too old.

Ugh.

Thank god for noona romances? Lol.

Umm I don't think apart from kdramas I have much seen noona romances anywhere else,in that wide sense.If anything,korean drama genres at least do much experiments with different age zones of actors and actresses.Don't know what double standards have got to do with this.

I agree with sky's comment. Korean dramas have honestly had the most noona romances I've ever seen, with far moreolder woman-younger man relationships than the US. I Hear Your Voice's main leads were 11 years apart (which I seriously had such a hard time believeing because Lee Boyoung looks so young) You From Another Star's leads were six years apart, even Song Joongki and Song Hyekyo have an age of four years. Meanwhile, every US blockbuster I've seen usually always has the man as older, or significantly older, than the lead actress. Not saying there isn't sexism in Korea, but as a whole they seem to be doing better with ageism among women than the US does.

Well, I'm a tad disappointed in the Hyeri-Ji Sung pairing too, but not for the same reasons as you. I honestly have no problem with older actors getting paired with younger actresses, especially considering the amount of noona romances in dramaland (Witch's Romance is definitely not an exception, believe me). In fact, for a while, there were so many noona romances that I actually felt an absence of older man- younger woman pairs. I do wish that more dramas had a 6/7-year gap a la Coffee Prince, instead of 12-20 year gaps though.

Honestly, what bothers me more than anything is that we term 'noona romances' as such, and not the other way around. As if it's standard for older men to be romancing younger women, but when it's a women it's some big deal. But, in the end, I recognize the term partially came about because of the sheer amount of them in dramaland and that softens my reaction to the term.

That said, my issue with this pairing has more to with her not being able to hold-up her end of the romantic chemistry. I look forward to seeing Hyeri improve in this project and do think it's possible for her to be cute with Ji Sung. And, who knows, maybe her character will actually get a chance to show us her feelings for her love interest and that will make all the difference. But, as for feeling a 'spark' between them...I'm not all too sure about that. Willing to give it a chance though!