No, Thank You
No, Thank You (Korean: 며느라기; revised romanization Myeoneuragi, also translated The In-Laws) is a South Korean family web drama broadcast on KakaoTV from 2020 to 2022, adapted from Soo Shin-Ji's webcomic of the same name. It follows Min Sa-rin, a newlywed who struggles with the demands of her husband's family, and it ran for two seasons of 12 episodes each, 24 episodes in total.1 • 2
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 며느라기 (Myeoneuragi); English titles No, Thank You and The In-Laws1 |
| Network and format | KakaoTV mid-form web drama; season 1 of 12 episodes, about 20 minutes each, aired November 21, 2020 to February 6, 20211 |
| Source material | Webcomic Myeoneuragi by Soo Shin-Ji, published from May 2016 to January 2018 via Kakao; season 1 adapts it and season 2 adds a new plot1 • 3 |
| Main cast | Park Ha-Sun as Min Sa-rin, Kwon Yul as Moo Goo-young; director Lee Gwang-Young1 |
| Run | Two seasons, 24 episodes, 2020–20222 |
| Reception | IMDb 7.3/10 (14 votes); AsianWiki user rating 82/100 (71 votes)2 • 1 |
| International reach | Distribution deals with iQiyi and Viki; season 1 well received in the U.S., Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore3 |
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Premise and plot
The drama centers on Min Sa-rin (Park Ha-Sun), an ordinary young woman who marries her boyfriend Moo Goo-young (Kwon Yul) after a sweet courtship and acquires a new family of in-laws. She tries to be a good daughter-in-law, but her parents-in-law take her for granted, and her husband differs little from his parents. As she spends more time with them, she becomes confused about her role: whether she is a wife and new family member, or an unwelcome guest and an unpaid worker, and she begins to have doubts about her marriage.1 • 4
Early episodes establish the daily frictions of the in-law household. Sa-rin is expected to make her mother-in-law's breakfast, is asked to cancel a work trip to cook for her son, must prepare a memorial service with her mother-in-law alone, and is told by her husband to act her part as daughter-in-law when they visit his parents; these episodes end in arguments with Goo-young.5 Other women in the family share the burden: her sister-in-law Moo Mi-young is unhappily married to the financially struggling video game designer Kim Chul-soo, and the outspoken pregnant Jung Hye-rin is married to her brother-in-law Moo Goo-il.6
Production and adaptation
Season 1 was written by Lee Yoo-Jung from Soo Shin-Ji's webcomic and directed by Lee Gwang-Young, with Choi Hyeok-jin producing and Yoo Song-yi also credited as a writer.1 • 5 The series was a co-production of KakaoTV.7 Season 2, aired on KakaoTV in 2022, moved beyond the webcomic with a new plot while keeping the same leads.3 • 8
Episode length is reported differently across listings: AsianWiki gives 20 minutes for season 1,1 IMDb 20 minutes,2 JustWatch and Apple TV 21 minutes,9 • 5 and the fan review site KDramaLove 22 minutes across the 24 total episodes.6
Cast
Park Ha-Sun, known for Two Weeks, Three Days, and Dong Yi, plays Min Sa-rin, and Kwon Yul, known for Whisper and Lie To Me, plays Moo Goo-young; the reviewer at KDramaLove credits both with strong chemistry and notes nostalgic flashbacks tracing their relationship from childhood through college.6 The supporting cast includes Moon Hee-kyung as mother-in-law Park Gi-dong, Kim Jong-goo as father-in-law Moo Nam-cheon, Jo Wan-ki as Moo Goo-il, Baek Eun-hye as Jung Hye-rin, Choi Yoon-ra as Moo Mi-young, Choi Tae-hwan as Kim Chul-soo, and Kang Ae-shim as Sa-rin's mother Uhm Young-hee.1 • 2
Theme and reception
The series addresses the position of daughters-in-law in contemporary Korean family life. An academic paper on Korean and Central Asian family imagery cites No, Thank You (2020–2021) as an example of dramas exploring the challenges daughters-in-law face with their in-laws and their expectations.10 The KDramaLove review summarizes its message as showing that modern Korean women still face day-to-day inequality while Korean families adjust to new realities, delivered through likeable characters and simple dialogue.6
Kakao Entertainment reported that season 1 was well received in the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore, and that season 2 rights were acquired in North and South America with Asian deals in progress; the company attributed the show's resonance to its depiction of challenges typical of Korean in-law relationships combined with humor and production quality.3 In the United States the series streams on the Kocowa Amazon Channel and OnDemandKorea, with English, Spanish, and Portuguese subtitles on Kocowa.9
References
- No, Thank You, AsianWiki
- No, Thank You (TV Series 2020–2022), IMDb
- 4 Kakao Entertainment Originals you don't want to miss: "No, Thank You," "Change Days," and more, Kakao Entertainment Newsroom (August 1, 2022)
- 며느라기 \| No, Thank You, OnDemandKorea
- No, Thank You, Apple TV
- No, Thank You – Korean Drama Review (Series 1 and 2), KDramaLove
- Media Group Take Two company introduction (2024), listing the KakaoTV drama "No, Thank You" co-production
- Sinopsis No Thank You Season 2, Suara.com (June 30, 2022)
- No, Thank You – streaming tv show online, JustWatch
- Academic paper on Korean and Central Asian family imagery citing "No, Thank You" (2020–2021)
Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › Korean contemporary drama › Comedy and slice-of-life series
Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026
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