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as a fanwriter that has an overactive imagination, I saw this and thought, 2 friends get closer and fall in love as they film a reality dating show, one as a contestant and the other as a pd, an unexpected paring.
but instead I got a 20 year double 1 sided crush and random "we can't confess for blah blah reason" with past trauma and dating mishaps

they gave us 2 manipulative characters (Kim Joon Ho/Han Ji Yun) and I things will explode and they'll be exposed. I wanted both to show their ugly personalities to everyone, but instead one was shut down and the other switched sides and continued her fake sweet personality..
tbh, I see it as evil karma, she was obsessed with a dude that never liked her and she knew nothing about but she imagined him as what she wanted. and now she get this creepy dude that's been looking at her through a tv and things he knows/gets her. so he sees what he wants, and she can continue her fake victim mentality psycho

I was actually enjoying it, but then suddenly it was the last ep and, nothing happened?
like I was expecting things to go down, people fight and expose their ugly side, but everyone was happy? with, everything? where did the built up tension go?

I wanted the cake rejection to be a cake fight. I wanted people to see HJY faked her slip and show her fake "perfect" persona.. I wanted KJH to be exposed for exposing Park Ji Wan's trauma

and worse of all I wanted Kang Chae Ri to show the hidden scenes between Goo Yu Reum and Park Jae Hoon, because she was the evil editing that used people for viewership... so what was the point in everyone snooping?
that 1 small "scandal"? where's the big shocking finale?

also I loved Ahn So Yeon but the heck was her ending too? the guy cheated on her. sure they weren't official, but he slept with someone else while he faked being fully invested in her


Park Ji Wan and John Jang were the only good thing out of this but even their interest in one another should've been exposed.. in the end everyone was happy, like non of the conflicts mattered... no one followed through with their evil intentions... tbh the last eps were a disappointment
it's one of those cases a writer has an idea, and thinks "inspiration" comes after filming ep per ep and then boom it's the ending and nothing is coherent

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uneventful but cute

the story was about 2 people in same yet different struggles, Woo Ram lost his mentor so he lost his hold on his dream, Hyun Ji as a normal graduate was trying to fight against the other candidates to get a job

and in that moment they met, awkwardly yet naturally interacted, he kept going to her workplace and she kept looking forward to his visits and with that love bloomed

I think both did a great job with their characters, they were both soft and careful, as a girl with only a father and as a maknae in a 5 child house hold they both just naturally felt timid

now though if they gave them more depth and time to develop the romance I think Hyun Ji would've shown a cute cheeky side and soon Woo Ram would've lightened up and they'd have had more potential at a sweet romance


now the drawback was the unevenfulness. nothing much happened and soon they were super comfortable with each other and that lost their biggest asset which was the sweetness and the youthfulness of the 2 mains.
the struggles were shallow and the sadness was fleeting but overall for a 1 hour 40min it was a nice breezy watch

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you know what i love beside female centered? it's a historical that's not the same mold of politics

I think this year they're attempting 1950s more in different places of history, which is nice

the whole mood feels like watching a theatrical piece, jeongnyeon is like na heedo, but it's a characteristic of energy and youth

I love the stage parts, tho I do dislike the vibes, everyone hates her cuz the sunbae likes her and she has raw talent, like chill…

kim taeri's daesang was well deserved but the writing did lack in some aspects

i'd have loved more development and faster growth to highlight her strengths, there were some angst elements that were cheaply added, so the overall pace lacked

but the acting was on point

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In 10mins I wrote a better EVE

The problem wasn't the romance, it wasn't the age gap, it wasn't even the fact that ceo was trash. But the problem was the execution. Ceo had 0 sympathy, 0 chemistry, 0 personality,, and 0 common ground with rael
They never had proper conversations, they never connected on anything (beside ceo projecting his mom being treated like trash to having his own mistress he didn't treat like trash)
He saw her pain, he never pushed her to explain, but he never tried to comfort her. He never tried to get to know her.
This is a bit of spoiler from Misty, but there they start off as a married couple losing touch, and the ml makes so much effort, they connected again and build a relationship. Then the spoiler part, then the writer snatched our hearts and stabbed us right in the feels and showed the ML was the murderer.. so he was "the bad guy", but he had depth, he had a backstory, he had a connection with the fl, he had a relationship and they took us on that journey with them then broke our hearts

