I still love this drama, but, as I posted on my fanwall, I just don't think Cha Eun-woo is emoting enough. The contrast between him and Bo-geum in ep 5 was especially stark. I know that Bo-geum is a more expressive character, but Seo-won just looked so blank, and at this point in the comic's story he is showing a lot more emotion. He FINALLY made me happy at the end of ep 6, but I would have liked to seen more of that sooner. Hopefully he keeps it up!

As always, check out my fanwall for specifics on how these eps of the drama differed from the comic. There were a lot more deviations this week (but not necessarily in a bad way, mind you)

It's cute but kinda bland.

I don't understand why they did the plan in his appartment when it failed the first time. Yul could have helped his uncle to become more confortable with "Cocoa" and not wait for 3am... Letting him alone with a dog when he's afrais doesn't seem the most logical thing to do.

And Yul knew where she was during the school trip and just let her there with her clothes? It was kinda weird...

For the romance, I'm happy she told him she was not interested anymore in BG. No more misunderstandings like that. But with this plot, it means we will get our first kiss at the end? They still can kiss when they're human but it won't lift the curse, can't they?

Yul is the cutest! I love how dedicated he is in keeping her secret. The way he came to the school trip with all the necessities 😍. This guy is a keeper.

The leads are really cute together. I loved their little smiles. They had some sweet moments these episodes.

I don’t care for whatever the mystery is in the past. Hope it makes sense when it happens.

Cha Eunwoo as Jin Seowon was so effective in revealing his bullying backstory and the emotions he showed was so convincing so that acceptance of a grown man like him being afraid of dogs became a natural thing. The chemistry between Seowon and Haena played by Park Gyuyoung is also very pleasing to see, especially with the cotton candy scene where their romantics looks for each other gives the butterfly in my stomach feels, so much so that I look forward to their romance blossoming. The feeling of wanting to make time go faster to get to Wednesdays and see the succeeding episodes is escalating. Is it Wednesday yet?!

It seems all the side stories are just here to put off Hae-Na’s dog kiss curse confession to Seo-Won. The bully story rapped up very quickly and too perfect. Why did our amateur detective crew think night kiss caper number two would work? Awkward suspense repeats itself.
The field trip was not as exciting or eventful since Hae-Na and Seo-Won were not together during the critical time.

The only clarity this week is that Hae-Na has changed majors from History to Math. Now has cotton candy has replaced the yellow umbrella? The show still is pedal to the metal cute but is that enough? The only real interesting thing this week was the introduction of the Teen Shaman. She immediately counter-balances Bo-Gyeom’s aura of darkness.

Side note: the Grandma Restaurant seen was all too familiar. When I was in an old working class Seoul neighborhood there was a street filled with local restaurants. I found the sanitation and the smells to be strange and bad . . . pots and pans drying on a dirty plastic chair in the middle of the street; windows so greasy you could not see through; and cooking smells that were not soy or grilled meat but rotten funk.

@unit, thanks for the recap !
Undercover dog detective and her Scooby Team take down the mean girl gang.
I don’t want to lose the cute and fluffy due to Shaman Girl and Tiger Man . Shaman Girl should get her own spin off show.

Eunwoo gave me all the feels when Seowon was reliving his days of being bullied, poor bb! Loved how Haena listened and comforted him, which then made their sweet moments in episode 6 all the more heart-fluttering. I'm so happy with their chemistry!
Meanwhile, Bogum is being creepy af, but it's great. Loved the charged moment between him and Jiah, despite them not recognizing each other. If she's meant to be his previous love, though, it's awkward that they made her a student instead of at least a student teacher.
Cocoa the virtual pet may be my favorite running joke - of the show and even of the year. I just about died when Junseo said Seowon told him to clean out Cocoa's anal glands LMAO.

I was not ready for all the bullying scenes, I always find them triggering. But like the reviewer said, they balanced the grimness with humour and just handled that arc very well. In fact, this week was the first time I enjoyed the drama as much as the webtoon, if not more...

They made Seo-won’s tragic backstory a little less explicit and drawn out. (Thank you, screenwriters.) Moreover, they handled the entire school violence plotline much better than webtoon imo. In this version, the bullied student got justice (??) and didn’t have to transfer schools. Plus she has friends too? Good for her. As for her bully, she really got the fear of God (or more accurately, mountain tiger spirit) into her. l don't see her pulling this psycho stuff again. they even sorta fleshed out the secondary bullies??

Shoutout to the drama for putting a Sherlock coat on the CGI doggy… these are the cinematic choices I watch kdramas for.

As for the doggy ops, I really wish these guys would discover set alarm?? Like team, you wouldn't have to worry about Yul sleeping on the job if y'all set an alarm. Even smartphones have that feature!

