I could kiss a wall better than JJ and HY kissed each other. I mean where are the feelings! I could see they were doing it for the camera and as a kdrama watcher, chemistry means everything between a couple. There was no spark or psychological and emotional interactions between them and i just couldn't watch them but i still tried. The chemistry is the least of my concerns but it still bothers the hell out of me.
I agree with everything except for one part. I truly do not get how people think sunoh was bad or toxic. Heyyoung…
I thought of that quote when i was watching season 1 two years ago. I was bothered by how he neglected his friend's feelings but as the season went on, i understood him better and his actions. SO was not evil at all, especially not after season 2. He was just a person with sad life who didn't even get happiness at the end.
To everyone who thinks that the drama didn't have any problem but people are just rating it low because their preferred people didn't end up together, here's a detailed explanation on what's wrong with the show besides the ship war.
I tried to go with it, bear it, but my patience just ran out. The popular opinion of the who JJ will end up with was far off in my "concern list" about the drama when i started watching it. I came here to see the development of characters from high schoolers to adults dealing with life and i came here to see a plot that is in consistency with what the characters would allow considering their characterization but there was basically none. The main character of the drama (JJ) is hard to watch and even harder to focus on. The expectation to see her transition from a teenager to an adult never happens. Her decisions and reactions to situations was screaming to the fact that she still is what she was in season 1; a weak, indecisive and unlikeable character. The ML is HY in this season because he has more screen time than SO. HY is basically one of the good ones that are just too good to be real hence deprive the viewers from the factor of relatablility but he still was watchable. As for how his chemistry with JJ is; it's nonexistent. They are cute but they have no chemistry partners in a kdrama should have. The SML (SO) is literally just wasted as a character for convenience of writer to write a JJ×HY arc. He was used as a plot device for the ending. Season 1 made me feel conflicted as i was struggling with his character's likeability but the quote "Not every man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for the happiness, the good he seeks" made me realise what he was; a pitiful and sad person who was trying to hold on to the good in his life (JJ) and season 2 still continues with using him as just that. The writers didn't even bother to give him a proper closure as at the end of the season, we see him still holding on to his feelings for JJ but then in a matter of 5 minutes, he lets go (didn't make sense). The writers were so bent on pulling the "ALL OKAY" card that they somehow thought that ending him up with someone he doesn't even love was a good idea.
The fact of the matter is, JJ ending up with HY isn't the issue, the lame plot and characters were. If you watched the whole show for your preferred ship then your ratings makes sense but if we were to discuss the writing and the poor execution of characters then a 5 star would be a great rating for it. I literally was frustrated with main character of the show (JJ) because of her uninteresting portrayal of real life problems and lack of development. She never learned! SO was used as a plot device for HY and JJ to end up together. That's pretty bad writing when a character (a multidimensional character like SO at that!) is wasted in order to have an ending for two other main characters (JJ and HY). SO was flawed and pitiful, people were sympathetic to his character because of how messed up his family and childhood was. People needed a closure for his character even if it was not with JJ but the writers used him for JJ to realize her feelings for HY and then sidelined him by giving him a nonsensical ending with a person he didn't even love. That's was just disappointing and anticinematic.
Scroll down and you will if you want to. Most of the comments are criticism on issues regarding characters and…
Well the plot was boring and characterization of the characters didn't make sense. There's a lot i can explain about why it's just a bad drama but near to nothing about why it should be called a good drama. Since you didn't understand the explanation of people here, i don't think my explanation will change things. I myself was utterly disappointed because of the plot and the way they portrayed the characters.
Sun-Oh from love alarm and HJP from start up needs to have a drama together where they find their actual happiness and not be plot devices for the main couple to end up together.
It's not about Hye yeong hating....It's about the story they executed for this type of ending...They could have…
I would never watch that. Season 2 made me hate love triangles even more. I thought start up was the worst case scenario in a messed up love triangle but love alarm is beginning to top my list.
How come na karamihan sa inyo hate nyo si Hye Yeong? Look pano nya pinapakita and prino-prove kay Jo-jo na sya…
Did you actually read what people are complaining about? No one objected to HY being happy, dude. Idk why you would ask people if they would have a boyfriend like HY! No one is objecting to the fact that he's a good person and deserves happiness. Read what people are saying before stating something as irrelevant as HY deserving happiness in a discussion where a drama (plot, multiple characters, cinematography, music and much more) is being analysed.
10/10! I do believe Hye Young also deserves this kind of happiness. He was there all along and he is very consistent.He…
10/10 because HY had happiness? Lol. The drama wasn't just about his happiness but so much more. The messed up the "so much more" and that's why people are upset with it. Not all of us can focus only on happiness of a character and be contended with everything else that's messed up.
