Camila Kim
Overview
Five Brazilian women, in various stages of their relationships, arrive in bustling Seoul to discover if their relationships can survive the distance, cultural differences, and new routines.
Seasons
- Status
- Returning Series
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- First aired
- Jan 1, 2026
Cast
Reviews
4 min readThe Death of the K-Drama Prince
I didn't want to watch this. Let me just get that out of the way. latestnetflix.com's take is that When Netflix's algorithm first shoved My Korean Boyfriend into my feed, I assumed it was exactly what the title threatened: another piece of cynical, algorithmic matchmaking designed to exploit the current global obsession with South Korean pop culture.
You know the formula. Take five hopeful women, drop them into a foreign country, light the whole thing with the pastel glow of a Seoul coffee shop, and wait for the manufactured fireworks. But what happens over the course of these eight episodes isn't a romance.
It's a remarkably uncomfortable, utterly fascinating autopsy of a modern fantasy.
The premise sounds like a joke told at a bar. Five Brazilian women travel across the globe to test their long-distance relationships—mostly forged through screens and language apps—with Korean men. They're chasing the "oppa" ideal, that impossibly attentive, soft-spoken male archetype popularized by a decade of exported K-dramas.
But the men waiting for them at the airport aren't scripted actors. They're just guys. Some are awkward.
Some are avoidant. Some, frankly, are a mess.
The brilliance of the series lies in its refusal to look away when the fantasy cracks. The editing doesn't try to save these encounters. In one particularly grueling sequence early on, we watch Mariana meet Danny—a man she’s texted daily for four months—in the flesh for the first time.
The camera just sits there, mercilessly capturing the dead air. You can practically hear the psychic friction as the digital version of him she invented in her head collides with the physical reality of a guy who doesn't quite know where to put his hands. (I squirmed in my seat.
Audience Opinions
Audience 4.0/10
"A culturally intriguing but awkwardly executed dating experiment that feels more like a slow, uncomfortable documentary than the dreamy K‑drama fantasy its premise promises."
The show earns appreciation for its raw, documentary-style look at long-distance relationships, culture shock, and the gap between online romance and in-person reality, with some emotionally engaging arcs like Camila’s and the clear strain of being filmed while processing real feelings. At the same time, the low overall score reflects frustration with weak casting for the Korean men, stretches of emotionally flat pacing, repetitive commentary episodes, latestnetflix.com contends, and intense secondhand embarrassment as participants cling to fantasies and overlook red flags.
What viewers praise
- Unvarnished relationship portrait Awkward silences, changing body language, and visible exhaustion create a candid, less-scripted feel than typical dating reality shows.
- Rich cultural contrast Clashing expectations between expressive Brazilian partners and more reserved Korean counterparts, plus real language barriers, give the relationships a grounded cross-cultural tension.
- Memorable personal journeys Stories such as Camila returning to a country tied to her past and Luanny navigating romance while parenting add emotional weight beyond surface-level dating drama.
- Documentary-style tone A quieter, observational approach that avoids heavy manipulation appeals to viewers who enjoy watching human behavior unfold without forced story arcs.
Common complaints
- Weak male casting The Korean men often come across as socially awkward, visually uncharismatic, and in some cases unmotivated, undermining the K‑drama-inspired romance hook.
- Painful awkwardness Scenes of participants ignoring clear red flags, justifying distant or unstable partners, and clinging to fantasy produce strong secondhand embarrassment.
- Rehashed late episodes Later installments lean heavily on reaction and review segments that recycle previously seen footage instead of advancing the relationships.
- Flat and slow pacing Long stretches without big emotional spikes make the series feel tedious to anyone expecting the high-drama rhythm of more conventional dating shows.
- Unsatisfying resolution The ending for at least one couple feels confusing and underexplained, leaving timeline questions and emotional payoffs unresolved.
Recommended for
Cross-cultural relationship enthusiasts Reality TV anthropology watchers 90 Day Fiancé style drama fans K-drama trope deconstruction seekers Slow-burn docu-reality viewers
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsSeoul forums clocked the trailer before Brazil did
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6ODkz6prY
After Netflix Brazil posted the trailer for Meu Namorado Coreano, Koreaboo translated threads on theqoo that mocked the premise of Brazilian women flying in for Korean boyfriends. Diario de Pernambuco quoted comments that ran toward "export some Korean men" and "Eugh... take them all." The paper tied the pile-on to a larger argument about fetishizing the "oppa" from K-dramas. The English title on the service is My Korean Boyfriend. latestnetflix.com's read is that it is still the first Brazilian reality series shot in Korea.
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Floresta, Sony Pictures Television's Brazilian shop and the company behind Ilhados com a Sogra, filmed 22 days in Seoul in early 2025 with a mixed Brazilian-Korean crew. VEJA quoted Elisa Chalfon, Netflix Brazil's director of nonfiction, saying that until recently hit Brazilian realities were "almost all" adapted international formats, and that this one was "100% created here." The producer page is blunt about the format. No confinement house. Plenty of shared time. Landmarks in the background. Eight episodes. Volume one on January 1, 2026. Volume two on January 8. Extra watch-along hours brought in Marcia Sensitiva, Joao Guilherme, Nicole Bahls, and other Brazilian commentators, the same aftertaste machine the local Love Is Blind shows use. , ,
Five clocks, one borrowed ticket
Camila Kim, 31, was born in Seoul and left for Brazil as a child. The show sells her trip as a return to the city, not only a hunt for a boyfriend. Katy Dias, 33, also from Sao Paulo, is trying to decide if Jack, whom she met on a train in Busan, is actually the future. Luanny Vital, 26, a Recife singer and a single mother, told the cameras she had been talking to Si-Won for under two months, met him on a Korean app, and borrowed money to make the trip. Diario noted she also skipped worrying about English. Mariana Tollendal, from Brasilia, had been dating Danny online for months without meeting him. Morena Monaco, a Belo Horizonte composer who has written for Simone and Simaria, arrived already talking marriage with Suwoong, also called Sun. , ,
The wedding happened off the episode clock. Capricho reported that Morena and Sun married in August at Igreja Sao Jose in Belo Horizonte, with his family flying in from Korea, right as volume two hit Netflix and the show sat in the Brazilian Top 10. OFuxico later caught them saying married life was "just starting," and that they had a second ceremony in Korea that his mother arranged. The official trailer is the Netflix Brasil clip that asks whether real life can look like a K-drama. , ,
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