# My Sweet Mobster (놀아주는 여자)
**My Sweet Mobster** (놀아주는 여자, *Nolajooneun Yeoja*, literal title "Woman Who Plays With") is a 2024 South Korean romantic comedy television series broadcast by JTBC, starring Um Tae-goo, Han Sun-hwa, and Kwon Yool, in which a former gangster turned CEO falls in love with a children's content creator.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) It ran for 16 episodes from June 12 to August 1, 2024, airing Wednesdays and Thursdays at 20:50, and was adapted from the Naver web novel *Nolajooneun Yeoja* by Park Soo-Jung, illustrated by Yool-Pi.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original network | JTBC, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 20:50 KST, June 12 to August 1, 2024[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) |
| Episodes | 16, each about 65 minutes[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32380398/) |
| Source | Web novel *Nolajooneun Yeoja* by Park Soo-Jung and Yool-Pi, published on Naver from October 2, 2019 to April 1, 2020; screenwriter Na Kyeong[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) |
| Main cast | Um Tae-goo as Seo Ji-hwan, Han Sun-hwa as Go Eun-ha, Kwon Yool as Jang Hyun-woo[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) |
| Nielsen ratings | Series average 2.547 percent nationwide; peak 3.003 percent (episode 10); finale 2.9 percent[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/My_Sweet_Mobster/Episode_Ratings) • [4](https://www.soompi.com/article/1678558wpp/my-sweet-mobster-ends-on-ratings-rise) |
| Buzz ranking | Um Tae-goo ranked first in Good Data Corporation's TV-OTT actor buzzworthiness for four consecutive weeks as of July 30, 2024[5](https://www.k-ennews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2808) |
| Streaming | TVING in South Korea; Rakuten Viki internationally, with subtitles in more than 20 languages[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) • [6](https://www.viki.com/tv/40438c-my-sweet-mobster?locale=en) |
## Plot and characters
Seo Ji-hwan (Um Tae-goo) is a former gangster who has left that life and now runs a company as its CEO. He works to disband gangs and hires gang members released from prison to help them rebuild their lives.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) Go Eun-ha ([Han Sun-hwa](https://www.edgepedia.org/han-sun-hwa)) runs a children's YouTube channel under the name Mini Sister. She wants to convey love and happiness to her audience, drawing on a childhood memory of an older boy in her neighborhood who was the only person who played with her. Her channel is not very popular, and while working a part-time cleaning job she accidentally injures Seo Ji-hwan, who, surprisingly, seems to know her.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) Eun-ha's longtime fan, prosecutor Jang Hyun-woo (Kwon Yool), is not prepared to let her go without a fight.[7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqRpDG2rAlg)
The series slots the romance inside a criminal-underworld frame: Netflix lists it as a romantic comedy with the themes "Opposites Attract" and "Overcoming the Odds," categorized as based on a web novel.[8](https://www.netflix.com/kr-en/title/81785233) Seo Tae-pyeong, Ji-hwan's father, appears in the story as the antagonist played by Kim Roe-ha, and supporting cast includes Kim Hyun-jin as Go Yang-hee, boss of the Meow group.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32380398/)
## Production and adaptation
The drama was directed by Kim Young-Hwan and Kim Woo-Hyeon, with the screenplay by Na Kyeong adapted from the web novel.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster) The English title uses "mobster" while the Korean title centers on the woman: the literal translation is "Woman Who Plays With," and Rakuten Viki lists alternate titles "Playful Lady" and "The Woman Who Plays."[6](https://www.viki.com/tv/40438c-my-sweet-mobster?locale=en) • [1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster)
It took over the Wednesday and Thursday 20:50 time slot on JTBC previously occupied by *Frankly Speaking*.[1](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster)
