Please don’t be a Do Ba Woo!!!
Did I enjoy this show? Yes, kinda…I guess. On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say a 7.5 or an 8.
Did I like the story? The story is quite interesting(nothing new) — unrequited love, high school, that childhood-friends-to-something-more trope. It had all the right elements to draw you in.
Now did I like the way it was handled? That I absolutely did not like. It could’ve gone in so many better directions, but instead it chose the most frustrating route possible.
Let’s talk about Do Ba Woo and Ji Hoon. Hoon might’ve been one of the most clueless people alive, but also — there’s no way he could’ve automatically known how Do Ba Woo felt. Not when Ba Woo never once clearly said, “I like you,” or “I love you — not as a friend, but romantically.” Never.
And even though Hoon’s feelings were obvious from the start, Ba Woo kept rejecting people in high school and saying things like “I’m not ready to date” or “I’m not interested in a relationship.” So of course Hoon backed off — what else was he supposed to do?
So what exactly was this? What were we watching? A masterclass in miscommunication? A painfully avoidable situation? Honestly, we the audience, deserved better😹
But it was okayyyy, stressful to witness but okay
Did I like the story? The story is quite interesting(nothing new) — unrequited love, high school, that childhood-friends-to-something-more trope. It had all the right elements to draw you in.
Now did I like the way it was handled? That I absolutely did not like. It could’ve gone in so many better directions, but instead it chose the most frustrating route possible.
Let’s talk about Do Ba Woo and Ji Hoon. Hoon might’ve been one of the most clueless people alive, but also — there’s no way he could’ve automatically known how Do Ba Woo felt. Not when Ba Woo never once clearly said, “I like you,” or “I love you — not as a friend, but romantically.” Never.
And even though Hoon’s feelings were obvious from the start, Ba Woo kept rejecting people in high school and saying things like “I’m not ready to date” or “I’m not interested in a relationship.” So of course Hoon backed off — what else was he supposed to do?
So what exactly was this? What were we watching? A masterclass in miscommunication? A painfully avoidable situation? Honestly, we the audience, deserved better😹
But it was okayyyy, stressful to witness but okay
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