Brogana Sunfrog

Just Turn off your brain & enjoy

This bite size web drama with 4 episodes [each 14-23 min each] is a
short & sweet drama with surprisingly Good music, good acting, good production quality. The story is just the right length too. Some plot points are very silly, [ like; does a guy have macho insecurity issues that cause him to take risks to get the attention of a girl who already has got her eye on him ? ] The story seems to be reaching a bit for conflict because, well there NEEDS to be conflict & drama ! Don't over think it just turn off your brain & enjoy the ride. I will probably re watch this for a quick k-drama fix

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Male lead's personal drama & the scary virus plot put me off ( in 2020)

This was a bit of a fail for me as I watched it in June 2020,during the pandemic & the over arching story of the series was about a horrific killer virus being unleashed. Ugh! Too timely ! At any other time it would feel like fiction. I was a fan of the American series. This one was significantly different & had a distinct K- drama flair to it. I liked the characters &
I liked the actors. I did not like that they spent more than 1 episode on the Male lead's son's health. I get why they did it , but it was too much emotion for me. The male lead came off as a bit of a jerk because he was pretty distant from his wife during & after the son's health issue.
The format of this was different in that it started a new story a bit before the end of each episode. The end of the series was happy but they left a little cliff hanger in case they decide to make a second season. Without the male lead's personal drama & the scary virus plot, I might actually find a second season more interesting !

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NO romance but an office, overcoming adversity story

Although it is weakly teased, this does not have any romance in it, which is good because the leads have zero chemistry. If you get to episode 4 and find
1) the Female lead grating & irritating
2) the Male lead robotic & dull as dirt
3) no sparks between them

well then that's your cue to drop the series.
I wish I had, but I kept hoping for some magic to happen.
The characters never grow on you. If anything, this is an office, overcoming adversity story with everything else falling very flat. A real waste of time which I blame on the writers & the director. If you DO make it to the end, be prepared for the one kiss of the series to be creepy, as the Male lead suddenly becomes a viper striking the Female lead's lips with an unexpected & predatory like swiftness that is anything BUT romantic. (he finishes it off well, but, wow, the initial execution is really off putting !)

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Falls flat. Main character can't understand thier own emotions

I should have taken the advice of a reviewer who said : "one of the leads leaves the country for an indeterminate period of time after saying "have a good life". they eventually come back but do not seek out the person they supposedly loved. The One left behind patiently waits and then seeks them out. They share a look and that's all you get- a short, abrupt, no physical contact ending that implies they will get back together.
There was so much that fell flat with this. It's not worth the words to explain. Lackluster and can you really get over the lies, or the implied lies OR the inability to understand your own emotions ?

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Insipid self sacrificing female is not worthy of a story

Choi Si-won is adorable as usual, but I found the self sacrificing maiden to be insipid. It is presented as noble to help instigate trickery & deception to achieve marriage of your rival to your heart's desire ? Helping someone else deceive the object of affection just shows me that her affection must not run that deep as human Love is self serving and tenacious . Female lead is aggravatingly wishy washy-yes she will wait for him & even sleep with him, but when pressed by her mistress, she will also marry another (without telling HIM she slept with another guy!) AND she will take the place of her frenemy to spare that girl from being 'taken' by a guy whose taken a fancy to her. How is the female lead any kind of paragon for anything !?

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No lead romance but Alot of yelling. Unclear synopsis.

This is a hard drama to review. While it is somewhat diverting, it doesn't have characters that you really invest interest in. I don't like humor that yells at you & this has alot of yelling. There is NO romance for the leads, though there is a slight hint that there could be, but nothing ever develops in ANY way.
The rapid dialogue makes it hard to really grasp everything that's going on [especially if you need to read the subtitles]. The stories of the clients were more interesting than the main cast. Near the end, the big reveal was completely confusing (Business terms ? bad subtitles ? unclear cultural references? ) Either way, it needed a clear synopsis from one of the characters & that never happened. For the most part, I enjoyed this & the actors were all attractive & did a great job, but it would have been better if they had less yelling & they had even slightly developed a tiny bit of romance between the Female lead & the 2nd Male lead. I was hoping & waiting for them to reveal that the Male lead just pretended to be "over the top" but that never happened.

