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This multi-talented, masculine handyman, busying himself over a dainty-looking silver shoe, crouching over it to dry it with a hair-dryer... is EVERYTHING! <3
Safe to say he's *more* than made up for his ep.1 behavior, hehe! xD

Country accent made the cussing even funnier xD

There was urology, psychiatry and dentistry highlighted... like you said, i don't think it's either the former or the latter!... Has to be a psychiatric issue. He's on meds for his nightmares as well!
But the terminal illness also fits with him doing odd-jobs and only accepting minimum wages. T_T

It's okay, the people who're sticking around, *really* love it... and that's what matters at the end of the day! ^^

Oh lord, their comic-timing is GOLD! xD

Ep 18 got me teary eyed with the heartfelt, touching and wholesome moments just like Crash Landing on You and 18 Again. Just humans interacting & being human to other humans. Gets me every. single. time. :")
Guess what, time to bump this upto 9.5. Make me cry lots, okay... writer-nim!

For anybody who wishes to watch the Bazaar shoot fully, here you are <3
https://youtu.be/PcDLFZFUDyU
and the BTS.... https://youtu.be/Nk3wmnXVut8

I LOVED this drama! A. Good actors often bring out the best in their co-stars, and that was definitely the case here... Steven really made Liang Jie shine! B. I could only imagine LJ have tangible chemistry with Xing Zhao Lin... but I was SO wrong, and glad to be proven so. The CP is sizzling, as the Bazaar shoot is proof enough! :) C. For a fluffy rom-com, the script made a lot of sense. People overheard conversations because of the body-swap and because they were originally never meant to be a part of a certain dialogue within the privacy of two people. And NOT because of some accidental but convenient (contrived) eavesdropping over half-closed doors and badly-designed corridors, leading to misunderstandings... lol! D. The body-swap was played for gags, but it was also milked enough to be a genuine cause of conflict, and I'm happy the writers didn't discard the plot-point after it stopped providing giggles! E. ZXC is extra swoony in this guys.. do check it out!

Thank you Cryssy & Brownie for this lovely article for MDL...TDOBY is definitely my favorite among the entire Love-On series from iQiyi! ^^ This c-drama is so underrated! :')

Who's waiting for some cute interaction between Seon Ho and the hedgehog, like his 'you drive me crazy' days? ^^

On ep11, literally every character has an unrequited/ unfulfilled love. It doesn't look too promising for our leads, going by the look of it. ZSC and CSY are absolutely adorable! <3

The fact that the original Mr. Hong's character sounds too much like a Manic-Pixie Dream Boy, but the 16+ hour format here will lead to fleshing out a character with tons of potential.... might just be another reminder of the genius of KSH's script-selection skills! I reckon he'd have picked Home-cha had it been another movie-remake.. :')

Are you Wang Yibo's long-lost twin, Sir? :')

Heyyy! I came back to say I binged through the whole thing, and I'm done! I loveeed it!, It was soo wholesome, and gave me all the feels! :3 I came back and got through your whole article (once again), and thank you for contributing this very detailed, and visually pleasing article to MDL. It's really as pretty as the show! <3
The epilogues always got a me a little teary-eyed, and this is the chemical X for me in-terms of dramas, that pushes it to the next level! :) In-fact most of my highest rated dramas ARE because of epilogues (as is the case here; and I sometimes bump up ratings even when the writing isn't as good) :P :P
I feel most k/c drama watchers would also love it, because the story as well as the color-grading feel very 'fresh' and 'modern'. [The list of sponsors was craazy!] One of my favorite aspect of the show was the way they dealt with relationships (platonic and otherwise), felt very grown-up, organic, realistic and nuanced. There was no 'drama' for the sake of drama which made it even more refreshing! I could see such 'maturity' in almost every aspect of story-telling... mainly because the writer/director duo are women, and because it's an original script, and not a manga adaptation!^^
My only qualm would be the amount of mental-gymnastics I had to do to accept our endgame, but other than that, this will be a watch, super-close to my heart, and I would rec' it to everyone!! <3 <3 <3
Thank you once again for spreading your love for this show. It deserves every ounce of it! :')

I agree with him spotting her sculpture, It was a pretty big reveal from the preview!
About what you said earlier... I remember this r/l counselor's words: 'The reason you attract problematic people is because deep-down, you think that's what you deserve. You set the bar extremely low for your partners, because that's what you believe is your self-worth, and think you can't do better, deserve better.'
That really hit me hard. And this show has been consistently reflective of this since ep.1. Nabi attracts trash, because that's precisely what she thinks she is, and deserves.

