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cringingly saccharine sweet. Unforgivable betrayal ,nonsensical English subs
When I first watched this (early in my drama watching years) it was a completely new thing to me & so I gave it a 10/10 . It was sweet with elements of sacrificial love that wins out. Perseverance in life, career, friendship & love is extolled. True character is held in high esteem, Genuine love is displayed as really knowing & having a true appreciation of significant other, not just a physical attraction.
That said, many years & 50+ dramas later now that I re watch it and find it cringingly saccharine sweet. The jumping back & forth from Korean to Mandarin, was super annoying. The sometimes backwards nonsensical, translations/English subtitles with thier wrong gender, bad spelling made watching like a challenge of charades ! To make matters worse, everything that is written (that we are supposed to see ; letters, notes, titles, buildings are not translated! The male lead's wide mouthed grin & sparkling eyes are in stark contrast to the female lead's vacant constant state of confusion .While I still hold that the characters evolve well, the betrayal by the second leads is impossible to forgive.
More in depth spoilers:
The ending, while happy for both couples, it's weird because of the former love triangle. You can plainly see why the couples are best in thier own coupling, but having them all be friends & related at the end is just unpalatable.
Used the amnesia trope twice !!
Kimberley Chen's song "I love you" & the theme song Da Mouth's "Maybe" was played to ad nauseum .
That said, many years & 50+ dramas later now that I re watch it and find it cringingly saccharine sweet. The jumping back & forth from Korean to Mandarin, was super annoying. The sometimes backwards nonsensical, translations/English subtitles with thier wrong gender, bad spelling made watching like a challenge of charades ! To make matters worse, everything that is written (that we are supposed to see ; letters, notes, titles, buildings are not translated! The male lead's wide mouthed grin & sparkling eyes are in stark contrast to the female lead's vacant constant state of confusion .While I still hold that the characters evolve well, the betrayal by the second leads is impossible to forgive.
More in depth spoilers:
The ending, while happy for both couples, it's weird because of the former love triangle. You can plainly see why the couples are best in thier own coupling, but having them all be friends & related at the end is just unpalatable.
Used the amnesia trope twice !!
Kimberley Chen's song "I love you" & the theme song Da Mouth's "Maybe" was played to ad nauseum .
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