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I finally watched this because of the positive reviews it got.the first few episodes were interesting, sometimes funny but after maybe 9th episode, it became just like any other generic boring drama out there who wants to send a message to its audience in the worst possible in your face tone..
Despite the promising start and the fact that fl would look at a different angle of the cases that usually others miss, I think they started to get too emotional in handling their cases as drama went on.
Episodes 9 and 10 are the boldest examples. (*spoilers ahead*)
-In ep 9 although the parents had excessive educational practices for the kids, a random guy kidnapping the kids isn't the solution! at least give him a legitimate practice to achieve that goal instead of being unapologetic about kidnapping kids! like building a free playground! or some kind of playtime program.
-In ep 10, no matter how much they wanted to turn it into a love story.. with her situation and that guy, it also felt to me that he was taking advantage of her.. the mom surely was pushing her a bit too much but the mom had legit concerns! fl kept talking about spectrum yet forgetting not everyone is as lucky as her! did the girl really know what it means to love someone? fl lead her on with their conversation in the street. the guy who calls the women in his sight 'noona' or gives nicknames to get close to them and had a history of hitting on another disabled person in the past is such a red flag even for an average girl, let alone the girl in this case.
the rest of the cases were too boring for me to care!!
I can't believe I'm saying this but the romance was unnecessary and it might have been better if fl could find friends along the way or something like that..
My last complaint is the mom ...
I wish they just focused on her life and adapting to society. I mean it would've been very interesting if she actually moved out from his dad's place and changed firms!! yet because of the unnecessary mom plot, she continued working the job she got through connections.. even if the ceo did it out of spite to ruin her mom doesn't change anything.
As for the characters, everyone was likable at some point except Kwon Min U.
at the beginning, although it originated from his jealousy and insecurity, I think he was not wrong about calling out fl for getting the job through connections.
for the rest of the drama though I can not excuse his trashy behavior.
Overall it wasn't unwatchable but it wasn't something to rave about! I won't be re-watching it in future.
If the stuff I mentioned doesn't bother you, go ahead and watch it.
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It had potential...
The positive points:+FL is cute. (+1)
+FL and ML's interaction was cute. (+1)
+I can relate to FL the way she goes crazy over the amount of delicious options in a menu and struggles to choose from and ends up ordering a bunch of them. (+1)
+I also like the way she talks to herself in her head and the food narration while she eats is good as well. (+1)
++The shots of food were absolutely beautiful and mouthwatering. (+2 extra because I'm biased to food representation)
The negatives I could say are as follows:
--- at first I was happy that they didn't put mics on her throat to force the viewer to hear the chewing sounds, but they decided to add some weird eating sounds which annoyed me a lot. (-3 points for that because I had to drop it due to those sounds)
-I wish they paid more attention to cast better extras, cause sometimes they are a bit cringe to watch. (-2 points)
-the obsession with foreigners to prove somewhere is famous was lame! places filled with locals are the gems in food spots. (-1 points)
(The positive and negative points are even, so I'll give this a 5.)
Sadly I'm dropping this.
I'm not a fan of listening to people's eating sounds and that's a no no for a food drama imo!
If you don't mind those sounds, go ahead and give it a try.
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If you are a foodie, then skip this!
I recently found out about Wakako Zake having drama adaptions so I started watching.I don't really have high expectations with food dramas but this isn't working.
The actress truly reminded me of the anime character instantly and I could assume her resemblance was the casting reason.
I have 2 reasons to drop this:
1-I can't watch her eat! idk if it's the fact that she tries too much to act exactly like the anime with eating, or is it the slow motion eating! she bites a tiny epsilon of the food and goes on chewing on it like it was a big chunk! it makes it as if she is forcing food in while she is going to puke soon!
The side characters eat the food more deliciously than her.
2-Filming the food alone doesn't save this. I can watch actual cooking video if I only wanted to just see the food. sometimes the camera movements annoys me as well.
overall I'll give this a 2.5.
2 for the sake of good food presentation and 0.5 for the acting of the cast except fl.
It is the worst food drama I had ever watched. I'm not going to waste my time on the rest of seasons since I can't even get passed 3 episodes of this one. I guess I stick to the anime for this one.
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