Love Do San for every little insecurity he has. I can relate to that a lot..
as long as you don't use your insecurity to do immoral things, then blame your insecurities for it, then your on the right path.
If you allow your insecurities to win out, and start doing bad things, not a lot of people will sympathize with the insecurity excuse.
An example, if a man was insecure in his marriage because the wife is too nice, and decides to have an affair, should we pity him because he was insecure with his wife?
Almost every human being has some type of insecurity, but what matters is how we allow these insecurity to affect us. Do we allow it to take over our lives, or do we find ways to break out of it.
it was dalmi but injae stole the story..when dalmi was small and living with her father, she fell on the ground…
WIJ started to doubt herself and her confidence started to waver.
The competitive game that SDM started with WIJ, has always been one sided, but somewhere in the middle, WIJ started to lose confidence as SDM started becoming more successful.
She regained back her confidence in the latter half. And once again the rivalry became one sided, until the point after the time skip.
The story is meant to illicit sympathy for NDS. Here are the factors where we are suppose to sympathize with him.1.…
1. Here are the things NDS does. These actions are not actions of Asian kids who love their parents. There is an obvious rift between parent and child in this show. A rift that is either covered up by the show or normalize/romanticized.
"Let us not be each other's pride anymore"
"Whatever I did was never good enough for you, no matter how hard I try"
Doesn't call his parents for three years.
2."Whatever I did was never good enough for you, no matter how hard I try"
This quote is a blaming quote, you can see it otherwise, but it's damning enough that more than a few people saw it as NDS blaming his father's high expectation for the way he ended up.
In general, poor people will always judge rich people for wasting money, it is just how human beings work. Your telling me, the kids in China who buy gold plated Iphones for their dogs don't make you cry waste? Or rich people in the US who pay $200 for a bottle of specialized mineral water?
Poor/middle class people ALWAYS blame the rich, no matter which country you live in, communist, capitalist, dictatorship, monarchial and etc... It's human nature, and in Asia, there is a culture of hating wastage even more. Why do you think take out culture is so big in Asia? Thrift shops, second hand shops, and etc.. all thrive in Asia.
3. And there lays the problem, he needed things to be 100% perfect to suddenly realize he doesn't have a bad life. He needed everyone to baby him, to keep saying "NDS you are amazing", for his parents to baby him, for SDM to baby him, for HJP to baby him. And all these coddling for him to feel better about himself is going to get a lot of hate from people.
The reason is, in real life, most people don't get even 25% of the support NDS was getting since day 1, and yet they are forced to overcome their insecurity and self-esteem issues, and it's frustrating to see a character, even a fictional one, go through life with a mountain of support, and still cry foul, of how his life is so hard. It's facetious and doesn't resonate with the common man, who has to climb bigger mountains, with far less tools than NDS.
4. It's my first viewing of NJH, and he faces the same problem of this new wave of actors, lack of Micro Expressions. Lee Min Ho is another actor that has this same problem. But in the current Kdrama landscape, it seems writers and producers don't care about the weaker acting skills, opting to pursue these leads due to their popularity.
But what can you do, the current Kdrama landscape favors popular actors versus capable ones.
For now though, KSH has both acting skills and popularity, let's see how far he can go.
Final thoughts. It was good not great. I love the overall concept, it's refreshing. Could say they've done a thorough…
WIJ and HJP pairing not working out, is the same reason SDM and NDS pairing would not work.
WIJ, HJP, NDS, and SDM have flaws. And often times flaws start out small enough, until an event occurs which make the flaws manifest itself in a big way.
NDS and SDM, since they both have their heads in the clouds, never get punished for doing so. And putting in place a safety net in HJP, Sandbox as an investor and etc... puts their relationship in an artificial Nirvana. What I mean by this is that everything looks good, until their safety valves all malfunction, and they are left to the devices of their flaws. And this may be enough to break them, since the flaws have been normalized for so long.
