Little Cherry

I know it's too late, like, I really respect all of your opinions. I just want to say mine.

Maybe, this drama was liked by many who left postive reviews here because they are being able to feel that empathy for the characters.

This drama is like a piece of an art, narrated like a poetry, you'll get it only if you're willing to go deeper.

You feel like they told mostly everything in the first second episodes, when you didn't realize that actually this drama is like a puzzle, the more you see it, the more you learn something new about it.

Everything is confusing here because its a character driven drama, not dialogues driven. So, we're actually dropped in the middle of their stories, and it's kinda intriguing how we as an audience need to figure it out on our own the whole of their story with the few meaningful dialogues and those momentful expressions.

The amazing resonating OSTs help us understanding character's feelings more and more, and we don't even realize at which time we start understanding them as our own pains, its like we get too much attached to them.

I agree POYM has it's own flaws, like even I skipped most of that piano guy's scenes and that annoying cousin, but then I realize the most beautiful thing.

That his husband wasn't actually irritating in the sense that he was stuck onto his wife's death, it was his character. It was his depth, his stangnancy to show how much lack of communication makes the person miserable.

This drama started as confusing, sad, depressing for most people, maybe that's why it lost most of it's audience.

But, the people who watched it, they all know and can't deny, it'll always be unique in its genre for being such a raw and realistic portrayal of pain, grief, sadness and depression.

And of course, healing.

That's the main part of this drama. Seeing how the characters heal from their past.

You say how it was creepy he kept be in obsessed with his ex gf? Lol, she was not his ex. She was his childhood best friend.

He loved her all by himself, he never got to start a relationship with her since she got married to piano guy whom she loved very much.

People who watched it found this drama beautiful for its slow and realistic pace, it was a slow burn in raw sense, the sadness the male lead felt when his first love dies is so real.

Like, he didn't get to meet her for ten years, like he promised to her he'll keep loving her even if she gets married. Guys, that's not creepy, that's selfless unrequited love right here.

They can't meet each other for obvious reasons, as he promises that he'll never interfere with her marriage life. But someday he just wants to meet her as a geuine childhood friend.

Those missed chances these two friends have and how he can't even meet her even for the last time and then she dies so suddenly.

The guy didn't even cry at her death, it was stuck to his throat. She was the same person who stayed with him for his whole childhood and even when they started going college, just remember how much shock he got to endure in such a short time.


He was not obsessed with her. He just missed her so much, viewers misunderstood him so much.

She was a constant in his life, and then one day she disappears forever, those scenes where he finally accepts she's gone is so poignant and beautiful.

It's like a human nature. But his life doesn't stop there only. He has Seo Woo with him now.

The drama teaches us the meaning and difference of loving someone in mind and loving someone who's in front of you. Physically.

That's the lesson he needed to learn. He accepts to let go, and that's why that literal happiness waiting for him at his door comes in.

Drama gives off some really positive lessons. Feels like if those viewers gave it one more chance, they wouldn't have been that disappointed.

But its all their opinion. I'm not forcing anyone here. I just wanted to make some of the points in my view.

This drama is something personal to every viewer here, and no one can deny, it has one of the most beautiful and well-thought OSTs.

So trueeeee

Ikrrr, why people keep disliking it, I just don't understand. It's so good yet--

I just keep coming back to this drama. Idk why, it's been such a long time since I last watched it. It's like a part of me is left among these people, this is probably the first drama which I keep repeating it over and over again but still, I'm not satisfied enough.

I keep feeling empty, that feeling of void keeps increasing. Those beautifully edited YouTube videos on this drama, thoughtfully selected and executed OSTs, they are the only things I've been playing it non-stop.

This drama was like a dream, when it started for me, where it started getting into me, why it have me lost in it's poetry, it seems mystery to me now.

Each now, I try to remember separate scenes of each episode, to test whether I remember them properly or not, and if I get even one wrong, I come here to engrave those scenes more deeper into my mind.

I'm actually afraid I'll forget about this masterpiece one day, that feeling feels like I'm not ready to let go of my own pain, of my own scars, I want to cling onto them as much as I can.

I'm just a human, one day I'll surely move on from this poetry, but till then, I'll be at peace and not forget to keep visiting my secret entity of calmness and relaxation.

Yeah, it's here. In the presence of these raw human characters who are at faults too, are not perfect at any sense, and yet they give strange feeling of hope, warmness and encouragement.

To move on. To be happy. To be alive to experience the new tomorrow.

I'll wait for my new tomorrow too. Even if it reaches late to me, I'll wait for that day till everything starts feeling like it's in the past.

I'll wait.

I know right, thank you for understanding me.

I just want to leave it all behind now, like I said things to release my frustration.


