Late at night on September 8, a topic titled “Today’s ending of ‘Love Next Door’ is seriously bad” was published on the Korean forum ‘theqoo’, drawing over 72,000 views and 300 comments as of the morning of the next day.
In particular, in the latest episode of Jung Hae-in and Jung So-min’s K-drama “Love Next Door”, it was revealed that Jung So-min’s character, the female lead, has stage 2 stomach cancer and underwent chemotherapy a few years ago.
엄친아 8화 엔딩
석류 위암 2기에 수술이요? 항암이요?
미친거아냐? 휴직기간에 …
그녀의 비밀이 이거였어 ㅁㅊ pic.twitter.com/nLrcMro039— 무영 (@full_moonx2) September 8, 2024
As “Love Next Door” is supposed to be a romance-comedy series, many audience members find this melodramatic development to be outdated, boring, and cringey, and thus left harsh reviews.
Below are some comments from K-netizens:
- Oh, why do I suddenly get so annoyed when something like a brain tumor comes up…
- Ah, I have to stop watching it. It’s over the limit
- What the heck, I stopped watching because the dialogue was bad, but now the plot is also bad
- Stomach cancer LOL. This is really a mess.
- This trope is getting outdated and boring already… Can’t screenwriters stop writing cancer into K-dramas?
- It seems like the actors were scammed by the synopsis too
- Isn’t this supposed to be a rom-com? Why the heck is the female lead revealed to have cancer?
Source: theqoo
