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A missed opportunity.
The best thing about that I can say about this drama is it was a missed opportunity, an opportunity to give us a drama as good and worthwhile as Crash Landing On You. I think the main fault must be with either the production house or the streaming service, because they restricted this drama to only 12 episodes. The reason I could give this drama 8 rating is because it was after a long time a drama this beautiful appeared from Korea. But it didn't live up to the expectations and waiting after they first showed the teaser. This drama has it all, a very interesting premise- the male is translating the love of another for the female lead, who he likes. This drama had all the elements in the making of a very successful drama. The first episode was superb. The storyline of the male lead in love with his brother's girlfriend added depth to the character. They could have taken this to the next level on emotional scale, that could have made the drama for generations to remember. And what they did was, not only did they didn't proceed much with this storyline, but they also completely ignored his brother's storyline with the second female lead. They didn't give much space to complex families of the leads, the emotional scars that those leave on the leads, everything typical for a Korean drama and what made them good, even though sometimes exhaustive if done too much. But not going there at all was a shock. And this lead to a completely shallow second lead storyline. Kim Seon-ho was charismatic. Go Youn-jung was cute and funny and relatable. The sceneries were beautiful. They shot at beautiful places. (why didn't they give a reference to Goblin when they shot in Canada.) They story had emotional depths, I could feel it. If only they gave it more time.Was this review helpful to you?
