Simply a comfort watch
I really enjoyed this series. It doesn't introduce anything new to the genre but it also doesn't go overboard with the standard romantic tropes...they are certainly there but moderated over what has become all to common in romantic dramas.
I really enjoyed the acting by Seo In-guk and Park Ji-hyun. I felt they played their characters excellently. Park Ji-hyun did a great job playing someone that had given 7 years of her life to a one sided relationship that had not seen proper closure. While it was sometimes frustrating to watch her struggle to move on from her ex and with her jealousy over Si-woo's ex, the way she portrayed those emotions was just right – making her character understandable rather than irritating.
Seo In-guk's portrayal of Si-woo was equally good. Rather than the standard purely stoic ML, his subtle grins and caring glances added a lot of depth to his character. While Si-woo is an excellent example of a green flag courtship, I did think he was a bit too accommodating to some of Ji-yoon's insecurities. The seesaw metaphor that comes up in one of Ji-yun's discussions is an excellent example for a healthy relationship.
The workplace drama is your standard bad boss / conniving executive trope but fortunately the series doesn't spend an inordinate amount of time on it. It was frustrating for there not to have been any repercussions for the sabotage they committed as there was ample proof of their guilt and it was something that could have affected the entire company.
As with almost all romantic drama's I wish they'd spent more time with the secondary romance. Kang Mi-na and Won Gyu-bin did a great job with their characters and I'd have liked to see them fleshed out more (too bad the secondary romance is seen as obligatory to have yet rarely given the time it deserves)
The last episode was a bit weird. While the ending itself was satisfying, what they did with Si-woo's character was strange and somewhat out of left field.
So while the series did have some issues, I did enjoy it throughout. The minor irritations were far outweighed by the vicarious pleasure of watching Si-woo and Ji-yoon budding relationship.
NOTE: as others have mentioned, the English dubbing is horrible. While I always watch Asian dramas in their native language with English subtitles, for some reason, Prime video was set for the thumbnail trailer to blast out the version with the English dubbing...it was almost enough to make me not want to watch it.
I really enjoyed the acting by Seo In-guk and Park Ji-hyun. I felt they played their characters excellently. Park Ji-hyun did a great job playing someone that had given 7 years of her life to a one sided relationship that had not seen proper closure. While it was sometimes frustrating to watch her struggle to move on from her ex and with her jealousy over Si-woo's ex, the way she portrayed those emotions was just right – making her character understandable rather than irritating.
Seo In-guk's portrayal of Si-woo was equally good. Rather than the standard purely stoic ML, his subtle grins and caring glances added a lot of depth to his character. While Si-woo is an excellent example of a green flag courtship, I did think he was a bit too accommodating to some of Ji-yoon's insecurities. The seesaw metaphor that comes up in one of Ji-yun's discussions is an excellent example for a healthy relationship.
The workplace drama is your standard bad boss / conniving executive trope but fortunately the series doesn't spend an inordinate amount of time on it. It was frustrating for there not to have been any repercussions for the sabotage they committed as there was ample proof of their guilt and it was something that could have affected the entire company.
As with almost all romantic drama's I wish they'd spent more time with the secondary romance. Kang Mi-na and Won Gyu-bin did a great job with their characters and I'd have liked to see them fleshed out more (too bad the secondary romance is seen as obligatory to have yet rarely given the time it deserves)
The last episode was a bit weird. While the ending itself was satisfying, what they did with Si-woo's character was strange and somewhat out of left field.
So while the series did have some issues, I did enjoy it throughout. The minor irritations were far outweighed by the vicarious pleasure of watching Si-woo and Ji-yoon budding relationship.
NOTE: as others have mentioned, the English dubbing is horrible. While I always watch Asian dramas in their native language with English subtitles, for some reason, Prime video was set for the thumbnail trailer to blast out the version with the English dubbing...it was almost enough to make me not want to watch it.
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