Introverted Boss (2017)

Could've been a lot better

Being an introvert, something with a title such as this one was sure to pique my interest. So I thought I would give it a go. It started off well enough. But then, some things started to rub me the wrong way. For example, the ML suffers from social anxiety rather than being an introvert (which is not something you need to treated for). But that could be something that was lost in translation. Also, putting the ML in situations which in reality could be quite dangerous for a person with such a disorder leading to panic attacks with hyperventilation or breathlessness among other things (I should know, I suffer from a mild case myself). And then there is the situation with the younger sister (I-Su). She needed treatment desperately. But the whole thing was getting brushed under carpet the whole time. If she had gotten the proper treatment, even if it was the assed attempts of portraying therapy (because frankly, that's not something therapists do) the whole thing would be so much easier (but then that would also negate the whole point of the series, so.......). So yeah, the portrayal of mental health was a huge turn off for me. Then there'sthe whole plot. It had every other person declaring left, right and center that it was their fault blah ,blah, blah. But who actually faced the consequences in the end? No-freaking-one, that's who. Also can I just comment on how messed up the (extended) Eun family is. Because, wow the parents..........they're are...something alright. All in all it had lots of potential if the direction it had taken was a bit different. But it had it's fun points too. Quite a lot of them. But for me personally, it was very much overshadowed by all the drawbacks.

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Intriguing drama with a pinch of darkness and heartfelt story

This drama is a little bit of everything. It has it's dark and light sides. It has the ups and downs. It gives off the feeling of familiarity and unfamiliarity at the same time.

I don't have any clue prior to watching this as to what to expect so when I watched the first episode I was immediately intrigued as to what psychological problem does the male character has. It kept me hooked up to some point until I felt like it wasn't an illness (from how I interpret it at least). Although the male lead made me reflect on myself on how it looks stupid living in your head and not doing anything in real life. This drama is not the best on its kind but it has a lot of valuable life lessons you can pick up all throughout which really made me love it.

The characters are cute and funny. They're actually new faces for me except maybe for Gong SeungYeon (I watched her from Are You Human Too?) but it wasn't a problem at all. The characters has their own individual attitude. Silent Monster's members played their roles very well. Having different personalities but making it work quite well. The chemistry is there.

As a package, this drama is worth the time to watch. It has very heartwarming stories about relationships with yourself, your family, your friends and your colleagues.

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The first half of My Shy Boss/Introverted Boss was hard to watch but I decided to keep watching in hopes that it would get better.
I feel like I was either really annoyed because of the female lead or really sad because of the male lead. The first half is filled with misunderstandings and immature characters. Luckily that starts to get better as the show goes on. There were quite a few life lessons taught that lead to a lot of character development/growth. It was nice to see the characters with their new found confidence, wisdom and happiness in the end.
The best way for me to summarize this series is if you can get past the first half, you'll enjoy a great second half.

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A likable enough drama

After years of watching amazing Kdramas, this one seemed quite a bit forced. The acting was mostly really good, but the story made it feel off. Everyone tried their best. Many reviewers seemed to feel that Park Hye-Soo didn't do a good job, especially for a newbie, but she actually did a decent job, even though she was made to act like a ping pong ball going all over the place. She still made the character likeable and believable.

The one thing that really left me with a bad taste in my mouth is the way the one night-stand between Ji-Hye and U-Il was handled. I mean come on! Who has feelings for one guy and sleeps with another...I could understand if the story showed her drunk and confused, but she wasn't the one who was drunk. It was clearly non-consensual sex which got glossed over. As a sister of someone who died like that, I would be outraged at Kang U-Il, yet everyone seems to just take that as a non-issue. None of the reviews I read here have mentioned that either. This one thing made watching the rest of the drama difficult.

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Looking through different reviews of this drama I was a little disappointed to see that it didn't get particularly good ratings, I love this drama and I would recommend it to anybody any day of the week.
The OST's were great (I'm listening to the sound track as I write this and it makes me want to rewatch the drama again), especially Memory by Ben, Because Of You by Kim EZ and One More Step by Sandeul- they're my favourites. The acting was well executed and the two leads played their characters well, it wasn't overdone or too melodramatic. There were sweet moments between the two leads, yes, you may have had to wait for them for a little while, but they happened eventually and they were incredible and worth waiting for.
I especially liked the acting of the second male lead, Yoon Park is a great actor who always portrays his roles well- In 'Hello My Twenties' he made me love his character so much, while in 'Introverted Boss' he made me hate him at moments and then love him at others. I really commend him for being to be able have that sort of duality.
I loved how you really got to watch Eun Hwan-Ki come out of his shell and get more comfortable with the Silent Monster team, many people argued that it happened too fast and it didn't really make much sense with the timing of events- but I disagree, I loved this aspect of the drama and loved seeing all the weird situations he got in when trying to help out his team-mates.
Another aspect of the drama that I loved is how sweet Eun Hwan-Ki (the male lead) is and how the drama portrayed this, everything he does he does it when thinking of how it will benefit others. He's just a shy little boy trying to express himself in the best way he can- yes it does come off as a bit creepy at the start of the drama but you learn to love his quirks and oddities as the drama progresses.

