Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food Ends with 6% Ratings But Mixed Audience Reviews

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• I could swear it was boring. Makjang with excessive kiss scenes everywhere. I'd rather watch My Ahjussi 4 times a week than waste my time watching Pretty Noona, but I didn't. I regret it.

  • What an irrelevant comparison!

  • An open letter to My Ahjussi fans,

    I’m glad you think My Ahjussi is a masterpiece, I just don’t see why you feel compelled to talk about it in a Pretty Noona post.

    Sincerely,
    Timelate

  • why compare the 2 when they are completely different themes? its like comparing an action movie to a comedy, you just cant compare them... that being said pretty noona was so slow (but with great romance) I still haven't finished it. My ajusshi I know had a great beautiful story but I also dropped it because I just cant get into IU, she is just bad and I don't care if people thinking her acting improved because even with improvement its still bad.

    • Oh please. You didn't even care to watch my ahjussi and commented on how bad IU's acting is. Even the IU haters have been complementing on her acting on this drama and korean netizens as well. Please watch the drama first before making derogatory comments on her acting. Or else it would seem like you just dislike her.

    • IU was beyond good in MM. Give credit where credit is due because you are coming across as a hater.

    • Like I said I DROPPED it (after watching about half of it), I didn't say I didn't watch it. I just can't stand her acting. And like I said I know most people think she was good here but I just don't buy her as an actress because she doesn't come off realistic to me. I'm not a hater, I don't listen to any kpop music so I have no favoritism to some other singer, the only reason I know her is from the 5 or so dramas I've seen and I thought she was bad in all of them. I would have finished this one if I liked the male lead but I could careless about him so even if the script was amazing I just couldn't watch more than half... actually I take it back I liked her in the first drama I saw of hers it was a weekend one where she was adopted, I forgot the name of it but I had no problems with her I that show but the ones after I didn't like her acting.

  • Let's compare with 'Live' that share similar timeslot in Saturday instead. I can't see this 'Pretty Noona' can beat 'Live' in any way. 'Pretty Noona' just a mediocre drama made by awards winner Ahn Pan Seok, while 'Live' was a meaningful drama made by "once the worst rating gainer", Noh Hee Kyung. I can see here and there in South Korea, there's many people with bad taste, including Lee Kwang Soo's teammates in Running Man who mock him with JHI, LOL

    • LIVE is a very good drama and as far as I know they got high ratings too that's why they are rewarded to have a vacation. The cast in LIVE are all good. At least it's different that they tackle about the police life. Noh Hee Kyung is really good in touching people's heart remember It's okay it's love and Dear My Friends. I prefer Watching LIVE than something in the rain that most of the scenes are hugging and kissing. Even Lee Kwang Soo's acting gets better in this drama.

• Hahaha... What a contrast to My Ajusshi whose ending left half of its fandom completely frustrated by complete lack of skinship.

  • "Half of its fandom" - what an exaggeration! I guess I belong to the other half because I am totally satisfied with MA's ending. You are wrong about "complete lack of skinship", I saw a nice friendly hug in the last episode. BTW have you watched MA at all, are you making things up here?? ?

    • chill...

    • Okay, yes, there is one hug in the last episode. Of course I've seen MA. It's my favorite drama to date.

    • @Puff - I am pretty chilled after I vented out my thoughts. @KS - I am glad you like MA, you sounded frustrated from what you wrote.

  • Lack of skinship indeed, signing off with plenty of longing gaze, one small hug and a long handshake but boy, each and everytime my heart flutters ?

    My Ajusshi shot straight to become my all-time favourite drama. I wonder will there be any drama this year which could top up MA.

    • Pretty Noona is actually entertaining too.

      I watched the 1st 4 episodes of Lawless Lawyer. I didn’t expect anything much from it at first but dang, it’s amazing. It’s an acting powerhouse for sure.

    • What’s good with Lawless Lawyer it has satirical sense to it. It’s has artistically done action sequences and heck it was so funny too and touching your heart at the same time. Also, I didn’t understand how SK previous past president Park Guen Hye , her aide &best friend and her cohorts corruption case, but looks like they are showing those thinga through this drama.

    • the biggest draw in Lawless Lawyer is The directing (it's kim Jin Min, no wonder), and the second one is the ensemble cast (They are all a very well cast). The writing is pretty simple so far. Every frame filled with every tropes in korean drama out there. The writers should be thankful on her/his luck.

    • Lawless Lawyer is interesting but in no way can top up My Ajusshi. My Ajusshi is a masterpiece and has set the bar too high in term of artistic value. I like LL - the plot is fast moving, the acting is fantastic (how can it not be when we have my dear Lee Jun Ki here) and the directing is good but I love MA in a totally different level.

      Perhaps the upcoming "Life" can prove to be a challenge since it is coming from the same writer of the very lauded "Secret Forest", who knows?

    • Kim Jin Win is good. Though his last drama ‘The Liar and His Lover’ was not a hit but I love it. I heard he was the one who was also in-charge of the casting. I really love the ensemble of casts. The director did perfectly well in putting all the actors together. They seem to be in sync with each other even the supporting characters are amazing who complements perfectly with the leads.