Here, sure I was team eunpyung (and I'll talk more about him later), but here the ML starts off by lusting over the FL. He pushes her down and tells her to be his dog. He then becomes the dog because he wants to have her. He starts doing things he was missing in his marriage and projecting it on rael. The rose house with the kids, the laughter. It was all his playbook of a happy life. Then he gets angry at her for ignoring him.. then he hits her, pushes her badly and hurts her while she runs away scared and he doesn't stop, he continuedchasing her and hurting her.. until she pushes him once and he falls like the fragile old man he is..
Non of those are love. And his redemption? "Whoops, the company I wanted, and the guy that died, was your dad? Oh no..."
It didn't matter he killed. It didn't matter he killed her dad.. he was "sad" he was the reason her life fell apart.. and his solution? Pretend to run away to die.. and he just goes to his favorite church looking perfectly ok. No pain. No drinking to ease his pain. No regret. No tears. He was jut walking in to throw a pity party but rael was already there..

SHE had so MUCH more emotion. He didn't return or deserve.
Though her emotions are wrong too. His greed was the reason her dad died. He wasn't innocent. He didn't care he killed. He never treated her right. She was practically his victim, the victim he mentally kidnapped, until she thought he was showing her kindness and love

It's not even toxic love. It's a cheap attempt at makjang that failed miserably cuz the ML horribly portrayed his flat character

And what the writer didn't realize. The real HOT painful healing torturous love and chemistry could've come from eunpyung

He was the only person she showed her true face, her true heart. But she didn't think she deserved happiness or love so she'd run away from him. but once she wavers for 1 second eunpyung would've embraced her for a passionate kiss. Then she'd again feel guilty cuz all she wants is revenge. She doesn't think she can survive and her only goal is to break them all down and possibly kill/die. So she pushes him away. But his love would be too much for her so she'd cave, and they'd have had all the sweet scenes in the beach and church, but he gets hurt so she pushes him away again. And then that church scene at the end would've been them. With the people out for bloody murder being sora, and ceo who like his scene when he found out the truth, couldn't live with the idea that rael actually loved eunpyung and never him


In both vrs, the perfect ending is bloody murder. With ceo of course being the one dying
and updating this as the drama ended but, I'm satisfied with the bloody murder🤣 I've been bamboozled by drama endings before, a happy romance ends up a tragedy, a makjnag ends up a romcom with a wedding scene ending, and many many dead leads come back at the end, I didn't trust them one bit
but this is the best option, he never repented or even acknowledged his wrongdoings, but atleast with his death rael could move on from all her pain, and with eunpyeong going to her, I can happily imagine their reunion. though no one mentioned the poor kids at the end🤣

▪︎Acting:
• Rael = 100/10. She carried the whole show with her expressions and emotions
• Sora = 8/10. She was a bit penthouse dramatic, but she was also all talk and not much bite. For someone who has killed before she was intimidated by Rael too much
• Ceo = 1/10. The only time he showed character and passion was when he tried to steal his father's company. Almost all of his other scenes were 👁👄👁
• Eunpyung = 8.5/10. He did have a bit of 🥺 face too much

▪︎Character:
• Rael = 8/10. She was crazy, not afraid, diabolical, tempting, captivating and dangerous. But her suckup persona was too unbelievable, if a person tells you what you want to hear in that low voice it's clear they're lying. Her passion and love for ceo made no sense even as someone who lacked love and couldn't differentiate between love and toxicity
• Sora = 6/10. She did all she wanted but she feared her dad. I'd have assume she'd have done more to Rael, fought back more and spread rumors instead of crying and screaming 90% of her time
• Ceo = 1/10. Zero personality, zero passion, zero drive. All lust, cheap traumatic past. Had no sense of responsibility, only cared for his child when he opposed his wife. Wanted a mistress to treat her like his toy. A murder but also a pity party thrower.
• eunpyung = 7/10. He had more potential, he ruined his character when he asked her if she liked ceo, then dug his own grave when he kept telling her she can't then put the final nail in his coffin when he told her to go after ceo..
His slow love, his care and passion for her though were beautiful, he ruined it when he became too devoted to her. But that scene when he cooked for her, and his confessions were my favorite scenes


