Thank you for the article! Binged it one day yesterday. Was going to watch 1 episode as a background for lunch, little did I know how awesome it was. Oops.
The show made me stop in the middle and have like a 2 hours long discussion with a friend: at what age can people be held fully accountable for their actions? Where do excuses such as environment, social climate and parents end? Should we treat and judge "kids" as adults if they can make adults-worth amount of damage even though they are young?
Extracurricular also masterfully gives you major Stockholm syndrome, two female leads being the prime examples. They barely have any redeeming qualities but you can't help but root for them in the end.
This drama is amazing, the last time I wanted to discuss a drama with somebody was probably SKY (poster in Jisoos room lol) Castle.
To me it's also too unrelateable. I don't know one single person who could fill the shoes of any of the characters…
Dramas (and most of tv entertainment) are fun because they have very little to do with reality. Just like high school anime - it's popular because it has nothing in common with reality. I think for most people The World of the Married stopped resembling reality around episode 5 or 6. It's good if you take for the ridiculous makjang it is - just comedy and satire. The epic 'Battle for Humanity' music that plays every time somebody is looking at their phone just adds to the luls. Too bad Nobody Knows is finished :(
Would have enjoyed it much more if the drama didn't make "strong and smart female lead" strong and smart at the expense of making every male character a moron. It had a lot of potential! Subjective opinion of course, don't come at me :) But if you want to discuss it - welcome to dms.
Highlights of the drama are Kim Nam Joos beauty (omg) and the acting perfection that is Lee Kyung Young .
Would not recommend unless you are into hardcore makjang .
U can watch stranger/secret forest, signal and cruel city. Children of nobody is also there but since i haven't…
Well, Misty was a horrible, horrible mistake too, It only adds points for dramas like Nobody Knows - you don't need ridiculous infidelity angst to make a captivating and emotional story. Tags for Misty are kind of lacking :/
U can watch stranger/secret forest, signal and cruel city. Children of nobody is also there but since i haven't…
Watched them all. Great recommendations! I'm literally sitting between MDL tabs for Children of Nobody and Misty right now. I guess I'll start with Misty first and switch if it gets to World of the Married levels of nonsense makjang lol
Completed 10/10, but now the bar is even higher... What do I watch?!
This drama is criminally underrated. If you are thinking whether you should watch or not - just do it. It may feel like you need a police blackboard with all the faces and names on it at first, but it's worth it. It's a rare gem when a drama has nothing unnecessary and everything is in the perfect place.
I almost skipped on it because I didn't like the word "melodramatic" in the title, because kdramas are often TOO melodramatic as they are lol
It was such a surprise when it turned out to be easily one of the most comforting, relatable and soothing kdramas experiences. Age of Youth and Waikiki being close seconds. Rare gems in the sea of kimchi slaps haha
I'm salty :( Ep. 1 - Wow, this is SO good! I hope That guy gets what he deserves! Ep. 2-3 - Ok girl you can do it, hang in there! Ep. 4-5 - Getting less and less relatable, but I'm already kind of invested in the story. Ep. 6+ - Yep, this is exactly why I don't watch makjang lol. Off to watch "Nobody knows", which is actually amazing and underrated compared to this one.
Same here but this one is definitely the latter. The high ratings are due to the thrill & unexpected twists. The…
Jfc I just watched the first episode and it gave me more anxiety that save me/voice/memorist combined together. But I'm so ready for 15 spidoes of revenge. And the acting, the super smooth directing, everything is just woah.
Thank you for your answers guys! Could have missed this one.
I really really hate stories with love triangles and infidelity, but the rating is so high for this NotLikeThis Can somebody please tell me without spoilers if this is an angsty love story with ridiculous tropes that romanticize and try to justify cheating, or is it a satisfactory one where the cheater gets 'what they deserve'? Thank you!
for me, i didn't think she was predictable until maybe the last two episodes? i hated her throughout the whole…
I see. For me, what I meant is that she represents the vast majority of people in the workforce - and most people choose self-preservation over some core values when it comes to money. It's just nothing new. Good employee, shitty friend/lover. In a show with so many interesting characters she was just... there for some reason. I just wish she had more to the character, because Nara is cool af :)
It was much more enjoyable than one would think after reading the reviews. Especially the first half, before wild mogul appeared. One complaint though, casting Nara to play a character that predicable and forgettable seemed like a waste. But than again, if she wasn't as pretty as she is most viewers wouldn't even care to think about the character. Still worth a watch for acting alone. PSJ obviously, but also Kim Da Mi and Yoo Jae Myung.
