+1 for each time it happens (in which episode, when / where / with whom it happens, what is said or {regarding what})
JA = Ji An
DH = Dong Hoon
KI = Kwang Il
YH = Yoon Hee
JH = Jung Hee
KH = Ki Hoon
SH = Sang Hoon
CD = Choon Dae
JY = Joon Young
YR = Yura
SW = Sang Won
—
JA admits that she likes DH.
+1 (ep 8, to KI)
+1 (ep 10, to DH)
+1 (ep 12, to YH on the phone)
+2 (ep 12, to Saman’s board of directors)
+1 (ep 16, at police station)
—
Someone else tells DH that JA likes him.
+1 (ep 13, one of the directors)
+2 (ep 14, JH, when she is alone with DH and at the party)
—
Someone else points out that DH likes JA.
+1 (ep 8, JY, {on DH eating and drinking with her})
+1 (ep 14, JY, “You two must really love each other a lot.”)
—
Someone calls DH an idiot.
+1 (ep 9, JA to YH)
+1 (ep 10, KH at Jung Hee’s bar, {DH getting beat up})
+1 (ep 15, JA to DH, {JA puts her guard up when DH confronts her})
—
{DH wants to pay in JA’s stead}
+3 (ep 9, to KI, {JA’s debt})
+1 (ep 10, to KI, {JA’s debt})
+1 (ep 10, to JA, {JA’s debt})
+1 (ep 16, to SH, {Halmeoni’s funeral costs})
—
“Thanks.” (DH to JA)
+1 (ep 2, on the subway, “Thanks [for throwing it away].”)
+1 (ep 6, by the railway, “Thanks for hitting him.”)
+1 (ep 7, over a meal, {DH makes an excuse to eat with her})
+1 (ep 13, in front of her house, {DH turns down her offer to hug him})
+1 (ep 13, in taxicab, {for her text})
+1 (ep 13, in their neighborhood, “Thanks for being by my side.”)
+1 (ep 14, on the subway, “I became a director. Thanks.”)
+4 (ep 15, at CD’s place)
+1 (ep 16, at the cafe)
—
“Thanks.” (JA to someone else)
+1 (ep 12, to DH and his neighborhood pals, {for walking her home})
+2 (ep 16, to DH at their regular bar, “Thank you for allowing me to reveal everything. Thank you for being so good to me.”)
+1 (ep 16, to SH (and KH?), {while saying goodbye to SH and KH})
—
“Let’s be happy.”
+1 (ep 7, DH to JA)
+1 (ep 11, SW to DH)
+1 (ep 15, DH to himself)
+1 (ep 16, DH to JA)
—
“It’s no big deal (아무것도 아니야 / 아니다 / 아니에요)”.
+1 (ep 1, to the rest of Team Three, {DH frantically searching through cabinet drawers})
+1 (ep 4, to KH, {SH’s humiliation})
+2 (ep 4, to thug, {his family not knowing he got humiliated})
+1 (ep 6, with JA @ their regular bar, {YH’s affair})
+3 (ep 10, to JA, {JA’s past})
+1 (ep 10, to Section Chief Song, {Assistant Manager Kim’s unrequited feelings})
+4 (ep 13, with KH & SH, {what Dad used to tell him and what he now tells himself})
+1 (ep 14, with SH, {JA’s disappearance})
+1 (ep 15, to Ki Bum, {telling JA that it’s no big deal to reveal everything})
+2 (ep 15, to JA, {on revealing everything})
+2 (ep 11, SW to DH)
+1 (ep 13, JA to DH)
+2 (ep 15, KH to YR, {if both of his brothers aren’t crying at once, then it’s no big deal})
+1 (ep 7, YR with the neighborhood ahjussis, {what she tells herself about failing})
—
{DH / YH opens window in their apartment} = stuffy marriage?
+1 (ep 6, YH, {after telling DH about bank interest rates})
+1 (ep 9, DH, {after cleaning apartment})
+1 (ep 13, YH, {after telling DH that KH knows about her affair})
—
{DH hits something / throws stuff out of anger}
+1 (ep 7, at campfire site, {YH’s affair})
+1 (ep 11, in own apartment, {YH’s affair})
+1 (ep 11, apartment door, {YH’s affair})
—
{DH hits someone}
+1 (ep 9, fistfight with KI, {JA and her debt})
+1 (ep 10, hits Assistant Manager Kim at the back of his head, {to get rid of his unrequited feelings})
+1 (ep 10, hits JA at the back of her head, {the truth is too much to take in})
+1 (ep 11, punches JY, {YH finds out he knows})
+2 (ep 13, slaps KH, {KH threatens to beat “that bastard” and “that bi*@# of a sister-in-law”})
+3 (ep 14, punches JY, {JA, the two of them being “sleazy”})
—
DH isn’t good at reciprocating intimate feelings…
- DH says “Crazy bi*@# / bastard” when someone says Ily to him
+1 (ep 6, to Assistant Manager Kim)
+1 (ep 10, to JA)
- When someone initiates a hug with DH:
“Are you crazy?” – to SW, ep 11
Doesn’t hug back – with SH, ep 14
Stands stiff – with Mom, ep 14
(The only time he hugs people back is during the announcement of the director selection results, with his team members)
I’ve just reread this… amu geotto anida is actually said so many times! Much thanks for the careful observations and for sharing them.
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