# Noble, My Love (고결한 그대)
**Noble, My Love** (고결한 그대) is a 2015 South Korean romantic comedy web drama starring Sung Hoon and [Kim Jae-kyung](https://www.edgepedia.org/kim-jae-kyung), adapted from a Naver web novel of the same name that had recorded more than 30 million views and ranked first on the platform.[1](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10006791665) • [2](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201506170817233/amp) It ran for 20 episodes on Naver TV Cast from August 23 to September 16, 2015, with new episodes released at midnight from Sunday to Thursday.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original work | Naver web novel *Noble, My Love* by Go Gyeol (고결), over 30 million views and No. 1 on Naver[2](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201506170817233/amp) • [3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love) |
| Format | 20 episodes of about 10 to 20 minutes, produced by Godin Media[4](https://www.kocca.kr/crawling/upload2013/men/2015DirectoryBook.pdf) |
| Broadcast | Naver TV Cast, August 23 to September 16, 2015, Sunday to Thursday at midnight[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love) |
| Main cast | Sung Hoon as Lee Kang-hoon; Kim Jae-kyung (of the girl group Rainbow) as Cha Yoon-seo; Park Eun-seok as Woo Sang-hyun[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love) • [5](https://www.netflix.com/title/80105477) |
| Creative team | Screenwriter Ji Soo-hyun, original writer of *My Name is Kim Sam-soon*; director Kim Yang-hee of the web drama *Aftermath*[2](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201506170817233/amp) |
| Reception | First place on Naver N Store's real-time popular VOD ranking and over 2 million total views during its run[6](https://www.ajunews.com/view/20150916132329719) |
| Distribution | Rights sold to Netflix, DramaFever, and So-net through overseas agents[7](https://file.irgo.co.kr/data/PLAN/ATTACH_PDF/823eb71769d338bcd5f2835d301f0aa9.pdf) |
## Spoilers
### Story and characters
The drama follows Lee Kang-hoon (Sung Hoon), a wealthy heir and successful CEO who is attractive but indifferent to other people's feelings, and Cha Yoon-seo (Kim Jae-kyung), a cheerful veterinarian who runs her own animal hospital. After the two meet in an unexpected crisis, dislike gradually turns into love.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love) • [5](https://www.netflix.com/title/80105477) In the opening setup, Kang-hoon is abducted by kidnappers, escapes with a serious injury, and wakes up in Yoon-seo's small animal hospital; after the humiliating experience of being treated like an animal, he buys the building and re-enters her life a month later.[4](https://www.kocca.kr/crawling/upload2013/men/2015DirectoryBook.pdf)
Supporting roles shaped the love triangle and rivalries. Park Eun-seok played Woo Sang-hyun, Yoon-seo's friend and first love, whose dance-practice scene with her in episode 14 set off a jealous confrontation with Kang-hoon.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love) • [6](https://www.ajunews.com/view/20150916132329719) Seo Young joined as Moon Yoo-ra, Yoon-seo's classmate and a fellow veterinarian from a wealthy family who is ashamed of the connection and forms an antagonistic line against Yoon-seo.[8](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2015062397284) The cast also included Kim Dong-suk as Kang-hoon's younger brother Lee Kang-joon and Lee Seung-yun as Yoon-seo's friend Heo Jin-kyung.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love)
