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- LOVED the female friendships.
- Lots of thoughtful lines about love and sense of self e.g. marriage being a major way one is confronted with what one really wants, or needing to choose how to live on one's own terms rather than looking at other people's lives (at times), or how in final analysis every life is ordinary, or the titular sentiment of how we're all figuring out how to live this life for the first time.
- Loved the themes of exploring what marriage and love really mean to a person. The main character's conclusion on marriage at the end was rather cynical, but I suppose they went ahead with it in the end?? Then again, if "marriage" is defined as it is by Korean society (that sort of transactional relationship involving push and pull between in-laws, the toxic indirect communication, etc), then perhaps it's perfectly justifiable to be cynical about it?
- I actually thought that final construct where the two leads end up coming full circle and living in the same space again unexpectedly was very cute. I just think the way they made it happen could have been better done, the moves didn't quite hit authentic to me.
- That said, I get that the final episodes are (I believe) generally meant to represent Ji Ho's maturing into her own person and doing marriage/love her way, and Se Hee's maturing into someone who can be vulnerable. And there are times when a person needs to be pushed and cracked open... it just all felt a little garbled to me? That whole thing about him beating up the assistant director went completely unnoticed by the person he was doing it for. Or was that meant to show that, you can do extremely out of character things like this but you still need to use your words to tell someone you love them?
- LOVED Soo Ji's story, perfectly rounded off with that very natural transition to being the boss of a lingerie company. I also loved that her character growth (and subsequently story arc) was supported and provoked by the people closest to her (as opposed to Ji Ho, who seemed largely driven by her own internal reasoning e.g. it didn't impact her that her mum told her she was talking crap. Good ol' mum.)
- Actually wished Ho Rang had remained broken up!! Or that there had been a better sense of growth in the two of them actually facing the reality of their situation. talking through it and deciding.
- Overall quite a beautiful series, I felt! The beautiful seaside scenes, that lovely poem and other literary references..
- I'm not sure how difficult it was but I appreciate how Jung So Min must've practiced Ji Ho's hometown dialect!
- Crushed hard on Se Hee's ex!!
- Lots of thoughtful lines about love and sense of self e.g. marriage being a major way one is confronted with what one really wants, or needing to choose how to live on one's own terms rather than looking at other people's lives (at times), or how in final analysis every life is ordinary, or the titular sentiment of how we're all figuring out how to live this life for the first time.
- Loved the themes of exploring what marriage and love really mean to a person. The main character's conclusion on marriage at the end was rather cynical, but I suppose they went ahead with it in the end?? Then again, if "marriage" is defined as it is by Korean society (that sort of transactional relationship involving push and pull between in-laws, the toxic indirect communication, etc), then perhaps it's perfectly justifiable to be cynical about it?
- I actually thought that final construct where the two leads end up coming full circle and living in the same space again unexpectedly was very cute. I just think the way they made it happen could have been better done, the moves didn't quite hit authentic to me.
- That said, I get that the final episodes are (I believe) generally meant to represent Ji Ho's maturing into her own person and doing marriage/love her way, and Se Hee's maturing into someone who can be vulnerable. And there are times when a person needs to be pushed and cracked open... it just all felt a little garbled to me? That whole thing about him beating up the assistant director went completely unnoticed by the person he was doing it for. Or was that meant to show that, you can do extremely out of character things like this but you still need to use your words to tell someone you love them?
- LOVED Soo Ji's story, perfectly rounded off with that very natural transition to being the boss of a lingerie company. I also loved that her character growth (and subsequently story arc) was supported and provoked by the people closest to her (as opposed to Ji Ho, who seemed largely driven by her own internal reasoning e.g. it didn't impact her that her mum told her she was talking crap. Good ol' mum.)
- Actually wished Ho Rang had remained broken up!! Or that there had been a better sense of growth in the two of them actually facing the reality of their situation. talking through it and deciding.
- Overall quite a beautiful series, I felt! The beautiful seaside scenes, that lovely poem and other literary references..
- I'm not sure how difficult it was but I appreciate how Jung So Min must've practiced Ji Ho's hometown dialect!
- Crushed hard on Se Hee's ex!!
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