## Reception
**Ratings.** The premiere scored 2.297 percent nationwide, and the series spent its first nine episodes in the 2 percent range.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/My_Sweet_Mobster/Episode_Ratings) • [9](https://www.mt.co.kr/entertainment/2024/07/12/2024071209357257032) Episode 10, in which Seo Ji-hwan finally confessed his feelings and shared the couple's first kiss, reached 3.0 percent nationwide, the drama's first entry into the 3 percent range and its self-record high.[9](https://www.mt.co.kr/entertainment/2024/07/12/2024071209357257032) The same Money Today report noted that the drama ranked second in Good Data Corporation's TV-OTT drama buzzworthiness survey for the first week of July 2024, behind SBS's *Connection*, with Um Tae-goo first and Han Sun-hwa third in the cast buzzworthiness category.[9](https://www.mt.co.kr/entertainment/2024/07/12/2024071209357257032)
The finale rose to 2.9 percent, just short of the 3.0 percent all-time high, despite competition from coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics; the penultimate episode had scored 2.8 percent.[4](https://www.soompi.com/article/1678558wpp/my-sweet-mobster-ends-on-ratings-rise) • [10](https://www.soompi.com/article/1678302wpp/my-sweet-mobster-heads-into-finale-on-ratings-rise-amidst-olympic-coverage) The final episode ends with Seo Ji-hwan recovering from a stabbing and coma and proposing to Go Eun-ha, whom the K-en News finale report describes as overcoming obstacles and promising to spend their lives together.[5](https://www.k-ennews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2808)
**Audience scores.** On Rakuten Viki the series holds a 9.5 rating from about 79,500 user ratings.[6](https://www.viki.com/tv/40438c-my-sweet-mobster?locale=en) IMDb lists a 7.6 user score from about 2,000 raters, with 19 user reviews.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32380398/) Reviewers writing on the [Letterboxd](https://www.edgepedia.org/letterboxd) and SensCritique pages for the title describe the chemistry between the leads as the series' strength while noting the plot follows familiar romantic-comedy tropes.[11](https://letterboxd.com/film/my-sweet-mobster/reviews/)
## By the numbers
The Nielsen trajectory shows a small, steady series that climbed late. Episodes 1 through 9 ranged from 1.852 percent (episode 3) to 2.759 percent (episode 8); the average across all 16 episodes was 2.547 percent nationwide.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/My_Sweet_Mobster/Episode_Ratings) The strongest week coincided with the first kiss storyline, and the closing two episodes rose against Olympics competition rather than falling.[9](https://www.mt.co.kr/entertainment/2024/07/12/2024071209357257032) • [10](https://www.soompi.com/article/1678302wpp/my-sweet-mobster-heads-into-finale-on-ratings-rise-amidst-olympic-coverage) The drama's real-time visibility, measured by Good Data's FUNdex buzz index, ran well ahead of its ratings: in the weekly ranking of TV-OTT program buzzworthiness for July's first week it placed second overall, and in the FUNdex performer ranking published for late July, Um Tae-goo held first place and Han Sun-hwa third among all performers.[9](https://www.mt.co.kr/entertainment/2024/07/12/2024071209357257032) • [12](https://racoi.s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/FUNdex_Report_Korea_%23490_July_week_1_2024.pdf) • [5](https://www.k-ennews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2808)
## References
1. [My Sweet Mobster, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/My_Sweet_Mobster)
2. [My Sweet Mobster (TV Series 2024), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32380398/)
3. [My Sweet Mobster/Episode Ratings, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/My_Sweet_Mobster/Episode_Ratings)
4. ["My Sweet Mobster" Ends On Ratings Rise, Soompi](https://www.soompi.com/article/1678558wpp/my-sweet-mobster-ends-on-ratings-rise)
5. ['My Sweet Mobster' Finale: Romance Concludes with a Heartwarming Proposal, K-en News](https://www.k-ennews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2808)
6. [My Sweet Mobster, Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/40438c-my-sweet-mobster?locale=en)
7. [About My Sweet Mobster, Viki Global TV on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqRpDG2rAlg)
8. [My Sweet Mobster, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/kr-en/title/81785233)
9. [엄태구♥한선화 첫키스로 시청률도 3%, 달콤한 '놀아주는 여자', Money Today](https://www.mt.co.kr/entertainment/2024/07/12/2024071209357257032)
10. ["My Sweet Mobster" Heads Into Finale On Ratings Rise Amidst Olympic Coverage, Soompi](https://www.soompi.com/article/1678302wpp/my-sweet-mobster-heads-into-finale-on-ratings-rise-amidst-olympic-coverage)
11. [Reviews of My Sweet Mobster (2024), Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/my-sweet-mobster/reviews/)
12. [FUNdex Report Korea #490, July week 1, 2024, Good Data Corporation](https://racoi.s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/FUNdex_Report_Korea_%23490_July_week_1_2024.pdf)
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