All in all I'd really recommend this drama, give a bit of time (don't drop it too soon) and I'm sure you'll come to love it as much as I do. Don't judge it too harshly at the start and go into watching it with an open mind. Everything will make sense at the end of the drama so don't get confused when it's a bit convoluted. Good luck :))

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Should you? Would you? Could you?

You should watch this one (YES! )
You would recommend this to others. (YES!)
You could watch this again. (NOT REALLY!)

ENDING: Happy :)

I gave it an extra star only for the male protagonist, Yeon Woo Jin. He’s brilliant in the role of the shy boss. The shifting of the eyes, the hesitant style of talking, the silent caring - all enveloped into a great characterization by him, evoking the sympathy of the viewer. The supporting actors are very good too in their respective roles. The story does drag a bit but the fast forward button comes to the rescue there. They could have wrapped it up in 12 episodes. It’s a one-time watch.

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Give the drama time

I can't lie, I did not like this drama ar first. The main female lead was so annoying I couldn't even fathom it, she was pushy and loud to the point it was just boring to watch. But around ep5 after the backstory episode, Chae Ro Woon did a 180 and she started to become likable.

The whole revenge story didn't really go anywhere as it got changed but i'm glad they didn't venture into that any further because Ro Woon wouldv'e became more unlikable. The whole storyline about her sister was quite interesting though, with the fact they made us think that she like U-il but he like Hwang Gi but in the back of my mind I allready guessed it to be fully honest.

With the male lead Hwang Gi, I really enjoyed his character because I can relate to him so much because I have a hard time communicating with people aswell so it was so intresting seeing it at a 3rd person sperpective and I learned it can create misunderstandings and can be annoying to some people. Hwang Gi is probably one of the most thoughtful male leads i've watched as he watched over Ro Woon for 3 years and also let her take her revenge and let it be. When He starts to change due to Ro Woon it actually made me very happy because he was able to speak his mind because when he's by himself he's very lively like me so I understand him so much so when he did that presentation or talk to his Silent Monster team it was so fun to watch. Watching Hwang Gi's character actually inspired me and I want to be like him someday to where I can express myseld freely.

Now with the female lead Chae Ro Woon, I detested her character at first. She was loud, obnoxious, pushy and had every bad trait a female lead could have. In episode 4 when Hwang Gi did his presentation, she realised that theres more to him than meets the eye and when she finds out more about him, she starts to mellow down but we all know this is because they changed the scripts because she was so annoying so I cant imagine how the story wouldv'e been if they didn't change it. One thing I liked about her new character is that she was really understanding of Hwang Gu's problem and helped him in the end, she even went as far as to forgiving him for her sisters death after realising how much he has done for her in the last year to make sure she wasn't lonely.

The main romance was actually quite fun to watch, the two had amazing chemistry, whenever they were in scenes together, they didn't have a bording scene after episode 4. Out of all the dramas i've watched these two would have to be in the top twenty couple becasue I loved the dynamic they were in, the male was introverted while the female was highly extroverted so they balanced eachother out really well.

With the secondary leads, they were your standard secondary leads to be honest. With U-il I really didn't like him at first due to his stupid decisions and his way of putting down Hwang Gi who was trying to change. But he did start to become likable near the end of the show due to telling people teh truth. With Yi So, I just felt really sorry for her, she was a victim aswell since she got betrayed. When she told Ro Woon's sister to disapear we all know she didn't mean that literally and she was just flustered. She was actually having a really hard time to where she felt suicidle and even resorted to self-harm. I actually like her character and I like her brother-sister bond with Hwang Gi.

The Silent Monster team was such a good cast as they made the show lighthearted but it was sometimes annoying when they misunderstood Hwang Gi. They were all diverse and had thier own personalities which was fun to watch,

There were 2 OSTs that were consistant and they were fun to listen to, there's not much to say about them to be honest.

Overall if you can get over the 4 episode slump at the start then I really reccomend you to watch this show because once you get over that hurdle. The two main leads are really enjoyable to watch as they have great chemistry.

