I don't enjoy really wuxias or superpower related things, but this show is definitely an exception. Genuinely just a well paced, thorough plot, with multidimensional characters. This is easily one of the best cdramas I've seen and I totally recommend this to people even if they don't typically enjoy the genre. They story has many working parts and you gain more interest as the story unfolds.
Unfortunately, I have to agree. It was an attempt to make a good, deep and high-quality series with a humanistic…
I completely agree. I love psychological themes and that is very rare in cdramas. They included a specific mental disorder and about the social and environmental inclusion of people with disabilities/disorders, whether physical or mental. These are great topics, but they don't really add any human layers to them or about their extreme importance. Like the setting of the plot could've been on the ML's job as he creates designs for people. There could've been new characters each ep where you learn about their disabilities, gain sympathy, feel for their struggle, and then see how designs could help them in their daily life. That kind of workplace setting would've been way more interesting and added more humanity to the show. It could've provided a backdrop for the ML's disability too. I say this show is just a missed opportunity for something that could've been great. It feels like a plot that japan could do really well with their focus on humanity.
The one thing that's good about this is that it's different, they attempted to create something deep and original. Buttt they failed to do so.
With this kind of story, it feels like it should be character driven (since there isn't much plot). But the character's don't really exist outside romance. The FL is supposed to have big dreams and want to get a promotion at work, but you don't see why she cares nor do you see her work that hard. She has dreams without passion (also why would her boss push for her promotion when she slacks off at work a lot). The ML has a life altering mental disorder (nonofficial). But it doesn't dive nearly as deep as it could. The ML has lived years with it dealing with school life, joining the workforce, etc. He's had so many encounters, yet it doesn't talk about how much he desires for emotion outside of the romance. Like what about his friendship with the 2FL? What about friendships he had wanted, but lost, what has he lost because of his disorder? What pain, helplessness, and nothingness has he felt for years? His struggle feels empty outside of the romance of the leads.
Lastly, the pacing is just off. They didn't have enough plot, so they threw in work life, secondary couples, and non-funny stand up comedy. I really wanted to like this, but I could not get past bland characters, one dimensional psychological issues, and a draggy plot.
Netflix once again just threw a bunch of money into production without actually developing anything. The cinematography, big name actors, fancy cars, and massive house took all the budget and feels like none went into the script and screenplay. The characters don't make sense, the pacing is off, and the whole thing feel underdeveloped. Would've worked better as a movie. I dropped it halfway. I say skip and just watch the edits that people will make afterwards.
I think that not everyone needs a romantic love in their life to be happy. He needs time to get over his love…
I get what you mean. I imagine that by the end, he's really worked on healing and learning to love himself more so that he's able to care for others in a more respectful and healthy way. So I imagine that as he continues to grow, he gains more friendships and finds romantic love as well. I simply mean that his emotional growth was such a big step for him that more intense, time consuming, or emotional relationships like romance wouldn't have been good for him at the time. It could lead to him spiraling again. Haha enough of me psychoanalyzing. I agree with your perspective as well. We all want happy endings where the characters are surrounded by all forms of love, because what could be more fulfilling of a beautiful reality than that :)
Of course there's some annoying family drama and quick forgiveness for some pretty heinous acts because it's a thai drama. But oh my goodness this is one of the most complete and emotionally satisfying romances I've ever seen. It is a character driven story where the leads have so many moments of reflection, learning about each other, learning why they are they way they are, and they never stop getting to know each other. There is wonderful yearning (in jane austen fasion) with emotional intimacy and so many levels to their love. The story doesn't end when they get married, but continues throughout their life in order to see how their love changes and remains with time. The side characters are annoying, but Nid and Prarsit are adorable side characters that add life to the show. The leads are extremely multidimensional with their varying morals and perspectives in life. The FL is adorable, sweet, strong, confidential, and is true to herself in a really admirable way (not a stereotypical rich girl or strong girl). The ML is a calm and moral focused man with psychologically deep aspects on how he views himself due to his upbringing.
