Meru

Heavy but hopeful!

Before I start going through each detail, I just wanna point out how dramas like this are the reason why I love watching K-Dramas. I think they are the perfect representation of life. The way they mix genres and moods, from dark to cheerful, from thriller to comedy, is just done soooo well! No other type of Drama or movie can do this mix of genres as well as K-Dramas do! Because life is not just constantly sad and tragic or constantly happy and bright. Even for people with mental health issue, there was a time when they were happy, even if for a brief moment. And there will be a time when they heal and become happy again. It’s the same for people who are usually cheerful. They are not cheerful all the time 100%!!! They also feel sadness or even depressed. They can go through grief and even develop mental health issues as well. Life as a human and as an animal as we can see in this drama, is not just always black or white or gray. It is sometimes black, sometimes white, sometimes gray, sometimes yellow or any other color. And I just love how the moods constantly changed in this drama just depending on the characters and the cases.

Let me go through each case individually:

1. School Bully victim:
TV writer who experienced bullying at school meets her bully as an adult who wrote a novel or webtoon about a school bully victim and acts like an angel in front of the person who once was a victim of her bullying.
This chapter was done really well!!! Ro woon’s character was being the goofy idiot but it gave it some comic relief as it will do in future episodes as well. The toilet scene at the end was hilarious 😂😂😂

2. Job market struggles / Being jobless:
This story was about Jun-woong’s friend who kept on failing the police officer exam and struggled finding a job. This actually hit me hard because I also struggled with this issue. I had a few moments in my life when my future was uncertain because I couldn’t find a job for over a year. So I knew exactly how this character felt. It is definitely a feeling of being useless and having no significance in this world by failing to contribute to society. The sad past made it even sadder. I cried a lot in this character’s story. Again, the ending with the chicken was hilarious 😂

3. Loss of a loved one:
In this story arc a runaway soul is trying to save her husband from blaming himself for her death. This was also a very sad story. I think being blamed for someone’s death multiple times can have severe effects on one’s mental health. It was a miracle that he turned out to be a proper and kind person but we can see that music has saved him, or else he would be a goner much sooner. I cried a lot here too especially about the childhood scenes. They ripped my heart apart!!!!

4. War veteran:
This was suchhhh a sad story!!!! Omg I cried soooo sooo much!!!! Lonely, old people who have no one in their lives break my heart. And he was a war veteran on top of that too, living with so much regret!!!! I almost couldn’t bear this episode!!! It destroyeddd meee!!!! And tbh people criticizing the drama because of this scene being patriotic or whatever, my response is that they did not quite understand the identity of Korea and Korean people: As one of the smalles countries in Asia they were always the target of invasion. The fact that Korea still exists today is because of all the humans who defended it during those times of war! Korea never attacked another country like Japan or Germany did. In that case it would be patriotism in a bad way. But the patriotism of Korean people stems from survival, endurance and loyalty to serve for their country as a proud citizen. It is the collective spirit of unification and being there for each other, because they love their country and their people so much and understand each other’s pain because they all shared the same… So the end to this story was nothing but fitting in order to display the loyalty and pride Koreans have for their country.

5. Eating disorder:
This story was one of my favorites. It was also the eeriest because of the way the person saw herself as if she was being possessed. It made me feel very shocked and also sick to my stomach to see how other people idolize looks like this which is based on mental illness and unhealthy eating habits. And the scariest thing is that this is one of the most common mental illnesses in our society nowadays and again it mainly affects women. I also liked how it started out with an error in the system and the reapers didn’t know who the suicidal person was at first. In the end it came down to the two women who had physically very opposite figures. People would initially think that the chubbier woman would wanna kill herself because how can anyone love oneself when they are not skinny. So I really liked how they portrayed this as well: Chubby / non-skinny people can be confident and happy in their body too. It all just came down to what they experienced as kids: The chubby woman used to be skinny in her childhood so she never grew up feeling insecure about her body (which is kinda similar to how I feel in my body nowadays too). Whereas the skinny woman with an eating disorder used to be overweight as a kid and was bullied heavily because of that. Here we have the problem of bullying again which I think together with eating disorders is one main cause for suicide and mental illness. I liked the two different cases and how in the end the chubby woman helped out the skinny woman in developing healthy eating habits.

