K-Drama Flashback: 'Something in the Rain'

The 2018 K-drama—centered on a toyboy connection—remains highly topical for the way it addresses cultural taboos, notably those concerning relationships

- DEBASHREE DUTTA

WHILE IT’S IDEAL for couples to be a few years apart in age, so long as the man is older than the woman, this arrangement remains more “normal” and “fair” to society. Something beyond that is frowned upon. That’s where Something in the Rain comes from. The romance K-drama from 2018 also known as Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food—which centers on a toyboy connection—remains highly topical for the way it addresses cultural taboos, notably those concerning relationships.

Cutting the long story short, it has a younger Seo Jun-hee (Jung Hae-in), an animator who falls in love upon return from a job overseas, with Yoon Jin-ah (Son Ye-jin), 35, in a good spot within a coffeehouse franchise. Since Jin-ah is also the best friend of his elder sister, things are tricky here. In a world where a man seeing an older woman is deemed scandalous, the two’s age discrepancies continuously loom large as they are dating in secret.