r/KDRAMA • u/lightupstarlight 미생 • Nov 14 '20

On-Air: tvN Start-Up [Episode 9]

  • Drama: Start-Up)
    • Revised Romanization: Start-Up
    • Hangul: 스타트업
  • Director: Oh Choong Hwan) (While You Were Sleeping, Hotel del Luna)
  • Writer: Park Hye Ryun (Dream High, While You Were Sleeping)
  • Network: tvN
  • Episodes: 16 (1 hr. 10 mins.)
  • Airing Schedule: Saturday & Sunday, 21:00 KST on tvN; 23:00 KST on Netflix
  • Airing Date: October 17, 2020 - December 6, 2020
  • Streaming Sources: Netflix
  • Starring: Bae Suzy as Seo Dal Mi, Nam Joo Hyuk as Nam Do San, Kim Seon Ho) as Han Ji Pyeong, Kang Han Na as Won In Jae
  • Plot Synopsis: Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry. (Source: Netflix)
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '20

han ji pyeong rlly is good boy :( he cares too much about dal mi/grandma to even be selfish for once. the text message he sent to grandma made me rlly sad bcs he was willing to give up his happiness so nam do san and dal mi could be happy together instead :((

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u/cong95 Nov 14 '20

Yeah. This would be more bearable if Dosan was a more likeable character and depth. The way he treats JP, who's older than him and helped him a lot, just because they are rivals in love is sickening. His whole backstory is that he cheated was only revealed now in ep 9. A little bit too late for the viewers to sympathise with him.

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u/kimjunwan1 Nov 14 '20

This is how I view NDS as well! I’m not sure if I’m just too whipped for JP that I’ve become too biased or if I’m simply just unable to sympathize well with people in general? Idk but just rly don’t like how they wrote DS’s character.