Overhyped
I decided to watch Love and Speed purely because the male lead was ridiculously handsome and honestly, that was one of the few consistent highlights for me ðŸ˜
The female lead really tested my patience. She felt so out of touch with reality like, he was literally explaining why his life turned out the way it did, and she just kept pushing without actually listening. For someone who’s supposed to be 19, the babyish behavior was too much. I genuinely feel like the drama would’ve been better without her she didn’t add much beyond kissing the ML and wearing cute outfits.
Her mom? Easily the main villain.
And the relationship dynamic… yeah, that part was uncomfortable. I tried to make peace with it by telling myself they fell in love as kids, but the flashbacks made it worse because you could clearly see them as innocent siblings before everything changed. It just didn’t sit right.
Also, can we talk about chemistry? Because ML had way more chemistry with his best friend and even the second male lead (Drunk) than with the female lead. And the second female lead?? I don’t know why she ever thought she stood a chance she was annoying, and her whole family treated ML terribly.
The storyline was all over the place. They’re supposedly poor, yet he has luxury cars just sitting around?? And the roads are magically always empty during high-speed driving scenes no pedestrians, no consequences. I was actually interested in the case they were solving, but even that got rushed.
One positive though: I really liked the stepmom.
After episode 15, I finally started to see why people hyped the drama those kiss scenes were HOT 🔥 I won’t lie. And the post time skip scenes were actually funny. The mind games had me laughing, especially her still wearing his necklace like girl… move on ðŸ˜
But overall? Disappointing. After 2 years away from C-dramas, this is what I came back to? The hype did not match the experience for me at all.
The female lead really tested my patience. She felt so out of touch with reality like, he was literally explaining why his life turned out the way it did, and she just kept pushing without actually listening. For someone who’s supposed to be 19, the babyish behavior was too much. I genuinely feel like the drama would’ve been better without her she didn’t add much beyond kissing the ML and wearing cute outfits.
Her mom? Easily the main villain.
And the relationship dynamic… yeah, that part was uncomfortable. I tried to make peace with it by telling myself they fell in love as kids, but the flashbacks made it worse because you could clearly see them as innocent siblings before everything changed. It just didn’t sit right.
Also, can we talk about chemistry? Because ML had way more chemistry with his best friend and even the second male lead (Drunk) than with the female lead. And the second female lead?? I don’t know why she ever thought she stood a chance she was annoying, and her whole family treated ML terribly.
The storyline was all over the place. They’re supposedly poor, yet he has luxury cars just sitting around?? And the roads are magically always empty during high-speed driving scenes no pedestrians, no consequences. I was actually interested in the case they were solving, but even that got rushed.
One positive though: I really liked the stepmom.
After episode 15, I finally started to see why people hyped the drama those kiss scenes were HOT 🔥 I won’t lie. And the post time skip scenes were actually funny. The mind games had me laughing, especially her still wearing his necklace like girl… move on ðŸ˜
But overall? Disappointing. After 2 years away from C-dramas, this is what I came back to? The hype did not match the experience for me at all.
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