XO, Kitty- Season 3 (review)

Published by Mason Oldridge, 29 April 2026

The gang are back at KISS for senior year in this third season of the Seoul-based teen romcom.

Kitty and Min-Ho begin a relationship but it’s not without its trials and tribulations. Q and Jin’s relationship is also tested when Q’s first love Marius arrives, stirring up trouble across the friendship group. Elsewhere, Yuri adjusts to no longer being rich, Dae pursues Eunice and Kitty’s cousin Jiwon starts teaching at KISS.

Eunice’s pregnancy scare proves to be the catalyst in Kitty and Min-Ho’s relationship when Kitty assumes Min-Ho is the father. However, this later expands beyond just their storyline as, while Eunice is not pregnant, the positive pregnancy test is revealed to be Jiwon’s, who is in love with Alex, her baby’s father. Jiwon is unnecessarily harsh to Kitty despite being cousins but at least acknowledges this when the truth exposes her as a hypocrite and the situation creates a heartwarming moment between Alex and Professor Lee.

The highlights are Episode 4 as the gang enjoy a fun-filled day out at Lotte World in which a softer vulnerable side to Marius is shown and Episode 9 as the friends rally together to support Yuri’s new fashion show.

The season concludes with Kitty’s 18th birthday, which culminates in Min-Ho doing a cliched chase to the subway to confess his love for her before she leaves for America on break. Nevertheless, the scene is still emotive and sees a third successive season end with Kitty and Min-Ho embarking on some sort of travel together.

Kitty is a self-proclaimed matchmaker and originally came to KISS to find love and relive her mum’s experience, all of which continues to happen in this third season, as she sets up Jiwon and Alex and pieces her friendship group back together, finds love with Min-Ho and attempts to recreate a photo with Yuri of their mums on a rollercoaster in a particularly sweet moment. Also, Kitty visits Lara Jean and vice versa in this season, which is a nice link to the original film series too.

Three seasons in and the series has established a tight-knit friendship group that we have grown to love, all the while progressing interweaving storylines, elevating this season slightly above the prior two.

8/10