# Hogu's Love

Hogu's Love (Korean: 호구의 사랑; RR: Hogu-ui Sarang) is a 2015 South Korean television series based on the Daum webtoon of the same title by Yoo Hyun-sook. It starred Choi Woo-shik in the title role with Uee, Lim Seul-ong, and Lee Soo-kyung. It aired on tvN from February 9 to March 31, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.

## Synopsis

Kang Ho-gu has never had a proper girlfriend, with girls constantly taking advantage of his sweet, naive nature by enjoying all the perks of dating then friend zone-ing him. His relationship-savvy twin sister Kang Ho-kyung mocks him and his best friends Kim Tae-hee and Shin Chung-jae for being sorely lacking in any dating skills.
Do Do-hee is an athlete on the Korean national swimming squad, and won the silver medal at the recent Asian Games. Driven and competitive, she's frustrated at never getting first place and is known for cursing a lot.
The timid, bullied Ho-gu had a crush on Do-hee in their teens, when her beauty and sports cred made her the most popular girl in high school. She's the only reason he goes to their high school reunion, and when they meet again, he's surprised to learn that she remembers him. Ho-gu grabs the chance to spend time with the girl of his dreams, not knowing that Do-hee has a secret, that she is pregnant. Do-hee wants to bury this secret because if the story breaks out about her being pregnant, then her life would be destroyed.

## Cast
### Main

* Choi Woo-shik as Kang Ho-gu
* Uee as Do Do-hee
* Lim Seul-ong as Byun Kang-chul
* Lee Soo-kyung as Kang Ho-kyung

### People around Do Do-hee

* Choi Deok-moon as So Shi-min

### People around Kang Ho-gu

* Jung Won-joong as Kang Yong-moo
* Park Soon-chun as Kim Ok-ryung
* Choi Jae-hwan as Kim Tae-hee
* Lee Si-eon as Shin Chung-jae

### People around Byun Kang-chul

* Oh Young-shil as Mok Kyung-jin
* Park Ji-il as Byun Kang-se
* Song Ji-in as In Gong-mi

### Others

* Kim Hyun-joon as Noh Kyung-woo
* Seol A as Ji-yoon
* Ha Ji-young as Reporter
* Han Geun-sub
* Oh Hee-joong
* Lee Jin-kwon as Man running away with comic books
* Won Woong-jae
* Ahn Soo-ho
* Shin Young-il as Announcer
* Noh Min-sang
* Kwon Byung-gil
* Lee Yoon-sang
* Jang Tae-min
* Kim Hye-hwa
* Han Yeo-wool
* Moon Jae-young as Director Yang
* Lee Joo-woo as Min-ji
* Lee Do-yeon as Han Sung-sil

### Special appearances

* Lee Sung-min as Oh Sang-sik, customer of manhwa rental shop (ep. 1)
* Jang Young-nam as Pickpocket mom (ep. 2, 6)
* Min Do-hee as High school girl in Yeosu (ep. 2)
* Kang Jun as High school boy in Yeosu (ep. 2)

## Production

Director Pyo Min-soo and screenwriter Yoon Nan-joong previously worked together on the tvN series Flower Boy Ramen Shop in 2011. Hogu's Love’s original author Yoo Hyun-sook also wrote the webtoon I Steal Peeks at Him Every Day, which was adapted into another tvN series Flower Boys Next Door in 2013.

## Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | AGB Nielsen |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Nationwide |
| 1 | February 9, 2015 | Let's throw trash in the trash bin | 1.076% |
| 2 | February 10, 2015 | Let's give our seat to the pregnant women and nursing mothers | 1.262% |
| 3 | February 16, 2015 | Let's leave the squid in its place | 0.780% |
| 4 | February 17, 2015 | Let's spend Christmas with family | 1.270% |
| 5 | February 23, 2015 | Let's use condo(m)s | 0.772% |
| 6 | February 24, 2015 | Let's not ask about the past | 1.326% |
| 7 | March 2, 2015 | Let's respect one's preferences | 0.889% |
| 8 | March 3, 2015 | Let's abstain from being physically affectionate in front of the house | 1.179% |
| 9 | March 9, 2015 | Stray cats have names too | 1.029% |
| 10 | March 10, 2015 | Let's take good care of our belly button | 1.336% |
| 11 | March 16, 2015 | All babies are everyone's babies | 0.840% |
| 12 | March 17, 2015 | Let's not love the baby's mother | 1.175% |
| 13 | March 23, 2015 | Let's flirt moderately | 0.914% |
| 14 | March 24, 2015 | Ordinary things are best | 1.418% |
| 15 | March 30, 2015 | Let's not hide our face | 0.858% |
| 16 | March 31, 2015 | Let's all cross the red light together | 1.405% |
| Average | Average | Average | 1.096% |
* This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).