Director(s): No Do-chul, Sun Hye-yoon
Screenwriters: Jo Jin-kook, Park Eun-jung, Nam Ji-yeon
Broadcast period: 2006 March 13 – 2006 June 26
Episode total: 12*

(The first two episodes are one hour long. Thereafter, each “hour” episode actually contains 2 “installments.” So although there are technically 22 “episodes”)

 

Soulmate can be described as a Sex and The City-styled comedy-drama that is unusually risqué for an Asian series. Each episode deals with an aspect of modern relationships and dating, but at the center of the series are its two destined “soulmates,” Shin Dong-wook and Lee Soo-kyung. Soulmate deals with the question of whether soulmates even exist, with each character on a different part of the spectrum.

Will probably be my longest review to date. My anger will forever be linked with this drama. I’ll only be covering the main relationships. The other character’s relationships were not as intriguing for me to review.

And after reading TONS of reviews on Soulmate along with forum comments etc. etc. I KNOW I’m alone in hating the “Soulmate” couple. But, I do and I will continue to.

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