David33

I don't mind fair criticism, that's what I do too. I'm a massive IU fan, and I don't give 10/10 for everything she does. This is the 1st time, actually. Many people love her other drama "Moon Lovers", and yes it was good, but I still think they messed that one up big time after the 2nd half.

Anyway, my only problem with your problem is what you said about the characters. In a way, you're right, Aesun can be too much, but there's a reason for it, and later she changed a LOT. That's what I love about this show btw, the character development.

I'm pretty sure every Kdrama fans all-around the world can be toxic, even in Asia. People are the same, it's not about ethnicity.

The ML is much more than that, btw, but as I said, 4 episode is not long enough to understand everything, but if you don't like the actors and the genre, I don't recommend watching it, because it's also not a fun feelgood drama either.

Look, if you don't like the actors, that's fine, if you think it's boring, because it's basically a documentary about real life people, that's also, okay. Even tho, saying, it's boring is too much, but anyway. But what you said about the characters... is not true at all. They're not one dimensional characters like many Kdrama characters. For example, Aesun can act like a brat, and yes, it can be irritating, but you understand why she's like that, you'll understand everything. She's a kid who didn't have anyone, like, ever, except her mom who has to always work till she dies. And she doesn't have anyone else who she can trust, just Gwansik. But she was too young, so even tho she knows everything and she actually loved him since day 1, she put on a shield to protect herself. Just like many people do in real life.

This is not a typical romcom, where the boy meets the girls and everything cute and perfect.

You can see it on my watch list. There aren't many drama or movie higher than 8. To be fair, that's not all I've watched, but I'm too lazy to add everything I've seen. 😅

If I'm being 100% honest, I don't think WLGYT is perfect in a sense you can't find one thing that you didn't like. For example. Episode 7 was not my fave, but overall, what I've seen deserve the 10/10, because the writing was one of the most consistent I've seen. Not to mention the directing, acting, the OST (more like original Score) VFX, art department, make-up etc. Everything was spot-on.

That's why it was a good choice to finally watch something weekly. This whole 4 episodes per week was a perfect way to watch it.

Use spoiler tag!

I'm the first person who says, ratings don't matter especially on MDL, because most people can't give lower score than 8, but this drama deserves the perfect score for sure. I mean, I had to wait 20 years to give 10/10 for something. Also, it was written by the same woman who wrote "Fight for My Way" another amazing show. So, it's not surprising that this one is a masterpiece lead by one of the best actors, writer, and director.

I mean, if Lovely Runner deserved a 10 from you, this should be 100.😂 No offense.

The writer portrayed perfectly how real people behave honestly. Especially kids with their parents. Kids usually realize too late what they should be thankful to their parents, and just like Aesun said, even parents don't know everything about their kids.

I'm sorry, but it's obvious you didn't pay attention, because you don't understand these characters at all. After 4 episode, you should know them by now. I mean, I get if someone don't like this style because it's too real not some fantasy, but what you said about the characters is just being ignorant or what's worse, maybe you just watched it on 2x speed or as a background noise as many people do that nowadays.

More like Park Doe Young.😅

I only have D+ because of the kids of my sister. Yes, Bilibili only 720p for free and that's not good. You can use better sites like: Betterflix or Asiaflix, or Dramaday for direct downloads, but I don't like using warez anymore. Especially if I'm already paying for a streaming.

VIKI is not much better than Disney, especially with their crapy 720p quality. It's the 21st century, but they still don't have 4K or at least FHD. :D FHD is the minimum I want!

I don't recommend using Telegram, btw, if you don't want your personal info to be stolen. :D

Koreans have their on streaming sites as well, plus Netflix, Disney etc, but it's not like they need anything, because they can watch anything live on TV unlike us. :D

But you have to pay for the better quality, it's easier to use VPN for Disney+ and it's cheaper too, but I hate to do that. I don't want to use illegal platform or workarounds to watch something legally when I'm already paying for Disney+. It's not like Disney can't make these Kdramas available, they just don't want to do it.

It's coming in the 2nd half of 2025! The bad news is that Disney+ want to buy it, so it means, basically no one can watch it. I'm seriously done with Disney. Why bother buying so many Kdrama if it's only available in 3 countries? Canada, UK and Australia. I hope Netflix will mess up their plans. You can say whatever you want about Netflix, but at least they know how to promote Kdramas, and everyone can watch it legally. I'm not paying a lot of money for streaming to use Warez or lame online platform with crap quality.

https://x.com/IUteamstarcandy/status/1909780546030621094

It's not a sad ending, but there are a LOT of sad moments, just like in real life. This show is about real life based on 3 generation of a family. I don't think it's as depressing as My Mister, but it's not a lighthearted show either. It's a lot of fun, and a lot of crying as well. 😅 But one of the best written show with strong female characters. I don't even remember when was the last time when every female character (male also) were this well-written. All the tiny details that you can only understand if you watch it multiple times adds a lot to it as well.

You need at least 20kg tissue for crying.😅

It "feels like a series about life", because that's exactly what the show is about. 😂 It's not a fantasy with big monsters or a typical romcom with the usual family drama and some random serial killer villain out of nowhere. This is a hardcore real life drama.

The rating is not high because of IU and Bogum. In 20 years, this is the first time I rate something 10/10. The writing, the directing and the acting is basically perfect. Just because there are others shows with similar concept, doesn't mean all of them are perfect too. It's not easy to write a poetic show like this about 3 generation of a family with a lot of characters. Just like Flower of Evil, this is one of the best written Kdrama I've seen in 20 years!

I mean, true, but it's not like he's forced to mention this, especially, because this Commentary was made with Netflix Korea. Anyway, what he said is true in this case, because he only said the translation of the poems is great, not the whole sub, because I don't think he watched the whole show with ENG SUBS.

I'm not fluent in Korean, but the poems were well-made, for sure! The subs overall were decent, I didn't find anything bad, like I usually do most of the time. Even if you don't speak the original languages, it's easy to spot if the translator made a big mistake or even little ones.

FINALLY! The 50 minute long Commentary with ENG SUB is available on YT! The main cast and the director talking about the show while watching it!

Side note: The directors himself said, the ENG SUB on Netflix is really good, especially the poems!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK76rYdl0aw

I'm not talking about the last scene, but I'm pretty sure the whole 2nd part of the 2nd season was about the first guy and Yumi getting closer to each other again.

The whole show is significant to me, because it tells an important story about 3 generation of family. It's obvious you don't like real life drama with mature stories, so yeah, there's no point watching it if you only like cute romcoms where the couples only getting together in the finale.😅

Calling it boring is just lazy, like I said, it's not a real opinion. So many things happened in the first 5 episodes, saying it's boring is just being ignorant.

Like I said, ratings on MDL and in general doesn't mean anything, because most people give 10 or 1 anyway. Most people don't know how to rate. I gave 5/10 to Lovely Runner, that means it's average, basically. So, it's not hate as you can see it.

You don't have to write a whole book about any drama, but saying it's boring is just lazy and not a real opinion, like I said.

Anyway, I don't want to change your mind, you won't watch the whole show anyway, so there's no point talking about this. You clearly started watching it for the romance, even tho this has one of the best written romance I've seen in 20 years! And it has multiple couples, btw. This is the first Korean show I gave a 10/10 in 20 years, I have 15 Asian drama including movies I gave 9/10, everything else is lower, so you can see I'm not biased.

I love IU, she's my fave, and many people love her other show "Moon Lovers", but I just hate how they ruined it.