HEYYYYY.... they cut off some of his magnificent LOCKS.
>: [ grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

This certainly cleaned my palate after slogging through Interest of Love. I binged this today and while predictable, it was upbeat and fun. The award for best long hair EVER goes to Kim Ji-Hoon. Damn, that man is fine. And Teo Yoo was the perfect male lead.
Love to Hate You was overall the absolute right thing to watch before the last 2 episodes of Trolley.

There are some interesting scenes, few funny moments and good acting, but the overall story and the lead characters do not grab me. Drop!

It’s a breezy watch. It's pure romcom without murder mystery/ serial killer sprinkled in between (which is becoming rare occurrence in k-drama land nowadays). The actors are competent, pacing is alright.
The storyline could have been better.
Is it something great and will remain with you for long time? - Absolutely not.
Is it an easy, breezy romcom which will entertain you for about 10 episodes which you will forget it in few weeks.

I've only watched 2.5 episodes but I like it. It's definitely a pure romcom, and although some of the social commentary isn't entirely effective, it's still nice to see a FL who is so openly feminist and unapologetic about it. I've never seen the ML in anything before (that I can recall off-hand, anyway) and he's good, too. Not a fan of longer hair on men, but Kim Ji-Hoon looks great and his chemistry with the ML is an unexpected bonus. Looking forward to watching more of this later today.

Perfect series to binge within two days.

After I had adjusted with the first episode to the fact that the main characters basically react over-the-top, I had quite a bit of fun with the rest of the episodes.

I just finished this and I really liked it. Its totally light-hearted, and maybe a bit predictable. But it's got an amazing vibe! The characters were so raw in the first few episodes, but I just love the way they developed so amazingly towards the end. The way our FL's character is written- its kinda inspiring in a way too. I really liked how the supporting characters supported the FL- it was just wholesome.
Btw Do Won-jun's hair~ Its honestly the next best thing after Ji Chang-wook in sound of magic

I'm starting episode 3 now. I'm completely hooked in as I love the female lead. She's super funny and the type of female character I need to watch at the moment. The rest of the cast is great as well.

Half way through the binge watch. I love the FL. The fact it's pure rom com is also great. A really light and fluffy watch. An 80s type vibe for some reason, I think it's some of the clothes. And that flight attendant uniform!

Watched 4 episodes and it’s so much fun. Love the FL! What’s not to love about a ML who pays to get beaten up and falls for her while getting beaten up. Lol.
Literal fight flirting indeed!!
not excited about the 2FL entry. Hope it still remains fun.

I am giving you a fair warning, this will be a bit of a rant. If you are enjoying this drama please skip my post as I don't want to taint your experience.
I love Kdramas for their ability to explore meaningful themes even as you are laughing out loud in the next scene or for the ability to make you think even as you are being entertained. I feel as if my complexity as a human and my intelligence and my desire to be entertained are satisfied, even being catered to. And this drama just has not shown kinship to that type of drama. I can name so-called idol dramas that have more depth.
Let me say that I am on episode 6 and I am enjoying parts of this, specifically when the main leads are together--they do have chemistry. But this drama also drives me up the wall. I fast forwarded through much of this drama at the beginning as I could not feel any sincerity to the piece--it felt like parts were added only to be added or to catch the eye of a specific audience. As if it was set up to be one thing in the premiere and then to settle into a more traditional Kdrama. Why is this necessary? I have seen this done now with a couple other Kdramas that are marketed on steaming platforms like Amazon or Netflix. As if the drama needs a fake skin in order to be desirable to a Western audience. Yes, I am talking about content, but ,more, I mean the tone and style.
Take the topic of misogyny. I know this is a quick, breezy drama, but this was thrown in like a chef adding spice rather than a meal to chew on (for example watch "Would You Like a Cup of Coffee for a short drama that knows how to also have a sincere, thoughtful script). The hero is set up as misogynistic only to be revealed that his enmity toward women in general results from--at least in large part--specific trauma in response to one woman. Then, the workplace colleagues come off as mere caricatures and so their blatant sexism is laughable--it doesn't make an impact further than our FL's eye roll. As compared to Misaeng, where the sexism was clearly systemic and was explored through a thoughtful lens.
On a personal and moral note, don't get me started on the whole idea that is prevalent in the America that if men do it, is it perfectly natural and therefore woman can do it too. The double standard does not look good on anyone. I was honestly turned off by the message that cheating is justified if both partners do it. And any violence like the one the FL is meeting out is abhorrent, whether done by a woman or man (I had to turn off Bad Prosecutor for this reason), especially when she has shown herself to be a poor judge and ,worse, a quick one.

