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LOL found this on Prime by accident , I was thinking of re-watching the K-drama but doing it like this is even better. The differences are fun to watch . I personally prefer the Kversion , but it is just my preference , both have it´s charm-

Oh, pleasant surprise, I did not expect much but it made me smile actually. Hope it will last this way longer, I was craving some normal rom-com that would make me laugh so much , I a usually not a fan of Yoo In Na , but here I think it suits her.

So I managed through all that awkward staring into nothing , silences and ton of veeery slow walking . It was not so easy. But in the end I was still so confused , why exactly was the break-up necessary? They said it was because she could not date him if it made her family suffer....but who exactly would suffer really ? The hypocrite of an older sister who hapily dates Jun and does not give a damn anymore, or the brother who goes on shopping trip with Dongjin, or the wrapped -up-in-herseld mother who invites him for food "anytime he wants to eat something"? those guys would really find it so insufferable that she dated him (at their pace more like one date in half a year) ?? That idiotic notion was so much amplified by the lenght of their "breaking up" that it left me kinda exhausted. It starts to be too much lately, these families who apparently don't give a slightest damn about their kids' happiness at all. Meybe it is because the Real has come started as well...the combo is just really something . I can't even concentrate on the "romance "aspect of these dramas since the damiliesnof the main leads are so.... aggravating.

so I had to check again the year for this one, had I not know it already, I would totally believe it was made in 2014 or something. I usually find the over-the-topness and old-schoolness of kdrama rather funny and charming, but this one's too much . The toxicity of both families is tremendous. Also I am no great feminist , however even for me this level of blatant discrespect for pregnant women is too high to endure without grinding my teeth every other scene. I guess that is supposed to be the point , and plot engine as well, but damn does it make it very hard to watch . Interestingly I don't really have any problem with the FL's character. Nor the ML's for that matter ,except for his decision to voluntarily marry that b**ch , should've kept his spine back there. Inmean she's week 8-9 at this point , that is very early, she could very well lose the fetus naturally still. And here there are bunch of people, some of them even total strangers , throwing life changing decisions her way ? And her mother and brother , are they actively trying to induce miscarriage in turns, definitely seems that way. Still can't decide which toxic person is the worst , there are so many... But if I really, really had to chose one, probably OHDs mother in the end takes the cake

I mean usually there is shaman or two or at least some sort of talisman actually working in the historical ones , so I guess that part there was a bit ridiculous but kinda to be expected :D What confused me a bit was the queen, surely there were much better candidates for her freaky revenge plot than the prince right? It was the king who signed it and the right side minister who plotted , the price had literally nothing to do with it and was just a kid back then . The whole survivors bunch killed lots of pretty much innocent people, but never directly targeted anyone directly responsile for that masacre, hence their redemption arc did literally nothing for me in the end. But then again I kinda agree with the decision to just suck it all up and break that cursed circle, I don´t mind the prince´s character at all in that aspect. I wish Jae Yi had a bit bigger role than damsel in distress towards the end.

To be honest I enjoyed the commentary special somewhat more than the actual drama. The two of them seemed to have better chemistry IRL than their characters at times. Then again I feel like the Dating Sim spoiled me rotten so my expectation are now too high.

Why do the FLs start up so strong and endup so wishy washy by the end of the drama ? And if they planned on this kind of ending anyways why the "waiting gap"? I don´t get it? Also I know she was innocent and all, but didn´t they have pretty strict rules there about the crown princess´family? Well they´re all cute together and this year there were not as many good dramas s ofar so I can forgive this whole mess I guess.