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This genre does not interest me, but I needed a fluff drama break & figured this would be easy to turn off [so I wouldn't stay up too late]. The first episode was odd & I had a hard time following what was going on . I pushed through Episodes 2 & 3 & then had a better idea of what was going on .I was intrigued. It ended up being unexpectedly interesting.
I give it only an 8 out of 10 because:
1) the creepy perp guy lurking around the kid was just too creepy.
2) one of the female leads was just too messy & course mannered, so unappealing.
3) it was hard to follow as literally everyone has a part in the web of evil
4) they could have given a tid bit of romance as 2 leads seem very easy around each other & you can draw your own conclusions about the looks they give each other, but they just didn't fill in any of the blanks to take the story there
5) Dry. alot of deadpan expressions from too many characters

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a similar but much lesser version of 2009 You're Beautiful &dancing is not that good

A forgettable drama with familiar themes. If you're a classical musician but can't stay focused on the classics why not disguise yourself and auditions for K-pop boy band that your uncle represents? I'd say : isn't there a way to do this without the need to gender bend ?!
Because of the theme/premise, it's disappointing that the music & dancing are not actually all that good. It doesn't help that the guys are all rather uninteresting & don't have distinct personalities or looks, so keeping track of who is whom is a challenge . It has the usual generic melodrama & ends ok ,but not on as satisfying a note as I'd like.
This seemed very similar to but a much lesser version of 2009 drama "You're Beautiful"

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Ep 11-2 min before the end are dismal, depressing & over flowing with sadness

I originally thought not to watch this ,so put it off for some time. I should have gone with my initial decision. Even though it is about tragedy it was doing a good job of not being maudlin. It was interesting how tragedy & loss were viewed from multiple viewpoints. I thought the scenes of the trauma of being trapped were done tastefully & not too upsetting [since we know who made it out alive]. The story was going well & there is no hard pull from the second male lead as it is clear he is not right for the female protagonist. Sadly, the story started to go downhill. From Ep.11. on they throw drama tropes of the worst kind at you. Death of a beloved character, a probably fatal disease for a main character, a revelation that breaks up the main couple first from his choice, then from hers. It was all so unnecessarily depressing, especially in light of the fact the story was already filled to the brim with sadness. What happens until the last 2 minutes is dismal, depressing. It destroys of any good feelings you built up until then. I had thought that I was pleasantly surprised & inclined to want to rewatch this UNTIL Ep 11.
OK, yes, I will concede that there is a happy ending for the main couple, but it's a miracle trope that is pulled off at the very last minute.
Another issue I had is that the female lead seemed to be enduring her costar's kisses instead of enjoying them. It created odd chemistry because she always looked too apprehensive & cold to being kissed.

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Oddly balanced romantic drama that won me over against my will

The drama starts with a suicide & it was so shocking that I almost quit at the first episode. The whole series revolves around who they were & why they committed suicide. Every character that was connected to that person had secrets & a piece of the puzzle, but none of them knew the whole picture. Still, the beginning was horrifying, tragic & a strange juxtaposition to the humorous & romantic parts that followed.
Despite all that, this series won me over [against my will!]. And I don't say that lightly as there was a good bit that I didn't like , so the drama had to be overall good enough to make me over come, not only the somber & startling beginning , but:

1) The fact that I was not overly fond of the female lead. Yet, by the end I had accepted her & saw that her peculiar charms were necessary in order to be able to handle the plot.

2) Some of the other characters were selfish & very flawed.

3) The story didn't address the male lead's character's issues 100% , so you have to over look some of the holes that should have been filled in regarding him.

In the end; sub plots are resolved & there's a happy ending

in conclusion : This was an oddly balanced romantic drama, done well enough that I was surprised at how much I liked it


The OST could have used 1 or 2 more songs to cycle through as the ones presented were good but got on my nerves by the end due to over use.

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