The Contract Marriage That Turned Into a 16-Episode Therapy Session
Because This Is My First Life : 8.5/10 – The Contract Marriage That Turned Into a 16-Episode Therapy Session
📃 WHY IT WORKS (AGAINST ALL LOGIC):
A man who treats life like a software update meets a woman who’s one unpaid bill away from an emotional meltdown… and somehow, romance??
Lee Min-ki plays a sentient spreadsheet with commitment issues. Jung So-min channels every overworked creative who’s this close to moving to the mountains.
This isn’t your average romance. It’s two socially awkward people trying to out-depress each other until someone folds and catches feelings.
🐈 THE “I’M LAUGHING BUT ALSO KINDA DYING INSIDE” MOMENTS:
When he asked her to move in like it was a Craigslist ad.
When she said “sure” like she wasn’t signing up for a slow-burning existential crisis.
The cat judging everyone’s life decisions? Oscar-worthy.
👀 REAL TALK:
Watching them fall in love is like watching a Wi-Fi signal reconnect. Slowly. Painfully. Triumphantly.
Every kiss = two traumatized adults hesitating like they're defusing a bomb.
Side characters living entire dramas while our leads try to figure out if eye contact counts as flirting.
💢 FLAWS (AKA WHY IT’S NOT A 10):
Pacing? Like molasses in winter.
Some episodes feel like IKEA instructions written in haiku.
Emotional payoff takes so long you’ll be filing taxes by the time they hold hands.
🎯 VERDICT:
“Because This Is My First Life” is like journaling your pain, but someone made it a drama with cats, rent, and low-key gender commentary.
📃 WHY IT WORKS (AGAINST ALL LOGIC):
A man who treats life like a software update meets a woman who’s one unpaid bill away from an emotional meltdown… and somehow, romance??
Lee Min-ki plays a sentient spreadsheet with commitment issues. Jung So-min channels every overworked creative who’s this close to moving to the mountains.
This isn’t your average romance. It’s two socially awkward people trying to out-depress each other until someone folds and catches feelings.
🐈 THE “I’M LAUGHING BUT ALSO KINDA DYING INSIDE” MOMENTS:
When he asked her to move in like it was a Craigslist ad.
When she said “sure” like she wasn’t signing up for a slow-burning existential crisis.
The cat judging everyone’s life decisions? Oscar-worthy.
👀 REAL TALK:
Watching them fall in love is like watching a Wi-Fi signal reconnect. Slowly. Painfully. Triumphantly.
Every kiss = two traumatized adults hesitating like they're defusing a bomb.
Side characters living entire dramas while our leads try to figure out if eye contact counts as flirting.
💢 FLAWS (AKA WHY IT’S NOT A 10):
Pacing? Like molasses in winter.
Some episodes feel like IKEA instructions written in haiku.
Emotional payoff takes so long you’ll be filing taxes by the time they hold hands.
🎯 VERDICT:
“Because This Is My First Life” is like journaling your pain, but someone made it a drama with cats, rent, and low-key gender commentary.
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