In HJP and WIJ, it would be the same thing. IMO, both of them need a dreamer like NDS or SDM to soften their harshness and add some softness to their stances. With HJP and WIJ being a couple, they may not see their harshness as an issue since they both can be quite harsh, and just like SDM and NDS, the flaws will manifest in a big way later down the road.
So the message from this drama to all the drama writers is "never create strong second lead males, unless you…
we recently found out that KSH has been ad-libbing certain scenes. And I think overall KSH, added softness to his harsh character that ended up eliciting more sympathy than that of NDS.
NJH on the other hand, lacked the necessary micro expressions needed to show these following emotions:
1. Remorse 2. Confusion 3. Insecurity
Watching Start Up, when NJH has to provide, or attempt to prove the emotions I mentioned, he either bit his lip, or cried. Instead of showing a character that the audience can feel sorry for, the audience is instead reminded of your typical HS ML who is full of teenage angst.
So overall, not enough sympathy for NDS and too much sympathy for HJP's character is where the show went wrong.
But regardless, take out the love triangle, and the show still had enough problems to make the journey less than enjoyable. Chief among them being it's poor portrayal of women in power, unhealthy dynamics between family, poor moral message regarding romantic relationships, and inaccurate portrayal of the difficulties of being in a Start Up. Add to that Mary Sues, and Gary Stu's and Start UP becomes another forgettable drama in 2020.
It will forever be known as the breakout role that gained KSH immense fame.
The story is meant to illicit sympathy for NDS. Here are the factors where we are suppose to sympathize with him.1.…
I don't know if someone else talks about micro-expressions. But I talked about it in my review, hahaha!
The fact that Suzy looks at HJP the same exact way she looks at NDS confused the heck out of me. Those looks that Suzy gives HJP, shows someone who is in love, then to later show she didn't care anything about his feelings was confusing to say the least.
I'm going to pass on any NJH dramas for now, until I can get the image of NDS out of my mind. I would just get annoyed if I see him right now.
They belong to an agency that has amazing actors/actress like Gong Hyo Jin, Jeon Do Yeon, Gong Yoo, and Jung Yumi. So they have people to learn from if they wanted.
I actually didn't love this drama but this doesn't deserve a 1 or 3 honestly like their was good plot I would…
There are people rating it all 10's as well. I would just ignore them all.
Personally, I think this drama should go one notch lower at 7.8/10 as it's real score. Its rated the same range as ROY, DOdodosol, and TKEM. Speaking of TKEM, i'm surprised it isn't rated lower.
And ROY actually had increasing viewership ratings, peaking at it's final episode. Start Up's last episode was one of the lower ones.
How are the acting skills of the Main leads? I don't know any of them, but the FL seems to get a lot of flak from what i'm seeing. Consensus is she's a bad actress?
I just came from Start Up, so i'm looking for some more believable acting, and less annoying characters.
The story is meant to illicit sympathy for NDS. Here are the factors where we are suppose to sympathize with him.1.…
First things first, will you not be addressing all the other points I mentioned?
"Han Ji Pyeong never really supported Samsang tech for their talent,he was there for Dalmi always but he constantly downgrade them in the first few episodes."
This statement is exactly why SST got tricked by Alex and got Acqhired. In reality, HJP has been on their side ever since they got into Sandbox. I forget which episode, but one of the early ones, you can see it in his conversation with Chairman Yoon. But because SST has majorly disrespected HJP since Ep. 3 or 4, up until pre-time skip, they fell for their own arrogance. You see signs of this arrogance even after the time skip FYI.
And the idea that he is only doing the good things for SDM is a fallacy. Yong San, Cheul San and NDS were too immature to see it pre-time skip. Majority of audiences saw HJP helping SST, because they are SST, not necessarily for SDM.
I'm guess you must really think that WIJ was jealous of SDM, and was doing everything in her power to make sure SDM doesn't succeed? Because is the same type of mentality you would need to have, to actually think HJP is out to make sure SST fails, and only SDM presence stops it from happening.
If you really believe this, then you didn't understand HJP's character at all.
