I really, really, really love slow-paced slice-of-life dramas. Some of my all-time favourite dramas (My Mister, Lost, My Liberation Notes, Meet Yourself etc.) belong to this genre and given my appreciation for this director's style, I looked forward to this a lot. But I just can't seem to get into this so far... ._.
I studied in Seoul for a year and watched education-themed dramas, so the education system and Hagwon culture in South Korea is not unfamiliar to me. I can relate to the context and understand the motivations and actions within this environment, so it's not the education or Hagwon plot that's the issue.
It just feels bland to me. While I enjoyed the first two episodes, episodes 3-5 were rather boring imo.
And I don't feel chemistry between the leads and that's something, that is worrying me A LOT lol Because these two leads usually have explosive chemistry with their counterparts...
Also this director typically makes my heart flutter even without overt romance scenes. The only moment that felt somewhat engaging was when Lee Jun Ho watched Seo Hye Jin with affectionate eyes during her free lecture, but even that was "mild" 😭
Maybe I'll feel more once the romance truly "starts", but right now, this drama feels like a cup of tea that's gone cold. It's still drinkable, but not warm enough to enjoy fully and make me feel cozy inside.
I will definitely keep watching tho. There is a drama drought anyway and I'm hopeful that this will get better with time 😅
It's similar to amnesia only. He still feels for her and fell for her in first sight itself and going by the precap…
But how could he? He never met her in this timeline... He will fall for her again, yes. But he can't remember memories he never made tho? But we're watching Fantasy, so I guess everything is possible 😅
I was really hoping that Sol would go back to 2023 where Seonjae would later wake up from his coma with memories…
Yes, that was my hope as well. Because we still don't know if he actually died in that timeline. He was in coma, so it's unfair that it's already a finished chapter.
We also don't know why Tae Sung was at Sol's place in the middle of the night. All we can do is speculate, that he went there to inform her of the released killer, but in that timeline he didn't have the information, that she was kidnapped before. He just knew all that during university timeline, sooo.. why was he there?
The way Sun Jae fell off that cliff had me scoffing and face-palming so much lol Two cops ran straight toward the killer, even though one of them could have easily grabbed Sun Jae or at least pulled him away from the edge to ensure he wasn't in danger of falling.
It seemed like they didn't even glance at Sun Jae, who had just been stabbed and was teetering on the cliff's edge. Just a second of one cop pulling him to safety would have been enough.
Then, the cops conveniently vanished from the scene after catching the culprit, allowing Sun Jae and Sol to have their dramatic last moment hahaha
It also seemed like Sol had plenty of time to pull him back, but I guess they dragged it out for dramatic effect to make it look "long". It even looked like Sun Jae deliberately fell off the cliff. Because normally, if one was stabbed in the stomach, one would lean forward automatically, but that wasn't the case here.
I wasn't even able to be sad, because it looked so ridiculous to me 😅 And I just thought the whole time... This wouldn't have happened if there was proper communication. Well... it's done. I can't go back and erase my memory sadly 😂
I guess I would've liked it more if Sun Jae actually survived that stab and fall off the cliff and had amnesia for 15 years instead... At least all the memories he made with her wouldn't have vanished in the blink of an eye. The possibility that he would remember everything, would still be there. Now.. there is none, We start from zero. AGAIN.
It's annoying, because I connected to them because of all the precious moments they spent together. Now it's like a total new relationship built-up. And... we are back to Sol avoiding Sun Jae AGAIN. I've liked it more when she deliberately got close to him to protect him.. This whole "avoiding" him didn't work out in the first place, but now we have to do this tired game again.
I'm sorry for my rants. But I've actually really really liked this drama, so my disappointment and sadness is bigger therefore. If I would have been lukewarm with this drama, I wouldn't even care... but since I liked it a lot, it's just a lot of frustration built up while watching ep 13.
I'm still looking forward to tomorrow. Maybe they will surprise me, but this new time line has quite some loop-holes and made some things so conveniently "dumb", that it's just screams lazy writing for me.
She could always befriend Tae sung, in many ways, never had to be tied to sun jae. As for in hyuk they both had…
Yes, but these are all speculations. Nothing in this timeline was actually shown. How she built relationships with others. All we can do is speculate and maybe hope they will explain and show more in tomorrow's episode of her actual past in this timeline.
We don't know if she stayed in the past and lived through everything again or she gone back to the future after she did not meet Sun Jae. And if she did remain in the past... why was she able to that? She couldn't stay in the other timelines as her future self, so why this time?
This plot just got messy with loop-holes, that they hopefully fill. But I doubt it.
I skipped so much in ep.13, because a lot of scenes were just unnecessary and all this back and forth was just messy and annoying. And how did she go back to exactly the time before she met him? ._.
Imo Ep. 13 sucked and I don't like how all the memories they made just became non-existent or irrelevant to their present relationship. Even tho this is not exactly an amnesia plot, it's still the same outcome. Even worse, because everything what happened in the last 12 episodes just never happened in this timeline. Nothing. She never met him. All the relationships she built with either Sun Jae, Tae Sung etc. just never happened.
