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Would you rather spend time with a perfect fictional partner or a real, flawed, and frustrating human being?
Seo Mi Rae faces this question when she agrees to test out a virtual reality dating app where she meets a series of charming characters designed to be ideal boyfriends.
As a busy working woman who’s given up on dating, at first she’s half-skeptical, half-intrigued, but soon she finds herself sucked into the immersive experience.
She indulges in every classic romance genre setup — being wined and dined by a wealthy suitor, falling for the campus heartthrob, reconnecting with a crush after years apart, and more.
The cameos for the virtual boyfriends are brilliant (particularly from a scene-stealing Seo Kang Joon). And that’s the problem — the fantasy date scenarios are more fun and more frequent than Mi Rae’s interactions with her real-life love interest, and their dynamic doesn’t shift from a workplace rivalry to something more until late in the series.
It kind of undermines the moral of the story: that real-life connections are always more meaningful than imaginary ones, no matter how realistic. And that’s not the only problem with the script; it leaves little time for any connection or chemistry to develop between the leads, and Mi Rae’s emotional immaturity sometimes makes it difficult to connect with her and her choices as the main character.
Still, this drama is a lot of fun, a quick watch at only 10 episodes, and a perfect choice for something light and fluffy between more serious fare.
Seo Mi Rae faces this question when she agrees to test out a virtual reality dating app where she meets a series of charming characters designed to be ideal boyfriends.
As a busy working woman who’s given up on dating, at first she’s half-skeptical, half-intrigued, but soon she finds herself sucked into the immersive experience.
She indulges in every classic romance genre setup — being wined and dined by a wealthy suitor, falling for the campus heartthrob, reconnecting with a crush after years apart, and more.
The cameos for the virtual boyfriends are brilliant (particularly from a scene-stealing Seo Kang Joon). And that’s the problem — the fantasy date scenarios are more fun and more frequent than Mi Rae’s interactions with her real-life love interest, and their dynamic doesn’t shift from a workplace rivalry to something more until late in the series.
It kind of undermines the moral of the story: that real-life connections are always more meaningful than imaginary ones, no matter how realistic. And that’s not the only problem with the script; it leaves little time for any connection or chemistry to develop between the leads, and Mi Rae’s emotional immaturity sometimes makes it difficult to connect with her and her choices as the main character.
Still, this drama is a lot of fun, a quick watch at only 10 episodes, and a perfect choice for something light and fluffy between more serious fare.
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