Yikes... I was initially excited for this. But all I've seen is negative reactions towards the male lead. Which makes me less gung ho to actually take the plunge and start it. I'm not about to willingly sign myself up for a case of SLS!

I hope it is not just first week review but we will get weekly review on this one. This drama has potential to become that drama that makes you feel happy.

Lee Soo is all thorny but becomes all warm when it comes to one person in his life. To her, he is just supporting, encouraging and life coacher. He is a through and through tsundere that is easy to love.

Yeeun is so beautiful and such a fun actress that it is a joy to watch her. They have perfect chemistry.

Lee Soo has the best lines in the drama. There is no way, you will not fall in love with that dude.

But for now, I need him to start chasing our girl and get over his friend zone.

Can't wait to see that because it is exciting.

It is so early to judge judge this drama. The first two episodes were not interesting enough in fact there were portions I was damn bored. Will watch few more episodes to see if I should drop it or continue

I think I got tired by the plot when the FL is in love with the ML during years and being miserable and suffering alone... Because the ML always loves the FL back, it's just he can't express it because of a stupid reason (past trauma, family, etc.). It's only when a nice guy is falling for the FL, that the ML realizes he could lost her and fight for her...

So I'm rooting for Kim Dong-Joon's character!

i unexpectedly love this drama for two ep so far. When I read the plot I was hesitant to watch due to the cliché there is.

Ong Seongwu and Shin Yeeun have good chemistry so far. I wish they will also built up the plot for Dongjun character naturally and more screentime for the other friends story later on. Lowkey wanna see Junsoo and Leesoo together more.

Especially love their Jeju encounter, the scenery makes me wish I could book a ticket there.
Definitely gonna keep watching.

My experience with the premiere week was very mixed. On one hand, this show is beautifully shot. I like the story it's trying to tell. The supporting characters are seriously charming (especially Ahn Eun-jin's character, I hope we get to see more of her long-term relationship with her boyfriend). But I don't like the heroine yet, and I hate to be that person again after Was It Love, but she is enough to really tarnish the experience for me. What makes this different from Was It Love is that I can't see anything wrong with how she's written, it's Shin Ye-eun's performance that I'm not a fan of. I don't like anything she's doing with this character so far. And this is going to sound harsh, but I think she's a pretty unremarkable actress who isn't bringing the kind of unique charisma to her role that Ong Seong-woo is. But anyway, I can overlook this for now because I want to know where this story will go and I'm genuinely excited for the next episodes.

I miss this kind of drama because nowadays too many dramas that makes our brain work harder...

The chemistry between Ong Seongwu and Shin Ye Eun are so goooood. All i can say is More Than Friends makes me smile a lot. Also i love the cinematography and ost too <3

Cant wait for eps 3 :"""

I forgot to include that Lee Soo's gaze was so ASJADSJDAJKSAKLSJ. It makes me flutter <3

I really enjoyed watching it. This is the drama that I waited Seongwu to act which is rom-com. All lead casts are good. Can't wait for the next episodes. I don't care for the hate comments on the drama LOL.

I'm not sure why I started watching this. I guess I just want to see Lee Soo get his comeuppance. Am still on the fence as to whether I will end up watching this all the way through, but I find Shin Ye-eun's character quirky and charming enough to check out the next couple of episodes.

Hmmmmmm...... these comments 😏

I don't think Lee Soo deserves This much of hate,,,,
Yes, he isn't even hardly perfect or positive (though this works for me as i love fucked up characters) but it's not like his flaws are inexplicable and he's just a manipulative bastard (more of a simple asshole and, maybe, coward)
Let's start from the beginning. Soo is a (the only??) child of quarelling parents, he has experienced neither family love nor safe home, which stops him from believing the ideals the society teaches kids and develops (severe??) trust issues. Now, where did it lead? Questionable coping mechanisms, selfishness as an axiom and answer to all world problems, inability to understand other people and loneliness. Soo IS lonely, HAS BEEN for years or, well, for his whole life, and it DOES hurt and affect him (as it does to everyone else).
Here comes Kyung Wooyeon; it seems, that she is the only person Soo cares about and feels less alone ("bored") with. (People with poor social skills tend to have a very few deep connections). She's, like, too important for him to start fighting with her (and eventually let her go) for stupid romantic feelings. But the second time Wooyeon confesses, she doesn't say "okay, let's be friends" (as the egoist wants). He leaves and never comes back because now Seoul is nothing more than "cold and cruel".
Three years Lee Soo avoids any deep connections (and his family of course), has no friends, travels all over the world, obsesses over photography (it's also kinda harmful since it's a solo job and he doesn't work with portraits); he doesn't socialize at all??..
In Jeju he meets KWY by accident. She says she's totally comfortable with him now. Soo thinks they're now back to what they were. Shit happens, you know already. Boom, boom, Wooyeon kisses Soo, Soo realizes he's too deep in love to give this up.
Besides, I like the way Wooyeon slowly shutters his worldview standing up for herself. Looking forward to Lee Soo's development!!!!

