L dares to choose Confucius over Lee Yoo-young
by tccolb
KBS’s upcoming Dare to Love Me has been busily pushing out promos, with a new poster quickly following the first teaser where we meet our soon-to-be-lovers pair: L (a.k.a. Kim Myung-soo)(Numbers) and Lee Yoo-young (Insider).
I didn’t expect our modern woman Kim Hong-do (Lee Yoo-young) to already be smitten, but there’s no doubt she’s head-over-heels with that dreamy gaze opening the teaser. It’s pretty admirable as well that she doesn’t hide the heart on her sleeve, confessing with a sunny earnestness that, “I like you.”
Hong-do addresses him with familiarity and by name. But our Shin Yoon-bok (L) is a man of grandiose proprieties who may as well have come from the Joseon past. Hong-do is thus taken aback when Yoon-bok’s non-response is a respectfully formal, “I am fine,” as if rejecting a waiter’s offer of napkins.
According to the original webtoon, Yoon-bok once attended an art academy where Hong-do was the instructor and the two are six years apart. But regardless of the contextual details, a teacher is a teacher to our Confucian-bred Yoon-bok, who draws strict boundaries between Hong-do and himself. Still addressing her by a respectful title, he even declares that he wouldn’t dare eat with her at the same table.
Hong-do doesn’t understand all the fuss and wants to at least exchange numbers to keep in touch. But Yoon-bok raises a hand to stop her, once again deflecting, “I am fine.” We wouldn’t have a rom-com, though, if our hero doesn’t eventually eat his words. In the meantime, we watch as our heroine grows frustrated by the teacher-zoning and the final sequence ends with Hong-do’s desperate plea to not be treated with respect.
With production for the webtoon adaptation led by PD Jang Yang-ho and writer Park Yumi, KBS’s Dare to Love Me is slated to premiere on May 13.
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1 🌸 Seeker 🌸
April 23, 2024 at 11:20 PM
The drama has just dared to jump up to my MUST WATCH pali pali list. 😍
*screeching in delight* I ❤ you L!! 😘
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Kafiyah Bello
April 24, 2024 at 4:19 AM
I like how excited you are about this, lol, I hope it lives up to expectations.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
April 24, 2024 at 7:00 AM
I was trying to act cool but the teaser made me throw all caution to the winds. Tsundere MLs really make me scream in delight.
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Kafiyah Bello
April 24, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Why try to act cool? I support this throwing caution to the winds.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
April 24, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Yay yay!!
Diana Hansen
April 24, 2024 at 9:44 AM
May I screech with you?!!! It is a must watch for me too!
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
April 24, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Most definitely ... hopefully that will make us time travel to May 13!!
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2 OAsia
April 24, 2024 at 2:10 AM
But what about her boyfriend then? I read that he works with her in the same company. So it will be the same story as in every other drama, about a bad boy who cheats, so she will break up with him and become interested in the main character?
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3 Blue (@mayhemf)
April 24, 2024 at 4:24 AM
This might be worth trying. Also helpful it’s a M-Tue drama.
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4 Dylan [JooJoo couple, fighting!]
April 24, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Wow, that poster is so cute and adorable lol
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5 Gikata
April 24, 2024 at 10:58 AM
So let me get this straight - this guy rejects the woman who's not only his noona *loud gasp*, but also his former
shifuteacher? Unbelievable. Who does he think he is?! Dude, it's an Asian romcom and you're its male lead, you have no freaking choice in the matter, stop wasting everyone's time with this useless struggle and accept the inevitable!P.S. She deserves better. Imagine them dating, getting intimate and he's STILL unironically, not-in-a-kinky-roleplay-sense all about honorifics and proprieties, ugh...
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Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
April 24, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Until it proves otherwise (and I'm not holding my breath), I'm calling this the Pain-in-the-Butt Drama.
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6 23new2kdrama 🌱🎄🎅❤️
April 24, 2024 at 7:14 PM
But wait- isn't another drama with an teacher romance starting very soon??? With a 10 year difference???
Nonna Midnght??
I Dare Nonna?
Actually I think both of these look great. I'm a sucker for Sageuk so it's a fun twist.
But do all these writers sit together in a temple somewhere and plan their themes for the year.
Lovely Year
Nonna Year
Time Swap year
😃😃😃
And I'm looking for a drama to watch my first live watch- ever- maybe this???
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7 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
April 24, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Hoping for a realistic relationship based i.e. no stalker needed, drama. Please, we are living in a new era now and there are other things that can stress a relationship.
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