I guess this is the drama that broke my camel's back. So, I apologize for anyone who made it this far.
I know I can just walk away, but the very silly part of me wants to see this to the end just to see how the writers manage the landing and to see if I have been too harsh. Perhaps this will end a la Pride and Prejudice with an ironic...

This show was so addictive, I watched it straight through. It had laugh out loud humour and had me smiling throughout. After so many disappointing romance dramas it was good to see one that didn’t pad out the story with a pick and mix of random genres. It’s not deep and meaningful but it was a lot of fun.

Binged!!!
I don’t remember the last time I binged a show! It was an easy watch. The humor surprisingly worked well here, with quite a few laugh out moments.
And I really liked how mature the leads were. Their romance was well done and I am glad they showed scenes of couple after they got together. And trying their best to work on their relationship.
The last episode felt a bit draggy with the scandal. I don’t understand Korea and their scandals! What looks like a normal relationship to me is apparently a scandal in Korea. Would have liked to see the FL be more unapologetic about her dating life rather than having to justify it with reasons.

And Kim Ji-hoon was just utterly gorgeous. Walking sex with glorious mane! I totally felt the FL friends’ struggle. Impossible to ignore his handsomeness.
What products does he use? Missed opportunity for PPL :)

And Tae Yoo grew on me as the show progressed.

Overall, a very enjoyable watch! 10 episodes went by quickly!

Finished all 10 eps in one go!
Super easy to watch, never know Ok-bin can do cringey aegyo acting 😆. But she is total badass in action scene.

Overall rating was 7.5 for me. I've seen Yoo Teo and Ok-bin in better series. The ending is mostly filler for audience who wish happy ending in rom-com.

P/S: Won Jun a.k.a Ji-Hoon's hair is damn flowy than mine 😂.
2nd beans of mine for this year 🥳

I just started ep 2 and it’s fun so far. Kinda funny how JH the manager seems more of a celeb than YT.

Glad to see I’m not the only one who binged this in one sitting. By the time the closing credits were rolling on episode 10, it was well past 5 am, and by the time I was able to decompress and get myself to bed, dawn had come and gone. Good thing today’s a Sunday! 😵

Similar to what a number of others have said, I thought the show was a fun, predictable watch, with enough complexity to keep you engaged and interested in the characters without creating a lot of angst. I found myself smiling through most of it; once it was over, however, I began to reflect on its good and not-so-good elements:

I agree that the chemistry and relationship development between the two leads was one of the highlights, and that the weakest part was the perfunctory, unnecessary relationship between the second leads.

Gang-Ho’s visceral aversion to the opposite sex struck me as a bit extreme, as was Joo-Bin’s sudden pining for him after they hadn’t seen each other for years. It would have been helpful to know more about their prior relationship, particularly how it ended. But with only 10 episodes, I guess there was room for only so much exposition.

I think the Won-Jun/Na-Eun relationship had potential, but would have needed to be more fully developed to make it work. I found Na-Eun’s behavior frustratingly childish, especially since she had her bestie Mi-Ran as a model of female empowerment. Won-Jun came across as much more mature and self-aware, which made it hard to understand what he could possibly see in her. And the bit with the limo and flowers was totally out of character!

I loved Mi-Ran’s independence, self-confidence, and sense of justice. I only wish she didn’t use physical violence as her tool of first resort when it came to conflict resolution. I also found irksome her drive (and ability) to be better than pretty much everybody at pretty much everything. In my experience, people like that are usually resented rather than loved—but Gang-Ho seemed totally fine with her repeatedly showing him up.

