A poster for the SBS drama “Dynamite Kiss” / Courtesy of SBS
A romance between a rich, handsome man and a poor however kind-hearted girl has lengthy been a standard cliche in Korean romantic comedies.
The continued rom-com “Dynamite Kiss” could begin with a well-recognized Cinderella-style setup, however what units this 14-episode Netflix hit aside is its main man. Not like the standard chaebol characters, he stands out for his gender sensitivity and considerate, attentive method to relationships — qualities that mirror a rising pattern in modern Okay-dramas and ring a bell with in the present day’s viewers.
Premiered on Nov. 12, “Dynamite Kiss” quickly climbed up Netflix’s non-English collection chart on Nov. 30 and remained there for every week, as followers expressed their fondness of the drama on social media.
At its core is the romance between Kong Ji-hyeok (Jang Ki-yong), the inheritor to a rich conglomerate proprietor household, and Go Da-rim (Ahn Eun-jin), a financially struggling girl looking for a job. After an opportunity assembly on Jeju Island, the pair are swept right into a pretend relationship-turned-real love, and circumstances ultimately cause them to an explosive kiss that begins to melt the center of the rich and initially boastful inheritor.
After returning house abruptly from Jeju upon studying of her mom’s fall, Go falsifies paperwork as a working mom to get a job and encounters Kong throughout a job interview. She continues the deception by pretending to be a married girl with a baby at work, a deception that unsettles Kong each professionally and emotionally.
“In ‘Dynamite Kiss,’ the male lead shouldn’t be solely rich but additionally delicate to and attentive to the girl’s emotions and desires,” Yun Suk-jin, a drama commentator, informed The Korea Instances.
“Not like older Korean romantic comedies, the place male characters typically dominated relationships by shows of energy and wealth, he doesn’t depend on cash or standing to win her over. As a substitute, he prioritizes her well-being and doesn’t hesitate to place himself in troublesome conditions for her sake.”
Yun thinks that viewers responded to this gender-sensitive male character, noting that gender points have taken middle stage within the 2020s.
The present leans into rom-com tropes — pretend relationships, secret identities and heartwarming reconciliation — however executes them with sufficient chemistry and coronary heart that followers discover the predictability comforting, not stale.
Within the tenth episode, launched final week, the 2 lastly clear up misunderstandings and ensure their emotions for one another. Because the collection strikes into its closing 4 episodes, few anticipate it to deviate from acquainted rom-com conventions, with anticipation constructing for a contented ending that stays true to the style’s roots.
“The present would not reinvent something, however that is the purpose,” a evaluate on ScreenRant.com famous. “’Dynamite Kiss’ takes the chaebol CEO, the poor-girl-with-a-heart-of-gold, the office romance, the pretend relationship and the inevitable misunderstandings, then executes them with sufficient chemistry and coronary heart to make the predictability really feel like a comforting, conventional Okay-drama.”
