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hahaha okay, maybe I should drop it. I've been trying to force myself to continue for a long time now, but I am so annoyed each time I start again. Maybe I'll just watch the last episode to find some inner peace.

My advice: don't come for the romance. There is some, but I am guessing if you've seen some edits, you've probably seen it all.

hahaa same! I usually only do that for some scenes, but this time I watched the last 3 episodes almost entirely on fast forward.

wow..I finished! A painful watch mostly, I think the things that made me keep on watching were the Mother Team and also the mothers (of Darim, Ji Hyeok and Ha Yeong). Mother's for the win!
Oh and that goofy dancing in the end really made me end this on a happy note. This drama shall be partly forgiven their sins of collecting all the worst tropes there are and not even making them fun.

100% agree with what you wrote. overall I enjoyed the drama and the crime plot was believable enough.
I have to say I find the glorification of fandom in this drama quite problematic. I mean it's like you mentioned: she said she liked him as a person, but then likes him better as a star? It's fine if she still enjoyed his music, but going back to the buying merch and tickets..

also those two crazy fans, who nearly killed them (and potentially others if they had ended up having a car accident) are now getting their redemption because they are just loyal fans and no consequences whatsover?!

hahaha I was wondering whether I should watch it or not. this convinced me! but please be aware I will have to blame your miniature poodle if I am not enjoying it.

omg yes! it looked like they blurred their faces into plush toy mode. xD The only reason I kept watching was cause of that actor. It was the first time I thought it's believable people didn't recognise him: Enaga and AE actually seemed like two different people.

I am definitely cringing a lot. but I kind of started with that in the first episode, so I just went with it. :D The piercings do have a significance, at least for Chiaki they're not only part of the "punk" attire, but hold a special meaning.

aah I see! Yes 100% agree on that. I also hate when they always want to show this as lying for their sake, but actually it ends up being harmful for the other person.

haha omg yes. Real life is bad enough and we still do this to ourselves. To be honest I am not so much bothered by her lying to get the house, cause f*k those rich guys. But if she wants to get the house, she should at least be more smart about it and not suddenly depend on the guy to help her, because he's "the nice guy"

This is going to be a rant. :D

I think this could've been so much better if it had been a comedy:

Idea no. 1. they were not married yet, but cheating ex’s name was on the raffle ticket, hence she needs an actual fake fiancé with the same name, they agree to get married to get the house and share the money after selling it. then they are living together (to keep the director neighbour happy) and yes of course they will actually fall in love, after some bickering

imo it's so pointless he had the same name, since she never divorced the other dude and even sent his documents! to the Beaute guy, like how come they never checked (after asking his ID once) whether it was really him? he even noticed they look different. she could've just tried to find someone looking more similar to her ex and make a contract with him to share the money later)

Idea no. 2 they still try to hide it from their families, but there are many coincidental meetings, this could lead to many hilarious scenes, like the one where she is hiding in the dog house.

Idea no. 3 waaay less screen time for the Ex and his family. let them find out about the house later, when the CP is already in love and give them a super embarrassing scene, I mean the ex was already set up as a clown, so he should be all the way cheating clown and not a violent creep
more screen time for the FL mum! I actually really loved her, especially when she supports her lying to keep the house. There could have been some funny scenes with her!

Idea no. 4 NO cunning and evil uncle, NO parents death drama, NO I knew you since childhood and never forgot you trope
The whole uncle story arc annoyed me sooo sooo much. It really ruined the drama for me, cause everything now is focused on this story. Like the story isn't even about the main couple and the house anymore. It's all about that one crazy evil man, who is betraying everyone

Starting from the general set-up how it is written in the description it could have been a very funny and silly drama and I actually believed that was what they were going for, especially giving the characters those names - I mean"Woo Joo and Me ri" come on?!
I am sure Choi Woo Shik and Jung So Min would've been able to pull off the goofy act. The story also wouldn't have been something new, but honestly I believe that is not important if the comedic timing and chemistry between the characters are alright.

So this has overall been a big disappointment for me. If I see a comedy tag next time, I will not trust it so easily.

haha I love how angry you get. I am pretty annoyed too, but will still finish, since there are only 2 episodes left

honestly was a bit disappointed about the end. why did they have to add the stupid marriage proposal trope? If they had shown them like in Haruka's imagination with her in the suit and him in the dress, I might have forgiven them. Aahh Hikaru is so damn pretty!!

das "Scheiße" kam gut xD

yeah how dare the child have a birthday

They need to stop making the fucking trope that the child is responsible for their parents death! I know of survivor's guilt, but his entire family is just blaming a little boy for what?! Any person turning around while driving it is clearly their fault, like how can you blame another person for that. The reasons in other drama were equally stupid, like oh my parents drove to that place only because I wanted to go, so obviously it's my fault they died. It makes me so mad each time, I almost want to stop watching. Anyways it's an okay drama, but I wish they had just left it as comedy and not add the tragic past, evil uncle story.

haha yes it was such a typical trope, but I am happy they kept it to the minimum. xD

just wanted to say: wonderful review! I just finished the drama and came here to see what other people thought and I so much agree with everything you said.

It's a typical J-drama - the passionate type. If you don't like J-drama, better not watch. Personally I wasn't too invested in the love story, but I love the music and the friendship plot. I never read the Manga, but it's always difficult to compare this. In my opinion the acting was great and you can tell they put a lot of effort into making believable performances and a great soundstrack to do justice to a story centered around music. They got many great musicians on board for this. I doubt I would rewatch, but I will keep listening to the OST for a long time.

Such a cast I did not expect. Even Akanishi Jin?! What? I am looking forward to this.