TVING’s latest BL romance series, Unintentional Love Story, has managed to create a fan base despite just airing the show’s first few episodes. Revolving around Ji Won Young and Yoon Tae Joon, the love story you’ll be seeing on the show is different and has a much sweeter vibe to it as compared to the other enemies-to-lovers dramas that are being aired at present.
This series has been airing since March 17th, 2023, and has been directed by Jang Eui Soon, who’s widely known for her work like Triple, Coffee Prince, and Peach of Time. The drama is based on a web novel by PIBI that goes by the same name, which is also known as Biuidojeog Yeonaedam. PIBI’s webtoon ended up receiving a comic book award in the year 2021.
Unintentional Love story stars a member of the boy band B1A4, who goes by the name Gongchan. Along with Gongchan, Cha Seo-Won will be starring in the leading roles. Both of these South Korean actors have been a part of hit shows such as Second Husband, Miss Lee, To My Name, and many others. This is the first time Gongchan and Seo-won would be working together as costars.
The story of the show involves Ji Won Young being fired from his job at a reputed company only because his superior was corrupt and did shady stuff behind the scenes. Despite being innocent, Won-Young ends up jobless. Fortunately for him and his superior, he finds the boss’s favorite ceramic worker living a quiet life in a faraway village.
This comes as the light at the end of the tunnel for Won-young as he finally sees a way to get the boss to give back his prestigious job. He does his best to get closer to Yoon Tae Joon, but it’s only a matter of time until he finds out the real reason Won-young has been forcing himself into his life.
Unintentional Love Story: About The Cast
Asides from Cha Seo Won as Yoon Tae Joon and Gongchan as Ji Won-young, the cast of Unintentional Love Story also includes actors like Han Do Woo and Won, Tae Min. Han Do Woo plays the role of Kim Dong Hee, while Won Tae Min will be Go Ho Tae. Other cast members in supporting roles include Im Joon Hyeok as Choi In Ho and Lim Hyun Tae as Do Shik.
Born in Suncheon, South Korea, Gong Chan-Sik, also called Gongchan both a talented singer and an actor. He won the Eoljjang Challenge back when he was still in school, which led to him being discovered by talent agencies. He was introduced as a member of B1A4 in April 2011 and has since been a vocalist in the group. Gongchan had also been part of a mobile game called I Need Romance, where he plays the character Eun Sehyun.
Other examples of Gongchan’s work include Delicious Love (Park Sung-Jun), Mokkoji Kitchen (Moo-young), and the movie Mr. Boss (Hyun Joon). His costar, Cha Seo-won, is a Busan-born actor that first began his television career through the show The Heirs. While many examples of his work exist, Cha Seo-won became popular after his role in the show The Second Husband, where he played the role of Yoon Jae-min.
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He has also been nominated for awards such as KBS Drama Awards and APAN Star Awards for his work. Other TV shows and movies Cha Seo-won has starred in include Miss Mamma Mia, Sisters In Law (Choi Dong-Joo), The Rich Son (Nam Soo hwan), Liver or Die (Lee Wi-sang), and Miss Lee (Park Do-Joon).
Unintentional Love Story: The Plot
Unintentional Love Story is a lighthearted tale of romance between two people that come from very different lives and have dissimilar personalities. Ji Won-young has a cheerful, positive attitude and will do anything to please his higher-ups, even if it means stalking someone for his good. Won-young’s persistent and doesn’t back down even if he is rejected multiple times.
As for Yoon Tae Joon, he’s more of a shy, quiet person who does his best to avoid all conversations unless necessary. He prefers hanging out by himself and working on his pottery and ceramic skills to going out to have fun. Tae Joon’s reclusive nature is what made him move to a peaceful and less populated village on the outskirts.
Ji Won Young works in one of the best conglomerates in the city, but his ideal job is taken away right in front of his eyes as his superior at work is found guilty of corruption. No one cares that Woo Young wasn’t at fault, and he has no choice but to leave the company. He somehow comes across Yoon Tae Joon and immediately recognizes him as the guy whose work used to be greatly appreciated by his boss.
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When he informs his superior, they come up with a plan to get Tae Joon back in the city, which would hopefully help their boss’s anger subside at least a bit. Won young shifts to the village and started working at the place where Tae Joon is. By getting closer each day, Won young tries to extract as much information as he can about Tae Joon, but what he does not realize is that he is getting attached to him as well.
Although Tae Joon is very reluctant to talk to Won young or even let him work at the same place as him, he eventually decides to let him do what he wants due to his stubbornness. Both of them start to have feelings for each other, despite Won young strongly believing that he is straight. As they work towards their relationship, the actual reason Won Young started to be with Tae Joon lurks around the corner and could end up causing problems in their newfound love.
Overall, Unintentional Love Story is a slow-paced, sweet, and lighthearted romance show that can be funny at times. Viewers have complained about the main characters not having any kind of chemistry between them, but it’s too soon to judge as the show has yet to air its other half of the episodes. The actors also seem to be improving in their portrayal of romance as the episodes go on.
Unintentional Love Story: Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp23_-a1vHc
Unintentional Love Story: Episode Schedule
This Korean BL drama will have a total of 10 episodes for its first season. New episodes of Unintentional Love Story are released on Fridays, with each episode having a run-time of 35-40 minutes. TVING releases two episodes of this series each week. The episode schedule will be as follows:
- Episode 1: March 17th, 2023
- Episode 2: March 17th, 2023
- Episode 3: March 24th, 2023
- Episode 4: March 24th, 2023
- Episode 5: March 31st, 2023
- Episode 6: March 31st, 2023
- Episode 7: April 7th, 2023
- Episode 8: April 7th, 2023
- Episode 9: April 14th, 2023
- Episode 10: April 14th, 2023
The first episode features Ji Won Young packing his stuff as he leaves the office after Manager Kim is charged with criminal activities. His employees feel sad for him as he had only worked at the place for two years and had no real fault in what happened. Won Young complains to his friend about the huge student debt he was yet to pay, along with his father’s debt.
To get over the whole stressful situation, his friend advises him to go on a vacation that would clear Won young’s mind. While having lunch at a small restaurant, he ends up breaking a ceramic plate that was loved by the woman who worked there. He sets out on a trip to buy a similar plate for the lady, which leads him to Yoon Tae Joon’s place.
After a discussion on different types of plates, Won young found the one he had been searching for. When he goes to pay for the plate, he remembers the time he was talking to manager Kim about the ceramic worker who was a painter’s son and produced beautiful work.
Unintentional Love Story: Streaming Guide
TVING takes up the streaming for Unintentional Love Story, and new episodes are aired at 11:00 pm ET (Thursdays) for viewers from the United States and at 12:00 pm (Fridays) for Korean viewers. Episodes of the KBL will also be available to stream on iQIYI, although in very limited locations. The timing of the release of new episodes in other places will be as follows:
- United Kingdom: 4:00 am, Fridays
- Australia: 2:00 pm, Fridays
- India: 8:30 am, Fridays
- Philippines: 11:00 am, Fridays
- Germany: 5:00 am, Fridays
- Canada: 11:00 pm, Thursdays
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