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Year2020Episodes16NetworkSBS

“A convenience-store rom-com between a manager and his wild new hire”

It tells an unpredictable 24-hour love story of the four-dimensional innocent girl Jung Saet Byeol who was once a troublemaker and the adorkable caring male store manager, Choi Dae Hyun, in the context of a convenience store. They have met each other accidentally 4 years ago, back then Saet Byeol asked Dae Hyun to buy cigarettes for them. Until now, Saet Byeol comes to the convenience store Dae Hyun runs for a part-time job, their hilarious romantic story starts.

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Quick verdict

Should you watch?

A breezy convenience-store rom-com that's pure popcorn.

Story
7.4
Acting
7.5
OST
7.2
Pacing
6.8
8.5+
7–8.4
<7

✓Fans of light webtoon rom-coms, opposites-attract setups, Ji Chang-wook and Kim Yoo-jung

✗You want substance over slapstick or found its early scenes problematic

Story

What is it really about

A buttoned-up store manager hires the unpredictable troublemaker who once gave him cigarettes as a teen. Behind the counter, their bickering brews into a chaotic, comic romance.

Convenience-store rom-comOpposites attractComedicBreezyLight-hearted

Did you know

Trivia & facts

It adapts the webtoon known as Convenience Store Saet-byul (English: She's Too Much for Me) by Hwalhwasan and Geumsagong.
It was written by Son Geun-joo and directed by Lee Myoung-woo.
The Korea Communications Standards Commission issued a warning to the show over provocative scenes.
Kim Yoo-jung won an Excellence Award at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards for her role.
Kang Daniel sings the OST track 'Something.'

Soundtrack

OST

1
Something — Kang Daniel
3:21
2
Crazy — April
3:48
3
Love Ya — Kim Tae-woo (g.o.d)
3:04
4
Sleepless Night — Rothy
4:21
5
Treasure — Colde
3:43

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