I’ve read the novel, the manga, and watched the drama, and honestly each one shook my heart and made me emotional. It’s the first story where every single adaptation is amazingly beautiful, and I really really love it. The drama was a ten out of ten for me. Sure, they changed a few parts, but not in a bad way — they kept the beauty of the story and it was still really gorgeous. I definitely recommend watching it, and make sure to read the novel and the manga too. I really wish they would make an anime as well.
This drama is one of the few that I liked more than its manga. The manga is extremely disgusting, annoying, and just gross. I really don't recommend it. The drama version is much better
I found the main character incredibly dull, and the story barely revealed anything about him. The audience never really got the chance to understand who he was. Honestly, I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters, because none of them were properly introduced — they were simply present in the story without any meaningful development. This was especially noticeable with the tall barista and even the main character himself. Overall, the whole story felt cliché, filled with familiar tropes, and many of the character types gave me a strong sense of déjà vu, as if I’d seen them in other stories before. Because of that, none of the characters took shape in my mind, and I even forgot their names.
The actors were attractive, but when it came to performance, I don’t think the main actor delivered. I couldn’t feel any emotion from him. There was no spark of love, no warmth — he almost always looked confused. On the other hand, the childhood friend’s acting was genuinely impressive. You could clearly see his emotions through his eyes, which is something I consider extremely important. To me, a huge part of acting is being able to express emotions nonverbally.
Another major issue is that the story never gave enough time to any of the relationships. This is especially unacceptable in a romance, where the emotional journey and the development of relationships are supposed to be the core of the story. They introduced several characters and love rivals within a very short period of time, yet none of them received enough screen time to make their presence meaningful. It made the entire story lose its emotional impact.
Also, when the childhood friend hit the tall barista, I became really disappointed in him. There was absolutely no reason for him to do that. And why do we not even know why the barista fell in love with the main character? He was just there with no explanation. What made it worse was that the main character did nothing when the childhood friend hit the barista, but when the barista defended himself, he suddenly seemed worried about the childhood friend. I honestly just felt bad for the tall barista the entire series.
The writers should have either centered the show around the relationship between the main character and the childhood friend, or extended the series and given each love interest proper time for introduction and growth. The biggest problem was the lack of time. With more episodes, the story had the potential to evolve into something fresh and genuinely engaging, but unfortunately the execution wasn’t strong enough to support its own ideas.
From the beginning, I wanted the main character to end up with the childhood friend, mostly because I liked the actor and because I’m a fan of the friends-to-lovers trope. I think real love comes from deep emotional connection and mutual understanding. However, even though I liked this ship, I still wasn’t satisfied with the ending, because it felt like the childhood friend became the only option left. The show didn’t build any chemistry between the main character and the team leader or the tall barista, which felt unfair to both of them. As for the team leader, I genuinely didn’t want the main character to end up with him either, because he was such a repetitive and boring character. I’ve seen so many team-leader characters exactly like him in K-dramas and Korean manhwas, both BL and non-BL, that I’m honestly tired of them. He was just boring to watch.
In the end, the story had a promising concept, and the first two episodes made me hopeful, but it simply didn’t have the time it needed to develop. The idea had potential, but it never had the chance to truly come to life. I felt like I was being a bit too harsh, so I want to add some of the good parts too. I actually really liked the background music and the visual aesthetics of the scenes. It was genuinely beautiful in terms of appearance.
To avoid spoilers, I usually don’t read anything about a movie , I just search by genre, and if I like the poster, I watch it. Personally, I do like erotica when it’s made beautifully and with good quality, but this one was low-quality and trashy just empty sex with no beauty at all, just like porn.And honestly, I didn’t really know what a pink movie was.
And honestly, how can they be so irresponsible? Aside from all the trauma they caused Maki, how can they bring a child into the world with so little thought? What kind of child would even want a family like that? It’s honestly ridiculous — what right did they have to do something like that?
I really don’t get why they didn’t just do IVF. It’s honestly ridiculous — one of them could’ve just married Mieko and then done IVF. Why did they have to sleep together? I seriously don’t understand. That way, their relationship wouldn’t have been ruined. Ugh.
It’s really interesting how Japanese remakes of Thai shows don’t feel Japanese at all. The atmosphere is different — they express emotions more openly, the mood is brighter and more extroverted, and the overall vibe feels faster-paced.
The actors were attractive, but when it came to performance, I don’t think the main actor delivered. I couldn’t feel any emotion from him. There was no spark of love, no warmth — he almost always looked confused. On the other hand, the childhood friend’s acting was genuinely impressive. You could clearly see his emotions through his eyes, which is something I consider extremely important. To me, a huge part of acting is being able to express emotions nonverbally.
Another major issue is that the story never gave enough time to any of the relationships. This is especially unacceptable in a romance, where the emotional journey and the development of relationships are supposed to be the core of the story. They introduced several characters and love rivals within a very short period of time, yet none of them received enough screen time to make their presence meaningful. It made the entire story lose its emotional impact.
Also, when the childhood friend hit the tall barista, I became really disappointed in him. There was absolutely no reason for him to do that. And why do we not even know why the barista fell in love with the main character? He was just there with no explanation. What made it worse was that the main character did nothing when the childhood friend hit the barista, but when the barista defended himself, he suddenly seemed worried about the childhood friend. I honestly just felt bad for the tall barista the entire series.
The writers should have either centered the show around the relationship between the main character and the childhood friend, or extended the series and given each love interest proper time for introduction and growth. The biggest problem was the lack of time. With more episodes, the story had the potential to evolve into something fresh and genuinely engaging, but unfortunately the execution wasn’t strong enough to support its own ideas.
From the beginning, I wanted the main character to end up with the childhood friend, mostly because I liked the actor and because I’m a fan of the friends-to-lovers trope. I think real love comes from deep emotional connection and mutual understanding. However, even though I liked this ship, I still wasn’t satisfied with the ending, because it felt like the childhood friend became the only option left. The show didn’t build any chemistry between the main character and the team leader or the tall barista, which felt unfair to both of them. As for the team leader, I genuinely didn’t want the main character to end up with him either, because he was such a repetitive and boring character. I’ve seen so many team-leader characters exactly like him in K-dramas and Korean manhwas, both BL and non-BL, that I’m honestly tired of them. He was just boring to watch.
In the end, the story had a promising concept, and the first two episodes made me hopeful, but it simply didn’t have the time it needed to develop. The idea had potential, but it never had the chance to truly come to life.
I felt like I was being a bit too harsh, so I want to add some of the good parts too. I actually really liked the background music and the visual aesthetics of the scenes. It was genuinely beautiful in terms of appearance.