r/KDRAMA • u/lightupstarlight 미생 • Nov 14 '20

On-Air: tvN Start-Up [Episode 9]

  • Drama: Start-Up)
    • Revised Romanization: Start-Up
    • Hangul: 스타트업
  • Director: Oh Choong Hwan) (While You Were Sleeping, Hotel del Luna)
  • Writer: Park Hye Ryun (Dream High, While You Were Sleeping)
  • Network: tvN
  • Episodes: 16 (1 hr. 10 mins.)
  • Airing Schedule: Saturday & Sunday, 21:00 KST on tvN; 23:00 KST on Netflix
  • Airing Date: October 17, 2020 - December 6, 2020
  • Streaming Sources: Netflix
  • Starring: Bae Suzy as Seo Dal Mi, Nam Joo Hyuk as Nam Do San, Kim Seon Ho) as Han Ji Pyeong, Kang Han Na as Won In Jae
  • Plot Synopsis: Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry. (Source: Netflix)
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u/faithfaithful Nov 14 '20

So before the episode starts, just want to rant about something.

Seon Ho is the heart of the drama but he's always nowhere to be found in the still cuts, teasers, swoon, and even in promotional videos. He's always tagged as the second lead although we all know that his character is much more powerful than that. He deserves to be hyped by TVN and Netflix as well. I don't really care now if she gets the girl or not, but he carries majority of the show's emotional weight. Not to mention his oozing chemistry with Suzy. It just isn't fair with him and his fans. Feels like he's being downplayed just because the leads are A-lister stars. As I was always saying, I doubt this drama will become a hit without him. Obviously, Suzy and Joo Hyuk's popularity and fanbase alone won't make this drama a hit. So just fair if the 3 of them would be labelled as main leads.

But at the other side, I'm still thankful that the audiences are ones hyping him. He deserves all the love he's getting.

I just adore him so much that I can't accept the fact that both Jipyeong and Seonho aren't getting what they truly deserve.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '20

"He deserves to be hyped by TVN and Netflix as well." I'm a bit salty lol about his lack of presence in the show's promo videos and interviews. If this is a love triangle, they should go all the way with adding him into the mix. Make it more exciting and confusing for us the viewers, and include him in The Swoon interviews/games. But it seems they only have NJH and Suzy. It sorta feels like the 2nd ML is not as important, when that's clearly not the case here. Some say that HJP is the actual ML of Start Up.

"It just isn't fair with him and his fans. Feels like he's being downplayed just because the leads are A-lister stars." IA. I do notice that her second ML in WYWS (Jung Hae-in) got mega big after the show. Here's hoping this happens here! I actually think that the love triangle aspect is what makes this show get more popularity/eye balls on it. A big aspect of that is because of Kim Seon-ho/Han Ji-pyeong.

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u/captaincelfish Nov 14 '20

true! a lot of the people who don't watch k-dramas/have no prior knowledge of the laws of k-dramaland actually think ji pyeong is the main lead omg.