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From 1st to 3rd episode it was like Cute Romcom but after 4 Episode because of female lead's annoying and overreacting character it become less intresting ..also I enjoyed unique concept like introversion at starting but then again they used it in a wrong way . Sorry to say but what's wrong with writers that they've written this kind of storyline.. because the reason of Secretary's suicide is disgusting (no spoilers but what she did was really nonsense and her mentality too).
Now Male lead... Instead of saying he is an Introvert or shy you can say he is WEAK OR CAN'T TAKE DECISION WISELY and he just think that he's saving everyone by keeping quite but as an introvert I can Literally say that there is something wrong with the Introversion personality analysis of writers of this drama.
I just dropped it after watching 14 episodes hardly and keep thinking that at last there'll be a good reason to watch this drama.
I can't watch it as "JUST A DRAMA " because it seems UNFAIR as a good and just nice romcom.

You can watch it if you don't mind with my reasons for not watching .
4/10

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I think the ML is the most SELFISH BASTARD I've ever seen. Even with his condition. He should be lucky his father is rich to accommodate his illness.
Alot of people seem to "relate" with the ML. But I don't. From ep. 1-9, I really hated his attitude. We can excuse your anxiety when you were little but how about now that you're grown??
He put in zero effort to communicate his feelings across and just allowed people believe what they want.

I mean, I'm putting myself in his shoes and getting anxious about being among people and looking them in the eyes but what about texting, what about coming up with a method that helps you communicate. Life is harsh and people won't just pity you because you're "shy".
What if his father was poor?? What if there was no money to get a pent house?? How would he afford to be independent without communication??
Even when the FL was giving him tips on how to develop means of communication, all he did was run.
But watched from far when she was talking to the SML and get angry shouting at him to leave. So you would rather she was lonely while you're far away because you can't communicate?? That's entirely stupid and not possible in this age of computers. I like how he was humiliated when asked to present.
You picked a team to work with yet did the whole work and asked them to present. How is that not self centered??

I got Soo angry at the ML because if his father wasn't rich, he would be dead meat. Life isn't fair. He identified his problem early but didn't try fixing it in a way that would be acceptable to the mainstream public. That's not acceptable in general.

How can you be secretive from even the man you're hiding behind??
You ask for the girl to be fired initially,l without telling him why. He gives you good reason why he can't because it would be suspicious. Then he starts falling for her and you play the "you can't date her card because she's..." Now he has reason to fire her but you don't want him to without giving him a reason.
You end up being rude to the same man who is taking blames on your behalf and forced into a marriage he clearly doesn't want.

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like and dislike
the main story was so cute especially the ML excluding the FL's character

after finishing this drama i discovered why many people was so harsh with this show

there were 3 huge flaws about this drama
the biggest one was the FL ...
i disliked her so much she definitely ruined the drama for me
but somehow after ep. 05 i got used to her

2nd
they mentioned the genre was comedy
this drama wasn't comedy at all except very few scenes
and not about introversion it's about ( Social Anxiety Disorder )

3rd
they tried to make it more thrill and tragedy but they fail
towards the end the events became so illogical and totally mess
they should stick with the first story that the ex-secretary loved (yoon park)
because it was totally nonsense she loved (Yeon Woo Jin) and let (yoon park)
kissed her not once but twice
one in public and one at the bed
and was totally bullshit she suicide because of gong seung
while she was in love with her brother not her fiancee

when you make something wrong first time we call it mistake
second time we call it on purpose dear
automatically if someone u didn't love kissed you you 'll slap him or at least push him away
the story of the secretary was totally mess and didn't persuade me at all
.......................................

first time ever to hate the 2nd main leads story
their characters were horrible ,not convincing and so annoying
someone like (Gong Seung Yeon) was definitely having Psychiatric disorder and she should go to the hospital for sure,
why did her brother leave her all that time
and not logical at all she suddenly got cured



these were the most annoying points for me at this drama
but i really enjoyed so much the character development of the ML
he was totally cute ^_^

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So another cute drama came to an end. At first I was kind of frustrated with so many things in this but with each episode it started to pick up pretty well and made sense. So I'd say, don't judge from the first 2 to 4 episodes and just watch it cause it was so worth it. I found myself smiling like crazy while watching later episodes cause they were so cute. I loved seeing Hwan Gi getting out of his comfort zone and trying new things and I related so much to his character cause of the whole social anxiety thing so it was nice seeing that it's okay to be myself and do what I want and to stop thinking every single thing before doing it and just do it. The whole cast was kinda cute to be honest but Rae Woon was the cutest. I loved how driven she was and how she was the total opposite of him that I wished I could be like her. As for Woo Il, I kinda found him a jerk at first but later I actually started to pity him. Yi Soo was kind of a complex character cause it was not easy to understand her actions that you may think she is stupid but she actually had everything bottled inside not to hurt anyone that she makes you feel really bad for her. So yeah, it was cute, fun, intriguing and definitely worth the time.

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