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Same! I wasn't expecting to love it so much I mainly went in for the cast because I love them both but I was pleasantly surprised

Exactly ! I need a S2 with a love line for SJ !

As for Soo Jin, I wish she hadn't gone down that path too but it's sadly what happens at times in real life too. It's not one or two isolated incidents that make us choose our steps in life but our entire life experiences and what they shape us into. For SJ, the environment she grew up in made her into who she was. She was struggling psychologically because of it, not just being hit by her dad but also the impossible expectations and standards. Her constant hand washing to the point her hands were chipping away were a clear sign she had deep psychological issues that needed to be addressed but she didn't share them with her friends and neither of her parents were an option for help. I think she latched onto SH because he saw her in such a situation and helped her. I think maybe it's like when you're drowning and you see a lifeboat and latch onto it for your very life. I think her feelings for SH were like that instead of actual love. And then it became more about possession the more she learned he was into JK and they were together. She was always taught to win over others. I think everything just added up and she made one bad choice after another and instead of trying to correct any of the mistakes or admit to them she kept going down the wrong path despite probably being conflicted. When you let negative emotions especially hatred fester in you, it only leads to your own destruction. I have seen that in real life. It's only when you loose everything that you realize and regret and sometimes not even then. I think all of us have good and bad in us, our experiences could even be the same but our choices are what will really define us.

Here is how I understood it and of course this is only my interpretation of it and everyone can have different ones (and I haven't read the webtoon so my understanding is only from the drama itself). For Suho's character, after his friend's suicide, he has lived with guilt blaming himself for his death. He thinks if he had answered his phone that night he could have saved him. And also has issues with his dad and falls out with Seo Jun his only other friend over this. At the point where he meets Ju Kyeong for the first time, he is shut off from the world, suffering alone with his guilt and panic attacks and I feel had no interest in anything around him. When he goes to that rooftop because of his friend (that's where he committed suicide) he sees JK on the roof and he thinks she is about to kill herself so he saves her. He thinks of his friend and his guilt and scolds her for it. His current personality wouldn't bother with anyone but it's a scenario where he can't help himself. When he sees her in school he is the same to her as everyone else, uninterested, annoyed and angry. But when he sees the real her in the comic store he remembers her as the girl from the rooftop and initially his interest is i think because of that. of how he saved her from the rooftop and because in a way she reminds him of his friend. Then they start to have some more interactions in both of her personas in school and in the comic book store. And it's the first time really in a long time he is really interacting like this with another human being. And he starts to become more interested (more in her real persona i felt especially after he spends his birthday with her and she gives him that gift - and since they also share the same interests in horror comics that helps). He starts to feel like the JK in school and the girl in the comic store are the same but he isn't sure. He finds out when she accidentally lets him know that time she returns his coat but takes it back. At that point she thinks he doesn't know but he makes her go through certain tests to confirm. And I felt like the more he spent time with her the more interested he was in her. He at that point in time doesn't spend time with anyone doesn't really bother with anyone even soo jin who he has known for 10 years as a friend. He is drawn to JK but because of his personality and issues he doesn't really know what he feels or how to handle it. So he ends up inadvertently hurting her by making her run around doing deeds for him when all he really wanted was to spend more time with her but she would run away as soon as finished a task. It would have been better for him to come outright and say it instead of pretending otherwise but that's what his character was at the time. With JK he slowly started to open up more and change. He apologized when he realized he hurt her and he realized he liked her and their relationship improved. But then after they decide on that date he talks with Seo Jun and Seo Jun reminds him of their friend and blames him for his death and tells him he doesn't deserve to be happy. I think with JK he was slowly forgetting and healing from that guilt but SJ drove it back home and he went back to feeling like he didn't deserve to be happy and ended up hurting JK yet again (which I totally wanted to shake him for). But then he still can't make himself stay away, he likes her too much and that finally wins over the guilt he has for his friend's death. I think JK really helped him deal with his guilt and pain and overcome it. She even helped him see his father in another light and try to be more open to him so he doesn't regret it later. I think without JK coming into his life, he would have just kept going down that dark path and been completely alone forever. Thanks to JK he mended his relationship with both his dad and SJ, he made friends in school and became brighter and more open. If you compare SH from the first episode vs the last episode you can really see the change in him. Sorry this became so long lol once I started I couldn't seem to stop OTL

