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Noona Ate My Lunch :(
Few dramas have made me feel as deeply as *Something in the Rain*. From its moody nighttime cinematography to the jazzy feel of the music, the show creates an intimate, cozy atmosphere that lingers long after the credits roll. But more than its aesthetic, it’s the raw, sometimes frustratingly real portrayal of love and human flaws that made this drama stand out.The relationship between JA and JH and their situation viz-a-viz their family is complicated and at times very frustrating to watch. Speaking of the leads, they are also flawed as any person. JA takes JH for granted throughout much of the show, and when she messes up, her apologies often feel oddly flippant, lacking real weight. JH, on the other hand is immature, struggles with pride, which ultimately leads to their breaking point. He reaches his limit when JA’s mother mistreats him, and instead of working through the issue together, his solution is to demand that JA leave everything behind and move to the U.S. with him—an unrealistic, selfish choice. In the end, he’s the one who abandons her. That being said, JA also bears responsibility for their downfall. She was weak and confused when it came to dealing with her family, and she never truly protected JH from her mom neither did she assured JH through her actions that their situation with her family could be resolved. That is why he wanted to leave everything and run away
While their relationship had moments of deep frustration, I wouldn’t change how the show portrayed them. Their issues were laid bare but they never have a deep realistic conversation about it as a couple. Even when JH gets mad at JA for her actions, he never really lets his true feeling out (until the end in a drunken tirade and specially during the argument they have in final episode when they are at his house. It felt like a natural breaking point for their relationship which by they way would have been a more real ending (but im happy with the ending they went with, i would have been devastated if they they ended with JA moving to jeju and JH going back to US)). This makes their conflicts feel repetitive rather than leading to actual growth. That being said it did not bother me enough. It feels like a deliberate writing choice and im ok with it
What actually bothered me was there were too many scenes where two characters would sit opposite each other in complete silence for what felt like minutes. These moments could have been more impactful if used sparingly, but their frequent appearance made them lose their emotional weight. Additionally, while the soundtrack was beautiful at first, the same songs were played so repetitively that they became distracting rather than enhancing the mood. .
One of the highlights of the show was the way it portrayed workplace harassment. The storyline felt painfully realistic—showing how, in reality, the actual perpetrators of sexual harassment often get off with little more than a slap on the wrist, while the victims are the ones who suffer real consequences. The way this plot played out added depth to the show and reinforced its grounded, often frustratingly true-to-life tone. It added depth to the show and reinforced the themes of power and societal pressure that ran throughout.
Despite its flaws, *Something in the Rain* is a drama I genuinely loved. It’s the kind of show that stays with you, not because everything was perfect, but because every piece—whether frustrating, beautiful, slow, or heartbreaking—added up to something unforgettable.
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every scene every episode is a bit dragged out.. i didn't watch episode 15 and caught on just fine.. but the story was really good.. something a lot of people can relate to.. being an Indian i know how imposing parents can be.. since i myself is going through a similar situation depicted in this drama. so i couldn't help but love the story.. ending was really really good.. but a few episodes lesser would have sufficed.. one should watch it for a very relating and realistic story of love.. the essence of love in here is real..the characters and their flawless chemistry is just beyond real.. cheers!
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Disappointed AF
Started so good, mehhh at the middle part, frustrated and disappointed af at the last part. I feel like i wasted my 9hours. 9hrs only because i enjoyed the first part. The female character was absolutely worst. Decisions.. like girl?! And to add up, the mother of Jin A. I hate her so much to the point that I would like to scream yet all I can do is rant on my twitter acccnt cursing her.. last time I hate this kind of parents was while watching Sky Castle and Boys Over Flowers. Ahahah they are the worst type of parents. Haha anyways.. all i can say is "SAYANG" hae in and ye jin were the best. Just that the script or plot is... ugh still disappointed. Sorry for the rantWas this review helpful to you?
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first of all i really love (jung hae in) character and role, first time to watch him he is a capable actor really a very cute one
there was a very good chemistry between him and son ye jin
the story was really nice delightful and very heartwarming till the last ep.
on the contrary of most of my friends opinion i found it was a powerful reason they left each other for
cause he wants to escape leaving her with such shame without trying to support her to purify her name,
he just want to forget everything
but his thinking was just like that according to his age and experience at work field
the real problem about the end for me WAS
how come with their level of love the end is soooooooooooooooooooo lukewarm and not satisfied like that
this is really sad although it's happy but doesn't fill my eagerness or ravenous towards a powerful end full of emotions and a specific one like they decided to get married through all the circumstances as if she had time to have boyfriend instead of a husband
i know age in front of an independent woman won't be a barrier but when i found my true love what 'll be my excuse to continue till the end :\
i was soooo frustrated really T_T
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Unsatisfied with Making Love Scene
*Something in the Rain*I watched this drama for more than 3 times. Flowing with the smoothly, lovely sequences, feels the warmth of falling in love. Capturing small things & gestures are the best attempt to make this drama succesfully builds up senses of love on screen. Excellent!
