Good drama
The story was, except for the horrible boss part, unique and mostly believable. There were a few small things that were silly. Good acting by all. One can feel the angst, frustration, hurt, relief, affection of all the characters. You think you know who the culprit is and why but the villain is different.Hulu did a poor job translating. I don't know if all dramas on Hulu have translation this bad.
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A likable enough drama
After years of watching amazing Kdramas, this one seemed quite a bit forced. The acting was mostly really good, but the story made it feel off. Everyone tried their best. Many reviewers seemed to feel that Park Hye-Soo didn't do a good job, especially for a newbie, but she actually did a decent job, even though she was made to act like a ping pong ball going all over the place. She still made the character likeable and believable.The one thing that really left me with a bad taste in my mouth is the way the one night-stand between Ji-Hye and U-Il was handled. I mean come on! Who has feelings for one guy and sleeps with another...I could understand if the story showed her drunk and confused, but she wasn't the one who was drunk. It was clearly non-consensual sex which got glossed over. As a sister of someone who died like that, I would be outraged at Kang U-Il, yet everyone seems to just take that as a non-issue. None of the reviews I read here have mentioned that either. This one thing made watching the rest of the drama difficult.
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Couldn't finish it
The concept seemed intriguing, but turned out being cringy and uncomfortable. There are plenty of male/female couples with a huge age gap, even teacher/student relationships in the real world. But Yoko's acting was too childish and at the same time too mature for her age...especially for someone who hasn't had much interaction with people in general. It makes one wonder if she learned about relationships from B-C grade romance novels. There's little shown that could realistically lead up to any kind of interest between a pesky kid (who happens to be 20) and a mature and independent woman. Faye was excellent in her portrayal of doubt, irritation, ambivalence, curiosity, attraction, composure, etc. By episode 2 of season 2, I was done. The gratuitous sex scenes became something I fast-forwarded. Couldn't bear to watch the drama anymore.The topic is controversial, but it could have been done better. Just my 2 cents.
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