There’s been so much blowback on the source material webtoon that will be adapted into the K-drama Convenience Store Morning Star (Convenience Store Saet Byul) that I curiously glanced and it and erm it’s totally not my tea. Hopefully the adaptation will take merely the set up and remove all the sleazy stuff otherwise it’ll come across as perverted ahjusshi and big chested college girl icky romance. Leads Ji Chang Wook and Kim Yoo Jung will be joined by Han Sun Hwa playing Ji Chang Wook’s girlfriend in the story, and it reads like the token second female lead role where she gets her man stolen except they probably were never all that serious to begin with. I’m concerned this isn’t the right project for all involved but will maintain a healthy sense of optimism. Continue reading →