▪︎Plot = 6/10. It was just another revenge drama, the cheating was supposed to make it different and it had potential
▪︎Plot development = 1/10. By ep 12 I just thought to myself, what did I watch for 12+ hours? Basically nothing. No character development, no move in revenge plot, and the cheating scandal became so flat and stale. The biggest tension was the kid's birthday party but it never went anyway

▪︎Romance = -100/10. I'm not a romance fanatic, I never supported the normal jerk ml/naive fl plot move. But this was even worse than that. There was no reason, no passion, no connection, no use. This should've 100% been Rael using him till the end, and then the Ceo losing his sht and showing his trash personality, which he did in ep, 12? But then they did a 180, with no real redemption and just went back to acting he was hurt. And then he would see how he was just as trashy as Sora.

▪︎OST = I love the main song so much, the whole ost was on par to seo yeji's mood and acting

▪︎Rewatch = I actually never Rewatch tho I did Rewatch some scenes to make edits and I wish I was a bit better at editing so I could take all of this and make it about Rael and Eunpyung

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I don't know if watching s1 so recently was a good move or a bad one.. it was really nice to see the character's growth, like kim sabu had a more gentle fatherly figure as opposed to the mentor vibe in s1 and it was sure nice to see familiar faces again, but the worst thing was seeing the weak plot line related to the female lead again.

both seasons female leads were unreasonably forced to be weak and unable to perform surgery until the middle part of the drama, and they were given a sudden "you are healed now" and everything was ok again..

the overall plot was kinda weak and I didn't care for the repetitive politics here, I honestly hope there's no s3, and
I usually hate medical dramas so the fact that I got through this means it's the best of the worst? xD

this is the best performance out of Ahn Hyo Seop, he was the highlight of the drama~


the ost for this is gold, it has great singers like baekhyun, chanyeol, punch, gummy, changha, heize, mamamoo among others~

my rewatch values are either a 1 or a 10, so~

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Best dystopian teen flick

Back when I was a teen, not long ago, dystopian genres were a thing. Practically every book after the "vampire/werewolf" urban fantasies became a dystopian teen flick.
And as a bookwarm I've read alot of them and this, does fall well into it's own identity.
A world that is attacked by alien zombies. A world that lost a big majority of their soldiers so they had to recruit kids. A world were adults hid behind those soldier kids.
Sure it's unbelievable, but that was established pretty early on xD

The plot holes in my opinion started from "recruiting kids", especially since their parents, their fathers, as per korean law are obligated to be redrafted into the military in case of wars. And the drama didn't really address that or the idea that the parents would actually agree to such a thing.
The kids were easily manipulated with the exam points, and there was no real need like saying "the aliens can effect the adult brains" or some excuse like "The Fifth Wave" or "enders game"(?).
I mean the whole existence of "the hunger game" relies on "drafting kids to murder each other for world peace"


So yeah the unbelievability of recruiting kids for the military can be easily excused..

