Looking through the comments seems like people aren’t enjoying this one. While I’m absolutely loving it. For…
You're not a sicko for not sharing what seems to be the majority's opinion. This drama is slow-paced and shows nuances that some people might not enjoy.
The highlight of this drama remains the male friendships and I find it endearing how Hyeon Tak and Si Eun felt very protective of Jun Tae and how Jun Tae fought his fears to help his friends. But the drama being only 8 episodes, the development of their friendship felt slighlty rushed. I wished we had more time with them. Suho and Si Eun's friendship was also beautifully protrayed this season. It touched me to watch Si Eun write him long messages about his worries and doubts although he is known to not be good with words. The way this season ended was quite heartwarming.
My favourite scene is probably the discussion between Si Eun and Beom Seok that took place when Si Eun was in a coma. I'll never get over how their friendship ended.
Calling episode 5 “preachy” and “a let-down” is wild. Sorry you have to hear about the discrimination and bias women and gay people experience on a daily basis before getting to what you deem to be romantic-enough scenes
Next part of my "Shine" comment as I can never keep it short:
What I liked about this drama is how it highlighted the very seemingly-looking rational instinct that we all have in times where things slip out of our control: we look for someone or something to blame. With the tragic turn of events, we want to lash out at characters and tell them how they've got it all wrong but we don't. We can't because it was never about who's being right or wrong. It was always about seeing what people went through to understand how they've come to make the decisions they do today. Far from me to say this as a means to justify abuse - obviously there are quite a few characters that get rightfully blamed and condemned in this drama - but rather it's a thought I had while watching this drama. It succeeded at times to embody that raw despair when you feel like nothing but a pawn on the universe's chessboard. The suffocating awareness of not being able to change the course of things but still rising up to stand for what you believe in. Looking at you Victor.
I don't like calling myself a pessimist as I don't think I am to be fair, but I have always admired people who could go beyond that seemingly unchanging state of affairs, which I find very hard to do. Taking part in a civil disobedience movement and believing that it'll get somewhere for instance. Civil disobedience has always been pacifist at its core. It's how it is defined however when the power belongs to those who give in to corruption, to institutions that were always there to serve the interests of a few, people are quick to assume that violence is the solution. And again, I'd like to blame them, tell them that it isn't, that violence only generates more violence, but I can't. I can't tell them because the blame is shared, and I'm not sure I want to know how it will all end. This drama did touch upon some of these topics although it glossed over them quite quickly because of runtime constraints (I would have been happy with less kissing scenes and more thought-provoking scenes).
To end this on a very subjective and useless note, I do not like Mile's acting at all. He was a pain to watch. And it's not about his character – yes, I wasn't a fan of Tanwa either but I know what he represents - no it's very much Mile's acting I have beef with.
telling you that I'm lurking beats the whole lurking thing but oh well
I didn’t know either! I think it took a while for this one to appear and it only appeared because it’s actually Chinese but was produced by a Singaporean company to bypass censorship. I think that’s what happened. Please do check it out I’m going insane over this drama. It might not be your cup of tea but I found the performances brilliant and the script was beautifully written.
It's thanks to you that I've started leaving some notes on the dramas I've watched. It's a good way to remember them and the way I felt after watching them (so thank you!!). Reading yours are so entertaining haha. I'm setting up my camp under your 2025 watchlist right now!!
i need to read the novel love in the big city was based on to fully appreciate it :((((( one of these days
The drama did a really good job at adapting the novel. I'd say Go Young's personality is slightly toned down though. I can send you the epub if you want :) (it's quite a depressing read so maybe not the best one to start the year ><)
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The highlight of this drama remains the male friendships and I find it endearing how Hyeon Tak and Si Eun felt very protective of Jun Tae and how Jun Tae fought his fears to help his friends. But the drama being only 8 episodes, the development of their friendship felt slighlty rushed. I wished we had more time with them.
Suho and Si Eun's friendship was also beautifully protrayed this season. It touched me to watch Si Eun write him long messages about his worries and doubts although he is known to not be good with words. The way this season ended was quite heartwarming.
My favourite scene is probably the discussion between Si Eun and Beom Seok that took place when Si Eun was in a coma. I'll never get over how their friendship ended.
What I liked about this drama is how it highlighted the very seemingly-looking rational instinct that we all have in times where things slip out of our control: we look for someone or something to blame. With the tragic turn of events, we want to lash out at characters and tell them how they've got it all wrong but we don't. We can't because it was never about who's being right or wrong. It was always about seeing what people went through to understand how they've come to make the decisions they do today. Far from me to say this as a means to justify abuse - obviously there are quite a few characters that get rightfully blamed and condemned in this drama - but rather it's a thought I had while watching this drama. It succeeded at times to embody that raw despair when you feel like nothing but a pawn on the universe's chessboard. The suffocating awareness of not being able to change the course of things but still rising up to stand for what you believe in. Looking at you Victor.
I don't like calling myself a pessimist as I don't think I am to be fair, but I have always admired people who could go beyond that seemingly unchanging state of affairs, which I find very hard to do. Taking part in a civil disobedience movement and believing that it'll get somewhere for instance. Civil disobedience has always been pacifist at its core. It's how it is defined however when the power belongs to those who give in to corruption, to institutions that were always there to serve the interests of a few, people are quick to assume that violence is the solution. And again, I'd like to blame them, tell them that it isn't, that violence only generates more violence, but I can't. I can't tell them because the blame is shared, and I'm not sure I want to know how it will all end. This drama did touch upon some of these topics although it glossed over them quite quickly because of runtime constraints (I would have been happy with less kissing scenes and more thought-provoking scenes).
To end this on a very subjective and useless note, I do not like Mile's acting at all. He was a pain to watch. And it's not about his character – yes, I wasn't a fan of Tanwa either but I know what he represents - no it's very much Mile's acting I have beef with.