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2	[[caption-width-right:350: The Innocent Man]]
3	''The Innocent Man'' (Hangul: 세상 어디에도 없는 착한 남자; RR: Sesang Eodiedo Eobneun Chakan Namja; literally "A Nice Guy the Likes of Which You Would Never Find Anywhere in the World"; also known as NiceGuy ) is a 2012 KoreanSeries aired by KBS. Described by Website/TheOtherWiki as a classic MeloDrama involving betrayal, revenge and romance.
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5	A promising medical student Kang Ma-ru (Creator/SongJoongKi) has been in love all his life with his slightly older [[GirlNextDoor next-door neighbor]] Han Jae-hee (Park Si-yeon), a [[IntrepidReporter television reporter]]. He is an adoring boyfriend and she always considered Ma-ru her home. But when her situation takes a turn for the worse and Jae-hee becomes desperate to escape poverty, she meets a man who changes everything -- a rich CEO who introduces her to a life of comfort. So she turns her back on Ma-ru, choosing money over love.
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7	The brutal betrayal leaves Ma-ru fractured -- not just angry, but a completely changed man. A few years later, Ma-ru is now 30 years old and works as a bartender and gigolo, no longer a "nice guy." He then meets Seo Eun-gi (Moon Chae-won), a young chaebol heiress who's being groomed to take over her father's conglomerate. Eun-gi is a cold and calculating, business-savvy, and raised by her father to never show emotion to anyone. But Ma-ru intrigues her, and she becomes curious and she can’t stop thinking about him.
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9	Ma-ru decides to take advantage of her as a pawn in his plans for revenge. Eun-gi falls in love with him, not knowing that he’s using her to get back at his ex Jae-hee, Eun-gi's young, gold-digging stepmother. Just when Ma-ru is beginning to genuinely care for Eun-gi, she finds out the truth and they break up. But a car accident causes Eun-gi to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia lose her memory]], and she enters Ma-ru's life again.
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12	!This series provides examples of:
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14	* AerithAndBob: Ma-ru and Choco are unusual Korean names. Especially for Choco which is a common Korean name for a dog.
15	* AllLoveIsUnrequited:
16	** Joon-ha to Eun-gi
17	** Eun-gi to Ma-ru before episode 8
18	** Choco to Jae-gil [[spoiler: until the end where it is BabiesEverAfter]]
19	* AloofOlderBrother: What Ma-ru is to Choco.
20	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Choco and Jae-gil are married and have a daughter]]
21	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jae-hee defines this trope in this drama.
22	* CaughtOnTape: Jae-hee's affair with Min-young.
23	* CainAndAbel:
24	** Jae-hee is the Cain to her brother Jae-shik's Abel.
25	** Ma-ru is Cain to Choco's Abel.
26	* DramaticShattering: Jae-hee hurls a wine bottle at her room mirror in episode 8, then scratches herself and even trashes an entire room, to trick Ma-ru into thinking that her brother was attacking her.
27	* EmotionlessGirl: Eun-gi. Can't blame her. Her dad was way too strict with her.
28	* ExtremeDoormat: Ma-ru to Jae-hee in the past
29	* GratuitousEnglish:
30	** Just listen to Jae-hee speaking to a foreigner friend of hers in episode 4.
31	-->'''Jae-hee:''' ''"From now on, this lovely resort is yours. Please take a good care of it."''
32	** Also Ma-ru in episode 5 where he was speaking to the American man in English.
33	-->'''Ma-ru:''' ''"Shame on you"''
34	** Same goes for Eun-gi.
35	-->'''Eungi:''' ''"I'm not giving this resort. I will not sell it. Never!"''
36	* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Played so much in this drama.
37	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Eun-gi, after getting into a car accident in episode 9.
38	* LonelyRichKid: Seo Eun-gi
39	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Basically what the story is about. Eun-gi is crazily in love with Ma-ru [[spoiler: and he reciprocates, even though he doesn't actually say so to her]].
40	* ProductPlacement: The Samsung Galaxy S III phone and Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet PC.
41	** [[TechnologyMarchesOn Samsung Galaxy Note II from episode 10 onwards.]]
42	* ShipperOnDeck: Jae-shik ships Choco and Jae-gil.
43	* ShoutOut: When Eun-gi asks Ma-ru to name people who have given up the throne for love, his list, besides King Edward VIII, and several Korean princesses, also includes Princess Fiona of Franchise/{{Shrek}} and [[Series/BoysBeforeFlowers Gu Jun-pyo]].
44	* TheStoic: Ma-ru, after Jae-hui's betrayal.
45	* {{Yandere}}:
46	** Ahn Min-young (a.k.a Lawyer Ahn). Seriously, this guy is clearly obsessed with Jae-hee to the creepiest extent.
47	** Jaehee and Maru for each other until episode 8.

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