Honestly i find love triangles to not be my thing either really, I like this about chinese dramas as they usually give us multiple couples and pair everyone off in the end. And I went in to this drama mainly for the cast because I love both Eunwoo and In Yeop but I was pleasantly surprised with the romance aspect too. Yes they do give us a lot of love triangle thrown at us especially in the teasers and all but I felt like it was always glaringly Suho. She never really swerved. From the start, she had the most scenes with him, knew him first, fell for him first, they even had that whole childhood thing going on. And apparently this they changed from the webtoon because in the webtoon she did date Seo Jun as well is what I heard. In the drama, I never once even saw her think of Seo Jun as anything other than a friend. I did roll my eyes at the fact that she didn't realize he liked her as more than a friend but her character was supposed to be a bit slow on the uptake and she really only had eyes for Suho so she couldn't see anyone else. And Seo Jun and Suho's friendship was actually adorable I shipped them more than the main couple lol (once they got over their unresolved issues with each other. I was a bit disappointed with Ep 15 , but it wasn't too prolonged and the ending was still good. I would have preferred for Seo Jun to get his own love line but it was still better than I was expecting. Suho and Jukyeong were adorable together especially in the last episode. And Seojun at least got to shine on stage and had both of them supporting him. Seo Jun and Suho kept their friendship intact as well and were bickering like an old married couple in the end lol. And the side characters were also really good. And the drama itself was better than my expectation (maybe I went in with low expectations lol) but I was laughing out loud at some parts, crying at other parts and squealing at the rest. Anyway, everyone has their own preferences so totally fine if you don't want to watch it. I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents because I was pleasantly surprised with this one.

omg same here lol. I am finishing true beauty today (last 2 episodes left) and was trying to decide between this and run on. I think i'm going to watch this one first and then run on just because I am finishing a korean drama right now and i like to alternate lol

That is true. Reading the comments made me wish I had watched it live too just for the fun comments lol but I still prefer binge watching for the full feels.
I wish they had stuck to the novel then. I guess they wanted to make it more dramatic and problematic moms (in law or otherwise) are for some reason considered a must have in dramas I will never understand why. Exactly even when Paeng first arrived her attitude with her was unnecessarily bad. Not once did I feel she was an actual adult. And I couldn't understand how the dad fell in love with her lol.
saaame ! I felt all their emotions and more. I cried, I laughed, I squealed, I melted.

So what should have been a 2.8 hour long binge watch took me over 8 hours (no exaggeration) because I legit replayed like every scene 10 times just to watch Itagaki Mizuki. His each and every expression and body language. Replayed all the main lead scenes which were like 95 percent of the drama. I needed something exactly like this. Beautiful leads with amazing chemistry. Very manga style, pure fluff, no drama drama. Absolutely loved it. 10/10 for me.

I have never subbed anything and my Korean is very basic lol but this seems short and I love Ha Joon maybe I could try subbing it if someone can teach me how to sub and time it

can someone spoil the ending for me was it happy? who ended up with who? Did Hyun Do and Eun soo end up together? Who did Ji wan end up with?

Same!