Kyung Wooyeon is understandable as well?? She grew a lot during ep1, main reason of what was LS. It's hard to forget the person that made you who you are. LS always believes in her, she knows it and needs it the most (??? i'm not sure but it feels so).

Anyways, hope More Than Friends fulfills all the potential it has! I liked everything except weird editing at times.

There is no other way to say this Lee Soo was an ass. Not even in the vein of 2010's tsundere MLs, he was just an ass. Woo Yeon is also not particularly likeable. I don't think I've ever watched a drama where both leads were not it. It is odd because he obviously likes her but because of personal hangup he doesn't want to date her, instead of just saying that he insists that they stay friends. He was gone for 10 years, move on silly girl. Even if he liked her back that would have been a hell of a long distance relationship. The creepy phone calls everytime she got drunk, none of that is cute. This drama is a whole mess, but oddly I'm still kind of into it. Will they be unlikable until the end or start to become likeable.

Ong Seong-Wu was fantastic in A Moment at Eighteen so I had been waiting for this drama since I heard he was confirmed to play the lead role.
To be honest, I was disappointed a little.
It has nothing to do with Lee Soo's character.
The story/plot didn't excited me... I found it sort of boring.
I think Ong Seong-Wu is doing a great job but Shin Ye-Eun's acting is hmmm, I'm not sure....
But I'll continue to watch next week.
Maybe it will get better?
I don't know it it's true but I heard it won't air this week...

I just wanted to mention this....
I was happy to see the actor played Ma Hwi-young's dad (in A Moment at Eighteen) together with Ong Seong-Wu in the Je-ju island scenes. He was super awful character there but in this drama, he was so nice and good, completely different from Hwi-young's dad role.
Such a great actor

So far, I like the drama. I like that the FL told her crush that she liked him. I enjoyed that he told her "no". The hurt she continues to feel is on her, and I hope she can continue to work on growing up. It's a predictable plotline, but so far, I stayed intrigued, and didn't find any of it boring. I hope this continues. I also hope the usual tropes were all employed in these 1st two episodes, and that the series unfolds with some unpredicability.

I like Ong since "Moment at 18" and keep an eye on Shin Ye Eun since "That Psychomatric Guy".

So far, I feel great watching them together and the reaction with their group of friends make me thinking of my friends.

Weekend needs to come quickly.

We are used to the shallow beautiful girl who takes for granted the guys who are falling all over themselves around her- and tramples on hearts without a second thought. Here our male lead is the male equivalent. Examples of such people actually exist in real life. The key is to understand how very thoughtless they are.

Yes, my first reaction to our ML is a desire to punch him in the nose, then slap him and yell at him to buy a clue. If this story is to have substance then we will need to see something at this level happen to him. Until then I am rooting for our second male lead, the publisher. In fact, I would dearly love to see our thoughtless male beauty left in the dust at the end. I vaguely remember one K-drama where it is the second female lead who gets the guy- and deserved to, even though the FL was a good person, etc.

This was kind of... flat? But I liked Dongjun and the lawyer best friend, so I’m hoping this will get a bit better as plot picks up ✨

I really like out heroine. She's a bit timid but she goes after what she loves (Lee Soo, writing and calligraphy) no matter how much it breaks her heart. I cheered for her when she threw out that pocket watch after the kiss scene. It solidified her intentional to quit Lee Soo.

The group of friends are great too. PO is adorable as always.

Can Lee Soo and Wooyeon not be the end game? Realistically, first love lasting is rare. I just want her to grow despite of Lee Soo, and for Lee Soo to find his happiness (whatever that means for him).

I think this drama has potential and will definitely give it some more time!! It became apparent that Lee Soo has trauma and scars and seeing his parents’ past (and present) is not only keeping him from progressing further with Wooyeon but I think it’s also hindering his ability to establish meaningful relationships with people in general. He’s guarded and protective of himself and it shows through his actions and the countless times he has told Wooyeon to care for herself before others. I’m interested to see how Lee Soo will try and win Wooyeon back, and how the healing of both characters will go!

Ngl I was very disappointed about the first 2 episodes. It was really boring and nothing interesting that kept your eyes on the screen. I mean ROY and DYLB considered a boring slice of life too but there is this factor that kept you from dropping it.

I was really looking forward to this drama because it looked so swoony in the teasers but I feel cheated. I do not find Lee Su as charming, to be completely honest, he's a selfish asshole while the FL is too obvious and desperate which is very pitiful but I'll check the next 2 episodes before dropping it.

