Okay, I'm not used to writing comments here, but I feel the need to. So, I just finished watching Love for Love's Sake, and I have to admit I was expecting a little more...
I won't lie, I did generally like the concept (kind of like a fantasy choice where the guy ends up in some kind of video game?), but being a series of only 8 episodes of 30 minutes each, I feel like there were a lot of gaps and things that happened too rushed.
One of them was Yeowoon's sudden change of attitude, literally from one episode to the next. It's like, what? From the beginning, they sold him to us as someone really, yeah, serious and cold, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, he gets super clingy with Mingha. Like, what? Ugh, I don't really like it.
Plus, they didn't quite wrap things up with what happened to Yeowoon's dad. And to top it all off, I feel like the series was trying to leave us with a message or reflection at the end, but it wasn't consistent with what was actually shown in the series.
Because at the end they put something like "happiness is somewhere in everyday life, etc., etc., etc." But what the series showed us was that Mingha only had to make Yaewoon happy if they were dating or if he liked someone. And it's like, what?
Even at one point Yaewoon was whining to Mingha because he wanted to break up with him since he only had 6 days left because otherwise he would literally die, and Yaewoon was being a real softie, saying things like, "Oh no, I'm not going to change," etc., etc., etc. Dude, you didn't do anything wrong. AHR was defending him, no, but oh well, I don't know what to tell you.
Also, something that bothered me the whole time was that Mingha was 29 years old and supposedly his "senior" sent him to a game, but like, being a 19-year-old student??? Which bothered me because, I mean, yes, technically he was a 19-year-old kid, but the guy was 29 and he was with an 18-year-old kid!! I think it's crazy, sorry, I'm not a fan of the age gap, what can I say, I didn't like it.
Besides, in the end I felt like they were forcing Mingha to give him more depth with that whole thing about him feeling so empty that he wanted to kill himself and all that, and okay, yeah, that's powerful, but I feel like it was too sudden.
And then there's this moment when the "senior" appears and gives him a second chance and bam, out of nowhere he's back to his 19-year-old self and meets Yaewoon and they're all happy???? So lol, if you ask me.
On top of that, they unnecessarily introduced a third party to force a love triangle that didn't work because there was no chemistry there, so why add a third person??? Poor Sangwon, they just had him there to try and compete with Yaewoon, damn it, it's so frustrating.
And on top of everything (well, I kept adding things, right?) I feel like they didn't give Yaewoon's character any depth, like, okay, we already know he's a cold and reserved guy and that his dad is an alcoholic and that he lost his grandmother who he lived with, but what else????
They didn't go into any depth about that, and honestly, I was left wanting to know more because it's not like everything is resolved thanks to "love" and so on and so forth...
I don't know, I feel like they could have stayed friends and explored that connection on both sides. Yaewoon needed someone to lean on, and Mingha needed someone to teach him how to love. And that, for me, would have been more meaningful than those kisses they shared.
Honestly, I didn't feel any chemistry or connection or anything. On the contrary, I felt much more of a brotherly, almost parental love from Mingha towards Yaewoon, from how he took care of him and everything (which, yes, was his "mission"). But they didn't do anything for me. Sorry, my loves...
In short, yes, it can be nice to watch lightly if that's what you want; I think it fulfills that function quite well. It's not wow, but it's not meh either. I feel it could have been much bigger than it is, and that's a shame of wasted potential.
And I think that's it? That's all for today's review, hehe. Follow me for more Alen reviews, okay? Bye! ✌️
I won't lie, I did generally like the concept (kind of like a fantasy choice where the guy ends up in some kind of video game?), but being a series of only 8 episodes of 30 minutes each, I feel like there were a lot of gaps and things that happened too rushed.
One of them was Yeowoon's sudden change of attitude, literally from one episode to the next. It's like, what? From the beginning, they sold him to us as someone really, yeah, serious and cold, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, he gets super clingy with Mingha. Like, what? Ugh, I don't really like it.
Plus, they didn't quite wrap things up with what happened to Yeowoon's dad. And to top it all off, I feel like the series was trying to leave us with a message or reflection at the end, but it wasn't consistent with what was actually shown in the series.
Because at the end they put something like "happiness is somewhere in everyday life, etc., etc., etc." But what the series showed us was that Mingha only had to make Yaewoon happy if they were dating or if he liked someone. And it's like, what?
Even at one point Yaewoon was whining to Mingha because he wanted to break up with him since he only had 6 days left because otherwise he would literally die, and Yaewoon was being a real softie, saying things like, "Oh no, I'm not going to change," etc., etc., etc. Dude, you didn't do anything wrong. AHR was defending him, no, but oh well, I don't know what to tell you.
Also, something that bothered me the whole time was that Mingha was 29 years old and supposedly his "senior" sent him to a game, but like, being a 19-year-old student??? Which bothered me because, I mean, yes, technically he was a 19-year-old kid, but the guy was 29 and he was with an 18-year-old kid!! I think it's crazy, sorry, I'm not a fan of the age gap, what can I say, I didn't like it.
Besides, in the end I felt like they were forcing Mingha to give him more depth with that whole thing about him feeling so empty that he wanted to kill himself and all that, and okay, yeah, that's powerful, but I feel like it was too sudden.
And then there's this moment when the "senior" appears and gives him a second chance and bam, out of nowhere he's back to his 19-year-old self and meets Yaewoon and they're all happy???? So lol, if you ask me.
On top of that, they unnecessarily introduced a third party to force a love triangle that didn't work because there was no chemistry there, so why add a third person??? Poor Sangwon, they just had him there to try and compete with Yaewoon, damn it, it's so frustrating.
And on top of everything (well, I kept adding things, right?) I feel like they didn't give Yaewoon's character any depth, like, okay, we already know he's a cold and reserved guy and that his dad is an alcoholic and that he lost his grandmother who he lived with, but what else????
They didn't go into any depth about that, and honestly, I was left wanting to know more because it's not like everything is resolved thanks to "love" and so on and so forth...
I don't know, I feel like they could have stayed friends and explored that connection on both sides. Yaewoon needed someone to lean on, and Mingha needed someone to teach him how to love. And that, for me, would have been more meaningful than those kisses they shared.
Honestly, I didn't feel any chemistry or connection or anything. On the contrary, I felt much more of a brotherly, almost parental love from Mingha towards Yaewoon, from how he took care of him and everything (which, yes, was his "mission"). But they didn't do anything for me. Sorry, my loves...
In short, yes, it can be nice to watch lightly if that's what you want; I think it fulfills that function quite well. It's not wow, but it's not meh either. I feel it could have been much bigger than it is, and that's a shame of wasted potential.
And I think that's it? That's all for today's review, hehe. Follow me for more Alen reviews, okay? Bye! ✌️