Harumichi giving up so easily was so strange and it seemed out of character. The way he was written gave us the…
I also felt it was odd. I feel like the time skip was there for dramatic effect, but all it did was slow the story down. It would've made sense if harumichi chose to wait to go after yae out of respect towards his ex-finance. Maybe he needed to move on from that after letting that love go, then going back for yae after finding himself. But instead, it was just she likes me, who cares if that's what I've wanted for 20 years?
I also would've felt a closing with the mother would've added to the story too.
It was good, but it could've been so much better. I'd say it was only about a 7.75/10. Down below is my unpopular…
I simply didn't feel connected to the characters. In order to care for characters going through different experiences and situations, you have to have care for the character themselves. We need time to learn about a character, their personality, their perspectives, and their connections with others. The story started right away and didn't really feel like we got to know the characters, their growth, or how they changed from youth to adult.
Seeing two cute teens have a pure and simple puppy love doesn't eqaute to life altering, years long vying for them. Yes all love is valuable, but they never showed why their first love was so meaningful, it felt cute, innocent, and more like crushes. We needed to see more warmth, understanding for each, friendship, small moments, and love rather than like. It just didn't make sense why the ML would think of a 3ish years long girlfriend for 20 years then dump his long-term girlfriend of 7 years? We needed to see more to make the years have more weight and value when compared to the love he experienced in those 7. Instead it kinda felt like the typical guy marries girl while his heart was with another and cheats with his first love, it's literally been in so many stories, but it's like we got to see the other side.
It felt one-sided as well. The ML has felt for her for 20 years, but we never see how she felt without him. Like when she forgot her memories, there was no moment of her saying that she felt something was missing, that she felt a saddnes that she couldn't explain, etc. When she meets him again, she doesn't talk about feeling oddly comfortable, familiar, and safe with him. She doesn't feel an instant connection or a compellion for him. It feels like she just has a little crush.
They just didn't take the time to develop the characters, their emotional growth and reasoning, or relationship growth as they met. Also, they didn't have much chemistry? The young actors felt believable and the mother-son relationship felt genuine. The adults just seemed a little flat together.
Just because a show has mature topics does not equate to there needing to be mature content. Producers do not need to show minors in such extremely explicit and graphic scenes, it's simply not needed. We can infer what happened without having to show minors like that. It's just weird for adults to even want that to be show. So producers please stop being so weird.
The show is good, there's a lot of points that they didn't touch on though. During the trial, they could've mentioned that the sharing of those photos could count as child p***ography, stalking, taking photos without consent, forced labor on minors, invasion of privacy, etc. Even if the ban stayed, the principle definitely would have had to step down after such extreme and inappropriate demands.
That was absolutely beautiful. It is simple a love letter to life. It is an exploration of culture, traditional life, and what it means to connect with nature. The story is about appreciating what surrounds you, realizing how precious people and things are, and simply seeing how beautiful a slow life can be.
Yes they do. Too much western attention can be bad as well. Matter of fact I absolutely HATED how Squid Game got…
Oh my gosh yes! That really bothered me too. It was a blatant ripoff of as the gods will and many others. The whole drama just became ironic at some point. The point of the show was that capitalism and greed kills. But yet how much merchandise came out of the show? How much merchandise was sold and marketed to children as well? Then they make a real-life version of the show?? They're literally proving the point of the show while at the same type being completely ignorant of it.
Yes they do. Too much western attention can be bad as well. Matter of fact I absolutely HATED how Squid Game got…
Oh my gosh yes! That really bothered me too. It was a blatant ripoff of as the gods will and many others. The whole drama just became ironic at some point. The point of the show was that capitalism and greed kills. But yet how much merchandise came out of the show? How much merchandise was sold and marketed to children as well? Then they make a real-life version of the show?? They're literally proving the point of the show while at the same type being completely ignorant of it.
I've been watching asian dramas and movies since 2013. By this point, I've seen hundreds of the same storylines, plots, tropes, and specific type of looking actors. Though I consistently switch around from which country I feel like watching a series from, korea has quickly become the last one I end up going for. Asian dramas were fun to get into for the originality, focus on human stories and relationship development (not just lust and attraction, but genuine love), and to explore the culture. But kdramas have just become more diluted as they cater to western preferences, get higher budgets and use that for bigger shows with less focus on complex dialogue and good screenplay; they focus on being trendy. Now new kdramas trend and then fade out because kdramas aren't made original to become classics, but copies of all those that came before them.
Do yourselves a favor and try watching some jdramas as they focus much more of human stories, relationship and character development, and originality (just as all humans are unique). Jdramas haven't changed much since western influence, so they still hold true to reasons why I came to love asian dramas.
