Sinasina

While I generally love the uneventful fluff genre, the second half of this drama is just a bit too much on the boring side for me. Sure the leads had amazing chemistry & facial expressions, so those two things by themselves are almost enough to carry the show.. Let's be real though, the leads are together for like 10 episodes & in that time barely anything happens in Hallmark TV style. The problem is not that there are no complications such as love triangles, or villainous enemies or whatever else, it's just that there is barely any comedy, bickering or even slice of life with depth in here. Someone in the comment section compared this to `Love Me, Love My Voice`, while the official dating part is similarly smooth sailing in both, that show is way more interesting across the board, it's not even close, there is just a lot of artistry and even excitement there. There are so many cdramas that are similarly complication free, but are ten times better than this one.

Beyond that TBT has 3-4 pretty bad episodes around half way in, epi14 to 18-ish. There is a noble reason breakup that is technically not a breakup, but the leads were dating in everything but definition & then FL's ex came back kicked up a huge fuss for no reason for another 90 minutes.

In past MDL reviews I have written several rants about the 50 billion scam industry, Big Eastern Pharma advertising itself in dramas. This one here is a pretty good attempt at whitewashing that. The focus on acupuncture alleviating chemo pains is a good choice, since there is a lot of scientific evidence of that actually working & being useful. Though there is a lot of crap in this show, make no mistake. Like doing Moxibustion through clothes to fight period cramps and endless other examples in almost every episode. Nonetheless I have to admit that compared to previous similar dramas the representation of eastern medicine is by far the least dumb here. (still plenty dumb, since it's a pretty hard sell)