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It is all very basic and low budget (though that's to be expected for the format), with a mediocre script and some weird and clunky editing at times (so, who cast the dad of Gun? He's literally half Gun's height/size... 😂).

BUT, the leads have surprisingly good chemistry, despite how little time they have to develop it as well as their characters. Their romantic scenes are definitely the strongest part.

Good thing Go Gun was a nice guy; Cha Se Young decided she liked him before he even opened his mouth and she came on really strong right out of the gate. No one take lessons on finding quality guys this way, though! 😅 He could have turned out to be a boring, selfish jerk, for all she knew!

Don't know why this was R? The gambling?

P.S. Zuho has those feline Asian features like Lee Joong Gi and Hwang In Yeop. Zuho and Joong Gi could be brothers!

Thanks!

And that's mentioned in Episode 9, I assume?

I haven't watched 9 yet, but why is everyone saying that from the Epilogue? Will it make sense if I watch Episode 9? I saw the Epilogue but I don't know how people are getting a confirmed wedding from it. 😂

Didn't My Demon peter out sooner, like Episode 4? And yes, Episodes 9-16 are always the trickiest for screenwriters to stick the landing! These episodes in Kdramas separate the wheat from the chaff....

I still get a kick out of all the athletes struggling on the "hike." 😂😂😂 C'mon guys, are we supposed to think you work out all the time? 🤣

Hogoo's Love
When The Camellia Blooms
Life Flowers In Sand
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

I mean, if a team from TVN picks scripts you think they'd be able to tell the good from the less good; sometimes I wonder how certain dramas can surprise their own network with how good they are. 😅 If that happens, who wasn't doing their job correctly? 🤔😉

After rewatching snippets of Episode 8, because, you know, why not? I decided my favorite part is when they're talking on the phone and she's at the bus stop near his billboard picture and he's in his car. Their chemistry without even being together is SO good, and Byeon Woo Seok was 200% selling Sun Jae being smitten with Sol, and over the phone, no less (his facial expressions were just perfect!). It was a very well done scene; it reminded of the super convincing flirting/chemistry between Zhao Lusi and Chen Zheyuan in Hidden Love.

The trolls and naysayers haven't found it yet! 😅

It seems to be less popular in Korea, yes.

Well, there are real guys who don't give up on someone they've crushed on, but if they're not charismatic, attractive or good-looking they're perceived as creeps, I guess that's what I mean. But as far as the way Sun Jae is portrayed in this, yes, a gem (and too good to be true, if we're honest!).

Oh, that's a good point! It does give it a more nostalgic quality by being set in the early 2000's.

Aw, thanks! 🥰

Yes, they make the time skip work, but a REAL guy not being able to get over someone for that long is a little odd. It works in this story, though, and it just seems cute, not weird!

And I get what you mean about them being grown adults, but I personally prefer that they went the gentler route. ☺️

And the stalker girl was only 14 and ran away from home. Have no idea what the purpose of her was? Was it to show us that the person at Sun Jae's door was obviously someone else since she was with Sol when he got attacked?

Well, it's pretty iconic so far, but rom-coms do tend to do well on this platform, and it's only 8 episodes in. But it's been very steady-as-she-goes up to this point! No one really has any big issues with it yet. 🤷‍♀️ Tight pacing, not too many plotholes considering how complicated the premise is, endearing and lovable characters, good chemistry, sweet dialogue, no fluff or filler (at this point)--so yeah, going strong I would say! In particular the lead actors are really selling their roles and drawing us in. They're just so cute!

Yes, it did seem to gloss over that a bit, as I think they knew viewers would care more to see how she and Sun Jae reunite. But you're right, she does seem to adjust quickly to everything being different, but since virtually everything is better than before (i.e. her mom isn't burned, no wheelchair, brother and best friend are married and she has a niece in the bargain, Sun Jae's still alive, and she has the new job, etc.), she never really seems too upset about any of it because it's all overwhelmingly happy.

True Beauty, Extraordinary You, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, I'm Not A Robot (more for the rom-com tone, not the "he always liked her")

She was more careful than him and made sure not to put his name with his number. Smart!