Make Me Tingle

Worth the watch? Our honest answer, and who it’s aimed at.

Romcoms about two people with opposite values are a K-drama staple, but the pairing here is unusually pointed. A woman raised in a strict, traditional household ends up marketing for a man whose business is adult products. If you liked the client-and-partner friction of Business Proposal, this is a more open-ended version of that setup, with the clash sitting in their values and not just their jobs.

Nam Ji-hyun and Kim Jae-young lead, and the setup gives both of them clear comic territory: she plays the careful one, he plays the unbothered one. How the show keeps their dynamic from becoming a one-note argument is the open question. It will have to build something warmer than the contrast, the way Love in Contract found feeling inside a mismatched pair.

This is a preview, written before episode one has aired. The premise is sharp, the schedule is binge-friendly with four episodes on opening day, and the rest depends on whether the writing treats Yeon-su’s convictions with respect. We’ll update this post with a full review once the drama is on air.