Line #7 Series/WhenAManLoves


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2	[[caption-width-right:349:Lee Jae-hee, Seo Mi-do, and Han Tae-sang against a backdrop...of mudflats?]]
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4	''When A Man Loves'' (in Korean, ''남자가 사랑할 때'') is a 20-episode 2013 KoreanDrama aired on the MBC network. Han Tae-sang is a thug and part of a loan shark gang. Meeting a plucky high school student during one of his shakedowns, he reforms, and seven years, later, is a successful financier. He bumps into Seo Mi-do again, and tries to prove he is a better person and worthy of her love. However, other evils rise from the past: Gu Yong-gap, a former gang peer who harbors deep hatred for our hero; his former boss' Gangster Moll Baek Seon-joo, who has wanted Tae-sang for almost a decade. There is also Lee Jae-hee, the cute younger brother of Chang-hee (who is in prison). Jae-hee also feels attraction to Seo Mi-do. The series aired 2013 summer.
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6	!!The series provides examples of:
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8	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Mi-do
9	* ApronMatron: The ramyun shop owner.
10	* BadassBookworm: Tae-sang
11	* BeingGoodSucks: Being a former gangster, Tae-sang has to deal with the mistrust and aftermath of his former profession.
12	* BerserkButton: Don't mess with Mi-do when Tae-sang is around.
13	* BilingualDialogue: At a business meeting with Tae-sang, Jae-hee uses or translates French, English, and Japanese.
14	* BlatantItemPlacement: Tae-sang decides to go camping for some indiscernable reason.
15	* ClingyJealousGirl: Seon-joo, in spades!
16	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Chang-hee served seven years in prison, and flashbacks tell us he was a pretty dark guy even before then.
17	* DoggedNiceGuy: As the second lead, Jae-hee is too earnest and likable to be hated. Much.
18	* DrowningMySorrows: Seon-joo
19	* EiffelTowerEffect: Namsam Tower can be seen from the top of the office building where everyone works.
20	* {{Engrish}}: Jae-hee speaks four languages, but his English is pretty garbled.
21	* GoodScarsEvilScars: The stab wound on his shoulder means Tae-sang has to take off his shirt to show it. Yay!
22	* GratuitousEnglish: An episode is set in Guam
23	* GreenEyedMonster: Seon-joo for anyone other than her.
24	* LoanShark: Tae-sang meets Mi-do while threatening to burn her father's bookstore.
25	* LoveMakesYouEvil: Yong-gap is inherently a monster, but this is exacerbated by his UnrequitedLove for Seon-joo
26	* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: Yong-gap has had the hots for his late boss' girl even before the boss had a fatal accident.
27	* MissingMom: Tae-sang's mother supposedly ran off twenty-one years ago with a married man.
28	* MrFanservice: Tae-sang has about 7 shirtless scenes in the first two episodes.
29	* PoolScene: Mi-do sees the scar on Tae-sang's back for the first time.
30	* ShirtlessScene: Both leads get their airtime.
31	* TalkingInYourSleep: Jae-hee mentions to his brother that he seems to mumble when he's having a nightmare.
32	* UnrequitedLove: Jae-hee for Mi-do, Seon-joo for Tae-sang.
33	* VacationEpisode: Mi-do goes to Guam ostensibly to review resorts.
34	* {{Workaholic}} Tae-sang

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