6. Suicide scammers:
This part of the drama was probably my least favorite. But I think this was an important part to show that not everyone who is suicidal is a victim or a good person. Sometimes, a suicidal person can also do bad deeds like killing others. In the end suicidal thoughts mostly come from unresolved or untreated mental health issues, some smaller and some bigger. And some people wanna take as many people into death with them as possible. Whether it is people attacking schools, jumping in front of trains or terrorists / suicide bombers: They all have been victims once and tried to survive through life but because of unresolved trauma and having no one who was ready to help them they became violent and dangerous not only to themselves but also to others. This showed the dilemma that the RM Team had to face of having to save everyone trying to commit suicide, regardless being good or bad.

7. Suicidal dog:
Omg this story was SO SAD!!!!! I just couldnt!!! I cried soooo much 😭😭😭Like come on, how do you expect us to not cry when a tiny little dog, A POMERANIAN is involved???? 😭😭😭😭😭 Again, it ripped my heart out!!!! 🥺🥺🥺 No more words!

8. Rape victim:
This one was a tough one. It was made really well tho. I think both the victim’s life before and after the incident and the toll it took on her were portrayed quite realistically. Her relationship with her brother and how they ended up blaming each other ripped my heart apart. Also the way the perpetrator lived his life as a privileged and successful student was quite realistic too as I think most of the time, sexual perpetrators are the kinds of people you would least expect to do such things…
The end of the episode took me out tho, when Jung-gil sets fire to the police truck he is in I fell in love with his acting skills!!!! Like Ro-woon who??? 😂😂😂
I do have one critique point here tho, just a small one and that is how quickly the female character went back to her cheerful self. I mean they probably did it because there is no time in a drama to fully convey the length of the time period it will take for people to recover fully so I get it. But that was a bit too abrupt.

9. Miscarriage:
This story was about the woman who was the rebirth of Ryung-gu’s mom and she becomes suicidal becomes she blames herself for loosing the baby. I heard a lot of stories about women mentally struggling with this. I also have two cousins who went through this and it took a huge toll on their mental health. It definitely made me really sad but the end of this story was so heartwarming! I think this one had one of the best endings.
Also why did no one sue that cheetah woman who literally killed her baby???!?!!! She lost her baby because of that woman who pushed her!!!! I think that was the only thing missing here.

10. Comfort women:
This story was one of the hardest to watch but also in my opinion the most significant one! I have heard a lot of stories about comfort women but never seen it in such detail like in this one episode in this drama. This episode alone makes Tomorrow deserve a 10/10!!! It destroyed me! Ripped my heart into millions of pieces!!!! As a woman and a kids teacher I cannot stand this!!! I didn’t just cry, I also felt sick to my stomach!!! And it made me dislike Japan! It made me dislike having lived in Japan for so long, for having supported Japanese people and the Japanese government for so long, when they have NEVER even once acknowledged their grueling deeds or apologized for the atrocities they have done! Most Japanese people don’t even know about this!!! They don’t teach them at school what Japan did in Korea and China!!!! And if they know they deny it! They say patriotic, propaganda-inducing Koreans made it up!!! I was shocked when I heard some young Japanese people say that!!! And since recently, the more K-Drama I watch the less I wanna stay in Japan… the war crimes they comitted and never apologized for, the ignorance of what they have done just sickens me…

11. Cyber bullying / hate comments:
The last story was about the rebirth of Ryeon’s best friend in her past life who was reborn as a famous idol / actress, and is struggling with fake news about herself and a lot if hate comments online. Anothet issue and cause for suicide that seems to be a huge problem in South Korea is one that cannot be hidden away from the public since it involves celebrities. It was definitely maddening watching this but I thought Ryeon’s behaviour had a lot of flaws in this part and she acted in a way that I had not expected. But I guess it had to be done so that there would be a reason for Jung-il to find out about their past together. Also, the guy from hell looked like Johnny Depp lol 😂😂😂
I definitely didn’t expect this to end like it did but I am not mad. I just wished at the end of the drama they would have shown how the idol friend will end up dating Rowoon 😂😂😂 They teasered that their fates are connected now but they didn’t show how they would end up together 🥲

