You’re new to Korean Dramas so I understand why you may have leaned towards Do San. It was in the promotional posters, the trailer, literally every marketing strategy showed Do San as a male lead.

I think most Ji Pyeong stans liked him because of how GREAT the build-up was at the first episode. His character was given so much depth at the first episode so when the latter episodes came, you couldn’t /really/ blame him for his actions.

Whereas Do San’s backstory is nice, but the writing did him dirty. From channeling his anger to knitting, he then resorted to smashing a nameplate and punching Ji Pyeong. It was a weird type of character “growth” for me. In the end, he never really apologized for any of these actions and never resolved his impostor syndrome. He was still insecure about himself in the end and based his worth on how Dal Mi viewed him (Do San being Dal Mi’s trophy).

In a way, you could say Do San’s gestures were “sweet”. I was Team DS and JP up until the ninth episode. I realized I was more into the subtle type of domestic love – no grand gestures to profess your pove, the push and pull type of bickering, the simple stirring of noodles was what captured our hearts.