# Dear.M (2022)

> When an anonymous post upends the peaceful Seoyeon University campus, students find their friendships and romances thrown into turmoil.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/96911

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 65 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance, mystery
- Network: Viki, U-NEXT
- Cast: Park Hye-su, Jaehyun, Roh Jeong-eui, Bae Hyeon-seong, Lee Jin-hyuk, Woo Da-vi, Kwon Eun-bin, Hwang Bo-reum-byeol
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13760386/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: light, romantic, suspenseful, youthful

## What critics say

Reviewers find the youthful campus romance pleasant but the mystery thread thin and loosely executed.

## Synopsis

Dear.M (2022) is a South Korean youth drama series created for Viki and U-NEXT, a single-season limited series of twelve roughly hour-long episodes. Set on the usually calm campus of Seoyeon University in contemporary Korea, it follows students whose quiet dormitory life is thrown into chaos when an anonymous post appears on the school's online community board. The engine of the story is the spreading rumor and the hunt for the author behind the mysterious M, while friendships and romantic pairings are pulled into the uncertainty. Its cast includes Park Hye-su as Ma Joo-ah, Jaehyun as Cha Min-ho, and Roh Jeong-eui as Seo Ji-min, among other young actors who anchor the interlocking couples. Episodes lean on campus gossip, shifting alliances, and the small social dramas of dorm life rather than a case-of-the-week format. The tone is light and romantic, with a mystery thread running beneath the youthful relationships. Viewers who enjoy Korean campus romance, school-based intrigue, and the anonymous-message suspense of Gossip Girl or the nostalgic youth warmth of Reply 1988 will find familiar pleasures here, though the series is generally regarded as thin in its execution.

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