12. Workplace pressure / Power harassment:
This was the case without Ro woon’s character since he already woke up from his coma and went back to the real world. And ofc he saves yet another person from comitting suicide and he meets Ryeon and Ryung-gu again and omg I laughed so hard 😂😂😂This was literally the perfect ending!
They definitely showed the workplace bullying issue only shortly but I hope that Ro woon’s character can be the savior of this man in this case.
At the end of the episode I would have liked another epilogue, looking into the future when Ro woon and the idol meet again 😂🥺🥺 Sad that didn’t happen! I swear I could have watched two more episodes just about his life and also the changes of the RM Team or seeing who would join them (I want the blond girl from the comfort women episode to join them)!!!

In summary, topics/triggers for suicide in this drama were: Bullying, rape, loneliness, Work-related pressure or unfulfillment

I was genuinely sad when this drama ended, I think I had a slight K-Drama hangover! If it wasn’t for currently airing dramas, I wouldn’t be able to start a new one for a few days.
I highly recommend this drama!

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Finally a drama about a teacher’s pov

As a teacher I enjoyed this drama a lot. It’s a mix of comedy and tragic stories. Getting a glimpse into Korea’s extremely competitive education system was very interesting.

Here are the things I especially liked about this drama:

• I liked seeing the lifes of both the adults and the kids. But also seeing the stories of the different families was interesting too and showed how despite the craziness of the comoetition, it is akways the mothers whose only concern is to give the best they can for their children. Ofc what the mothers are doing is toxic and very unethical, but in their obsessive way of thinking, they think that that is the best for their children. And it was nice to see how it was their children who saved them and taught them to be better people. Both Sua’s manic episodes and Sun-jae’s cheating controversy helped their mothers become better people. At this point, I have to say that these two women who played toxic mothers deserve an award!!! What incredible actresses omg! I was both touched and shocked by their performances…

• There were some scenes, especially at the beginning that were sooo hilarious I couldn’t stop laughing 😂😂😂 Kyung-Ho is such a funny actor, the way he always tries to act cool but finds himself in goofy situations killed me 😂😂😂 his facial expressions were gold too! Jae-woo, the autistic brother added a lot to the comedy element too, especially his painfully honest remarks about his sister were hilarious 😂😂😂 His relationship with Chi-yeol was really cute too! I think this actor definitely did a great job in portraying an autistic person. I also felt really sad when the incident in the cafe happened or how sad he got when Hae-e was in the hospital. Those were some of the few scenes I cried a lot

• The warm family dynamics and the question of what truly makes a family warmed my heart a lot in regards to Hae-e’s family 🥹🥹🥹

•I think many people didn’t like the serial killer aspect of the story but I think it added some extra excitement to the story as well as the dangers of being obsessed with a person to the point of comitting crimes. Also how villains can also be gray instead of just evil. The culprit in this drama was also a victim of motherly abuse. I actually felt really sad for him and hoped he would get a redemption arc.

Things that could be better:

• I was actually sad that the murderer did turn out to be the manager of Chi-yeol. I loved the scenes of him playing with Hae-e’s family and taking care of Chi-yeol. I was even shipping him with the bestie of the FL 😂😂😂 I think if he hadn’t developed such a hatred towards the FL then I would have still shipped them despite him being a murderer.
Also it was him who found the Banchan shop.
But I did suspect him at first for the killings because he seemed very protective of Chiyeol and how he said he wished that obsessive girl would just stop coming to his classes and what happens next: She is being killed. So I suspected him first before they tried to lead us into confusion with Sun-jae’s brother.

• I think the dating of Jae-Woo and the bestie was absolutely unnecessary.

• The real mother showing up and Hae-e announcing she would go to Japan with her was all very rushed and random and sudden at the end. And then when the mom disappeared we never got a scene of Hae-e apologizing and explaining why she did that. We also never saw her telling the story of her getting kidnapped. Just because the culprit was dead doesnt mean that Hae-e would be able to overcome her trauma of what happened.

