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There are two sets of English subs on Netflix. Just choose the other one and watch that scene again. You will get it. I'd say rewatch the whole thing with those subs. I ended up watching it twice more cuz of that.

I mean, I did say I haven't moved on from Can this Love be Translated. I will try to binge it once it's all out.

If you watched on Netflix, there is a second set of English subtitles that are way better. Same thing happened to me on the first watch. 2nd watch elevated the show from 9 to a 10 because dialogues made so much more sense...especially the Final scene in Ep 6 where Cha Mu Hee runs away after seeing Jo Hu Jin and Shin Ji Sun together in book store.

Feels like a Step down for Go Youn Jung after Can this Love be Translated. I still haven't moved on from Go Youn Jung and Kim Seon Ho pairing tbf.

I am his big Fan too, I am currently watching Good Manager with my mate who isn't into K-dramas. He got so into it yesterday he made me watch 4 episodes even though we usually watch only 1 or 2 max. As for Kocowa, we don't have it in Australia I believe. I might get Viki Pass again, we have that for Asian Dramas.

watch crazy love

On my 5th watch, can't move on from this. It somehow gets better with each watch as I understand the undertones more.

I have even watched Secret Hotel from 2014 and Remember 2015 where he played an excellent Villain. The only dramas of his I watched that I couldn't get into were Undateables and Distorted. Yet to try Awaken and Veil and that's just because I am usually not into Monster stuff in Awaken and Veil is not on any of the OTT I own (Prime, Disney, Netflix)

I think she did a decent job. She did the comedy scenes well enough but the Issue is that she doesn't have facial acting down yet and her voice inflections are off in emotional/intense scenes.

The biggest issue is that she struggles to convey emotions through her eyes and subtle facial ques. I would give an example of Go Youn Jung in "Can This Love Be translated?" That is a similar romcom but Go Youn Jung elevates the show with her performance. She can alter between two personalities with just a change in her expression. So yes, if JISOO could act better this Drama would have been better.
Also, to say that she didn't have ANY chemistry would also be wrong. Yes, her chemistry with AI co-stars wasn't awe-inspiring but her chemistry with SIG was definitely good. Now how much was that SIG carrying her or her doing a better job I don't know.

Nailed it on the head with superficial roles. This Drama was more FL centric and it was enjoyable for what it was. Still surprised SIG took this role though.

SIG is usually very careful in selecting his roles that either test his acting range or come with amazing scripts. DAYS, Smile has Left your Eyes, Cafe Minamdang, Squad 38, Hello Monster, Shopping King Louis, Death Game but his last two roles felt more like he did it for others. Twelve he did for Ma Dong Seok and this felt like he did for his agency lol. Excited for See you at Work Tomorrow though, webtoon was amazing.

Yeah that's the point, Park Bo Young is so good that she was able to carry the story in DAYS the first half. However, because they gave the same responsibility to JISOO in the first half of this show, it became really hard to stay invested in her AI adventures till Ep 5 as the novelty wore out by Ep 3. Only when SIG's character got more screentime by Ep 6 did I start to enjoy the show again. The moment of Yeong Il's creation where I called it being SIG and it actually turning out to be him was the most epic moment in the show for me.

Exactly, in "Can this Love be Translated?" you see the male lead has a similar no-nonsense mature personality but it is allowed to develop as you see how he was brought up, how he treats his brother and his other relationships to get a sense for his demeanor surrounding the FL. In this, it just felt like they gave In Guk a character to play, which he did admirably, but without any thoughts put into developing the character motivations.

Aside from not fleshing out ML backstory, the issue with not having families involved would have been fine if the workplace rivalry and the webtoon world was explored thoroughly instead of the surface level stuff we got. "Today's Webtoon" is a perfect example of that. Like relying heavily on AI stuff and JISOO's acting to carry the narrative was the main misstep. That would have shielded JISOO from criticism too as she had to carry the whole show and her acting was average at best (Her best scene were her broken English comedy, which shows how limited she is). Seo InGuk carried the 2nd half of the show even with such a limited character. If he was given more of the burden to carry the show then this would have hit at least 8.3 rating instead of the below 8 it has now.

Doom at your service is the perfect example, that show was FL centric too and even though the script was slightly weak in terms of main plot line, Seo In Guk's Doom character was given ample backstory, motivations, character growth etc. that the show ended up as a cult classic internationally even with average ratings in Korea.

Kim Sejeong would have been perfect. But maybe PJH will do a good job as she is a good actress

There is comedy but there is an underlying melo tone as both ML and FL have failed relationship trauma. Webtoon is amazing.

See you at work tomorrow webtoon was amazing, so if they stick to the webtoon and execute it faithfully it will be a great show.

One of my few 10/10 rated on this site.

Exactly my take from this. People expected way too much from a Ro-Co story wise. Base story was simple but production was great and Seo Inguk was amazing. Not every Ro-Co can be 10/10 like "Can This Love be Translated?". And even that became a bit more Melo-Ro-Co which deepened the plotline. I think my biggest concern was family of both FML and ML being non-existent and they didn't give Seo any relationships outside work or liking the FML in secret. If they explored Gyeong Nam's personal life before and showed his dynamic with people outside of work (like family or friends) this would have created a better foundation for the romance. At least they gave FML a best friend and a backstory of previous relationship but did nothing for Gyeong Nam.

Honestly...Seo In Guk saved the show in the second half...but barely

She isn't going to win any awards but it wasn't bad either. Maybe because I went in with low expectations that I was pleasantly surprised. As a fan of Seo In Guk, it was lovely to see him in a Ro-CO