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A story about toxic yet forgiving friendship, toally carried by leads' acting
Honestly, I was ready to drop it at episode 3 when I realized it's gonna turn into a mess. I continued hoping to watch more of Sang Yeon's side of story which actually never happened. There was about 1-2 minutes of script reading about her life but I wouldn't count that as her side of story.
The writers really couldn't justify the way she acted. Not sure if it's just me but the portrayal of her character was giving a hint that everything she was doing was ultimately for Eun Jung. Turned out, it wasn't. The writers really made her a "patthetic bitch".
Sadly, it only tried to show the exploitation of human emotions and kindness and never tried to prove otherwise. There were many instances of such, not just Eun Jung's emotional abuse. Sang Yoen accepting the proposal of that boy during her uni days, marrying the director, Lee Seung Jae's actions and violence during the shooting, their apologies despite being the victim and so on. I also had a gripe about the writer's reasoning behind their brother's suicide. The writers kept trying to drag the story, earlier with their brother's death, later with love triangle and finally with terminal illness.
I couldn't find anything positives in any of it. It's a frustratingly depressing story with nothing to learn from. I know it's typical of dramas to drag the misunderstandings to make the whole story but it was a lot worse.
If it wasn't for their acting, I doubt I would have completed the drama at all. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
Not sure why people are hyping about it. Maybe, I'm just different. I don't enjoy a story just because it makes you bawl your eyes out.
The writers really couldn't justify the way she acted. Not sure if it's just me but the portrayal of her character was giving a hint that everything she was doing was ultimately for Eun Jung. Turned out, it wasn't. The writers really made her a "patthetic bitch".
Sadly, it only tried to show the exploitation of human emotions and kindness and never tried to prove otherwise. There were many instances of such, not just Eun Jung's emotional abuse. Sang Yoen accepting the proposal of that boy during her uni days, marrying the director, Lee Seung Jae's actions and violence during the shooting, their apologies despite being the victim and so on. I also had a gripe about the writer's reasoning behind their brother's suicide. The writers kept trying to drag the story, earlier with their brother's death, later with love triangle and finally with terminal illness.
I couldn't find anything positives in any of it. It's a frustratingly depressing story with nothing to learn from. I know it's typical of dramas to drag the misunderstandings to make the whole story but it was a lot worse.
If it wasn't for their acting, I doubt I would have completed the drama at all. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
Not sure why people are hyping about it. Maybe, I'm just different. I don't enjoy a story just because it makes you bawl your eyes out.
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