for all those sex-phobic people triggered by those scenes as if it wasn't natural part of life: not explicit sex…
Don't be patronising. Sex is a part of life. Watching it being simulated on a screen as a form of entertainment is not. Wanting to avoid such is hardly something to look down upon.
Looks like this show is going to have a lot of explicit scenes. I really don't like explicit scenes and avoiding them is why I got into kdramas in the first place. It would really suck to give the first Gong Yoo drama in years a pass because of that.
I am thrilled that this is doing so well. I have not seen it but I have read so much about it that I feel as if…
My mom passed away in hospital with me holding her hand 4 months ago. I'm so sorry for your pain. It was so triggering watching the ML unconscious with the oxygen mask on his face. In a small way, know that you are not alone in your pain.
I feel the plot was also good with initial 10 episodes but then it kinda became draggy.....its like the killer…
The drama is actually starting to give me the ick. It's such a shame because I loved this show for the first 10 episodes. It was so good! Deserved the 9.1.
I took time to think about why this show has fallen off for me and I think I've figured it out. It fell off from episode 9 onwards for me because: 1) It was at this point that Sun Jae became one-dimensional and flat. Before this point we saw alot of his character outside of Sol. We saw him pursue his dream of being an elite swimmer and how that got taken away from him. We saw him and his dad navigate losing swimming which was something they bonded over and that made the dad proud. We saw his relationship with his former teammates and even his rival. We saw him and his friends. From episode 9, his character became all about Sol and his feelings for her. Boring. 2) The serial killer scenario and Sun Jae dying is repetitive and draggy. A real shame because I really thought this would be in my Top 3 dramas of all time.
I'm actually getting bored with this story. It's draggy with the same scenario playing itself out over and over again with the serial killer dude. I was convinced that this would be in my Top 3 Kdramas of all time. Now, I'm not so sure.
These two episodes weren't my favourite. Think the misunderstanding could've been resolved in episode 9. Also, Tae Song is really growing on me. I like him. Sun Jae is still my guy though.
These two episodes weren't my favourite. Think the misunderstood could've been resolved in episode 9. Tae Song is really growing on me. I like him. Sun Jae is still my guy though.
I have come to realise that maybe I might be misunderstanding the genre and point of this show. With Kdramas, I, as an international watcher, am not the target audience. Koreans are. And so my critiques might not be relevant because the show was not made with me in mind. Perhaps this over-the-top melodrama is deliberate and suited to Korean tastes. Hence its incredible viewership. So yeah... I accept this and this show for what it is.
1) It was at this point that Sun Jae became one-dimensional and flat. Before this point we saw alot of his character outside of Sol. We saw him pursue his dream of being an elite swimmer and how that got taken away from him. We saw him and his dad navigate losing swimming which was something they bonded over and that made the dad proud. We saw his relationship with his former teammates and even his rival. We saw him and his friends. From episode 9, his character became all about Sol and his feelings for her. Boring.
2) The serial killer scenario and Sun Jae dying is repetitive and draggy.
A real shame because I really thought this would be in my Top 3 dramas of all time.