🎬 Subtitles and Bad Decisions Presents:
Backstreet Rookie 편의점 샛별이
📅 South Korea • 2020
Format: Standard Series
Episodes: 16
Duration: ~1 hr 10 min
Aired: Jun 19, 2020 – Aug 8, 2020
Aired On: Friday, Saturday
Original Network: SBS
📺 Available on:
Apple TV, Netflix, Viki, iQIYI, Prime Video (subs everywhere, obviously)
✨ Synopsis
Saet Byul is 20, chaotic, and beautiful enough that literally every guy in town wants her. She’s fun, impulsive, and punches harder than she flirts.
Enter Choi Dae Hyun, Mr. Handsome Convenience Store Owner, whose calm demeanor is basically a survival tactic for dealing with Saet Byul’s whirlwind energy. She applies at his store, they bicker, they banter, some romance happens… but mostly chaos reigns.
Adapted from the webtoon Convenience Store Saet Byul by Hwalhwasan.
👥 Cast
💫 Ji Chang Wook — Choi Dae Hyun
“Calm, handsome, and quietly suffering while running a convenience store like it’s a war zone.”
🔥 Kim You Jung — Jung Saet Byul
“Pure chaos in human form. Zero fear. Infinite confidence.”
💎 Han Sun Hwa, Do Sang Woo, Ahn Sol Bin, Kim Min Gue
“Supporting cast that fully commits to the absurdity and makes the chaos land.”
💬 Ratings
🎭 Story: 💖 — 8.5/10
“Funny, ridiculous, and unapologetically quirky.”
💫 Acting/Cast: 🌟 — 9/10
“Chemistry is intentionally awkward, absurd, and hilarious—not swoon-y.”
🎧 Music: 🎵 — 8.5/10
“‘Crazy’ by April. The perfect chaotic anthem. Permanently stuck in my head.”
🔁 Rewatch Value: 💖 — 9/10
“Easy rewatch when you want chaos without emotional devastation.”
🏆 Overall: 💖 — 9/10
“A romcom that knows exactly how weird it is and leans in.”
📝 Review
(WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I'm Not Saving You from any Emotional Damage)
Okay, listen. This show is chaotic in the best possible way. From minute one, I’m yelling at my brain: “This is absurd. This is hilarious. Keep up.” Saet Byul walks in like a hurricane in sneakers, and Dae Hyun just… exists—calm, handsome, suffering quietly. The contrast? Chef’s kiss.
The romance? It’s there. Tiny little sparks. But it’s not a swoon-fest, thank god. It’s an absurd rom-com. If you try to take it seriously, it collapses like a Jenga tower in a wind tunnel. The point is the chaos, the banter, the moments that make you go: “What even is happening right now—and why am I laughing so hard?”
Some people complain the leads lack chemistry. Uh… no. They have chemistry, it’s just the weird, awkward, quirky kind that fits the show’s tone. It’s like someone sprinkled love and sarcasm in the blender and hit high-speed. You get awkward flirting, hilarious misunderstandings, and moments of genuine warmth all wrapped in ridiculousness.
Sideplots? Love triangles? Minimal, thank god. This is about comedy first. Romance second, if you even notice it. The absurdity is the star. And oh my god, Crazy by April as the opening theme? I hum it, scream it, possibly annoy my neighbors daily. Perfect chaotic anthem.
💭 Final Mood:
“Laughing until my ribs hurt, grimacing at the cringe moments, teared up once because I secretly care about them, fully embracing the absurdity, and now considering how much my own life lacks Saet Byul-level energy. 10/10. Would watch at 2 a.m., preferably with snacks, sarcasm, and zero self-control.”
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