Brogana Sunfrog

Depressing & All the Females are unpleasant. No relationships worth rooting for

AKA; Bo Ra! Deborah By episode 4 I really hated ALL the women. By episode 7 I thought that the sobbing would be done , but Nope, Female lead is still wailing despite the fact that SHE was bored in the relationship ! Conniving women yelling ,blame shaming & being arrogant power trippers make it crystal clear why they are unhappy. they aren't misunderstood or in need of a good man, they are toxic manipulators fixated on an ideal that they pursue like a banshee. I wouldn't be friends with women like that so the idea that any man would want a piece of that is Ludacris !The cheater is obviously a jerk, and I'm not saying that the other men are perfect, but being a clueless idiot is way better than being a scheming, manipulative , angry, aggressive female. By Episode 8 I just felt depressed and sick of all the female's smug, smirky superior attitude. he men :RUN away as fast as you can! I have seen the female lead in other things, and this just ruins watching her in anything again.

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not much of a romance & 1/3 of the movie is not translated into the English subtitles

I watched this because I liked Jang Keun-suk so much in You're Beautiful, but this left me flat and rating is higher than it really deserves . First problem: About 1/3 of the movie is not translated into the English subtitles. 2nd Problem: Female lead is combatative ,hard to get along with,rude & not affectionate. She inflicts all sorts of abuse on Jang Keun-suk, whose long shaggy orangey mane of hair really detracts from his looks. A happy ending is hinted at, but What we are given is an awkward Not sweet or nice ending. To feel good about this series you need to STOP at the the music video that is 3/4 of the way through (at a wedding scene) where they should have ended the movie.

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So tedious. You feel bad for the male lead's character as female lead just isn't worth it

I read the bad reviews & I should have listened. It started off tense & scary yet was interesting. Once the male & female lead start interacting it goes downhill. I got to episode 8 & decided to cheat & skip to the last episode. I will put a spoiler at the end of this review, but let me say that the so called "happy ending"[that happens in the last few minutes of the last episode], lacked in satisfaction. What other reviewers said is true; the female lead is totally unlikeable & don't expect her sister in law to give you anything about her to like either. this should be called : "poor Yong Pal" as the male lead seems to suffer throughout the series .
in case it's useful:
some viewers recommend stopping around episode 16 for a more "good" ending (I didn't have the interest or patience to get that far!)
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spoilers:
the romance comes out of nowhere ! cordial turns into romance in such a way that you feel as if you missed an episode because
suddenly in episode 7 the two leads are crushing on each other...[through some sort of unexplained shared waking or sleeping (?) dream fantasy where there is a montage of them in a sunlit meadow.....very weird! ! About the same time -the female lead is able to use muscles she hasn't used in (3 ?) years & stands unassisted...huh !?

The leads are separated & then reunited at the end....the VERY end of the drama. I'd say the happy ending lasted all of 2 minutes or so

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It's pretty much done by Ep.16

I rated this rather highly for something I'm dropping and something that I will never rewatch. I'm not overly fond of the female lead, (personal taste) & though the male lead is attractive, there isn't much emoting going on ,whether it's because he's written or directed that way, or is simply a minimalist actor. It's a decent enough story & a nice little romance and i felt satisfied by the end of episode 16. I don't care about the female side kick's stories, nor do I care to see the main couple go through yet more difficulties. I can guess what they are going to do with the plot & I'm not into long & drawn out when I get exactly what I want if I stop at the end of episode 16. The only reason I watch historical (?) Chinese dramas is for light fluffy escapism & there isn't anything about the story that intrigues me into continuing

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Not worth the investment. Unlikeable female lead & too much mean spirited bickering

The male lead is attractive & his character is winsome, BUT by ep 5 I was ready for this to wind down as it seemed like a good time to end. I do not enjoying the bickering & meanness between the leads. I'm not a fan of overly realistic storylines, YET I don't like romances with leads that are unlikeable Until they fall in love and then they become nice to each other (though it's an off & on thing). It's especially noxious when that change of attitude is between two lovers. The enemies to lovers trope here is tedious. I began to warm up to the male lead but by episode 12 I still hadn't warmed up to the female lead. I wasn't really sold on the lead actress for this role, so they way they wrote her just added to my dislike. There were TOO many similarities in the lives of the lead characters. It was almost seemed like the writers knew that this couple wouldn't really work unless they forced them together. However the similarities that drew them together on an empathy level doesn't work as a basis for romance.
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It was jaw dropping ridiculous for both leads to have annoying selfish mothers that they don't like AND they both have Ex's that are selfish , demanding, arrogant, obsessed with them & unilaterally wanting them back without even giving any thought to thier feelings or more importantly how they may have changed in the past 5 years !! The Ex boyfriend & girlfriend continuing to insist on getting back together over & over & over again became tedious & brought the drama down
By Episode 7 I was wondering why I was still watching it. I finally gave myself permission to drop the drama in Episode 12. it's obvious that the leads will end up together, because they are written that stupidly. The way they are written, you know they will be a couple that will bicker the rest of thier life together. Are we supposed to be happy for them? I actually think they would be better off not together.
When I feel this disinterested & also disappointed in a drama's characters it's time to call an end to investing in it as the "pay off" isn't worth all the unpleasantness.

music was annoyingly repetitious & needed some instrumentals to break it up

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Unsatisfying. No revealed motive for main mystery & the "link" gets limited use

