The New Employee (2022)

Sweet Manager-Employee BL

**Brief Synopsis**
B (Intern): Seung Hyeon
T (Manager): Kim

Beginning: B is a new intern at T’s company. They start out as strangers but soon because of work they start getting more time to interact. From the beginning, B is obviously attracted to T because his approach has an effect on him. And from the beginning, T shows interest in B, not only getting him to sit in on a meeting he shouldn’t be at but also getting him to work with him on an important project.

Middle: Not before long, T kisses B and asks him out. They have to keep it a secret but they still find ways to keep it romantic at work.

End: But before they could have their happy ending, B sees a pen engraved with the initials of the person who broke his heart in school. Realizing that T had dated, B leaves runs away, unable to accept the situation. Later, T finds him, after realizing what had happened, and apologizes and wishes for a second chance to better understand him. B agrees and vows to be more honest in the future. Later B applies to be a regular employee but doesn’t get in. T upon hearing his quits the company and opens a new company and hires B to work for him.

**My Opinion**

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT
- I love the two women B tells his experiences with T to. These two love to compare his experience to BL manga. It’s like breaking the fourth wall.
- I love their subtle acts of affection while on company hours, such as holding hands while taking a nap on his shoulder.
- I really like how romantic T is, bringing him out to dinner and setting up a private movie viewing.
- I like how everyone is not satisfied with T but can’t do anything with him because he brings in half of the company’s profits.
- I’m glad the angst made both of them grow emotionally and changed their relationship for the better.
- The acting is pretty on point. The characters have chemistry and I could easily feel the awkwardness that usually comes with first love. They look so happy together, it’s really magical.
- I liked the camerawork on kissing scenes. It makes fake kissing less noticeable.
- I loved the ending where T quits the company when corrupt business practices refused B as an employee. They ended up opening a new company together.

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT IT
- Angst once again caused by a lack of communication but at least this time it was resolved quickly because T is an adult who knows what he wants.
- There are a lot of cliches but they don’t make the story bad.

**Conclusion**
Simple boss-employee relationship story.

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Overripe Banana

I like office romances. It's only natural to fall for someone you see at every day! The New Employee is every office romance cliché imaginable and it works for the most part. The sneaking around, the shared resentment towards other coworkers and office politics, the rare brightness of connection amidst mundanity of paperwork taps into something potent for a viewer that you can't help but smile. I think the office romance genre exists to boost morale and I may never even wind up working in a 9-5 but that fairytale has its own charm. It's certainly better than A Boss and a Babe but it's no Cherry Magic or Old Fashioned Cupcake. The chemistry of the leads is present but hindered by how chaste it is, thoroughly lacking in drive or passion. Their big third act resolution grand gesture of love is not a ring or even a kiss, it's a business venture. This has a seed of values I despise but it's fleshed in cute things. It's an overripe banana, too sweet and even appealing on some days but oh honey you definitely know it's gone bad.

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Nice and all, but forgettable

I have to be honest, I binged until ep 6 and then waited 3 days for ep 7 and then forgot most of what happened by the point I watched ep 7.

Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly .... nice.
It's cute and light, the actors have good chemistry. There are some really cool and fun moments.
Then some angst happens which was written kind of in a weak way, made no sense, but not unusual for BL. Then it was easily resolved and then End. *shrug*

I feel like I can't even say much, because I forgot so mich already, even though I watched everything last week. Maybe if the script was stronger, maybe if it had more run time, it could have been better, but I don't think this drama aimed for anything but light and cute.

Since it's quite short, it's perfectly fine to watch if you got nothing else to watch, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone.

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Ein simples, aber absolut unterhaltsames Drama!

Die Geschichte ist nicht sonderlich originell und die Ausarbeitung hätte etwas tiefgehender sein können, aber ich hatte super viel Spaß mit den 7 Folgen! Man fühlt sich einfach gut, wenn man die Leads miteinander sieht. Ihr Umgang ist so herzig.

Was mir besonders gut gefallen hat war, dass ein bisschen aus Stereotypen ausgebrochen wird. Jongchan ist kein kalter, distanzierter Mistkerl, der Menschen um sich herum verletzt, so wie man es sonst oft aus solchen Serien kennt. Die ganze Atmosphäre ist einfach zum Wohlfühlen und ich mochte es, wie supportive er ist. Seunghyeon ist super knuffig und ich fand ihn auch nicht zu kindisch. Er gehört eben zu den Menschen, die sich stark für etwas begeistern können und das nach außen tragen. So bin ich auch. Deswegen mag ich beide Leads total gerne. Wie gesagt, man fühlt sich einfach wie auf einer fluffy Wolke, wenn man das Drama schaut.

Es ist recht einfach gehalten, aber ich fand es total süß. Die Chemie der Schauspieler ist toll, die Supportrollen machen einen guten Job und die Musik mochte ich auch sehr gerne.