So I don't really get how she got close to Tae Sung in this timeline. Because I'm sure she never dated him or had any other interactions with him just like with Sun Jae. So how do they explain that? And it seems like he is close with In Hyuk as well, but how? The relationships they built in university never happened. Sun Jae and Tae Sung cute bromance also vanished into thin air.
Also how it current Sol alive and well? She was saved by Sun Jae in all her previous timelines. So how did she escape the killer this time?
Gosh... Kdrama writers really now how to kill my liking for a drama fast. I think this year I will fail to like any Kdrama until the end. The writer just made this really messy and I doubt they will clean it up.
While I still like this drama a lot, I do feel that the quality decreased since ep 9.
Ep. 8 really was the best for me. Maybe because it included only the leads for the whole episode. It filled me with expectations which the later episodes sadly didn't fulfill. It's like that curve full of excitement peaked at ep.8 and is slowly going down.
I really could do without the absolute cringe 2nd couple and some filler scenes, but I understand they gotta fill the 16 eps somehow.
I hope the last four episodes will re-engage me :) Or at least won't let my excitement sink further lol Regardless I absolutely love the leads and I enjoy the scenes with Tae Sung and In Hyuk a lot!
Also... FINALLY!!! The OST "Spring Snow" is out! I've been listening to it on repeat—definitely my favorite OST song this year. ❤️
I loved ep. 4 so much! This drama had such a strong start for me with those 4 episodes. I really like it so far!
I'm impressed by the impeccable writing and directing, because this could be hella confusing with Gwi Joo's power, but this drama is really easy to follow.
It's quite fun to anticipate the scenes of Gwi Joo's present/future, while already seeing a part of it through Da Hae's present/past. And I love how the going-to-the-past-sequences flows so naturally to the present.
Even though I usually don't rate dramas while airing, but I'm totally head over heels with this one, that I already give my 10 stars hahaha 😂 I hope this drama will keep them until the end :')
Sadly, no Kdrama this year was a full 10/10 so far for me. Maybe the older I get, the more discerning I become 😂
Also I guess Do Da Hae is not lying, when she said that she doesn't have a "family" anymore. Her acting doesn't feel like she is lying with that one.
I believe she and her siblings are all adopted children. They all have other surnames and maybe the mom adopted them and grew them into scammers from when they were little. If that's the case, then I actually do feel bad for them as well ...
Unpopular opinion, but I actually like ALL the characters so far. I guess the only one who kinda irks me is FL's mom, but she doesn't have a lot of screen time until now, so I can't judge yet.
I do like FL. Yes, she is not a good person and is manipulative so far. But how refreshing is that? You usually get the "ML approaching FL with ulterior motive", but not the other way around, so I'm totally in for that 😁 It's refreshing~
And one can actually already feel, that she is not always 100% on board with everything her mom plans, but it's weirdly interesting that her manipulative actions actually do help the family to get better in the long run haha 😂 And she's low-key chaotic and I like her for that. End of Ep.3 was hilarious lol
Also I do like the dynamic between FL's sister and ML's sister. I love how Dong Hee is quick-witted with her and doesn't let her do her sh*t most of the time. Am I the only who feels a great sismance will grow between them? I actually do hope so, they would be powerful haha 😂 I feel Grace will somehow help her get back her confidence and simultaneously her power 😁
I studied in Seoul for a year and watched education-themed dramas, so the education system and Hagwon culture in South Korea is not unfamiliar to me. I can relate to the context and understand the motivations and actions within this environment, so it's not the education or Hagwon plot that's the issue.
It just feels bland to me. While I enjoyed the first two episodes, episodes 3-5 were rather boring imo.
And I don't feel chemistry between the leads and that's something, that is worrying me A LOT lol Because these two leads usually have explosive chemistry with their counterparts...
Also this director typically makes my heart flutter even without overt romance scenes.
The only moment that felt somewhat engaging was when Lee Jun Ho watched Seo Hye Jin with affectionate eyes during her free lecture, but even that was "mild" 😭
Maybe I'll feel more once the romance truly "starts", but right now, this drama feels like a cup of tea that's gone cold. It's still drinkable, but not warm enough to enjoy fully and make me feel cozy inside.
I will definitely keep watching tho. There is a drama drought anyway and I'm hopeful that this will get better with time 😅
But we're watching Fantasy, so I guess everything is possible 😅
We also don't know why Tae Sung was at Sol's place in the middle of the night. All we can do is speculate, that he went there to inform her of the released killer, but in that timeline he didn't have the information, that she was kidnapped before. He just knew all that during university timeline, sooo.. why was he there?
Two cops ran straight toward the killer, even though one of them could have easily grabbed Sun Jae or at least pulled him away from the edge to ensure he wasn't in danger of falling.
It seemed like they didn't even glance at Sun Jae, who had just been stabbed and was teetering on the cliff's edge. Just a second of one cop pulling him to safety would have been enough.
