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I had to drop this one... I felt quite bored all along. I couldn't really care for any of the characters... They felt bland to me and I realy couldn't get into the story at all. I personally didn't like the FL at all and it ended up feeling like a chore to watch another episode... The story sounded intresting and the trailer convinced me to watch it, sadly, I was pretty disappointed... :/

I really enjoyed watching this one! I absolutely adored Woo Young Woo, I loved following her though her first professionnal and romantic experiences. Some cases were more interesting than others but it's normal. I kinda liked the romance too, and the male lead was a nice surpise! It's not often you find a nice, kind, lovable male lead whose characteristic doesn't stop at "gloomy" and "cold", on the opposite, he was warm and caring!
Although I obviously loved the drama overall, the finale was kind of disappointing to me... I don't know why it felt so flat but the case they were working on wasn't that interesting and Jung Myung Seok wasn't even really part of the team...
Great drama but disappointing finale....

Drama was alright, yet the female lead can very often be highly annoying and a few things didn't really made sense sometimes. I wouldn't watch it again.

I am scared for the little girl.. she shouldn't end with neither of her bio parents... i don't know how it works in their particular case but i really hope there won't be an issue for her to stay with Yeo Jin's husband, he's the only hope for her to grow up sane and with empathy...

Netflix doing its thing and cutting the story in half is pretty annoying... The beggining really got me invested when I hadn't realised yet that the story on itself wasn't just 8 episode, I only started questionning its length on the 7th episode when I noticed nothing much had moved since the beginning. To be fair, I hope to see Dong Eun fully avenge on her terms, whatever it costs... She spent 18 years planning her revenge, if something or someone suddenly convinces her not to, I'd find it pretty riduculous.... Really excited to see them all fall one after the other.

Ahah no no it's not rude, just separated parents 🤣

Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did ! :)

I really tried to like it. Like it has been pointed out, the main actors had great chemistry and it was a nice surprise... but it stopped there for me... I couldn't finish it, I watched 8 episodes I believe... But I kept rolling my eyes more and more with each episode... I am not a fan of Mame's work which obviously doesn't help... I think I felt like they wanted to create a deep plot but it fell flat for me... I didn't rate it though, it wouldn't be fair since I didn't finish it.

Maybe is it about Sean going after the ones responsible for his father's death. That's really the only common thing I see really...

The only issue I have with Not Me is that it came out early 2022 and so everything else I watched in 2022 was terribly bland. Not Me was the best thing that happened in 2022.

Hi :) There are a few of the contradictions you point at I'd like to comment about.
For the insomnia/yet sleeping peacefully, I struggle with insomnia a lot, I have panic disorder and find myself very anxious at night which makes it highly difficult to fall asleep, yet, once I am, I struggle to wake up a lot. I think it's pretty common, Team is probably terrified to fall asleep and yet, once he does, it's gonna be very painful to wake up, especially if it was a peaceful... Team also points out that his nightmares are on and off, more important during swimming competition and such.
For Team's entire life being about swimming, I'm pretty sure it comes from his guilt and the promise he made as a child. He probably wants to keep his promise because if he didn't, then his friend's passing would be "vain" in a way, he probably feels like he owes it to him... There's also a possibility he keeps on putting himself through that as a punishment because of his guilt...
For Win's behaviour, I completely relate to him. Win likes Team like crazy which makes him want to get closer, physically and mentally, which makes him flirt and want Team to like him back. But Win is absolutely terrified of actually falling in love and the possible pain he could get from a potential bad ending, it's no surprise he doesn't want to label their relationship, labelling it would make it way more real for Win, and possibly way more dangerous. So Win is probably torn between both the desire to be with Team and the fear of losing him once he actually gets him. He's so confused with himself, it would be a surprise if he didn't confuse Team as well...
I'm so sorry it was so long and so serious for a series ahah but I just wanted to add my view on what you pointed out :)

I like women who kick as*es so I watched it in one go and loved it when it came out. I rewatched it a few times. I'm just back to say I finally convinced my mother to watch it, who then convinced my aunt, who convinced my dad, who convinced his gf. And they all really liked it.
Honestly, yes it's a bit much, the woman never dies and the end is over the top, but to be fair, that's why I love it so much... I was crazy about Ji Woo every single time. She is power. If you're in for a powerfull female lead who never ever gives up, I'd say give it a try.

