reallyyy cute story and i really loved it as it was, but i cant help think how things would've turned out if she just chose yuzu instead!!! >< i am happy and heartbroken at the same time lol
the writing is soooo fcking good damn i haven't enjoyed something for awhile now. people saying this is boring are probably the basic kdrama fans who only enjoy romcoms lol
I just finished watching this for the fourth time today.
The first was back in junior high, then again during senior high. I watched it a third time in college, and now, as I start my first job, I find myself drawn to it once more.
Each time I watch it, it hits differently. Somehow, I end up loving it even more with every rewatch. I’m not even sure why I’m so attached to this drama—maybe it’s because, now that I’m older, I understand the underlying messages and subtle emotions more deeply. The writing is just incredible. The lines delivered by the characters are so well-crafted. I honestly love it so much. Not my most, although one, of favorite drama, but definitely my comfort draman.
I think it’s because of her character. She portrayed a mute character, and whenever she speaks, her acting feels…
I ddn't say it was bad, I just said it lacked. cheong ah in Twinlkling Watermelon was also a mute character but she didnt play a downturned eyebrow expression like CSB did. She showed a variety of emotions. And abt the crying, i was talking about the part when ML got shot. If you watched scenes where KGE cried when goblin disappeared, or when SHY cried in Mr. Queen and Samdalri or when PBY screamed and cried in SWDBS you'd know exactly what I mean when I said WTPR acting felt a little lacking.
If I could speak for the majority, I'd say this drama was good. I will explain in awhile why i didn't like it as much.
First, it had all the elements and clichès that a typical kdrama has (contract marriage, rich dude poor girl, ml saving damsel in distress, rich fam feud and etc) and I must say, it did remind me so much of the days when I would watch kdrama purely for the delusion and fun of it all. This drama was honestly an episode turner, it was bingeworthy and I wasn't bored at all.
However, for me personally, I did think it lacked substance, emotions, and feelings. It had all the perfect elements, plot, and thrill set up but I couldnt figure out what was missing.
While I like FL, and have watched her dramas in the past, I do agree with some of the reviews here saying she really has to improve her acting. It was good but I know she could really do so much better. She had the same downturned eyebrow expression the entire series and her crying was a little dead (idk ig i'm so used to watching dramas with heavy criers like park boyoung, kim go eun and shin hye sun) there is ofcourse always room for improvement.
And they totally botched that ending too. I was so confused with the last ep. It felt like the producers/writers tried so hard to make this drama so extravagant that it became too much and ruined the drama. A calm satisfying ending would have sufficed.
I'm still giving this a 7.5 for a plot though. This drama would be best for watchers who just started kdrama.
1. it wasn't bad but it wasn't excellent either. like it had enough to put me at the edge of my seat and continue watching the next episodes but it did really feel underwhelming
2. i think they really milked salaryman's character (gongyoo) way too much since the viewers asked for it in S1 but his arc really didn't provide justice to his story at all. i would've preferred him to stay the hot mysterious dude that he was in S1
3. it's pretty obvious they're gonna drag this up to season 3 so i'm really just hoping gyuyoung, siwan, and sunghoo's character get more exposure
i feel like this had so much potential, great cast, great acting and great plotline but the narration was soooo over the place, i was so confused the whole time. They made the earlier episodes so confusing and vague and I know it was for the plot twist (that they were dead) but it just felt so forced. the story telling was so bad jumping from multiple characters every episode that they failed to really show the unique stories of each character until the later episodes. i think they werent given that much attention which was such a shame because their back stories were actually good and touching. maybe they couldve just focused on one character per ep. idk man. this was a little disappointing, coud have been directed and written better this could have been so good
i was about to move on from the emotional damage this drama caused me, really i was doing so fine minding my own business until i suddenly realized that till the very end, haejo never even got to know who his real father was but the most gut wrenching part abt it all was that he chose to return to the father he loved the most oh fml
I agree with you. I enjoyed it and it was a bittersweet show but it wasn’t the best for me because I also found…
her character was literally made to be needy. she was just an orphan who only wanted a family of her own and unlike haejo, she never really had anyone. (the writer honestly did great at portraying these nuances: her wanting to be a mom to give her child the love she never had, her working at a kindergarted because she liked kids, her wanting to marry someone just to have a family and her back story showing how she was never chosen and adopted) i guess yall focused too much on hating the FL rather than understanding her character (which is why u just found her "annoying and needy")
the hospital kidnapping was stupid, i agree. but it was because she knew haejo didn't want to die like a sad loser on a hospital (she ultimately knew that wasn't befitting of haejo's character and if she didn't do that i'm pretty sure haejo would escape from the hospital the moment he opens his eyes. you can literally see her hesitating but she still did it anyway because love is knowing someone so well that you know their needs, thoughts and feelings like the back of your hand.
