Have been reluctant to watch but I will read the recap and give it a shot.

Park Kyu-young is such a versatile actress! She's perfect for this role. I will watch it for her.

For the story itself, yeah, I wondered why they didn't break the curse with someone in the know when she was young.

They both shared a sad past story. So I guess, it's connected.

Mr. Perfect Jin Seo-won didn't stop the kiss, so clearly, he's not indifferent. But I wonder how he will react to see a teach waking up in a student's room, student he shared a relationship with...

A few random thoughts that I had after the first two episodes:

Cha Eun-woo doesn't convince me as a teacher. He looks like a student at most.

The little dog is really incredibly cute. My cat sat in front of the TV completely fascinated as soon as the dog appeared.

I found it disturbing that the uncle has to live and die as a dog.

The first two episodes were very enjoyable. I am curious to see how big Cha Eun-woo's repertoire of facial expressions will be. So far I have seen two.

The two hours were largely fun and I the leads were likedable. PKY is such a good actor that she must lift her co-stars games. CEW did well too as I found him calming despite the fact that his character has its own grief and trauma to deal with. The fact that CEW isn’t normally a passionate and resonant presence on screen really helped with this role.
A qn: Where is Haena’s mum? Is she alive?

When she turned into a dog for the second time, I kept thinking what about her underwear and bra? Her student picking them up too? Yes, I’ve a low threshold of embarrassment. Furthermore, when she was lying on her student’s bed as a doggie, I also kept thinking, “Get under the covers!” That must have happened off screen at some point.

Bring on the remaining eps! (however, it will be painful to have only one ep a week until January 2024!).

Whether you have him drunk or not, just grab on to him at 11:59 pm, plant one on him, and hold on tight. She might take dog form for a millisecond or two, but then the curse will be over and she'll be back in human form before he notices.

Now that the Butt Show is over, can I call this the B!tch Show?

The drama is really cute because of the real dog, CGI and the actors (though in some scenes Park Kyu Young looks tired, maybe from busy shooting schedule). Despite the reincarnation/curse nonsense, the story does not have high stakes as it is devoid of crime and should be a breezy and pleasant watch.

If I were a kid, I would totally enjoy this, but as a grown adult I do not see the purpose of it being made into a drama. This would totally work as a cool short movie/cartoon for parents to enjoy with kids. Thanks for the recap @missvictrix

This drama is so much fun..I loved it to T. I was bored with same stupid bullying, action, thriller or dark cr@p. I really needed my good dose of a romcom & this drama was breath of fresh air. I loved the dog, Cha Eunwoo as Seowon & Gyuyoung as Haena. Seowon getting bullied was so sad & I even was sad to know about dog uncle. I can't wait for the next episode.

100% character and webtoon adaptation synchro so far, and with the webtoon being so popular and much loved, this feel good romcom is poised to be a big hit and a classic. Manjitnam Cha Eunwoo is excellent with this Jin Seowon tsundere role, as expected, with his eye-acting always on point. His chemistry with Park Gyuyoung is also something to speak about. I certainly loved the 2 episodes, and am looking forward to the next ones!

This was fun, that still of BoGyeom casually watching them makeout is hilarious, sir turn away. Lol

It’s cute. PKY is in a tie with the dog over who is the cutest. Woof. Woof.

Do I need to think any more about this? Nope. Just more pls.

Love the first 2 episodes of this drama which showed some historical, sad, traumatic and fun scenes at a good pace. Gyuyoung and Cha Eunwoo were great as Haena and Seowon and of course the dog was so cute! It was sad that the curse was passed down for many generations in Haena's family & what Seowon had to endure at school that still traumatizes him.

Sorry, did I read escape room puzzles in the recap?