I put myself in Dosan's position, and I still felt grateful for HJP's help. People who don't feel grateful for help, because they feel it's due to charity, for ulterior motives, or for a girl, have some deep seated competitive problems with the said donor, which is the case with NDS. He let his dislike/hate for HJP cloud his judgement on the betterment of his company, and that is just the plain truth.
Do you know how much of a hater you will sound like if you say. "Pssh, person A is only helping me because he likes Person B, so i'm not going to count his help as real help. I'm going to ignore it, and in fact, i'll find a way so he can't help us anymore." It's ridiculous, and reeks of jealousy, over competitiveness, and insecurities.
In ep. 16, HJP didn't really want to invest, he was forced to by his boss. You have to understand, he has just let go of his first love, A love that spanned 15 years, he needs time to grieve. But NDS and the show didn't give it to him. He was forced to suddenly be best friends with NDS, and to be close to NDS and SDM's love story. Which is just pure torture. How many Kdrama do you know with a love triangle, where the SL is forced to work in close proximity with the FL and the ML? Not a lot because in reality, it's a painful experience, and yet that is what happened with HJP.
Unpopular opinion:I actually loved Nam Do San's character..I could relate to him.From someone with low esteem,thinking…
The story is meant to illicit sympathy for NDS. Here are the factors where we are suppose to sympathize with him.
1. He is shy 2. He is awkward with girls 3. His parents are strict 4. He belong to a working class family, and was not rich. 5. He is insecure 6. He has low self-esteem
So what went wrong? How come it seems not a lot of people sympathize with him? Here are a couple of reasons.
1. NDS has two parents who love him unconditionally. And some kdrama may portray both parents as strict, but in this one, not only was the mom not very strict, but she was VERY supporting of NDS, and even defends her son against the dad a few times.
In comparison HJP has no parents, SDM has one, and Yong San lost a brother. In terms of the family aspect when being compared to the other characters and their family status, NDS has a near perfect family situation, and he chooses to squander it, and not appreciate it. This makes people view NDS as ungrateful, not close to his family, and a little bit spoiled.
2. He has a genius intellect. And in general, people find it hard to sympathize with people who are born with God given talent, and yet choose not to live to their potential or squander it. Not only doe she not utilize his intellect properly, he blames his parents who wanted to nurture his talent.
This is like a person who has a lot of money, but because of low self esteem, chooses not to use his money, just leaving in the bank, fully knowing there are many people in the world who don't have money, and would kill to have even 1/10th of that person's wealth. Once again, people can't sympathize with someone like this.
3. As you said, he is confident with SDM, she brings out the best in him. This shows us that the barriers to NDS success has always been mental, meaning he can do something about it. You bring us his shyness and low self esteem as issues, but the truth is, they are merely excuses. He has it in him to get out of his funk, which means the issue is more psychological than mental.
There are people who suffer from extreme shyness, it's a medical diagnoses and their brains are wired differently. For people with extreme shyness, they become social outcast in society, unable to form proper bonds with people, and end up quite depressed.
With NDS, there is no proof of this, in fact he is shown to be able to properly create strong friendships with Yong San and Cheul San. For someone with TRUE insecurities and self-esteem issues, the way NDS is being portrayed is a big fat joke, it's not accurate, and it's an insult to people who actually suffer from this debilitating condition. So once again, you see little sympathy from audiences.
4. The inferiority complex you mention, NDS is inconsistent with it. Sometimes he feels inferior to HJP, sometimes he feels superior. This is more of bad writing than anything. When the writer wrote NDS, she seemed to not be able to decide what kind of character he was going to be, so his self-esteem and insecurities waned and waxed like cycles of the moon. So it became hard to relate with him with how inconsistent his character was.
In one scene, he is showing extreme confidence, to the point where he is acting like he's a God. Then the next scene he is feeling inferior to HJP. Then another scene he is feeling superior again.
This is also on NJH shoulder, he lacks the acting prowess to portray a character like NDS. NDS done right with a capable actor, could have shown the inner turmoil of NDS better, shown his remorse, shown his frustrations. Instead NJH just channels all of this by either crying, or biting his lip. His lack of acting range in Start Up, didn't help his character NDS get fans.