Then, the cops conveniently vanished from the scene after catching the culprit, allowing Sun Jae and Sol to have their dramatic last moment hahaha
It also seemed like Sol had plenty of time to pull him back, but I guess they dragged it out for dramatic effect to make it look "long". It even looked like Sun Jae deliberately fell off the cliff. Because normally, if one was stabbed in the stomach, one would lean forward automatically, but that wasn't the case here.
I wasn't even able to be sad, because it looked so ridiculous to me 😅 And I just thought the whole time... This wouldn't have happened if there was proper communication. Well... it's done. I can't go back and erase my memory sadly 😂
The possibility that he would remember everything, would still be there.
Now.. there is none, We start from zero. AGAIN.
It's annoying, because I connected to them because of all the precious moments they spent together. Now it's like a total new relationship built-up. And... we are back to Sol avoiding Sun Jae AGAIN. I've liked it more when she deliberately got close to him to protect him.. This whole "avoiding" him didn't work out in the first place, but now we have to do this tired game again.
I'm sorry for my rants. But I've actually really really liked this drama, so my disappointment and sadness is bigger therefore. If I would have been lukewarm with this drama, I wouldn't even care... but since I liked it a lot, it's just a lot of frustration built up while watching ep 13.
I'm still looking forward to tomorrow. Maybe they will surprise me, but this new time line has quite some loop-holes and made some things so conveniently "dumb", that it's just screams lazy writing for me.
We don't know if she stayed in the past and lived through everything again or she gone back to the future after she did not meet Sun Jae. And if she did remain in the past... why was she able to that? She couldn't stay in the other timelines as her future self, so why this time?
This plot just got messy with loop-holes, that they hopefully fill. But I doubt it.
Imo Ep. 13 sucked and I don't like how all the memories they made just became non-existent or irrelevant to their present relationship. Even tho this is not exactly an amnesia plot, it's still the same outcome. Even worse, because everything what happened in the last 12 episodes just never happened in this timeline. Nothing. She never met him. All the relationships she built with either Sun Jae, Tae Sung etc. just never happened.
So I don't really get how she got close to Tae Sung in this timeline. Because I'm sure she never dated him or had any other interactions with him just like with Sun Jae. So how do they explain that? And it seems like he is close with In Hyuk as well, but how? The relationships they built in university never happened. Sun Jae and Tae Sung cute bromance also vanished into thin air.
Also how it current Sol alive and well? She was saved by Sun Jae in all her previous timelines. So how did she escape the killer this time?
Gosh... Kdrama writers really now how to kill my liking for a drama fast. I think this year I will fail to like any Kdrama until the end. The writer just made this really messy and I doubt they will clean it up.
Nope. Personally, I didn't like it. At all.
Ep. 8 really was the best for me. Maybe because it included only the leads for the whole episode. It filled me with expectations which the later episodes sadly didn't fulfill. It's like that curve full of excitement peaked at ep.8 and is slowly going down.
I really could do without the absolute cringe 2nd couple and some filler scenes, but I understand they gotta fill the 16 eps somehow.
I hope the last four episodes will re-engage me :) Or at least won't let my excitement sink further lol
Regardless I absolutely love the leads and I enjoy the scenes with Tae Sung and In Hyuk a lot!
Also... FINALLY!!! The OST "Spring Snow" is out! I've been listening to it on repeat—definitely my favorite OST song this year. ❤️
I'm impressed by the impeccable writing and directing, because this could be hella confusing with Gwi Joo's power, but this drama is really easy to follow.
It's quite fun to anticipate the scenes of Gwi Joo's present/future, while already seeing a part of it through Da Hae's present/past. And I love how the going-to-the-past-sequences flows so naturally to the present.
Even though I usually don't rate dramas while airing, but I'm totally head over heels with this one, that I already give my 10 stars hahaha 😂 I hope this drama will keep them until the end :')
Sadly, no Kdrama this year was a full 10/10 so far for me. Maybe the older I get, the more discerning I become 😂
I believe she and her siblings are all adopted children. They all have other surnames and maybe the mom adopted them and grew them into scammers from when they were little.
If that's the case, then I actually do feel bad for them as well ...
I do like FL. Yes, she is not a good person and is manipulative so far. But how refreshing is that? You usually get the "ML approaching FL with ulterior motive", but not the other way around, so I'm totally in for that 😁 It's refreshing~
And one can actually already feel, that she is not always 100% on board with everything her mom plans, but it's weirdly interesting that her manipulative actions actually do help the family to get better in the long run haha 😂 And she's low-key chaotic and I like her for that. End of Ep.3 was hilarious lol
Also I do like the dynamic between FL's sister and ML's sister. I love how Dong Hee is quick-witted with her and doesn't let her do her sh*t most of the time. Am I the only who feels a great sismance will grow between them? I actually do hope so, they would be powerful haha 😂 I feel Grace will somehow help her get back her confidence and simultaneously her power 😁