• I hoped for more scenes between Sun-jae and Hae-e.

Most of these things I didn’t like happened in the last two episodes of the drama. So I think the landing was a bit rough but the rest of tge drama was great!!!!

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One of the best book adaptions!

Season 2 started off sad and dramatically with the beginning of WW2 and Isak’s death. Isak is one of my favorite characters in this drama and Steve Noh really played it amazingly well!!! He was the perfect Isak!!! I wished more lovey dovey scenes of him and Sunja but sadly he was in prison and then died so we didn’t get to see him that much 😢🥺🥺

The war scenes were just incredibly terrifying… Watching this drama made me even more grateful for the privileges I enjoyed in my life. It also made me realize how much Korea has been through so far. How much and long they suffered but how fast they managed to rise up and beyond their former perpetrators (Japan)…

The highlight of this season for me was little Mozasu 😂😂😂 He was SO CUTEEEE!!! That little child actor was something else!! 😂 He for sure has a bright future ahead of him 🫶🏻

Tbh this season had a few more boring scenes than the season before. I personally thought Yoseb’s days at the factory before the bomb hit were a bit unnecessary. They did nothing to the plot really. They should have kept it short…

Also Solomon’s path is really worrying… I don’t remember it being so sketchy. I thought he was involved with gambling in the book 🤔🤔🤔

All in all, season 2 seemed to be a bit more accurate to the book.
I wonder if a season 3 will be out soon since this story is not finished 🥺

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An emotional rollercoaster

As someone who read the book as well, I have cried much more while watching the drama and that’s all thanks to the acting skills!!! I already expected this to be good since I already knew the book but it definitely exceeded my expectations!!!

I do have a few qualms related to the book accuracy tho. For me, one of the scenes or plot spans that was missing was the time when Sunjae started working at Hansu’s restaurant. If I’m not mistaken, this was happening when Mozasu was still a baby and when Isak got arrested and the women had to sell kimchi at the market. I think after Sunja’s arrest, she was no longer allowed to sell at tge market so she got offered a job in a restaurant to prepare the side dishes especially kimchi and ofc it wad all orchestrated by Hansu. But they left out this part of the story and instead added a whole episode on Koh Hansu’s past during the big Kanto earthquake. I must say it was a well-executed episode and since it was not in the book, I also didn’t know what was gonna happen. But I did wish they had included the kimchi-selling-at-restaurant plotline too.
Something else I didn’t like was the deepdive into Solomon’s financial life struggles with the company and all that. It was honestly a bit boring. Also, Solomon is my least favorite character in this drama. However, I liked how they tried to match the changes happening in the past with the changed happening in the present. Like sth dtamatic would happen to Sunjae in the past and they would cut to the present with Solomon and he would be going through some similar turning point … Those parallels between past and present were interesting but sometimes could be a bit too much.

Final thoughts
•Isak Baek is the goat!
•Kim Minha is one of the most talented actresses in Korea!
•Probably the best performance by Lee Minho!
•The intro was ON FIRE!!! Loved it!!!

Review on s2 is coming next…

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Started off amazing, ended a bit awkwardly, but still cute

I loved this drama a lot!!! Especially the first episode and the first half of the drama were amazing!!! 😍😍😍

Basically, this drama started off like Cinderella and ended like Sleeping Beauty 😂😂😂

Things I liked:
1. The cast: The main leads were amazing!!! both actors are rather new on my radar but I have been loving their performances in various dramas I have seen recently even if the drama itself was not amazing.