The shaman girl looks disconcertingly like Kaya Kiyohara's younger sister. More importantly, not sure how I feel about the drama making shaman girl the lost lover of tiger boy. I foresee unfortunate implications of the age gap variety down the road...

This random gambler out in what I assume are the boonies has the latest Samsung foldable phone? Good for him ig.

I was wondering if they'd have the bully gonna come back in this (eonni's ex didn't give off reporter vibes) but the previews answered that question real quick. Hmm, the bully here just seems like the stereotypical kdrama psycho character. In the webtoon, he was an outwardly well adjusted adult who didn’t even think he did anything and I thought that was more effective. Banality of evil and all that.

This show still too cute! But I almost forgot about it during its hiatus weeks. Can't decide if I should just wait it out and binge, but there's a cuteness overload every time I watch this show and it's needed as its getting so dark and cold so early now.
Don't know what to think of the shaman girl, because as others have said the age gap would be inappropriate. But I'm wondering if its not going to be a love story between them in the present, (maybe it didn't amount to anything in the past either) but instead one is going to try to break apart the main couple and the other is going to help them instead.
More being on opposite and opposing sides instead of an angsty love story.
This is the my first time seeing the actor who plays Mr. Lee and he's so good. I was legit feeling scared for the teen bully when he confronted her, even though I agreed with everything he was saying. At least she wasn't let off easily. She'll be and should be scared to bully anyone else. Her gang of friends at school being total losers deserved worse than library duty too.

It is too bad the scheduling for this drama is all over the place, because this drama is adorable. CEW, bless him is trying his best, but his acting really isn't great, but I move with it because he has great chemistry with PKY.

I enjoyed these two latest episodes! It was worth the wait. Cha Eun Woo is excellent as always be it dramatic or romantic scene. Can't help myself from being giddy at the end of episode 6. I want more of them!

I read the webtoon so i knew it was coming, but oh boy I could not stop the tears with the bullying scene, the way Eunwoo portrayed the pain and hopelessness when the other kids just see what's going on and move on, it broke my heart </3
I'm so glad they decided to give us 2 episodes this week, the second one was much lighthearted and with so many moments that gave me butterflies ... the scene when Haena is jealous while stapling posts on the board, when Seowon rescues her and omg the cotton candy scene ... this is honestly my favorite romance drama this year :D

It’s hard to get back into it after so long but I tried. It’s almost like watching a new show.
i loved watching the bully get bullied. As someone who was bullied in school, this resonates.
The lead pair is so cute together, but Yul is by far my favorite.
Bo Gyeom watching them leave from the roof of the building thing was creepy af but it feels like they are hammering the creepy bit too much. Is it possible that he will turn out to be a friend in the end? All he has done so far has helped, I think.
CEW didn’t do jealousy well, IMO. Hae Na and Bo Gyeom, on the other hand, looked pretty cute together in the boat ride. Maybe cos BG is a really natural actor.
It was so funny to see the students shadows sneak away as HN was telling them to sleep. Grandma who took HN as a dog was pretty scary. It really
Felt like they were trying to force a scary scenario.
The bad guy at the end, does he maybe think she is a monster just because she becomes a dog at night? Or maybe cos she beat him up for mistreating her sister?

I am really enjoying this! I particularly like the changes to the webtoon related to the bullying and the dogyvenger team. So fun and makes changing into a dog nightly more entertaining and resourceful. I like the use of dog abilities of being able to sniff out the perfume of the bully helpers and hearing the dog whistle to get rescued.

I actually like the flashes of darkness for LBG and how scary he was giving the bully a taste of her own poison. I think in the webtoon the past connection and his reason for doing what he did seemed more out of left field since he seemed so nice for so long. Here they gave up the secret in the promo and let the dark show. This may help explain the reason better when they reveal it.

I do think CEW mostly looks stiff but every now and then he does a scene like when he’s crying about his past bullying that I think he can emote. Maybe it’s just the way the director wants the character to act.

Dare we hope that the next episode will air normally? Seems highly improbable they will air 2 again.

the episodes had a right balance of humor, romance and mystery while making progress with its overall storyline and introducing many new characters making viewers wait as the story unfolds for them further.
In Episode 5 and 6 of A Good Day to Be a Dog, as they delved into the challenging and impactful topic of school bullying. Cha Eun Woo, portraying Jin Seo Won, skillfully delved into his character's past of enduring school bullying. His portrayal effectively conveyed the vulnerability of a victim, showcasing his acting skills in bringing this challenging role to life. The episode also introduced us to a new character Min Ji Ah who seems to have some kind of connection to Lee Hyun Woo's character Lee Bo Gyeom.

