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actors dating non-celebs arent that big deal even in korean entertainment industry but kpop idols face a lot of backlash from some delusional crazy fans...

i have seen a lot of clips of ja sung and si-ah so i thought they were the secondary couple but after watching the first 4 episodes ja sung is a big no-no for me... he was just too much of an asshole and he even made some degrading comments on si-ah and her mother... he got hit by si-ah and now suddenly he starts having feelings for her... dont want another boys over flowers...

i am fine with scenes where daeyoung shows concern for si-ah but dont want those scenes to be romanticized like the umbrella scene... its too awkward and uncomfortable to watch...

i watched it till ep 4 and this reminds me of go back couple which i loved a lot... go back couple also showed the scenes when the couple were together and showed the flaws of both the leads and how after a certain time they both didnt think about the hardship the other was facing...
i have also seen 17 again movies and they showed almost half of the movie in ep 1 itself... i didnt thought this will be so fast phased...

the only thing that irked me is how jung da jung has to face all those hardship at work only because of her age... she is a news anchor and not a model that needs to look young and pretty... she is good at her job and that should be the only thing which should matter...


P.S - am i the only one uncomfortable with the make-up of si-woo and ja sung? esp si-woo... his face looks 2 shades lighter than his neck and he looked way too caked up.. the young dae young is also a bit tanned but his makeup is just fine... si-woo and ja sung kind of look greasy...

i liked them together as a couple and i also liked how shameless and weird (in a good way) her character was in suspicious partner... jcw is well jcw... he was way too gorgeous in SP... i liked him in almost all the dramas i saw him in except melting me softly....

watched the first 5 episodes and it wasn't bad... it had a lot of lol scenes and the male lead is funny with his expressions...
the only problem is who did the ML's make-up... it was so evident and he looked so caked up... none of the other male characters looked like that...
also even though kyj is good so far, she no way looks like a woman in her mid-20s... she looks way younger than she looked in BR... they should have at least gave her a hairstyle without bangs so that she can look a bit older... bangs made her face smaller and cuter...

i guess the synopsis of BR was nothing like IC and the story of the webtoon was the main problem people had a negative view towards BR from the start as it was an adult webtoon... it was from the start promoted as a light hearted rom-com which was not supposed to be taken seriously... the actors and the director made that pretty clear...

the ML of BR is one of the most realistic male lead in kdrama... like the ML in ROY he was also high on morals and ethics but unlike the ML in ROY he had his share of flaws...he lacks confidence and isnt the smartest being out there and isnt very ambitious which makes him one of the most uncool male lead in kdrama but very realistic... he just wants to lead a life with digity and thats all... its hard to accept that the ML is not cool enough for kdramas esp considering its played by jcw who is famous for his extremely cool and alpha male characters...
i really liked the calm approach both the male leads had towards their problems and in reality thats how most people deal with their problem.. they dont go around doing heroic actions or get back at the bad people to increase the coolness of the character... neither of them insulted people that insulted them... they just simply stop getting involved with them... that makes them more dignified than the rest...
i personally dont think people like the ML of BR are weak and not worthy of strong FLs just because they dont have the cool quotient that is required for a male lead... he was always there for the FL and gave her the emotional support that she needed... he hasn't done anything that makes him less worthy of her...
even with ROY its not like both the leads didnt deserve on another, they just didnt click well together...

i meant d.o.. bo gum is also cute but d.o is cuter for me...

she is suited more for movies...

i liked the speech of grandpa and the final scene b/w HJ and his father... those were very emotional.. also the scene where HH says to his mother that she raised a good guy... but not the over all episode like how the journalist is now after doha just because she hates his manager, the scenes b/w HJ and JH, unwanted fiction b/w HJ and his manager etc... i also wished there was more emotional scenes b/w HJ and his friends...

i also liked the old manager... he might be twisted but he is good at his job... when HJ's manager was struggling to save HJ from even the slightest controversy, he was handling doha's real controversies like a pro...

but the cutest being in real life... :)

for me BR was much better than this one... even though it had some flaws it also had some really good scenes and better romance even though there wasnt any romance... the characters looked more real with equal level of positive and negative qualities including the leads... in ROY the male lead was perfect to the level he dont even look human and the bad guys were just bad... every character was one dimensional... also the acting of the entire cast was better in BR... in ROY except for 2-3 characters none of the others acting was praise worthy...
with BR i had some kind of feelings after each episode ended whether it was happy, sad or frustrated... i felt literally nothing for this one...

