I'm with Missvictrix on this all the way. There's a horrible familiarity with all the emotions these girls are going through. I'm not so old that I don't remember that terrible sinking feeling you got when you are completely hooked on a man who makes you feel as if your bones are melting, but at the same time is so gorgeous you feel he MUST be a player, because he MUST have so many chances because there are loads of women who are MUCH prettier. But I fell in love forever with a man just like that, and we are married now. So hope this happens for Na Bi too. Mind you, I did have a little trouble reconciling myself to Na Bi after her brilliant performance as the wife-stealer in "A Couples' World".......

Poor girl is in for a world of heartbreak. I'm interested if we will ever hear from his perspective or if it will continue to be from hers. It makes the story a bit one sided and she is a bit of an unreliable narrator. I guess this is her story though.

Yep, it's everything but K-drama.
It can be refreshing because we may never see a truck of doom or well, accidental kisses. We finally 'given' by dramaland and its gods a chance to take a peek of realistic college world.
But on the same time, I'm wondering, where is this going? What is the real story? Is it really a 10 episodes of a phase of Nabi's life? A slice of Nabi's life? Or is there some more? I'm curious, that's why I'm sticking.
I know my 20s has disappeared but I never forget how it was. Being 20s and in college. Nabi, her everything, including her coming doom, is believeable.

Well, even Casanova might be impressed with Jae-un's ability to seduce. Not even the traces of the lipstick of the girl he just kissed are enough for Na-bi to draw a line.
I just hope the story is not all about the girl living through the agony of an uncertain and unfulfilling relationship. Why is he pursuing her so much, putting her above all the other girls who would be happy to play the game, as he puts it? Could she be his Achilles heel?

Dude’s a walking talking STD. I don’t understand her. Specially after that lipstick wiping scene. And it’s not like all she feels is lust towards him. She is clearly wanting to date and him not to much.

Definitely a part of me wanted to tell Nabi to walk away, but, I'm not as put off by the kiss scene as some. Not something that would be ok for me, but if Nabi is fine with it .....well go for it.
It does seem like she is looking for something deeper than just fun but other times she seems very aware of who he probably is.

Also, love Sol and am glad to see her love might not be as one sided as it first seemed.

I knew the show had a 19+ rating going in, but I did NOT expect that level of action. Thank god I decided to watch it by myself.

The show does feel awfully familiar to real life. I’ve had to deal with friends in similar situations with guys who were definitely not up to any good. Thankfully, most (not all unfortunately) got out of it before it went too far. I hope that’s the case for Na-bi as well, but judging by her narration and how the story is going, I fear for her. Jae-un is a walking red flag. At least Song Kang and Han So-hee have fantastic chemistry.

Also, is it just me or are there sapphic undertones between Na-bi’s friends Ji-wan and Sol? Or am I delusion and reading too much into a platonic friendship?

I would like to know more the characters because until now it's just Nabi and her attraction for a bad boy. The whole story is about this and kinda limited. We haven't seen the second leads yet.

For the kiss at the end, I think it was the same as the cigarette scene, Nabi wanted to win over the other girl.

I'm interested by the story of the 2 friends, Yoon-Sol and Seo Ji-Wan. SJW looked like she didn't like that Yoon-Sol could find their friend funny or have a friend she doesn't know about. Yoon-Sol hid the fact she could leave for Europe and doesn't seem motivate to leave SJW. But I like coffee boy! I hope he won't end up in their mess :p

Her ex kept attaching meaning to everything and then Jae-un is someone who attaches meaning to nothing. That is seemingly the only difference between the two.
I agree on Bit-Na. Something about her hints as if she is enjoying this a little too much.
He touches her a lot. Super uncomfortable. I get flirting but why invade the personal space so much?
Nabi had said something similiar in the first episode - The one who tries to chase the butterfly loses it, and the when that silently waits for it gets it. I think that is how the things will play out.
In a brief sentence I think we were introduced with our second lead - that friend who is cold to girls. But will he be the same guy who asked Sol to meet him?
I knew it was a dream but wasn't it too coherent and orderly for a dream? Lol.
Is the drama fully sticking to the manga as of yet?

I don’t think I can watch this....I agree all the way with @missvictrix I like how well it’s made but it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth (that’s the whole intention I know and that makes it a superbly made drama), very uneasy and in a terrible psycho state that I do not appreciate as it makes me anxious and keeps me that way for a long time (bravo drama, i know that’s what you were aiming for). I usually watch my dramas to feel good, or at least not feel uneasy and not feel anxious about me being a woman. College and just sexual tension, sad sack of a woman and a terrible terrible fuckboi just did not make it a very enjoyable watch for me, and I don’t think it’s because I am in my thirties, it’s the genre and the angles and the topic and the tone.