For once MBC did something right and gave me two episodes at once as a birthday present, nice! Honestly, I really like this show, even tho it's nothing groundbreaking. It's just... super sweet? Even with ridiculous premise, creepy non-human SML, bland caricature SFL and teen bullies so nasty that I actually wished for the main one to never be seen again after her horror lesson with BG. He should've just eat her tbh - HN's whole family has been suffering for generations over we still don't what offense (her poor uncle!) but this little piece of walking and talking rotten crap gets away with only her celeb career ruined and some wetted in fear undies? Too easy! Anyway, I feel like this show finally (11 months into the year, can you believe that?!) gives me all the fluffy romcom feels without too much brainstorming or worries which I need very much lately.

OTP-that's-not-fully-there-yet continues to be a delight - how hard I cheered when HN finally told SW she's not into other guy anymore. Would've been even more perfect had she admitted - even just to herself - that she's crushing hard on HIM now, but even her denial has been more cute than annoying so far. She's getting there steadily - getting jealous, blushing at him complimenting her dog form (awww!), asking him out for all those unofficial dates, clarifying things that need to be clarified etc. Feels like we're this close to the real breakthrough here - if not curse-related, then romantic one for sure.

SW is just too cute of a person, isn't he? Continued petty jealousy (stolen straw? boy, you're a genius! mentally 12y.o., but genius!), being super attentive potential boyfriend (if people won't start gossiping about the two of them soon, that school of theirs is blind), him fighting so hard to end the bullying (almost too hard... wasn't very smart of him to meet the bitch alone at night) and that flashback with Yul, ugh! I love their family bond (someone give the kiddo REAL puppy, he craves it! and his tamagochi owner friend too!), this closeness is one of the things I love Asian dramas for. Cotton candy move was surprisingly smooth, guess he's really going for it now.

Btw, if SW's main issue with dogs is a - totally reasonable - fear of being attacked, then HN REALLY should tell him THE truth. Knowing that it's her, his friend AND crush who won't hurt him, and not just an unpredictable animal, should help a lot with the curse-lifting skinship, no? Look, once he was talked into viewing "Cocoa" as his savior, he almost made it!

BG and his nefarious revenge (?) plans tire me out. Dude, whatever it is, stop it! Go after your shaman girl instead or something. Saving SW from bully girl just so HE can mess with him in the future... *sigh* That's gonna hurt, huh? Poor thing naively thinks he's a friend, even despite their now thankfully in the past love rivalry(((

Cool, more nasty folks from leads' past coming... That's what I do NOT love about dramas...

I'm a teacher, and found it impossible to believe the scene where he blithely set off alone for a 1am meeting with a female student in the park. It's such a massive no-no, and on top of that this girl had clearly acted with ill intent before, so there's no way he wouldn't question the motives behind her request. In many countries there are child protection guidelines for schools that explicitly warn teachers not to get into situations where they are alone with children. This is for everyone's protection, really.

Am I the only one who is watching this for the dogs / puppies featured in this show? Cocoa is too cute, and I hope the dog scenes are not all CGI (I know some are), as I would like to commend the dog actor (and the trainer/owner).

The bullying scene where Seowon was badly beaten by bullies was so heartbreaking to see since there were other students there that turned a blind eye! After picking up Yul, Seowon was in so much pain that he couldn't pick up his nephew was also so gut wrenching to see and Eunwoo did an amazing job conveying those emotions of pain and dispaire as Seowon. In Episode 6, the theme was brighter and Seowon is clearly now jealous and can't hold it in as shown on the canoe trip down the river. I like how the story evolved and slowly we see Seowon and Haena come closer together through their journey and become friends and supportive of each other through a series of events. It seemed like the cotton candy scene was a turning point in their relationship and they are starting to acknowledge their affections without hiding it. Before, it was just Seowon wanting to spend time with Haena but by the episode 6, it was Haena that suggested they go together to retrieve the student's wallet as her feelings transitioned. As for Bogyeom, there seems to be link between him and the Shaman student but we don't know how it is related to the past in the drama I love the chemistry between all of the cast members especially Seowon and Haena & the sister/friend/Yul in the drama. Waiting for episode 7 now.....

Okay, I broke down and watched this EVEN THOUGH I have to wait a few days for the next episode...and then another week for the next one.... ARRGH. I am loving the colors in this show as much as anything else. And Yul. I think he's my favorite.

Basic question: I have figured out most of the other acronyms and initialisms, but what does OTP stand for?

I'm definitely enjoying this drama - it's just the lighthearted romcom I need. I hope it stays that way.