The courageous to inform that having sex before marriage in Korean society as common is highly admired. But unfortunately this part of scene are too bland & unelaborated. It looks like Kim Eun or Pan Seok suddenly hesitant to explore this part as well as before. I expect seeing how they stare eye to eye, physically caressed each other, gently kissing hair/nose/shoulder/neck, just to show how's Jun-hui deeply & madly fall in love with Jin-a's charm & vice versa. This love making scene must be become the peak of their inside feeling which already succeed built up on screen previously. Trying to procceed slight libido on screen will be great, and also avoiding impression that having sex is just only as an epiphenomenon of love.
Yes, too short ending, of course. Also Jun-hui's changing his mind only by suddenly hearing Jin-a's recorded voice is rather unlogic. But I still love your work. Lovely!
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Real Life Situations.
The show is about two friends, becoming lovers. a kdrama trope you're mostly going to see. This show made me feel A LOT of emotions. Mostly going from happy to mad. And repeating.The story is pretty real. Y'know parents not liking the guy her daughter's dating and thinks of him as family. Pretty alright. And with the whole thing with the se*ual harassment at work situation.
The only thing that's stopping me from this becoming my favorite is Jin-a's character. She's too weak, like very weak when it comes to standing her ground. Sure she did argue with her Mother saying "Jin-hui's the one" but that's all she can do. Say that. She can never stand her ground and stop making her self be a controlled puppet. I consider her one of the most annoying female leads out of all female leads I've seen. The only characters you can even like a bit is Jin-a's dad, Jin-hui's Sister and himself. Maybe a bit of Jin-a's brother.
The whole timestamp being an hour and something something minutes long was SO unnecessary honestly. Hospital Playlist did WAY better with the time duration than these fools did. Made me even have to use speed by 1.5x on Netflix to not waste time.
The acting is too amazing to even talk about. ESPICIALLY. ESPICIALLY JIN-A'S MOTHER! OMO, her acting to AMAZINGGGG!!! They're even some times when I even hate her character to the fullest, but can understand her to! I watched this drama because of Jung Hae In and Son Ye Jin, wasn't really worth much though.
The music, shut up with it already. I know One Spring Night does it but geez bro, the sound track here is cringe, well, one of them. "It's hard to be a woman"," SHUT UP! The worst soundtrack in this show. Love Alarm even had better soundtracks then this lol and I don't even like Love Alarm that much.
The re watch value? LOW! I cannot stand Jin-a's annoying mother in SO much scenes, could only re watch for my lovely Jung Hae In and a bit of Son Ye Jin
In total, If I knew how bad the female lead was, I wouldn't have watched. So I wouldn't recommend this to anybody unless they wanna ki*l themselves with long time duration and boringness in this show.
I could've even re watch Vincenzo with this ridiculous timestamp. I consider anybody who gives this a 9 or higher a straight out monster, sorry not sorry. One Spring Night is better in some aspects.
I'm only giving it a 7 BECAUSE of the main couple <3
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Spoiler!!! Plot is really nice. It's happens in real life.. mostly society didn't easily accept the age gap between to couple. In this drama fl 35 y/o and ml 24 y/o. Drama very nice. Both main leads and other cast also portray their role very well. Little bit slow plot. Romantic scenes really gives goosebumps and butterflies.
Story of 35 year old woman. Her bf dumped her after dating 10 years. Giving rubbish reason she is not exciting. After she don't want date anyone. Her bestfriend brother return from usa after 3 years and who start taking interest in her. Then their secret lovestory start. Secret romance from family friends and office colleague. I think small spoiler is enough.
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I Couldn't Get Into The Male Lead
The male actor opposite of Son Ye Jin didn't do it for me. Sorry, but thought he was pretty bland and boring. He just seemed to smile all the time and that doesn't hold my attention haha... I think I dropped it after two episodes.I search for Son Ye Jin films, because loved her in "Crash Landing On You", but was disappointed. If anyone has suggestions for other dramas she is in, would love to hear about them. I love dramas that have a larger cast as well as in a community.
Thanks!
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Very solid first 4 episodes then not worth watching :(
I was really disappointed because the drama had so much promise! The camera pacing was super slow and the music was a bit weird, but I loved the first 4 episodes. Jin Ah and Joon Hee's interactions were extremely cute and their chemistry was believable! However, by the 5th episode, the main character started getting on my nerves and now I understood why the average rating was only 7.9/10 stars... The characters starting having random conflicts for no reason. There is no meaningful plot! There was only alternating fluff and conflict. I could not keep watching. As a side note, it is not attractive at all to smoke cigarettes in this day and age!! No matter how aesthetically pleasing the male lead is, that is 0/10 points for cuteness.Was this review helpful to you?
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Desabafo sobre a sobra
Bom, não levem muito em em consideração minha opinião para decidir, assistir ou não a obra, no final, isso é mais um desabafo meu.A obra começa bem, eé bem fofo, e continua num ritmo agradável, a principio, o único ponto negativo dela, seria as longas pausas silenciosas dos personagens pensando ou quando algo acontece, no fundo, isso pode não ser u mdefeito para muitas pessoas, mas para mim é.
