Just finished episode 9 and this drama keeps getting better. First of all, let's drop this nonsense about the female lead looking two old, not dressing well, etc. etc. Before episode 8 she didn't care about how she dressed, the last thing she thought about was her looks, romance was over for her. She had been so depressed that she even was ready to end her life. But SJW brought her back to life!! Notice how good she looks now. Notice the brightness in her smile and step. Notice how pretty she is now! Jung Ju Mi gave all you naysayers a class in acting as she changes from a person who is colorless to a person where love enables her to bloom like lilac (had to say with the theme).
Best of all the drama took a dramatic turn with the emergence of her old CEO and the attitude of SJW's Mom. Buckle up for tomorrow.
If you follow TvN Drama instagram, you can see TvN promoted them a lot during the first few airing episodes. They…
It is not TvN that I question. For them not to promote this couple would be just plain stupid. It is sights like viki and google, for example that I have a problem with.
I am getting angry for our young teens in this drama by the way media and info websites cover Love Your Enemy. Go to google and click on cast and you won't see Hong Min ki or Oh Yeju there. And google is not the only one. Probably the worst is viki where they not listed as cast. That kind of stuff is just plain wrong. Let me be clear. I have posted here that I really like both the teens and the adult version of our main couple. I have tried to defend the mature couple and the way their chemistry warms up from episode 6 makes me happy that I stood up for them. But let me frank, those young actors, with their talent, their visuals, their out of this world chemistry carried this drama for the first 4 episodes. AND THEY DESERVE RECONGNITION FOR THAT! I hope the director will do an interview or something to give them credit. It would be nice if the FL and ML speak a word praising them in this drama. Why? Because they deserve it.
I know there is a majority of people who are not a fan of the FML and prefer her younger self but I have to say…
You are 100% correct. They must have gotten together and Oh Yeju worked on getting Jung Yu Mi's expressions and mannerisms down flat. And by the way, do you notice that when the adults come together Jung Yu Mi reverts to her true self. Their love for each other, finally recognized in their 30s is forever young. Unless you don't like romcoms in general, I have no idea why anyone would trash this one. Best romcom of the year.
Firstly, I strongly desire for ML to end up with FL, even if it is just for half an episode, and allow her to…
I have no idea what you are saying. It has been pride and self-respect that have kept them from talking. Besides, and this is true to my own life, when you really love someone, the last thing that is important to you is maintaining your self-respect.
Episode 7 was wonderful. The Director's artistry in weaving the story between our teen and adult couple was on display here. I felt like I was watching a gold metal relay team in this episode. The teen couple who have delivered chemistry and romance in spades passed the romcom baton off to our veterans who will now anchor this drama to it's ending (However, I do hope that we will see more of our wonderful teens). Can hardly wait for tomorrow's episode.
Well episode 7 is coming and I think a lot of posters who slammed the FL are going to eat crow. Or most likely they won't grace us with their ridiculous posts anymore. Why do I say that? The answer is simple -- the romance of the adults is about to flow! And you know what, I believe that the chemistry that these two great, veteran actors will generate will be right up there with their younger selves. So much so, that by the time we reach episode 12 we will able to say with great satisfaction: "That was a great drama! The young actors who played the MC in their teens were wonderful. They deserve a romcom of their own. And beginning with episode 7 the veteran actors of Princess Hours and I Need Romance stepped up to the challenge of the excellence of the Oh Yeju and Hong Min Ki." This is my prediction.
I have to say that the OST in this drama is wonderful! Both Big Naughty and Lee Mujin have delivered great songs, which really drives the romance. When the young ML, in the nurses office (episode one) and looks at the young female, looking absolutely, drop dead, beautiful and then the Big Naughty song plays for the first time it melts your heart. In the last episode when they see that the miracle has happened, the lilac has bloomed and there is a 5 petal bloom in his hand, Lee Mujin's song just captures and puts an exclamation point on the wonder of the scene.
Oh Yeju is on a roll. She plays a disturbed teen in Gangnam B Side. She and Hong Min Ki are killing it over at Love Your Enemy and here she sensitively deals with a serous issue in a family. The beautiful and fun loving Crown Princess in Under The Kings Umbrella is showing us she is quite the actress. She needs a leading role in a drama ASAP.
I am getting tired of this trash talking of the FL because she is mean and violent. But at the same time they sing the praises of the teen. Now, Lord knows, I am a fan of Oh Yeju -- she is going to be a star. However, you people need to rewatch episode as she crashes the teen ML in the soccer game and sends him to the ground. Pretty violent and mean if you ask me. You see, naysaying posters, this is her personality! She is a ferocious person. Part of this drama is that was knocked out of her by life but with appearance of her first love and now enemy that part of her personality comes roaring back. I guess some viewers and posters in their effort to be negative just refuse to connect the dots. Some of these posters claim Jung Ju Mi is annoying in her role. I have a different view. I think your posts are annoying. Sorry. Just had to vent.