Thanks for the recap!
I watched the first hour and as cute as the soundtrack and leads are. I just can't get past Soo's behaviour. He is completely leading woo-yeon on because he can or he is bored? It did seem like he too had feelings for her and is choosing to tease her instead but his actions are unnecessarily cruel. I was looking forward to a friends to lovers romance but this sadly isn't it.

"In fact, I would argue this drama is basically held together by the boyish charm of Ong Seung-woo. If he wasn’t so convincing in this role, I don’t think the drama would be able to carry its construct as far as it does."

Kinda agree on this part.
Idk mostly i don't feel the "storyline". I love the friendship between the girls. Yet i don't feel the "friendship" between soo and wooyeon. Maybe bcs the back story was too short?
I heard the male lead received praise at his last drama and the fm lead also got praised at ateen (not watching both) but their acting is quite good here. The 2nd male lead also got my attention.
Anyway i still enjoy this and tho i'm not that curious about the next ep i will still watch it. I can relate the first-and-onesided-love so much, i think that's why i'm not droppin this.

<3

So far I love the flow of the story and I have watched the episode 4 already. Now, I am looking forward to it :)

I think all characters are effective and they express well what their roles are :)

I love this drama a lot :)
Narrative flow + Settings (I love the places where they shoot each episodes) + actresses/actors who portray + acting = <3

Others may think that Lee Soo's story is quite shallow
But psychologically, it is not. It is a serious problem in reality :)

Looking forward for more episodes :)
Can't wait for Friday already ❤️

Wow I hate this premise... as someone with a major complex that derives from losing a best "friend" after that friend's romantic attachment to me faded, I am particularly adverse to the FL character. 

REGARDLESS of whether the ML has/had romantic interest in her, the fact that she ONLY wanted to be around him if he would accept and reciprocate her feelings is just as gross as any redpilled incel who claims being friend zoned proves all women are b**ches. Or whatever.

I might jump in after a few more episodes air, but episode 2 just knotted my stomach in a particularly bad way.

This drama and when I was the most beautiful are effectively Rorschach tests for women. A puzzle to see if women can see through guys crap and understand what is really important in life and what isnt. The script writers wrote the story as Ye-ji being one of the stupid ones.
Here we are testing to see if Woo Yeon is woman enough to follow her heart or settle for anyone who is just nice. The facts are these.
The FL has liked the ML for 10 years.
FACT: Through that time he was a best friend. He never encouraged her love due to his own problems with his parents but protected her at every obstacle in her life. Selflessly. Doing it all without her even knowing.
During this time SHE dated 12 guys. He never dated anyone.
Through a series of events the ML could no longer deny his feelings for her as if those feelings were overpowering and rewriting his love perspective due to his parents.
FACT: The 2ML witnesses the FL making one of her confessions to the ML so he knows her and of her love for the ML from his day 1 of seeing her. He has a cellphone that has the same number the ML used to have and recieved messages and calls on it from the FL for years and has listened to her feelings and issues with the ML. He eventually meets her, uses his position as a publisher to get close to her, offers her a job.
Through many situations the 2ML KNOWS he is the second fiddle, but he uses every trick in the book to persue the FL. The 2ML gives the FL till a musical event to say yes or no to accepting him.
She attempts a relationship as she has done 12 times before but when the ML finally comes to terms with his true feelings and how they outweigh any past traumatic relation based reservations he has grown up with he confesses and arranges to meet for a date at Namsun Tower. She is noncommittal but he says he will wait.
The day comes, she turns down the 2ML at the venue and goes to Namsun. When she gets to Namsun the ML is there but being put into an ambulance because he is uncousious from being hit by a car. He remains unconscious for an hour at the hospital. When he wakes he rips out his IV runs out and back to Namsun. On the way he calls and asks if she is waiting. She lies says shes with the CEO and didnt come.
All this eventually comes to light be she, thinking he had stood her up, has already accepted the 2ML who was waiting at her house as a consolation prize.
The 2ML also knows all this and continues to skeeze his way into her life further. The FL sees many signs as he is doing it. If she would realize it she would see he is a blank paper, molding himself into whatever form would appeal to her. He admits it. He will learn to like spicy food because she does etc....
Ladies, this is not a personality type that will last long term in a realtionship, you know that! Quit wanting them together because he seems to be the "nice" guy.
Even the FL's girlfriends like the CEO because he seems to treat her nice but they eventually recognize and tell...

I just finished binge-watching this, and I'm glad I did. I might not have finished watching if I had seen this relationship repeat itself over and over again for 8 weeks.

I really want to like Shin Ye-eun - she was so good in He Is Psychometric - but after Welcome (the cat show) where she ended with a really unhealthy "I'll wait for my cat boyfriend forever" relationship, this felt like something similar, where she's just the girl that this guy plays with and picks up whenever he returns to Korea.

So much beef to pick with this show! (Given the show's over, the rest of this post will have spoilers.)