2. The dreamy fairytale vibes: From episode 1 everyone got hooked!!! The makeover, the party scenes, the swoony moments 😍😍😍Jang Kiyoung is so good and his voice os amazing 😍😍😍

3. The humor in the first few episodes when ML thinks FL is married amd cheated on his husband 😂😂😂 And all the inner conflicts he keeps having 😂😂😂 Him scolding his team members was really funny too 😂😂😂

4. Jun and Ha-yeong’s heart-warming relationship 🥹🥹🥹 She was sooooo sweet to this little boy!!! I literally cried in every scene!!! 😭😭😭 SFL was actually my favoritr chatacter 🥰🥰🥰

5. The OST: It was so fun!!! the songs really give a different vibe to the drama!

6. The kiss scenes: Let’s be honest, we all continued watching because we wanted to see another scene like in ep. 1 and 2 😂😂😂

Things I didn’t like:
1. The ML was sometimes a bit too aggressive and toxic at the beginning especially when he threw the documents into the pool etc. I didn’t like that behaviour at all. I would have been sooo turned off by him…

2. Seonu: This man was annoying af!!!! Why did he have a crush on his best friend??? And why was it so hard for him to fall for Ha-yeong??? Dude, even I fell in love with her!!! How can he not??? He does not deserve her!!! He annoyed me so much!!!

3. Darim and her serial accidents and how she constantly had to be saved in the middle of the drama. I was like “AGAIN?” every time it happened… it was a bit too much…

4. The memory-loss at the end was a bit too much imo but they made up for it by kinda justifying it: He basically had to gain them back by another dynamite kiss at the same location where they first met… 😂😂😂

All in all, the positives definitely outweighed the negatives. A fun little watch! I recommend!

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The drama with the most tripping tropes ever

In general, this drama was a fun watch. I especially liked the university setting and the friend group as well as the portrayal of student life in Korea. There were a lot of hilarious scenes that made me laugh out loud for example the way that Dam always ate so much food 😂😂😂and in general her facial expressions etc! It was definitely very relatable.
Also it was almost ridiculous how OFTEN the female characters all tripped and fell 😂😂😂 I think every female character except for Hye-su tripped and fell or was caught by a male 😂😂😂

I also really liked the two Gumiho actors. I have recently noticed these two actors more and more and I love their acting skills so much! I definitely wanna see more of them in the future 😍😍😍 I really wanna see Kang Hana in a main lead role! I absolutely love her!!!! 😍😍😍

All in all it is a nice drama. Nothing too deep but also not confusing or annoying either.

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The Hospital Playlist cameos were the best!!!

First of all, I watched this drama just because I liked Hospital Playlist. I usually don’t like hospital dramas because of all the surgery scenes. I can’t handle the gore and sadly, towards the end of the drama they showed a lot of surgeries which they didn’t at the beginning of the show (I guess on purpose, the show was advancing according to the progress of the residents).
Like I didn’t understand why they had to show the frigging bloody scene at the beginning of episode 10!!! I was trying to eat my breakfast but I had to turn it off because I was starting to loose my appetite.
Another thing I didn’t like were all the annoying professors and teachers being mean, toxic and screaming at everyone. I don’t remembet seeing so many annoying characters in Hospital Playlist!!! And tbh even the MFL was not someone I could identify with at all. At the beginning I didn’t really like her that much. Jae-il was the only character I liked at the beginning and then also Pyo Nam-kyung. I started liking her the most among the female characters as well as Professor Seo. I also liked it how the 1st-year resident had a crush on her. I wish they had brought him into the story faster instead of wasting so much time on her being an obsessive girlfriend…
Also I am not so sure about Sa-bi and Jae-il pairing up… And the main female lead and Do-won dating is quite weird too… They are in-laws… That’s SO WEIRD!!!! I definitely did not like it and would have liked it better if she had gotten together with the anesthesiologist hottie 😍😍😍

Well there were some good parts to the drama too. In general it definitely captured the Hospital Playlist atmosphere quite well. I did wish the main characters would also engage in some kind of collective hobby like in Hospital Playlist but I guess as residents they must be so overwhelmed that they can’t even think of a hobby.
I also liked that this one focused on the OB-GYN more and it definitely had much fewer devastating storylines and in general had less scenes involving death.

All in all a lot of heart-warming and inspiring scenes, seeing how the residents grow into better doctors and people all together.

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Better than expected!!!

I watched this drama because it was gonna be taken down from netflix and also because I heard good things about it and it’s been on my list for too long.

This drama was AMAZING!!!! Here are a few reasons why I loved it and why everyone should watch it:

Reason no.1: The quotes in this drama were some of my favorites!!! I literally wanna take them all and write it down somewhere! Such beautiful quotes!!!
Also the fact that this drama is centered around writing was already a big bonus point!

