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Who hasn´t been personally involved or heard about others falling victim to unrequited love? It´s a dilemma that leaves some aching wounds that can heal over time. Often, there isn´t much you can do to change your fate, except respect yourself first by getting some distance between you and the person who does not feel the same about you, which is one of the healthiest ways to deal with this emotional mess. Precisely this closeness to realistic struggles and decisions during the situation of "unrequited young love" has made me enjoy "Something´s Not Right" on a profound level. Which by no means is a flawless, perfect script, but I have long given up on the idea of ever witnessing that anyway.

In the show, they don´t lose sight of other important elements of this story, "youth" and "uncertainty". When I watched the show, it reminded me of similar situations I have witnessed throughout my late teens/ early adulthood. Unrequited love, however, is not something that is limited to a certain age; you can find it all across the spectrum of human life. If it were not for the loving person to meet with uncertainty, as shown in this series, without emotional fire and confusion, the story would soon find its end. Sometimes it is assumed that one has it all figured out, as if one could predict the outcome: We hurt ourselves with an imaginary outcome far before it could even get the chance to unfold to begin with. In this case, SOMETHING about those outcome predictions IS certainly NOT RIGHT, which brings up an unpredictable variable and causes a swinging dynamic between the two young men. By playing with this back-and-forth dynamic, the writers give their characters more and more layers of relatability and also don´t fail to leave the audience frustrated when watching this spectacle that seems so obvious to the eye, but maybe not to a confused heart ...

I am happy I got the chance to share my thoughts on why I found it worthwhile to dive into Ba Woo and Ji Hun´s story with you.