One Spring Night

Amazing

I find this drama amazing in many levels, I have to congratulate Jung Hae In for always giving his all in these roles, because it can’t be a coincidence that every drama he stars in is at least good. This was amazing, though some may not agree I found this drama, while similar, better than Something in The Rain. Not to say that SITR was bad, but this story was so fluid and cozy. The soundtrack was amazing, the camerawork: superb.

I would honestly sit here for hours just talking about this drama, but I’ll keep it short and sweet:

If you’re looking for something to binge-watch, that will make you feel mega connected to the characters and overall vibe, this is it. The song will be stuck in your head for months.

I find this drama very well written, I find little to no plotholes or continuity problems (from what I remeber) and every once in a while I come back feeling like rewatching it again, it’s so satisfying!

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What I liked about this drama...
- Nice cast... JHI <3
- Chemistry was cute between the main couple
- The ending was rewarding after the long turmoil we had to endure together with the main characters.

What I didnt like about this drama...
- I often read the word "realistic" used to describe this drama, but I don’t see why. Is this really the norm in other people’s dating lives? To me, this drama was just another melodrama. It wasn’t relatable overall, and I didn’t like the atmosphere it created—encouraging viewers to break up with their boyfriend for someone like YJH. Honestly, it’s highly unlikely you’d meet someone like that from the start. To me, love is something you grow together with. Maybe I’m being extra bitter because I started justifying breaking up with my boyfriend, thinking he doesn’t deserve me. I think this was the underlying message of this drama and It isnt really healthy.

I’m not sure about the rest, like being a single dad or divorcing an abusive husband. I’ve never experienced those things, so I can’t say if this drama portrayed them realistically.


Overall
It wasn’t a bad drama at all! It was actually a nice escape from reality for me, hahaha. I loved the acting, and I even caught myself grinning sometimes when I saw the main characters together—they were so cute~~! If the director's purpose was to depict the hardships of divorcing or breaking up with manipulative partners, I think it fulfilled its goal!

I recommend this drama to people who enjoy melodramas with good acting and might need a push to leave their partner.

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I went into this drama thinking it was “what Something In the Rain could’ve been,” and even though a lot of plot things are different, I agree and can’t help but compare the two as I watched, considering how similar the vibe and style are.

I was nervous to start the second half, fearful of it going downhill the way SITR did. But that never happened. I felt like the entire drama was paced well, and I loved the mellow atmosphere. There are some moments I felt were a bit repetitive — after all, how many times does a girl have to say "let's break up"? — but ultimately the slice-of-life feeling was calming.

The best of this drama for me was undoubtedly the sismance. It’s honestly rarer than it should be to see sismance in kdrama, and this one did it beautifully, with the way Jeong-in, Seo-in, and Jae-in all supported each other through everything. The mother was also great in this one, as was Ji-ho’s parents.

Because there was a support system around both of our characters, the drama wasn’t nearly as frustrating to watch, even if we knew there were social stigmas and other disapproving family members and annoying exes that would stand in the way of our main couple.

As a huge fan of friends-to-lovers, I bought into SITR utterly and completely because of how natural they were around each other right off the bat. And because of that reason, it took me a while to love Ji-ho and Jeong-in, who were just so awkward for the first half. As the show went on, they definitely started feeling more natural and I grew to love them. I still feel like the chemistry in SITR’s first half was more heart-fluttering, but OSN did an amazing job of portraying head vs. heart and highlighting the insecurities in a relationship that still exist even if you’re a 100% sure you want to be with someone. Jung Hae-in is amazing at acting "taken aback + in love" and it's adorable every single time.

Jeong-in's character development was subtle, but it was there, and I love the type of female lead that's strong, not in the "can do taekwondo" sense, but in the ability to sure in her convictions and decisions.

Despite that, I think my favorite part of this entire drama was the sub-plot with Seo-in trying to divorce her domestic abuser. It gave me all my crying moments, and doubled down on the sismance moments which gave me all the feels.

I do wish Jae-in got a stronger sub-plot too — personality-wise, she was my favorite out of the three. and it felt like she came back to Korea, said she would find something to do, and just never really did, even though as a sister character she did everything the show called for.

I know a lot of people complained about repetitive OST in SITR and OSN, but I honestly did not have any issue with the songs, which I loved. They added to the mellow mood of the entire drama.

Also: Eun-woo is the most adorable bean ever.

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Pace too slow and unlikeable characters

Aug 2019
I really like the cast in this drama, but not the characters...
Jung Hae In (love him), Han Ji Min and Kim Joon Han are leads. A lovely child actor in it too, Ha Yi An, as Yoo Eun Woo.
It centres around characters Ji-min and Joon-han re-evaluating their stagnant, long-term relationship, when the former meets Hae-in's character, who unsettles her and changes her feelings towards her boyfriend.
Of course her relationship also has to have further problems in the form of her overbearing, repulsive father, and his boss, the wealthy father of... yep, her boyfriend.
This is a slow paced, simmering drama that I felt tries to address certain stigmas.
The acting was good, but I struggled with the pace at times and, as usual, how disgusting behaviour seems to be, pretty much, acceptable.
I neither hated nor liked it, but would never watch it again.
I do love Jung Hae-in's acting - he has a knack for making his characters very real and believable. Without him I'd have loathed it.