At times, you can tell NJH wants to portray NDS as pensive, but it doesn't come off that way, instead of pensive, all the audience sees is either a scheming look, an arrogant look, or an ungrateful look.
I mean just focus on his last scene with HJP in ep. 16, and you'll see what i'm talking about.
On paper, a shy, introverted NDS, that gets the girl SDM, by being himself is romantic. But a shy, introverted NDS, who in a span of a few episodes, becomes a completely different character who loses all his naïve, and geeky charms, will not capture many fans respect. And this is on the writer more than anything, as she is in charge of the characterization of NDS. Partly the casting director as well, as they casted an actor that didn't have the acting talent to play a potentially complex character. In the hands of a better actor, NDS could have been a complex one. But in NJH hands, it honestly just looks like an angry teenager half the time.
I feel sorry for hanjipyeon because he reminds me of myself. I too had a crush on one boy we were some sort of…
awww gurl :(((((
I hope you find someone to love you just for the way you are. Love is unlike business, sometimes you need to just take a leap of faith. But do keep an eye for red flags.
Yong San, Cheul San and NDS are in a car driving on the freeway.
Chapter 1
Cheul San: Bruh, your parents are monsters...
NDS: My dad keeps telling me he is proud of me, but then he gets me a freaking Mercedes Benz, I have such a hard life...
Yong San: Bruh, your hands are swole!
NDS: Yeah, been working out. Oh, a girl wants to hitch a ride.
SDM: Thanks for stopping, my name is Dalmi-ahhh
SDM: Hmm, I like this car. This is my car now!
NDS: Umm no, this is my car, I don't even know you...
SDM: I like men with big hands...
NDS: THIS IS YOUR CAR NOW!!!
Chapter 2
SDM: You are handsome
NDS: You are pretty
SDM: You have big hands
NDS: Grrrrr, I am angry, you don't want to see me when I'm angry...
SDM: Let's hold hands
Cheul San: NDS WHAT ARE YOU DOING! KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD!
CRASH!!!
Final Chapter
NDS: What happened? And how come we are driving a Ferrari now?
HJP: Hello.
NDS: Whoa, who are you!
HJP: I am your automated dashboard computer, you were in an accident because you and your girlfriend were holding hands and making googly eyes, and did not notice 2 STrOng trucks headed your way.
HJP: So, to make sure that you and Dalmi-ahhh can continue holding hands and being reckless on the road, we have upgraded your car into a self driving car. I am the SL, and I will make sure you and Dalmi-ahhh don't crash again in the future, and can hold hands whenever you want.
Yes, your right, the last 8-10 episodes have such a huge tonal shift from the first 6 episodes that a script change…
I doubt Suzy and NJH agency are happy with how Start Up ended, that is why NJH fans were already saying that NJH already has a new project lined up, to remind people how big of a star NJH is.
But yeah, to be outshined by not just the second lead but the cameo as well is not great.
News 
If you allow your insecurities to win out, and start doing bad things, not a lot of people will sympathize with the insecurity excuse.
An example, if a man was insecure in his marriage because the wife is too nice, and decides to have an affair, should we pity him because he was insecure with his wife?
Almost every human being has some type of insecurity, but what matters is how we allow these insecurity to affect us. Do we allow it to take over our lives, or do we find ways to break out of it.
The competitive game that SDM started with WIJ, has always been one sided, but somewhere in the middle, WIJ started to lose confidence as SDM started becoming more successful.
She regained back her confidence in the latter half. And once again the rivalry became one sided, until the point after the time skip.
"Let us not be each other's pride anymore"
"Whatever I did was never good enough for you, no matter how hard I try"
Doesn't call his parents for three years.
2."Whatever I did was never good enough for you, no matter how hard I try"
This quote is a blaming quote, you can see it otherwise, but it's damning enough that more than a few people saw it as NDS blaming his father's high expectation for the way he ended up.
