Telephilia

So So So Muchhh Addictive

Yes, that is exactly what I usually do, especially on IMDb. But for exceptional writing, I rate it early so that it can reach more people, since many tend to judge a work by its ratings.

Haha, that scene was hilarious.

And there are still three weeks left until it is completed. Three weeks of anticipation.

But it is not a bad thing to have something worth looking forward to when it is of this quality. For those of us who love this drama, it feels like a wholesome kind of anticipation.

Hilarious, that would be interesting.

Haha, yes, you can see how much I have commented here. Normally, I do not comment after watching something, but I could not help myself this time. Why is its rating still so low? It feels beyond explanation.

Perhaps, it will take time for more people to recognize writing of this quality, rather than the shallow stories they seem to be craving. But I know! this will become a classic. It may just need a little more time to be fully understood and appreciated.

We Are All Trying Here, deserves the same recognition too. Its rating needs to rise as well, because it carries the same kind of sincerity, depth, and emotional intelligence that deserves to be seen by more people.

Thank youuu. I try. Writing is one of my deepest passions, alongside being an engineer, and perhaps, one day, an author. It has slowly become my way of breathing. When I cannot put my thoughts into words, there are moments when I feel as though I am quietly choking.

There is a small collection of Korean dramas that function less like television and more like literature. My Liberation Notes. My Mister. One Spring Night. We Are All Trying Here. Dramas that take ordinary life with full seriousness. That find the weight in small moments. That leave something behind in you that was not there before. This belongs among them without question. And depending on what you need from it, it may belong at the very front. 10 out of 10.

Writing does not explain its characters. It trusts them. It lets them be contradictory and unresolved and achingly real, the way people actually are when no one is performing for anyone.

You do not watch these characters grow. You watch them become more themselves, and somehow that is more moving than any transformation story has ever been.

Absolutely Perfect So Far....

Thank you for the recommendation. I’ll certainly watch what you suggested.

I’ve already experienced his other masterpieces, "One Spring Night" and "Something in the Rain". Both felt complete to me, remarkable in their direction, writing, performances, and music.

"One Spring Night", in particular, left a lasting impression, not only for its beauty but for the emotional precision with which it observes ordinary lives and issues.

I tend to be selective about exploring a filmmaker’s entire body of work, unless it carries genuine substance and depth, the kind I find in Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick, or Bergman, in Sakamoto Yuji and Park Hae-young’s writing, or in Park Chan-wook’s direction.

Ahn Pan seok has now earned a place among my top tier directors.

Something deeply humane in his work, a warmth and attentiveness that makes his stories feel lived in rather than merely told.

However, It is heartbreaking that such a thoughtful artist passed away so early.

Hands down the best storytelling of 2026. Simple on the surface, brilliant underneath. stays with you after it ends.

This is Korean drama at its absolute finest.

10 out of 10. Every frame. Every word. Every breath of it.

What makes this drama so rare is how it refuses to let you go.

You finish an episode and instead of feeling satisfied, you feel hungry.

Deeply, genuinely hungry for more of the world they have built.

That specific feeling is the mark of masterful storytelling, and very few dramas ever earn it.

This drama lives in the same sacred space as My Liberation Notes, One Spring Night, We Are All Trying Here, and My Mister.

Dramas that do not entertain you and leave. Dramas that stay. That make you feel the strange, beautiful ache of being fully human.

This is the absolute pinnacle of writing, the highest standard it can reach. In some scenes, the writing rivals Dostoevsky, especially in its portrayal of human emotion.

You persuaded me to watch it, and I'm genuinely grateful you did. Few dramas possess such quiet power, such depth, and such enduring emotion. I finished it carrying a sense of admiration words can scarcely contain, without a single regret. Arigatō gozaimasu 🍀