Romantic rooftop housing with a killer view? Check. On the same weighing scale, however, the drama also serves up a healthy dose of dramaland to counter its realism. All these little problems of everyday life add up, and together, they form a mural of very real human-ness, and reaches into the hearts of the audience. When Sul-hee and Joo-man’s relationship enters rocky waters due to a third party, Jang Ye-jin ( Pyo Ye-jin), she isn’t the usual catty, evil, and easy-to-hate boyfriend thief. Ae-ra, although in the very attractive form of Kim Ji-won, has the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and embarrassingly farts multiple times in the presence of her then-unrevealed-to-be-a-cad suitor, Park Moo-bin ( Choi Woo-shik). How many of us, like Ae-ra, have continuously shied away from pursuing our dreams because of the fear of failure? How many of us, like Joo-man, have constantly stuck it out at work, only to progress up the corporate ladder at snail’s pace? These life problems are real and relatable, thus endearing us to the characters.Īt the same time, this realism is also manifested in the details of everyday life. Nevertheless, the underlying principles of these problems are universal. Of course, being a drama, the problems are sometimes dramatized - such as Dong-man’s bribery scandal, for example. This plotline is not new to the world of K-drama, but what really makes this premise work, however, is the very nature of these obstacles - small, mundane, and sometimes even petty. As with every man on the street, however, it is always easier said than done all four face numerous obstacles that prevent them from fulfilling their dreams. But bubbling just beneath the surface is a burning desire to be lead their lives to the fullest (whatever ‘fullest’ may mean to each of them) - to become a fighter for Dong-man, a news anchor for Ae-ra, and for Joo-man and Sul-hee, to simply have the resources and freedom to get married and live together happily. Dong-man, once a regional taekwondo athlete, now works as a pest exterminator while Ae-ra, with multiple failed attempts at becoming a broadcaster under her belt, mans the information desk in a shopping mall. Joo-man and Sul-hee, who have been dating for the past six years, both work at a food manufacturing company where Joo-man is an assistant manager and Sul-hee works in the home-shopping department, tending to customers on the phone all day long.Īll four lead ostensibly ordinary, average lives. The drama revolves around the lives of four childhood friends - Ko Dong-man, Choi Ae-ra, Kim Joo-man ( Ahn Jae-hong), and Baek Sul-hee ( Song Ha-yoon) - and the pursuit of their dreams. We kindly ask that readers use spoiler tags in the comments when discussing the episodes that have yet to be reviewed. This review contains some spoilers for Episodes 1-8. But actually seeing the remarkable chemistry on-screen only makes it all the better and don’t we all love it when dramas meet - and even exceed! - our expectations? Peaking at 11.4% on its sixth episode, it has edged out its competitors, My Sassy Girl and Lookout, on the other two major broadcasting networks. Truth be told, the casting of Park Seo-joon and Kim Ji-won as the leads already generated a good amount of interest in and of itself. The 16-episode drama has since, however, seen a steady ascent in its viewership over the last eight episodes. Following a spate of two-episode dramas in light of the South Korean elections, Fight My Way finally made its premiere on KBS on the 22nd of May, with a modest debut rating of 5.4%.