*feverishly makes note to watch this drama*

@missvictrix

Thank you for the recap. Your prose really set the tone enough to entice even a dog traumatized person to give the drama a try.
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I loved the first 2 episodes! I always gauge my interest in a show that if i don't feel like pausing it for a minute or two, to take a break or something, then the show must be really good lol! Kidding aside, this kdrama has all the right elements of a real enjoyable and sustainable series. There's romance, fantasy, historical connection, plus harsh reality of traumatic past on the part of ML all of which would certainly keep the viewers glued to their screens. Most of all, the humor is really what would get people to tune in every Wednesday night for the guaranteed fun episode every week. The amazing acting of the 3 leads, Park Gyu Young, Cha Eunwoo and Lee Hyun Woo are worth mentioning as well. They totally fit their roles imo. Eunwoo is a young professor who's a math genius and seems younger than the other guy as he calls him hyung so i don't see why others would say he doesn't fit the role. PGY was hilarious and so is his sister and their male friend. LHW's character is pretty wholesome on the surface but seemed to be hiding something. Finally, the dog is so cute! I honestly felt sad the 1st time PGY turned into a dog and it was rushing to get home (sigh). The way the director sets the tone with the music played during pivotal scenes (joseon era, dog going home, etc.) i thought it was perfect. All in all, this show didn't dissapoint at all. I love it and i'm so looking forward to what's coming up next with this show👍

I had to really convince myself to watch ep 1. I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would. I may even watch ep 2.

Poor Seowon... Cha Eunwoo simply amazing, his acting really is so good here. I can't wait for more

In a spate of actresses in series acting extremely cute, Park Gyu-Young pours it on in a delightful way. The fantasy premise is simple and the “rules” are crystal clear. It sets up for straight forward rom-com. This is a show where you can put your brain in neutral and enjoy the ride. The second episode puts her secret "in play" through Jin’s nephew and a scandalous reveal. I don't think the chemistry is fully aligned in this teacher love triangle, but clearly Hae-na is the center of attention. However, the star of the show may be the puppy (even with some marginal CGI moments).

I loved it so much! It's everything that I hoped it would be. I was especially thrilled to see the webcomic characters in the opening! It was comforting. I wish I had more than one ep per week.

I'm not sure if I'm sold yet on Cha Eun-woo, but I'll continue to give him a chance.

Also, see my fanwall for thoughts on it as an adaptation of the webcomic, and changes that the drama made to the story and characters.

I read the webtoon a few months ago at the recommendation of @ so I’ve been really excited for this drama. At first I thought the story sounded too ridiculous to make sense, but as happens so often in the webtoon/kdrama space, I ended up loving it anyway! And I promise this is the last time I’ll mention the comic in these comments ;)

I don’t really buy that she could have solved her curse problem easily, just like her sister did when they were kids. Even if you explained the situation to Seo-won, would he believe it and actually kiss a dog, which he’s terrified of? I doubt it. And avoiding detection would also be a top priority, since you don’t want everyone you know (and work with) to find out and presumably think you’re a freak/torment you/lock you up in a lab/put it all over social media/etc. I imagine hiding it was much easier in the Joseon past than in the CCTV present, so I can understand her panic.
I’ve never seen Park Kyu-young as a lead, but I think she’s really nailing this! Her pushiness can be really grating, but on the other hand, I get her urgency and desperation, so I’m more forgiving than I might be otherwise. And I find all of our characters so likable, and I like them together so much, that it makes the whole thing better.

Sometimes kdrama characters find themselves in awkward or compromising situations and I think, “Ok, this doesn’t look good, but there are a number of reasonable explanations for this that a normal human could understand.” The character inevitably chooses none of these, and attempts to explain in the most awkward way possible, because kdrama. In this whole caught-quickly-dressing-in-your-student’s-bedroom situation though, I don’t think there is a reasonable explanation. I’m just waiting for someone to cry out, wake Yul up, and for him to make the whole thing so much worse hahaha!

first of all i want to say thank you to the casting team. To actors cha eunwoo, park gyuyoung and all thank you for bringing the characters to life well. doggie is so cute damn.
the episode is so cute, the color looks good and talented actor cha eunwoo is doing so well as the silent and distant hero who's already in love with a goofy girl park gyuyoung talented actress.
loving this show so much.

This might be the drama to balance out MY DEAREST. The three leads and the dog are adorable! MBC found a way to connect the 2 shows, the 1592 Imjin War, Gwanghae, Qing, and so on.
I laughed so hard at myself for pausing to try and figure out how Seo-won cracked the code for the escape room. When I see history stuff, I get excited.😍
King (Sejong's portrait) + dragon + reverse. Twenty minutes later, I felt defeated, and to make it worse, he explained the whole thing a couple of minutes later. 😀😆 I expected the history teacher to solve it since this wasn't a math problem, but whatever.