I agree @missvictrix. This has a bad aftertaste. Na-bi is damaged from the previous degrading relationship, and I suspect she's drawn to the honey pot for more reasons than his seductive gorgeousness. In her words, he's nice to her, but in truth, she needs to be reaffirmed after the previous relationship. It's not only and simply lust and intoxication. It may also be repairing one's shattered ego by 'getting' the guy every other woman wants. That explains the smoke and the kiss. If she risks all and wins him, she's playing as much of a game as he is. It feels like narcissism to me. But it makes me want to ask, is this what feminism has won for women? I want to know where her core self is. Her voice is so weak. She walks around with her eyes cast down. She seems so abject. But then is she also teasing in what seems like a sly way? Her pushing him away seems half hearted and, at the very least, ineffective. If she really wanted to protect herself, she'd treat him the way she treated the gross guy at the dinner. One world for good looking players. Another world for gross unreconstructed insinuators. It's a stinky world. It tastes yukky.

The overall tone of the drama is well executed and I am staying in its solely for that reason. I felt Na bi is a very under developed character. Just like few comments here I feel that the cig scene and the kiss was just her way of leaving her mark above everyone's on him. The whole situation is destined to be a doom and she is willingly participating in it. Although the superior feeling here is physical intimacy, I feel that Na bi expects it to take a more deeper relation eventually. Her narrative and perspectives are not original and I do wish we get POV from the JE's side too. There has been also hints that Na Bi has been affecting JE too. The scenes where her friend pointed that JE has never done few things before. So he do places NaBi above everyone but it's still where he stands in this relationship and what he expects from this relation or fooling around. I dont see this going in the normal "girl changes the bad boy and they lived happily ever after" trope, because that will completely destroy the show's vibe. And I love the fact that this show is making me uncomfortable and anxious while watching which means something is working.
I will stay on this if only to see if we are ever gonna get JE's side of story.

I feel disturbed watching this drama. I don't find him swoonworthy at all. I find him creepy and touchy. I feel uneasy, and queasy, like @missvictrix. I find him, the drama, the draw, the attraction unsettling.

The "Want to go for a smoke?" lines. I've never heard so much mention of smoking before in a drama. There's smoke everywhere. There are clouds of smoke frozen in the air in the bars.

The racy dream. My thoughts went like this. He's wearing his jeans. Why's he wearing his jeans? Oh, he's climbed up on top and why's he wearing his jeans?

The inching-into-her-space scenes. My thoughts: Stop touching her. Stop touching her hair. Stop. Stop. Stop.

The kiss scene. Why's she kissing him? Doesn't he taste of the other girl? Ew.

And the worse thing? I see his lips everywhere. AFTER I finished the drama. Red and pillowy and puffy. I blame it on the close-ups.

Final thoughts: Eek! He's moving in. Again. Run, girl, run.

In some way I feel ok because Na-Bi is not in the dark. It's not like she is falling for him or being attracted to him without knowing who or what he is.. She knows! That last scene - Yikes.. The lipstick was still on his lips.. yikes. yike..sss
If this is what she wants (just physical relationship), then I don't care. But if she is going to get her heart broken cos she wants a relationship, then girl, your exit was a few miles behind you.
Didn't you learn anything from you ex??

Sorry, I called NaBi a "wife stealer" in the Couples World when I meant "husband-stealer".

I also wanted to add that I thought her first boyfriend making that highly personal sculpture of Nabi, and exhibiting it without any warning and WITHOUT PERMISSION was really shocking. I thought she should have taken an axe to it and shattered it. What appalling arrogance and how really cruel - did he REALLY think she would be flattered? Of course he didn't - she was just an object to him. I'm really hoping she isn't just a terrible judge of men...........

Like others have said, I don’t think Jae Eun would ever physically hurt her or force her. We see multiple times where he backs off when she is not receptive or tells her he won’t do anything. It could be that because women fall at his feet the notion of force would never arise. I also feel that NaBi is different in that she is resisting him at first And to him this chase is a new game. That could be why he is doing things he has never done cause he is intrigued by her. Also I don’t think he intentionally hurts his lovers . In his mind they know who he is and what being with him entails so that absolves him of any blame. That is not to say they don’t get hurt emotionally and NaBi is heading the same way but she initiated that kiss and anything that happens is on her.

I most likely won't watch past episode two because this isn't my sort of drama. Here is my opinion on the current situation: Na Bi is not a victim. She is very aware of the sort of "relationship" that Jae-un is seeking from her; he has never indicated otherwise. Also, Bit Na informed Na Bi of Jae-un's reputation for being a womanizer. Na Bi has also received visual conformation of this fact i.e. the woman coming out from the club with the butterfly drawing on her arm and the woman he was kissing outside her home. Her inner thoughts also confirm her belief that he is not the right man for her. Sigh.....