"I'll always be salty for this betrayal, tvN, I wish you choke on the ratings of your next cable drama of a rich CEO suffering from cliche germophobia, who falls in love seeing overdramtic female lead eating ramyun in the convenience store where second male lead with a flower boy look works as a part-timer but secretly kills skinny girls in his garage."

But this drama turned out nothing to be like that lol. So I kinda feel guilty too.

Thank you for understanding my feelings, I'm really not here to argue, I totally agree with you.

But seeing all the comments here, I couldn't help feeling unfair for all those people who worked hard to produce that drama even in the hard times of Corona when it was at its peak at Korea.

I know, I'm really trying to understand how all this works, but sometimes, I really don't understand how the people work anymore.


I'll try to move on soon. Its been two months already, but still, I Lee thinking about. Maybe I need more time. Idk. Thanks anyway.

I'm really not here to argue, or to force my expectations or favorites on someone.

As an honest viewer, even I know the flaws of POYM.

But there are way more International viewers who genuinely liked that drama, and those reviews, comments and ratings they gave there can't all be a lie, right?


I'm just stating my opinion, as a right of freedom to speech. Also, I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Take your time and see all those other viewers who have same thoughts.

You make it look like I'm back lashing this drama which I definitely ain't. I never said, this drama isn't that good.

I just pointed out why I'm bitter with tVN and how POYM didn't deserve to have it's episodes cut.


There are so many useless KDramas I watched which should not have no more than 10 episodes, yet they got a full run, even with those ground ratings.

I felt unfairness on that part, so I'm totally freely to express my opinion I think.

Dear, I'm not angry. I just need some time to sort out that bitterness. It'll take time for me.

Even I know I'll watch it sometime in future for sure. It's really rare these days that genuinely good dramas come by.


PS: I also listen to POYM OSTs almost daily, even though its been months, I never get bored with it. For me, this drama was one of the very very few who really has so amazingly selected OSTs in its WHOLE ALBUM.

I'm not saying I'm particularly angry at someone, I'm just angry to see how well the drama with the famous actors survive in this industry, doesn't matter which new plot it comes up with.

I already said that I know how good and amazing this drama must be, even the plot looks good. Gives the feeling of an innocent prince falling in love with a sad witch with a side story. My type of story that I dig.

I also said I really love tvN dramas, all favourites came from tvN. But that bitterness remains there. I'm a person who hardly gets time to ever watch dramas but even one hour a day is like drinking medicine of happiness for me.

I know most of you find my comment rude and offensive, maybe biased too, but I really watch each drama with the dedication and devotion. So everything that drama goes through kinda hurts me too.

That time I didn't know I would be so bitter even to this date. Maybe, that episode cut and ratings thing went deep into me.

PS: Also, if you want to watch POYM, I'd recommend you too. But it's not for everyone, as the few audience there will tell you itself.

Even I didn't know I'd like that drama so much. Its been months already but some part of me is left with that little hidden artistic piece of poetry.

It's a little persona for every watcher, so for most, it's a hit and miss. It's slow paced and maybe, that's why it got low ratings.

For understanding that drama, you need to go really deep. So, I recommend you watch it when you want to relax and enjoy something warm and healing. It's not a binge watch drama. Maybe so many factors contributed to it's low audience count.

But still, I'm those one of the few, including one more who commented here, who geuinly understood and embraced that drama. Happy watching it.

Wow, you're lucky. I wish I were introduced that early to the kdrmas. Had to find every good thing on my own till my journey ended at KDramaworld.


Idk, I don't think I'm a quick learner. Maybe, its because I really like hearing Korean language. It's so calm, so soothing to my hears. And those Korean swearings I reserve for my professors who don't let me sleep in those really long medical lectures.

I'd really like to converse with a Korean someday! Hopely someone comes here In India by mistake.

Lol, most of the times I tried getting into chinese dramas too, but was immediately repelled by their birdy language. No offense but for newcomers like me, I was kinda laughing silently at their language.


But after some episodes, when I was getting used to the language, the plot of the drama started to shit my brain. I've tried many times but somehow Chinese dramas just never click with me.

With literally painful tears in my eyes, I completed watching fifteen Years of migratory birds. (I felt cheated with the ending.)


And Just An Encore(finally a drama which didn't made me feel worthless in wasting time.)


Same with Taiwanese language too, but keeping language aside, taiwan has some really genuine dramas. I wish I'd get to watch some of them when my mood permits.

My fav Taiwanese movie would be Our Times (2015)

Most weird of the languages would be Thai. Every time I tried getting into a drama, that language made my head spin. I didn't know where to look actually.

Whethet to look at their lips to see how they can speak so twisted, or to the subtitles which literally started making no sense at one point.

I picked up the language by just watching dramas. Its been some five Years maybe that's why I'm too much familiar with the language.


