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It looks like 2025 is the year of the romantic comedy in kdrama world. Just this week I read at least 5 news of this type... I have a preference for thrillers for sure but hey I'm not closed to romance as long as it's well done.

This drama deserves to be recognized. All the episodes bring their share of emotions and do not leave you indifferent. So congratulations to the whole team, they made me cry, laugh and think.

To this day I have not yet found a drama by this writer that has marked me so it is not surprising that this one leaves me quite the same way the others did. Unlike many here, I won't go so far as to say that it's mediocre, I think that deep down it can be watched without much interest but it's okay. The script is shaky and all over the place, but I wonder if that wasn't exactly the goal. The characters on the other hand are not detestable I find them as annoying as most humans, greedy, arrogant, cheater and sometimes naïve.
For the time being, if I had to rate this drama, I would rate it 3.5/10. So we'll see if I have the strength to continue and if eventually my opinion will change.

Since the broadcast of the 1st episode and compared to all the other dramas broadcast in the last 4 months, this one is the best written. It's certainly a classic scenario, but the story is so well told that we become obsessed with it. And the characters are all endearing, none of them leaves us indifferent, both the good and the bad. It's easy to see why ratings are so good in Korea, compared to other dramas like When The Stars Gossip.
Anyway, it promises a grandiose finale. 🎉

This 2nd season was a Bad good idea like all the 2nd seasons of kdrama (except Kingdom), so obviously it was mediocre but I still give it a good point for Sung Joon. Who used to leave me unmoved, but since his military training, he has really improved. He was handsome and classy. Anyway, I say bravo to the actors but the story was to be thrown in the trash. I'm already thinking about all those shows that will have extra seasons next year and that will also disappoint. Too bad!

You can watch episode 6 on kisskh. I did it a few hours ago

How come I already watched episode 6? Whereas I see here that people are still at episode 5

I don't know about you, but the kdrama created exclusively by Netflix have mostly never appealed me. I'm talking about series like this one or squid games, or Kingdom and not those for which they are the international broadcaster like QoT, CLOY, Stranger etc... I often find them very badly written and it's a shame. A touch is often missing, I can't say what, but something is often missing. And this drama was no exception, everything was badly done from my point of view, very blah script. With the exception of Kingdom, The Glory and maybe Hate to Love You, the rest has always been a disappointment despite the finances and the huge castings. Unlike Disney which for me has improved a lot in its original content, just look at A shop for a Killer, Moving, May it please the court or even the recent Gangnam B side, all these dramas that are created exclusively by Disney have more substance than those created by Netflix. It just goes to show that it's not the most popular that is necessarily the most beautiful.

In addition to his acting skills, it's one of my favorites because of that. Skin bleaching disturbs me.

🤣🤣🤣🤣Thank you very much for the laughter... But I'm talking about happiness in the sense of contentment at having found a new drama... It's true that in French we use more or less the same expression for that...

I have never been able to finish a drama with this actress. But this one looks good, so I'm going to give it a chance and hope to find my happiness.

I'm extremely disappointed with this 2nd season and it's a shame because I was pleasantly surprised by the 1st one and I repeat it's really the kind of drama that I run away from like the plague.
The story, the universe and the characters had been pretty well written up until then, so I was looking forward to the continuation of the adventures of our 4 heroes. First of all I remind you that unlike many on this forum the romance of this drama was never an important point for me, as I said earlier the heroine could have ended up with any of the heroes, it wasn't going to change anything for me, (well! except maybe a tiny little bit for CX, it's still her cousin and my culture dictates my judgment on this, we don't marry a member of the family regardless the distant of the kinship 😅).

So It was more the journey of each one that made me vibrate, how each protagonist would evolve and access to his own quest. But unfortunately the extra melodramatic tone that has been infused into this new season has made it lose a lot of its quality. Let's talk about the characters, One of the reasons I really liked CX character was because he was the closest to reality. He always had a cool head and made the right decisions even if it was upsetting. And despite his feelings for his cousin, he had never deviated from his morals and had always known how to respect the lines. He was grey, neither bad nor nice, just a human who sometimes makes good or bad decisions. So I find it quite absurd that overnight he became a kind of tyrant blinded by love, unable to hold back to the point of falling into low scheming.
But the most absurd for me is the heroine herself, who has never gotten rid of her savior syndrome or even her not totally irrational fear of loneliness. It's like she has no purpose in her life, other than to take care of others. This results in an inability to take care of herself. We are almost at the end of this drama and I realize that she is still this little girl who prays to finally be freed. I feel like the message the author wants to convey is that only true love can deliver XL. But considering everything she's been through so far, I think it's a small goal.
The same for the other 2 MLs, they are equal to themselves, as in the first season, neither one, nor the other has really evolved and sometimes we feel like turning in circles in the arc of their story. As if the writer did not really know what to do with them except to stir up discussions about who XL should choose between the 2. TJ is always this too polite transit lover who reminds us sometimes of a child. The screenwriter wanted to make him an extra nice guy who is always at the service of others, but it failed in the end because he gives the impression of having no personality sometimes.
But I will say that I understand that XL ends with him, Of the 4 protagonists, the 2 are the only ones who still have this child's soul. Their love is very reminiscent of the love of 2 teenagers for whom love Always ends in "they lived happily ever after and had many children". They don't have the sense of realism that I liked in the other 2. And maybe that's why their story arouses so much passion.

To conclude, I would say that although I was harsh during my comment, the drama can still be watched. But one thing is certain, for me the first part has a much better quality than the 2nd.

I'm quite surprised to realize that this drama interested me knowing that it's the kind of drama that I often run away from like the plague, between grotesque fights and the fairy world, I often have a hard time adhering to this type of story. Overall, this one is rather pleasant, especially in the construction of the relationships that the FL has with the 3 MLs.