It doesn't have as much plot as the first season, but the characters are still great with amazing chemistry. It feels a bit awkward in the first episode, but it's still so fun and full of heart fluttering moments.
I didn’t read everything u said but I did read the first lines and tbh not all bullies should have backgrounds…
If you read my whole comment, you may have understood what I meant....
The difference with this is that when he lost his memory, his entire personality changed. Meaning his base natural instincts were kind and polite. Only when he gained memories did his personality change. Meaning the experiences of his life changed him. It's the nature vs nurture concept. If his innate nature was kindness, what made him into the bully he became later.
Did the ML kill someone. How can I like the FL if she starts dating her dead BFF boyfriend like immediately after…
He indirectly causes her friend's death, but that wasn't his intention. He did aid in helping his friend clean up a murder scene, but he didn't kill them either.
He's not supposed to be a good guy, he's very morally grey leaning towards evil. But it's an empty evil? Like he doesn't try to hurt people, because he simply doesn't feel empathy and sympathy like others. He just doesn't mind if they do get hurt.
It's a melodrama, so it's gonna be messy. If you enjoy rom-coms or sweet and gentle ML's, this one may not be enjoyable for you.
Rewatching this after six years and wow it's still amazing. I think that Kim Moo Young is one of the most unique, complex, and intriguing characters I've seen. They paint him as this "bad guy" who has a very odd set of morals and ethics because of a troubled life, but I don't think it's just that. I think that he has a personality disorder due to trauma. I think that he has antisocial personality disorder.
ASPD symptoms that he has include: lack of empathy and remorse, an inability to understand or feel emotions, manipulation, an ability to act and lie, etc.
So him saying "teach me" in the show is him truly saying teach me how to feel and act like "normal" people. Because for him, those things aren't natural.
I also would've felt a closing with the mother would've added to the story too.
Seeing two cute teens have a pure and simple puppy love doesn't eqaute to life altering, years long vying for them. Yes all love is valuable, but they never showed why their first love was so meaningful, it felt cute, innocent, and more like crushes. We needed to see more warmth, understanding for each, friendship, small moments, and love rather than like. It just didn't make sense why the ML would think of a 3ish years long girlfriend for 20 years then dump his long-term girlfriend of 7 years? We needed to see more to make the years have more weight and value when compared to the love he experienced in those 7. Instead it kinda felt like the typical guy marries girl while his heart was with another and cheats with his first love, it's literally been in so many stories, but it's like we got to see the other side.
It felt one-sided as well. The ML has felt for her for 20 years, but we never see how she felt without him. Like when she forgot her memories, there was no moment of her saying that she felt something was missing, that she felt a saddnes that she couldn't explain, etc. When she meets him again, she doesn't talk about feeling oddly comfortable, familiar, and safe with him. She doesn't feel an instant connection or a compellion for him. It feels like she just has a little crush.
They just didn't take the time to develop the characters, their emotional growth and reasoning, or relationship growth as they met. Also, they didn't have much chemistry? The young actors felt believable and the mother-son relationship felt genuine. The adults just seemed a little flat together.
The show is good, there's a lot of points that they didn't touch on though. During the trial, they could've mentioned that the sharing of those photos could count as child p***ography, stalking, taking photos without consent, forced labor on minors, invasion of privacy, etc. Even if the ban stayed, the principle definitely would have had to step down after such extreme and inappropriate demands.
Oolgami/manhwa
My yankee fiance-manga
put the trash in the trash can-manhwa
Do yourselves a favor and try watching some jdramas as they focus much more of human stories, relationship and character development, and originality (just as all humans are unique). Jdramas haven't changed much since western influence, so they still hold true to reasons why I came to love asian dramas.
The difference with this is that when he lost his memory, his entire personality changed. Meaning his base natural instincts were kind and polite. Only when he gained memories did his personality change. Meaning the experiences of his life changed him. It's the nature vs nurture concept. If his innate nature was kindness, what made him into the bully he became later.
He's not supposed to be a good guy, he's very morally grey leaning towards evil. But it's an empty evil? Like he doesn't try to hurt people, because he simply doesn't feel empathy and sympathy like others. He just doesn't mind if they do get hurt.
It's a melodrama, so it's gonna be messy. If you enjoy rom-coms or sweet and gentle ML's, this one may not be enjoyable for you.
ASPD symptoms that he has include: lack of empathy and remorse, an inability to understand or feel emotions, manipulation, an ability to act and lie, etc.
So him saying "teach me" in the show is him truly saying teach me how to feel and act like "normal" people. Because for him, those things aren't natural.