And yes, I'm calling them kids cuz teenagers are still kids. Idk where I heard this a few days ago but kids/teens aren't emotionally or mentally fully developed to process and actively live by adult rules.
So these kids were indeed brats, selfish, self centered, whiny, naggy, brats that bullied others for being different or "less"
Just like any other highschool drama.. but I did really appreciate the kids that not only stood up but also comforted the outcasts. They weren't responsible for them, but they also didn't tolerate sht.
Especially Nara my precious ♡♡♡

Now throughout the story, even te selfish bullies, or the self centered naggers did contribute to the survival of their friends and that was emotionally satisfying. Tho I'd have also loved to punch Bora and Ilha.. or sacrifice them :D


For me Lee Chun Ho, Park Eun Young and Won Bin were the MVP adults. And Nara, class prez, Jangsoo were the MVP kids

I really loved the ost as well. The emotional journey was moving, the survival steps were believable for kids better than All Of Us Are Dead. Also I appreciate the lack of real full focus Main characters as apposed to the cheap love square and selfish jealousy of AOURD kids. And yes I'm only comparing them as they're both teen dystopian survival shows

I laughed when they laughed, I was bored in the early els and couldn't connect with any characters until the teacher, I cried when they laughed and I CREID on the last ep. I do hate the cut into 2 parts tho if we had gotten the normal 2eps per week, it'd have lasted around a month before eps 9-12(?) Were out anyway, instead we got to binge 6eps in less than a week. Unless pt2 isn't in April and SOON, I don't mind it as I do with the other cuts

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while I watching the last ep I wondered if rating the plot as 10 would be biased.. I wanted to give this an overall 10 from the start because I really loved everything, but I could say that the plot was slightly "too convenient" for the writers.

If one looks at this as a historical, it follows the basic pattern for that genre; the lonely paranoid king, the birth secret, the "we can't be together for so and so reasons" and the desire for the crown.
But this drama actually dealt with those cliches really well. I could say it was the "model" way of dealing with it. for one, Dong Joo was actually used to her full potential as a female lead, she was stubborn, jaded and "too careful of attachments", but she was independent, she worked hard to hone her "fighting skills" and they actually USED those skills for the greater good of the plot! also she had a great balance of when to be "cold" vs "cute" during the development of the romance.

Nokdu, well what can I say about dear sweet Nokdu... for starters, he is now my num1 favorite male lead character ever! I love the "sweet" kind, but I don't think they are as widely written as the "Nice Male Lead" tag says they are :)
if one is not as sweet, cute, playful, and easily sulky as Nokdu then they are not the "nice" type..
I can go on and on about his characteristics, but I'll talk about Lady Kim instead ;p
SHE was the main point of this drama, "the wind that carried the plot?", I wish they used her more but seeing her again at the end really made my day (and the decision to give this a 10 easier ;p )

overall I think this great a "Newbie Friendly" drama one can suggest to friends that want to start kdramas, especially for historical genres that might seem too heavy for a newbie.

The ost was also full of amazing mood makers I need to listen to separately and add to my favorite ost list ;p


my rewatch values are either a 1 or 10, and though I might skip the heavy stuff here, I'd LOVE to watch my favorite couple Nokdu and Dongjoo!❤

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the beauty of youth

this was more than just an ending, this was the journey of youth, friendship and love
idk if I should start with how beautiful yejin was, or if I should say this was not twenty five twenty one, though there is an explanation why the title is that way, this was a youth drama, hints of the future, and a bit of the 20s romance. it's not a spoiler to say they were 18 and 22 for the 1st halfish, then 19 and 23 till the 3.5/4s and that's why the bits of the 2521 was really rushed and brashed over
so divided in sections 18 and 22, was about a girl doing everything only for her dream and a boy who couldn't do anything for his dream. and in ways they became each others push

they met again as 19 and 23, they got closer, they were selfless, they were full of laughter, new emotions and beautiful adventures
they "officially" got together as 20 and 24 so this was not an awkward adult/highschooler romance. love isn't shallow, it's more than just dating and skinship, it was companionship, understanding and support

then came the 21 and 25, and being a long term fan of disappointment I can say I have every intention to erase and not accept their interpretation and attempts to just say "1st loves don't last"