Each relationship represents the love stage of a life and here the author has divided it into 3 different stories.

We have the love story of the first emotions with YSQ, the one that makes us believe in eternal love, when we look closely we recognize the signs of a young person in love, always wanting to be with his other half and having tantrums and jealousies at all costs to seek the attention of the desired being.

Then she has in XCX the companion of life, the one for whom her love is true and sincere but very often fraternal. With him, her vision and her life struggles align. He is the one for whom the "eternally together" may seem simple and logic. But is this really where she wants to go?

And finally we have with XL the conflictual relationship. It is the one for whom she feels a deep desire that she must constantly repress because to let this fire burn is to take the risk of burning herself.

And to seal the bond she has with the 3, the writer made sure that each time she shared quality time with each of them and that she made difficult decisions in their favor to her own detriment.

For me, the curiosity as to who will be the ultimate chosen one is no greater than knowing how the objectives of each one will end. So no matter who she ends up with, it will be a good choice, because each of the MLs has something good to bring to her. I don't really have a preference.

May the best win!

I'm quite surprised to realize that this drama interested me knowing that it's the kind of drama that I often run away from like the plague, between grotesque fights and the fairy world, I often have a hard time adhering to this type of story. Overall, this one is rather pleasant, especially in the construction of the relationships that the FL has with the 3 MLs.

Each relationship represents the love stage of a life and here the author has divided it into 3 different stories.

We have the love story of the first emotions with YSQ, the one that makes us believe in eternal love, when we look closely we recognize the signs of a young person in love, always wanting to be with his other half and having tantrums and jealousies at all costs to seek the attention of the desired being.

Then she has in XCX the companion of life, the one for whom her love is true and sincere but very often fraternal. With him, her vision and her life struggles align. He is the one for whom the "eternally together" may seem simple and logic. But is this really where she wants to go?

And finally we have with XL the conflictual relationship. It is the one for whom she feels a deep desire that she must constantly repress because to let this fire burn is to take the risk of burning herself.

And to seal the bond she has with the 3, the writer made sure that each time she shared quality time with each of them and that she made difficult decisions in their favor to her own detriment.

For me, the curiosity as to who will be the ultimate chosen one is no greater than knowing how the objectives of each one will end. So no matter who she ends up with, it will be a good choice, because each of the MLs has something good to bring to her. I don't really have a preference.

May the best win!

Oh what a good drama... I didn't find it cringey at all especially when you get the answer at the end, but the dynamic of this duo was extremely funny.

One of the best aspects that this writer has often done is to succeed in writing a set of interesting characters, from the main to the secondary ones, including the villains, by portraying them with humor. In particular the main female character, she is more or less the same in all her drama. A strong woman, extremely elegant, coupled with an oversized ego and a little eccentric side that forces the attachment of the viewer. In this drama I had a lot of trouble with the FL, although she had some characteristics mentioned above, nothing in her was endearing. Same for the ML, I never understood the exact position that the writer wanted to give him, I was confused, cause sometimes he was the most accomplished hero an the other time he was extremely stupid. His tears at first were touching but over time it became repetitive and boring.
The script was extremely poor and it was indeed a poorly exploited work of all the tropes already used by the writer's previous drama. Unlike many here, it is not the touch of CLOY that I have seen but that of the writer herself, because all her dramas have a lot of things in common (The heroine is often successful in everything she undertakes, her family ties are often execrable, the ML always has loyal friends etc). And CLOY is not the one who impressed me the most about her although it's still a good show.
Anyway, I can understand this success, romantic comedy + 2 beautiful and popular actors + a magnificent cinematography often has the gift of attracting a young audience, knowing that they're the most active on social networks. Add to that a good communication, that's it!

Thx for your answer. I think that even if it's not often the genre I choose to watch first, I won't go so far as to say that I don't like romantic comedies. Just look at my watchlist, there are many that appear, to which I gave good ratings. I just think that Lovely runner didn't captivate me like many dramas usually reserved for a certain audience.
And I always choose a work by its synopsis and then by its writer, if in addition those are actors I like it's all beneficial for me. And truthy speaking the actors weren't the problem for me but the script so it would be a shame not to watch another one of their drama just because of that.

It depends on your tastes and what you're looking for. For my part I found it boring and very cliché, quite repetitive and reserved for a very young audience but I think it's important to always make up your own mind. Because everyone perceives things differently. Personally, there are many popular dramas that have made me indifferent and others that have been hated or go unnoticed that are masterpieces for me.
So to conclude, go ahead and make up your own opinion.

I took all my time before starting this drama because I had apprehensions that unfortunately turned out to be right. Unlike many, I didn't find anything exceptional. I had a great difficulty finishing the first episode, I found it long and the story was very déjà vu. From the 2nd I put the reading in fast mode and it was less painful. So to tell the truth, it's a drama that can be watched if you really like romantic films for young adults with a rather childish humor. If during the first 5 episodes the story is quite drinkable, the rest is a predictable and repetitive sequel that becomes at some point extremely annoying. I admit that I was able to finish it because I skipped a few parts.
In short, I hope to see the heroes again in a drama that I will like because until now I have not liked any of the dramas where they appear except for Sky Castle.

From this writer, it's the drama that didn't really hook me, and it's a shame because I really liked her previous work, they were better written.
Of course, this one can be watched, but frankly, it didn't make an impression on me at all, the story was so over the top and the last episode was proof of that. At times, I even felt like I was watching a kind of mashup parody of her own dramas. She made the hero cry more than necessary and it was weird at some point.
Some scenes were so absurd, bordering on stupidity, but as I say it's still watchable, we end up playing the game of this absurdity and laughing from time to time. And unfortunately we are left wanting more. So I'll give a 7/10.