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Korean Drama '' Spice Up Our Love '' is a spin off of the drama '' No Gain, No Love'' and it proves that the side couple was actually the best one of the original series.

This time around, the relationship is explored through the lens of fantasy, as the main character transforms into the main lead of her webtoon. The story offers a lot of cute and sweet scenes, along with more spicy ones, that all work as fan service for the couple's shippers.

In addition, the fantasy element was well handled and worked nicely with the comedy one.

Finally, the performances were all great by everyone in the cast and the main couple had tons of chemistry.

So, overall, seven out of ten.

Loved everything about this little two episode spinoff. Just enjoyed the wackiness and cuteness between the actors and how the story flowed. Only dislike was that it was way too short but highly recommend to others to watch mostly after seeing the main drama since you'll have more context of the character's backstory and see how their love deepens in the show! You should totally watch if you like fantasy and romance in all one bundle! Just again I highly highly recommend! I really would like to see both actors in more dramas as leads overall! Also, No Gain No Love is a must watch for 2024!!!!!

Spice Up Our Love is a spin off from the Kdrama 'No Gain, No Love'. You definitely want to watch that first to provide context...and actually it fits best to pause NGNL right after the scene where Nam Ja-yeon wakes up in the hospital after thinking Bok Gyu-hyun had been killed and watch SUOL before continuing with the rest of NGNL. This will greatly help make Nam Ja-yeon's actions during the rest of NGNL make much more sense and does not spoil anything...all of SUOL occurs before or at that time point in the overall story.

The Nam Ja-yeon behavior during the last part of NGNL had not really made sense to me until I watch SUOL. I realize it would have been difficult to splice that large of a time slice with the secondary leads into the main film but not doing so inserted some character development dissonance into the main story-line.

Spice Up Our Love si a cute, slightly goof short series in its own right though so give it a watch even if you don't want to spend the time on NGNL. Han Ji-hyun and Lee Sang-yi are great together and it is a fun romp watching Han Ji-hyun react to her situation and try to escape back to her real life.

There's no reason to torture yourself and watch all of No Gain No Love - a drama I couldn't endure once I realized the lead female character wasn't one I could endure.

This drama can stand alone without context from the other one - in my opinion. The characters probably fill out a bit of their story from the other but I found this one enjoyable. Especially as it was short and funny and fairly intense.

I loved the two episodes.. I was actually satisfied with this spin-off until I watched the post credit scenes.. It left me wanting more.. Their on screen and off screen chemistry is through the roof.. The actors did a great job.. I actually miss them more now.. Just like the other reviewers said you have to watch 'no gain no love' before watching this.. Honestly, I liked these two more than the main leads even in that show.. Their scenes felt so real and had me smiling the whole time.. I could watch them over and over without getting bored.. The way they bring their characters to life is amazing..