## Production
**Casting and team.** The production paired the web novel with a screenwriter known for television romance: [Ji Soo](https://www.edgepedia.org/ji-soo)-hyun, the original writer of *My Name is Kim Sam-soon*, adapted the story, and Kim Yang-hee, director of the web drama *Aftermath*, directed it. Godin Media, a company specializing in romance content, produced the series.[2](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201506170817233/amp) • [9](https://www.joynews24.com/view/1670148) Kim Jae-kyung, a member of the girl group [Rainbow](https://www.edgepedia.org/rainbow-group), was cast as Yoon-seo and planned to appear alongside her own pet dog, Macaron; the role was described as a good fit for her healthy image.[2](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201506170817233/amp) Sung Hoon was cast first as the royal-family crown prince Lee Kang-hoon, a character the production described as a "push-and-pull" romance lead.[10](https://www.sportschosun.com/entertainment/2015-08-05/201508060100049250003174)
**Funding.** The production was partly crowdfunded on Tumblbug, raising 11,937,890 won from 57 backers, 119 percent of its target, between June 10 and July 17, 2015.[11](https://tumblbug.com/noble_my_love/recommend)
**Format and schedule.** As a Naver TV Cast production, each episode ran about 10 to 20 minutes, a length suited to mobile viewing. Episodes were released at midnight from Sunday through Thursday, beginning August 23, 2015.[3](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love) • [12](https://www.nasmedia.co.kr/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2015%EB%85%84-8%EC%9B%94-%EB%AF%B8%EB%94%94%EC%96%B4-%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5-%EB%B0%8F-%EC%8B%A0%EA%B7%9C-%EA%B4%91%EA%B3%A0-%EC%83%81%ED%92%88.pdf) A media sales document from Nasmedia priced an exclusive four-week advertising package on the show's channel at 15 million won, covering player-top banners, pre- and post-roll video ads targeted to the channel, and autoplay video units on PC and mobile.[12](https://www.nasmedia.co.kr/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2015%EB%85%84-8%EC%9B%94-%EB%AF%B8%EB%94%94%EC%96%B4-%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5-%EB%B0%8F-%EC%8B%A0%EA%B7%9C-%EA%B4%91%EA%B3%A0-%EC%83%81%ED%92%88.pdf) The Naver TV Cast audience for such short-form content skewed female and young, with a user split of 32 percent male and 68 percent female, and 22 percent teenagers, 35 percent in their twenties, and 26 percent in their thirties.[12](https://www.nasmedia.co.kr/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2015%EB%85%84-8%EC%9B%94-%EB%AF%B8%EB%94%94%EC%96%B4-%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5-%EB%B0%8F-%EC%8B%A0%EA%B7%9C-%EA%B4%91%EA%B3%A0-%EC%83%81%ED%92%88.pdf)
## Reception
During its run the series ranked first on Naver N Store's real-time popular VOD ranking and on its daily and weekly charts, and passed 2 million total views.[6](https://www.ajunews.com/view/20150916132329719) Coverage highlighted the push-and-pull dynamic between the leads, including Kang-hoon's contract-dating proposal and Chinese-language love confession in episode 7 and the couple's first kiss at the animal hospital in episode 17.[6](https://www.ajunews.com/view/20150916132329719) On Rakuten Viki, where the series was later made available with subtitles in English, Portuguese, Hungarian, and other languages, it held a viewer rating of 8.9 out of 10 from about 69,960 ratings.[13](https://www.viki.com/tv/36731c-noble-my-love?locale=id)
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's third-quarter 2015 content industry report cited the series as an example of web-novel-to-web-drama adaptation, noting that the romance web novel with over 30 million views was produced as a web drama with Kim Jae-kyung in the lead under Ji Soo-hyun's adaptation.[14](https://mcst.go.kr/servlets/eduport/front/upload/UplDownloadFile?pFileName=15%EB%85%84+3%EB%B6%84%EA%B8%B0+%EC%BD%98%ED%85%90%EC%B8%A0%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85+%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5+%EB%B6%84%EC%84%9D%EB%B3%B4%EA%B3%A0%EC%84%9C.pdf&pPath=0408010000&pRealName=1457419493696.pdf) It also appears in later lists of web-novel originals adapted for television, placed among the romance adaptations of 2015 on Naver TV Cast.[15](https://cdn.class101.net/attachment/8cbe522b-37a7-4b1c-a413-8359d4c19629.pdf)