I don't know why this thought occurred to me "he knows her for sure ; he was at that art exhibit or he knows her ex and God knows what that scum of a human being has told him or even did worse "

So it's going to be this cycle, huh? Jae-Won invades her head-space by doing something sweet, she swoons and questions her sanity, but then spots his multiple red-flags and freezes him out. He pouts a little and puts her on ignore. They meet in public and he throws her a few crumbs again or provokes her, and she is a goner for him again. Rinse and repeat. Okay. I know how it works. It's so toxic already, I have been there. You keep waiting for these crumbs of attention or sweet gestures being thrown at you. Keep waiting for their messages and hyper-analyzing their last-seens. Depending on how their night goes, the messages could be monosyllabic or very verbose. You want all those sweet things to be true SO badly. Has anybody here been an addict? You need to get tiny bits of it into your system, or it's absolute hell. The moment you give in, it's euphoric! [former nicotine-addict because of this one 'Jae-Won' in my life.] You would do questionably hilarious things, just to catch their eye, or even find some common-ground with them: like smoking in the alleyways or rooftops.....
Man. I feel for Nabi. Objectively speaking, the fact that he can gaslight a girl SO bad, that she wipes off a potential competition's lipstick off his lips and proceeds to kiss the shit out of him....definitely indicates his mind-games are powerful. It's next to impossible to escape unscathed, with a lethal face like Jae-Won's and tricks like those. Damn.

I'm loving the whole psychological-angle to this show. We don't yet know why Jae-Won is doing what he is. We have a good idea, but we will never be sure if Na-Bi ever meant anything special to him, because we won't be getting his PoV (atleast from the webtoon, b/c it was very short). And the fact that Nabi is a terribly unreliable narrator, leaves us hanging at the end of 10 eps, because we will NEVER know. This script, is Rashomon Effect 101. I cannot fathom a show about casual-dating and shallow relationships will be incorporating such a masterful narrative technique. The foundation for it has already been setup in the first two episodes. Kudos to the production-team for taking this route. They have done an impeccable job keeping the cinematography and color-grading compatible with the vibes of the show. ^^

It's nice not knowing where this show is going. Is this a story about a naive girl who has an attraction for controlling men? Maybe she's mostly trying to prove something to herself? Will she learn something from this? Is it about a jerk being reformed by true love? I hope not because there's too many of this kind already on dramaland.

The guy gives me Valmont vibes, he is not interested in her, not yet, he's too calculated for that, it is a game and he is stalking prey. When the girl falls for him it seems he looses interest, if that's true he is not a player, he's just a weak man with self esteem issues. The fact he is honest about not wanting any commitment is part of the charade, he chooses targets who will accept this as a challenge, not an honest trait of character.

I liked Bit-na and her speech about Jae-un, she gave her honest opinion but left when it was Na-bi turn to make her own choice.

The kiss was icky but very much in character, she did the same with the cigarette. When he threatens to give something to another woman she feels the need to pull him back. As a good manipulator he knows when to pretend to be playing with others or hurt by her attempts at keeping distance, as if they were coldness . She is also playing a game, but hers is perhaps unconscious. She was humiliated by previous bf, she is also trying to get control, over herself, others and what others think. He knows some part of his attraction is putting himself out of reach, on a pedestal, and she feels if she can get that prize this will say something about her.

Some details could have been better. The dream scene felt a little like a cheap attempt at being racy for kdramaland standards. Dreams are seldom that true to reality. The period thing, she's twenty, she wouldn't use her bag as a shield or pull the sweater down, she would just use her own hoodie and tie it up her waist herself, she's not an idiot.

Having been through a relationship where the guy was not nearly as truthful as Jae Eun, but sent subtle, almost unreadable signals instead, I have to say I appreciate Jae Eun’s forthrightness. If Na Bi has been forewarned (unfortunately I wasn’t, so I appreciate Na Bi’s girlfriend as well), I feel she is mature enough to take a dangerous path. Nevertheless, I think both these leads will be resisting their feelings mightily later in the series to great damage to their relationship. We will then see if the damage can be repaired.

I re-watched episode 1 and 2, as I find this series quite fascinating.

There were several metaphors: 1) In the dart game, NB misses target, then hits the target with JE’s help, and then completely misses her third chance - a metaphor for NB’s romantic future? 2) with Bit Na in studio: Bit Na says NB needs assistant for her ‘exhibit’ (1st ‘exhibit’ of NB was very SEXUAL), then BN says NB might be first in class to do it ‘alone’; 3) she is never truly honest with JE, constantly telling little white lies: never met him before, not looking for anything for her friend, bit her tongue: this is how the relationship will proceed? 4) she wipes lipstick from his lips: Will she erase all other women for him? She will be only woman on his lips?

Am I wrong?

Given the amount of comments this show has generated it's definitely moving people strongly and most importantly making people recognise their own stories in it .. Amazing when a Kdrama does that .. Haven't seen too many comments of shows where the writers are sharing their own experiences right after watching a show.

Not what many viewers come to Kdrama for .. BUT many do ;-p

Girl. While risking sounding like a total douche:
Get in, get off, get out.
Get him out of your system and move on.
He ain't changing for you. Take him for a ride and jump on another carousel. I liked the sweet guy at the restaurant, wasn't that the athlete from Run On? I also have this thing for coffee guy, but he's probably a red herring.