I wondered why the rating went down a week ago for the 3rd and 4th episode and, then it hit me, that was when Korea was going through it's President declaring marshal law turmoil. Lot's of kdrama's were canceled because of this during the crisis. However, the ratings have now started to recover -- 5.5 nationwide and 8 in Seoul. Onward and upward.
Glad the lilacs finally bloomed. We got the foretaste of that in episode 5. I am astounded by the misunderstanding of what is going on in this drama!
1. This ugliness towards the FL is stupid. Come on, she lost her parents, her job, and her first love. And then she discovered that her Father was cheating her Grandfather. Life in just a short time turned from sweet to bitter. And now 18 years later when she is finally able to move ahead and put her past behind her and confess to the nice guy nurse, she is rejected and her first love, WHO SHE HAS NEVER GOTTEN OVER SHOWS UP. And you anti this drama posters below expect her to be like a normal person? She is filled with bitterness -- with her life, and towards him. And she is angry at herself for discovering that she still has feelings towards him. Come on people, she is a victim of a person who is supposed to be her friend, but is instead a selfish, jealous bully who has been feeding her nothing but poison year after year.
2. Our ML has his own level of bitterness mixed with a large dose of pride. In this episode he had the opportunity to have an honest talk with her. And by the way that is what the FL wants as she asks over and over again, "Why did you come back? What is with this stupid bet about a flower? Why? Why? Why? Heartbreakingly he refuses to answer her honestly as his anger at the past takes over: "I want to dump you!" After that, I would want to curl my lip at him to.
3. Our 2FL is doing a great job. We viewers are supposed to hate her. We want her revealed ASAP and when she isn't (because she is cunning) we cry out in anger. The Director is doing that on purpose. Why? Because this is a Romcom.
4. In most kdrama's about midway through we have a breakthrough. The 2FL made a mistake with the phone. The lilac is miraculously blooming. Believe me, in the next two episodes stuff is going to happen big time. Be patient. Because you know what? If I know anything about romcoms the last thing this couple is going to have to deal with is the parents and grandfather! That will take at two episodes.
I have already posted this but this as well as Lovely Runner is the best romcoms of the year. One more thing, this drama will become noted as the breakthroughs for Hong Min Ki and Oh Yeju. After seeing them, how could it not be?
The adult versions are insufferable, the younger versions had more maturity.
Sorry to disagree. Here is the key to the adults and to why this is really good romcom stuff. The ML is supposed to be this rich, arrogant, super competent guy but he never hesitates to act like petty idiot in when he is with Ji Won. Everything about her drives him into love induced madness.
I think that both the adults and the teens are doing great in this. If we didn't know much about their youth then I would agree with all the posters trying to dish out grief to the adult version of the main couple. The truth is that together the teens and the adults form a whole which makes this drama deeper and better than your average romcom. And by the way, cut Ji Won some slack. In a short space in time she lost her parents, her job, her first love, and found out her Dad was a crook. It would be weird if she wasn't a little depressed and feeling low.
On another note, I just rewatched the end of episode 5 and I just have to say this -- Oh Yeju is crushingly beautiful. No wonder the lilacs bloom when she walks by. For me, she is right up there with the "Original Visual" herself -- Irene of Red Velvet -- when she was in her early twenties. Both of the teens deserve, no they need, to be cast in leads ASAP.
I have to say that the last 20 minutes of episode 5 is about as chemistry filled and romantic as it gets -- for both couples. In his dream Ji Won comes to him with all her young beauty, innocence -- a vision of loveliness. The same vision he has in episode 1 in the nurses office. And then after hours of her nursing him he wakes up and says -- Are you really Ji Won and despite the all that she has been through, he sees that she is, she is that same vision of loveliness. Then he looks at her with the same passion as he showed in the nurses office and he kisses her. And she kisses him back. All this happens with the wonderful back drop of "Day After Day" which is the best song in a romcom I have heard this year.
Folks, this drama has it all, good story, comedy, and intense romance. The people who try to bad mouth this drama simply don't know what a good romcom is! Sorry just my opinion.
I love both the teen and the mature version of this drama. Of course that was expected Ju Ji Hoon and Jung Yu Mi. They are well known, talented, and so people looked forward to their return to romcom. And they have not disappointed. Some people have complained that they are being petty. I guess the only response I have is that their is no age limit for being petty -- especially with their back story. But, more importantly, they are excellent at being petty in their roles.
The real surprise in this drama are teens. No one expected the chemistry that they ignite when they are together! No expected their excellence in acting. And their visuals! I don't know about Hong Min Ki, but Oh Yeju has added 20000 followers in her Instagram site just in the past week. Their scenes together are all over X and Tic Tok. TVN is now starting to market them. Let's remember that when this drama began they were listed as just making guest appearances on MDL, On Vicki their pictures still are not up as part of the cast. They were no where to be found at the main opening interview of the cast. I wonder why?
However, I think that Park Joon Hwa soon realized what he had with these two young actors. I mean the person who directed Alchemy of Souls, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, and Because This is My First Life, should know when he is directing romance that is combustible. Here is a bit of trivia, when Oh Yeju was cast as one of the leads in this year's KBS drama specials, PJH sent a coffee truck to promote and honor her when they began shooting, That drama entitled, To My Lonely Sister will be on Vicki before the end of month.
