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I am almost sure it was a fake prop baby lol!

I've seen it go both ways to be honest.

But of course I respect all opinions. And you don't owe me an answer of course.

I only ask because the things you may not like, I may agree with you.

I always respectfully talk to both spectrum of commenters.

And if I dislike a show, I have asked people what they like about it as well. Maybe I am more unique that way.

As much as possible I try to be subjective.

I think the problem may lay with the average MDL fan's understanding of ratings. MDL ratings has really lose a lot of it's value in my eyes. With the rise of the golden age of Netflix KDrama, the rating system has become less uncertain.

But based on the ratings system in MDL, 7.5 is not generally speaking "An Okay Drama". I would think an 8 or 8.3 would be considered "An Okay Drama". And I believe this is where the confusion may have come from. MDL kind of dropped all the numbers in between and ratings lay in the .5 increments now, which really screws up the rating systems even more.

But in the ends it's a culture of placing too much importance to ratings which I don't personally subscribe to anymore.

Nothing wrong with asking why a particular person doesn't like a show, it's what forums and rating websites are for.

The question posed could easily be "why are you rating this show so high". Personally for me, I enjoyed the show, and I certainly could write and defend my position, and have no problem debating the merits of the show.

I believe then it can go both ways, if I can defend a show I enjoyed, a person should also be able to defend the reasoning of why they didn't enjoy a show, don't you agree?

Otherwise the comment section would just be full of.

"It's 10/10 and amazing!"

or

"This show is boring!"

These type of comments does nothing to further our understanding of the show, or why people either liked it or didn't. I am always a fan of back and forth conversation.

You said you didn't enjoy it, which parts did you not like? You are entitled to your opinion, and I am very curious to hear it if you would not mind sharing. After all debate is in essence the cornerstone of a thriving forum.

I enjoyed reading this review, but there are a few things I do disagree with.

Hometown Cha Cha Cha, in my opinion, never pretends to be more than what you see. Even the plot twist, as little as they were, are telegraphed quite early via the "Gongjin Mysteries". Viewers looking for something edgy, nouveau, or noir, will find non of that in this drama.

What this drama tries to achieve instead is to appeal to the nostalgia of your average Kdrama fans, by presenting a very formulaic plot in a refreshing new way.

On the surface, your assertion of it being a very clichéd plot, with a VERY predictable direction is spot on. But as they say, "the devil is in the details". There are many factors that make this stereotypical plot more than it seems. An example of this is that the provinces are usually considered very backward in technology, and very backward in terms of societal understanding and pressures. And yet, here we have a city like Gongjin, where there is a very clear matriarchy, where the women are actually the ones who seem to be knowledgeable, career oriented, and are the driving force in the relationship. All except for Dusik. Although we are led to believe that he is the one that is in the driver's seat, as each episode unfolds, we realize that if Dusik continues to drive, he and Hye Jin would end up in a terrible accident.

And as much as I agree that Hye Jin's story arc was not fully fleshed out, we need to think about reality. If Hye Jin herself is not mentally fit or stable, how can she be the rock that Dusik so desperately need? If the writing were to complicate her issues to give her depth, there would be little room to support Dusik.

Although I agree the pacing started to dither after Ep. 10, I felt the drama had created so much goodwill between the main couple and the supporting cast, that the weaker back end of episodes were more forgivable.

If you watch Hometown Cha Cha Cha as merely a backburner romance that you can just distractedly watch, then I believe you will not experience the drama to it's fullest. One of the biggest problem the drama faces is the rating system on MDL. Because it's rated an 8.9 or 9, people have their expectation set way high, looking for some plot twist or some incredibly complex tale, something Hometown Cha Cha Cha never claimed it is.

I personally wanted to rate this drama an 8.7. But MDL doesn't have that option anymore, everything is in increments of .5 now.

My heart is torn about KSH controversy... Not sure if I have the heart to write a review now...

It's a ROM com, so I was hoping The FL would have a bigger role in his healing. Her being there for him is good, but I was hoping for more.

I didn't get a strong feeling she gave him the courage. It wasn't portrayed well enough imo. She was a shoulder to cry onz but I was hoping there would be more introspection between the main couple.

