iliterallylovethis

I can’t really say whether I enjoyed this. I did appreciate the slowness and the topics presented in the show, however, there’s no resolution.

What I did like was the sister and her love story, though it was very frustrating. They're supposedly sexually active and in the stage to get married yet, there’s not a single kiss scene, he still refers to her as Gijeong-ssi, and she speaks to him in high formality. They're just too awkward with each other. I also dislike the sister in law's addition to the story, I can't understand why she's so bitter and ties her whole livelihood to her niece and brother but doesn’t want either to be happy.

I also really appreciated Son Sukku’s acting. I think his character was written very poorly in terms of dialogue, thought processes, and plot and I genuinely didn't understand his character. Like it makes sense why he was depressed and an acoholic, but the way he acted overall was confusing. But Son Sukku still acted tf out of this role. Because of him, I can no longer say that acting can be bad due to the writing and direction, because even with the poor direction and writing, he was giving Oscar worthy performance.

Now to me Mijeong was obviously a neurodivergent character so I could get her for the most part, especially in the beginning. However, her dialogue and thoughts were a bit inconsistent and not expressed fully just like Gu and so I started to not understand her as the show went on. I also think Jiwon didn’t necessarily know how to portray a neurodivergent character, so she just came off as stiff. I don’t think she really understood her character either.

I’m also disappointed in the Liberation notes aspect of the show. I looked forward to seeing the little or big steps they would make to be liberated but it was never like that. They chose to stay small and even though one of their club rules was to not force yourself to be sad, a lot of times it felt like they were. There wasn’t any real effort with the liberation or any success so that was kind of disappointing for it being a big part of the show and its namesake.

And lastly, I felt like a lot of the show was forced angst. The characters, seemed to forcibly live in misery. For the beginning of the show that makes sense but they were supposed to move from that point and they never did. I even though Gijeong was the exception with her and her man but it honestly felt like once she was in the relationship she was still making herself miserable. She was no longer the confident woman as before and made herself small in the face of her sister in law and stepdaughter. Its like she was miserable in and out of a relationship. Same with the brother, no job or woman could he change his misery and that didnt feel realistic. And when you have characters like Mijeong, who recognizes that she hasn’t really been living and wants to be "liberated", there really should be more of an effort shown of them changing their lives and becoming "liberated". Also with Minki’s character, sometimes I like his random talks and other times it genuinely felt pointless and like another angst point that really does not tell a greater story overall. Even his relationship with Hyeona felt unnecessarily dramatic.

Overall I’m surprised this show did so well even if it has such popular actors because it's definitely a skip