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It's perfect precisely because off that.

In the 90s makjang bingo card, it ticks all the boxes. Good people are good, bad people are bad, good people end up happy, bad people get the appropriate punishment.

Pure escapism! What a joy!

There's an art to dropping Kdramas at the right moment. If you get the timing right, you're rewarded by an enjoyable ending that actual makes sense (to you).

So if I have to point a finger at someone that someone can only be me. I failed, so I got to enjoy none of the rewards.

But not all is lost. My intuition still kicked early on, knowing I would have to drop this somewhere down the line. I just failed the 'right moment'. The second couple got me distracted and because of that I got greedy. Time to learn and adjust. Next time I'll get the timing right.

Loved it. Dropped it at the right moment.

Once you get schooled on kdramas tropes, you develop this intuition that tells you exactly when the writing of a story will go sour. When that happens, you may edit out the bad parts, making mid-range kdramas great. This is one of those.

Fico muito feliz! Já havia pensado se tinha acertado na recomendação. Sabendo que sim, minha felicidade é total. Valeu pelo retorno!

Agora só tenho de esperar que a natural (e inevitável) dramnésia surta seu efeito para que eu possa novamente assistir esta jóia!

Also started watching this because of Blue. I also recently watched Intern in My Heart, and enjoyed it. It's a cute drama. This one seems more exciting, though.

Oba!

Este drama é fofo, sim. Mas meu drama tailandês favorito é 'To the Moon and Back' (https://kisskh.at/709801-matalada). Recomendo muito. A história do casal principal é das melhores que já assisti.

Thank you so much for bringing clarity to a heap of insanity. Your critique is not only correct, but touches the heart of the problem.

I watched this drama a bit, thinking, at first mistakenly, that your comment was probably exaggerated. Nah. On the contrary. You've nailed. If anything, the critique could even been harsher that it would still stand through.

Thanks again. You saved me (and probably others also) from wasting time away with this.

Many have said it already, so I'm just joining the choir: the main couple has a really healthy relationship. From friendship to couple, they always trust each other, always stick by each other.

If dramas can also educate (to a certain extent, cf. Plato's Republic and related discussions), this couple serves as a good model. For love doesn't have to be all about the usual drama shenanigans of misunderstandings and miscommunication. Yes, it may be useful from the production's point of view, as creation is perhaps more streamlined, being just a copy of whatever has been around forever. But as for making the story relatable, that's a really bad decision. Fortunately, this drama gets it right.

Seeing Mata and Pennung together soothes my need for watching a believable couple on a drama. They're above all friends. They spend time together because not because they are mesmerized by each other's outward appearance, but because they have fun doing day to day things, they enjoy each other's company.

I confess I skipped a lot of the side drama about the second couple, and even Pennung's family drama. But I watched all bits relating to Mata and Pennung, as well as Mata's family. It just felt right.

Having finished this, I must add that my only complaint (if I can call it that) was that we didn't get to see more about what happened afterwards with Han Yoo Ra and Yoo Se Hyeok's family. That feels like a mini-drama worth watching.

Really great comedy. After a certain point all characters' actions become so one dimensional that the whole thing feels like a parody.

I'm laughing more and more as the story progresses, and not in a dismissive way. I'm genuinely enjoying the pace, the twists, and the overtly cartoonist behavior off all characters.

It almost feels the drama itself is self-aware and just pretending to be serious.

For all this, it's truly a great comedy.

There are bad ways and good ways of calling something 'bad'. Your is the best way of doing so. You made me laugh.

I enjoyed this drama. Nothing deep, pretty standard—in a good way, even.

It has the usual rom-com tropes, the pace is ok (if you're ok with the usual not being in a hurry to tell you the whole thing).

There is no deeper meaning to this other than that of a 'story already told'. In practice, you'll be watching the very same plot you've watched a billion times before, but with different characters and setting. In this sense, it's 'safe'.

It has a cute, happy ending. If you like these, you get one here. This is a plus if you're just looking for a way to spend a effortless, no attrition, narrative 'good time'.

It seems to me you're projecting. It's just a guess, so don't take me wrong. If that's not the case, please ignore.

To me this drama feels shallow. As an aesthetic value judgment, it pertains to taste. And taste is by necessity idiosyncratic. So in my view, it's shallow. But I do not speak to any real truth behind the 'drama'.

When you say I don't understand the plot, it bothers me a little. I feel it's unjustified to attack my understanding just because I *feel* differently.

Notice that, from the first comment I stated:

"For those looking for the usual rom-com, this is probably a good fix".

In case you have a different understanding of what 'good fix' is, I mean it in the sense of 'makes you feel good about it'. The point being that 'if you like this kind of stuff you'll be good, and you'll probably have fun'.

I see this comment section as a place to help viewers decide if the particular drama is or not worthy of their time. As such, I write to those who, like me, have a particular sensibility.

You loving this drama and me disliking it says nothing about who we are as persons, our merit or whatever.

It seems to me that taking these issues too personally pollutes the discussions in the sense that this is not supposed to be an identity item. I'm not this or that kind of person because I like or dislike a particular drama.

So, if I rubbed you in a wrong way, be assured that it's not my intention to hurt anyone's feelings. My request for you is to be more generous with the way you address other people. My hope is that upon reading this you feel satisfied, both with your contribution and with what you shared.

Thank you for your insightful reply.

I'm mostly pleased by how everyone brings what strikes to them as important narrative-wise.

I'm also somewhat surprised by how I ended up stirring a discussion when my original point was above all a personal rant—me realizing I don't like this drama.

But upon reading your reply, I also empathize better with plot and its development.

So, to put it simply, it's not that the drama is wrong, or bad, or worthless; it's just me who don't fit in within its scope.

Again, thank you for your comment.

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it.

You're creating fiction upon fiction. It's a worthy effort if you're really into this kind of stories. Your narrative makes sense if you're in the usual rom-com mindset—which is totally fair, to be honest.

To me, missing the societal critique or awe is just too much of giant plot hole into the whole thing. So I shrug my shoulders and move on. Nothing's lost, no harm done.

For those looking for the usual rom-com, this is probably a good fix.

Other than that, this is another lost opportunity. Someone travels from back then and just 'meh' when confronted with all that have changed? No comment on how society is now organized, how it functions? It's as shallow as it gets. This is just a rom-com with extra steps.

If you're fond of the genre and its tropes, you'll probably cope with it just fine.

Thanks for your comment. Just a passing remark. This is not a correction, just a suggestion.

When talking about taste, I've read people saying 'palette cleanser'. But it makes more sense to say 'palate cleanser', as in 'that which cleanses your tasting sense', i.e., the palate.

Same here. I read your comment and checked the ep. where I dropped. Also 6. Watching this is borderline self-harm.

The love is real—but for another reason. You'll find more as the story progresses.

I tried 3 times to watch this, and still couldn't make it. I get the appeal this story has, but it's not for me.

The whole story relies on simple lack of communication. It's a tired trope. If you like the feel good vibe, this might may hit that sweet spot of yours. But if you, like me, want that with a bit more substance and meaning, this is definitely not it.