The male lead is too good to be true to exist. Haha. Nonetheless, I love how raw and unconventional this drama is.
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I Need Romance Three Saved the Series
So, as the headline says, this is really the only installment to watch in this series, which is probably why the writer ended the series with this one. The first two installments are infuriating to watch. Seriously, genuinely hard to get through. I cannot speak for all viewers, but I am not sure what you call the sub-genre of romance dramas where they deep dive into the romance and then the awful and painful breakups of a couple. I would put this series on the same shelf as the Reply series, as the female lead (FL) will eventually have to make a decision. Try something new or go back to what you know.I get that noona romances are not for everyone, but Kim So Yeon is exceptional in this drama. She portrays the FL in a way where you can root for her, notice the flaws and mistakes without completely hating her. I also like how the second female lead is multi-dimensional. It is so easy to watch a drama and choose, this is the one I like and this is the one I don't. She does a good job of being the antagonist but she humanizes the character where you feel empathy for her as well. Sung Hoon is also a standout. Prior to watching this drama, I had only seen him in Flower Boy Band and Can We Get Married before this, and his acting was quite good. He had great chemistry with KSY. They turn this complicated love triangle into a cute, romantic drama that is enjoyable enough to leave quite an impression on you and leave you wanting to re-watch in the future.
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I appreciated that the story depicted is more realistic than that of many rom-coms out there. People held realistic jobs. Working relationships are realistic too, no unreasonable boss or stab-in-the-back villainous colleague here, which made the office scenes a bit boring yet thankfully not frustrating to watch either
What's interesting is that the 4 main females' perspectives of love were all challenged. How do you find yourself, be true to yourself and your values, yet still find a fulfilling and thrilling romantic partner? It seems each of the women has their own view of the type of men they want but realize that love will find them only after they stop trying to change the men, but either change themselves or find someone new who is a better fit for their values. To me, that is way more realistic than many dramas that transform the tsundere man to a lovesick fool once he meets the main girl.
Lots of sweet kisses in this drama, even for rewatching it in 2017. The directorial decision to freeze frames as photos with narratives spoken over them was extremely annoying to me. I guess the director wanted to go for a nostalgic feel but I felt it was overdone and didn't add to the overall drama.
I did enjoy it as a lighthearted drama that you can watch before bedtime, as it isn't an action or thriller drama that keeps you alert through the night.
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& although i saw it a little bit slow motion but definitely was not boring ^_^
but i was pissed off from 3 points
1st :
there was no chemistry at all literally between (Nam Gung + Wang Ji) so the relation between them
was so lukewarm
2nd :
Nam Gung was really emotionless & tepid as if it was the first time for him acting or someone forced him to participate in this drama
3rd :
there were lots of kisses' scenes at the beginning i saw it really was not necessary or even add anything to the story except filling it
in the contrary sometimes i thought it spoils the drama from being smooth & superfine
although it's a rom drama but really they did not place these scenes in the right way.
except these points i do really enjoy this drama alot
& Sung joon as usual was lovely , kind & brilliant my sweet heart ( junior oppa) ^_^
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Un noona romance que pudo ser mejor
Partiendo desde la base, como empezó y como lo recordaba sung joon en contraste de como lo recordaba kim so yeon y como hizo que el se diera cuenta de que no todo era tan hermoso como el creía recordarlo, este era un muy lindo noona romance. la idea de la historia era perfecta para dar todo el fan service que puede dar este genero pero siento que no se pudo desarrollar de la mejor manera.otro punto negativo es la falta de química entre kim so yeon y sung joon que en lo personal me pareció nula. Las demás parejas me parecieron algo aburridas y con personajes bastante sosos.
Tampoco me agradaron esas tomas en imágenes con voz en off.... me parecieron innecesarias y aburridas, es verdad que no vi los otros dramas de la saga así q este puede ser un sello distintivo de "i need romance" pero personalmente no me agrado para nada.
En fin, dejando de lado las actuaciones, química y desarrollos de personajes creo q el drama, siento que el drama habla y da una visión interesante de las relaciones de pareja y me gusto mucho eso.
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