Coupang Play series 'The absolute value of romance' (released every Friday at 8 p.m. on Coupang Play) captivated home viewers with Kim Hyang-gi and Cha Hak-yeon's uninhibited comic performances and unpredictable developments.
In episode 7, Ui-joo (Kim Hyang-gi)'s audacious manuscript swap provoked Woo-soo (Cha Hak-yeon)'s anger, who grabbed the back of his neck, producing big laughs from the start. But the laughter was short-lived: under Da-joo (Kim Jae-hyun)'s secret pressure to secretly film Woo-soo, who was refusing documentary filming, Ui-joo resorted to surreptitious filming but was caught on the spot, and the situation escalated to the worst.
In the process, it was revealed that Woo-soo had a deep past trauma that made him avoid cameras, and his bitter remark, "Betrayal is a feeling that comes from having believed," wrapped Ui-joo in guilt. Soon after, Ui-joo collapsed without knowing why, and a flustered Woo-soo carried her and rushed to the emergency room, heightening the tension.
The highlight of the following episode 8 was the "emergency room catastrophe." Scenes showed Ui-joo, believing she had an incurable disease, pouring out her final words, and Woo-soo, distraught and not knowing what to do, but when an absurd diagnosis result was announced immediately after, viewers burst into laughter.
Kim Hyang-gi's desperate struggle and cry to transfer schools over creating the worst black mark of her life and Cha Hak-yeon's comic performance, whose soul seemed to have left his body in utter exasperation, produced a legendary scene worthy of the "lovable toddeu" label.
The change in the relationship between the two, strengthened through the crisis, also draws attention. Woo-soo encouraged Ui-joo to write the story she truly wanted to write rather than something for proofreading, offering a tsundere-tinged encouragement: "Try to understand that reckless move once."
'The absolute value of romance,' praised as the pinnacle of the "lovable toddeu," leaves viewers curious about the future between teacher and student relationships.<
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