petrini

This was the epitome of phoning it in. I feel like the writers where just piecing together every kdrama trope, plot device, joke/misunderstanding and archetype that we've seen a hundred times before, without adding any new narrative.
The pacing was slow, I got bored and at the end every resolution felt unrewarding.
The actors were also nothing special. I felt like I could tell Ahn Bohyun was acting, I wasn't convinced he was Seon Jaegyu. This is partly the directors and screenwriters fault, since Seon Jaegyu is such a cartoonish cheesy guy with no faults or shortcomings. He's rich, handsome, misunderstood and humble. Like come on... I could not get into the whole strong and mainly comedy either. As for the FL, she thrived during her cheery and more comedic parts, but during the heavier or serious scenes she conveyed little to no agony or sadness. I could tell sad things were happening, but she wasn't passing any concern to me.
A certain song from the ost was annoying, and overall is was a very mid ost, once again a very average job.
Overall, the characters and plot were not charismatic or interesting enough for this kdrama to be worth 12 hours of watch time. I guess if this is your first kdrama, and you like romcoms, it's a fine introduction, but if you've seen the classics you won't miss anything from this.
Oh yeah, also wtf was up with the completely unnecessary use AND ADVERTISEMENT of AI. Totally saddening to see it being used and normalized like this. I mean teenagers using an AI app to prepare for their first date??? Inserting an ad for a lifeless product, instead of making the uncle and nephew bond over sending him off to his first date, or having them anxiously making plans on their own to show the effort and thought that was put into the date. We're losing the fluff and cuteness of romance, to AI chat bots advertising. Disappointing to say the least.