ESPECIALLY since yerim and 2ml ended up together.. THE BETRAYAL. they were shallow, they were puppy love and they had non of the depth of heedo and yejin so I DO NOT ACCEPT how they could get married and be happy and the actual 2 people who supported and communicated so much could end it for silly matters

and I shall call them silly matters because, A- they kept pushing them in a corner with "reporter will hurt his subject if they were in a relationship". but that was used for yerim and it became a punch in the face of heedo and yejin's relationship. which is weak writing
and B- he leaves the country, gets sucked into a wormhole of sadness and disrepair, he keeps apologizing for not being there and heedo keeps feeling the burden of his apologies.. and they throw in another punch "my mom was never there, it's not a relationship I want" as if it can't be solved.
why did she have to get married so fast, what's wrong with long distance, what's wrong with putting it on hold and reconnecting, again the writers were just set on the "not ending up together" that every move they made was a deliberate weak attempt rushing them there
and a bit of C- and that final move. they met before he left and they did talk it a bit and ended it well, so there was no hard feelings and definitely no resentment, they couldn't even stay as friends and for what? they had 1 bad fight, then throw in her dairy being kept in a store for 20 years COME ON.. tho again the things said there were the "best case scenario" breakup, it wasn't as if they could never talk to each other again, their bond didn't just disappear..

I'm not sad they weren't happily ever after, though honestly they were the best representation of a realistic couple I've seen. no destiny, no childhood connection, no random "WE MUST BE TOGETHER". they were each others rock, cheerleader, best friend and love. HOW CAN THAT NOT WORK,
the 2ml goes and says "no you can't throw me away I won't let you" and survived his gf moving to another country, being labeled as a traitor, and having no future path beside luckily becoming an influencer, and yerim coming back like the heartache her arc caused only effected yejin, and she was able to get back in and even stay in heedo's life when they went through another rough patch
but heedo and yejin couldn't... honestly were they that shallow.. was it an "experiment" and convenient.. what is love TT_TT

also, they were friends near their 30s, and they never mentioned them in their 40s.. shouldn't yerim and 2ml's kid be friends with heedo's kid.. wouldn't 3fl end up together with yejin's brother and also have kids

was yejin just a chaperone to them, was their friendship that shallow.. 2ml, 3fl, and even yerim who knew yejin since childhood never crossed paths together again? please this was such bad writing after 20s that this should've just been till then with an open ending of "will it work out" instead of forcefully trying to ruin it and think they were being melo, noir and clever "I'm looking at you veronica mars s4"

and yes, I am angry and I'll go back and remind myself, future heedo never happened. the ending scene was 2001s new year with the plan of their 600s anniversary as an open ending of "happily ever after"

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Emotionally a 10, rationally an 8

This show's strength is the friendship, tbh in s1 too I complained alot about the plot points being too convenient, cliche, dejavu, idk what to call it but everything had happened before in other tv shows, every scene felt familiar

So this shows strength was the friendship, this season half of it was dragged and wasted on the yoga instructor and her brother. They weren't funny but maybe they were a bases built to show and focus on bow jiyeon doesn't build relationships essily, she can't
make female friends and ofc non of the guys ever wanted to just be friends, Sun Jung was practically withered out until she realized jiyeon has loyalty and isn't as shallow as she seemed



Non of these girls are perfect, they are all flawed, so different and so full of baggage. That's the point here

Sohee is an emotional time bomb eventho she acts "go with the flow" and easy going
Jiyeon hides her deepest emotions eventho she "always says the truth with no filter"
Jigoo doesn't show "vulnerability" and has too much "pride" evetho she looks confident and "have it all figured out"

Jiyeon is the one "women hate" so she doesn't have any other friends beside these two. Sohee and jigoo make friends easily. So jiyeon's "talkative positive behavior" is her choice and excuse so no one including herself thinks "why doesn't she have other friends"
And yes her behavior is not an excuse, it's a toxic cry for help. If her friends had stable relationships they too would forget her so yes she's self sabotaging
love of friendship is deep too, but romantic relationships get higher value. If they get married they'd move out, if they have kids they wouldn't spend time every night, sohee and jigoo can adapt but jiyeon can't

Everyone is messed up that's the beauty of this

Jiyeon didn't tell them when it was her mom's memorial, and she hid at the back, finally not smiling and saying everything ok, she has deep dark emotions too