I believe in fairy tales with all my heart. As long as they exist there is still hope for humanity. This drama was supposed to be a fairy tail from A to Z, with zero claim for realism, and it should been just that. There was absolutely no reason to kill of Goo Seung Jun except to make main leads reunion even more dramatic. That was a pretty lazy decision on the writers part. Felt out of place with this drama. But oh well, it was still a very pretty ride.
This is actually very useful. If it also had brake down by gender it would have been perfect. Nevertheless it's a step in a very good direction, thank you MDL team!
Binged it one day yesterday. Was going to watch 1 episode as a background for lunch, little did I know how awesome it was. Oops.
The show made me stop in the middle and have like a 2 hours long discussion with a friend: at what age can people be held fully accountable for their actions? Where do excuses such as environment, social climate and parents end? Should we treat and judge "kids" as adults if they can make adults-worth amount of damage even though they are young?
Extracurricular also masterfully gives you major Stockholm syndrome, two female leads being the prime examples. They barely have any redeeming qualities but you can't help but root for them in the end.
This drama is amazing, the last time I wanted to discuss a drama with somebody was probably SKY (poster in Jisoos room lol) Castle.
I think for most people The World of the Married stopped resembling reality around episode 5 or 6.
It's good if you take for the ridiculous makjang it is - just comedy and satire. The epic 'Battle for Humanity' music that plays every time somebody is looking at their phone just adds to the luls.
Too bad Nobody Knows is finished :(
Highlights of the drama are Kim Nam Joos beauty (omg) and the acting perfection that is
Lee Kyung Young .
Would not recommend unless you are into hardcore makjang .
I'm literally sitting between MDL tabs for Children of Nobody and Misty right now. I guess I'll start with Misty first and switch if it gets to World of the Married levels of nonsense makjang lol
This drama is criminally underrated. If you are thinking whether you should watch or not - just do it. It may feel like you need a police blackboard with all the faces and names on it at first, but it's worth it. It's a rare gem when a drama has nothing unnecessary and everything is in the perfect place.
It was such a surprise when it turned out to be easily one of the most comforting, relatable and soothing kdramas experiences. Age of Youth and Waikiki being close seconds. Rare gems in the sea of kimchi slaps haha
Ep. 1 - Wow, this is SO good! I hope That guy gets what he deserves!
Ep. 2-3 - Ok girl you can do it, hang in there!
Ep. 4-5 - Getting less and less relatable, but I'm already kind of invested in the story.
Ep. 6+ - Yep, this is exactly why I don't watch makjang lol. Off to watch "Nobody knows", which is actually amazing and underrated compared to this one.
And the acting, the super smooth directing, everything is just woah.
Thank you for your answers guys! Could have missed this one.
Can somebody please tell me without spoilers if this is an angsty love story with ridiculous tropes that romanticize and try to justify cheating, or is it a satisfactory one where the cheater gets 'what they deserve'?
Thank you!
For me, what I meant is that she represents the vast majority of people in the workforce - and most people choose self-preservation over some core values when it comes to money. It's just nothing new. Good employee, shitty friend/lover.
In a show with so many interesting characters she was just... there for some reason. I just wish she had more to the character, because Nara is cool af :)
One complaint though, casting Nara to play a character that predicable and forgettable seemed like a waste. But than again, if she wasn't as pretty as she is most viewers wouldn't even care to think about the character.
Still worth a watch for acting alone. PSJ obviously, but also Kim Da Mi and Yoo Jae Myung.
This drama was supposed to be a fairy tail from A to Z, with zero claim for realism, and it should been just that. There was absolutely no reason to kill of Goo Seung Jun except to make main leads reunion even more dramatic. That was a pretty lazy decision on the writers part. Felt out of place with this drama.
But oh well, it was still a very pretty ride.
Nevertheless it's a step in a very good direction, thank you MDL team!