I enjoyed this, probably because I binged the whole thing in one shot, with frequent use of the skip button until around #22. It is terrible, but it's addictively and entertainingly terrible. The costume and sets - and hair, omg the hair - reminded me more of the 1970s than the early 2000s: it is a testament to the ML's good looks that he still managed to be so attractive with that disaster on his head. I thought he pulled off the tortured tsundere role pretty well, but by gum it is a tedious trope and here it's dragged out for far too long, although we do get a very satisfying kiss scene in #23! - so you might want to skip to that. FL did a good job too: likable despite the terrible material and ten zillion crying scenes. I liked her family, her best friend who had a few little good bits and the grandma/Great Queen Mama, who most definitely deserved an award for dignity in the face of Extreme Hair Pain and having to speak in a quavery voice for the whole 24 episodes.

Finale was, alas, flat as a pancake. All of that build-up (and the forced marital bedchamber scene earlier, and that really enthusiastic kiss) left me hoping for some good romantic action at the end, but I was out of luck bigtime. They don't even close the bedroom door and fade to black! - she just pukes, and oh! she's pregnant. Aaaargh the WTF expression on my face. BAD DRAMA. NO BISCUIT FOR YOU. It will be interesting to see what they do with the remake: is it salvageable? Guess we'll see.