I agree with almost everything you said, except about his past. I think his mafia past is a bit of a tool, and…
no i also agree with you with keeping the story in korea. most of the story was set up to be in korea, they just had beginnings of plotpoints (like luca coming to visit him, the italian mafia guys finding him on that roof top, how his brother was destroying their family by not caring, how vincenzo wanted to be the boss) that never got resolved or were resolved at the end with like a bit of dialogue like it wasnt that important, but if you think about it properly, these things should be MORE important to vincenzo. like, what did babel group actually do to vincenzo? he's been in korea for like 2 weeks and he's known the lawyer father, the plaza store owners for way less time then anyone in italy, so why is their revenge more important to him. even if he wants to help them, how are all these people MORE important than the last 30yrs of his life in italy. i think they couldve just had ONE epsiode focused on his italian past appearing in korea and causing some trouble.
I guess if we were treating this like a novel, all the little bits about his past that he'd reveal in random conversations would eventually lead somewhere down the track, but this just did not. in other words, all his heart-to-heart conversations with chayoung were literally just random info the writers made up.
yeah totally worth it. everything about it is great. the chemistry is natural and their relationship feels real. done so well in such a short time. i lvoe the FL. she's absolutely great. their sweet scenes are sooooooooo cute. as someone else described it, its like a histrocial romcom without all the annoying filler.
My exact same thoughts! There were so many loose ends that didn't get answered, which SHOULD have been answered..…
wow, i actually totally forgot chayoung had a past XD and also! there was that photo of her on the wall that vincenzo stared at for a long time... i thought maybe they'd met before somewhere or something.... literally no follow up. bruh, for half the show i thought the MAFIA adopted vincenzo and that's why he grew up in that environment with no choice, but then apparently his adopted parents were killed in a robbery or something? i cant really remember, but i guess we'll never know now. still dont know how chayoung is ok with him spearing people, setting people on fire, pulling their fingernails off lol, like i still want them to be together and for her to support him but like, where was the TALK about his real persona. He's never been in a relationship because "love isnt for people like him" so what made it different. where was the conflict in his mind of giving it a chance, how dangerous her life could be. ALSO. im sorry, but the main character's love interest is like, the most obvious target in any situation, how could vincenzo let her walk aroun at her own, just going to reunion parties in the middle of a "war".
lowkey dissapointed in how the writing turned out as the story progressed. I loved the beginning episodes and the writing kept the suspense up. it made me want to analyse vincenzo as a character and i wrote lots of comments here about his past and his motives, whether he believes he's a good person or not. but as the story progressed, everything i was curious about as a viewer was never addressed or weirdly brushed over. The characters stopped feeling "real" and became too comic-like, the "revenge" parts became really slow and lacked buildup or weren't timed in a dramatic way in the episodes. i also started questioning chayoungs character who's personality was written more and more sporadically in every episode. There were so many loose ends that were never tied up (and the funny thing is those loose ends were what everyone was interested in) Take the whole cassano family feud. everyone was so interested in seeing vin fight his brother or have the italian mafia come after him... that's what the story set up in the begining... but then all we got was this enslaught of korean politicians, businessmen, lawyers, that we knew nothing about and that were introduced to the story late. Another plotpoint. Vin's past. What actually happened back then. what are those flashbacks. him working out how he feels about himself. getting closure. why did none of this happen? Alot of the characters irritated me and it's because they were too comical but not in a good way and were just so unrealistic for a "serious" show (even tho i am aware vincenzo is more like a parody than a dead serious mafia drama) but i will say my props to the lame gangsters running the balloon store. they were the only funny people in the plaza: the whimpy gangster boss and his goth chick accountant were hilarious. Then shout out to taecyeon for our main villian. The way he acts with his eyes made me genuinely think he was having fun torture people. And his brother, what an interesting character and storyline. he was the most thought-out character in the show and WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, he's also everyone's favourite..... just look at what good character writing does, it's no coincedence he's a crowd fav. Of course i think vincenzo was played very charismatically and he really is the most charming in a suit.
this wasnt the best produced, acted, or scripted but it was really entertaining for some reason XD i think its cause there wasnt much filler so i never really got bored. it had some nice scenes in it and also some wth scenes hahaha. also i kind of liked the fl which is a first. she didnt really annoy me
how haremy is this? i cant really tolerate when the lead has a thousand love interests to "choose" from. its not…
yeah, cause they dont really treat the male characters as people, more like options for the fl (same for normal harems, where the girls are just there for the male lead)
how haremy is this? i cant really tolerate when the lead has a thousand love interests to "choose" from. its not my style. id much prefer to see the two leads develop as individual people XD if that makes sense
omg in ep 3 did he name her a 1000 year box spirit because in chinese mythology, if an animal or plant or object cultivates long enough they turn into a human XD lol thats so funny. she's a little box because all she does in the game is carry all his equipment XD
honestly i watched this mostly just to watch something slice-of-life after a long day. there's not much plot so there's not much drama and i found that super relaxing lol. also i love that it was shot in an arts university which ive never seen before. its cool watching the students try to pursue their creative arts dreams even though its not the norm and most people study business or whatever.
i liked this. i watched it with breaks inbetween so if the characters were being annoying, i kind of just forgot about it when i picked it back up and enjoyed hte pretty cinematography and great chemistry. honestly the plot is cliche, but i liked alot of the dialogues, there were some unique points to this show too which surprised me. look, you're watching a ceo cdrama, this isn't anything new and you know theres bout to be some misunderstandings and some b***y female side characters, but i just watched this for escapism and to enjoy a really sweet fairytale. also i love the actor. i saw him in another show and just loved his acting for some reason. he brings something new to him. also you can tell the production team really cared about this show. the editing and SFX, artwork is really pretty.
I’m so confused by this too. We know she’s 22, and the flashbacks we’ve seen from his trauma are from 2004,…
yeah, i personally dont think he ever really thought of her as super young. i think we're just brainwashed by his demon assistant who every 5 secconds calls her a kid and keeps pressing there non-existant age gap
im enjoying this drama but i just wish that at least once, the FL in these types of shows can just say "no i got this." or "i know what to do" or "GET OFF ME I CAN DO IT MYSELF" lool, idk, half the things the guys in this show help her with are super basic. like id be so mad if i was setting up a tent and someone just took it out of my hands like b* its MY TENT, give that back, did i ASK for any help. no. . also just cause shes short they like, physically move her around alot, sometimes even by picking her up. well id like to think any real girl wouldve already said 'wtf are you doing, let me go. dont touch me, im not a toy' trusfrationssssss
oh, but dont get me wrong, its a sweet chill drama lol and i like it XD scuse the rant
To be honest, why did they even kill Vincenzo's mother? Like what did they gain from that? They would've used…
i think he just wanted to make vincenzo angry becausse at that point he hadn't won once against him. he did it without thinking of hte future and it didnt benefit him at all. all it did was make vincenzo mad. either he didn't think about hte consequences or he literally didnt care and beating him in that moment was more important than the big picture.
I guess if we were treating this like a novel, all the little bits about his past that he'd reveal in random conversations would eventually lead somewhere down the track, but this just did not. in other words, all his heart-to-heart conversations with chayoung were literally just random info the writers made up.
oh, but dont get me wrong, its a sweet chill drama lol and i like it XD scuse the rant