I grew quite fond of the red hair Dong Wook´s sporting in the series, so I am glad it will make it´s comeback lol. Is it just me who digs this look or am I totally projecting since I have red hair myself? :D

I watched it anyways , found out it was available in France when I was on vacation :D but yeah, I still requested it for my country as well , it is nice to have them handy :D

I got scared a bit now, but I´ve checked and at least in my part of Europe I´ve got it :D Did not have the Haevenly Idol tho, that was a bummer

I quite liked his acting in the drama so I hope he ´ll continue :) doesn´t hurt he´s so pretty too I guess , I feel like his face has quite some symmetry to it so it is very calming to look at if that makes sense :D

I love how the "queen bee" is immediately jealous :D if nothing she has a good intuition haha. It is so funny how much Jae Won has the hots for him, I assume the main problem would be for him to man up ad admit it to himself, he seems the type to brush it off as "curiosity" or "momentary infatuation" or some other BS. Well even tho that is frustrating, I think the sea and surfing will provide ton of romantic setup as a compensation :D

I liked them together and it was fun when they became friends actually, but the damn last episode was frustrating ! Te Hyun whyyyy?!

I do think the acting is nice, as I saw both leads in their other dramas recently I can say they managed to portray definitely diferent type of character. Also I do not mind the slow burner type of dramas, or more realistic type of direction. However , I feel like I have issues with the story here as well as how are these characters written in the first place. It does not give the actors too much space to portray love really. The script seems to push them to some sort of strar-crossed lovers situation, however the hurdle just really does not seem that real. Also the plot itself seems a bit chaotic, I do not get the character´s objectives at all sometimes. I guess it is hard for me to see these people as subjects of romantic type of love since they seem to have mentality of kids to some extent, they seem like they never really grew up, thus my feeling of lacking chemistry.

At this point I want to call him dimmwit too, even TG figured it out basically. The poor girl does not see any other men alone dude ! :D I love how she looks like she would like to smack him when he gets his jealous outbursts. I feel like this would be the unhappy happy ending drama, like he would become a splendid king and she would become a teacher, but they will be apart just oggling the sunrise in the East or something. I so hope I am wrong , since I really hate that kind of ending and I also think these two are pretty much a perfect match .

TBH I watch it now mainly because I am confused about what this drama is trying to say ? The heroine stuck in the child´s mindset seemed to finally somewhat move, but after last episode, it seems she´ll fall right back to it which makes me a bit apprehensive about watching the next. The male lead seems to experience depression and burnout syndrome, which, while much easier to understand, still makes for a rather tiring leading character. Siblings are selfish, but in this troupe I still found myself rooting for the brother the most for some reason. The ex gf is just someone I would outright ignore IRL since she seems to be caring for her own self only, even her persisting on trying to get some affection back from the ML seems to be driven more by her sense of loneliness than any leftover love for him, also borderline stalking him ( yes it is basically stalking to find out his firm and even home address and to interfere with both ), same goes for the FL funnily enough. Seems like the male protagonist has a "type" of woman in the end. As for the parent generation except for the camping uncle, all three introduced so far seem to be downright bad parents. If this is the message, bad parenting produces dysfunctional individuals, unable to maintain healthy relationships I will not be too happy about it.

Sooo to be honest I did not see the chemistry between FL nd well....basically anyone there . not her Ex , not the ML.... I mean it is kinda sad, but I liked her the most when she played depressed dead fish, somehow that was the only part that finally felt real, that being said she should probably choose her roles more in that direction in the future. Like some actors are well suited for comedy, some for action etc... she seems to do her best in an expressionless state here? That is not necessarily a bad thing , however, I take this as a miscast for this drama. Oh and why did he stop walking over the furniture, that was the one forced comedy trait that I actually enjoyed .

Maybe it is because it is only 12ep drama, but they completely abandoned the group member´s characters that they started to develop somewhere towards the middle. Which is honestly a pity I think, I enjoyed the group dynamic around then a lot more. Same with any other supporting characters, in the last episodes they were all completely cut short in the name of the evil plot wrapping. Again I feel like that left me somewhat unsatisfied. Well overall it´s a feel good - don´t thin too hard about it drama , to look on the positive side of things, thanks to the short length the obligatory noble sacrifice-separation combo was also short :D

Scary talented would sum it up.

I still love this Fate duet cover , no chance of having it in full version I guess?:)