Reason no.2: The characters!
I loved both Ji-Ho and Se-hee as well as both their friends!!! One of the few dramas which has such amazing friendships and friend groups! I loved how the drama didn’t only focus on the Main leads’ stories but also on the stories of their friends. It made this drama so much more relatable because in real life, not everything is always just about us. We meet friends amd share their joys and sorrows in life as well! This was actually one of my favorite points about this drama! I feel like every secondary couple got as much screen time as the main couple!!!! I have never seen this in any other drama before!!!! Soooo good!!!!

Reason no.3:
The comedic relief!!! Se-hee’s character and reactions were HILARIOUS!!!! I laughed everytime he came up with a rational explanation for everything or whenever he was confronted with the irrational behaviours of crazy humans (like his colleagues or Ji-ho’s family) 😂😂😂 The misunderstandings were funny too and CEO Ma always killed me with his flashy behaviour 😂😂😂 Especially that scene when he walks out of his office and kisses one of his nerdy colleagues on the forehead 😂😂😂I literally diedddd!!!!

Reason no.4: The CAT!!!! Omg! This must be the most beautiful K-Drama pet I have ever seen!!!!

Reason no.5: The soundtrack!!!!! IT WAS SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!! Definitely one of my favorite soundtracks ever!

Reason 6: The messages of following your dreams, womanhood and feminism, the question of marriage or love etc, were so deep and meaningful and often got me thinking about life while watching this drama…

The things I disliked were few which I won’t mention here now because it might have spoilers.

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Only a KDrama can spark my interest in Rugby ?

I really NEVER expected to like this drama that much!!! From the characters, to the setting, it was quite well done. I liked how all the Rugby boys had such very different and unique characters. Also, unlike Racket Boys, it was not all just Badminton but for example the girls were in the shooting team. So I learned a little bit about shooting as well and wow it does look like a very cool sport.
I also really likes the othet adult characters. The intrigues school politics and all the unfair things going on really fired me up even more and made it harder to stop and take a break.
I just really love a good underdog story! And KDramas about sports usually don’t disappoint.

The only downside and critique about this drama I have is how powerless everyone was, including the president of the school. It was a bit too much for me seeing those two annoying men do whatever they wanted and acting like they owned that place. Tbh it seemed a bit unrealistic to me. Also, Bae I-ji was so mad at Garam at the beginning but where was that anger towards that disgusting Shooting Coach? He was way more terrible to her than Garam ever was… That was another thing that pissed me off.

Everything else, including the amazing Soundtrack, was really a good watch! Finished it in less than a week 😂

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It will make you hungry!

After watching Culinary Class Wars I have been interested in food-related shows. So this drama came intrigued me from the get go.

The beginning of the drama was tbh a bit slow. It started to get interesting when they had the food festival competition. After that a lot of interesting things happened that kept me wanting to watch the next episode. I liked the Sapporo episodes too although the fight in the hospital scenes were a bit too much!!!! But after the recipes got stolen I was a bit disappointed and mad. I imagined it to turn out totally different. I had wished Beom-Woo would have told the Diamant judges that the recipes were stolen and created a showdown. Instead he just started to sulk. He couldn’t even properly tell Yoon-Joo that it wasn’t him who stole the recipes!!!! IT WAS FCKING YU-JIN!!!!! Like just the fact that this whole Yu-Jin mess was not clarified, also with Choon-Seung and how he got locked up, made me feel really mad and frustrated.

And then they had a cook-off in the end which was rather underwhelming…
The mother was really annoying too. Even the cold-hearted brother Sun-Woo changed into being good in the end but the mother was still being a heartless sucess monger.

So to sum up, The beginning was slow, the middle was fast-paced and exciting, the end was a let down.

My favorite scene was when the actor from Lovely Jogger enters the restaurant (played by Park Ji-Hoon aka the main lead of Weak Hero Class) And Choon-Seung goes like “Wait a minute, which high-school did you go to? 😂😂😂😂 It was SUCH an obvious reference to Weak Hero Class I was cracking upppp!!!! Best scene in the drama for sure!

