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A Quirky, Fun Rom-Com
So I was hyped for this one K-drama ever since I watched the trailer. It didn't disappoint me at all. The story was a breath of fresh; it was fun, easygoing and had just the right amout of quirks to keep you watching. The cast was fun to watch. I really loved the office scenes. I persomally loved the rivalry between Mirae and Kyeongnam. It was really funny and cute. That being said, I do wish there were more scenes between the two because they were so cute together. Now with that being said, this brings us to a few issues that could have handled better.The pacing threw me off guard sometimes. The first few episodes focused on the VR boyfriends and it was fun to see all these different cameos. But it sort of dragged on for longer than it should have when all this time could have been used to develop the relationship with the leads. The Seo Eun Ho storyline should have ended in college as soon as she accepted the breakup for what it was. But I did like the way Mirae got the ick from Eunho. It could have ended earlier to explore more of the actual relationship instead. The reality aspect was far more charming than the fantasy one although I loved the dating manager. But since it's a rom-com fantasy drama, I should not complain much about how they focused more on the fantasy aspect when the reality aspect was their strength.
Boyfriend on Demand is a fun drama to binge watch but it was let down by the pacing and not untapping the full potential of the leads.
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A masterpiece in every sense of the word (spoilers ahead)
I never posted a review but I felt that this drama deserved every bit of praise. This is the first time that I gave a K-drama a perfect 10. When Life Gives You Tangerines is truly a masterpiece. The attention to detail was so beautifully done and the music, while it wasn't to my taste, enhanced the watching experience. I cried watching every episode as I could see bits of myself in Geum-myeong and her family. Some moments were extremely hard to watch because the actors did a phenomenal job at conveying the job, especially IU. I wept during Dong-Myeong's death as I could feel Ae-sun's pain through the screen. Her potrayal as Oh Ae-Sun and Yang Guem-Myeong is so beautifully raw and realistic. I also love how the characters and their dynamics feel real to the point where it sometimes feels like I'm intruding a family moment. Yang Gwan Sik is literally one of the best male leads ever written because of the way he protects his wife, loves his son, and sets the standard for his daughter. Eun-Myeong's storyline also broke my heart a little bit because he was just a child who wanted to feel special on his birthdays like his sister (which made sense why he was always so salty) but instead, he walked around the topic of his birthday like it was a sensitive issue. I broke down when Oh Aesun's mother saw her poems because she still came to see her daughter. This K-drama not only feels like a love letter to all mothers and daughters who broke the generational cycle but husbands and fathers who fight against the patriachial norms to let their wives and daughters "flip the table".In the end, When Life Gives You Tangerines not only feels like a poem written by Oh Ae-Sun through her support system but a poem written by life to give us hope to go on and hug the people around us.
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