What I understoodJojo was so fixated on the app that she didn't know how she felt. She wanted to make the Alarm…
Fair enough, she came to love HY. No one is complaining about how she realised it. The bigger problem is the writers didn't explain as to why she came to love him when an episode ago, she seemed not to. Like every other drama shows subtle hints and reasons as to why and how two people came to love each other but here they just dropped it on you. They rushed into it so much that i didn't feel any chemistry or connection, potential partners should have, between them. I would have like HY and JJ together if they worked on building their relationship rather than just letting us deal with a mess. I can ignore the end couple mess if they pulled off a better plot and characterization of characters. JJ was a mess and didn't learn anything as to who she is (her family situation) and what she wants (her romantic confusion). I expected her to have development whem season 1 depicted the same things about her as season 2. HY was the same perfect boy who was waiting, the same as season 1. SO, oh my head and heart both hurt, was literally miserable throughout. His character was sidelined just because of the effect he had on viewers in first season and for us to root for the lead (HY). They just messed up so bad here that it was painful to watch him. SO clearly explained to his girlfriend in season 1 that he has feelings for someone else but she still stayed. He just couldn't control who he loved and the writer made sure it was JJ for nonsensical reasons.
And what's wrong with that? The drama is 90% based on the love triangle and as bad as it sounds, the one interesting…
Like i said, you and people have different priorities. Their priority maybe the end ship (chemistry, how and why they ended up together and their closure) and if it doesn't satisfy them, then i think it's logical enough to show a dislike or disappointment. I totally understand you POV too as i understand theirs.
No problem. Lets agree to disagree. I'm happy you enjoyed the drama.
I tried to go with it, bear it, but my patience just ran out. The popular opinion of the who JJ will end up with was far off in my "concern list" about the drama when i started watching it. I came here to see the development of characters from high schoolers to adults dealing with life and i came here to see a plot that is in consistency with what the characters would allow considering their characterization but there was basically none.
The main character of the drama (JJ) is hard to watch and even harder to focus on. The expectation to see her transition from a teenager to an adult never happens. Her decisions and reactions to situations was screaming to the fact that she still is what she was in season 1; a weak, indecisive and unlikeable character.
The ML is HY in this season because he has more screen time than SO. HY is basically one of the good ones that are just too good to be real hence deprive the viewers from the factor of relatablility but he still was watchable. As for how his chemistry with JJ is; it's nonexistent. They are cute but they have no chemistry partners in a kdrama should have.
The SML (SO) is literally just wasted as a character for convenience of writer to write a JJ×HY arc. He was used as a plot device for the ending. Season 1 made me feel conflicted as i was struggling with his character's likeability but the quote "Not every man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for the happiness, the good he seeks" made me realise what he was; a pitiful and sad person who was trying to hold on to the good in his life (JJ) and season 2 still continues with using him as just that. The writers didn't even bother to give him a proper closure as at the end of the season, we see him still holding on to his feelings for JJ but then in a matter of 5 minutes, he lets go (didn't make sense). The writers were so bent on pulling the "ALL OKAY" card that they somehow thought that ending him up with someone he doesn't even love was a good idea.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
That's how i have been feeling for the last 6 hours.
SO was used as a plot device for HY and JJ to end up together. That's pretty bad writing when a character (a multidimensional character like SO at that!) is wasted in order to have an ending for two other main characters (JJ and HY). SO was flawed and pitiful, people were sympathetic to his character because of how messed up his family and childhood was. People needed a closure for his character even if it was not with JJ but the writers used him for JJ to realize her feelings for HY and then sidelined him by giving him a nonsensical ending with a person he didn't even love. That's was just disappointing and anticinematic.
Since you didn't understand the explanation of people here, i don't think my explanation will change things.
I myself was utterly disappointed because of the plot and the way they portrayed the characters.
Ships are far down in the list of things, that are messed and disappointing, in this drama.
No one objected to HY being happy, dude. Idk why you would ask people if they would have a boyfriend like HY! No one is objecting to the fact that he's a good person and deserves happiness.
Read what people are saying before stating something as irrelevant as HY deserving happiness in a discussion where a drama (plot, multiple characters, cinematography, music and much more) is being analysed.
SO was the SML in season 2.
The bigger problem is the writers didn't explain as to why she came to love him when an episode ago, she seemed not to. Like every other drama shows subtle hints and reasons as to why and how two people came to love each other but here they just dropped it on you. They rushed into it so much that i didn't feel any chemistry or connection, potential partners should have, between them. I would have like HY and JJ together if they worked on building their relationship rather than just letting us deal with a mess.
I can ignore the end couple mess if they pulled off a better plot and characterization of characters.
JJ was a mess and didn't learn anything as to who she is (her family situation) and what she wants (her romantic confusion). I expected her to have development whem season 1 depicted the same things about her as season 2.
HY was the same perfect boy who was waiting, the same as season 1.
SO, oh my head and heart both hurt, was literally miserable throughout. His character was sidelined just because of the effect he had on viewers in first season and for us to root for the lead (HY). They just messed up so bad here that it was painful to watch him.
SO clearly explained to his girlfriend in season 1 that he has feelings for someone else but she still stayed. He just couldn't control who he loved and the writer made sure it was JJ for nonsensical reasons.
No problem. Lets agree to disagree. I'm happy you enjoyed the drama.