The story, without the spoilers.
Yoo Na-bi is an art student who has been hurt in love and wants something honest, even if it is simple. Park Jae-eon is a handsome art student who loves flirting, hates commitment and never lies about it — he tells Na-bi exactly who he is, and she still falls for him. Around them, their art-school friends navigate their own messy, modern relationships, where attraction, jealousy and loneliness mix in complicated ways. Nevertheless is a beautiful, realistic and deliberately frustrating romance based on a webtoon. Han So-hee and Song Kang are magnetic together, the art-school setting is gorgeous, and the drama is unusually honest about why smart people stay in relationships that hurt them. But honesty is not the same as satisfaction: the story circles the same argument for ten episodes, the ending divides viewers, and there is little growth to reward the patience it asks for. Watch it for the chemistry and the realism, not for a tidy happy ending.
A little curiosity. A new favourite.
Start with the story, meet the cast, and make room for one more episode.