The main issue with this drama is the execution. It remains vague and it's so repetitive. The same patterns come back in every single episode. Jung Woo being encouraged by someone and discouraged by someone else. Over and over again. We're supposed to feel awful for him, with all the exageration they're trying to worry us about what will happen when Jung Woo finally publishes his work with his own name. They do that for 8 whole episodes, so natually, you expect the drama to show what happens once he publishes, right ? Nop, it jumps from "I'll sign with you" to "I'm a best selling writer yay" I haven't had any good surprises lately in short dramas... Fingers crossed for 2023!

I agree with the common opinion that it was pretty bad... The last episodes were terrible. I personally did not like Seon Ho, especially at the end, about the whole "your best friend is depressed and is missing, but it's my birthday you're mean, we should break up" was awful... You're a grown adult please, it's just a birthday.... I don't know why I keep giving chances to Korean BLs when compared to most Japanese ones they're a huge disappointment, the actors are clearly uncomfortable and overall they make you roll your eyes over and over again....

I didn't think I'd be this happy to watch it, since I usually lose interest when I have to wait for so long but before playing the first episode, I felt really happy and excited and a bit scared of my high expectations being crashed. So far it's not and it's great ! I really like it and I think their acting got better since UWMA. I have to admit I skip through the Dean/Pharm scenes because I know the story and I wantt to focus of the couples we don't know much about yet, Win Team and Manow Pruek. I was so happy to see Sammy again, she's always a breath of fresh air in any series she plays in !
I can't wait to see more, I rarely comment under a drama/movie/series before I've watched it all but I really wanted to share how I feel!

I loved reading your point of view on the drama, I like exhanging on different pov and opinion! That's interesting although I stil struggle to see the development, I do have to say I had high expectations from the first two episodes which I really enjoyed. I had an ending in mind and that's probably where my opinion started off. I think we rarely see 'bl' drama with such good acting and filmed in that way, in a darker tone (and which doesn't focus on steamy scenes or over the top plots), and that was so nice as a queer person to see that, so I naturally hoped for a happier and probably less realistic ending (which is ironic). In's behaviour is realistic, his fear and cowardice holds him back and will probably do so all his life, very real and true for some people, and naturally I wanted him to break out of it. I'm not objective at all and I guess that's why I struggle to see their development, simply because to me, in a certain way they're still back to where they came from. I think I'd like to see more of Wang in the future to see him actually break away from his mother a bit and take a road he wants to take, I usually judge and/or rate from the feelings and emotions I have watching the drama, so completely subjective really, I admit! But thank you for telling me your vision of it, it's always a pleasure to read them! :)

Sadly wasn't really receptive to this drama... I liked the first couple episodes with the characters finding each other... Then, after that, I found the dialogue endless (I watched it in 1.5...) even though I love slow paced, it was a bit much for me... I don't think anything really happened at all and it could have been a 6 episodes series... I wished I had enjoyed it as so many people seem to have loved it. I guess one thing I find annoying is the way all three characters are just exacty the same in the finale as they were in the beginning, this didn't seem to bring anything at all to any of them...

Thank you for the reply! I think i'm gonna watch an episode every now and then whenever I feel like it, I think I'm starting to get too old for these kind of dramas sadly, I lost count of how many times I rolled my eyes at the ML... I really like the sister's boldness though!

I'm strugling to continue after episode 5 because of ML, sadly the actor's acting really doesn't affect me at all... Now keep in mind my favourite actors (internationnally) are Heath Ledger, Evan Peters or Jack O'Connell, and Yeo Jin Goo in Korea, so I usually go for actors who can break my heart with a crying scene... He can't really make me feel any emotion (and I'm very sensitive, I cry for anything...) I know most of the story as I had read the comic a few years ago, so is it worth it ? Should I keep watching ?

I agree, especially on the fact it felt so rushed, I haven't read the source material so I don't know how long goes by in the original work but in the series, it goes "torture" to "love" in one episode. Like I could see where Vegas was going because the man is, well to say the least, very much crazy... so I stopped trying to put myself in his shoes to understand what was going on in his head, but for Pete, it was so damn sudden, the man looked BROKEN when he escaped so when and how did the love and care he had for Vegas started... Like you said, I don't think I'll ever understand...