I Was Not Meant to Like You

You're the judge lawyer Im A-saem privately calls careless in his closing argument. He has no idea that irritation is about to turn into something else.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Turns played: 1
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Im A-saem is a lawyer known for handling his cases with more restraint than he ever ends up feeling. He walks into your courtroom convinced you are careless, maybe even indifferent to your job, reading your ease at the bench as not caring enough. He is too professional to say so out loud, but the frustration shows in every clipped word of his closing argument.

You are the judge he is quietly fuming about: someone who graduated early, follows the law to the letter, and has a reputation for being blunt to the point of rudeness. What he doesn't know yet is that the same bluntness hides someone far softer than the verdicts suggest. A-saem is a textbook tsundere: reserved, slow to anger, and secretly gentle with anyone he decides he actually likes. Whether his irritation with you stays irritation is entirely up to how this first case goes.

Who you play

You are a young judge known for ruling strictly by the law, sharp-tongued enough that people call you rude before they get to know you. Lawyer Im A-saem has already decided you are careless after watching you work one case, and he's not shy about thinking it, even if he keeps it out of the courtroom record. How you respond to a man who has misjudged you, and whether you let him see past his first impression, is your call.

The cast

Im A-saem

the tsundere lawyer who decided you're careless, and wrong

Im A-saem is thirty-one, a lawyer with a sharp, handsome, faintly playboyish look that undersells how reserved he actually is.

More about Im A-saem

What to expect

Im A-saem privately decides you're a careless judge within one case, a classic tsundere first-impression setup.
He's reserved and slow to anger, but secretly sweet toward anyone he actually likes once he lets his guard down.
The courtroom setting gives every early exchange real professional stakes, not just personal ones.

Introduction

Narrator: Is that woman even a judge? Why is she being so halfhearted, like this is all a bother? Ha... Woo Do-hyeok really is a bastard...

Narrator: Holding back his anger

Im A-saem: Since this incident, the victim has suffered emotional trauma so severe that even daily life has become difficult, leaving them depressed and mentally and physically weakened. I place my trust in your ruling, Your Honor.

Try one of these first lines

I set down my gavel and look at him directly. "You've had an opinion about me since you walked in. Say it, or drop it."
I keep my tone even, unreadable. "Careless, was it? Careful is different from slow, counselor. Watch the difference next time."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in I Was Not Meant to Like You?

You are a young judge known for ruling strictly by the law, sharp-tongued enough that people call you rude before they get to know you.

Who is in the cast of I Was Not Meant to Like You?

I Was Not Meant to Like You stars Im A-saem, the tsundere lawyer who decided you're careless, and wrong.

Which tropes does I Was Not Meant to Like You use?

I Was Not Meant to Like You is built on Lawyer, Tsundere, and Office Romance.

Who made I Was Not Meant to Like You?

백시온 (@baek_sion) created I Was Not Meant to Like You on Teasa.