About Dare to Love Me
Dare to Love Me (Korean: 함부로 대해줘, romanized Hamburo Daehaejwo, literally 'Treat Me Carelessly') is a 2024 South Korean romantic-comedy television series that aired on KBS2 from May 13 to July 2, 2024, across 16 episodes. Adapted from the popular Naver Webtoon by the artist Sun Woo, it pairs a young man raised on rigid, old-fashioned Confucian values with a thoroughly modern young woman, mining warm comedy and gentle romance from the gap between the traditional and the contemporary.
Shin Yoon-bok, played by Kim Myung-soo (the Infinite member known professionally as L), is the dutiful successor of a tradition-minded family in rural Sungsan Village who carries himself with the manners and speech of a Confucian scholar even as he secretly dreams of becoming a webcomic artist. Kim Hong-do, played by Lee Yoo-young, is a resilient contract worker on the design team of a mid-sized apparel company who refuses to give up on her ambition to design for a global luxury brand despite being overlooked at work. When their very different worlds collide, the two slowly learn to soften one another's edges.
The series leans on a culture-clash premise that is light, healing, and character-driven rather than high-stakes, a register familiar to fans of cozy Korean romances. Veteran actress Bae Jong-ok appears in a key supporting role, and the show's themes of self-acceptance, ambition, and bridging tradition with modern life give the central courtship its emotional ballast. IMPORTANT FACT-CHECK FLAG: all details in this entry are AI-authored and should be independently verified before publication.