I 100% recommend this if you enjoy historical romance, yearning, emotional intimacy, multidimensional characters and relationships, and love.
can you explain me like what they wanted to convey?
Haha thanks! Glad to help :)
They way that I picture it is that whoever her last love was, that's the name and face she pictures. So since Kouno Jun was the last person/current person, all of the people before she remembers them as him. I imagine that before Kouno Jun, she would picture the previous person as all those before him.
She ends up with Kouno Jun and they grow old together. I think that her extreme love was what made their relationship work out. Because it takes a lot of patience, kindness, and love in order to be in a relationship with someone that forgets you each day. So she's able to find someone where that she's able to love that intensely where it works for both sides.
can you explain me like what they wanted to convey?
I don't think that a lesson or message necessarily? It was just a girl who put too much emotion and love into her relationships until it backfired and they left her. So she would fall in love, lovebomb them, then they left causing her trauma each time. So rather than remember them leaving her or not wanting her "large" amounts of love, her coping mechanism was to forget the reason why they left. Because she herself felt that falling in love with so many people was "wrong" her coping mechanism was to remember falling in love with the same guy every single time.
It's essentially a psychological based movie where a girl needs to come to terms with her version of love and healing enough to love the person that's actually in front of her without lovebombing or forcing herself to forget them just because they break up with her.
This is a sterotypical underground evil businessman plot with typical characters as well. There are a ton of plot holes and the characters, both bad and good, are terrible at planning things out. Everyone is stupid in this even the the businessmen who have been in the industry 20 plus years!? Even though the plot and writing is pretty dumb, it's still a fun watch. Woo Do Hwan does an amazing job as always, the bromance is natural and really fun, and the fight scenes are well choreographed (Woo Do Hwan's fighting style is so intriguing to watch). So the short series is really stupid, but very watchable with WDH and LSY being fun together and fighting well.
Fan Zhi Xin is so extremely talented. Honestly one of the best chinese actors I've seen. When will he finally get to be in a high-budget drama? He's crazy talented.
With this kind of story, it feels like it should be character driven (since there isn't much plot). But the character's don't really exist outside romance. The FL is supposed to have big dreams and want to get a promotion at work, but you don't see why she cares nor do you see her work that hard. She has dreams without passion (also why would her boss push for her promotion when she slacks off at work a lot). The ML has a life altering mental disorder (nonofficial). But it doesn't dive nearly as deep as it could. The ML has lived years with it dealing with school life, joining the workforce, etc. He's had so many encounters, yet it doesn't talk about how much he desires for emotion outside of the romance. Like what about his friendship with the 2FL? What about friendships he had wanted, but lost, what has he lost because of his disorder? What pain, helplessness, and nothingness has he felt for years? His struggle feels empty outside of the romance of the leads.
Lastly, the pacing is just off. They didn't have enough plot, so they threw in work life, secondary couples, and non-funny stand up comedy. I really wanted to like this, but I could not get past bland characters, one dimensional psychological issues, and a draggy plot.
I say skip and just watch the edits that people will make afterwards.
I 100% recommend this if you enjoy historical romance, yearning, emotional intimacy, multidimensional characters and relationships, and love.
They way that I picture it is that whoever her last love was, that's the name and face she pictures. So since Kouno Jun was the last person/current person, all of the people before she remembers them as him. I imagine that before Kouno Jun, she would picture the previous person as all those before him.
She ends up with Kouno Jun and they grow old together. I think that her extreme love was what made their relationship work out. Because it takes a lot of patience, kindness, and love in order to be in a relationship with someone that forgets you each day. So she's able to find someone where that she's able to love that intensely where it works for both sides.
It's essentially a psychological based movie where a girl needs to come to terms with her version of love and healing enough to love the person that's actually in front of her without lovebombing or forcing herself to forget them just because they break up with her.