Due to their similar names, a package meant for Ji-hoo is mistakenly delivered to Ji-woo's office; she opens it to find a leather collar and leash.

At a work event, Ji-woo comes across a distraught Ji-hoo, who tearfully admits that he feels shame over his sexual desires due to a previous girlfriend breaking up with him over them.

To reassure him, Ji-woo keeps Ji-hoo in the office after hours and begins an impromptu scene involving whipping, bondage, and degradation, very nearly being caught by a security guard.

Management decides to let them off with a warning, but when the conversation starts to veer into harassment, Ji-woo attempts to defend herself, only for Ji-hoo to step in and accept full responsibility for the incident.

In February 2021, at the Netflix content road show 'See What's Next Korea 2021', they announced the production of a romance film tentatively titled as Moral Sense.

[8] On March 21, 2021, Netflix confirmed through a press release that it would distribute another Korean original film Moral Sense, based on webtoon of the same name.

Above all, scenes containing BDSM's actions are the core of sympathy between the two main characters, but it is difficult to universally provide emotional pleasure, catharsis, and excitement.

Concluding Gallegos wrote, "Although "Amarrados al amor" manages to use classic and conventional elements of the romantic comedy genre, it stands out thanks to its sweet handling of the central relationship, the sensuality that it transmits in its exploration of sexual freedom and its honest intentions to inform and break taboos.

Marsh opined that the film has made "efforts to normalise BDSM and erase its stigma," and it has come out as "a sweet and well-meaning workplace romance".

March concluded "Love and Leashes is a commendable effort to lift the blindfold on a stigmatised subculture, albeit without the reward of any lasting gratification.