I loved season one. trying to watch season two but it starts out so boring. female lead lacks charisma. does it…
it’s a very different story from season one — you could fast forward through it if you just want to find out what happens to your other favorite characters! otherwise it’s pretty boring
Wow, what a fantastic review! This is my favorite drama of all time and this succinctly did it justice — felt every word you wrote exactly. Makes me want to revisit this drama!
I'm 14 episodes in and it's a great drama so far! Lovely cinematography (camera work, angles, colors) and wonderful acting. The scripting and editing (cuts) have a few awkward flaws, but overall the pacing and feel of this drama is amazing!
I know a lot of people are sour at the ending, and to be completely honest I found a lot of it to be unnecessary and a bit awkward, but I thing the redeeming quality of the ending is that it was a human ending (not humane, human). I didn't understand why jiho needed to leave so badly, but I realized that she herself was in a situation where she didn't completely know what she wanted or where things were going, all she knew was that marriage was not something she needed in that moment. The writers needed to show that jiho is in imperfect (she is crazy after all) Personally, I know what it's like being an introvert, and I think all those empathizing with sehee have completely valid opinions; however, after making after making friends in high school even more introverted than me, I began to see that while introverts tend to be victims, they have the potential to be the perpetrators too, even the most destructive forces in a relationship; no extrovert has ever hurt me as much as as introvert has (maybe because I'm also a sensitive introvert heh heh). I personally find jiho to be a very intriguing character; she is by no means a classic extrovert: she's quiet, reserved, and a bit shy, but she doesn't leave her feelings unexpressed. Not contacting sehee was cruel from a certain perspective, but when I put myself into her shoes, I realized it doesn't matter if she's in Mongolia or in Insadong; that period of time was her room 19. There was a step back in maturity in that lack of communication and like the 3 seeconds of jealousy, but she's a human being, and humans are like that! It's not an ending I expected, but it didn't ruin the drama for me.
As for the wonseok/horang ending, I was personally rooting for the writers to have them part ways, as I personally believe that love can't promise happiness and compatibility. How I came to terms with them back together is what this drama taught me earlier: this is a standard drama happy ending, but there is no guarantee that they will be happy or successful, but if they want to endure the pain for love out of their own choice, what right do I have to stand in the way of that decision?
this is a very typical trope-ridden drama, but somehow it manages to be very fresh and enjoyable due to a charming cast and very honest and thoughtful writing. The overall narrative leaves room for improvement, but specific scenes are done very well
I was team junghwan all the way but I still loved this drama to bits even though he didn't end up with dukseon. I think the points that highlighted in this article make a great argument for how I actually rationalized the ending; it's not a competition for love- the two male leads serve different roles in this situation: taek is the romantic ideal and junghwan is the platonic ideal. No role is "better" than the other because we seek both in life. Both a romantic ideal who we don't have to second guess ourselves with (taek is open, honest, and committed) and a platonic ideal who loves a person without needing to be within that love themselves (ie. junghwan watches over her, shields her on the bus, does things with others in mind) Instead of a ridiculous love rivalry, I appreciated how the drama was portrayal of love in its different forms rather than "who is is better and manlier blah blah blah" because both characters are very well-written
I didn't understand why jiho needed to leave so badly, but I realized that she herself was in a situation where she didn't completely know what she wanted or where things were going, all she knew was that marriage was not something she needed in that moment. The writers needed to show that jiho is in imperfect (she is crazy after all)
Personally, I know what it's like being an introvert, and I think all those empathizing with sehee have completely valid opinions; however, after making after making friends in high school even more introverted than me, I began to see that while introverts tend to be victims, they have the potential to be the perpetrators too, even the most destructive forces in a relationship; no extrovert has ever hurt me as much as as introvert has (maybe because I'm also a sensitive introvert heh heh).
I personally find jiho to be a very intriguing character; she is by no means a classic extrovert: she's quiet, reserved, and a bit shy, but she doesn't leave her feelings unexpressed. Not contacting sehee was cruel from a certain perspective, but when I put myself into her shoes, I realized it doesn't matter if she's in Mongolia or in Insadong; that period of time was her room 19. There was a step back in maturity in that lack of communication and like the 3 seeconds of jealousy, but she's a human being, and humans are like that! It's not an ending I expected, but it didn't ruin the drama for me.
As for the wonseok/horang ending, I was personally rooting for the writers to have them part ways, as I personally believe that love can't promise happiness and compatibility. How I came to terms with them back together is what this drama taught me earlier: this is a standard drama happy ending, but there is no guarantee that they will be happy or successful, but if they want to endure the pain for love out of their own choice, what right do I have to stand in the way of that decision?