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One of the few dramas I would actually rewatch
I could very easily say this could be one of my favorite dramas I have watched!! I loved the plot, the characters, the music, everything. Of course, it’s not perfect, and yes, MK gets less badass as the story goes on, Baek-ho becomes the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz after he gets a heart, they both lose/quit their jobs to become (probably not so well paid) potato experts and Ong-ju gets fatty liver disease 😭 Ignoring the whole Ki-se storyline (which honestly just pissed me off especially when his ex didn’t find out about MK) I feel like the story was very cute and funny and DEFINITELY WORTH WATCHING!!!!Was this review helpful to you?
First drama to NOT leave me with unanswered questions
Before I start, I’d like to mention that I only started this drama after seeing one of the scenes with Cha Eun-woo smoking on TikTok, however, it most certainly DID NOT disappoint.At first, I thought it was some Korean version of Stranger Things, but now that I finished it, it’s everything Stranger Things didn’t manage to be.
Chae-ni, our lead character, is the most unhinged woman I’ve seen in a drama, in a big role. She cannot take almost anything seriously, she acts like a teen although she’s in her late (?) twenties, she has so much personality that I can’t imagine how her heart manages to keep her alive! Most interesting and entertaining (and not at all polite or dainty like most) female lead I’ve met so far!
Lee Woon-jung? Introverted, selfish (at times), traumatized, powerful, with a white tank and a cigarette in hand? God, I couldn’t keep my eyes off the screen. I won’t comment any further due to spoilers, but don’t forget the reason why I started this series!!
The guys are very funny as well, especially their dynamic with and without Chae-ni and Woon-jung. A father who’s family is basically ignoring him, a true 90’s Karen, social services’ worst enemy, whose insane stories drive people away from him, ends up hanging out with a guy who’s been bullied by his entire class during high school, whose job is to peel onions, and whose best friend is none other than the town’s crazy neighbor. What could go wrong with such a diverse friend group? To say the least, A LOT, especially due to their lack of money. The first episode reminded me a lot of The Blair Witch Project, actually.
The only thing I didn’t like about this drama was that there is a credits scene where they kinda hint we might get a season two? I don’t know what more they could do about the story though, as far as I’m concerned, most of the questions were answered and there are little to no plot holes to fill!
Overall, worth every second and every bag of chips eaten in front of the screen, especially since it had a little bit of romance sprinkled on top!!
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Where’s the sister though?
It was good, GREAT even, but the end was just horribly executed. The fact that Da-rim went to Jeju Island to find her sister, but forgets about her the moment Ji-hyeok remembers his past, simply baffles me. We do not get any closure for her side of the story (not to mention her boyfriend), after “a few years” Seon still kinda considers Ha-yeong “a friend” and we know nothing about what happened to Ji-hyeok’s sister or father. I am sad that it focused solely on the main couple, since it seemed to build their relationship quite nicely (except for the random miscommunication situations that put me off real bad).Was this review helpful to you?
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How much did Cha Mu-hui bribe her doctors?
‼️Major spoiler alert‼️It was honestly an amazing experience, I didn’t even realize I reached episode 10 by the time the flashback was done. However, in today’s episode of “Dramas Leaving Unnecessary Plotholes”, we have Cha Mu-hui’s psychiatrist’s malpractice case! But let’s start from the beginning, shall we?
The story line is great (although it was quite strange starting first episode with the plot from the tenth, not even the last episode, but maybe it couldn’t be helped, since most of the series is a flashback), the actors did a great job and even the kisses were quite lovely! I truly loved some of the kissing scenes (especially on the side pair).
Now, Mu-hui had her moments that gave me second hand embarrassment, but she played them along so nicely that I almost didn’t feel it. Now let’s get to my main point: how did this girl not get diagnosed?? I understand that they didn’t know where the hallucinations came from, but she showed both signs of dementia and multiple personalities disorder! And she got away with this by magically getting rid of the “hater in her head”? No doctor would believe that. Honestly, if they simply said “the doctors diagnosed her with PTSD (from the incident with her mom) and she managed to get better by visiting a psychiatrist a few times a month” it would’ve been perfect! More realistic, to say the least.
Now my second problem: her mom. She killed her husband’s brother, almost killed her daughter and got away with it? They wanted to say she lived? Fine. But did she not get caught, if everyone knew that she killed that man? Or did his family just help her get away from jail out of the goodness of their hearts? Maybe she got away from jail by being mentally ill? I could live with that as well, but then why isn’t she in a psych ward? And Mu-hui straight up went to see her? Where? How did it go? How was she, if she was not in a psych ward? Why add this whole situation if you’re not going to answer these questions? The only thing needed, when Ho-jin told Mu-hui the story was a “they caught your mom when she tried to run and shot her”.
Overall I loved it, glad it all worked out for everyone, although I would’ve loved someone for Hiro as well, but since he hasn’t gotten over Mu-hui, maybe it was better that way.
As a Translation student, this was a very funny little story to take my mind off exams, so I recommend you watch it 100%!!!
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