They romance was pretty good, most of the sub plots added little to the show, and the main plot felt like it was a sub plot pretty early in. The show could have been better [writing, the cast I felt did an excellent job with what they had to work with]. Some sub plots I felt liked enough content to make them important to the series.
I might consider this a "recovery" drama after watching an angst filled serious drama. It's cute, fuzzy, and no real red flags. There are better shows out there, but this one is like a warm sweater on a cold night. There is an anime/manga called Love and Lies. It's not as straight forward as this series but it too covers a similar topic of Government arranged marriage for NEETs.
I watched this because of Son Ye Jin, who stars in Crash Landing on You and Something in the rain. I wanted to see her in some of her earlier work and see how her talent has progressed. This show has it's pros and it's cons. The pro to me is that if you stick with the show, you'll see how the leads relationship develops, and some pretty decent plot point solving. The con was that if you took out many of the sub plots, the show could have ben 10 to 12 episodes instead of 16.
I wasn't impressed with the story at all. But I loved the under laying message about falling down, and getting back up. I loved the characters and their interactions. But again, the healing part of the show was the best part.
I enjoyed this drama for the most part. Yes it has the usual trope of non-communication/unable to communicate clearly in it, as well as a few others. But for the most part the chemistry between all the actors was warm and good, the story was interesting. My understanding is that this drama is pretty loyal to the source book.
If you take the show in a non-serious approach, it's actually kinda of fun and entertaining. I looked at it like the Leverage TV series from America. The romance side was heavier from the secondary couple, and just barely seen in the main couple. But that worked and was ok in my book. I might re-watch, or I might not, but I'm ok with watching it the first time. I think the main issue is Sa Ra was shown as being a "kick ass" woman, but the majority of the time she needed the male lead to bail her out. Though in some of those situations, her weakness as a mom missing her child was used against her.
I enjoyed most of it, then skipped about 15 eps to the final few to wrap it up. Those episodes reminded me of the series You are my Glory, where they focused 10+ episodes on a mission to save a satellite.
In 2024 we have Sing of your affection [anime], Tell me that you love me, and now Silent. Silent is such a fantastic story of a former couple working through their new situation in life and rekindling their relationship. As it's Japanese, displays of affection are very limited. But there is intimacy/romance elements in the story. The only thing I'm curious about is why there was no mention of a possible Cochlear implant to help with his deafness. Or at least say his deafness couldn't be fixed with the device.
I'm a fan of MASH, Tears in the Sun [2003 movie]. I'm also a military Veteran. All that said, I really liked how they compared the role of a career soldier to that of a Doctor. Both have a code, ethics, rules that they have to follow. Both leads were uncompromising at first in bending their code, but as they interacted and experienced events together and built trust, they were able to accept each other. I enjoyed the series all the way through. I think it's a decent show to watch if you are into relationship building. I've read the secondary couple outshined the main couple, but I think all the romantic relationships shown in the series were equally good. I've read the ending was lame, but it really wasn't.
I started watching this due to Zhang Miao Yi from When I fly towards you. I stayed because of the chef battles for the knife, which I thought would be interesting [ But let's face it, the anime Food Wars did such battles so much better ]. But the main plot involving revenge made me stick with this. The intimate [kissing, hand holding, and "Honey" ] doesn't start until the series is almost over. But, through out the series you get a sense that they do care for each other by their interactions. It's under toned, but it's there. Over all a decent straight forward series that isn't to heavy into anything, but still fun to watch.
As others have stated a very cliché show, that is low "angst". I feel like it should be 17 eps though, because there were a few things left untold. But over all a re-watchable series. I saw Kim Min Gue in "Because this is my first life", he played the bad guy. It was nice seeing him play a good guy for a change.
Reading the actor's bio, I understand why there wasn't any kissing, as the male lead is married in RL and might have been uncomfortable. Totally enjoyed the series, the OST, the action, the comedy, and yes even the romance were all great. hats off to the writer, the cast, and the director for such a fun series.
A simple romance story with a straight forward plot and the actors not really having to put in much effort. It made me shed tears of happiness a few times while watching and the ending is what you could have hoped for in every romance series. The OST is pretty great too.
Nice show with no love triangle. All the characters had great development over the series run, the "bad guy" did his job well as well. I consider this a recovery romance series after watching a romance series that leaves angst in your heart because the ending wasn't good.
This show has it's pros and it's cons. The pro to me is that if you stick with the show, you'll see how the leads relationship develops, and some pretty decent plot point solving. The con was that if you took out many of the sub plots, the show could have ben 10 to 12 episodes instead of 16.
I think it's a decent show to watch if you are into relationship building.
I've read the secondary couple outshined the main couple, but I think all the romantic relationships shown in the series were equally good. I've read the ending was lame, but it really wasn't.