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Interesting story - some characters got way more attention than needed

This was a cool modern love story with a great cast. The main and side characters were strong. My main disappointment was the amount of screen time they chose to give to the patriarchs who led with outdated and frankly harmful values, while missing the opportunity to give more screen time to the sisters, positive parents, and cool friend group. I would have loved to see more time with Eun-ho /the trio as well. The sisters' relationship was refreshing and I would love to see more of that. I also appreciated that that main characters had regular, middle class jobs.

I've seen comparisons with Something in the Rain and I personally avoided this series because of that and ultimately found the stories to be completely different. I think this show is worth a watch but I did skip a lot of dialogue when it was the dads and the abusive exs.

The OST was cool! A little repetitive at times, which reminded me of Dawson's Creek. I enjoyed the mellow indie songs.

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This is obviously very good, so the 8.5 rating is definitely justified, having seen the other reviews here all the good points were already mentioned, so I'll just focus on what I did not like.

The OST is just as repetitive as in Pretty Noona, yes it's very good, but there are only like 5 songs & there are episodes where the "seasons change" song plays more than 4 times.
Pretty Noona has become terrible after the midpoint, here the start is not quite as explosive, but still very good and the show never becomes terrible, but there is a lot of forced drama in the second half that I did not like. Especially episodes 14-15(28-30 in the stupid numbering system) were quite eyebrow raising at times. Having a second male lead like this is fine for maybe 2-3 episodes, but for 16 it's just ridiculous, at least this was handled better in Pretty Noona. People talk about how real this show feels, but this character is completely immersion breaking & the same is also true for how Jeong-in interacts with him.
From a Korean viewer's standpoint this show is probably quite progressive, but frankly I don't like it when the dark side of Confucianism is showcased this much. (parents forcing their will upon their grownup kids , the barbaric Korean divorce law and Korean social stigmas) Also there were some acting hiccups here and there, overall the acting performances were incredibly good for the most part, but I felt that nearing the end the actors have ng-ed scenes at times, but the director just let it go for ehm reasons, but I realize that this could be considered nitpicking. The flow of the story & character progression have some inconsistencies , I sense that there were some script rewrites & character micro adjustments, I feel that I would not have noticed much, have I not been watching all episodes over the course of 3 days.


edit: I was bored and rewatched the show.
I was impressed by the early episodes a lot more than the first time around. They way how fate and extreme attraction is brought to life in this show is just beautiful and there were just so many great conversations & touching scenes all the way to the end.

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My daughter would watch this drama show next to me while I am doing work. The drama is so so so slow, and the girl never smiles or laugh. Watching her makes me sad and miserable, i feel like my days are dragging. The most irritating part of this show is the background music that plays same music over and over and over and over again. Did the producer ran out of money and could not pay for other title rights for another background music!!!! Please on your next project that my daughter might be interested in watching, have multiple music on the background. If you can't afford the rights to the music, don't apply it to the show.

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Disappointing

I like series with mature, non-toxic, nurturing romantic relationships. I'm always looking for recommendations and lists, and this series was recommended to me a lot. I kept watching until the middle of the 11th episode and at some point I thought I could warm up to the series. And the scene with the father who opposes the divorce of his daughter who wants to get divorced, even though he learnt that her husband was violent, was enough for me. The relationships in this show are very toxic, there is a lot of miscommunication, and the characters don't act mature for their age. Honestly, I can't understand why this series is found romantic, just like Something In The Rain, which is incredibly similar to this series, this series seems like a very long clip filmed for a couple of songs. Sorry, I'm not buying this.

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Bro's before hos

Just like her parents, I'm not in favor of her relationship with jiho. Well, first thing, there wasn't any proper back story to actually hate gi seok. If she wasn't happy with him in a long time then why even drag it for that long. She's just a bitch plain and simple. Also with jiho, where's the bro code dude?

I like to think that the story was to address some hard situation women are facing in Korea. But that's not how it's supposed to be. Like I can understand how the older sister is in a bad marriage and the stigma of divorce in a very conservative society. But jeong in and ji ho's relationship is just plain cheating. You cant possibly make an excuse from that.

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Its really, really sad, just as Shin Se Kyung destroyed the 'Bride of Haebek', Han Ji Min is killing this serial, scene by scene, episode by episode. My sincere apologies, I mean no personal offence but I truly am upset.
Ep 6 has just been released and I simply cannot watch it any further. But I will because I don't want to miss Jung Hae In and the other cast performances.

I love the storyline, I love the rest of the cast. I wait for their scenes, and Jung Hae In is outstanding as usual, the support cast is great, but Han Ji Min is so flat, so lifeless, so one-dimensional in her performance that if I could I would skip over all her scenes. Which means skipping over most of each episode. As I said, this is a subjective personal viewpoint. But I do feel that the team that cast this serial could have chosen someone with more acting clout to act alongside Jung Hae In and the rest of the stellar cast.

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