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Best K-Drama romcom I've seen yet
Like what others have said about this drama, I didn’t have the best of expectations going into it. Anna’s personality in the first episode in particular was really edging me with how much of a prick was was to literally everyone (really exacerbated in the second episode with the farewell party), so that plus on paper it being a classic textbook trope, really set it up for being a standard drama (nothing real special but nothing terrible either, as I could already see the good acting and pacing by this point), but as the story continued, my opinion quickly changed for the better.
I quite honestly wasn’t expecting Anna to develop so “naturally” after losing her memory, as in she didn’t start from a BLANK SLATE (which is completely unrealistic for losing your memory at that age, unconscious should habits stay) as she still kept her very sharp tongue, but became more human through the show, making her one of the more unique characters I’ve seen in Asian dramas at this point. Although the other characters didn’t exhibit much development (including Chul-Su) it is still realistic again because of the age, I don’t expect a 30 year old guy to redevelop his emotions like he’s a 15 year old boy. That being said though, they also weren’t simple characters; Cheol-Su not actually being poor just frugal, and never once got swayed by his ex’s feelings was expected but still gave him depth and us insight on how mature he is, something that I feel many romcom dramas from this era (and later) mess up. All of this put together also made sure that 0 stupid melodrama happened, like Anna literally decided to leave one episode and it took 3 minutes for Cheol-Su to find her because he didn’t sit around and mope but actually do something using his connections.
The side characters and their stories are equally as funny in my opinion, I quite honestly liked Kang-Ja and her eccentric personality, and despite being a comedic relief character, she even contributed to the story in significant ways too. And the Kye-Ju Shil-Jang romance was a funny sub plot, it always made me laugh and never felt like they used it to just pad for time.
Technical things are above average for this era in my opinion; good lighting, camera work, acting (wish they had Han Ye-Seul write her English lines but whatever), and I especially liked the sound track, extremely catchy, I got one of them as my timer alarm sound now hahahaha.
Overall a great watch, I highly recommend this to any person who wants a sweet romcom to watch. 10/10
I quite honestly wasn’t expecting Anna to develop so “naturally” after losing her memory, as in she didn’t start from a BLANK SLATE (which is completely unrealistic for losing your memory at that age, unconscious should habits stay) as she still kept her very sharp tongue, but became more human through the show, making her one of the more unique characters I’ve seen in Asian dramas at this point. Although the other characters didn’t exhibit much development (including Chul-Su) it is still realistic again because of the age, I don’t expect a 30 year old guy to redevelop his emotions like he’s a 15 year old boy. That being said though, they also weren’t simple characters; Cheol-Su not actually being poor just frugal, and never once got swayed by his ex’s feelings was expected but still gave him depth and us insight on how mature he is, something that I feel many romcom dramas from this era (and later) mess up. All of this put together also made sure that 0 stupid melodrama happened, like Anna literally decided to leave one episode and it took 3 minutes for Cheol-Su to find her because he didn’t sit around and mope but actually do something using his connections.
The side characters and their stories are equally as funny in my opinion, I quite honestly liked Kang-Ja and her eccentric personality, and despite being a comedic relief character, she even contributed to the story in significant ways too. And the Kye-Ju Shil-Jang romance was a funny sub plot, it always made me laugh and never felt like they used it to just pad for time.
Technical things are above average for this era in my opinion; good lighting, camera work, acting (wish they had Han Ye-Seul write her English lines but whatever), and I especially liked the sound track, extremely catchy, I got one of them as my timer alarm sound now hahahaha.
Overall a great watch, I highly recommend this to any person who wants a sweet romcom to watch. 10/10
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