I think it would have been possible if they didn’t introduce Minchae at the beginning as Kim. That would have…
They could’ve added a divorce plot line then it will make for the regrets plot line plus have hope for them in ending up together, even at 40. Simple. Happy end.
I'll be honest, that interview in 2009 which happened after she had already gotten married, the emotions and dialogues were lowkey inappropriate and if you would not tell me that she was married, I would think that she was getting ready to see her lover. Plus the name of the workshop and the whole regrets thing, makes me think that Na Hee-do wasn't happy without Yi-jin even when she married someone else. Which makes the writing choppy, because (hear me out), it was clear that the story was mostly hers rather than ji-yin (considering we didn't even see him in the future), so we should have seen what made her marry someone else and how she was holding up in regards to her marriage in the present (but the husband was never bought up lol).
I like sad endings (if done well). The reality is that first loves almost never comes true, but this one was messy. I couldn't help but feel that the whole Min-chae and who's the husband plotline was just to string viewers along, with no real consequence or difference to the story. They could've just eliminated that part and even then the conclusion would be the same i.e, them breaking up, but meeting again and possibly getting back together, because in 2009 things seem to be in their favor tbh.
PLUS plus, how come the second couple worked out? It seems that this sad ending did not have a real purpose and they should've stuck with the happy one.
APART FROM THAT, it was super enjoyable. I loved the story of their youth (but that was not how you advertised it TvN now, did you?) regardless.
The acting from the main couple in a bit bland and the acting from the secondary couple is a little over, even then idk why I actually enjoy this show.
The preview for ep 13. There's a cameo (or something) by an actual gold medalist on the national fencing team of Korea called Kim Jun-ho. So people are theorizing if he is Kim Min-chae's father in the future because of the common surname. I don't think he is though.
I like sad endings (if done well). The reality is that first loves almost never comes true, but this one was messy. I couldn't help but feel that the whole Min-chae and who's the husband plotline was just to string viewers along, with no real consequence or difference to the story. They could've just eliminated that part and even then the conclusion would be the same i.e, them breaking up, but meeting again and possibly getting back together, because in 2009 things seem to be in their favor tbh.
PLUS plus, how come the second couple worked out? It seems that this sad ending did not have a real purpose and they should've stuck with the happy one.
APART FROM THAT, it was super enjoyable. I loved the story of their youth (but that was not how you advertised it TvN now, did you?) regardless.