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Noble, My Love 고결한 그대
📅 South Korea • 2015
Format: Standard Series
Episodes: 20
Duration: ~15 min
Aired: Aug 23, 2015 – Sep 16, 2015
Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday
Original Network: Naver TV Cast
📺 Available on:
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Apple TV (Free)
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Viki (Free w/ Subs)
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Wavve (Subscription)
✨ Synopsis
Kang Hoon is the handsome, conceited CEO of a large company and heads D.O.L's Korean branch in Seoul. One day, he is kidnapped and dramatically escapes from the bad guys, but he bleeds so much that he blacks out in front of an animal hospital in a rural town.
Yoon Seo, a veterinarian, finds him and treats him to recovery. Being kind-hearted, she won't accept any payment from him, but he won’t take no for an answer and buys the building her hospital is in, forcing her to set up practice in Seoul where she has both friends and frenemies from vet school.
Even though he looks down on her, he pays her to pretend to be his girlfriend to avoid blind dates set up by his family, becoming more and more possessive of her time and attention. Can deeper feelings develop between a man so arrogant and a woman so genuine?
Adapted from a web novel "Noble, My Love" (고결한 그대) by Go Gyul (고결)
👥 Cast
💫 Sung Hoon — Lee Kang Hoon
“Tall, rich, emotionally constipated. Sung Hoon understood the assignment.”
🔥 Kim Jae Kyung — Cha Yoon Seo
“Surprisingly tolerable, occasionally competent, and blessed with a backbone.”
💎 Kim Dong Seok — Lee Kang Joon
“Brother energy. Mild chaos.”
💎 Park Eun Seok — Woo Sang Hyeon
“Second lead presence without second lead damage.”
💎 Lee Seung Yeon — Heo Jin Kyeong
“Corporate menace in heels.”
💎 Park Shin Woon — Department Head Kang
“Here to stress everyone out.”
💎 Seo Young — Moon Yoo Ra
“Messy energy. No apologies.”
💬 Ratings
🎭 Story: 💖 — 5/10
“Rushed, chaotic, cute in tiny doses.”
💫 Acting/Cast: 🌟 — 5/10
“Sung Hoon carries. Everyone else follows.”
🎧 Music: 🎵 — 3/10
“Background flavor only.”
🔁 Rewatch Value: 💖 — 2/10
“Once was enough. I remember everything.”
🏆 Overall: 💖 — 5/10
“A web drama doing web drama things.”
📝 Review
(WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I'm Not Saving You from any Emotional Damage)I watched this because I enjoy watching shows with Sung Hoon, especially his older ones.
And… while this wasn’t a bad show, it was definitely not a favorite.
First: 20 episodes at 15 minutes each. Basically ten 30-minute episodes. So yeah… rushed. Everything happens at lightning speed. The FL? Her screaming got on my last nerve. But at least she had backbone and fight (mostly).
The cat. Oh, the cat. Cute. Thank you, cat.
Now the CEO plotline. If they had leaned into the whole “dangerous life CEO gets helped by a vet” premise, this could’ve been amazing. Instead, he’s attacked for… no reason? Saved by the vet? Compensates by buying her hospital? Then suddenly decides she should be his girlfriend?! I’m just… confused. Were episodes missing? Did I blink and skip some character development?
Party scene: supposed friend says, “You’re a poor country bumpkin, what qualifications do you have to be here?” And then… next scene: terrace kiss. Sure, makes sense… if you squint and ignore logic.
Overall? Finished it. Liked it… kind of. Cute, rushed, random, with moments of absurdity that make me laugh and sigh simultaneously.
💭 Final Mood:
“Cute cat. Screaming FL. Sung Hoon being Sung Hoon. Random romance chaos. Would I watch again? Maybe, if I want 15-minute snacks of chaos. 3/5 for drama, 4/5 for cast, 5/5 for cat.”
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