K-drama Hot Topic: Viewers Say This Plot Has Gone Far Beyond Infidelity

“It’s Not About the Affair Anymore” centers on two families: one made up of Kim Hye-soo (김혜수), Kim Ji-hoon (김지훈) and Jeon Si-hyun (전시현), and another made up of Jo Yeo-jeong (조여정), Kim Jae-chul (김재철) and Do Eun-seo (도은서). Kim Hye-soo’s household is an influencer-and-actor couple, while Jo Yeo-jeong’s is a doctor couple. After Kim Hye-soo’s family moves in across from Jo Yeo-jeong’s, the two daughters, who are close in age, naturally become friends.

That is where the trouble begins: Kim Ji-hoon and Jo Yeo-jeong, and Kim Jae-chul and Kim Hye-soo, begin having affairs with each other. A series of major incidents unfolds while the children remain unaware — until they later discover the truth at the same time.

Kim Hye-soo’s daughter sees a video of her father, Kim Ji-hoon, and the woman across the street, Jo Yeo-jeong, in the middle of XX. Jo Yeo-jeong’s daughter, meanwhile, witnesses her father, Kim Jae-chul, and the woman across the street, Kim Hye-soo, as they are about to XX. That is the ending of Episode 6, and it is impossible to guess where Episode 7 will go. Seriously, what even is this?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

A. She does not see them in the act, but witnesses them getting ready to do it.
B. She actually sees a video of them in the act.
Both are awful situations. If you were the daughter, which would feel worse?

And even more shocking: the two daughters are actually in a romantic relationshipㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Translated comments from Korean online communities

1. All of it is shockingㅋㅋㅋ
2. The moment I read the last sentence, everything before it disappeared from my mind
3. I like this kind of makjang drama

4. I saw a post about it on social media yesterday, and the daughters’ side of the story is honestly even more devastating. At this point, the affairs are not the issue
5. After seeing this, the affairs really are not the issue
6. Wow, every sentence is... making me dizzy

7. Seriously, the affairs are not the issue at all
8. On top of that, the two daughters drove without a license and hit someone, and in the end Kim Hye-soo’s couple helped handle it and dispose of the body. They originally thought their own daughter was responsible, but it turned out the person actually driving was the daughter of Jo Yeo-jeong’s couple.
9. But just like the title says, the affairs are not the problem — it is the mess those daughters caused...

10. It feels like watching every chaotic thing imaginable turned into a drama
11. The influencer couple thought their own daughter had hit and killed someone, so they had no choice but to help dispose of the body. Then they found out the driver was their daughter’s girlfriend, Jo Yeo-jeong’s daughter. To cover up a crime for someone else’s daughter — her girlfriend, a minor who broke the law and would not be punished anyway — she turned her own parents into criminals. That is so awful... She should have asked her girlfriend’s parents for help insteadㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The parents on that side are doctors, so it would not affect their livelihood, but Kim Hye-soo and Kim Ji-hoon are famous influencers. If the truth comes out, they would be canceled and end up broke
12. Ah, I really want to watch this, but I cannot subscribe to Coupang Play just for this. The affairs really are not the issueㅠㅠㅠ

13. Disposing of a body? Seriously, the affairs are not the issue anymore
14. It is so chaotic that I cannot even make sense of it. Too confusing
15. The writers are really just writing anything

16. At this point, the two families might as well just live together
17. Open Korea
18. The title is 100% accurate. The affairs really are not the issue

19. The cast is great, but the story... how did they end up choosing this kind of makjang drama...?
20. More than anything else, the title is really well chosen. The story is too wild
21. Reading the comments, I see that the affairs really are not the issue......

22. What a mess, seriously
23. Ah... it is too shocking. Not right for my emotional state
24. It really does seem thrilling, but why are those two dating too??? It is absurd, but the adrenaline must be through the roof

25. The title is right...
26. Chaotic and harmful
27. We are finally getting a Korean drama with a crazy love line, makjang and crime-drama energy like “How to Get Away With Murder”ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

28. The six of them should just immigrate together and live together
29. Why not merge the two families and make one big family? So full of love
30. But why are the daughters dating the most shocking thing, the twist that makes everyone forget everything that came before...? That is ridiculous... Is there a problem with two girls dating?

31. It is too chaotic
32. The six of them should just live together like family... What even are other people’s livesㅋㅋㅋ
33. Here, the affairs really are not the issueㅋㅋㅋ How is this going to end?