Kevin C. Wong

Love to Hate You (2023) [/]

Love to Hate You is a 10-episode Korean romance comedy. Yeo Mi-ran (Kim Ok-vin) is a lawyer and martial arts expert who cannot stand by if she sees something that needs to be righted. She ends up being the lawyer for Nam Kang-ho (Teo Yoo), the most popular and handsome actor in Korea, but she believes he's actually a misogynist. Meanwhile he thinks she's crazy.

Naturally she ends up having to pretend to be his girlfriend and more contact makes them realize they've misunderstood each other. But once their relationship becomes real various scandals threaten to derail it, such as that Mi-ran has beat up people in the past. Also there's the inevitable ex-girlfriend, actress Oh Se-na (Lee Joo-bin), who wants to get back with Kang-ho.

As usual it takes a few episodes to get going and then there are only a few episodes to complete the story. The male lead is a bit stiff and not that appealing but I guess Korean handsomeness is different than the USA. The story leans more towards Mi-ran and Kim Ok-vin is pretty good in that character. It's a watchable series but not one of the better Korean rom-coms.