# Choco Milk Shake (2022)

> A lonely young man who lost his parents finds his childhood pets reincarnated as two charming young men who move into his house and stir up a new romance.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/134194

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 11
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, drama, romance, fantasy
- Network: NAVER TV, Heavenly
- Cast: Ko Ho-jung, Lee Jae-bin, Kim Seong-hyuk, Park Seung-bin
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22726272/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: whimsical, tender, quirky, warm, melancholic

## What critics say

Viewers who reviewed the series found its unusual premise of reincarnated animal companions captivating and sweetly romantic, though aggregate reception is unknown.

## Synopsis

Choco Milk Shake (2022) is a South Korean boys love fantasy comedy-drama miniseries created for NAVER TV and Heavenly, produced by Strongberry, and runs eleven episodes of roughly thirty minutes each. Ko Ho-jung plays Jung-woo, a young man living alone after losing his parents, who works part time in his uncle's shop, played by Park Seung-bin. His quiet routine is upended when two strangers arrive claiming to be the reincarnations of Choco (Lee Jae-bin) and Milk (Kim Seong-hyuk), the companions he raised from childhood and lost in an accident. The engine of the story is the awkward household that forms around them, as the newcomers settle in and Jung-woo must face his grief while discovering new feelings. Each episode unfolds as a gentle slice of domestic life, with whimsical comedy, tender moments, and a playful sense of the uncanny. The tone is warm and quirky, with an undercurrent of melancholy about loss and second chances. Fans of On Cloud Nine, Eternal Yesterday and Something in My Room will find resonance in its afterlife-tinged romance and its sincere handling of love emerging from sorrow.

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