i don't really have anywhere else to talk about this so i'm just going to thought dump about this show, as i feel like i'm the only one who's a bit disappointed with these latest episodes.
i'll start with the positives - this show has some really good acting performances, especially from taevin who i think portrays myungha as a character perfectly. i think each of the main characters are cast brilliantly and they all represent their characters so well. additionally, this is a surprisingly enjoyable premise for a drama, but it's the inner workings of the storylines that make this one a bit hard to watch. this is a show i didn't think i would enjoy but episodes 3 and 4 really took me by surprise and had me really giddy for where this was going to go, but i feel like episodes 5 and 6 took what could've been a really good potential love story and turned it into something for shock value which put me really on edge watching those episodes... i don't know.
i don't think the storylines they added are unnecessary but they all came in all at once over and over and over to the point that it feels disconnected to the story, and everything feels rushed into these two episodes. the troubles of yeowoon that are revealed within these episodes could have easily been pushed into earlier episodes to give him more of a background, as he was definitely a bit of a mysterious character until then, and in addition the sangwon love triangle storyline is SO random, again, if it were going to happen it should've happened way earlier - or he should have had a story with kyunghun. the addition of these storylines are not drawbacks for the drama but the way they are executed are, as the end result is rushed and leaves me a bit puzzled.
i am someone who far prefers naturality and whilst i get that this drama is extremely far from naturality due to its plot, it just feels... a bit unpolished? episode 5 shows this really well - the love confession scene and myungha rejecting him at first feels so against what the plot actually is meant to represent. the confession scene was weird anyways, it came at such an odd time and made me laugh a little watching it... what do you mean you just ran away from home and your first impulse is to confess feelings? incredibly unrealistic. additionally, the kiss scene feels forced and put there because they couldn't fit it in anywhere else. they backed themselves into a corner by creating a small bit of conflict for myungha with his feelings and given how it started it just feels so weird for it to weave into this as a story. i just wish it was done with more polish.
whilst those storylines i don't really mind just wish they were executed in a different way, the social media star storyline is just painful to watch honestly, i really don't like it. in fact it almost made me stop watching. it feels like a way to add an element of shock value to the drama with the stalker and create a cute moment for myungha trying to do all he can for yeowoon, but... what's the point? where is this going? it feels added to give an unncessary climax of tension but there is no need for it given what was going to happen at the end of the episode. it feels sooo unnatural. speaking of the end of episode 6, the end of episode 6 is something i figured would happen eventually and something i was at terms with, but the way they went about doing it was so... jarring. everything was so sudden and unexplained, and just... yeah, no. after all that just happened it really does not add anything for me.
as happy as i am this show is receiving such positive critics, for me this show is collapsing in on itself. there are so many small gripes that turn into massive ones and i think it just really spoils this show. i loved the first 4 episodes because it built up some real sense of story but again, these last 2 episodes took all of that build and tried to shake it up, failing miserably in the process.
i'll be tuning into the last two episodes but my hopes are low. i want to adore this drama but the direction it is going on leaves me uneager to continue, but i'm too deep to stop so i'll just see where it goes.
i'll start with the positives - this show has some really good acting performances, especially from taevin who i think portrays myungha as a character perfectly. i think each of the main characters are cast brilliantly and they all represent their characters so well. additionally, this is a surprisingly enjoyable premise for a drama, but it's the inner workings of the storylines that make this one a bit hard to watch. this is a show i didn't think i would enjoy but episodes 3 and 4 really took me by surprise and had me really giddy for where this was going to go, but i feel like episodes 5 and 6 took what could've been a really good potential love story and turned it into something for shock value which put me really on edge watching those episodes... i don't know.
i don't think the storylines they added are unnecessary but they all came in all at once over and over and over to the point that it feels disconnected to the story, and everything feels rushed into these two episodes. the troubles of yeowoon that are revealed within these episodes could have easily been pushed into earlier episodes to give him more of a background, as he was definitely a bit of a mysterious character until then, and in addition the sangwon love triangle storyline is SO random, again, if it were going to happen it should've happened way earlier - or he should have had a story with kyunghun. the addition of these storylines are not drawbacks for the drama but the way they are executed are, as the end result is rushed and leaves me a bit puzzled.
i am someone who far prefers naturality and whilst i get that this drama is extremely far from naturality due to its plot, it just feels... a bit unpolished? episode 5 shows this really well - the love confession scene and myungha rejecting him at first feels so against what the plot actually is meant to represent. the confession scene was weird anyways, it came at such an odd time and made me laugh a little watching it... what do you mean you just ran away from home and your first impulse is to confess feelings? incredibly unrealistic. additionally, the kiss scene feels forced and put there because they couldn't fit it in anywhere else. they backed themselves into a corner by creating a small bit of conflict for myungha with his feelings and given how it started it just feels so weird for it to weave into this as a story. i just wish it was done with more polish.
whilst those storylines i don't really mind just wish they were executed in a different way, the social media star storyline is just painful to watch honestly, i really don't like it. in fact it almost made me stop watching. it feels like a way to add an element of shock value to the drama with the stalker and create a cute moment for myungha trying to do all he can for yeowoon, but... what's the point? where is this going? it feels added to give an unncessary climax of tension but there is no need for it given what was going to happen at the end of the episode. it feels sooo unnatural. speaking of the end of episode 6, the end of episode 6 is something i figured would happen eventually and something i was at terms with, but the way they went about doing it was so... jarring. everything was so sudden and unexplained, and just... yeah, no. after all that just happened it really does not add anything for me.
as happy as i am this show is receiving such positive critics, for me this show is collapsing in on itself. there are so many small gripes that turn into massive ones and i think it just really spoils this show. i loved the first 4 episodes because it built up some real sense of story but again, these last 2 episodes took all of that build and tried to shake it up, failing miserably in the process.
i'll be tuning into the last two episodes but my hopes are low. i want to adore this drama but the direction it is going on leaves me uneager to continue, but i'm too deep to stop so i'll just see where it goes.