I tried it because it was on Disney+ & I had a free month of it.
It was nonsensical to me that everyone was trying to keep secrets that if shared or if taken to the police, would have helped. Dropping it this early still has me wondering what happened to /who is the sister, but I'm really not enjoying it a whole lot now & looking at the reviews, I don't see a reason to continue when there is alot of other dramas that are more enjoyable.
so other reviewers mentioned :
By the end you need to use your own interpretations to fill in the blanks (plot holes)
The motive for the missing sister is never explained.
main couple separate/ distance themselves from each five+ times.
The link seemed to just be for crying and fear most of the time

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desperate shirtless men who have sand for brains, selfish unlikeable slappy women

OK so there are shirtless guys wearing tight pants-fine, if that is all you are interested in-enjoy. I'm not into watching sports of any kind but I started this as a way to unwind & it DID start out very sleep inducing. Then it actually got interesting. I actually found myself caring about the wrestling matches & rooting for the Lead. Still, I started to lose interest around Ep. 7, when the build up of community gossips, and Plethora of women slapping men became over done. This is becoming more & more a cultural divide for me, for which I cannot stomach. Why is this "comedy" ? It's a trope that's past it's expiration date. I started losing serious interest in Ep 8. You've got a whole town of aggressive, loud, slappy females & it's tiresome. The the lead female repeatedly puts her own agenda over supporting the male lead & it's pathetic & sad. She is selfish & undeserving of the male lead's affection. But, apparently all the men in the community are desperate & stupid, deserving thier fate as punching bags because it what they choose. By Ep. 8 the sweetness of the story soured. I pushed through to the end, and have to admit that it ended well. If you removed all the female slapping/hitting men, cut out the males lead's irritating family scenes, AND trimmed down the amount of wrestling scenes a bit- I'd give this a solid 8.5 . Sadly, there is just no fixing the unlikability of the female lead. I would re-title this : they had sand for brains.

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Heart wrenching, crises driven drama...so far

up to Ep. 5 and it's alot of sad melodrama that tries it's best to make you cry at some point in every episode.

I love the cast & it's done really well, BUT it is a VERY crises driven drama & by that I mean that there is a crises in every episode, which makes it heart wrenching, so not an easy watch.

I mean is the acting good ? yes, but is it enjoyable ? not sure- crying or watching the actors cry is not my fav kind of entertainment. You know there will be a happy ending, but so far it's alot more heartache than I find I need in my life

Picking it up every now & again because the cast is very charming & endearing & you can't help but be fond of them & cheer them on.
In Episode 7 the mood lightens significantly & gives me hope that it will not be such a heavy drama going forward.
But will I end up rating it higher by the end ?

(Note: am I the only one that sees the male lead as a perfect in a drama playing RAIN's younger brother!?)

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Takes empathy & sympathy too far. 3 year separation!

Though a bit on the creepy side, It seemed like a decent drama, until I got suspicious & cheated by looking ahead at the episode synopsis & read some more reviews. From everything I read, it has a "happy" ending , BUT how it gets there is why I'm dropping this drama. I don't like time skips or enforced (couple) separation/ I have even less tolerance for couple separation by choice under the guise of "noble" sacrifice. Add in a soul switch or soul sharing ,( especially mixing the genders of the souls ) & my interest level drops to zero.
From Episode 7 to the end, the plot revolves around these things.
not worth the investment for me.
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To me it takes empathy/sympathy too far to have
Seong-A take Bong-su 's spirit into her own body in order to protect him.
AND go into hiding for 3 years ! leaving Gyeon-U behind !?

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Unlikeable female lead & nonsensical villain

There are better dramas out there for me to invest my time in. I tried to like this but not even Lee Jong Suk could save this drama. As it was I had to push through to episode 7. I kept telling myself that surely the female lead had some qualities that were endearing. Yet by episode 7 I still loathed her. The whole story hinges on her reconnecting with who she was when she wasn't such a ________ . They try to make a comedy out of her flaws, but there is too much to dislike about her.
The second big issue was with the romance pairing age gap. 10 years !
They try to make a joke out of it as the younger person is more mature & responsible than the older one, but there isn't any chemistry & it feels distasteful & forced..
Thirdly; the alternative male lead, who is a better age match for the female lead, is written so poorly & his attraction to the train wreck of a woman is inexplicable as she is rude, thoughtless, selfish & manipulative and he knows it.
The villain is appropriately intimidating, but as of Episode 7 while you see how clever he is, you also are blinded by the fact that his reason for viciously committing murder was because.......the guy made him angry ? The real reason will be revealed at a later date (but as of Ep 7 you have no clue) and yet, when you do know, it makes his actions beyond stupid.
Once out of jail, instead of going off into obscurity, he's intent on committing murder for the same reason. It helps that the police are mind numbingly out of touch with what thier job is.
SO here are the problems:
1) Female lead gets a grade D for personality
2) Male lead gets A+ for everything except accepting that female lead is a waste of time
3) Leads have no chemistry & the 10 yr age gap is ridiculous
4) Villain is somehow both clever & stupid as he seems to have a one track mind but no sense of self preservation


Is the age gap trope of very young male paired with much older woman something that was common when this was first released ? Was it supposed to appeal to the fantasy of the highschool boy or the older single woman ?
I'm remembering that HighShcool King of Savvy (2014) also had this trope & it also didn't work, though it was a better set up than this because at least the female lead was nice.

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