In general, poor people will always judge rich people for wasting money, it is just how human beings work. Your telling me, the kids in China who buy gold plated Iphones for their dogs don't make you cry waste? Or rich people in the US who pay $200 for a bottle of specialized mineral water?
Poor/middle class people ALWAYS blame the rich, no matter which country you live in, communist, capitalist, dictatorship, monarchial and etc... It's human nature, and in Asia, there is a culture of hating wastage even more. Why do you think take out culture is so big in Asia? Thrift shops, second hand shops, and etc.. all thrive in Asia.
3. And there lays the problem, he needed things to be 100% perfect to suddenly realize he doesn't have a bad life. He needed everyone to baby him, to keep saying "NDS you are amazing", for his parents to baby him, for SDM to baby him, for HJP to baby him. And all these coddling for him to feel better about himself is going to get a lot of hate from people.
The reason is, in real life, most people don't get even 25% of the support NDS was getting since day 1, and yet they are forced to overcome their insecurity and self-esteem issues, and it's frustrating to see a character, even a fictional one, go through life with a mountain of support, and still cry foul, of how his life is so hard. It's facetious and doesn't resonate with the common man, who has to climb bigger mountains, with far less tools than NDS.
4. It's my first viewing of NJH, and he faces the same problem of this new wave of actors, lack of Micro Expressions. Lee Min Ho is another actor that has this same problem. But in the current Kdrama landscape, it seems writers and producers don't care about the weaker acting skills, opting to pursue these leads due to their popularity.
But what can you do, the current Kdrama landscape favors popular actors versus capable ones.
For now though, KSH has both acting skills and popularity, let's see how far he can go.
WIJ, HJP, NDS, and SDM have flaws. And often times flaws start out small enough, until an event occurs which make the flaws manifest itself in a big way.
NDS and SDM, since they both have their heads in the clouds, never get punished for doing so. And putting in place a safety net in HJP, Sandbox as an investor and etc... puts their relationship in an artificial Nirvana. What I mean by this is that everything looks good, until their safety valves all malfunction, and they are left to the devices of their flaws. And this may be enough to break them, since the flaws have been normalized for so long.
In HJP and WIJ, it would be the same thing. IMO, both of them need a dreamer like NDS or SDM to soften their harshness and add some softness to their stances. With HJP and WIJ being a couple, they may not see their harshness as an issue since they both can be quite harsh, and just like SDM and NDS, the flaws will manifest in a big way later down the road.
NJH on the other hand, lacked the necessary micro expressions needed to show these following emotions:
1. Remorse
2. Confusion
3. Insecurity
Watching Start Up, when NJH has to provide, or attempt to prove the emotions I mentioned, he either bit his lip, or cried. Instead of showing a character that the audience can feel sorry for, the audience is instead reminded of your typical HS ML who is full of teenage angst.
So overall, not enough sympathy for NDS and too much sympathy for HJP's character is where the show went wrong.
But regardless, take out the love triangle, and the show still had enough problems to make the journey less than enjoyable. Chief among them being it's poor portrayal of women in power, unhealthy dynamics between family, poor moral message regarding romantic relationships, and inaccurate portrayal of the difficulties of being in a Start Up. Add to that Mary Sues, and Gary Stu's and Start UP becomes another forgettable drama in 2020.
It will forever be known as the breakout role that gained KSH immense fame.
The fact that Suzy looks at HJP the same exact way she looks at NDS confused the heck out of me. Those looks that Suzy gives HJP, shows someone who is in love, then to later show she didn't care anything about his feelings was confusing to say the least.
I'm going to pass on any NJH dramas for now, until I can get the image of NDS out of my mind. I would just get annoyed if I see him right now.
They belong to an agency that has amazing actors/actress like Gong Hyo Jin, Jeon Do Yeon, Gong Yoo, and Jung Yumi. So they have people to learn from if they wanted.
Personally, I think this drama should go one notch lower at 7.8/10 as it's real score. Its rated the same range as ROY, DOdodosol, and TKEM. Speaking of TKEM, i'm surprised it isn't rated lower.