Absolutely, PJE has the seductiveness of a cardboard. You said it! <3
Potato-boy's too good for Nabi because she's messed up in the head. I have a whole thesis on tthat. She'll leave him fucked up too, by projecting her issues onto him and their relationship. But you're right... everybody deserves a shot at love. However, Nabi should really give it a try after she attends therapy. For the sake of her sanity, and everybody else's.

You're right, the writer chickened out with making JE outright toxic, almost from the fear of not having good ratings from k-netz. Infact, a lil bit of the suspense of 'is he toxic, or is he just damaged... has he really changed, or is it just an act?' is ruined the MOMENT they give us JE's perspective (which the web-comic very intentionally denied us of). Little candid gestures from JE kept the mystery going, like ep3, where he fondly remembers Nabi liking a lime-flavored drink, etc. You really think Nabi probably means something special to him, but his player actions immediately in the next frame contradict that. It was frustrating to watch because we didn't know the answer, but interesting because it kept the character morally grey. His outright monologues paint him as a 'misunderstood sad-boi, with mommy-issues' and I don't exactly like this sense of direction. Infact beyond ep 4, the direction and writing got derailed very disappointingly, and I feel they no longer were able to maintain the 'vibe' of the show T_T

Nabi's quest to prove she's capable of 'real love', and that she's 'not like her mom' sets her up to walk the very footsteps set up by the universe that'll ultimately make her end up like the ONE person she thinks she's better than. Hah. The irony!

The ONLY functional, non-toxic, 'adult' relationship in the show, tbh! :/

They say they are 'fwb' but I don't really think they are. They are very much in denial of the fact that each caught feelings for the other. Nabi is in denial because accepting she likes him 'more' than what their current situation allows her, means opening herself up for rejection. If she never says: 'hey JE, let's try being serious about each other'... then there is no possibility of JE turning her down, aka no rejection, and no hurt. JE is in denial about catching feels, even though he plays house with her... because that again leaves him vulnerable, and we repeatedly see how he loves the power-trip from always being in control. He loses that control once he accepts and is set up on uncharted, unfamiliar waters (he's inexperienced with 'traditionally committed relationships'). The denial is what leads to a whole lot of toxic and gaslight-y behavior on both their parts.
And it's because of such dishonest people... (dishonest to themselves, dishonest to e/o, and dishonest to the world) that casual r/l get a bad rep. There exist genuinely real humans who can casually have sex, without raising their own, or the other person's expectations with confusing/ misleading behavior (like playing house, ugh.... why?). And out of so many of these functional fwb, there are some that end, because two mature adults recognize when the arrangement stops working in their favor and have the sense to walk out.
Not that I expect such maturity from pre-final year Uni students. :)

haha, 'he doesn't do relationships, nevertheless...' ep1
'he sleeps around in the empty library with random chics, nevertheless...' ep2
'he's horny and kisses another girl right outside my doorstep, after a house-party, nevertheless...'
'his red flags get pointed out to me multiple times, nevertheless....'
'he fails to make me boxed seaweed soup on my birthday.... nevertheless'
'he has a gf and we *break up*.... nevertheless'
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'he is a puppy-murderer..... nevertheless'

This is why Nevertheless shoulda been a movie, or a 6ep mini-drama at MAX, with 50mins runtime.
Ugh. It lost all steam after ep3 imo, and has been diluted with too much filler.
Relieved to see upcoming Netflix webtoon adaptations capped at single digit ep numbers! :)