Sohee screamed and threw a tantrum at her mom because she wasn't over dealing with the grief of her dad
Then she yelled at kang pd cuz she was embarrassed and wanted to test him

Jigoo doesn't feel like she can depend on others or make a move cuz of her student that died, she kept making excuses too ignoring wooju and putting a wall cuz she was afraid to get hurt again

Kang pd too isn't perfect. Usually kdrama past traumas are an excuse for cold ml,
but here his mom died/disappeared, he lacked the healthy relationship mindset
And living so seriously as a kid and getting depression, he decided to approach life nonchalantly to not get hurt
But like what he did in s1 staying by her when she heard about her dad's passing , such a sweetie hidden under all that "patheticness", this season When kang pd pulled the car over but then told her not to get out? He again showed that he has more than his jijiri loser persona

Jiyeon never really cried over her illness or her breakup and she always acts like she's ok when she's not. Sohee always feels the need to be the middle glue that keeps the fire and ice together so her own emotions are put on the backseat
Jigoo always acts like she doesn't need what she can't have because she's afraid she can't reach it. She wants pretty clothes and dresses but doesn't have the finances, she wants to date but shallow men around her did choose the "girly girls" over her


But this show sure wasted time on yoga instructor arc, eventho they wanted a new friend and a enemy to friend, the writing around it lacked, but this show is still so convenient and yet so complicated

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the writing is a 0

I thought based on the 1st scene this would be scary but I was disappointed.. it wasn't even gory it was eyeroll worthy..

Lee Sung Min is an amazing actor and his scenes with Nam Da Reum were sweet and touching, but that was mainly just based on their acting, the writer/director gave them nothing to work with.. actors need their dialog...

I'm also disappointed at productions labeling anyone a lead. a main lead is someone with a backstory, emotions, thoughts and personality.
the detective was just someone after a killer, he didn't even have common sense. Ae Ran was suddenly revealed to be a ghost they didn't let her show her torment and Cheong Seok though he had the most scenes but again not much personality is labeled as lower in "ranks". when in reality calling Park Jin Soo a main is pushing it.

I wish atleast the characters had more substance!. these days the writers' think "tragic past/connection" is the key for emotinal scenes but it still needs a development for it to work! 10 x 0 is still a 0
for almost an hour and a half no one really talked or even did anything, they just walked, went to eat then walked... and don't get me started on the horror! I can't take horror and I even laughed at a couple of those scenes, creepy eyes and dark clouds are scary.. there was no thrill, no action.. honestly the ending too, they tried to pretend they were "saving" the characters from their torments but it was just another scene..

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best of jihyo

not gonna lie, I started this for jihyo and I wasn't disappointed, finally they gave her a chance to break away from her typecasting.
but that's all the praise I have, the plot is really basic. they're using shallow "touching" stories to show the desperation of people making those wishes but are they really worth it? ironically though the answer seems yes becasue even if the "price" seems high but in the end it's so easy to forget the pain when you reap the reward

one lost his fingers, one lost her memories, one lost her voice, but no one regretted it.. getting a job has more weight than his fingers, seeing her son happy mattered more than her having her personality/identity.. but the one with the voice tbh she was robbed..

on the other hand the mains' connection and stories were just as flat. the

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the movie starts in a random small village, they don't have any roads connecting them to the next town or souel and only had a railroad that reached them through a bridge
it then starts showing us the life of a lazy highschooler that starts taking private lessons from the prettiest girl in class, and I thought it'd be an old school type of, school romance like 2521 so it was a bit boring (the movie not 2521)

but then the real twist happens. I was a bit confused mainly cuz of Park Jung Min, the 35 year old failing to look 18, he's a good actor, but to cast him after showing the tiny Kim Kang Hoon, who can easily be his son, made it hard to understand for a minute xD then after noticing the sister that didn't age I thought this was a scam movie.. then after the kid vr was brought back, as flashbacks, I started wondering if they were 2 different people with 2 similar looking sisters

now I do admit I didn't pay much attention in the 1st half for those reasons. it felt messy and cheap


until the twist happened... and they showed the both vrs pictures. with a missing SISTER! and it hit me. she died and that was when the waterfalls started till the last minute of the movie T_T
the events of the past. the acting of Lee Sung Min, the reasons and action of those actors, it was all so devastating..
the 2nd half was honestly pure emotinal gold. it was shocking, yet full of hope, redemption, bonding, understanding and heartwarming sweetness