Randomly decided to give it a go last night and perhaps my sleep deprivation was the reason I mostly enjoyed it but - gasp! - don't think I like FL much yet. Sure, PKY is doing great job and both HN's forms - human and dog - are very cure, but girl's personality, hmm... There's something highly aggravating about her despite so many things that I would've probably find relatable on paper. Is it her hardcore crush on history teacher that I can't quite understand? Fine, he's handsome, sweet and likes dogs, but is that all to it? Or her tendency to assume things, get even more riled up over those assumptions and interrupt other people's speeches? Or maybe aggressively (often literally - her poor ex got that cake in the face for what? and was likely dumped with zero explanation afterwards... I can't even hold against him moving on with her friend of all people) excessive aegyo? Really, when a character keeps repeating in her head how cute she is ALL THE TIME, it gets old fast. Author adores her FL to a ridiculous degree, we get it, thankyouverymuch.

On the contrary, stoic tsundere ML was nowhere near as bad as I expected him to be. Super obvious misunderstanding between him and FL aside, there is nothing about him to label the guy as a caricature cold jerk so far. He's your typical awkward introvert that speaks and relaxes way too little to provide a comfortable company for the most people, but he actually tries tho? He's a supportive colleague, seems to be a decent teacher, friend and person, plus apparently busy rising the kid that's not his own... Also it's quite clear that he likes FL - maybe he didn't fully realize that before she hit him in the face with that drunken confession-and-kiss combo, but now he surely does. Hence him reciprocating the kiss (see those hands? they don't lie), being all uncomfortable and even grumpy over the fact that she aimed at another guy, accepting drinking date invitation (and being all nervous there) instead of telling her off for not taking MANY "no" as an answer, visibly struggling with matchmaking task... I think I've even caught him literally melting over her aegyo attack at some point. Boy may not like puppies as a whole, but puppy eyes from a pretty girl undo him fast lol.

Sister and vet bestie are cute, hope it works out for them. But damn, poor uncle! Talk about first love going wrong... Clingy teacher girl sucks. History teacher IS playing the matchmaker here, right? Or just trolling everyone for evulz. Plot likely gonna drag for ages, esp with that disaster of an airing schedule, so hope it'll keeps being sweet enough to ignore that. And pls, no love triangle with teen nephew! Ep2's ending scene was already "ouch" enough.

I look forward to seeing a lot more of the baker guy from MLL! Also, I could watch the dog all day.
Park gyu young has such good comic sense. Reminds me a little of Kim Se Jeong.
Episode 2 cliffhanger was pretty good. I can’t even imagine being caught in my students room getting dressed while he slept. But from the trailer it looks like that is easily explained away.

As cute as expected, but only one episode per week from now on? That might not be enough to balance out all the tragic love stories coming down the drama pipe.

I thought Cha Eun-Woo did well in “Rookie Historian” portraying an introverted ML nursing a secret crush/fascination with the FL, so I think he can pull this role off. The drama isn’t wasting any time upping the stakes with that second-episode cliffhanger. The setup reminds me a bit of “30 But 17” with nephew and uncle entangled with FL in different ways. If this show can similarly avoid introducing any murders and steer clear of gratuitous sexual violence (ahem, DWY), that’ll be a win in my book. As for plot holes? I’m willing to drive over them in search of a HE that feels properly earned.

"And kids, this is why soju and kissing don’t mix"had me cracking up 🤣🤣🤣🤣, and I don't like the way they are using the past life troupe that has been common in drama land this year 😕,in my own view it seems unnecessary or is it only me?

In my opinion, the drama and the webtoon have completely different energies. The webtoon was slower paced, chill, almost slice of life, and I’d say leaned harder on the rom part of romcom. The drama is almost frenetic in comparison, with lots of OTT comedy, and a bit too much in many regards - the lighting, the humour, the pacing, the characterization, etc. I enjoyed myself but I wasn’t instantly sold as with the webtoon, which has to be one the best stories I’ve come across.

That being said, I’ll stick around. Hopefully, the drama will have all the fluff, healing and cute moments the webtoon had.

Ah, so I'm not the only one who couldn't wait to watch it. I am absolutely cracking up at it. I really do love this drama. Seo-won does drive me nuts a bit, but that's probably because I'm trying to rush the story of Hae-na kissing him in her dog form. Such a hilariously good drama though so far.

I really like the wackiness of the show, but I'm going to struggle with ML. Cha Eun-woo is beautiful to look at, but to me at least not as convincing as an actor. Especially coming fresh off of Destined with You where Rowoon was so good in both his comedic and dramatic scenes, the lack of depth to me is very clear.

