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Loved it, comedies are the best!!!
I'm a little late to the K-drama scene. I liked this show a lot. First, before I forget, Park Seo Joon, who plays the male lead, looks uncanny like my late Japanese friend, Matsumoto-san. Not at every angle and all facial expressions, but especially when he smiles. First Japanese person I became friends with, an unbelievably kind guy whom I miss a lot. I first saw Park in "Itaewon Class". Seeing him made me happy and very sad at the same time. I think we all knew the female lead, played by Hwang Jung Eum, even with the weird hair was going to turn out to be attractive. Besides the physical part, her character being bubbly and sweet, is something that is a very attractive quality!Star of the show has to go to Choi Si Won's character, Kim Shin Hyuk. Hilarious and creative role that Choi was perfect for, makes me want to go find some other things he's been in. I hope there are some Korean guys in real life who are like that character, maybe not as crazy though with the pranks though, lol. I like to joke around too, because I enjoy making people laugh and forget their problems. Shin Dong Mi, who plays Cha Joo Young, is also an attractive lady and stood out, maybe because she was the only lady who had her natural hair color. I know this drama is dated, but I hope Koreans, like Japanese and all Asians, STOP dying their hair color, natural always looks best! I realize people in Asians countries tire of black hair, as almost all people tend to have it, unless they are seniors, but if everyone dyes their hair brown then people with natural locks stick out amongst the crowd, hah hah!
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Warm, funny, great!
I just loved it... I didn't have much expectations at first but the drama turned out to be very nice.The romance is great and not so great. The childhood romance is warm and sweet. Once they get together, it's warm, sweet, funny, i smiled a lot. They understand each other, they talk and say what needs to be said (well note at first but later) it's very refreshing! The not so great is in the in between, there aren't really any sparks , not enough "impossible love moments" or not enough great "falling in love moments" but it works anyway.
The 2nd ML is great, the friendship between him and the FL is great, event if it's turns into a love triangle, they are absolutely great together.
The ending is perfect.
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I didn't think too much about it at the start, but as I continued watching it I thought it was soo cute, the story and everything and I really like the actor Hwang Jun-eum this was the first drama I watched her in, and just loved how her character embraced her naturality in the end and liked the actor Park Seo-Joon from Secretary Kim, he always plays the CEO of something, but yet I still enjoyed the storyline and plot.
I think my favourite character was Kim Shin-Hyuk who was played by Choi Si-won, I think his character was soo funny! And really interesting what he ended up being. Would totally watch it again!
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Would recommend to any new drama watchers
I was enjoying this one until we got past the main leads getting together. As expected, I got bored and had to fast forward my way to the end. It did wrap up nicely and cute though! We even got a child!Taking it back to the beginning:
Hye-jin’s reason for lying about her identity is really shallow and she should have been honest. Sung-Joon had already experienced what it’s like to not have ‘the standard’ looks of a Korean man so he of all people should have understood how Hye-jin was feeling. Besides, a ’true’ friend would love and accept them no matter what.
I didn’t really like Sung-Joon in the beginning because of how rudely he treated Hye-jin. If a man is gonna be a good man, they should treat all women the same. I didn’t like they way he fired Hye-jin in haste - he was so aggressive!
Another thing that bugged me was why did Sung-Joon think that Hye-jin was going to be romantically available anyway? That is so presumptuous of him to think that after 15 YEARS he can waltz back into her life and expect something between them that is more than friendship.
I was honestly shipping Hye-jin with the second male lead and to be fair, they would have had a decent shot at being together so really I feel like this drama could have gone either way.
Hye-jin’s transformation really had her looking like a whole another actress!
I don’t understand how Sung-joon could be so upset with Ha-ri but fine with Hye-jin - ike Hye-jin was the root cause of the predicament anyway! I thought he would have been equally mad at the both of them, even more so Hye-jin.
Finally, as we recached the end of episode 14, I literally sighed relief that the second male lead shaved his beard. Damn that should have been done AGES ago!
Overall, this was a decent drama with an okay story. Certainly nothing to rave about. For anyone who is new to kdramas this is one I’d recommend.
-E
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Not terrible
==Breakdown==Background plot - 45%
Romance - 35%
Misc comedy - 20%
Background plot - Low stakes but also quite boring mostly
Romantic chemistry - Good
Misc comedy - Good
Production value - Good
I wish I liked Hwang Jung Eum's attempts at comedy more than I do. Her over the top acting choices during comedy scenes can be irritating and make me want to skip forward. That said, when she's more subtle in the heavier emotional scenes she does an absolutely stellar job. Since the show revolves around her character, it was a series of hits and misses with the show never quite finding a steady rhythm.
