Glad thats finished. I stayed for MSH because he’s an incredible actor (and easy on the eyes of course) but that pairing was a trainwreck. I could care less if leads have age differences if there is chemistry- I mean I just saw Midnight Romance Hagwon.. and theres a huge gap there but it wasn’t obvious and the romance was fire… but this oh geez that was a terrible choice for him. I kept thinking where on earth did they find her? Did she have some 1 kiss only clause and what on earth is with the old style drama wide eye frozen fish kiss??? Please Directors please stop that this minute.
The FL looked way older than she is. people complain about her clothing, honestly after being to Korea multiple times, a lot of that you see in women that age commuting to work, sorry folks but thats the fashion over there— however, some of the stuff was just plain weird, and considering she was supposed to be an amazing fashion designer they styled her absolutely trash. my girl is in Korea studying fashion design and no one dresses like that. What a joke. They dressed Camille like they used to style kdrama leads in the 2000s… however the guys were on point, the sister looked fine. The bodyguard fine also, but I guess the harsh hairdo and awful styling for FL was for some reason not sure what???!?!!
The plot was bad too. It felt predictable and off. There was zero chemistry between the leads, the story had so many holes. I waited for the opening scene to pop up again, never did. I was more invested in the sisters love life that is heavily hinted at, and just ends up flat in the final episode- like why lead us to believe they will be together thru the whole show to a nothing burger in the end. The ending is also dumb. She chooses her career over an amazing partner and breaks up never to contact even tho we seem to have forgotten that the internet, kakaotalk, planes etc exist, and the HE has to go running to France give me a break. She needed to get her behind back to Korea and beg for forgiveness because that was silly. He never wanted to break up. Bad storytelling, too much pointless filler stuff. Camille and Frankie were highly annoying. I’m sorry they didn’t seem anything like High end designers. And why is LJH still in jail at the end?
A mature slow burn for adults. Not necessarily for content, but kids just will find this boring and slow. The topics are to be appreciated by a mature audience too. I could really have done without that awful song from the opening credits being overused, if I don’t hear open to page 64 again I’ll be really happy.
Yes it gets a little draggy and could have done with some momentum at the halfway point. The plot around scandal of teachers dating seemed silly, since two other teachers at the Hagwon also liked our leads, if it was so risqué why on earth were they so upset they didn’t get to date them?!?! And at the end the nepotism seemed totally fine cute and supportive if you follow the comments, but whatever.
Overall I liked this show but I was happy to see it end.
I gave this 3 more stars than I gave the first season (a 1 lol). Its still an epic train wreck of bad acting, script and unrealistic behaviors. Just when you think relationships are turning a tide, it goes back to annoying fights. Ugh. This needed some serious editing and work in the plot. Oh well. It also ends abruptly.
“Bizarre twist” is right. What a random pile of wannabe Boys Over Flowers on a low budget. Oh man. Ends so abruptly. Did people really get made to wait for another season?!?
Has Korea lost some imagination in titling shows - I mean at least their English versions. why not just call it the same as the Korean title. “Lovely” has been a little overused of late folks.
I really loved this, however early on its clear where ML’s heart lies and he is pretty solud with no devivations, so enduring the FL’s side plot felt draggy and unecessary for most of the middle to end section of the season. You will feel like you are just going thru the motions of a plot filler, only to spread out the episodes. Its extremely annoying. I would have loved a little better imaginative writing, to follow that plot or do something else entirely that increased the tension with the leads. when everything finally falls into its proper place, I felt like we were as it should be - but sat through at least 10 episodes of pointless viewing. I loved the idea of best friends to lovers and it was done well by the end. Rooting for ML from the start. FL never quite felt believable, she holds back her emotions quite a lot in her acting of this show.
Someone tell me its worth continuing-I’m on ep 3 and really having a hard time staying engaged with this show. Does it get better? I know kdramas can have the need to “just get through the first few” but honestly when theres dramas that hook you from the first ep - this feels like a chore…..
I don’t see the appeal. Watched the entire show. I think ultimately the FL was badly cast. Too small and I’m not saying this girl shouldn’t be an actor she just did not fit this ML, looks and behaves like a kid all the way through, and paired with someone who should probably have been given a more mature looking character like the rest of the girls in the dorm. She wasn’t dressed like a grown up, she had no young adult mannerisms. Everything gives teen, and that might work had this been a high school drama, but not for college where they want to pull off a legitimate mature relationship that becomes intimate. The whole way through I felt like he was dating and crushing on a teenager and it felt wrong on every level. Why do they do this? So many pretty more mature actresses in China, they insist on casting like this. There was zero real chemistry and I think thats why. Aaron Deng carried this show. However, he doesn’t exude much charisma sadly either. Overdone tropes, typical clingy salty seconds, and not a lot of interesting content. That 2FL geez was obsessive to the point of mental health issue. can you just stop writing this way. Such a bad example to the little girls who were clearly watching this show. Best I can give this is a 6.
Surprised how many people are loving this. Was enjoying it until that stupid twist. So sick of these types of plots where suddenly they get engaged to someone else, and who doesn’t think for a second to actually do a DNA test with the love of your life before you make such a huge decision?!?!?! It turns so silly I just can’t. So many daft side plots too. I skipped so much of this drama to get to the resolution of the nonsense because the sadness and angst was just boring. Loved the fighting. The weird hallmark cheery music was hilarious. Kind of sad for Chen Zhe tho. Didn’t like how the writers turned him out.
The FL looked way older than she is. people complain about her clothing, honestly after being to Korea multiple times, a lot of that you see in women that age commuting to work, sorry folks but thats the fashion over there— however, some of the stuff was just plain weird, and considering she was supposed to be an amazing fashion designer they styled her absolutely trash. my girl is in Korea studying fashion design and no one dresses like that. What a joke. They dressed Camille like they used to style kdrama leads in the 2000s… however the guys were on point, the sister looked fine. The bodyguard fine also, but I guess the harsh hairdo and awful styling for FL was for some reason not sure what???!?!!
The plot was bad too. It felt predictable and off. There was zero chemistry between the leads, the story had so many holes. I waited for the opening scene to pop up again, never did. I was more invested in the sisters love life that is heavily hinted at, and just ends up flat in the final episode- like why lead us to believe they will be together thru the whole show to a nothing burger in the end. The ending is also dumb. She chooses her career over an amazing partner and breaks up never to contact even tho we seem to have forgotten that the internet, kakaotalk, planes etc exist, and the HE has to go running to France give me a break. She needed to get her behind back to Korea and beg for forgiveness because that was silly. He never wanted to break up. Bad storytelling, too much pointless filler stuff. Camille and Frankie were highly annoying. I’m sorry they didn’t seem anything like High end designers. And why is LJH still in jail at the end?
Dumb show.
Yes it gets a little draggy and could have done with some momentum at the halfway point. The plot around scandal of teachers dating seemed silly, since two other teachers at the Hagwon also liked our leads, if it was so risqué why on earth were they so upset they didn’t get to date them?!?! And at the end the nepotism seemed totally fine cute and supportive if you follow the comments, but whatever.
Overall I liked this show but I was happy to see it end.