But there are actually moments when I don't understand a single high five Korean words and just stare at the faces. Especially in those law dramas where those dudes start stating Korean Constitution Laws anywhere lol.

Yes lol, I've been watching kdramas for a long time now.

So there are some really underrated Korean movies that aren't subbed yet, so whenever I want to watch such movies whose plot sounds interesting but are available without subtitles, so I watch those movies, and understand more than enough for me to get hooked lol.

I even watch raw episodes of some of my favorite ongoing dramas, to satisfy my hungry soul until the episodes get subbed.

PS: I'm from India too. Nice to meet you fellow folks.

Hoped people could have supported Piece of your mind like this way too.

Just because a really famous actor stars in this drama, making his comeback, the viewers got some 50 times more interested in it.

Never mind that realistic mental health plot, fantastic acting, directing and all, I've seen many dramas which honestly deserved so much better ratings than they actually got.

I'm trying to forget and forgive, I really am, but for some reason, tVN's ridiculous attempt to cut it's episodes abruptly due to low ratings, made me biased with all his upcoming future dramas.

I can't stop thinking about how those actors worked so hard even at those toughest times of Corona where people were actually dying daily in Korea, to give us excellent performances, they all really didn't deserve such betrayal. I keep feeling bad for them.

I know I shouldn't, I know it's being over attached, even though its already been two months, but I just can't stop thinking about it. I'm really trying to be reasonable with tVN and how everything works in this industry.

And that is coming from a girl who never missed a tVN drama, and always had her favourites lined up of tVN dramas mostly.


If it was taken up by Netflix, it'd have sky-rocketed in ratings.

I know 'Its okay to not be okay" must be so awesome, amazing and beautiful. But for some reason, I keep feeling bitter seeing how people appreciate only highly rated dramas, and not those underrated ones with rising actors who suffer a fall in deep pits because of these overly stretched overhyped dramas.

Real Irony is the topic of mental illness was tackled in POYM too but only the viewers know the nepotism and favouritism going around. Really really disappointing.

Maybe, after a year, I'll be fine. I'm not a grudge bearing person, I forgive people easily too. Idk why this time I keep getting angry at those ratings of this tVN drama.

I just really hope no drama who had potential to be amazing, famous and best dramas of the year suffers hell like the Piece Of Your Mind did.


Best wishes to all the actors/actresses who starred in that drama. It'll always be the best of 2020 for me.


PS: I, by no means, put my comment here to personally attck any IOTNBO fans here, so please don't be offended by it.

Once again, to remind, I'm a huge fan of tVN dramas myself so I'm definitely not supporting favoritism here.

I just wanted to express my frustration somewhere openly, in another tVN drama, like many International viewers like me who gave so much dedication to POYM even though it was not being that appreciated among the Korean Netizens, even though it has low ratings, we still loved it nonetheless.

So, I think I felt cheated and robbed of, for those lost episodes, all because of ridiculous reasons. Like tVN never cared for the one who actually watched it for the plot, and understood it till the end. While they seem to only care for those who openly backlashed it, commented negative about it.

Yes. Lol, totally agree!! My thoughts exactly!

Yes, you definitely should come back to it. Maybe that day wasn't the good day to watch it.

I also binge watched it lol.

Me too!

Yes, it has not that angst/heartbreaking feeling of love triangles.

Agree!

My Rating: 9.9/10

✔| Plot (Without spoiling as much as possible)

[Those who found it extremely confusing and left it saying it was boring, slow-paced, and blah blah blah should definitely read how simple the plot actually was.]

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The guy, Ha Won, who's a skilled AI engineer, works in Tech department, has been in unrequited love with his childhood best friend for as long as he remembers.

Except that he hadn't seen her for some ten years since she decided to go her way in life.

And wanted him to go his own way too. Which he, of course, didn't, since he's still very much in unrequited love with her.

The girl, Seo Woo, is a sound engineer, whose only wish in life is to record her own song someday. Exclusively. She's a warm-hearted girl and understands people's emotions as her own.

Some people may find her nosy, but for me, she was relatable in her way of always wanting to help others.

So, owing to her nature, when she hears Ha Won's story through his adopted cousin, she decides to make these two meet. Not knowing their full back story though.

And not even knowing who Ha Won actually is, the same man she meets here and there and talks about Ha Won's, means his own love story, with him. Lol, that part was amusing.

And as obvious, she falls in love with him, for the unique reason, of how he's so much in love with Ji Soo (his friend), how he cherishes her so much. How her memories hold so precious to him.

Of how a person can give another person all of him. Even when they didn't meet for ten long years, how he keeps loving her in his memories only.

Sounds surreal right? But not impossible. And that's what this drama literally makes you feel.

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