Park Seo Joon took a character that was pretty boring and made him someone to root for, which is a special kind of magic. I wish Park Seo Joon would go back to his rom-com roots. After seeing him in 'Kill Me, Heal Me,' 'What's Wrong with Secretary Kim,' and 'She Was Pretty,' I think his strength is rom com.
This was a character driven story, but even so the plot felt a bit empty and shallow.
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Kind of feelgood, not too serious
This was OK entertainment - I watched quite a lot of the episodes rather rapidly, but then I had a longer break before I watched the remaining episodes in "pulses". The story is kind of feelgood romance, not too serious and without any heavy conflicts or strong story arcs.The acting was OK; I would say Park Seo Joon (ML) has developed as an actor since this.
Choi Si Won (2nd ML) did impress me, even though I found his character to be a bit "over the top" for me.
The FL Hwang Jung Eum had some weaker scenes, but was overall good.
What I did like with the story was how wholeheartedly he (Ji Sung Jun) loved.
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for me i should give it low rate for 2 reasons 1st i hate (hwang) sooooooooooo much i feel her pretending to be superfine &
she is acting absurdly in general the way she talks make me nerve
but i've to admit that she is so good at choosing her dramas
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2nd SPOILER IS COMING
cause she left (choi) for (park)
it wasn't a big deal if the writer made her continue with choi i do really loved every thing about him in this drama more than (park) LOL
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but i should say it's a very good drama you should really watch
without joking this is complete 10/10 excluding both 2 reasons :)
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It’s okay, cute and simple
I honestly almost didn’t watch this because of the recent comments saying it’s so bad but I still gave it a chance and it’s not as awful as people are saying, like it’s a 2015 romance of course it’s going to be cringy lol. Compare it to dramas of the same year, it fits right in.It’s okay, not super good just okay not worth the rewatch. The FL is dumb and annoying, the ML is mean and cold then he becomes sweet to her…your typical cheesy romance drama characters. The story is cute of the childhood sweethearts and how they found each other again. I honestly hated the “glow” up of the FL they made her look 20 years older, but I’m glad that didn’t completely change her and she still showed her “ugly” face (like she’s so pretty just had curly hair and skin issues but you know korean beauty standards..)
In the last episodes it’s so slow and just way dumber like they try to fill the 16 episodes quota, the FL is so much more annoying in the last few episodes. And the last episode is mostly filled with trowback scenes if you skip all of those the actual episode is like 20 minutes.
In conclusion, just give a watch it’s entertaining lol.
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This drama focuses on a woman named Kim Hye Jin who used to be beautiful when she was younger, but grew up to be ugly. I really loved the fact tht Hye Jin had a beautiful personality even when she was younger and more beautiful. She's just a good person, and remains tht way throughout the drama. When she was younger, she befriended this fat ugly kid named Seong Jun who was her neighbor, and he ended up becoming her first love. This is where my first issue/complaint comes into play. Well, it's not so much as an issue/complaint, I don't know wat to really call it, my distaste of the 'romance' between the younger versions of Hye Jin and Seong Jun. I just didn't buy it. Idk, I just thought the whole pretense for their initial friendship/romance was pretty lame. But w/e, Hye Jin was a sweetie pie throughout the whole thing. As time passes, Hye Jin and Seong Jun lose touch with each other. The last time Seong Jun saw Hye Jin was when she was pretty. So when Seong Jun finally gets in touch with Hye Jin and wants to meet up, Hye Jin is nervous about what he'll think of her because he doesn't know tht she's ugly now. So she gets her best friend, Min Ha Ri (who i love), to pretend to be her to meet him. Ands thts basically the premise. The story focuses on friendships, inner-struggles, and workplace drama. It's really fun!
But the romantic chemistry between the characters/actors is really lacking. Especially between Seong Jun and Ha Ri, uggghhh those scenes were the most boring of the whole drama. Hye Jin and Kim Shin Hyeok (the second male lead) had zero romantic chemistry, and I was annoyed tht the drama chose to make Shin Hyeok like Hye Jin in the first place. They had excellent friendship chemistry, but no to the romance. And lastly, the chemistry between adult versions of Hye Jin and Seong Jun was non-existent. I mean, their scenes didn't make me cringe or anything like tht, but i didn't really care about they're romance in the scheme of things. The friendships were the best in this drama, and everyone did have chemistry with each other, just not romantic chemistry.
All in all, this was a really fun drama to watch (and it's ttly marathon-worthy)! You'll have several laughs, and some of the moments throughout are genuinely sweet. Do I think it's a must-see? No. But its a good rom-com and it's not a bad watch. I liked it, maybe u will too!
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Shi Won. Enough said, he is amazing.
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