I think it’s a nice little watch with only 10 episodes.

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An ode to female solidarity

This movie has actually surprised me quite a but ngl! It had a lot of nudity and sex which I have never seen so much of in KDramas so far 😂 and shockingly, it was set in the 80s??? I feel like people were wilder back then than they are today it seems.

In general I really liked the setting of the 80s in the drama. Since watching Reply 1988 this era has interested me a lot about Korea and its history.

The main theme of the drama is misogyny and the exploitation and objectification of women especially in the entertainment society. I am sure that the traumatic things we saw that happened to the young women in this movie are definitely not something that only happened in the 80s in Korea (the P.Diddy case for example is still very recent).
I loved so much how the two female actresses turned from enemies to besties in this movie.
Also, because this drama is all about female solidarity we had no attractive male leads that played the love interest of the women, obviously since the women were just so sick of all the men objectifying them and treating them badly that they just gave up on falling in love with them.
I did hope that there would be more of a romantic connection betweenJu-Ae and her friend who looked like a guy (tbh I still think they were in love with each other and was wishing for them to kiss at the end when she runs after her car).

And then, the scene where Ju-Ae rescues Hee-Ran on her horse was EPIC!!!! (sadly the traffic cgi was kinda lame 😅).

I definitely liked this drama a lot and totally fell in love with the main actress who played Hee-Ran omg who is that woman? I definitely gotta watch more of her dramas!

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So much better than expected!!!

I loved this drama!!!! I love how it portrays difficult family dynamics and how the certain behaviour of people comes from deep pain, sorrow, grief, or trauma.
In general I love how things got resolved in the end, not in a fairytale, unrealistic way but it showed how you have to put in some effort in order to succeed. Things won’t change for the better just because you want to.

I want to go through each character that I liked or had certain thoughts of:

1. The twins Miji and Mirae:
I definitely liked Miji more and also could relate to her much more. She was bubbly, energetic and loud. She took care of her grandma and did all kinds of jobs and her dark past made me sad and I could also relate to her a bit.
Tbh Mirae seemed like a very pale character next to Miji, almost boring. Throughout the majority of the drama I really disliked her. When the harrassment happened at work, I tried to feel sorry for her but I was annoyed again!!! like WHYYYY did she suggest to forget about what he tried to do???? Idk but that was soooo strange and kinda unrealistic!!! as a woman, if my colleague starts to harrass me I would cancel every contact with that person, even consider leaving the company!!!! And she just wanted to move on like nothing happened??? I got SO mad at her!!!! The only thing I liked about Mirae was her relationship with Han Sejin, the strawberry farmer 😂

Which brings me to the next character!

2. Han Sejin aka the strawberry farmer:
I loved this guy!!! I already saw him in Lovestruck in the City where he plays an author and I already liked him a lot in that drama! He was actually one of my favorites 😂 And hos character in this drama was amazing too!!! Definitely one of my faves!!!

3. Lee Hosu:
I know he is the Male Lead but somehow I liked the Second Male Lead much more, again 😂 Le Hosu was just ok. I felt sorry for him at some parts especially when he was younger. I didn’t like how he treated his mom, so there were some scenes when I got really annoyed with him because I really liked his mom! She was my favorite character! So I was happy when I watched the scene when his mom comes to Seoul and hits him and then they hug and cry and I cried so much in that scene too!!!! 😭😭😭

which brings me to my next character:

4. Bon - Hong aka Hosu’a mom:
I LOVED this woman so much!!!! Everything she said and did was so touching and sweet and I loved her fighting with Ok-hui 😂😂😂 idk if I am biased or not because she is a Reply 1988 actress but I genuinely loved Bonhong so much!!! Her quotes were my favorite 😂

5. Ok-hui aka the twins’ mom:
At the beginning and throughout the whole drama I was SO annoyed with her!! Her talking aggressively ALL THE TIME put me so much on edge!!!! She is mean to everyone literally! To Bon-hong, Miji, her mother, just everyone!!! I got so fed up with her until the scene she cried on the floor with the real Miji and then cried at the hospital in her mother’s lap. Her story was maybe one of the most heartbreaking and although I still dislike her aggressive side, I got to like her in the end…

7. Kim Rosa aka Sangwol:
Her story was one of the most impressive! I cried so much! The way she protected her friend gave me goosebumps!!! When women love and help each other they can move mountains!!! Her story was such a story! I was so happy she got a happy end so quickly! 🥰 It was so heartwarming!

