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Another Underrated Romcom Found!
What an underrated show! I don't understand why people rarely say this title when recommending romcoms. Coming in 2020s, this show has an old-schoold romcom vibes with hefty amount of romance and comedy, and of course cruel side stories such as family rejection and triangle love. The romance is very nice and the comedy is quite generous compared to so-called "romcoms" nowadays. It clearly has far better story and character development, rather than just a couple cluelessly fooling around like in several romcoms lately. There are a lot of side stories in this show, but I don't think they overpowered the main romance storyline. Other plus points are no childhood connections and no White Truck of Dooms.
The chemistry between Kim Da Li and Jin Mu Hak is exceptional. I like how the writer depicted Mu Hak. Even though he's slightly behind in intellect, he still has a great business sense. He was able to smelly fishy schemes on multiple occasions. Mu Hak has a very silly family, and thankfully they were able to avoid drastic personality change and keep this silliness even with the addition of malicious intents. Additionally, this show has an oustanding soundtracks too!
However, a romcom is always a romcom. A sudden change of vibes, especially due to malignant side stories, is always unpleasant for me. In this show, the sudden vibe change lasts quite long. I don't like how Da Li responded her uncle's request. He had a beef with her father and she even barely met him, so why did she even consider his suggestion? After that he for no reason decided to give up the idea and return to the US which is adding more ridiculousness. Song Ji Won didn't do well as the museum intern. The way she bumped into Da Li looks very awkward. Also why An Chak Hui is in the Main Role list? Her screentime is minimal, same things goes to her character's impact to the story. And the most annoying after all, it looks like Jang Tae Jin didn't get what he deserve at the end.
To sum it up, it's a great romcom with an appropriate number of romance and comedy, that will bring you back a vibe of old-school romcom kdramas!
The chemistry between Kim Da Li and Jin Mu Hak is exceptional. I like how the writer depicted Mu Hak. Even though he's slightly behind in intellect, he still has a great business sense. He was able to smelly fishy schemes on multiple occasions. Mu Hak has a very silly family, and thankfully they were able to avoid drastic personality change and keep this silliness even with the addition of malicious intents. Additionally, this show has an oustanding soundtracks too!
However, a romcom is always a romcom. A sudden change of vibes, especially due to malignant side stories, is always unpleasant for me. In this show, the sudden vibe change lasts quite long. I don't like how Da Li responded her uncle's request. He had a beef with her father and she even barely met him, so why did she even consider his suggestion? After that he for no reason decided to give up the idea and return to the US which is adding more ridiculousness. Song Ji Won didn't do well as the museum intern. The way she bumped into Da Li looks very awkward. Also why An Chak Hui is in the Main Role list? Her screentime is minimal, same things goes to her character's impact to the story. And the most annoying after all, it looks like Jang Tae Jin didn't get what he deserve at the end.
To sum it up, it's a great romcom with an appropriate number of romance and comedy, that will bring you back a vibe of old-school romcom kdramas!
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