![]() Instead, the drama fleshes out a sort of mystery-thriller-romance during its first half that is ultimately resolved way too quickly for the latter half to even be even remotely as compelling. It’s not a gradual development that makes for a growing conflict over the course of the series. If someone were to watch one of the first episodes versus the last few, they could probably believe it’s a different show entirely. Secretary Kim suffers from a bad case of narrative identity crisis. In any case, the drama version didn’t really leave me with the burning urge to spend any longer with our main characters and read either the novel or webcomic. My review is thus coming from the perspective of only a viewer of the televised adaptation, and I can’t speak about its faithfulness to the source material. I generally try to read the source material before watching an on-screen adaptation, but I simply didn’t get around to it this time and consequently went into this drama blind. As romance grows between them in the month before Mi So’s resignation, so do memories resurface from a terrible event from their past that left both physical and emotional scars on Young Joon. With Young Joon thoroughly baffled by the news, the two must come to terms with the unspoken feelings between them in a relationship that is much older than Mi So even knows. One day, seemingly unprovoked, she announces to her boss that she is resigning from her position as his secretary. Kim Mi So, known by her colleagues at work as the dependable Secretary Kim, has worked tirelessly for the narcissistic yet highly capable corporation Vice President Lee Young Joon for the last nine years of her life. Lee Tae Hwan as Lee Seung Yeon / Morpheus S ynopsis: Park Min Young as Kim Mi So / Secretary Kim NOT Recommended For: People who can’t stomach gratuitous use of K-Drama tropes or thematic whiplash Recommended For: Someone looking for a mix of romance and low-stakes mystery, with an emphasis on the rom-com aspect of it However, while there’s an obvious audience there for this kind of rom-com, the draw of watching a pair of 30-year old professionals act like infatuated teenagers didn’t quite deliver it for me. With its workplace hijinks and feel-good fluff, the drama has cemented its spot in Korea’s highest rated cable dramas of all time. One of this cable network’s latest 2018 success stories comes in the form of What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? an adaptation of a novel and webcomic by the same name. ![]() In recent years, tvN has been churning out hit over K-Drama hit, from the slice-of-life Reply series to the fantasy-romance Goblin. ![]()
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