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Promising setup, but a rushed and underwhelming finish
I have a real soft spot for J-dramas — they just hit differently compared to C-dramas and K-dramas, even if I can’t fully explain why. This one hooked me straight away with its premise: a timid FL ends up homeless after discovering her boyfriend cheated, and somehow finds herself living with the ML… who just so happens to be a Yakuza boss.
There’s a fun running joke throughout where everyone at her workplace knows exactly who he is except her, and she absolutely refuses to believe it. Those moments were genuinely enjoyable, and the drama started with the right amount of momentum to keep me interested.
But with only 8 episodes at around 20 minutes each, it quickly became clear there just wasn’t enough time to let the story breathe. The pacing fell off toward the end, and I actually stopped watching partway through and struggled to motivate myself to pick it back up again.
By the time it finished, it left me feeling a bit meh. Not terrible, just underwhelming — a drama with a solid setup that didn’t quite deliver on its potential.
There’s a fun running joke throughout where everyone at her workplace knows exactly who he is except her, and she absolutely refuses to believe it. Those moments were genuinely enjoyable, and the drama started with the right amount of momentum to keep me interested.
But with only 8 episodes at around 20 minutes each, it quickly became clear there just wasn’t enough time to let the story breathe. The pacing fell off toward the end, and I actually stopped watching partway through and struggled to motivate myself to pick it back up again.
By the time it finished, it left me feeling a bit meh. Not terrible, just underwhelming — a drama with a solid setup that didn’t quite deliver on its potential.
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