A parti daqui, contem alguns spoilers.
O problema começa lá pelo ep 11 ou 12, o casal começa a se autodestruir com suas escolhas, em vez de tentarem se entender, eles ficam se retraindo, e tomando decisões meio idiotas, o que me deixava cada vez mais frustrado, o ponto alto foi o termino , eles não se comunicavam de verdade, um tentando não magoar o outro e se magoando no processo, isso na verdade era irritante e chegou ao ponto deles terminarem , eu me forcei a ver o ultimo ep, e mesmo com o final dele aquilo não me agradou, o decorrer do dorama foi bem melhor que o final.
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Comentário de indignação com spoiler, leia por sua conta e risco
Fazia algum tempo que eu não sentia a urgência de escrever um comentário sobre um drama. Não poderia ficar sufocada com toda a indignação que senti assistindo a esse drama. Não sei se é possível amar e odiar algo na mesma intensidade, mas foi como me senti assistindo o desenvolvimento dessa história. Amei como os protagonistas foram se apaixonando, lenta e perdidamente. A química entre os atores foi tão incrível que eu acreditava que eles realmente estavam apaixonados para além das telas, sem contar que nunca me senti tão solteira assistindo um drama. Porém me enervava como a Jin ah deixava que todos mandassem e desmandassem na vida dela. Ela era uma mulher de 35 anos, pelo amor de Deus! Como ela foi incapaz de dizer “não” para a mãe dela?! E infelizmente não é algo que a personagem supere na trajetória do drama porque no final de tudo ela ainda continua deixando a mãe dela manipular as relações amorosas dela. É realmente muito frustrante.Falando na mãe da protagonista, pelo amor de Deus!!! Que mulher mais insuportável!!! Todas as vezes que ela abria a boca para falar qualquer coisa eu queria esfregar a cara dela no chapisco! E, pior, a única pessoa que poderia acabar com esse comportamento doentio era a Jin ah, mas ela acabava reforçando esse comportamento visto que ela atendia as exigências absurdas da mãe sem protestar como, por exemplo: sair em um encontro às cegas sendo que ela estava namorando outra pessoa! Qualquer ser humano com bom senso e que respeitasse seu parceiro jamais se prestaria a esse papel.
Além disso, a Jin ah reclamava do comportamento da mãe pelas costas, mas na primeira oportunidade mostrou que é exatamente igual a mãe! Porque, meu amigo, o que ela fez com o Joo Hee com relação ao pai dele foi EXATAMENTE o que a mãe fazia com ela. Isso mesmo! Ela simplesmente forçou o namorado a fazer algo que ele não queria! Aliás, algo que causou imenso sofrimento a ele: falar com o pai. Um pai que traiu a mãe doente do rapaz e abandonou os filhos sem nunca ligar para saber como eles estavam! Ela simplesmente deslegitima os sentimentos dele e ainda fez ele achar que era imaturo da parte dele sentir repulsa pelo pai horrível dele! Tem noção desse absurdo?! Gente, eu fiquei simplesmente estarrecida nessa hora. Pobre rapaz. A irmã dele tinha razão faltava amor próprio à ele.
E, claro, tem aquela pitada máxima de todo melodrama: falta de comunicação! Não tem nada mais frustrante do que a falta de comunicação. Um resolve por conta própria que a solução da vida deles é mudar de país. Até aí tudo bem, perfeito. Só que a criatura esquece que a outra parte precisa estar de acordo com essa decisão! E pra completar a outra se muda de casa e não avisa pro cara. Isso pode dar certo? Claro que não! A está altura eu já estava desejando que o melhor para os dois era cada um no seu canto porque já estava mais que provado que não ia dar certo, apesar dos dois se gostarem genuinamente.
O mais frustrante de tudo é que a Jin ah não amadureceu em nada! Só de olhar o cara que ela arrumou de namorado percebe-se que foi arranjado pela mãe dela e um perfeito babaca tal qual o anterior ao Joo Hee. E ela continua trabalhando na mesma empresa onde era assediada! Ela não conseguiu uma retratação decente dos assediadores e muito menos que eles fossem punidos devidamente e ainda assim continuou trabalhando para eles como se nada tivesse acontecido (só no final do último episódio ela finalmente pede demissão) Absurdo em cima de absurdo!
Eu realmente esperava gostar mais desse drama visto que amei One Spring Night do mesmo diretor e roteirista. One Spring Night é um dos meus dramas favoritos da vida! É posterior a Something in the Rain e por isso acho que a roteirista quis corrigir os problemas de Something in the Rain porque tudo que é um problema aqui, em One Spring Night é resolvido. A Jung In (interpretada pela Han Jimin) é tudo que falta a Jin ah ser. Ela não deixa que os pais decidam a a vida dela e muito menos tolera o namorado babaca por muito tempo.
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