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'Park Jae-Eon changing' is going to be the ultimate red-herring, you guys!
Or how else do you think they gonna up the ante and keep milk the psychological tag on this show? :')

Bwahahahahah! xD

Exactly! I'm surprised more people aren't flooding the recs with similar j-dorama concepts. But then again, k-drama watchers hardly watch j-dorama! T_T

Aww, you're bf seems adorable :) We need more guys standing up for us girls :')

I would love to, but I checked my watchlist, and these were the only 5 I could come up with..!! T_T I need to watch more dramas, lol! xD

Hey Cho Na... I was wondering in the recent years... doggos and pets have become almost like an MC! Like a wingman for our ML/ Main Couple of sorts :)
I also think they are increasingly becoming one of the most cherished & memorable characters of the show.. like RangYirang (the samoyed) from My Little Happiness, Wealth (the Corgi) from Love is Sweet, Er Gou (a bearded collie) from Moonlight, Kitty/ Uri (the ragdoll kitten) from Because This is My First Life, and now Kouzi being the MVP of Kikazaru... <3

Ofcourse.... it has been very high on my PTW list :')
Ps. Thank you for sharing Kouji's insta! She's a precious lil' baby! :3

You had me at the Border Collie!! <3
Beautiful article.. will come back to it once I'm done watching :')

Sometime 2 weeks post-finale, I predict a Soompi article would be headlined:
'After overthrowing the reigning-champions of max YouTube views on steamiest k-drama scene, the co-stars of Nevertheless are headed to work next with the legendary Secretary-Kim couple.'

>>I'm oddly tickled to realize, for their next projects, So-Hee's signed with Park Seo-Joon, and Song Kang is signed with Park Min-Young!!<<
xD xD
Imagine going to the first day at work, and being like... 'Sorry, Sunbae-nim!' xD

Waiting for all the j-dorama recs to come pouring in, on this one! ;)

I watched both this and the original japanese version! The latter is even more heartbreaking. But I loved how ‘less than ideal/perfect’ romance aka how it happens in ‘real life’ is getting shown on-screen. Just like real, un-photoshopped women are being featured in all their glory on swimwear and lingerie editorials. I am glad this change is happening… better late than never :)

Like to mention this: in Korea, there is still this archaic policy where only the 'wronged' party can ask for a divorce, i.e. someone who has been cheated on. This is to prevent philandering men (or partners) from kicking out their wives, and getting themselves a younger, hot wife. This is literally the plot of this drama called 'Love Affairs in the Afternoon.' Hence, you can imagine, if your spouse doesn't cheat on you, or abuse you, but you fall out of love with them, you're still stuck. Imagine, how many unhappy women are there stuck in marriages they can't escape from. Hence, I believe... like you said, exceptionally high levels of dissatisfied women in marriages are Koreans.

OMG.. Hello, Bestie! 18 Again is my favorite drama too!^^

First of all, AMAZING effort for a first-time article, super professional. Love how you presented most of it from a neutral PoV (instead of fangirl-spazz, which is so hard to do especially if you really like a show!) :)
K-dramas for me was becoming stale. I mean, the Korean take on a Disney-Prince as their ML is still digestible to me at a certain-level, but I just couldn't get beyond relationship-milestones taking place at certain episode-numbers. It became so, sooo formulaic! I just couldn't ignore the trend and pattern anymore. 'Nevertheless,' is thus, a welcome-watch!
The direction & cinematography, for a large portion of the drama, swings towards the more 'serious film-making' style. The Director is a woman, and it's clearly evident in some scenes. This drama had me by the heart, right from the opening-credits, which looks like a home-made film shot by rookie art-students on a hand-cam. The OSTs, bgm, score, etc is all *chef's kiss*!! Having no exposure to the webtoon when the announcement was made, I took the 'psychological' tag very lightly. I wondered how could it be done for a YA romance? But they are milking the psychological angle pretty-well, and I think that's the USP of the show, because it's so unexpected! The plot-progression is almost similar to 'serious, arthouse doramas & movies' from Japan, which has a more 'liberal' view on 'relationships' compared to the Korean society.
I love the character-designs here: everybody is detailed enough to be real-people, yet generic enough for us to inject ourselves and people we know, into this story! Ugh, I was not expecting this Netflix drama to check so many boxes, but I'm all for pleasant surprises! <3 So far, I see immense potential, so I hope the writers don't reverse-gear into a predictable trajectory!

OneAhjussi trusts no one. :)

What a catch-22. JE is too evasive and nonchalant at times. He allows himself to care only as much as will give him something out of it. And Nabi is too prideful, pessimistic and insecure for these two to ever work out, unless they can sort out their mental and personality issues first.

Also, being treated well, is a two-way street. You can't expect to bail-out at your convenience, and expect a relationship to work.

Guys like JE make better friends than boyfriends. :)

Meanwhile, Nabi is finally getting out of the 'dick-haze' :P

Okay, it happened off camera. She told him the full thing, off-camera. He did not stalk her into finding details and ending up at the same location.!!

Phew. I noticed that too. He bought her some instant seaweed soup, she found it sweet and slept with him, and he yeeted off without making it. Just like he nursed her during her fever, and she found it sweet and slept with him, then he escorted himself out the next morning. Said he will grab breakfast all by himself, and that she can scoot her bum to the hospital if she ain't feeling well again.
*insert clown-face emoji*

F-U---------

While most people are hating on them... I just find them pitiful. Not only Nabi, but Jae-Eon too. I guess, that's the difference. Unnecessary hate narrows and restricts your vision so much, you can't really appreciate the bigger picture. :)

First of all, their actions are always super confusing, going back and doing stuff that contradict what they uttered literally 5 minutes earlier (like typical Young Adults).

Secondly, JE is the first person to draw the line, not Nabi. She seemed to be put off when JE went off to school, said he would like to grab breakfast by himself, and suggested for her to visit the hospital (on her own) if she felt worse. He closed off and put up walls first. Nabi seemed to have expectations.. which were not met. To prevent further hurt, vulnerability, and being a possible subject of public humiliation, she closes off next, by suggesting they keep their arrangement a secret. She proposes to hide their situation BEFORE she thinks JE can propose the same (which she anticipates, he will eventually... being into casual-dating). She wants to be the person who cares less, because the more you care, the more power they have to hurt you, even if unknowingly. I can completely understand her psyche, but it doesn't make it any less frustrating to watch.