"I just about died laughing with the pseudo-gravity of this scene. More crazy next week, please!"
Yes, yes, yes please!!!

Thanks for the weecap @missvictrix I enjoyed the start and look forward to seeing the story develop. I felt so bad for the Uncle being able to think as a human but not being able to communicate must be so frustrating. It would be good if they could have found a way to use his nose or paws to spell the words out like people with disabilities who use an iPad with text to speech. If the small dog could open the window then surely the kind vet could have developed a solution over the years.

Being a binge watcher at heart two episodes a week is hard enough for me to deal with. I would much rather a two episode per week short run time than once a week for twice as long.

'Meow the Secret Boy' is looking better in retrospect.

I don't like dogs that much and I get scared when they start barking and chasing you, so I really felt bad for the male lead. Dude, I feel your pain. Did they really had to make his fear about trauma? Idk, but ok.

Anyway, this show isn't for me. I don't like the FL's attitude, I hated the whole kiss situation and how she handled it later (she actually had the audacity to say "why do you wear someone else's clothes?!"?), and I definitely hate how she has been forcing Jin to have drinks with her (putting soju on his beer??).

I'm pretty sure she could've handle this situation better. A hundred days it's enough time to came up with a better plan, or Idk, just get to know the guy SLOWLY and ask him the favor (wild suggestion). But she couldn't even wait a hundred hours to attack the man.

Maybe she'll try to calm down now that teacher Jin apologized to her (even tho he didn't do anything wrong), and she knows he's scared of dogs. But I don't think her "do first, think later (or never)" attitude is gonna change anytime soon (can she start calling her sister and her friend BEFORE going out at night?? Or is this another wild suggestion?).

Now that I think about it, I think that for a family that has had this curse for generations, they really don't know how to handle it. They have zero practical plans.
A collar? Tracking the cellphone? An emergency signal? Going places together???

PS. If this show is going to have another "besties in love with the same girl/boy" then this drama definitely isn't for me. Not to mention that I feel zero chemistry between her and the boys.

Thank you @missvictrix ! I learn more new words from you! It took me a full minute just to type transmogrification just to get the definition but now I'm a pro! I am not really into this drama so far but the old 4 episode trial will tell.

I didnt have time to finish ep1 so I am thankful for the recaps. This drama sounds fun and I did like Mr Lee a lot since he just seems to be such a sunshine to everyone around him. I will try to catch up and actually watch the episodes at a later time.

Coming from this webtoon reader, I loved it! The drama captured the webtoon vibe really well- chilled, cute, otherworldly. I’ll keep watching this space.

I watched this because I really enjoyed Park Kyu-young in Dali and Cocky Prince. (a gem) I am totally hooked and can´t believe they are going to torture us with only one episode a week. This is so laugh out loud funny and the little dog is precious whether it is a real dog or CGI. The music absolutely fits and adds to the hilarity. Can´t wait for the next episode.

I really enjoyed it, a fun 2 hours and it made me want to read the webtoon (possibly a coping mechanism for the 1 episode a week schedule).

Sooooo freaking cute! The only thing that could make this drama better for me right now is if it was twice a week the entire run. But it had me cracking up and feeling good - and I even shed a tear when dog uncle got sick, which I thought really helped up the stakes. I think Gyuyoung and Eunwoo have a very sweet chemistry together, and I know they can turn it up later on thanks to their MV from a few years back. Hyunwoo and Hyunsoo are having a blast in their respective roles, and I genuinely adore the addition of the Woo Taek character and his friendship with Haena.

Someone probably explained this already, but I believe the curse restarts with every new person you kiss. So, technically Haena could have kissed Woo Taek and then ended her curse, but it still wouldn't help her the next time she kissed someone. I am basing this on the fact that Woo Taek assumed dog-Haena was Yoona after kissing a different man, lol.

I liked these episodes! There were some changes (the tone seems a touch colder than the webtoon), but nothing distracting. I did find it sad that they have an uncle that was stuck as a dog for 2 decades and now has cancer. I hope he gets some sort of happy ending. I'm only 2/3rds of the way through the webtoon, so I'm not sure if the uncle shows up.

