I agree the writers/director messed up the start of season 2. If you going to have Ae and Pete breaking up at…
I totally agree with you. As for Ae, I do understand that he can't get over Pete in the same day, but in the series we only saw a broken Ae. I would have been more happy if instead of showing a bratty Ae all the time, they showed us more of KlaNo.
It is important to show what No went through when he learned the truth. We bs things Kla did to win over No. All of those things could have been in this season, but no... Moreover, this couple was my favourite, as Mark's and Gun's chemistry is obvious.
As for your last point, I personally don't think that we would have more seasons of this series. The KlaNo and TinCan couple are finished. The only thing that they could saw us is more about AePete, what happens in the future; but honestly I don't want to see that.
The series comes from a manga that’s literally ages old. Also, how is this sexist??? I’m sure there are similar…
So you wanna tell me that you are ok with saying that you have to be beautiful (by society's standards) to get a partner? Or are you okay with having a girl acting girly to get a boyfriend? Why did Mairu need to make bento for Tenyu and not give him advice on how to play basketball? Because they created a scenario in which Tenyu is always hungry and Mairu is good at cooking. Please. Don't you find this sexist?
Moreover, as someone who grew up and did not fit the society's standards of beautiful for girls, I have to tell you that boys always told me what things like "If you are not thin then you are not a girl". If that is not sexist then I don't know what it is. Mairu in the series, before she became "beautiful" was listening to similar things like me. The people around her had expectations for her to fit their standards. She was made fun by boys because she was "ugly". This type of humiliation and injustice is sexist. Furthermore, I checked when the manga was first published, and according to myanimelist, 2010 was the year of the publication. Don't get me wrong, but this is not an old manga. It is a decade since then, and unfortunately in year 2021 we have the drama adaptation. I might agree that 11 years ago the normality was different; however we did not need to have a series about it.
Even though I love Japan, I have to talk about the elephant in the room. Japan is known for the sexism towards women. That is why I don't like it when they are promoting this type of series were the female lead is acting on how the society wants her to act. Is it that difficult to have a strong-willed female lead? Or a female lead that doesn't know how to cook? Or doesn't care how the people around her view her?
As for your comment "Please don’t tell you’re this close-minded", I assume you are talking only for this series and I have to admit that the female lead wasn't the only issue with me. The acting was bad, the story was shallow, and the characters were weak. As I have said in my summary, the cinematography in this series is amazing. However, the plot was my major issue.
Lastly, as for your comment " I’m sure there are similar plots like this where the gender roles are switched", I haven't found a series where the roles are switched. I am watching asian drama since 2011 and up until today I haven't watched a series where the boy is "ugly" and changes to meet the beauty standards and acts boyish. If I ever watched a series like this, please rest assure that I would have the same issues with it.
Making fun of people's appearance isn't something that I am fun of, because in some cases it is not that easy to change. In the series you would see a beautiful person wearing glasses, having messy hair, and wearing unappealing show , characterised as "ugly". To change that ugly status they wear makeup, contact lenses, pretty clothes, and do their hair. However, in reality things aren't like that. That was my problem with this series.
I thought I was the only one who hated it, It was so awful and confusing.
No, you were not the only one who hated it! Actually, while I was watching this series, the majority of the fans were saying how amazing it is, and how they are happy that they finally got the second season. On the other hand, I was thinking how awful it was.
Seriously THANK YOU for writing this. I was alittle worried about roasting this season too lol but decided to…
At first I thought that I was the only one. There are a lot of fans who are defending this season, but we have to be honest. This season was crappy and we, the fans, do not deserve this. I mean there are people who paid to watch this.
hiiii....basically I saw a comment of yours that you're from Grrece...so do I...??? ???? ?????? ?? ??? ???? ????? ??? ?????????? ????????? ?? ?? drama...
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arigato for the request...as I can assume you like park jung min...I believe in that thing we are the same!I soo soo soo love him!
It is important to show what No went through when he learned the truth. We bs things Kla did to win over No. All of those things could have been in this season, but no... Moreover, this couple was my favourite, as Mark's and Gun's chemistry is obvious.
As for your last point, I personally don't think that we would have more seasons of this series. The KlaNo and TinCan couple are finished. The only thing that they could saw us is more about AePete, what happens in the future; but honestly I don't want to see that.
Moreover, as someone who grew up and did not fit the society's standards of beautiful for girls, I have to tell you that boys always told me what things like "If you are not thin then you are not a girl". If that is not sexist then I don't know what it is. Mairu in the series, before she became "beautiful" was listening to similar things like me. The people around her had expectations for her to fit their standards. She was made fun by boys because she was "ugly". This type of humiliation and injustice is sexist.
Furthermore, I checked when the manga was first published, and according to myanimelist, 2010 was the year of the publication. Don't get me wrong, but this is not an old manga. It is a decade since then, and unfortunately in year 2021 we have the drama adaptation. I might agree that 11 years ago the normality was different; however we did not need to have a series about it.
Even though I love Japan, I have to talk about the elephant in the room. Japan is known for the sexism towards women. That is why I don't like it when they are promoting this type of series were the female lead is acting on how the society wants her to act. Is it that difficult to have a strong-willed female lead? Or a female lead that doesn't know how to cook? Or doesn't care how the people around her view her?
As for your comment "Please don’t tell you’re this close-minded", I assume you are talking only for this series and I have to admit that the female lead wasn't the only issue with me. The acting was bad, the story was shallow, and the characters were weak. As I have said in my summary, the cinematography in this series is amazing. However, the plot was my major issue.
Lastly, as for your comment " I’m sure there are similar plots like this where the gender roles are switched", I haven't found a series where the roles are switched. I am watching asian drama since 2011 and up until today I haven't watched a series where the boy is "ugly" and changes to meet the beauty standards and acts boyish. If I ever watched a series like this, please rest assure that I would have the same issues with it.
Making fun of people's appearance isn't something that I am fun of, because in some cases it is not that easy to change. In the series you would see a beautiful person wearing glasses, having messy hair, and wearing unappealing show , characterised as "ugly". To change that ugly status they wear makeup, contact lenses, pretty clothes, and do their hair. However, in reality things aren't like that. That was my problem with this series.