Es ist definitiv keine steamy BL Geschichte, aber das hätte auch nicht gepasst. Es ist eine Menge fluff und eine absolute feel-good Serie. Probleme werden nicht Ewigkeiten ignoriert, um Drama zu kreieren. Viel mehr sieht man hier eine sehr reife und erwachsene Beziehung, was eine erfrischende Abwechslung ist. Außerdem gibt's einige inspirierende Worte. Sowas mag ich immer sehr. :D

Hat mir richtig gut gefallen!

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DEMI ALEK,

GUA KAGA PAHAM! KENAPA DIA BISA BIKIN GUA REWATCH 3 KALI??!
kek anjir? Gue review berkali kali nih drama, kek tetep aja value-nya ga lebih dari 6 Dimata gue!
Story, Commong bangettttt gilakkk boss dan magang, udah banyak banget cerita kek gitu, cumaaan apa yang jadi nilai plus adalah dia memasukkan banyak info info penting, info yang menarik seputar dunia periklanan, Cok ini yang buat gue nice!
Cuman sayang, EDITINGNYA kek apa ya, kenapa harus gitu? Kalo ada review editing, gue kasih 3, apalagi pas diliatin iklan sama video, yahh gimana ya :k hehe
Music, B Aja, malah kadang gue sebel sorry.
Rewatchtable ga nih??
BANGET ANJAY, gue udh rewatch 3 kali, masalah belom sekalipun si?
Intinya ini drama masuk top 10 my best BL drama Listtt!!! Even keknya masuk 7 besarr saking nagihnyaaa, ini satu dari banyak drama yg bikin aing kecanduan!!!

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It's very cute

I had just read the webtoon and I really liked it, so I went for the series. First I'm gonna do some comparison then I'm gonna talk about the story itself.
I loved what they did with this adaptation because the female intern doesn't exist in the webtoon, neither does the women in power of the company. The only girl in the webtoon is Jiyeon, his friend from college, so I liked that they added more important female characters. I really missed something from the manhwa which was the fact Jiyeon had her own drama going on. When Seung Hyun was sad because of the pen, he and Jiyeon cried together because she was also suffering because of a girl. She even found herself a girlfriend later and this girlfriend was very present, so I missed her plot. I'm not sure I liked Ji Yong's acting. I get that the character was supposed to give puppy vibes and he totally got that puppy eyes, but that man smiles way too much. It's kinda creepy tbh. Overall, I really liked how it turned out and the things they added, like the art, visual effects, a reference to the webtoon itself etc.
About the story: I really liked how the drama was about their success in the company and not that cliché "boss/employee can't be together" thing. I love how quickly things went, but still in a natural way. I think their relationship was so good and I admired how Mr. Kim was already trying to change because he knew he had been a terrible partner before, so he was willing to communicate. Even when he didn't understand his partner's side, he talked. He said "I don't understand, but I want to" and I think this is beautiful. I also liked that he got him a permanent job fairly. It was cute and warm.

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One of the cutest dramas

If you're a fan of cute couples, then I recommend you to watch The New Employee! Since the begining, you can see how cute Seunghyun is: always so smiley, hardworking and trying his best! With someone like that, who wouldn't fall in love? He even melted Jongchan's heart, who everyone knew as a man who only thinks about work and is very serious about it.

I wished they showed more about them as a couple, because most of the time they are together is when they're in the company, working in some projects together and I also expected to get more from the two girls who are Seunghyun's friends, they seem to have similar interests and I'd love to watch a drama of them too. I still wonder who was drawing this very specific manhwa they were reading, it would be so funny if it was one of the main boys!

Overall, it's a very interesting story and really well made, altought I feel it was a bit rushed in the begining, but it doesn't make it less enjoyable and I would tell my friends about this if they asked me for a good bl drama recommendation.

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It gets better with every passing episode

First of all .... Good kisses... Which are not peck or dead fish kiss but actually satisfying 💋

The characters are realistic or I may add a bit too realistic.
The cold lead is not actually cold but a cool guy with charm of his own.
The sweet guy is way too sweet with his cute dimples and smiley face.
The story revolves around office and makes a point to show that people are actually working!

As mentioned above, the story gets cute with passing episodes but I felt the ending a little rushed. A final kiss at the end could have been perfect but anyway a good attempt by korean BL makers.

Do watch if you don't have much on hand and love small cute BLs

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very good!!!

It's a simple and light hearted story.

A office romance that is really heart warming and cute!!

No intimately since but so what. I just needed a light drama. And that was what I was just looking for.

They had good chemistry, looked good together.

Not thrilling but not boring either. Made me after a long and hard day at school, smile, giggle and kick my feet. LOVED IT. I looked every Wednesday forward to watching it. Made my days soo much better and I want it to make others too soon I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE.

100% would rewatch and I have.

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