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My Liberation Diary

★ 8.2 8K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 16 episodes Ended JTBC
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 8/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10Contemporary lifeRecognizably the present day, ordinary life included.This show: 7/10NaturalisticUnderstated, lifelike performances and look.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Lee Min-kiKim Ji-wonSon SukkuLee ElLee Ki-wooChun Ho-jin
Starring
Lee Min-kiKim Ji-wonSon SukkuLee ElLee Ki-wooChun Ho-jin
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A quiet study in adult exhaustion and connection"

Three adult siblings live with their parents in a sleepy town outside Seoul, commuting hours each day to soul-crushing jobs, romantic dead ends, and quiet exhaustion. When the eldest sister strikes up an odd, wordless bond with a taciturn, hard-drinking neighbor, something in her begins to loosen. This is a slow, talky, deeply interior show, less about plot than about the ache of feeling stuck and the small, unglamorous moments that can crack a person open. It rewards patience with real emotional payoff, carried by understated performances and unusually honest writing about adult loneliness.

Watch it for

the slow-burn chemistry between two emotionally shut-down people learning to open up.

Maybe skip if

you need fast plotting, since this is dialogue-heavy and deliberately unhurried.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12022
8.12K16
Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.6
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▶2Episode #1.27.6
118—
▶3Episode #1.37.8
113—
▶4Episode #1.47.8
112—
▶5Episode #1.58.0
108—
▶6Episode #1.68.0
105—
▶7Episode #1.78.2
109—
▶8Episode #1.88.1
105—
▶9Episode #1.98.4
102—
▶10Episode #1.108.3
108—
▶11Episode #1.118.3
106—
▶12Episode #1.128.0
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▶13Episode #1.138.4
134—
▶14Episode #1.148.6
124—
▶15Episode #1.158.4
92—
▶16Episode #1.168.2
109—

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lee Min-ki Yeom Chang-hee
Kim Ji-won Yeom Mi-jeong
Son Sukku Mr. Goo
Lee El Yeom Gi-jeong
Lee Ki-woo Jo Tae-hoon
Chun Ho-jin Yeom Je-ho
Lee Ji-hye So Hyang-gi
Jung Soo-young Jo Kyeong-seon
Kong Ye-ji Han Soo-jin
Park Soo-young Park Sang-min

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