I’m currently on episode 4 and I already love this so much. I haven’t watched a CDrama like this in a while. It feels grounded and genuinely mature, instead of rushing into romance just for the sake of it. The characters behave like real adults, and the way connections form feels natural rather than forced. There’s no instant obsession or exaggerated advances, just subtle attraction, casual conversations, and a sense of taking things at a realistic pace. That restraint and patience in how the drama handles relationships is what I really love.
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I still really appreciate the realism, mature tone, and natural romance, but I was honestly disappointed by how little focus the main couple ended up getting. As the drama went on, it spent far too much time on side characters and their storylines, sometimes giving them more development than the actual leads. Even with 18 episodes, it felt like only a small part of the show was really about the main couple, which threw off the pacing and made it lose some of the spark it had at the start.
The fls acting is quite average, is she new to the industry? I think i have never seen her before.....Also she…
She’s actually pretty new to the K-drama scene. She focused more on movies earlier in her career, so Last Summer is her first K-drama as a female lead. She was also in The Sound of Magic, starring Hwang In Youp and Ji Chang Wook, where she had a main role but wasn’t the protagonist.
Even though she’s had a lot of main roles, most of her earlier projects weren’t that well known, so a lot of people just aren’t familiar with her yet. That can make it feel like she doesn’t have the usual main-lead vibe.
What happened to this actor, he's gone completely awol from the acting industry since 2023, sure he's gonna do a cameo in Taxi driver 3, but I wouldn't really count that. He's very underrated
The win was biased asf, SK’s captain needs an ego check he genuinely made me mad.
Stop complaining like a child just because you did not want SK to win. You are acting like an absolute cry baby. What exactly did the SK captain do that makes you think he needs an ego check? This is a competition, so trash talking and high confidence is normal. If anything, Australia were the ones who came across as needing an ego check. If you cannot handle that, then competition shows are clearly not for you and you might be better off watching something else.
And how was the win biased? That is another baseless claim with no evidence at all. You are only saying this because you're butthurt that your team did not win.
-----------------------------------------EDIT AFTER FINISHING THE DRAMA-----------------------------------------
I still really appreciate the realism, mature tone, and natural romance, but I was honestly disappointed by how little focus the main couple ended up getting. As the drama went on, it spent far too much time on side characters and their storylines, sometimes giving them more development than the actual leads. Even with 18 episodes, it felt like only a small part of the show was really about the main couple, which threw off the pacing and made it lose some of the spark it had at the start.
Even though she’s had a lot of main roles, most of her earlier projects weren’t that well known, so a lot of people just aren’t familiar with her yet. That can make it feel like she doesn’t have the usual main-lead vibe.
And how was the win biased? That is another baseless claim with no evidence at all. You are only saying this because you're butthurt that your team did not win.