Butterfly

The Bus Ride That Ran Out of Fuel

The drama was good, but honestly not as amazing as everyone made it out to be. I went in expecting edge-of-my-seat excitement the whole way through, without a single dull moment… but nope, that didn’t happen.

The core plot was pretty cool — a time loop, someone trying to break it, and accidentally dragging another person into the cycle. Up to that point, I thought, “Okay, this is worth it.” But later they focused way too much on the personal lives of every single passenger on that bus. We drifted so far from the main story and the suspense, and instead we were stuck watching the everyday struggles of random characters.

Around episode 4 (I think), they started showing these short backstories of some passengers. Basically, we’d find out we already knew the suspect they were watching was innocent… but the characters still had a long way to figure it out. That was kind of frustrating. I wanted to feel the suspense and doubt along with them, but the show kept explaining everything to us first. The final side story especially dragged on forever.

And don’t even get me started on the romance. It was honestly the most pointless love story. Are we supposed to believe they fell in love just because they went through life-and-death situations together? That’s so flimsy. Does that mean if it were anyone else who went through the same hardships with them, they’d fall for them too? Or were they just trauma-bonded? I couldn’t feel any chemistry between them at all. It felt like the writers forced a romance into the story just to make it more appealing.

Now about the bus driver girl’s backstory — I get that what happened to her was tragic, but why did she jump out of the bus like that? She could’ve screamed or tried to get attention. Eventually someone would’ve helped, right? Didn’t the police say the driver was supposed to report that kind of situation? So why did he let her off the bus? (He claimed it was because she tried to grab the wheel and could’ve caused an accident, but seriously, wasn’t there anyone else to hold her back? Even the FL tried once and that big guy stopped her right away so she wouldn’t distract the driver.)

The show did a good job hooking me at the start, but it just couldn’t keep up the momentum. And the soundtrack… ugh. The “thrilling” scenes didn’t feel thrilling at all because of the music, and the romantic scenes made me want to just skip ahead.

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I'll miss them by the way

For who want to watch it, this is my experience of their amazing world:

Okay, I just finished it and I don't know what to do with my life now. I lived with them for 40 episodes, I laughed with their happiness and cried with their sorrows.
I once thought this drama became famous for nothing! No matter what they do, they can't keep a story interesting for 40 episodes, but now I really regret not watching this drama sooner.
This was a nice one, but you know, it's one of those that requires a lot of patience to watch. Because you might get hurt because of the ending, the misunderstandings, the sorrows, the problems that haven't ended yet, start again. My heart is still broken from watching it.
Story: 8.5/10

The actors/actresses showed their best. The way they looked, their facial expressions, their voices that changed depending on the situation, their smiles, everything was perfect. You won't regret it. The chemistry between the main couple is great. (And I became a fan of Bai Lu after this, she's so pretty.)
Acting: 10/10

Speaking of OST, to be honest, the night I finished the drama and I wanted to sleep, for a few days ater that, the songs kept playing in my head and I felt nostalgic. They are unforgettable and sad at the same time.
OST: 10/10

I don't think I want to watch it for the first time and feel this sadness again(I don't like this feeling, I can't stand it.) but I'll rewatch the good feeling parts.
Of course that hurt my heart but was still worth watching.
Rewatch value: 8/10

And now.. it's hard to forget them. Really hard. And for all good feeling that the main couple gave to me, it should be 10/10 :))

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"Extra + Ordinary = Extraordinary you"

- This drama has a very interesting and unpredictable plot,
but it was very slow, I waited a long time for the story to become a bit clearer and progress. And in the end I realized that nothing was supposed to be explained at all!
The main idea of ​​the drama (that is, what they showed us from the beginning) was for Don O to create her own destiny and prevent the forced fate imposed on her by the writer, but she gradually gave up and the main idea disappeared and we were told that fate cannot be prevented.
And Don O, seeing that she could not do anything, decided to prioritize love over everything. (Two misconceptions that can be taken from the story!)

I really wanted to show the writer once and have something happen that would make them escape from his control. It really disappointed me that in the end they had to continue living in the fantasy world, a world where they have no control. But this time with different relationships and forgetting each other in the previous two worlds, that we lived with one of those worlds for 32 episodes! Even if they become aware again that they are under the writer's control, many of them may not remember each other in the previous world like they did last time!
As a result, nothing worked out, only Don O and Haru got back together!
It seems that between these three worlds, they are the only ones who find each other. So what about the other couples? other loves? The rest have to fall in love again with different situations and personalities and break up to wait for the next world?

Before I watched the drama, I thought that black holes were for teleportation between drama worlds. Because I heard that a scene from this drama was aired in True Beauty.
Even after I realized that this is not what black holes are for, I was waiting for a logical reason for them and maybe a new idea for the plot. But in the end, nothing happened and no explanation was given.. (7/10)


- the acting was really great. I especially liked Do-hwa's acting and character. But FL's act is always the same in all the dramas she's ever acted in, and it's really boring. (8/10)

- one OST makes me cry, that one is without words and with sad melody... and the rest are not memorable and have no lasting impact. (7/10)

- There's no reason to watch it again.
Repetitive scenes? Character fights? A story that was never completed and logically explained?
Perhaps the only reason to rewatch is because it's a comedy drama, but since there aren't many of those comedy scenes, it's very hard to find them again. (4/10)

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