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I cried too much and the show is great but not perfect.
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Crush's "Love You With All My Heart" is what made me lead to watching this show. I listened to it so many times I could lose count. This was before I even watched Queen of Tears. While it may not be the best show I've ever seen, it has moved me to tears more than any other. Haven't you watched this? or that? You can tell me other shows are more heartbreaking than this but it's a fact that I just.....really really cried. I haven't watched too much K-drama just yet but I've watched anime for years and the only anime that made me cry was Maquia (movie), Violet Evergarden, and Angel Beats. I also cried at the end of Weak Hero Class 1 which was very emotional, I'd recommend that if you want something emotional but with no romance at all.
I think you can see what can make someone like me cry. Love? Oh wow you guessed it! Love! Which romance dramas all have hopefully. I will say that this time, my crying felt different. I cried all out when Hae In and her Mother reconciled with each other in the emergency stair case in the hospital. They...It was an immediate apology and acceptance for Hae In to her Mother which leaves some viewers questionable which I can understand because for one, the Mother ignored her a lot for 20 years since her eldest son drowned on the beach. Two, 20 years is way too long to realize that it wasn't Hae In's fault in the first place. This leaves some viewers not relating to the mother which in a way makes the mother look really evil and bad deep down. I don't really want to push this topic further because it's not something I'm familiar with. However, I'm familiar with accepting your family despite doing unnecessary things that will hurt everyone. I do think Hae In's mother is 100% in the wrong and only realizing after 20 years that she was being naïve and careless is kind of odd. I'm not a mother or father but I'm a son who has done "careless" things or the things that hurt my family a lot. If you're curious, it's nothing crazy and my family and I are to this day in good terms. They understood me, probably still confused at me, but at the end of the day they make sure I succeed and love myself. Hae In accepted her mother not because she apologized but because of finally able to get back on her senses and getting out of this stupid trauma. Her mother deep down was never bad because she loves her family and kids. Then she should've at least comfort Hae In right? You're right I know but not everyone is the same. Not everyone has the same path, brain or mindset. The mother lived that way, we don't know much we know her as a person. We don't decide who is bad immediately, they're bad if they think doing evil things is fun in the first place.
Yeah, that scene in the emergency staircase touched me the most because I know hurting your family isn't a good thing but being able to relive the moment of apologizing and being accepted is why I cried so much. I guess I am biased here with the show but I want to point out that it got kind of predictable with the villains towards the end. It felt like, the villain Yoon was trying so hard to be Hae In's lover but he doesn't know what true love feels like. This is common with love triangles which I've experienced witnessing when I watched romance anime.
I really loved every character well most of them. It was actually cool to see Socheol or Hae In's "special" brother go from being naive and caring to still being naive and yet even more caring. His character was basically meant to just be not really a rebel but to be himself and learn things he never was able to do since he lived in a rich family. The other characters were funny especially Beom-ja, the woman who divorced three times. Her romance development with one of the villagers in Hyun Woo's hometown was so wholesome especially the moment when she didn't realize she had a microphone on her neck and telling her feelings to that guy with a grandmother with dementia. That was also predictable ever since they encountered but their story was funny nonetheless.
I really loved "Love You With All My Heart" but I loved every song in the show. From the intro, The Reason of My Smiles, they killed literally every song especially the background music.
I'll never forget how much I cried especially episode 11. The ending didn't make me cry because I've cried way too much. I wasn't satisfied completely with how it ended since there could've been more but deep down, it's a good ending. Not the greatest show ever but the best cries I've had in a while if that makes sense. Rewatching it doesn't make sense since I won't be able to cry again but to be honest it would be another few years or decades to watch this again.
Crush's "Love You With All My Heart" is what made me lead to watching this show. I listened to it so many times I could lose count. This was before I even watched Queen of Tears. While it may not be the best show I've ever seen, it has moved me to tears more than any other. Haven't you watched this? or that? You can tell me other shows are more heartbreaking than this but it's a fact that I just.....really really cried. I haven't watched too much K-drama just yet but I've watched anime for years and the only anime that made me cry was Maquia (movie), Violet Evergarden, and Angel Beats. I also cried at the end of Weak Hero Class 1 which was very emotional, I'd recommend that if you want something emotional but with no romance at all.
I think you can see what can make someone like me cry. Love? Oh wow you guessed it! Love! Which romance dramas all have hopefully. I will say that this time, my crying felt different. I cried all out when Hae In and her Mother reconciled with each other in the emergency stair case in the hospital. They...It was an immediate apology and acceptance for Hae In to her Mother which leaves some viewers questionable which I can understand because for one, the Mother ignored her a lot for 20 years since her eldest son drowned on the beach. Two, 20 years is way too long to realize that it wasn't Hae In's fault in the first place. This leaves some viewers not relating to the mother which in a way makes the mother look really evil and bad deep down. I don't really want to push this topic further because it's not something I'm familiar with. However, I'm familiar with accepting your family despite doing unnecessary things that will hurt everyone. I do think Hae In's mother is 100% in the wrong and only realizing after 20 years that she was being naïve and careless is kind of odd. I'm not a mother or father but I'm a son who has done "careless" things or the things that hurt my family a lot. If you're curious, it's nothing crazy and my family and I are to this day in good terms. They understood me, probably still confused at me, but at the end of the day they make sure I succeed and love myself. Hae In accepted her mother not because she apologized but because of finally able to get back on her senses and getting out of this stupid trauma. Her mother deep down was never bad because she loves her family and kids. Then she should've at least comfort Hae In right? You're right I know but not everyone is the same. Not everyone has the same path, brain or mindset. The mother lived that way, we don't know much we know her as a person. We don't decide who is bad immediately, they're bad if they think doing evil things is fun in the first place.
Yeah, that scene in the emergency staircase touched me the most because I know hurting your family isn't a good thing but being able to relive the moment of apologizing and being accepted is why I cried so much. I guess I am biased here with the show but I want to point out that it got kind of predictable with the villains towards the end. It felt like, the villain Yoon was trying so hard to be Hae In's lover but he doesn't know what true love feels like. This is common with love triangles which I've experienced witnessing when I watched romance anime.
I really loved every character well most of them. It was actually cool to see Socheol or Hae In's "special" brother go from being naive and caring to still being naive and yet even more caring. His character was basically meant to just be not really a rebel but to be himself and learn things he never was able to do since he lived in a rich family. The other characters were funny especially Beom-ja, the woman who divorced three times. Her romance development with one of the villagers in Hyun Woo's hometown was so wholesome especially the moment when she didn't realize she had a microphone on her neck and telling her feelings to that guy with a grandmother with dementia. That was also predictable ever since they encountered but their story was funny nonetheless.
I really loved "Love You With All My Heart" but I loved every song in the show. From the intro, The Reason of My Smiles, they killed literally every song especially the background music.
I'll never forget how much I cried especially episode 11. The ending didn't make me cry because I've cried way too much. I wasn't satisfied completely with how it ended since there could've been more but deep down, it's a good ending. Not the greatest show ever but the best cries I've had in a while if that makes sense. Rewatching it doesn't make sense since I won't be able to cry again but to be honest it would be another few years or decades to watch this again.
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