the last scene when he was lying flat on the cold snow bleeding and dying wasn't the saddest scene for me (tho i still did cry over it) it was when haejo was taking photos of jaemi and him gradually tearing up over the fact that he'd be leaving her soon and that he wanted to live so much damn i was shitting so much tears at 3am, i couldn't breath they loved each other so fucking much i want to keel myself
The first was back in junior high, then again during senior high. I watched it a third time in college, and now, as I start my first job, I find myself drawn to it once more.
Each time I watch it, it hits differently. Somehow, I end up loving it even more with every rewatch. I’m not even sure why I’m so attached to this drama—maybe it’s because, now that I’m older, I understand the underlying messages and subtle emotions more deeply. The writing is just incredible. The lines delivered by the characters are so well-crafted. I honestly love it so much. Not my most, although one, of favorite drama, but definitely my comfort draman.
If I could speak for the majority, I'd say this drama was good. I will explain in awhile why i didn't like it as much.
First, it had all the elements and clichès that a typical kdrama has (contract marriage, rich dude poor girl, ml saving damsel in distress, rich fam feud and etc) and I must say, it did remind me so much of the days when I would watch kdrama purely for the delusion and fun of it all. This drama was honestly an episode turner, it was bingeworthy and I wasn't bored at all.
However, for me personally, I did think it lacked substance, emotions, and feelings. It had all the perfect elements, plot, and thrill set up but I couldnt figure out what was missing.
While I like FL, and have watched her dramas in the past, I do agree with some of the reviews here saying she really has to improve her acting. It was good but I know she could really do so much better. She had the same downturned eyebrow expression the entire series and her crying was a little dead (idk ig i'm so used to watching dramas with heavy criers like park boyoung, kim go eun and shin hye sun) there is ofcourse always room for improvement.
And they totally botched that ending too. I was so confused with the last ep. It felt like the producers/writers tried so hard to make this drama so extravagant that it became too much and ruined the drama. A calm satisfying ending would have sufficed.
I'm still giving this a 7.5 for a plot though. This drama would be best for watchers who just started kdrama.
1. it wasn't bad but it wasn't excellent either. like it had enough to put me at the edge of my seat and continue watching the next episodes but it did really feel underwhelming
2. i think they really milked salaryman's character (gongyoo) way too much since the viewers asked for it in S1 but his arc really didn't provide justice to his story at all. i would've preferred him to stay the hot mysterious dude that he was in S1
3. it's pretty obvious they're gonna drag this up to season 3 so i'm really just hoping gyuyoung, siwan, and sunghoo's character get more exposure
the hospital kidnapping was stupid, i agree. but it was because she knew haejo didn't want to die like a sad loser on a hospital (she ultimately knew that wasn't befitting of haejo's character and if she didn't do that i'm pretty sure haejo would escape from the hospital the moment he opens his eyes. you can literally see her hesitating but she still did it anyway because love is knowing someone so well that you know their needs, thoughts and feelings like the back of your hand.
if this aint enought, go watch moonlight <3