Love Next Door’s lead couple Bae Seok-ryu (Jung So-min) and Choi Seung-hyo (Jung Hae-in) jumped from childhood friends to dating era and now proposal within a week. It has been nothing less than a roller coaster ride to watch their chemistry bloom on screen. This Netflix show, highly marketed as a rom-com, has hidden layers as it attempts to highlight multiple issues from parenting, and mental health to dealing with work-life stress and tragedy.
Since its inception, fans have called ‘Love Next Door’ a combination of all 2024 K-dramas. It has Doctor Slump’s quits job trope, Welcome to Samdal-ri’s childhood friends to lovers trope, and Lovely Runner’s main lead wanted to be a swimmer but couldn’t trope. If you’re watching the show, we’re sure you must have gotten multiple deja vu from Lovely Runner.
🩵: Are u accepting my proposal now?
🩷: Only if you haven’t returned d bracelet.
🩵: What do we do? I returned it asap though just kidding, it’s at home. Want me to get it?
AND THEN THEY GOT CAUGHT—CHAOS ENSUES HELP!#LoveNextDoor #LoveNextDoorEp14
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— Ashley (@sugarrrussh) September 29, 2024
Remember Ryu Sun-jae had to quit swimming after an injury? Likewise, Seung-hyo also bids adieu to his swimming career right before reaching the Olympics due to a severe injury in a car accident. Moreover, Sun-jae and Im Sol bury a time capsule in Lovely Runner and so do our leads in Love Next Door.
water interruption, burned clothing, minor car accident, rejected proposal. choi seunghyo struggled more than the strongest soldiers at this point 😩
sending big hugs to you, choisseung 🫂#LoveNextDoor #LoveNextDoorEp14 pic.twitter.com/DdBOttfDBU
— ` (@cruweluh) September 29, 2024
If that wasn’t enough, in the latest episodes released over the weekend, Seung-hyo fails horribly at proposing to Seok-ryu. And the scene reminded K-drama fandom about how everything went wrong when Sun-jae decided to propose to Im-sol in Love Runner:
Revisiting the Lovely runner failed proposal after Seungho’s failed proposal attempt 🤣🤣🤣#LovelyRunner #LoveNextDoor pic.twitter.com/TXhzPEE7qw
— Soljae | 💛 (@Dramaticalyn) September 29, 2024
But worry not our hero in Love Next Door redeems himself after a heartfelt confrontation with Seok-ryu. Their love story is only going to move upward from here and fans are loving it:
The sincerity,love in Seunghyo’s proposal tho!!😭🥺💗Despite all his plans not going his way on that day.😭🥺 #LoveNextDoor #LoveNextDoorEp14
— Camelia10969 🌈 #SAVEYOURSELF #LUXURYDISEASE (@cfFEU23) September 29, 2024
Ep14: Sweet Love–> Bitter Life
“I can become your roof, & you can be my rafters. We’ll take shelter from wind &rain & we’ll get plenty of sunshine. We can become stronger & closer.”
This proposal>>>>his failed proposal#LoveNextDoorEp14#LoveNextDoor#JungHaeIn #JungSoMin pic.twitter.com/kbItEAXtQY
— suhane_pal (@suchi_edit) September 29, 2024
PERFECT PROPOSAL DOESNT EXI………
“A hundred years, ten years. No, if I can live for only one day, it has to be with you!”
I mean nothing can top this for me, absolutely nothing! 😭🤌🏻#LOVENEXTDOOR
— Jiya (Jung Haein Simp era) 🇵🇸 (@_Jaweria_) September 29, 2024
I know, right? 🥰 That proposal was like a scene straight out of a fairy tale! Seung Hyo really knows how to make us swoon. 🦋 #LoveGoals #LoveNextDoor #LoveNextDoorEp14 https://t.co/rFEhLJxRYN
— Raayan™ (@Simp_ly_exist) September 29, 2024
That line hit me right in the feels! 🥺 It’s the kind of love we all dream of. Seung Hyo’s proposal just took romance to a whole new level! 😍 #TrueLove #LoveNextDoor #LoveNextDoorEp14 https://t.co/yNYKnV1ZZ1
— Raayan™ (@Simp_ly_exist) September 29, 2024
OMG, that was the cutest proposal ever! 😭 The ‘bee my love’ line with the honeycomb bracelet? Seung Hyo really knows how to melt hearts! 🐝💛 #RelationshipGoals #LoveNextDoor #LoveNextDoorEp14 https://t.co/9p6dy0aQpP
— Raayan™ (@Simp_ly_exist) September 29, 2024
Love Next Door will premiere its finale episodes this weekend on Netflix.
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