And ROY actually had increasing viewership ratings, peaking at it's final episode. Start Up's last episode was one of the lower ones.
How are the acting skills of the Main leads? I don't know any of them, but the FL seems to get a lot of flak from what i'm seeing. Consensus is she's a bad actress?
I just came from Start Up, so i'm looking for some more believable acting, and less annoying characters.
"Han Ji Pyeong never really supported Samsang tech for their talent,he was there for Dalmi always but he constantly downgrade them in the first few episodes."
This statement is exactly why SST got tricked by Alex and got Acqhired. In reality, HJP has been on their side ever since they got into Sandbox. I forget which episode, but one of the early ones, you can see it in his conversation with Chairman Yoon. But because SST has majorly disrespected HJP since Ep. 3 or 4, up until pre-time skip, they fell for their own arrogance. You see signs of this arrogance even after the time skip FYI.
And the idea that he is only doing the good things for SDM is a fallacy. Yong San, Cheul San and NDS were too immature to see it pre-time skip. Majority of audiences saw HJP helping SST, because they are SST, not necessarily for SDM.
I'm guess you must really think that WIJ was jealous of SDM, and was doing everything in her power to make sure SDM doesn't succeed? Because is the same type of mentality you would need to have, to actually think HJP is out to make sure SST fails, and only SDM presence stops it from happening.
If you really believe this, then you didn't understand HJP's character at all.
I put myself in Dosan's position, and I still felt grateful for HJP's help. People who don't feel grateful for help, because they feel it's due to charity, for ulterior motives, or for a girl, have some deep seated competitive problems with the said donor, which is the case with NDS. He let his dislike/hate for HJP cloud his judgement on the betterment of his company, and that is just the plain truth.
Do you know how much of a hater you will sound like if you say. "Pssh, person A is only helping me because he likes Person B, so i'm not going to count his help as real help. I'm going to ignore it, and in fact, i'll find a way so he can't help us anymore." It's ridiculous, and reeks of jealousy, over competitiveness, and insecurities.
In ep. 16, HJP didn't really want to invest, he was forced to by his boss. You have to understand, he has just let go of his first love, A love that spanned 15 years, he needs time to grieve. But NDS and the show didn't give it to him. He was forced to suddenly be best friends with NDS, and to be close to NDS and SDM's love story. Which is just pure torture. How many Kdrama do you know with a love triangle, where the SL is forced to work in close proximity with the FL and the ML? Not a lot because in reality, it's a painful experience, and yet that is what happened with HJP.
1. He is shy
2. He is awkward with girls
3. His parents are strict
4. He belong to a working class family, and was not rich.
5. He is insecure
6. He has low self-esteem
So what went wrong? How come it seems not a lot of people sympathize with him? Here are a couple of reasons.
1. NDS has two parents who love him unconditionally. And some kdrama may portray both parents as strict, but in this one, not only was the mom not very strict, but she was VERY supporting of NDS, and even defends her son against the dad a few times.
In comparison HJP has no parents, SDM has one, and Yong San lost a brother. In terms of the family aspect when being compared to the other characters and their family status, NDS has a near perfect family situation, and he chooses to squander it, and not appreciate it. This makes people view NDS as ungrateful, not close to his family, and a little bit spoiled.
2. He has a genius intellect. And in general, people find it hard to sympathize with people who are born with God given talent, and yet choose not to live to their potential or squander it. Not only doe she not utilize his intellect properly, he blames his parents who wanted to nurture his talent.
This is like a person who has a lot of money, but because of low self esteem, chooses not to use his money, just leaving in the bank, fully knowing there are many people in the world who don't have money, and would kill to have even 1/10th of that person's wealth. Once again, people can't sympathize with someone like this.
3. As you said, he is confident with SDM, she brings out the best in him. This shows us that the barriers to NDS success has always been mental, meaning he can do something about it. You bring us his shyness and low self esteem as issues, but the truth is, they are merely excuses. He has it in him to get out of his funk, which means the issue is more psychological than mental.
