Synopsis: "I Need Romance" depicts the love lives of three 33-year-old single women ....
Sun Woo In Young (Jo Yeo-Jeong) is a 33-year-old concierge manager at a hotel. She isn't married, but has a boy friend named Kim Sung-Soo (Kim Jeong-Hoon) who is a movie director. They have been dating for 10 years. Sun Woo In Young hopes her boyfriend will propose to her, but he doesn't seem to have any plans for marriage. Meanwhile, In Young happens to kiss Bae Sung-Hyun (Choi Jin-Hyuk) at a nightclub. Sung-Hyun works at the same hotel as In Young. She later learns that Sung-Hyun is the son of the hotel's president. When In Young learns her boyfriend Sung-Soo is slept with actress Kang-Hee, she informs him that she is breaking up with him and will date Sung-Hyun.
Park Seo-Yeon (Choi Yeo-Jin) runs an online clothing store named Y style. She has a freewheeling lifestyle and is active in pursuing her desired.
Kang Hyun-Joo (Choi Song-Hyun) is a lawyer specializing in divorce. Her life has been controlled by her mother. From a distance, Hyun-Joo appears as a cold, arrogant woman with a perfectionist mentality, but actually she has a a cute personality and frequently makes mistakes. She is dumped by her boyfriend Kim Tae-Woo (Heo Tae-Hee) at the their wedding. Although they dated for 3 years the couple only has kissed. Kim Tae-Woo later tells Hyun-Joo that he only kissed her because he did not want to have sex with her. (from AsianWiki)
Review: This drama has often been compared to the American sitcom "Sex and the City" for it's open sexual references and the concept of the storylines. Women in their 30s, battling the realities of love and dealing with different kinds of relationships. Also let's not mention the friendship bond within these lovely women. Of course both shows have their obvious differences but you can't deny the similarities. I feel that because this drama is really different from regular kdramas, it seems kind of "off putting" when you first watch it. Especially towards the younger kdrama watchers, which I highly recommend that you don't watch unless if you're mature enough to handle the intimate scenes they have (and trust me, these scenes do a lot more than just lip touch). Anyways, don't let the beginning stop you from watching. It'll either get better or worse for you but I suggest giving it a try and see how it goes. I'll be honest, it's not the greatest drama ever but it was pretty good to watch. What I absolutely enjoyed was that it really got down to realistic relationships and was more relatable. Kdramas have love stories that are very fluffy and fairytale-like, it's just not believable. However, this drama can get frustrating, mostly because of the main character and her decisions and just some nonsense that goes around. Which also affected the ending that I wasn't entirely pleased with. I Need Romance is not going to be everyone's cup of tea but I suggest giving it a try because why not?
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