Business as Usual (2025)

Un malentendu, c'est souvent deux histoires différentes…

Business as Usual m'a touché par sa simplicité et sa sincérité. Il se concentre sur les personnages plutôt que sur des intrigues secondaires inutiles. L'histoire tourne autour d'un malentendu qui, bien que banal, a des répercussions sur le long terme. Cela vient illustrer comment une simple incompréhension peut détruire une relation.

Min Jun (Chae Jong Hyeok) incarne un introverti qui manque de confiance et d'estime de soi, au point que cela l'empêcher d'exprimer ses émotions. Naturellement, huit ans plus tôt, il a pris la décision de fuir sans chercher à comprendre. Huit ans plus tard, il a mûri, et cette fois, il a choisi de faire face à Jin Hwan. L'interprétation de Chae Jong Hyeok est sobre et efficace, même si l'acteur manque de nuance. Un tel personnage (blasé et usé d'être coincé dans une vie sans artifices) peut vite devenir ennuyeux. L'acteur frôle la limite plusieurs fois.

Jin Hwan (Seong Seung Ha) est un personnage plus lumineux. Son côté extraverti masque une certaine timidité émotionnelle. Le fait qu'il ait fait des tests de compatibilité de prénoms est à la fois terriblement mignon, mais aussi révélateur de son manque de confiance en amour. Son évolution est plus visible, on le voit être plus à l'aise pour exprimer ses sentiments. Seong Seung Ha dépeint un personnage solaire avec un ravissant sourire et un regard chargé d'émotions.

Leur dynamique est intéressante, car sous deux angles différents. L'un a fui, l'autre a attendu. Les retrouvailles huit ans plus tard sont lourdes d'émotions et de doutes. La fluidité de leur relation reste naturelle et agréable de bout en bout. Néanmoins, la fin, bien que positive, me laisse une impression d'inachevé. L'histoire mérite un point final, et non des points de suspension (je n'ai pas encore vu l'épisode spécial).

En bref, malgré quelques imperfections Business as Usual est une jolie romance réaliste, avec un casting charmant et une atmosphère chaleureuse. Un drame qui laisse une seconde chance à l'amour.

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Nonsense As Usual

So did Min Jun smile in this drama? Mfker walked around like he was allergic to happiness, like he loved being miserable and having a sad background story about his first love. Dude was out there acting like woe is him and heart break was made specifically for him. Give it a rest, Susan. Cuz what even was his problem towards the end? Jin Hwan a better person than me though, I'd have gotten on that plane. Go be incompatible in the corner with your foolishness.

And was I supposed to be happy for that airport scene? Literally this is what happened word-for-word. No, really, come see nonsense.

Min Joon: "You know, too. You and I are really incompatible. We will fight and get tired again. And we'd be worn out each time. You think everything would be possible now. But what if, I keep bringing up the past and ask why you acted that way angrily? Similar things keep happening. No one would be okay with that. And what if you keep doing that to me? I know myself well. I won't be able to stand it. You know how it'd end. And I know, too. Choi Jin Hwan. First love needs to be left as a memory. Stop. Please let me be free now. Please, just get out of my sight."

Jin Hwan: *confessing his love, begging, trying to reason, pleading.* Nothing works, he gets dumped, heart broken, he packed his suitcase, quit his job and decided to leave the country.

*Min Joon hears about it and runs to him at the airport. Cue a montage of their moments together and a sad song.*

Min Joon: "Choi Jin Hwan, what's with you? You changed your number and tried to disappear? You bastard. You and I are really incompatible. That is why I'll fight as many times as it takes. Even if you get tired, and beg me to let you go, I won't let go of you, okay? I know everything and I'm mad at you. I know things would get boring and obvious, but I like you so much that I'm going mad. I like you. So, don't go. As long as I am with you, everything is fine. I still like you."

Me: Thunder fire you and your ancestors' goat.

Cuz was that supposed to be romantic? I was making a face the whole time, rolling my eyes and just... why child, what even? Nonsense dey for some peoples backyard. Make someone's son come disturb my peace with this kind behaviour, na slap he go chop. Fool.

Listen, I liked the overall drama. Misunderstanding like this can happen, so I was enjoying the plot when the misunderstanding happened in ep1, I was like, oooh drama, sign me up. I was happy when they both found out that they've simply misunderstood each other. Enjoyed the in-between of getting to know how they got together, how they both loved but were shy, scared and didn't communicate enough so their first loved ended miserably for them both. Nice plot and drama, give me two more.

So yeah, after everything was cleared up between them, I was ready for these two to handle things as the adults they were, instead Min Joon acted like a broken spoon and decided to go with the annoying, childish, approach. Wth is your problem Susan? Like, why you causing unnecessary drama, Bob? So you got dumped one time, so what? Dude let his 2am thoughts won over his rational thoughts, and decided to frustrate us with his nonsense. Child if you don't go sit somewhere.

And, is the theme for this year's k-bl dramas misunderstandings? I wonder if the writers had a meeting and decided to frustrate us, while they laughed over soju. Cuz, again, why?

Anyway, a decent drama, give it a watch, it had its charm, but overall, the ending could have been done better, instead of whatever that was.

Once again, I say, k-bls needs to step up this year, like, why are you on the floor? It's only May.

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