Oh Yeju made a splash in Korea and elsewhere when she unexpectedly appeared in the top 10 for the most buzzworthy actors/actresses list in her supporting role as the Crown Princess in Under The Queen's Umbrella. I think that may happen again here. Her Instagram account is going up by the thousands, she is all over X, tic toc is ablaze. The same, I am sure, is happening with Hong Ming Ki.
Now please understand, I really like the Main Leads, but the truth is that these two young people, with their visuals, chemistry, and acting talent have been the driving force for the buzz with this drama so far. In large part, I think, they are reason that the viewership almost doubled from episode to episode. I say this, because for whatever reason, most of the forums and press outlets were like MDL at first, they were only considered as people making a cameo or guest appearance. As time goes on with this drama, I hope they get the credit they deserve!
Best of all the drama took a dramatic turn with the emergence of her old CEO and the attitude of SJW's Mom. Buckle up for tomorrow.
Episode 7 was wonderful. The Director's artistry in weaving the story between our teen and adult couple was on display here. I felt like I was watching a gold metal relay team in this episode. The teen couple who have delivered chemistry and romance in spades passed the romcom baton off to our veterans who will now anchor this drama to it's ending (However, I do hope that we will see more of our wonderful teens). Can hardly wait for tomorrow's episode.
1. This ugliness towards the FL is stupid. Come on, she lost her parents, her job, and her first love. And then she discovered that her Father was cheating her Grandfather. Life in just a short time turned from sweet to bitter. And now 18 years later when she is finally able to move ahead and put her past behind her and confess to the nice guy nurse, she is rejected and her first love, WHO SHE HAS NEVER GOTTEN OVER SHOWS UP. And you anti this drama posters below expect her to be like a normal person? She is filled with bitterness -- with her life, and towards him. And she is angry at herself for discovering that she still has feelings towards him. Come on people, she is a victim of a person who is supposed to be her friend, but is instead a selfish, jealous bully who has been feeding her nothing but poison year after year.
2. Our ML has his own level of bitterness mixed with a large dose of pride. In this episode he had the opportunity to have an honest talk with her. And by the way that is what the FL wants as she asks over and over again, "Why did you come back? What is with this stupid bet about a flower? Why? Why? Why? Heartbreakingly he refuses to answer her honestly as his anger at the past takes over: "I want to dump you!" After that, I would want to curl my lip at him to.
3. Our 2FL is doing a great job. We viewers are supposed to hate her. We want her revealed ASAP and when she isn't (because she is cunning) we cry out in anger. The Director is doing that on purpose. Why? Because this is a Romcom.
4. In most kdrama's about midway through we have a breakthrough. The 2FL made a mistake with the phone. The lilac is miraculously blooming. Believe me, in the next two episodes stuff is going to happen big time. Be patient. Because you know what? If I know anything about romcoms the last thing this couple is going to have to deal with is the parents and grandfather! That will take at two episodes.
I have already posted this but this as well as Lovely Runner is the best romcoms of the year. One more thing, this drama will become noted as the breakthroughs for Hong Min Ki and Oh Yeju. After seeing them, how could it not be?
On another note, I just rewatched the end of episode 5 and I just have to say this -- Oh Yeju is crushingly beautiful. No wonder the lilacs bloom when she walks by. For me, she is right up there with the "Original Visual" herself -- Irene of Red Velvet -- when she was in her early twenties. Both of the teens deserve, no they need, to be cast in leads ASAP.
Folks, this drama has it all, good story, comedy, and intense romance. The people who try to bad mouth this drama simply don't know what a good romcom is! Sorry just my opinion.
The real surprise in this drama are teens. No one expected the chemistry that they ignite when they are together! No expected their excellence in acting. And their visuals! I don't know about Hong Min Ki, but Oh Yeju has added 20000 followers in her Instagram site just in the past week. Their scenes together are all over X and Tic Tok. TVN is now starting to market them. Let's remember that when this drama began they were listed as just making guest appearances on MDL, On Vicki their pictures still are not up as part of the cast. They were no where to be found at the main opening interview of the cast. I wonder why?
However, I think that Park Joon Hwa soon realized what he had with these two young actors. I mean the person who directed Alchemy of Souls, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, and Because This is My First Life, should know when he is directing romance that is combustible. Here is a bit of trivia, when Oh Yeju was cast as one of the leads in this year's KBS drama specials, PJH sent a coffee truck to promote and honor her when they began shooting, That drama entitled, To My Lonely Sister will be on Vicki before the end of month.
Now please understand, I really like the Main Leads, but the truth is that these two young people, with their visuals, chemistry, and acting talent have been the driving force for the buzz with this drama so far. In large part, I think, they are reason that the viewership almost doubled from episode to episode. I say this, because for whatever reason, most of the forums and press outlets were like MDL at first, they were only considered as people making a cameo or guest appearance. As time goes on with this drama, I hope they get the credit they deserve!