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Yeah, I know the feeling. I was thought: finally she left. But then the drama ended. It was like after the conflict with her was resolved the writers could not think of anything else to keep the drama going.

I think 1 or 2 more episodes would have helped wrap up the drama more neatly. The supporting characters did not have a proper ending, and in my opinion, neither did the main characters. Seems like only the parents got their happy ending and a conclusion to their story. :(

Yeah, I have not watched the 2001 version but this one was definitely disappointing. I cant remember the details since I watched it over a year ago with a lot of skipping, but I think the main problem was that even after the ML found out the truth, that is was not her, he did not change his behavior towards her that much.

You would expect that after you find out you have been kicking the wrong dog, you would stop kicking it and apologize, that was not the case here. Please, dont kick dogs, this was only for comparison purposes. LOL

True. I did not know Horimiya because it is a little more recent but I might check it out later. I am not surprised there are so many stories with this plot considering the Japanese society cares a lot about reputation and stuff. So I imagine a lot of people have to put a mask when they are outside, some even at home to please the husband/wife and in-laws.

EDIT: Seems like there will be an anime version coming out in January 2021. Definitely checking it out. Its so rare to get this kind of anime nowadays. Most of them are ecchi or seinen, and the shojo ones are way too childish. :(

Yeah, I watched it several times. The only thing I did not like is how they wrapped up the anime. It did not feel like an ending. But the story and characters were pretty interesting.

The last few episodes are not on the same level as the rest of the drama. Hopefully this wont be another drama that has a good first half and then goes downhill in the second half.

Yeah, I was left with the same feeling. Maybe this was originally supposed to have 30 episodes and they had to cut it down to 24. That would explain why it is missing so many things that were only mentioned. I wanted to see them with their parents and after they graduate and start working to see how they would react. Also, maybe she meeting his parents (and grandma) and him meeting hers. I feel like this was such a good drama but was missing something.

Last time I felt this way was when I completed the drama Go Ahead. I was like "wait, thats it? this is the ending? what about their wedding? how come the conflict with his mother was suddenly solved so quickly?"

Dont get me wrong, I loved that drama. Which is exactly why I felt so empty when it ended so abruptly. Also, at the time MDL had a different episode count, so when I watched the last episode I did not know it was the last episode and it did not feel like the last episode. I thought there would at least be 1 more episode for their wedding and for the other brother to find someone and the other supporting characters to have a conclusion to their relationships. It felt incomplete, just like Professional Single.

Possibly. I started watching a few months ago as it was getting subbed and was also watching several other dramas at the same time, so its possible I missed some hints here and there that I would have not missed had I watched without such long breaks between episodes. I probably forgot a lot too. I will definitely re-watch this drama in the future so I can pay more attention to these things and maybe see the story and characters in a new light.

Yeah, Idk how old you are but the other one is pretty old. I mostly watched old school anime because I was interested in it from my childhood to teenage years. I said I watched it like 10 years ago, but now that I think about it, it was longer, more like 13 years ago. I am a 90s kid so most of the anime I watched aired between 1990 and 2010. I actually got the best window for watching anime as most anime nowadays is about horny pre-teens and girls that are 10 years old but have the body of an adult woman. Sigh

I have watched Switch Girl and it has some similarities too, but its not the one I was thinking about. The one I thought about is a lot older, like early 2000s or even earlier. She has short red hair and he has a troubled childhood that left him with a lot of trauma which the female lead later helps him heal from. I know I will eventually remember the title or find it, if I do I will edit this comment.

EDIT: Ok, figured it out. I suddenly remembered the title had the word kanojo in it and I knew it was an older anime since I was born in 94 and stopped watching anime around 2010, which was when I turned to manga and dramas. So I searched for that word and I knew as soon as I saw the cover for the anime. The title is Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (aka Kare Kano) and its from 1998, so pretty old compared to Switch Girl which is from 2011.

Yes. She looked flawless at school but at home would wear a red track suit with headband on her hair and glasses. There is a story that has similarities like the other person who replied said, which is Switch Girl, but its not that one that I was thinking about.

EDIT: Ok, figured it out. I suddenly remembered the title had the word kanojo in it and I knew it was an older anime since I was born in 94 and stopped watching anime around 2010, which was when I turned to manga and dramas. So I searched for that word and I knew as soon as I saw the cover for the anime. The title is Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (aka Kare Kano) and its from 1998.