There are people who suffer from extreme shyness, it's a medical diagnoses and their brains are wired differently. For people with extreme shyness, they become social outcast in society, unable to form proper bonds with people, and end up quite depressed.
With NDS, there is no proof of this, in fact he is shown to be able to properly create strong friendships with Yong San and Cheul San. For someone with TRUE insecurities and self-esteem issues, the way NDS is being portrayed is a big fat joke, it's not accurate, and it's an insult to people who actually suffer from this debilitating condition. So once again, you see little sympathy from audiences.
4. The inferiority complex you mention, NDS is inconsistent with it. Sometimes he feels inferior to HJP, sometimes he feels superior. This is more of bad writing than anything. When the writer wrote NDS, she seemed to not be able to decide what kind of character he was going to be, so his self-esteem and insecurities waned and waxed like cycles of the moon. So it became hard to relate with him with how inconsistent his character was.
In one scene, he is showing extreme confidence, to the point where he is acting like he's a God. Then the next scene he is feeling inferior to HJP. Then another scene he is feeling superior again.
This is also on NJH shoulder, he lacks the acting prowess to portray a character like NDS. NDS done right with a capable actor, could have shown the inner turmoil of NDS better, shown his remorse, shown his frustrations. Instead NJH just channels all of this by either crying, or biting his lip. His lack of acting range in Start Up, didn't help his character NDS get fans.
At times, you can tell NJH wants to portray NDS as pensive, but it doesn't come off that way, instead of pensive, all the audience sees is either a scheming look, an arrogant look, or an ungrateful look.
I mean just focus on his last scene with HJP in ep. 16, and you'll see what i'm talking about.
On paper, a shy, introverted NDS, that gets the girl SDM, by being himself is romantic. But a shy, introverted NDS, who in a span of a few episodes, becomes a completely different character who loses all his naïve, and geeky charms, will not capture many fans respect. And this is on the writer more than anything, as she is in charge of the characterization of NDS. Partly the casting director as well, as they casted an actor that didn't have the acting talent to play a potentially complex character. In the hands of a better actor, NDS could have been a complex one. But in NJH hands, it honestly just looks like an angry teenager half the time.
Now even for halmoni attention HJP have to share lol.
I'm still so mad lol!
I hope you find someone to love you just for the way you are. Love is unlike business, sometimes you need to just take a leap of faith. But do keep an eye for red flags.
Yong San, Cheul San and NDS are in a car driving on the freeway.
Chapter 1
Cheul San: Bruh, your parents are monsters...
NDS: My dad keeps telling me he is proud of me, but then he gets me a freaking Mercedes Benz, I have such a hard life...
Yong San: Bruh, your hands are swole!
NDS: Yeah, been working out. Oh, a girl wants to hitch a ride.
SDM: Thanks for stopping, my name is Dalmi-ahhh
SDM: Hmm, I like this car. This is my car now!
NDS: Umm no, this is my car, I don't even know you...
SDM: I like men with big hands...
NDS: THIS IS YOUR CAR NOW!!!
Chapter 2
SDM: You are handsome
NDS: You are pretty
SDM: You have big hands
NDS: Grrrrr, I am angry, you don't want to see me when I'm angry...
SDM: Let's hold hands
Cheul San: NDS WHAT ARE YOU DOING! KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD!
CRASH!!!
Final Chapter
NDS: What happened? And how come we are driving a Ferrari now?
HJP: Hello.
NDS: Whoa, who are you!
HJP: I am your automated dashboard computer, you were in an accident because you and your girlfriend were holding hands and making googly eyes, and did not notice 2 STrOng trucks headed your way.
HJP: So, to make sure that you and Dalmi-ahhh can continue holding hands and being reckless on the road, we have upgraded your car into a self driving car. I am the SL, and I will make sure you and Dalmi-ahhh don't crash again in the future, and can hold hands whenever you want.
NDS: And who are you?
WIJ: I am Kang Hanna, I'm just passing by.
The End
But yeah, to be outshined by not just the second lead but the cameo as well is not great.