8. Tae-i and his sister:
I cant really say much about his sister, but I really loved Tae-i!!! As a very minor character he was very well done! I would have liked to see more of him!

9. The grandma:
Once again, a drama with a grandma plot can never disappoint!!! One of my favorite Korean words is the one for Grandma, (halmeoni) because some of my favoritr dramas are the ones that have a kind grandma starting (e.g. Start-up).

I would say this is it for the main characters!
I just love this drama and lowkey want a season 2 just to see Mirae get together with Sejin. Also I feel like the twins are both the main characters but it felt more focused on Miji. So I wonder whether there shouldn’t be a part 2 which focuses more on Mirae 😍

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The first and only hospital drama I’ve watched

I am usually not a fan of medical / hospital dramas or should I say, they never sparked my interest enough. However, I have heard really good things about this drama and since the writers are from my favorite drama ever (1988) I decided to give it a try! And I didn’t regret it!!!

Of course, it doesn’t even come close to the greatness of reply 1988! Still, it is a very nice and heartwarming drama. Seeing the daily lives of doctors was very interesting, and I also learned a lot of things about surgeries, sicknesses and the systems and hierarchies of hospitals and medical workers.

The best thing about this drama however are the characters! Not only the main characters but also the side characters, like the residents, interns and assistant doctors. It’s funny how relatable each character is! That’s definitely the strength of this drama!

And of course the point that makes this drama different and unique from other medical dramas is the fact that the main 5 characters who have been friends for decades, also play in a band and the music they play is just AMAZING!!!! Every track was a banger and soooo beautiful!!!

Sadly, there were some things I didn’t quite like. The main reason was the fact that they explicitly showed the surgeries!!! It was seriously too graphic for my taste!

And in general, some scenes were too sad and heartbreaking for me that it was hard to handle it.

But in general it is definitely a well-made drama!

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A drama with an identity crisis

Finished this tonight and it was definitely one of the weirdest dramas I have ever watched! It was not terrible. There were some scenes and episodes that were fine and actually the side characters literally saved this show (old and young grandma, and the bestie Minji). There was also some hugeeeee character development towards the end. Especially Suzy crying in the dessert was pretty sad and showed topnotch acting. As well as the genie from the past when he was holding her dead body. Also very heartbreaking. The very end was a bit strange tho. Also the unnecessary violence felt a bit off and added to the identity crisis this drama had been having since the beginning: is it Fantasy? Comedy? Drama? Romance? Action? Historical? Crime thriller? It was trying to be all of that at once!!! It was too much!

Some messages of the drama were really nice tho: being greedy is sth that will come and bite you back, being helpful and kind but not to put other before yourself was kind of the message to live by that this drama was trying to convey.
I liked the different themes of mental illness and lgbtq+ visibility. It was very refreshing and sth that is rarely shown openly in KDrama like this.

For me the drama was a bit of a rollercoaster.
The first episode was quite messy. I didn’t know what to think of the main leads at the beginning. Genie’s hair freaked me out a bit as well 😅 Also, the grandma slicing up Ka-young’s hand to teach her a lesson was a bit too much imo. Luckily their relationship has improved over the years and Ka-young has grown into a good person.
After the first episode it gradually got better. Some things that happened on the way towards the end were a bit too much like the unnecessary use of violence and gory got me questioning whether that was needed for the style and genre this drama was going for 🤔
The old guy reflected in the mirror in khalid’s body also creeped me out a lot!!! Again, what is this drama trying to be???

One of the highlights was Song Hye Kyo as Jinniya 😍😍😍How frigging gorgeous can someone be??? She is my absolute favorite actress!!!

All in all I can recommend this drama only if you dont mind messy concepts and are in for sth on the lighter side that is easy to watch.

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