Out of her co-stars, I like her the most with ji chang wook...
I have seen shopping King Louis till ep 10 or 11 and it was really funny and cute...
Since she has the right amount of matured look she looks good with cute guys like d.o and hyungsik as well as matured older guys like ji chang wook,seo in guk and the lead from 365...

365 is a fatansy suspense thriller and only 12 episodes... If you like that genre give it a try... It's a good drama but highly underrated since it don't have any big star cast... I guess nam ji Hyun is the most well known name in the cast...

Viki if you have viki pass else on wetv...
Then on unofficial streaming sites like kissasian, dramacool etc

we will never know if her character was like this on paper itself or became like this after all the cutting and editing unless park bo gum speaks about it herself... we all know how the male lead's scenes got cut down to the level he looked like a supporting character in cheese in the trap only because park hae jin publically talked about it...

the thing that irked me about this drama is how the journalist got away with everything she did... she learned nothing from what she did to HJ... now she is after doha just because she hates his manager... doha might be a jerk but its clear that he reached where he is due to hard work and the dude didnt had a good life growing up... doha did literally nothing to her for her to ruin his reputation or career... i dont hate the ex-ceo or HH's mother even though some of their actions were irritating like i hate the journalist... the CEO has a love-hate feeling for HJ and HH's mother is just overly obsessed with her children as her entire life revolves around them... even though she comes off as very shallow she inserted good qualities in her children... HH might have been quite irritating when it came to JH but he is a good guy... her relationship with HJ's mother was also fun to watch... she clearly loves HJ's mother but she dont want to make it obvious...

HJ's brother and grandpa are my most favourite characters in the show...

the scene where the grandpa gives the speech and HJ-his father were nicely done...

i understand people's disappointment with the lack of storyline for JH... this one is park so dam's first work after parasite and she is known to be a good actress... so everyone expected her to have an equally significant role... she might not have a crazy fan following like park bo gum but is a good enough actress to get a role as important as the male lead...

as long as nam ji hyun is the female lead, the chemistry is guaranteed to be off the charts... i have seen 5 dramas of her and she had wonderful chemistry with every single one of them.. even with her 365:repeat the year costar although they didnt had any romance...

It's how the drama turned out overall.. like some characters and relationhsip lacked depth and as a viewer I felt nothing while I watched the drama...
I am neither disappointed with it nor liked it... Just a very average drama that didn't leave any impression on me...
I am not someone who has super high standards when it comes to kdramas.. as long as I feel enjoyment watching a drama I like that drama... I am even fine with lead characters with flaws or some negative traits because they seem more real... i am even fine with minimum romantic scenes as long as the scenes b/w the leads felt meaningful... I liked backstreet rookie and it didn't even had a proper kissing scene but the scenes b/w the leads even though it wasn't romantic made sense and I liked the chemistry and dynamo they shared... Here even though they had comparitively more romance it felt so blunt and boring and after sometimes their relationhsip felt like nothing...
Nothing in the drama was interesting enough to get invested in the drama...
I just watched it simply because I didn't had any other ongoing dramas and just for the sake of finishing it... Since it's only 2 episodes a week it wasn't hard... I even skipped one episode and fastforwad a lot of episodes and I didn't feel like I missed out something...

She is one of the most critically acclaimed young actress in Korea.. it's not her fault if the makers sidelined her character...