## Music and distribution
An original soundtrack was released in parts, with Sung Hoon performing the third single, "쉬운 게 없구나" ("Nothing Is Easy"), composed and arranged by Lee Cheol-won with co-composer Choi Hee-chan, released on September 25, 2015.[16](https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/533691?wl_ref=list_ab_03_series) A full OST album credited to Kim Jae-kyung, Sung Hoon, and composer Lee Cheol-won was released by Windmill ENT on October 15, 2015.[17](https://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ItemId=68095182) The leads also drew attention with the OST track "사랑인가요" ("Is It Love?"), which they performed themselves.[6](https://www.ajunews.com/view/20150916132329719)
For distribution, the production company secured rights to the series alongside its other 2014 to 2015 web dramas and sold them through overseas agents to Netflix, DramaFever, and So-net.[7](https://file.irgo.co.kr/data/PLAN/ATTACH_PDF/823eb71769d338bcd5f2835d301f0aa9.pdf) Netflix lists the series with the description of a cold CEO whose chance meeting with a sweet veterinarian shakes up his life, starring Sung Hoon, Kim Jae-kyung, and Park Eun-seok.[5](https://www.netflix.com/title/80105477) Godin Media went on to produce further romance web dramas, including *1% of Something*, *Burning Romance*, and *[So I Married the Anti-fan](https://www.edgepedia.org/so-i-married-the-anti-fan)*.[9](https://www.joynews24.com/view/1670148)
## References
1. [신나라, 웹드라마 '고결한 그대' 캐스팅…억대 광고계약까지 승승장구, SBS연예뉴스 (2015)](https://ent.sbs.co.kr/news/article.do?article_id=E10006791665)
2. [레인보우 재경, 웹드라마 '고결한 그대' 동물병원 수의사 역 낙점, 스포츠경향 (2015)](https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/201506170817233/amp)
3. [Noble, My Love, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Noble%2C_My_Love)
4. [2015 방송영상 콘텐츠 제작지원 directory, KOCCA](https://www.kocca.kr/crawling/upload2013/men/2015DirectoryBook.pdf)
5. [Noble, My Love, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/80105477)
6. [웹드라마 '고결한 그대' 성훈·재경의 밀당 로맨스 되돌아보기, 아주경제 (2015)](https://www.ajunews.com/view/20150916132329719)
7. [웹드라마 제작 현황 및 콘텐츠 권리 presentation, iHQ](https://file.irgo.co.kr/data/PLAN/ATTACH_PDF/823eb71769d338bcd5f2835d301f0aa9.pdf)
8. [배우 서영, 웹드라마 '고결한 그대' 합류, 텐아시아 (2015)](https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2015062397284)
9. [웹툰 '폐월화', 드라마로 제작, 조이뉴스24 (2022)](https://www.joynews24.com/view/1670148)
10. ['고결한 그대' 촬영 현장 속 성훈, 스포츠조선 (2015)](https://www.sportschosun.com/entertainment/2015-08-05/201508060100049250003174)
11. [웹드라마 〈고결한 그대〉, Tumblbug crowdfunding page](https://tumblbug.com/noble_my_love/recommend)
12. [2015년 8월 미디어 동향 및 신규 광고 상품, Nasmedia](https://www.nasmedia.co.kr/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2015%EB%85%84-8%EC%9B%94-%EB%AF%B8%EB%94%94%EC%96%B4-%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5-%EB%B0%8F-%EC%8B%A0%EA%B7%9C-%EA%B4%91%EA%B3%A0-%EC%83%81%ED%92%88.pdf)
13. [Noble, My Love, Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/36731c-noble-my-love?locale=id)
14. [2015년 3분기 콘텐츠산업 동향분석보고서, 문화체육관광부](https://mcst.go.kr/servlets/eduport/front/upload/UplDownloadFile?pFileName=15%EB%85%84+3%EB%B6%84%EA%B8%B0+%EC%BD%98%ED%85%90%EC%B8%A0%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85+%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5+%EB%B6%84%EC%84%9D%EB%B3%B4%EA%B3%A0%EC%84%9C.pdf&pPath=0408010000&pRealName=1457419493696.pdf)
15. [웹소설 원작 드라마 제작 목록, Class101 attachment](https://cdn.class101.net/attachment/8cbe522b-37a7-4b1c-a413-8359d4c19629.pdf)
16. [고결한 그대 (웹드라마) OST - Part.3, Bugs Music](https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/533691?wl_ref=list_ab_03_series)
17. [고결한 그대 O.S.T., Aladin](https://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ItemId=68095182)
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