I thought Tae Yoon was a tough love type of dad, but he was so vulnerable, so fragile, so soft.. again casting the 35 year old one thinks he left his son for years but it was around 10 years, tho again a bit much, but he held on to so much self loath he couldn't look at his son again
the moment he got angry at the paper cuz he didn't want his son to be hurt. the moment he forced him to go to souel, their trip, his pure joy over his results (my favorite scene T_T), Jung Jun Kyung confessing that he went to the beach to stop his dad from suicide, junkyung and Bo Kyung "hugging" their dad T_T, their farewell, and in the end the most hilarious ending that just made this little movie even more preciousT_T

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break your box

a simple beautiful message done is a pleasingly sweet musical style. everyone has a box, a worry that traps them
also everyone needs atleast 1 person to stay by their side and trust in them and here we got a sweet journey of friendship, food and music

each step was a lesson that ended in the big finally, Min Soo didn't want jihoon to relay on him 100% though ironically I saw the contract termination as a sign of trust and letting him "go" so he can peruse music as a passion not an obligation xD but jihoon could've seen it as abandonment

chanyeol honestly is such an amazing singer, rock, rap, ballad, trot, jazz, he can do it all! the only problem I had was the 1st idol generation hair xD
and maybe the lack of more in depth friendships, and ultimately "love", though I also appreciated how everything wasn't solved just cuz of that, but hints of love would've been cute

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I wish it was a full drama

basically the story was weak, and the writing was worse since they needed 1 extra ep to try and wrap things up but the overallness of it was nice..

it had 4 of my favorite things, independent strong fl, sweet somewhat shy ml, sweet friendships and a rock band, but the delivery sucked..

the fl randomly opens a big cafe without hiring anyone and she can't even cook herself, so that's a recipe of dept and bankruptcy, then her brother scams these 4 aspiring artists so the fl gives them a job and they all randomly fit it.
one is a great cook, one is so hot he draws in customers and the other 2 do the coffees and dishes so their cafe becomes huge...

so like the fl from the start just needed to hire people and the fact that she didn't while the guys also randomly got scammed in that cafe was bad writing.

I wish they made it more casual. fl opens restaurant, fl looks for employees, the guys being starving artists apply as part time and boom the rest of the stuff happened.

also they wasted time on the hot guy's problem that they really didn't try hard to work on the romance between the 2 mains, eventough they were too cute.
plus who wants uncertain fame when they can mix their music and cafe and make it a live band cafe..

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I don't want to change my 1st ratings but I'd give this a 8.5 after the rewatch

the ending was way too rushed and sudden tbh, and Director Kim being her dad made me go "wth" xD
also I didn't remember this had a near sexual assault! though thankfully the made it a reversal point about her past self so it went by ok.
though I also think 2 things made things too complicated, 1- if the son got sick becasue they switched the mom and the fls "genes" and it disappeared once she went back, then wouldn't that mean the incident with the daughter and the fl protecting her didn't happen?
like how much do they remember? how many things didn't happen becasue they reswitched?

the dynamic between the fl and her new "husband" was funny, finally though a ml that was sweet and not pushed over by his wife (real wife) xD he really did love and respect her, and they seemed to have a nice healthy relationship even though they had a shotgun wedding as teens (don't know how old the ml was) maybe wait, he was same aged as yeonwoo cuz he said he went to her class? so 39? and his wife was 34. so they got married when she was around 18 and he was 22?


I think this was Song Seung Heon best work, he should do more sweet mature roles instead of the crazy or immature roles.

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