Sleep Memo (2023)

Non saprei spiegare esattamente il perché, ma Cheongchun woldam, anche nota con il titolo internazionale Our Blooming Youth, è una di quelle serie che continuano a piacermi anche a distanza di tempo e persino a una seconda visione. Forse è merito di un cast particolarmente riuscito, composto da attori belli ma anche solidi e credibili; forse è la struttura da legal thriller, ben intrecciata con il contesto storico, ad avermi tenuto agganciato dall’inizio alla fine.

La trama procede con ritmo, alternando mistero, indagini e tensione giudiziaria senza mai diventare pesante, e riesce a mantenere vivo l’interesse anche quando si conoscono già gli snodi principali. Segno che, al di là della sorpresa, funziona la costruzione dei personaggi e l’atmosfera generale.

Pur non essendo una serie “perfetta” né particolarmente rivoluzionaria, ha qualcosa che la rende coinvolgente e facilmente rivedibile. Alla fine resta quella sensazione difficile da razionalizzare, ma molto chiara: non so bene come mai, ma mi è piaciuta. E mi è piaciuta di nuovo.

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I'm loving this!

Haha... no, this is not a McDonald's joke but I really do love the drama. I mean, people used to say Hwarang was bad but aside from some endgame plot that I'm not really fond of, that drama was okay. The same would I say about this drama. I've been waiting for a new drama where Hyungsik would play another royal prince character and lo, WE GOT IT! And this time, his character has a higher likelihood to get the girl SINCE HE'S THE MAIN LEAD GUY!😃

Anyway, since this drama more or less was based on a Chinese novel... some plot might be predictable to those who are familiar with the novel. Or maybe not, since it's a kdrama some elements of the original novel would've been changed to suit the sageuk theme. That should be quite interesting to see regardless.

I really like how the characters were written. I mean, as much as there was this supposed triangle between Hwan, Jaeyi and Seung-on, the drama didn't focus too much on the triangle and just let the characters naturally grow to develop a decent friendship. There weren't too many unnecessary conflicts being made just to make the plot 'dramatic'. Which was nice. I love how Hwan and Jaeyi's appeared to start at first as an encounter between two people in crisis, which progressed into a sweet friendship between two person who could've easily been childhood friends and later having a much deeper love growing in between. I like how natural their relationship progressed into mutual love as Jaeyi grew to learn more about Hwan and help each other.

I also love the comedy element with Myungjin and Ga-ram and even more when Hwan and Jaeyi were with them. Cos seriously, I feel that a lot of the funny scenes were brilliant adlibs by the cast and that's so brilliant!

The mystery and political intrigues and conspiracies are nice too, but the serious plot didn't completely overshadow the lighthearted scenes. Also the ost, songs and special effects are well done as well and the visuals are pretty, so what else to ask? Seriously if you consider the time period where it'd be hard to investigate a murder and find the culprit without the modern techs we have now as well as the fact political murders and violent outbreaks of people who desire control of the throne are a common thing, it makes sense for people to not be able to trust anyone so completely, in order to stay alive . Added with superstitions and lack of complete knowledge on how things like science work in such times, life could be so scary if you're stuck in such a situation. I really like how the writer made good use to insert little clues here and there that may at first seem unrelated or pointless, only to later bring it back to form the bigger image in order to head to the final conclusion.

If you just want to enjoy some drama to fill your pastime, you can try watching this drama and you may find yourself liking it. If you're the type to be all negative and expect a drama to live up to some non-existent 'perfect' standard of what could be a great drama, don't bother watching this drama and spread your negativities here.

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