Damn, girl. Same. These were all dramas that were either bad from the start or went downhill near the end. The last one on your list was one that I felt was pretty boring at times and a little cliché but I liked the characters and the piano music was nice, then near the end everything got worse and they were even able to ruin one of my favorite characters by making him do something completely out of character and unnecessary. Still mad about that.

Because at the end of the day you want a drama to make you feel something. You want to be excited while watching it, laugh, cry, say awww, something. But as someone who has been watching dramas for 10 years, several of them with unrequited love and love triangles, I found this one to be boring and not really have much of a plot aside from the unrequited love that was not unrequited after all.

I did not hate the drama though. I just did not love it and felt I could have been just fine had I never watched it. I think people who have recently started to watch dramas or people that can relate to the characters might have enjoyed it.

I kind of liked the first half, didnt love it, but it was ok, the second half though felt like a torture to watch and I skipped a lot.

This drama kind of feels like the writers dug a hole and threw themselves in it and then filled it up with dirt while still inside it. Sigh

They chose to put all these depressing themes like unrequited love, long-distance dating, love triangles, sickness and death, breaking up and getting back together again likes its nothing, and so on all in the same drama and make it pretty much the plot. They focused the whole plot on this and the work and other things happening in the characters life were made boring or not that important.

If I had to describe this drama I would say it is anti-climatic, boring and not something that would be well received in 2020, maybe in 2010, but not in 2020.

I imagine new drama watchers or people that can relate to the events in the drama might like it, but for me and other old school drama watchers that could not connect to the characters, this was a disaster.

Its not that it is awfully bad, its just nothing special. It does not make you invested in watching it nor makes you feel it was worth watching after you finish it.

This reminds me of a Japanese manga/anime. I cant remember the name now but the female lead was also completely different at school than her real self at home. And it was not only about her appearance, even her personality was completely different. The male lead was also not really as perfect as everyone thought, including the female lead.

UGH, please, someone, what is the title? I watched it like 10 years ago so I cant remember.

That is what I think too, just wish the writers made it more clear instead of us making theories to try and fill those holes. But like you said, I would rather watch the fluffy scenes we got instead, which is why I still gave this a 9, which is one of the best ratings I could give to a drama.

I think I have only given a 10 to a drama once out of all the hundreds of dramas I have watched in the past 10 years. And it was because it was a very emotional one that made me cry every single episode and was based on a true story.

Well, I didnt know when it would be since I had waited for a few weeks and there was no update at all, so I just watched the last 4 episodes raw. I did not like the drama that much so I dont feel I lost anything by watching some of the episodes raw.
But thank you for updating us here on MDL.

I wish the whole thing was real instead of it being a script written by the FL in the present day. But oh well, it was still a nice wrap up with a hint of a modern day romance and a last scene that was really cute.

Yeah. They pretty much ruined his character and the whole drama. It was not in his character to do something like that. Like I said to someone else, the writers should have watched 18 Again to see what an emotional ending without a train wreck is like.

Yes, the drama was pretty good until episode 14, best until before their separation so like ep 10. Then it went downhill. What I meant is that before that I was already seeing the red flags. I have been watching dramas for 10 years so by now I can tell when the writer is getting ready to throw the train off the rails.
The being sick part was sad but I was ok with it in terms of storyline. The moment they decided to go for death I knew I would be angry either way. If he actually died I would be super sad and I cried even when I knew he probably didnt. But him coming back at the end was completely lacking any logic and made me just as angry as if he had actually died.

First, it is not in his character to pull such a bad "prank".

Second, what about the whole conversation his mother had with Ra Ra? Was she also in on it? Did she not feel bothered seeing Ra Ra suffer so much? And if she also thought he died like everyone else, wouldnt that make the ML a huge jerk that faked his death to a mother that struggled so much to get pregnant with him?

If he wanted to wait until he got better, then he could just not show up and not contact her. She would feel really worried, but it would have been a better option than making her and a bunch of other people grieve his death when he was not even dead.

The writers completely ruined his character which was one of my favorites, if not my favorite, and for what? That ending was so unnecessary. They should have watched 18 Again to see what a proper ending for a drama is. One that is still emotional but not a train wreck.

You should mark your comment as a spoiler.

But about what you said, I was not surprised. At that point I knew I would be angry at the writers either way because they decided to pull something so cliché, unnecessary and lacking any logic.