Same ! I always love Mark the Prin in his dramas but this character as Arthit has to be my favourite ! Despite his faults (which were in part understandable and made him more human) they weren't anything too over the top and he learnt from his mistakes and forgave Paeng for hers . Just a beautiful character and nobody else could have pulled him off this well

I am in such drama hangover now I can't seem to move past him lol I keep rewatching their mvs together

I am waiting for all 3 seasons to be out now before I watch I need to know what happens to Seokhoon and Rona before I continue. My fragile heart can't take heartbreak

Ii wish they had done that instead for the drama. I really hated drama mom

Yes I read the reference after these comments. Love whatever I have read so far. I wish I was the type to watch ongoing dramas just to join these fun discussions but I feel it ruins the feel of the drama for me if I don't get to binge lol. Honestly the snake gang was so annoying and frustrating. The only reason I kept going was for Arthit and Paeng and mainly the credit goes to Mark the Prin for always keeping me hooked no matter how messed up the story lol. I just love how he expresses emotions and makes me feel everything the character is feeling. And I liked this way more than HIL in terms of the main couple. Despite some of Paeng's actions I never really got annoyed by her I loved both of them together and their scenes together though scarce and with so much drama inbetween (which I usually hate) were so damn adorable that they made up for everything for me. I mean I still would have preferred snake mom and Nang at least apologized to Paeng properly and everyone found out about all the lies Nang had been feeding them. I feel they both got away too easily and all the blame was put on Paeng and her trauma for the past behaviour when really it wasn't just that. Snake mom was supposed to be the adult?? even if she didn't know about her trauma she knew Paeng had lost both her parents and was only 15 years old AND her dad had helped them out so much and they literally owed her so much money but she didn't care about any of that and was so horrible as a person to a young kid. And for all her talk of doing it for Arthit when he told his mom he loved her she was all no way in hell and pushing him to be with someone he didn't like like wtf I really hated her and did not think she deserved to get away that easily with everything in the end blaming it all on loving arthit and wanting the best for him . I still gave the drama a 10 though because for me Arthit and Paeng together made up for everything. Their entire journey was beautiful.

It honestly felt so natural and real the progression of his feelings. And of course a major part of that is because of how damn good Mark the Prin is at expressing emotions with his body and eyes. It was natural that he struggled to accept what he was feeling in the beginning and it took him some time. But once he realized and accepted his feelings for Paeng he didn't disappoint. He was honest about them to Paeng and his mom and even the annoying Nang was that her name? He was very open with his feelings once he accepted them instead of hiding them.

Yes the side characters were really annoying and frustrating and the first half was hard to get through as compared to other dramas I feel we don't really see the cute scenes until the latter half but trust me when I say this it all becomes worth it once those scenes start. At least it was that way for me. I am still not over these two they became one of my favourite pairings of all time.

EXACTLY ! I finally finished the drama and this. this is one of the main reasons I absolutely loved the drama and didn't even mind that they literally didn't even get together until the last 10 minutes of the final episode and all the frustrating drama I usually dislike in my dramas because these two made everything worth it. Especially Mark with his ability to express so much emotion through just his damn eyes !! I felt everything he was feeling I was so invested. Even Paeng I could not bring myself to even be annoyed by her really when in other dramas some of the things she did would definitely have me annoyed. I cried when they cried I smiled when they smiled I felt my heart race and flutter and break and I went through an emotional rollercoaster but I loved it all. I had to replay every scene with Mark just to rewatch his face, his expressions. I don't know if any of you have seen the English show bridgerton but I watched it just before this drama and I was so frustrated having read the novel with the actor that played the duke because I felt like he was unable to really show us his emotions and make us feel for the character. If I hadn't read the book I wouldn't even have known his reasons properly for his actions. But Mark ! howwwww! I haven't read the novel so I had nothing to go on but he showed me everything I needed to know and more. His body language, his expressions, his eyes, his mouth. He uses everything to convey every emotion and this is exactly what I needed right now. Starting the new year off with the perfect feels fest. I am so lost now. I finished it today and rewatched the last 20 minutes several times and now I miss them so much it hurts.

literally the only thing I really want is seok hoon and rona to be end game but I am pretty sure we won't get it in this type of drama =(