As others have mentioned, a deeper dive into Mi-Ran’s family relationships would have added a lot more dimension to the story.

So… I think I need to give LTHY two separate ratings: a 10 for “bingeability” and pleasure in watching, and maybe a 7.5 or 8 for the actual quality of the show.

BTW — Shouldn’t the show more properly be called “Hate to Love You”? That’s the general story arc!

Agree with the majority of Beanies here - a fun watch! I simply liked the relationship between our leads when they got together. They had some meaningful conversations, they were looking out for each other, they gave each other space, they wanted to learn from each other, they trusted each other. Bit rushed because of the 10 ep limit, but I really enjoyed watching them both getting together and being together.

I did binge-watch too...short episodes made it so easy. But have to say I'm out of step with most commenters here, especially when Mi-Ran, our FL, is considered "inspiring" and a role-model for female empowerment. The social justice/revenge that she sought out in law school seemed more like Vigilante justice...especially when she judged the men so quickly (and on hear-say) and in the case of our ML, Kang-ho, she mistook an overheard comment out of context and decided on a guilty verdict. Don't get me wrong, her version of "justice" was often funny, but as it went on, it began to sour for me because she used her superior (and always better than anyone else's) mixed martial arts skills to get back at them. If that's what we aspire to as women when we empower ourselves, it makes me sad. We have so much else to offer than mirroring what men have traditionally displayed as 'strength'. The series made it seem like in order to erase the dark shadows of 'mysogyny' from past history, we need to become physically badass females who embrace 'misandry' now and mirror the past by showing contempt and predjudice toward men.
OR...another strength our FL had, was to be better than men at EVERYTHING. She was the company's star lawyer, the BEST Stunt double the professionals had ever seen; she made the best cocktails at their group parties, drove the fastest, and beat Kang-ho at every game they played. The perfect woman and proud of it, right up until the very end when she ran after the drunk guys with a vengeful yell.
I don't know about you, but that puts a lot on a stereotype, even if it's comedy. Unlike 'Mi-ran' I'd like permission to 'less than' or equal to others sometime in many areas of my life. Way too much work to put the whole world on my shoulders and save everyone like she did. I'd rather see us all helping each other. Especially around the world these days where heroes and heroines are amazing, but when it comes down to it, the 'We' is much stronger than the "Me" to affect change. Apologies for the word-storm. Just offering my take on this drama after thinking about why I laughed, but yet felt something just didn't ring true for me in this comedy.

This is the rom com I didn't know I needed that I'm so glad to find through beannies recommendation.
Ep 8-9 live rent free in my head. When he asked her if she had ever told anyone "I love you" and when she said no, she was so vulnerable. But then he said it's okay and I MELTED, love the acting , writing and chemistry so much!

Was it perfect- NO.

But we loved it anyway.

I absolutely loved this light-hearted bit of nonsense. How nice to see a genuinely athletic heroine who can run without turning out her feet and waving her arms around! I enjoyed something that was NOT a profound study of the human condition (which Korean dramas do so beautifully), the two leads both made me laugh a lot especially with the silent running commentary. You are not SUPPOSED to look too closely at the detail, and if hairstyles change in the middle of a kiss I prefer to assume that it's something that happens to Korean actors in love scenes regularly, rather than a fault in continuity. I didn't mind the cheesy romantic finale between the two second leads - the manager with the long hair was divine and I was curious to see if the hair would get in the way if he kissed her. How nice to see long hair on a man NOT stuffed into a gold-encrusted top-knot, and what a change from the pudding-bowl cut with the fringe below the eyebrows which so detracts from the number of expressions available. The misogyny theme was definitely tongue-in-cheek, and so was the 100 one-night-stands, definitely cocking a snoop at conventional mores. I love it when a script can laugh at itself, and when the actors clearly get so much fun out of their performances. Breath of fresh air after the hugely depressing Interest of Love, and ten episodes was PERFECT!