Hana Han lives with a heavy ancestral secret: whenever she kisses another person, she transforms into a small dog every night between midnight and six in the morning. The only method to lift the curse requires kissing that exact same person while in her canine state within one hundred days, or the transformation turns irreversible. To maintain normal life, Hana avoids intimacy at all costs, enduring broken courtships and awkward social boundaries.

During an after-work staff gathering, an intoxicated Hana intends to kiss her warm colleague Bogum Lee, but accidentally plants the fateful kiss on Jin Seon, a reserved and distant mathematics teacher. Jin treats Hana with sharp formality, but her dilemma escalates when she uncovers his crippling cynophobia, born from severe childhood trauma. Hana must bridge Jin's intense terror of canines, earn his trust without exposing her supernatural secret, and arrange a second kiss before the temporal deadline expires.

As high school politics, family curses, and buried past connections resurface, the dynamic shifts into a grounded character study of psychological healing, mutual vulnerability, and workplace romance. The finished 93-chapter serialization resolves Hana and Jin's personal trials through layered character growth and comedic misadventures.

What to Expect

Pacing in this series balances workplace romantic comedy with steady psychological resolution. Rather than relying on sudden plot conveniences, author LEE Hye structures narrative conflict around Jin Seon's genuine fear of dogs, ensuring his phobia is treated as a real psychological barrier rather than a temporary running gag. The supernatural shapeshifting mechanism provides ticking-clock tension across the 100-day deadline, moving into historical ancestry lore that explains the origin of the bloodline curse.

Who Will Enjoy This

Readers who favor adult workplace romances, slow-burn romantic tension, and supernatural identity dilemmas will appreciate this title. It connects strongly with audiences seeking emotionally mature leads resolving genuine trauma rather than standard high school clichés.

If you appreciate stories driven by distinct character traits and high-stakes comedic dynamics, explore Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun for its sharp comedic timing and double-life survival stakes, or dive into One Piece for foundational world-building and character-driven loyalty.