It wouldn't be realistic if Dusik was suddenly so touchy feely and lovey dovey. Right now, he is going through huge trauma, that will take some time to heal. He needs time to start reciprocating properly Hye Jin's love.

I also felt a Gam Ri death would be the plot device to allow Dusik's trauma/emotions to resurface. But with Doha in the picture, her death became unnecessary. All it does is makes Dusik completely alone, opening the door for Hye Jin to be his only family.

The mom or Doha didn't know the dad's close relationship with Dusik, so it's not surprising they just lumped Dusik with all the other greedy corporate fat cats.

She's a single mother, if she wants to blame Dusik for her husband's death, it's her right to be honest. If being able to blame someone is what helped her climbed back into sanity, she has that right.

Was an unnecessary scene. The guilt Dusik bore was more because of the wife blaming him rather than the brother IMO.

I have to agree here, that epilogue just didn't stick nor was it necessary, especially after she just surmised that "Gongjin saved Dusik", but it seemed rather Hye Jin was the one who did. One of the few weaker episodes for Homecha I am afraid.

We don't know how hard her life became when her husband passed away. So I can't blame her for saying it.

Agreed

I am a big fan of this series. After an amazing Ep. 13 and 14. I felt Ep. 15 was not its strongest episode. Lots of unnecessary plot points and scenes that didn't contribute to the plot point.

As amazing of an actors KSH and SMA is, I felt the most emotion I felt were watching the scenes of I-jun and Cha Hui's confession more than the scenes of KSH grieving for his traumatic past. The reveal of his past trauma felt too predictable, and the sudden emergence of Doha as a pivotal player felt too forced at this point. Also the episode felt way too sad, with very little bright points. They should have toned down the melo a whole notch. The scene with Jeon U just appearing didn't feel particularly strong and moving.

The episode would have benefited more from showing Dusik leaning more heavily towards Hye Jin for support instead of spending too much time dwelling on the past.

The closeness that I was hoping to see between Hye Jin and Dusik felt colder than I had anticipated. It felt more like Dusik healed himself, rather than Hye Jin being the one who can save him from his torment.

I feel the writing slipped up here in Ep. 15. And now with the unnecessary death of Gamri, there seems to be even less time for a clean ending. But even if the ending is not the strongest, I would probably still rate this drama a solid 8.7 for all the good work it did in the first 14 episodes. And now I actually want to revisit the Aegyo Ep. 11 and 12 for some good vibes.

I will admit, homecha didnt' focus too much on those heart wrenching scenes as much as other slice of life dramas did. But I was still enthralled by the amount of emotions the actors and script were able to evoke from such a simple story. The mature style of realistic writing, and the fiery chemistry (subjective of course), has kept me watching and wanting more.

it's ok for people not to like the same dramas :)

I agree, there were MANY warm hearted scenes, but they didn't feel very organic, more of the writer decided to mash up all every "david vs goliath", "hallmark moments", and "redemption arcs" it could think off, and just included them one after the other. Don't get me wrong, the scenes were certainly heart warming, but it just didn't feel earned or organic.

After a while, the story stopped making sense and kind of lost direction. But since I enjoy playing badminton, I finished it for that aspect of the drama.

But yes, it's my opinion, I am not trying to change yours, I just wanted to give mine.

I haven't watch those other ones, but racket boys felt too much like a Japanese sports anime, and not enough kdrama. I enjoyed it for the badminton, but I felt the story was quite weak, and the plot too cliched and watery.

The romance portion also felt quite dull. It did have some warm hearted scenes, but they felt very artificial, and mish mashed. Overall I would rate racket boys an 8.3/10

I actually think career wise she will be more successful in gongjin. In one of the episodes she mentioned that dentist in the provinces are making more money due to lack of competition.

And I can see this happening. I don't think Hye Jin would be as free and successful in Seoul.

Also keep in mind that Hye Jin is not that different from dusik. She wasn't born in Seoul, she's from a different province originally as well. But certainly she seems to enjoy the shopping and fine dining rating that Seoul offers. But there is a chance she will miss life in Seoul as yearn to go back. But I doubt she would go back to boost her career as from everything I can see, she will be more successful as a dentist in gongjin than Seoul just because she is the lone dentist in an aging population who will need dentures and implants which are expensive.