    • @alexa If you are going to talk about lawless lawyer and analyse artistic value.Then compare it to currently airing legal dramas like Suits, Miss Hamurabbi, Switch etc not "My Ahjussi".Or better still analyse it with other thriller genre dramas like "Signal" and Secret Forest and see whether it is meeting the standard they set so far or not.

      I would compare "my ahjussi" with other "slice of life/healing" dramas like "live" because they are based on the same premise.Telling the story of ordinary people, doing regular jobs with everyday struggles and how they overcome them and heal each other.

    • @RubyRed

      Did you even read my comment properly? I did not even brought up LL until it was mentioned as a reply to me. And like I said, to me, My Ajusshi is a masterpiece so there is no way I can compare it with LL.

      And please, if all dramas are only to be compared with those of the same genre, then how did they come up with awarding "Best Drama" at the end of the year? Is Mother and Secret Forest and Prison Playbook of the same genre? Is Signal, 6FD and DOTS of the same genre? So, there EXIST a certain standard that qualify for those dramas even with contrasting genres and story to to tell to be compared.

    • @alexa.no need to be agressive.I am not trying to start an argument with you.Nor am i aiming to change your opinion.You are entitled to your taste and opinion too.I based what am saying on what is being written about the dramas.Go and read the Korean media and see the reviews and what is being said about the dramas.

      Also we could argue for eternity about award ceremonies(even baeksang)because I see no such thing as a set standard for all dramas.They are very inconsistent with their award giving.You mention DOTS, SFD and SFD.DOTS is no where near the artistic value(writing, directing and acting) standard of signal or SFD.The reason it won the awards is because of its popularity.Mother, Prison Playbook, and Secret Forest are indeed different genre but they were never compared to each other.In my opinion,each won on its own merits and for different reasons.

    • @alexa but what we can agree on os that this drama failed.to live up to its hype while ahjussi met the expectations of its target audience.

  • I’m glad there was no ''skinship’’. Not everything has to be sexualized. Platonic love is possible too you know-

    • I appreciate MA just the way it is. The lack of skinship is partially what made the bond between DH and JA so beautiful. The emotion did all the wonders. That is what we called "magic".

    • I agree completely! I can't think of another drama that shows more love than My Ajusshi.

    • My Ahjusshi didn't need any skinship. It wasn't even about love. It was about compassion , healing and family. Brilliant drama. True masterpiece.

• Junghaein doesn't seem so nice anymore thanks to you-know-what, and yeah the drama is boring i dropped after ep.2

• Talking about average rating, pretty noona is little bit higher than my ahjussi. But for reviews, mostly positif for MA and various (positif & negative) for pretty noona.

• Why do My Ahjussi fans like to compare their drama to this? Lol.

  • You'received right. There's no point for comparison. My Ahjussi was a masterpiece.

    • You're

    • Congratulations you have won My Ahjussi’s most annoying and biggest Gloater award!

      In case you don’t know what this award entails; a gloating award is awarded to the person who dwells on their favourite drama’s own success ( In this case My Ahjussi) and rags on another drama’s misfortune (in this case Pretty Noona) with smugness and malignant pleasure.

      You my dear internet person is something fandom desperately needs less off

  • Probably they aren't happy about pretty noona's media play.

  • IU fans seems to be so insecure of IUs acting. I thought

    • I don't think IU fans hang out here tbh.

  • Because these dramas are being compared a lot in korea including in korean media. They aired around the same time and a stark contrast to each other. That's why.

    And not everyone watching Ajusshi are IU's fans but I dare say all are impressed with her superb acting in Ajusshi.

    • I am surprised by the aggressive comments on this page. Also, people here just tend to say rude or negative things about IU it seems. I am also not an IU fan and I am not even into Korean music but she was really impressive on my ahjussi. Also, I think you are right about the fact that when choosing the best drama of the year we don't choose on the basis of the genre of the dramas. So I would say that although I did love pretty noona at first but the story really didn't have much to offer in the long run. It had excessive skinship, which I found a bit too much for my taste, but even if I ignore that, the makjang storyline in this slice of life piece seemed just too much. I really wish they had something more in the script apart from the typical mom, and friend's disagreement on the main couple getting together. It just kept dragging. Also from day 1, we saw they just fell for each other. We never got to know how they fell for each other. So IMO it would have been more interesting if this was about their journey and not the destination and the post-love journey. Cause I could see that the writer had nothing much in her hand apart from these family complications. You can't keep watching a drama based on the pretty.

    • FYI, My Pretty Noona was on Fri&Sat, 11pm timeslot while My Ajushi was on Wed & Thur, 9.30om timeslot.

  • They aired at the same time on cable networks in Korea and the Korean media itself compared them, it's really not that deep.

    • Contrary to popular belief, but Pretty Noona and My Ahjussi weren’t competing in the same time slot. My Ahjussi aired on TVN on Wednesdays & Thursdays and Pretty Noona aired on JTBC on Fridays & Saturdays .

  • My Ahjussi fans just want to gloat about their success and Pretty Noona’s apparent “failure”. When yanno if you look at the numbers Pretty Noona had the higher average viewership rating.

