I didn't expect to like it so much. I'm a fan of Nam Ji Hyun, and I was excited about her first romance drama in a long time, but I'm staying for the plot. It's overall so well done, and intriguing. I can't wait for next week.
I got teary at the end and I was wondering why because I knew it had a happy end the whole time because of GHM in the first episode. My guess is that it's that damn song they were playing the whole of the last episode. I couldn't help but get emotional. The only thing I didn't like was the second couple. I didn't feel any chemistry and I found their story to be very boring, though I was glad that they were still together in the real world at the end. Overall this was very enjoyable. Cheng Xing Xu really has a good drama streak going on.
lol I'm reading English subtitles for a Korean show about translation and the subs are acting like they are speaking English... but I wouldn't be needing the subs if they were in English. Why can't they just write [in Korean]???
People are arguing in the comment section over ML being a red flag or not because he is at times unsure and bad at communication. Meanwhile, we have the best friend's husband who continuously lies to her without any reason. They weren't even white lies because she gave him zero pressure. However, she was still considerate and supportive every time she caught him lying. First, he hides the start of his own business, then his resignation from his main job, lastly his frequent business meetings with a woman who is romantically interested in him. Whether he's cheating or not isn't even important anymore. His continuous lies (for no reason whatsoever) have completely discredited his character. If I were her, I wouldn't know how to trust him anymore. Even without the suspicion of infidelity, there would be no knowing if he's not lying about something else.
Having watched episodes 16 and 17, I have one observation to make and one (minor) correction to an earlier "thing…
I agree that ZX is not a red flag because to be one he'd have to do *something*.... he's so inactive, so passive, so stagnant that everything about him seems just frozen in time, that's also why he can't get over her. No development whatsoever.
It's so sad that it was so amazing the first half, and then it just slowly lost its spark. Despite the mountain of clichés, it was still so good because they did it so well, and they had such a good chemistry. .... but they kept making Da Rim dumber and dumber with every episode, and the final two are just too much. Cramming in and rushing through a break-up, car accident, amnesia, her becoming of a CEO, going back to Jeju Island for her sister just to never show and mention her again, the passing of a year, not showing us a wedding or/and a pregnancy, that was all just too much for the last two episodes. SML was also just the worst, and I cannot believe that he and SFL are still ambiguous - a few years later. smh
It's truly a mystery to me what she even likes about Zhuang Xu. He's good-looking and is smart but lacks any kind of self-esteem and emotional intelligence. In their few conversations, he was only shown to be rude and dishonest. He acts as if he was betrayed and abandoned, but it was only his financial pride standing in his way. Even though, there is no need to feel so insecure about their different backgrounds because he is ambitious and competent, and his career is really only looking up.
His problem and weakness lie with his communication skills, he just keeps his mouth shut, and expects everyone to just know and understand what's going on with him. I don't even blame Rong too much, since everybody assumes they're together. Why wouldn't she also fall for the delusion when he never sets clear boundaries and just ignores her attempt to get closer to him? I know she should accept the subtle hints he dropped, but being childhood friends, it wouldn't be too much to ask of him to let her down gently, and give her the opportunity to move on by rejecting her. Without that, she'll just keep her hopes up. Except, maybe he wants to keep her warm for when he's ready to settle down and there is no one better around.
And just like he won't reject Rong, he also avoids answering Xi Guang's feelings.
At this point, just like I believe Xi Guang only likes him for his looks and her feelings are stubborn since it was her first real crush, I also believe Zhuang Xu only likes her because having a rich girl like him gives him an ego boost.
I think I'm alone with my (mild) dislike for both actors, but I will give this an honest try when it airs. I love rom-coms, so maybe this will surprise me, especially since I feel like rom-coms are becoming better again - internationally.
Tell me you haven't watched Mad For Each Other nor Come Back Mister, without telling me you haven't watched them....If…
I watched like two or three episodes of Mad for Each Other and thought it was a terrible representation of mental health, found her and her acting partner both equally unfitting, so maybe it was more of a script thing, but anything else I saw of her I just didn't like. I don't understand why my "radar for acting" and taste is accused, just because I don't like someone's acting. I didn't even say she was bad, I just said I'm not a fan.
Overall this was very enjoyable. Cheng Xing Xu really has a good drama streak going on.
Whether he's cheating or not isn't even important anymore. His continuous lies (for no reason whatsoever) have completely discredited his character. If I were her, I wouldn't know how to trust him anymore. Even without the suspicion of infidelity, there would be no knowing if he's not lying about something else.
SML was also just the worst, and I cannot believe that he and SFL are still ambiguous - a few years later. smh
In their few conversations, he was only shown to be rude and dishonest. He acts as if he was betrayed and abandoned, but it was only his financial pride standing in his way. Even though, there is no need to feel so insecure about their different backgrounds because he is ambitious and competent, and his career is really only looking up.
His problem and weakness lie with his communication skills, he just keeps his mouth shut, and expects everyone to just know and understand what's going on with him. I don't even blame Rong too much, since everybody assumes they're together. Why wouldn't she also fall for the delusion when he never sets clear boundaries and just ignores her attempt to get closer to him? I know she should accept the subtle hints he dropped, but being childhood friends, it wouldn't be too much to ask of him to let her down gently, and give her the opportunity to move on by rejecting her. Without that, she'll just keep her hopes up. Except, maybe he wants to keep her warm for when he's ready to settle down and there is no one better around.
And just like he won't reject Rong, he also avoids answering Xi Guang's feelings.
At this point, just like I believe Xi Guang only likes him for his looks and her feelings are stubborn since it was her first real crush, I also believe Zhuang Xu only likes her because having a rich girl like him gives him an ego boost.
I don't understand why my "radar for acting" and taste is accused, just because I don't like someone's acting. I didn't even say she was bad, I just said I'm not a fan.