In the webtoon, I think she transforms with the clothes....which I guess doesn't make sense, but it's a heck more convenient than leaving your clothes behind and coming back naked. And they don't transform 1 minute after the kiss. After the kiss, they still get to stay human until midnight. And I don't remember anything about being stuck in dog form forever. I guess since it's a drama, they gotta make the rules more difficult to give it more urgency!

I’m in love with this! Also, I am glad it’s only 14 episodes, as I feel like they cut out the boring or annoyingly dramatic school scenes that would usually be in a teacher’s drama.

Well I was looking forward to this one too much but I didn't enjoy it as much tbh
I thought it'll be another "gangnam beauty" with one of my favourite actresses and a more experienced CEW, but when I watch it I don't know what was off but ....
Now that I think ab it I preferred:
1- that rule ab staying a dog and live the rest of your life as a dog wasn't there
2- PKY character is sometimes annoying and I give teacher Jin all the rights to not be comfortable around her ( if we ignore his trauma)
Writer could easily ommit the "100 days rule" and let the leads become close little by little and the FL change her heart slowly and make a perfect rom_com but rushed everything by this rule
3- CEW's acting is really better but I hope he just BREATH. WHY HE HOLDS HIS BREATH ALL THE TIME? it's suffocating to watch 😅

It's great to see Ryu Abel as the sister, I really liked her in Run On.

While suspension of disbelief works on a much higher level in fantastical, supernatural, or mystical dramas - the practicality of clothing items during transmogrification, particularly at the time of becoming human again, rudely jerk one's disbelief.

Seriously, there appear to be zero preparation and no SOPs for this "known thing", where are their defense mechanisms?

That taxi scene was great, I was laughing. I found this to be super cute and fun start. Can not wait for the next episodes.

The long awaited adaptation is finally here!! I've been SO excited for this and so far it didn't disappoint. All i can do now is just pray HARD it doesn't end up like SYIM19L.

This week's eps were so fun & hilarious albeit stressful seeing that they changed where Hae-na loses her clothes when she turns into a dog instead of retaining it in the webtoon so now I have added worry.
I wonder how their gonna pull off the confession scene with this new change.

I'm late to the party but overall thoughts: it’s highkey cute! I’m not sure how I’ll cope with only one ep each week 😭 And great observation about the colour palette @missvictrix, I thought the change ups in the aspect ratio and also the softness of the CGI doggo also lent it a bit more of that whimsical feel. It kind of reminded me of those fun kids movies where there’s talking animals and stuff but it’s set in the real world, like Stuart Little! I can’t seem to construct any more proper sentences today so here’s a list of the things I liked:

- FL is super adorable, she reminds me a tad of Jess from New Girl (maybe also because she’s a teacher). Both the writing of the character and the way that PGY is playing her keeps her on the right side of cutesy & quirky, I like her a lot!

- Glad ML isn’t a cold, unapproachable jerk but just more on the reserved side. Especially happy that we had him opening up a little this week already and establishing a rapport with the FL.

- I also am a fan of the fact that the ML and FL already have an established connection and shared ‘professional’ history, it makes the building of a friendship into something else seem more believable and seamless.

- Ngl it’s going to take me a while to get used to seeing CEW as a teacher because he looks so young, like a college student at most.

- I know it could be considered jarring but I kind of vibed with the way that the Joseon scenes have been interspersed through both episodes and they’ve already hinted at the SML’s family history also being tied to whatever happened back then (I’m assuming this story is going to tell us how the curse came into place).

- THE PUPPY IS SO, SO, SO ADORABLE I JUST WANT TO PICK IT UP AND GO MNONOMNOMNONMNOM

- I like the ‘low stakes’ feel this fantasy has with the curse not involving death or giving rise to copious amounts of melodrama. Hopefully this also means no random psycho killer subplots?

Question though about the mechanics of this curse - is it a one and done thing or does it reset with each new person you kiss? As in, do you just have to kiss someone once and have them kiss you back (while you’re in dog form) for the curse to be lifted forever? Or does it start up again if you kiss someone else? And if someone has already kissed you to lift the curse, are they then an exception to the rule and you’re immune to their kisses now?

Really enjoyed this so far! Especially the escape room scene and the scene where HN gives SW so much empathy saying he doesn't have to explain because it's clearly too painful and she believes him anyway. Also I don't often like it when there is a woman feeling threatened scene like the one with the school bullies in episode 2 but they did this one really well and it advanced the storyline very successfully.