    • You will get attacked my MA's fans in 3 seconds... They won't allow anyone to say anything else other than heap praises on their fave drama.

    • Compare with 'Live' instead, dear. Pretty Noona (Fri-Sat), Live (Sat-Sun). Even without pretty faces like Son Ye Jin and Jung Hae In, 'Live' got higher average viewership rating. And all I can say is that Lee Kwang Soo, Bae Sung Woo, Jung Yu Mi and the other characters connections are deeper than SYJ-JHI's lust connection.

  • @jess.I cant help but be amused too.I mean how can you compare an apple to an orange and say which one is better.Thats what they are doing here.I mean pretty noona has glaring flaws but still one is a "romance drama" and one is a "slice of life" drama.

    Sorry to say this, but I think the "international 'my ahjussi' fans" here feel like their drama is not praised enough in the international media, and was buried in the hype compared to this drama so they have to praise their drama every chance they get.It doesnt matter if the koreans are talking about pretty noona and ahjussi simultaneously just because they aired at the same time.I mean even if both had positive reviews and high quality..one would not compare to the other because they are not the same genre.

    In any case, this was not a good comebback for Son Ye Ji.They clearly cast her coz she is a beauty and her star power not because they had quality role and script for her.I bet they sold her the catch that maybe this will be a femalecentric story.Like focus on her journey in how she fell in love with a younger man, her struggles and blah.But everything from the execution of the plot to the directing and the way this drama was promoted was off.As for Jung Hae In, he screwed himself with that baeksang issue, otherwise the public would still be fawning over him and wishing he would get a better quality drama soon.But now they just dont care anymore what happens to him career wise except for his fans.

  • As viewer, it's hard not to compare
    1) Relationship between ajusshi and young girl vs noona and dongseng (age gap)
    2) Dark vs light n fluffy
    3) Zero Skinship vs plenty make out sessions

    How PN was marketed as romance drama and yet not ended up feeling romantic at all and how did MA not being a romance drama yet being so romantic? How PN made the relationship of OTP not worthwhile but MA made you care so much of the pair? It's the effects of both dramas especially in handling the common subject that is relationship, which is what drawing so much comparisons.

    It's not about being sour that MA that getting much recognition among i-fans (though Idk where the hell did anyone come up to such stupid comment), it's again the effect that the dramas had despite being polar opposite, yet sharing the same subject of telling stories of ordinary people and human relationship.

    That is WHY.

    • Thank you for saying so well why a comparison is not unwarranted. The two dramas are similar yet very different. No one is feeling salty that My Ajusshi is not getting enough recognition. In fact, the result speaks for itself.

    • This, thank you Mischa for the comparison. Couldn't have said it better myself. Yes, despite the fact that my ahjussi was promoted as a nonromance drama it gave the vibe of a romance drama overall, even with zero skinship. But you don't need romance to feel deep affection for people so that says a lot. Also I don't think any international fan is salted from the lack of rave reviews of my ahjussi lol. It's rather the opposite. Even lot of actors from kmedia have been giving positive remarks about this drama so I think MA has already been able to make an impact.Having said that I don't know why this comment is even being made because noone is trying to undermine the success of pretty noona. In its earlier days I have seen good reviews on PN as well, but it just wasn't able to maintain the momentum overall. And we only have the writer and the story to blame.

• I rarely watch popular kdramas hahaha most of them are overrated with meh story. It's not a lost for me to skip this one even tho I like SYJ

• ❤️ this drama.. miss them already

  • PNWBMF is amazing because it gave me heart flutter feelings in every scenes. Many people asked why SYJ chose this project. The answer is simple: Her character’s flaws. She is the actress who doesn’t need to play strong, flawless, smart, modern woman. She can play any. The more negative the better. She pulled of Jin Ah character perfectly, the way it was given to her. She is different from other actresses who like to portray tough and smart characters that are loved by audiences. That’s why SYJ is “one of the kind” actress, jjust like PD Ahn described her. Some people said this drama has no plot. It really depends on how to view it. It’s a love story between a man and a woman who went through struggles in life to be together. Only those who went through similar struggles would understand the story line. I appreciate everyone: actors, PD, writer, and production staff, that put this drama together beautifully. Through this drama, I came to love JHI who has great acting potential. I’m looking forward to more projects from SYJ and JHI. Well done!

• Stopped watching after Episode 5. I'd like to have my hours back but it's my fault for seeing this as at that time, it was soooo hyped. Maybe I'll pass on kdramas for a bit and watch jdramas for the meantime.

• I've said it since early days, this drama has visual without substance

  • Exactly. Slice of life wrongly done.

• stopped watching after episode 10. So much skinship and kissing there and here and the drama becomes draggy. It wouldve been a whole lot better if they ended it at 10 episodes rather than trying to lengthen the drama by adding those makjang scenes and stories. Anyway congrats to Son Ye Jin, she is the only reason why I watched the drama, couln't care much of Jung Hae-in before and after his controversy.

  On a sidenote, I really want Jo In Sung or Kang Dong Won to be paired with Son Ye Jin in a drama after this.