My Favorite Dramas

It pains me to rate this lower when it will forever hold a small piece in my heart, but it was imperfect. Obviously one of the largest flaws was the 'serial killer' plot line. It was rather sloppy, since they never explained who he was or why he was doing anything. He remained this one dimension character to the very end, who's only purpose was to push the 'main' plot forward, which I get, but it could have been better. Some other problems were with the repetitive direction the drama took in later episodes, and Tae Sung (scene stealer) and In Hyuk who were utterly underused, and should have had their own stories outside of the their relationships to the leads. However the drama knew it's sweet spots: number 1 loser Seon Jae (who has became a standard no man could ever live up to), it's comedic bits, and the fluffy moments between the leads that I will and have already rewatched multiple times, lol.

(Well, minus the second leads. I've blocked those two out, lol). 

Okay maybe this isn't the best, but I really enjoyed it. First was just the lack of drama. The three women in the ML's life (the FL, his ex, and his widowed sister in law) have some reason to be bitter towards each other - but instead they are friends, and at times I was convinced his ex was was actively trying to push the FL towards him. In general there was so much space for nonsense drama here, but it never came, lol. The FL could be frustrating at times but she was really trying her best, so I don't think she's as useless as she thinks she is. Her only real problem was being lonely and a bit too nice for her own good. The ML is a bit of tsundere, that has some things to work through, but no one lends someone lots of money, live in his house for free, makes her food all the time, and runs across town if he thinks she's in danger if he doesn't care about her. They just had to get there first. I am a little sad they didn't develop anymore of the manga after that point since it was so chaotic and fun.

I found myself grinning like a manic watching this - either from the pure silliness or the sweetness. I enjoyed the dynamics of the leads, clearly they were made for each other, having some of the same crazy energy. I haven't seen Kim Young Dae in anything before but he managed the comedic bits so well with the emotional moments. The SML didn't get really exciting until the end, since he spent the beginning getting rejected and getting in trouble with the King for not doing his job. Some side characters could have been replaced by Sung Hwa Yoon (utterly misused in only three episodes), or the dorky bandits. While one villain was generally awful and despicable, the other was not as effective (made by a weird decision to play him as if he was asleep or high the whole time).